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Chapter 3 - Chapter One: The Name Game

Chapter One: The Name Game

Chorus:

In Thebes, where rumors run faster than chariots and truth's a coin tossed by the gods, a new day stumbles in—drunk, disheveled, and already late for its own funeral.

Here, names are weapons, titles are traps, and the only law is: survive the story, or become its punchline.

The F*** It All moves through the city's edge, walls covered in faded graffiti—her names, sprayed and scratched, crossed out and rewritten a hundred times.

"Witch." "Whore." "Daughter." "Nobody."

She pauses, tracing a finger over the latest: "F*** It All"—the only one she didn't hate.

Flashback: Childhood, palace corridor.

Laius's voice, slick as oil:

"Daughters are meant to be seen, not heard. You'll answer to your name, or else."

She remembers the first time she refused—how the world seemed to tilt, how Jocasta's eyes darted away, how Echo squeezed her hand in secret rebellion.

The F*** It All (to herself):

Names are cages. I've broken every lock.

Let them call me what they will—I'll answer to none.

She weaves through the market. Vendors whisper, children stare. The Chorus follows, unseen but ever-present.

Chorus:

They call her a ghost, a curse, a scandal wrapped in silk.

But she's just a woman who won't play dead.

She stops at a fountain, staring at her reflection.

For a moment, she sees all her old selves—frightened girl, obedient daughter, silent shadow—staring back.

The F*** It All:

You're not me anymore.

She cups water in her hands, lets it slip through her fingers—a ritual of forgetting.

Enter Echo, quick and sly.

Echo:

You're making a scene.

The F*** It All:

Let them watch. It's the only show in town.

Echo:

Laius is looking for you. Again.

The F*** It All:

He can look all he wants. He won't find me—not the me he's hunting.

Echo:

You sure? The city's full of eyes.

The F*** It All:

Then let them see what I want them to see.

Chorus:

Sisters, plotting in plain sight.

One with a voice sharp as broken glass,

One with a tongue quick as a whip.

Flashback: The first spell.

In her childhood room, The F*** It All draws symbols in chalk, muttering words she half-believes. Echo watches, wide-eyed.

The F*** It All (voiceover):

If names are chains, then magic is the bolt-cutter.

I'll be everywhere and nowhere.

Let them chase ghosts.

She stands in the city square, raises her voice.

The F*** It All:

You want a name? Here's one: Survivor.

You want a story? Here's mine: I write it myself.

The crowd murmurs. Laius's spies take notes. The Chorus cackles.

Chorus:

The king's men scribble, but their ink runs dry.

The queen looks away, but her heart skips a beat.

The city listens, but only half-believes.

The F*** It All:

You don't get to name me.

Not now, not ever.

She turns, cloak swirling, and disappears into the alleys—leaving only questions in her wake.

Chorus:

And so begins the tale of the one who won't be named,

Who broke her own chains and set the city aflame.

Watch closely, dear Thebes—

The wrecking ball has only just begun to swing.

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