Prompt: Diary entries from any of the characters
Dear Diary-
My dear and beloved brother-in-law Oedipus, glorious king of Thebes, sent me to Delphi today to embark on a quest to purge this city of its rancid state. The road was light, but the weight of my task burdened me nonetheless. Upon my arrival, I greeted the great oracle of Apollo with a sacred olive branch. Upon its acceptance, I was welcomed into the temple. The beautiful oracle did not provide pleasant news; in an incredibly tense voice she let me know that the murderer of our former king Laius was loose on the streets, and that our city could not rest until he was expelled from our lands. The task seemed easy enough; the road to Thebes was far greener than the road to Delphi.
Trouble struck not in the task, but the prophecy that the blind prophet Tiresias brought to our king. The Oedipus that received this message is not the one that married my sister all those years ago. His rage and arrogance is something I have never seen out of him. He accused me, his own brother outside of blood, of treason! I explained the fatal fate of his logic to closed ears. He is convinced beyond all doubt in his mind that it is I who is attempting to take his kingdom. His curses hit me like spears. I prayed to Athena that wisdom unravel in his mind, and to Hades in case it did not. May the next page of this book not be as bleak as its predecessor.
Creon
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