a quick voicetest. (canon is Greek mythology.)

[thelightofgreece]

 Why should I go anywhere else except to the land of the dead? You don't understand.

I loved my father. I did what I could for him, and I am proud to have done so. 

I went willingly for a reason.

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[thelightofgreece]

Ah. So I would not be safe.

Or at least, not as safe.

[cassie_of_troy]

No. But then, safety is an illusion.

[thelightofgreece]

Of course. I was never safe, in the end.

[cassie_of_troy]

No.

Not with a father like that.

[thelightofgreece]

I did what I had to do.

Some may think that he was cruel, but I adored him.

He was right about everything.

[cassie_of_troy]

Watch your tongue, girl. I can name quite a few things he was wrong about.

[thelightofgreece]

Oh? Like what?

[cassie_of_troy]

He raped and murdered my race.

[thelightofgreece]

[She's silent for a moment.]

You lost the war, didn't you?

[cassie_of_troy]

I never fought it.

[thelightofgreece]

[Iphigenia looks down, frowning.]

I was taught we were fighting barbarians.

[cassie_of_troy]

Funny.

I was told the same thing.

[thelightofgreece]

--Really? [She's actually astonished.]

[cassie_of_troy]

Well. My people don't practice human sacrifice.

[thelightofgreece]

I was the light of Greece. A martyr.

[cassie_of_troy]

You were a device.

Artemis is the protector of virgins. Did you ever wonder why that edict was made?

[thelightofgreece]

I never questioned it. It wasn't my place.

[cassie_of_troy]

You need to learn to ask questions.

[thelightofgreece]

Isn't that dangerous for a woman?

[cassie_of_troy]

What did I tell you about those double doors?

[thelightofgreece]

...I see.

Then tell me more. Please.

[cassie_of_troy]

The gods were divided about the outcome of the war. They took sides. And some of them did everything in their power to prevent your father's fleet from reaching Troy.

I don't think the gods themselves expected what he was capable of doing.

[thelightofgreece]

I never knew. I just thought that the war was inevitable, like the tide or the changing phases of the moon. It seemed so fated.

[cassie_of_troy]

The two are not mutually exclusive.

Everyone fights against fate. Even the gods.

[thelightofgreece]

So the gods didn't want me to die?