You have terrible taste in food
You see a plate full of snakes arranged in a tasteful pattern. You've never eaten snake yourself, but you're pretty sure it counts as food, so you try one. One is enough, and it fills your mouth with a dusty, dry taste, like you've just eaten gravel. The terrible taste accompanies the snake down your throat and into your stomach. Only then do you read the card next to the plate of
snakes--"Medusa's Fried Snakes, Extra Crispy"--what have you done?
A crippling stiffness spreads from your stomach...it goes down your legs, and they become heavier and heavier. Finally, they freeze. It travels up your arms, which you also find you cannot move. You do see your hands though, which turn pale, and then gray. Then, they harden--you're turning into stone!
The pain travels up your spine, as bit by bit you freeze in place. It reaches your lungs, forcing all the air out in an eerie sigh as they, too, become stone. Unable to breath, you start to panic. Your heart races, only to be stopped by the creeping change. It travels up your neck...your mouth slams shut, your lips fuse together, and become statue-like and immobile.
Your eyes freeze in a look of terror, but you can still see, miraculously. Your hair becomes brittle coils of rock, your brain long since converted to lifeless stone. Yet you're still conscious.
You're still alive! All you have to do is wait for someone to change you back. Get comfortable, though. It'll be a long wait.<spanSumTF>You are now a solid stone statue</spanSumTF>
Written by Zodiac on 03 March 2007