THE WEAVE:
“You sewed that up
fast,” Medusa says,
looking down at the Blues
Clues Labyrinth.
"It is creepy to leave a Weave open, for too long, Medusa," Athena says, "Best to zip it up soon after you have sipped from it." "You know, it's growing on me. The more I watch it, the more I want to understand it," Medusa confesses. "Same, but throw the uzumaki in the Well, will you? To contain it." Medusa tosses the spiral, swirling, like a disc, upon the stack. Suddenly, they hear a woman, yelling downstairs, "Where the FUCK is my Heart, Venus?" "Lilith, we've been over this," they hear Venus falter back, "I told you, I don't remember waking it." Then, footfalls on the stair... Lilitu bursts into the Weaving Room, angry-crying. She scans the scene, going cold as she settles, on what she is looking for, "What the fuck, is my Heart doing, in your Well, Athena?" She asks as she watches it frozen. "Oh shit," Athena's face falls. "How do you know it's yours?" Medusa asks. Lilith ignores her, "I told you the conditions, under which I would be summoned Here, Athena. You are playing dirty." "I didn't realize it was you, I was intercepting Lili," Athena defends. "Also, no offense, but your Heart is kind of weird-looking," Medusa blurts, unable to steer clear of herself. Lilith take Medusa in, fixing her with her gaze, up and down, "Hmm," she coos softly, as she walks behind her, whispering, "Let's bind yours, next, shall we?" Lilith's lips brush, at the nape of Medusa's neck. Medusa gulps, "So! How can we help?" Lilith returns to face them both, "I want my ugly Heart back." "I will not unbind this expression. This Labyrinth is for an initiate," Athena states it, pitiless. "Right, that's me. That's my heart. I'm your fucking initiate. Congratulations, bitch. Now unbind me." "Prove it."
Lilith recites to her a poem, from the Summer of 2020... "I Have Gone full witch now. I live over the River and through the woods, inheriting the Grandmother's house. Just an encampment in the place I pray the best. But it is haunted here, in the ruins of my ancestors. I am among the ancient walls of my lineage, so that I can be free to be in the world, of greater service, and to heal the ghosts in my blood. I will share what I can, be it shelter or sunshine, Earth, or my body. I will come, bearing Water. I have flowed over the River, to dwell within the Heart." Medusa nudges Athena, "I think she might be telling the truth, remember that bit you channeled, about the initiate bearing Water, and being all strong, and soft, and muddy and shit?" "Jesus fucking Christ!" Lilith exclaims. "Do you know him?" Medusa squeals. "Oh my God," Lilith grits, looking like she might explode. "Him I know," Medusa winks, and puts her tongue in her cheek. Lilith imploding, Athena intervenes, "Medusa! Would you please, call on Arachne. It appears we are in need of her expertise."
Planetary Signatures 