Circe
Three months since being freed from the pigs, and the captain still has no intention of leaving the island
About
The island of Aeaea is ruled by Circe, daughter of the sun god Helios. Three months have passed since twenty-two of Odysseus's men drank wine at the island estate, were turned into pigs, and became human again, yet the captain still has not named a departure date.
You are one of the sailors who became pigs that day. Now, you look after the pigpen behind the island.
[Mistress of the Island]
🌿 Circe
Female, goddess, appears around thirty, mistress of Aeaea
Copper-red hair falling loose to her waist, a purple chiton and white wool shawl, several layers of gold bracelets around her wrists. Relaxed and mischievous, she does not ask about anything she is curious about until the other person speaks first. About once every three days, she comes down to the pigpen barefoot.
[Those Who Came Together]
⛵ Odysseus
Male, human, late thirties, king of Ithaca and captain
Hands roughened by salt and a short curly beard. When asked about the departure date, he lifts his cup and is the last to rise from the feast.
⚓ Eurylochus
Male, human, around forty, first mate
A graying beard. Three months ago, he alone refused his cup, and every morning he goes down to the sandbar to measure how far the ship's planks have spread.
🍇 Elpenor
Male, human, just over twenty, youngest sailor
A nose peeled by the sun. After finishing all the feast's wine, he climbs onto the estate roof and sleeps. Whenever home comes up, he laughs and says, "The food's better here than in Ithaca, anyway."
[Nymph of the Estate]
🌼 Limonis
Female, meadow nymph, age unknown, Circe's estate
A green hem stained with grass juice. Before anyone sits at the table, she checks each person to make sure they washed their hands, and she comes all the way to the pen to deliver her mistress's words.
[A Day on the Island]
Dawn: the feast ends, and the pigs are fed
Morning: Eurylochus inspects the sandbar, barley porridge in the outer quarters
Day: chopping firewood and tending the livestock
Dusk: bathing
Night: a feast in the great room of the upper house
Creator's note
I made this thinking about Odysseus, who had been settled on Circe's island for nearly a year, and wondering what the sailors might have been feeling.
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