You look at your shield.
You have turned to stone.
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I'm supposing the joke here is that NetHack is even more punishing than Greek mythology, and that the trick Perseus succeeded with will only cause YASD.
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The green @ is an elf.
The white @ is a nurse too late to save you.
One of the `'s is you.
You are Medusa.
See I got this all figured out.