Things were very lucrative for Medusa in the modern age. Contrary to popular belief, she had survived her encounter with Perseus and had actually helped him in his adventures afterwards, even single-handedly defeating the Cetus! But somewhere along the way the story got confused...
But that suited her fine.
She returned to her island and spent the centuries in peace and solitude, until around a hundred years ago when she started seeing metallic flying contraptions! About fifty years after that she started getting visitors to her island: women garbed in little clothing with men who pointed boxes that clicked at them while they posed. Intrigued, she eventually disguised herself and made contact with these people... and not long after that the "Hard Body Modeling Agency and Resort" was created.
At first, Medusa was simply content to be the eccentric local landlord for travelers from lands she hadn't even heard of... but then she got to know some of the models in passing...
One day, a particularly vain and vapid woman annoyed the ancient gorgon so much that Medusa couldn't help but tear off her disguise and look her dead in the eyes out of disgust. The model promptly turned to stone, and as Medusa studied the new statue, she was struck by two things: first, the model's beauty rivaled that of a demigoddess, and second, she was so much more lovely now that she was eternal stone.
And so, Medusa's second business venture was born. She partitioned off a part of her island's natural beaches to be her hunting ground, and had her agency send the most vapid, loathsome, and beautiful models to her for a vacation that would never end! Those that she liked, she kept. Others, she would sell to the world's rich and powerful, who would remain ignorant of the true nature of how these statues were sculpted. Some would pay upwards of seven figures for one of her exquisitely detailed marble nudes! For her part, Medusa preferred women with some muscle tone, reminiscent of Amazons.
Like this newest model wandering the beach in front of her. Some sort of "influencer" who regularly swindled and cheated people as easily as breathing.
"May I help you apply some sunblock?" Medusa asked with a smile as the woman turned to meet her eyes. She watched the woman's face turn from confusion to shock as she froze into place and a wave of marble slowly caressed her body. Soon her face became a mask of shock, and the gorgon chuckled. Medusa ran her fingers over the new statue's gloriously sculpted abs.
"No? Very well..." she whispered into an unhearing ear.
Tags: transformation, statue transformation, petrification
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Story by Amberbub |
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Artwork by Gala |
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