So, the last time we left off at the place where I was about to tell the king, Alkinoos, not to be confused with that idiotic reaterd that thinks he can get my wife, who I was. Or so you think. Well, yeah I did. Its official, I told him. I began with who I was, where I came from, and where I was planning on going to. I told him about how I left Troy with Agamemnon, and then got stranded on an island with my crew. I was told by my crew that I should not stay in the island, but go home. Its just that I was stranded at sea for so long, that it was kind of hard to resist the temptation of eating fresh sheep and cheese. Gotta love that feta cheese. I told him that half of my crew was devoured by Polyphemus, Poseidon's son, also a Cyclops. Yeah, his eyes weren't that great, there were only one. So first he decided to eat half of whatever remained of my crew. So then he locked us up and told us that he would eat us all. The next day he opened the boulder he placed at the entrance of the cave he kept us in. I placed a little stick so that when he put the rock back at the mouth of the cave, the boulder couldn't close the mouth completely, but just leave a little opening. Polyphemus didn't notice, and I am alive because of that alone. I got him drunk on wine that night and when he asked me for my name I told him that it was Nobody. I then, after some time, threw fire into his eyes, opened up the boulder, and took my crew with me out of the cave. I ran to the boat after taking some provisions and heard him screaming in pain. He was asked by the other people of his kind as to what had happened. He said Nobody attacked him, The other responed to that with, "If nobody has hurt you, then pray to your father to heal you. It must have been something he did to you, or you must be dreaming. Go back to sleep." Or atleast, that's all that I remember of that dialogue. I then made the most ignorant move that I would ever make in my life. Someone told me that Polyphemus prayed to Poseidon, that basically, I would be screwed over.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
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