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As the afternoon continues, you grapple with your new dilemma.
You’re currently aboard a vessel with Odysseus, and there are at least three days of rowing until the docks of Ilion are within sight. Your typical activities – building relationships with your crewmates – may put you in direct contact with Odysseus, and any exposure with the King of Ithaka risks discovery of your compact with Electra. Simultaneously, you’re loathe to forgo the opportunity to build your relationships with Palamedes and Menelaus – with Ilion practically within sight, you must do everything in your power to improve your standing with these men.
It may be better to abandon Menelaus’ ship when the galleys are stowed upon the beaches later tonight, although your departure may raise Odysseus’ suspicions in its own right. Is it better to stay aboard and feign the rural brute, or otherwise avoid Odysseus’ keen mind through some attempted deception, or better to escape the vessel outright and risk triggering his curiosity? You wrestle with your thoughts, unsure how to proceed.
>How does Nikon spend his final days at sea? This vote will close at 4pm EST.
>Attempt to ingratiate yourself with Menelaus as much as you can in the limited time remaining. Odysseus may well notice your attempts here.
>Attempt to find common ground with Odysseus himself. Perhaps your paranoia is overwrought, and you may find some way to build your rapport with the man without risking your conspiracy?
>Spend time with Palamedes. Perhaps it is time to debrief regarding your encounter with the maimed goddess – her shattered skull was a strange foreshadowing of your later duel with the enemy nobleman. And what language was the goddess speaking?
>Attempt to lay low upon the ships of Spartans, avoiding Odysseus’ attentions as best as you can. A clever write-in for the method of this would provide a moderate bonus to your deception attempt.
>Escape the vessel at the nearest opportunity and return to the ship of Ajax – exposure to Odysseus is simply a danger that you cannot risk, even if you may trigger his suspicions in the process.
>Something else I haven’t thought of?
