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S2EP2 : Survive
<p>The Cyclops was drunk. From the wine — from power. From blood.</p><p><br/></p><p>He thought he was untouchable.</p><p><br/></p><p>He was wrong.</p><p><br/></p><p>---</p><p>He didn't notice I mixed lotus in his wine when I tried to reason with him. I had told him if he lets us have his sheep and leave alive, we'd give him the world's best tasting wine. And he drank it, like I knew he would. He liked the wine but didn't keep to his side of the deal. He killed my best friend instead and told me I'd be the last man to die.</p><p>---</p><p><br/></p><p>"Nobody," he'd said, laughing. "Nobody, for your drink, I've one to reply"</p><p>Me: I'm so glad we see eye to eye ( yes, shade intended)</p><p>Him: You shall be the final man to die!</p><p><br/></p><p>---</p><p>Then dude just went on a killing spree..told us we were all going to die. No escape was allowed and that we've caused him enough pain. But we did absolutely nothing wrong, we tried reasoning with him and he decides to kill us, so we fought back. He killed 42 men. And we stabbed him in the eye. ( I definitely think that's an unfair deal but anyways...back to the story)</p><p>---</p><p><br/></p><p>Then he passed out.</p><p><br/></p><p>I didn't wait.</p><p><br/></p><p>"Now!" I shouted.</p><p><br/></p><p>My crew moved. Six hundred men don't survive ten years of war by hesitating.</p><p><br/></p><p>We took his club...the one he used to kill my friend..sharpened it with our swords...</p><p><br/></p><p>Eurylochus looked at me. "You sure about this?"</p><p><br/></p><p>"No."</p><p><br/></p><p>"Then why are we doing it?"</p><p><br/></p><p>"Because if we don't... we're all dead."</p><p><br/></p><p>He nodded.</p><p><br/></p><p>And together, we drove the spike into his eye.</p><p><br/></p><p>---</p><p><br/></p><p>The Cyclops screamed.</p><p><br/></p><p>Not a shout. Not a roar. A scream — the kind that comes from somewhere deeper than pain.</p><p><br/></p><p>"NOBODY! NOBODY HURT ME!"</p><p><br/></p><p>His friends — other Cyclopes — called back from the island. "Then shut up, fool! Nobody's killing you!"</p><p><br/></p><p>See?</p><p><br/></p><p>That was the plan.</p><p><br/></p><p>"Nobody" hurt him. So "Nobody" could take the blame.</p><p><br/></p><p>Clever, right?</p><p><br/></p><p>Yeah.</p><p><br/></p><p>I thought so too.</p><p><br/></p><p>But clever doesn't always mean smart.</p><p><br/></p><p>---</p><p><br/></p><p>[Haiku]</p><p><br/></p><p>Sharp wood finds soft flesh</p><p>A world of light turns to dark</p><p>"Nobody," he weeps</p><p><br/></p><p>---</p><p><br/></p><p>We ran for the ships. My crew cheered. Hugged each other. Cried.</p><p><br/></p><p>"We did it!" someone shouted. "We survived!"</p><p><br/></p><p>I almost believed it.</p><p><br/></p><p>But then again, the gods can be cruel. No, can't blame the gods on this one...it was totally my fault. Acted out of anger and did something stupid </p><p><br/></p><p>Epic the musical— The CYCLOPS SAGA.</p>
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