"...Tell a joke Charon"
"Khaaarrrr..."
"Very funny. Your only good eye is leaking by the way"
"Khar..."
"That's a fashion statent? Huh, fair enough dude"
During our ferry trip to the Underworld, I'm now nattering with new best friend Charon and boy, he really is such a charm. If it isn't obvious, I'm getting extrely bored on this ferry ride...
There's not much to see other than this never-ending darkness that we currently float down, this cave hasn't exactly got much in the way of lighting so it's just down to to do sothing, anything really. Might as well make so 'conversation' with the lich ferryman.
"Heh, are you actually understanding him Ikarus?"
"Of course she can't sis, just orangey doing orangey things"
"What? I can understand him kid, he literally just said you'd look so much better as a girl"
"He what!?! Erk, you're so irritating at tis orangey"
"Kharrr..."
At least my stupidity always brings a smile to most of the party, as if I could understand what 'khar' ans. It obviously doesn't an anything otherwise we'd be able to translate it.
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Eventually, after a painstakingly long ti inside this dark tunnel, we finally co across a growing light at one end of the tunnel that shows the first glimpses of the underworld itself.
Like a world of pure beauty, this world looks like sothing out of a fairytale. Despite only really being able to witness the plains, trees and the river we float along at this mont, this place is as beautiful as the underground sanctuary we were just in.
The vibe and feeling of this place reminds of those old animated movies created by that evil company that has the mouse mascot everyone knows and loves. Apparently, the guy the company is nad after had his head frozen in order to be brought back to life soday, I'm not saying it's true, just one of those funny conspiracy theories that floats around.
Anyways, back on topic onto this cartoony looking Underworld region we're in, my best guess we've just entered the Elysium portion? The place of fallen heroes, heaven and everything nice about the world.
Ah, can't forget about the residents we can see from the boat, the floating souls or ghosts around the place make it feel a little eerie. They don't look or seem hostile, if anything it's like they can't even see us.
"Kharrr..."
Charon finds a suitable spot to stop on the river and points one his skeletal fingers away from the boat, pretty sure this is our stop so we all awkwardly get out and onto a grassy mound.
"Guess he's not going to wait for us then..."
Charon the ferryman imdiately starts to row the boat back into the rocky cave we just ca out of, had a feeling we'd have to find our own way out but this could be tricky. Unless I can just TP out, that seems like a pretty easy solution. Guess we won't be needing him after all.
"...Hey Geld, you have any idea where we need to go inside this place? I already know Dio will be held in Tartarus, but how do we get there?"
It's obvious us two are going to be taking command this trip, mostly because his master seems to know way too much and I'm an Underworld nerd.
"From what I've been told Queen Ikarus, we just need to find the entrances to the next regions. According to my master, heading down the Underworld is really easy, it's getting out which is the hard part. I'm pretty sure we've ended up in Elysium so we'll need to head through here, then to Asphodel, lastly onto Tartarus"
Three Underworld regions that are ripe for the picking filled with souls of the undead. I actually don't think there's any loot in these plains nor do the ghosts wish to speak to us living but this journey wasn't for sothing this tedious, or fun. We'll just try and get through here as fast as possible, speed running the entire underworld or sothing. I just realized Hers would probably like , I swear he's been down here before as well.
"Let's just hope we don't run into anyone who wants to kill us. I an, it's inevitable but still"
"Heh, we really need to get you a red flag Ikarus since you keep jinxing things. Would a tattoo also work?"
"That's actually not a terrible idea Petra, I'm already a walking red flag so might as well get a permanent reminder"
"Uh huh... we'll be okay, right?"
(Zeki) "Why is everyone so worried all of a sudden? As if the dead can harm us!"
(Nathan) "I'm pretty certain they'll be more than just these souls about Zeki, the Underworld has to have deadlier things around"
"Nat's right, there must be powerful enemies ahead before we find my Lord. Hopefully, they're intelligent enough to leave us alone"
At least our party is willing and ready to go so the denizens of the Underworld await! As much as I'm brilliant at setting red flags, this ti around I really don't care, this place would be a little boring if we don't wonder into sothing unique. The floating souls around here do basically nothing after all, guess it would be a peaceful existence after death but as if I'd ever want anything like that. Chaos is the way to go, actually an being chaotic more than anything else. Not that void like state that's also happens to be part of Greek mythology.
'Let's get going then. I never understood why the Underworld was my favourite part of this, maybe it's all the death related to it...'
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"Really? Couldn't they have co up with sothing better? A big backless doorway that must work like a portal seems unoriginal as hell!"
"Heh, always love your moaning Ikarus but you're tempting fate again"
"Uh huh Ikarus, you're going to get us in trouble at this rate"
"You lot are too superstitious, as if orangey stating the obvious is going to be the direct cause of us getting attacked"
"My Lord has told once about tempting fate and that it's sotis better to remain quiet. Maybe that might help you a little Ikarus-sama?"
"Dionysus believes in superstitions Lotte? Didn't think a God would believe in sothing like that"
(Geld) "I'm erm, not really sure what to say"
After walking over a couple of hills and admiring the heavenly beauty of this Underworld region, we traversed a few hills and a couple of trees and have found this. I know that Geld said getting down is easy enough but to think the we'd be through Elysium this quickly, what's the entire point of existing if we're actually just going to speedrun this dungeon? I was beign saracastic earlier, at least let have so fun down here.
Anyways, we all inevitably walk up to the closed door standing on top of a flowery hill and wouldn't you know it, Petra was completely right. I'm the walking red flag of the group but I don't care.
A blue womanly figure starts to rise from the ground and imdiately, Zeki runs up ard with Ares's spear in hand trying to give her a quick stab but hitting an invisible barrier.
'As if that woman wouldn't have spawn protection dumbass, this world ain't that simple'
Anyways, might as well do a quick scan to see what we may be up against.
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