paradisa | FOUR ☠ so she discovered the origin

[ The following is dictated by a certain elf as she lounges in the ~~BORING~~ castle library, taking up a comfy chair with her snake draped over the arm rest. That 'Camp Half-Blood' thing piqued her curiosity with all those foreign Greek terms, so she decided to educate herself, and guess what? ]

Medusa~! Oh my, she is real in a sense. And the daughter of Echidna? I am very much loving this.

“Then Ceto bore another invincible monster,
in no way like mortal men or the deathless gods;
yes, in a hollow cave she bore Echidna, divine
and iron-hearted, half fair-cheeked and bright-eyed nymph
and half huge and monstrous snake inside the holy earth,
a snake that strikes swiftly and feeds on living flesh.
Her lair is a cave under a hollow rock,
far from immortal gods and mortal men;
the gods decreed for her a glorious dwelling there.”

The mother of all monsters, is it? I wonder if I ought to be offended or honored to carry such a name. [ She laughs; a husky and mocking sound. ] Medusa herself seems to have been quite a terror in these legends.

Alleyne, did you hear? Our little girl grows up to turn foolish men to stone. [ More laughter at the silly thought, as she kicks back and props her feet up on the ottoman in front of her. ]

[ ooc; Totally open over the journal or in person if you're in the library! She's dressed as indecently as ever, of course. Permissions post is once again here for any girls who talk to her. ]