Decalphabet Challenge: 10 reasons why being the goddess of revenge isn't all it's cracked up to be
Title: 10 reasons why being the goddess of revenge isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
Fandom: Greek Mythology
Claim: the letter “z” (5 z words and 5 words that start with a vowel)
Prompts: before each section
Rating: PG
Word Count: 500
1. Unbelievers.
"They don't even know your name," Hera says.
Nemesis shrugs. "So?"
"So. I don't see why you persist."
"It's fun." Nemesis rolls her eyes. “You probably wouldn’t understand, Hera, but it really is fun. For me. Most of the time. Sometimes. Occasionally.”
2. Zestful protection.
Two words: pepper spray. Even if you're immortal, it's still not fun.
3. Octopi.
She’s in the ocean, with more water over her head than she’d like to think about, and she’s talking to an octopus.
What happened to my life? she wonders.
She knows the answer, though.
I decided to get creative.
“I know this is weird,” she says. “But come on, don’t you want a little spice in your life?”
Wrong choice of words.
She surfaces, spluttering, five and a half seconds later to the sound of laughter.
“Shut up,” she tells Hermes, and wrings out the bottom of her dress.
4. Ululation isn’t fun.
So when she needs someone to make strange, possibly frightening sounds outside of someone’s window, it ends up that it has to be her who does it.
Because who else would do something like that?
Oh, Nemesis, I’ll see what I can do, but I think I’m busy tonight…
Right.
5. Zaniness on the job.
A goddess of revenge with a sense of humor is never a good thing.
“Well,” Nemesis says, “That’s just too bad.”
6. Inconsiderate mortals.
She doesn’t really think it’s fair that King Tut got the credit for that curse. After all, he’s dead. Dead people can’t do much in the way of cursing. She, however, devised a neat little trick just to show the mortals that digging up graves isn’t the best thing to be doing.
Somehow they didn’t seem to get that she was behind the whole thing, and so a dead kid got the credit for all her hard work.
That’s how it’s been, lately.
7. Zeppelins just aren’t what they used to be.
“A lead zeppelin?” she says. “I mean, how stupid can you get? You can’t fly in something made of lead.”
“You might be able to,” Hermes remarks.
“Not if you’re a mortal.” She shakes her head. “No. It’s a dumb idea, and they need to find out before they go charging around killing people in their overweight flying machine.”
“Well how was I supposed to know it was a figurative zeppelin/”
‘Dite shrugs. “Do more research?”
8. Arachnids don’t like gods. Or goddesses.
It’s all Athena’s fault. She always had a jealous streak, but, seriously, the whole Arachne thing was just bad. Because now it’s screwing her over big time. All she wanted was a spider. One spider. She wasn’t even going to hurt it. But no, of course not. Because the spiders still have a grudge, but somehow it’s grown to include all gods. Or goddesses. Whatever.
“It’s your fault,” she tells Athena.
9. Zigzag reasoning.
If I do this, then it’ll all be good.
Maybe.
But there’s free will.
Blast.
10. Zealous avenging doesn’t go away.
“Nemesis,” Hera says, “Don’t you think you’re getting just a little…overzealous?”
“What?” Nemesis says.
“Well, most mortals think your name has to do with Star Trek.”
“It does.”
“But that’s all they think.”
“They obviously have to learn to think more.”
Fandom: Greek Mythology
Claim: the letter “z” (5 z words and 5 words that start with a vowel)
Prompts: before each section
Rating: PG
Word Count: 500
1. Unbelievers.
"They don't even know your name," Hera says.
Nemesis shrugs. "So?"
"So. I don't see why you persist."
"It's fun." Nemesis rolls her eyes. “You probably wouldn’t understand, Hera, but it really is fun. For me. Most of the time. Sometimes. Occasionally.”
2. Zestful protection.
Two words: pepper spray. Even if you're immortal, it's still not fun.
3. Octopi.
She’s in the ocean, with more water over her head than she’d like to think about, and she’s talking to an octopus.
What happened to my life? she wonders.
She knows the answer, though.
I decided to get creative.
“I know this is weird,” she says. “But come on, don’t you want a little spice in your life?”
Wrong choice of words.
She surfaces, spluttering, five and a half seconds later to the sound of laughter.
“Shut up,” she tells Hermes, and wrings out the bottom of her dress.
4. Ululation isn’t fun.
So when she needs someone to make strange, possibly frightening sounds outside of someone’s window, it ends up that it has to be her who does it.
Because who else would do something like that?
Oh, Nemesis, I’ll see what I can do, but I think I’m busy tonight…
Right.
5. Zaniness on the job.
A goddess of revenge with a sense of humor is never a good thing.
“Well,” Nemesis says, “That’s just too bad.”
6. Inconsiderate mortals.
She doesn’t really think it’s fair that King Tut got the credit for that curse. After all, he’s dead. Dead people can’t do much in the way of cursing. She, however, devised a neat little trick just to show the mortals that digging up graves isn’t the best thing to be doing.
Somehow they didn’t seem to get that she was behind the whole thing, and so a dead kid got the credit for all her hard work.
That’s how it’s been, lately.
7. Zeppelins just aren’t what they used to be.
“A lead zeppelin?” she says. “I mean, how stupid can you get? You can’t fly in something made of lead.”
“You might be able to,” Hermes remarks.
“Not if you’re a mortal.” She shakes her head. “No. It’s a dumb idea, and they need to find out before they go charging around killing people in their overweight flying machine.”
“Well how was I supposed to know it was a figurative zeppelin/”
‘Dite shrugs. “Do more research?”
8. Arachnids don’t like gods. Or goddesses.
It’s all Athena’s fault. She always had a jealous streak, but, seriously, the whole Arachne thing was just bad. Because now it’s screwing her over big time. All she wanted was a spider. One spider. She wasn’t even going to hurt it. But no, of course not. Because the spiders still have a grudge, but somehow it’s grown to include all gods. Or goddesses. Whatever.
“It’s your fault,” she tells Athena.
9. Zigzag reasoning.
If I do this, then it’ll all be good.
Maybe.
But there’s free will.
Blast.
10. Zealous avenging doesn’t go away.
“Nemesis,” Hera says, “Don’t you think you’re getting just a little…overzealous?”
“What?” Nemesis says.
“Well, most mortals think your name has to do with Star Trek.”
“It does.”
“But that’s all they think.”
“They obviously have to learn to think more.”