Satellites of Damocles

Narcissus and Echo 2.0 Revised 5/26 (For M A O’Hara) They were home in bed after an evening out for dinner and drinks that had progressively degenerated in the sullen silence now between them. He didn’t know it yet, but this affair was having its walking papers being processed, they had a brief rather tense session of making love after which he had some snide observations about how lousy the restaurant she had picked for them. She sat up and shook her tits saying- You are some Narcissus- He had heard all this before- a kind of default negative character assignment when his relationships were going south. Usually he just let it go- but not tonight. They had the following exchange So if I’m Narcissus do you know who that makes you ? Who ? Narcissus/ girlfriend Echo Echo ? Yup. Not only that but everybody seems to have him pegged, but very few seem To know anything who she was Who She was ? Echo was a very good-looking Wood Nymph. She had one annoying characteristic However she was bather mouth- would talk the ear off anyone she met. So one day Zeus has come down from Olympus to frolic and knock off a few Stray Nymphs in the woods. His wife Hera (also known as June) was very aware Of her husband’s salacious hobbies on earth and followed him to catch the old lech In the act of his indiscretions and she might caught him too….but she happened to Run into Echo. As you can imagine Echo wanted to talk to the Goodness about everything. She ran a blue streak of babble detaining Hera’s pursuit of her wayward husband, Zeus seeing what was going on escaped clean away back to Olympus. Later on Hera suspected that Echo had purposely distracted her. She was pissed. So Hera took away Echo’s voice and pronounced from now Echo could only repeat the last words spoken to her. So in one respect Echo would have the last word forever. A rather ignominious gift to round out the punishment. So Echo is wandering the woods one day and sees young Narcissus, a rather spoiled very good-looking teenager out hunting with the boys. Now all the other Wood Nymphs thought our boy was to die for- But he wanted none it. So Echo sees Narcissus and goes nuts. She wants this beefcake in the worse way. But she can’t speak to him first. She starts stalking him. He gradually becomes aware of this and is kind of cheeped out- and yells out go away beat it and she of course hears back Go away beat it. This goes on for a while till Echo can’t stand it anymore. She sneaks up Behind Narcissus and knocks him flat and straddles him. Her intentions are very clear. No Dice. Old Narcissus isn’t into this sort of thing. He can’t even get it up. Pushes her ass off him and yells at her I would rather die than you have me. Echo humiliated in tears replies Have me. Echo continues to follow him till he comes to that pool of water. (which was created by the Gods to punish this rather vain teenager). Truth was Narcissus wasn’t very bright to begin with anyway. His birth had and been as questionable as Echoes- (but that’s another story) A Seer named Teiresias had told his mom (Blue Nymph) that her stunning son would ok only if he never knew himself, Get it ? The stupid bastard probably never knew it was his reflection in the Pool. Ok so you should know the rest by now- Narcissus withered away and died because of a lost love without another word spoken and Echo heard nothing and died as well as few feet away pining away for him. Back in the bedroom she was getting dressed to leave and snapping on her bra hissed Well that stupid story proves my point perfectly- Our relationship has some very serious issues and rather discussing that you tell me that stupid story where you actually defend and try to justify that guy - no wonder you spend most of your day when you aren’t working watching Porn and drinking beer. Know what ? You are Narcissus and you can forget that bullshit about Echo He shrugged as she walked out the door and called after her Goodbye Baby To which she spat over her shoulder- Goodbye Baby.