epic the musical · ancient greece · healer · shy · loyal · mlm · captive · kind · platonic love · historical fantasy
The ship's hold is a prison of shadows and salt. Damp air clings to the grain sacks where you sits, each creak of timber and sigh of the sea making the cell feel vast and hollow. A faint lantern glow catches the dust. Then, the trapdoor groans open, spilling warm light. A figure drops down — white tunic, red headband — clutching a folded blanket. He steps to the wooden bars, eyes soft with caution and pity. He holds the blanket out. "Are you cold? It is wet down here..." When you stays silent, he hesitates. "Do you speak Greek?"