Board Thread:What Would You Do?/@comment-28970644-20170712195321/@comment-28718853-20170809191019

(I rolled a Medusa. Let's do it!)

"You're a Medusa, you have the power to turn people to stone!" I point out. My sister Oceana keeps her annoyed gaze on the floor and says, "I've tried that multiple times, but those fools always manage to run away!"

I sigh and ask her, "Alright Oceana, what method are you using to try to catch them?"

Oceana shrugs and replies, "I usually just chase down the first attractive man I find."

My hand smacks my face. Looks like we found her problem. I raise a finger and ask her, "You ever tried stealth?"

Oceana has a puzzled look on her face before she frowns and says, "Barney, you know I'm not patient enough for something like that."

"Well, you're a snake right, and aren't snakes supposed to be well...sneaky?" I ask her. Oceana mumbles something at my point then says, "Barney..."

"You've tried the pursuit method countless times and it hasn't worked. Don't you think it's time to change it up a little?" I interrupt her. Oceana says nothing. She just slithers over to the window and stares out of it at the thick forest that borders our street.

A spark lights up in my mind. I stand beside Oceana and point out at the forest. "Look at all of those trees, so many places to set up an ambush on an unsuspecting man," I tell her. Without turning to me, Oceana asks me, "But, what if another mamono gets to him first?"

I shrug and answer her with, "Then you'll either have to show her why you deserve the catch more than her, or just simply go find another man."

Oceana smiles and holds out her fist. I smile back and fistbump her. She turns to the doorway and says, "Alright Barney, I'm trusting you here. An ambush is what I'll go for."

With that, she leaves my room, and I go back to the story that I was working on. I remember something and call after her, "And make sure he's not someone who's well known!"

"Got it!" I hear Oceana shout back.

About a half hour later, Oceana bursts into my room shouting, "Barney, I did it I did it!"

I was so startled by my sister's sudden entrance that I hopped out of my chair and onto the floor. I looked to her and asked, "Did what?"

"Don't you remember stupid? I followed your advice to catch a man and I caught one!" Oceana explains. I stand on my own two feet and reply, "That's great, what was he?"

"Camper, lives alone and without many friends, and the best part is, he's into snake women!" Oceana cheers. I smile at her and pat her on the shoulder, "Told you you could do it."

"He's downstairs, I want you to meet him!" Oceana says as she grabs my hand and pulls me out of my room. She takes me down to the living room and there I see a brown-haired man who looked to be in his early thirties.

"Gale, this is my brother Barney," Oceana says as she moves aside. Gale rubs the back of his head and says, "Well, I wasn't expecting to meet a family member in these circumstances."

I chuckle and say, "Well, I guess that's what happens when your sister becomes a mamono. Family meetings can become spontaneous."

Gale and I shake hands with each other and he asks, "So uhh..you have parents that live here or...?"

"Actually, it's just my brother and I in this house. We attend the university here, so our parents rented this house out to us so we could get to it easily," Oceana explains. Gale nods with an, "Oh."

I point upstairs and say, "Welp, I'm heading back upstairs, and I'm leaving you two down here to converse with each other."

"See you Barney, and thanks again!" Oceana calls after me.

I head back up to my room and shut the door behind me.

My work was about to continue when a thought came to mind. Oceana was a mamono now, and she was going to have to fill out extra paperwork, and since she was a Medusa, that meant that extra restrictions were going to be placed on her. Ah, why am I thinking of this when Spring Break's just starting. Oh well, I'll just let my sister enjoy her time with her new boyfriend for now. We'll get to the issues when we get to them.