o10. [very, very, very accidental voice post];
[accidental because, really, it's rather conceited to sing an Orphic hymn to yourself--even if you're just bored while out at night and you think the tune is pretty. and no, to anyone who is wondering, Melinoe has no idea how much truth is behind what she is singing. mortals say the silliest things.
she is obviously outside, with the usual terrified murmuring as she passes people. over the traffic and the murmuring is a rather quiet voice. she is clearly only singing for her own amusement, but the words are still clear:]
I call saffron-veiled Melinoe,
daughter of Persephone and the Son of Heaven.
Where flows the mournful river Cocytus,
he beguiled the daughter of the Earth,
so Thy limbs are partly black and partly white;
Night's Daughter and Daughter of the Light.
Thy specter, now veiled in shadow,
now shimmering silver, inspires mortal fear.
Terrestrial Queen, expel from our hearts
the soul's mad fears wherever found,
And with holy aspect bless this incense,
and Thy mystics, and this divine rite.
[... yes, she does still think Hades is her Papa.]
she is obviously outside, with the usual terrified murmuring as she passes people. over the traffic and the murmuring is a rather quiet voice. she is clearly only singing for her own amusement, but the words are still clear:]
I call saffron-veiled Melinoe,
daughter of Persephone and the Son of Heaven.
Where flows the mournful river Cocytus,
he beguiled the daughter of the Earth,
so Thy limbs are partly black and partly white;
Night's Daughter and Daughter of the Light.
Thy specter, now veiled in shadow,
now shimmering silver, inspires mortal fear.
Terrestrial Queen, expel from our hearts
the soul's mad fears wherever found,
And with holy aspect bless this incense,
and Thy mystics, and this divine rite.
[... yes, she does still think Hades is her Papa.]