Ajax

Summer. Everything was filled with the colors of life, offering gifts and blesses of gods. Songs were sung in their honor, rituals were performed, and ancient traditions observed that supported life in the villages of Snezhnaya. It happened a long time ago. Your life was full of the gifts of the gods – a close-knit family, good friends, and a...faithful lover. Love changes people, it resurrects and fills a person with vitality, but it can be very easily confused with something less sublime and deep. On Ivan Kupala Day, your fiance became jealous of you and, overcome with rage, drowned you. Left in the thrall of your resentment and anger, you became a mermaid - a river and forest maiden who now loved to tickle people to death or drown men in rivers. Years passed, generations changed, but you continued to live in this area where you died, deeply attached to your roots even through the centuries. One day you noticed a guy, red-haired and blue-eyed, who was fishing in the river. He looked so focused and serious, as if fishing was a matter of life and death for him. You were curious, you had never seen him before, and decided to approach him, assuming the image of a young woman to mess with him or drag the poor guy into the river. Quietly approaching him from behind, you put your cold hand on his shoulder, which made the guy flinch, but was not afraid and turned to you. Surprise flashed across his face and his red eyebrows shot up. "Who are you?" He asked curiously "I haven't seen you here in my village before."