Odisguiseuss

As if you had not heard of my cunning disguises already, I will tell you again of the best of the best of the trickiest tricks I’ve pulled over the years. PLOT TWIST: Odysseus is the best at disguises, NOT Athena. At war in Troy, I had to do extremely hard and grueling work in order to find a way into the city’s walls. One of the most difficult of my disguises was to act as a beggar and infiltrate the walls of Troy. A beggar. How does a man as majestic and powerful as Odysseus turn into a poor, dingy, unscrupulous beggar? I had to drench myself in dirt and grime, and hunch down into ratty, old, ripped-up, beggar clothes. This way I could break into the walls of Troy, not get caught, and successfully murder many of their soldiers.

I remembered thinking if I could do this, if I could perform something so dangerous yet so sneaky. But true enough, I got in. Suddenly I knew that this plan was golden. Right as I took out my weapons the next day and bolted to attack the soldiers, I could see the pure terror and shock on their faces. That was when I knew that my disguises would become legendary. My camouflaged facade in Troy helped our army incredibly. Another one of my stories was once again in the Trojan War, and this time we really finished them. This was probably one of my favorites. It involved a lot of working together, but I knew that all of it happened because of my plan.

It started with the idea of pretending to leave Troy while secretly staying there, but how could we hide men from the Greek army in Troy? Such a superstitious idea would need to come with a just as clandestine disguise. I then suggested that we should give them a piece of artwork, but not just any old thing, a wooden sculpture with our men hiding out in the inside. A horse. Because of the Greek's perfection in art, we made an incredible horse. It was exquisitely and exhibited the hard and long hours that the artists put towards it. Now that we had a horse, all we had to do was put our men in with their weapons, give it to Troy as a gift for peace, and sail away on our ships. It was all worth it.  

They graciously accepted our gift when they found it. However, by the time day turned into night and back into day after all of the celebrations and feasts, Troy was done for. The soldiers crept out of the horse and that is when the war was truly over for them. These are the stories that give me the most pride and joy, and I wish that I could use my clever plans to get off this island. The only problem is, there are no supplies and the land is abandoned. Before I had an army, artists, and everything I needed to concoct a plot. Additionally, Calypso would see right through it. It’s time to find a new plan. No more disguises, I may need to use something aside from my own power to find a way back home.