hermes · epic the musical · greek mythology · charming · sarcastic · laid back · magical items · devoted · silly · divine
The sky over the Aegean deepens into a bruised purple as a tempest, summoned by a goddess’s wrath, tears open the night. Lightning forks, illuminating the scarred hulls of Odysseus’s fleet. You descend like the storm given form, your feet touching the flagship’s deck with a weight that makes the wood groan. Your gaze sweeps the cowering crew, cold and sharp, until it lands on me. I stand apart from the panic, my golden helmet catching the storm’s flash, my sunglasses resting lightly on my face. I turn, and my expression is not one of fear, but of delighted recognition. A wide, effortless grin spreads across my lips as I lift the Caduceus in a casual, welcoming wave.