It wasn't too long before she reached the sacred grounds. Cemia didn't know how to properly ask favors of gods, so she said, "Artemis?"
She felt the goddess appear. "Why have you called to me, maiden?" Artemis said inside Mia's mind.
"Um, I came to ask you for my sight."
The goddess seemed to consider, "And what is in it for me?"
::that seeker didn't mention I would have to bargain for it:: she thought. ::I guess I shouldn't have thought this would be easy::
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Artemis was slightly grumpy. She wasn't sure why, she just was. Now a foolish maiden was trying to weedle a favor from her with no idea how to pay for it. ::Mortals:: she thought in disgust. They never had any idea what a god desires.
"What do I have that you would want?" the girl who had called her asked.
::smart girl:: the goddess thought to herself. Let's see, what did she want? Artemis took a closer look at the girl's aura. It seemed like she had a fish/horse air around her. There was also a god's signature in her aura. Artemis looked at the signature closer and was shocked to realize that it was she own. ::When did I ever give a mercentaur a human shape??:: then she remembered. ::oh yeah. that time Aphrodite bet me that Mertari and Tauron would be able to have a kid before bro zapped them. Taught me never to bet on love matters against Dite. "You have three forms. Trade one for your sight."
The girl gulped.
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::well, which one don't I really use?:: Cemia thought for a second. She took a deep breath. ::Hope I'm not making a mistake:: "I'll trade my mer form for my sight."
The goddess nodded. "Very well." she disappeared.
Cemia had squeezed her eyes shut during the brief shot of pain when Artemis had taken her form, and lifted a hand to the back of her ear and felt smooth skin instead if the rough edges of the gills she had been born with. Then she slowly opened her eyes. "Wow." Mia breathed.
She felt the goddess appear. "Why have you called to me, maiden?" Artemis said inside Mia's mind.
"Um, I came to ask you for my sight."
The goddess seemed to consider, "And what is in it for me?"
::that seeker didn't mention I would have to bargain for it:: she thought. ::I guess I shouldn't have thought this would be easy::
~~~~~
Artemis was slightly grumpy. She wasn't sure why, she just was. Now a foolish maiden was trying to weedle a favor from her with no idea how to pay for it. ::Mortals:: she thought in disgust. They never had any idea what a god desires.
"What do I have that you would want?" the girl who had called her asked.
::smart girl:: the goddess thought to herself. Let's see, what did she want? Artemis took a closer look at the girl's aura. It seemed like she had a fish/horse air around her. There was also a god's signature in her aura. Artemis looked at the signature closer and was shocked to realize that it was she own. ::When did I ever give a mercentaur a human shape??:: then she remembered. ::oh yeah. that time Aphrodite bet me that Mertari and Tauron would be able to have a kid before bro zapped them. Taught me never to bet on love matters against Dite. "You have three forms. Trade one for your sight."
The girl gulped.
~~~~~
::well, which one don't I really use?:: Cemia thought for a second. She took a deep breath. ::Hope I'm not making a mistake:: "I'll trade my mer form for my sight."
The goddess nodded. "Very well." she disappeared.
Cemia had squeezed her eyes shut during the brief shot of pain when Artemis had taken her form, and lifted a hand to the back of her ear and felt smooth skin instead if the rough edges of the gills she had been born with. Then she slowly opened her eyes. "Wow." Mia breathed.