March open

[inthenameofhades]

Who: Zagreus and you!
When: After the Eplum event
Where: Horizon (& Zagreus's Domain specifically)
What: Zagreus finally visits Horizon
Warnings: NA

Immediately upon his arrival to Horizon, Zagreus's appearance had altered to align much more closely to how he appeared at home: red and black exomis adorned with three canine skulls on one shoulder, a belt made of more skulls, arms adorned with golden bands. And around his head a crown of fiery, ever-burning laurels. The only difference was the now the symbol of the Chariot had been etched into the metal greaves he wore above his fiery feet.

Driven by the compulsion to create, he had also swiftly begun construction of his Domain: a space for which the most immediately notable feature was the river of blood surrounding it. Perhaps you will dare to attempt to cross it.

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[inthenameofhades]

"Bob's a rather strange name, but...nevermind that. What is a Titan doing wondering around anywhere?" Zagreus says. "As far as I know, Father and his brothers cut them all up into pieces. The whole point of which was to make sure they couldn't reform."

And Zagreus might not have ever met a Titan himself, but...from what he'd heard, their return was something no one wanted to see.

[sonofacesius]

" Ahhh." Will saw where the problem was! "Monsters can reform in Tartarus. He reformed. And took a little dip in the Lethe and long story short, now he prefers Bob to Iapetus and spent a little bit working for Hades. Now? I'm actually not sure where he is. But he's nice now, I promise! I wouldn't have gone to rescue him if he wasn't."

[inthenameofhades]

"A dip in the Lethe? That's rather drastic. Usually only the Shades of Elysium want to do that." And that was so they wouldn't have to worry about remembering all their mortal worries while they endlessly battled each other for honour and glory for all eternity.

"But I suppose that's not entirely different from how things work back home, yes," he says. "Gods will reform, of course - and Titans. That's why they needed to take steps to prevent that. And Shades are dead, so they can't really be killed. They just...dissipate, for a little while. But nothing that is dead leaves the Underworld. There Is No Escape, after all."

[sonofacesius]

"The way I heard it, it wasn't exactly a willing dip? He remembers some things, but overall I think it brought him a sense of peace. He got to decide who he was, instead of being forced to be something by others. It might not have originally been willing but, eventually, he had a choice, and he made it. He preferred to stay as Bob rather than return to Iapetus. And honestly, I'm a fan of anyone not trying to kill me. Besides, Bob was nice. And. Somehow got Nico and myself out of Tartarus and the Underworld. Not entirely sure, since I was passed out at the time but. Next time I woke up, there was a blue sky."

Will grinned at his friend. "So I think the uh, no escape part of the Underworld might have a security problem."

[inthenameofhades]

"Then...I'm glad to hear it. Both that he was able to change for the better, and that he chose to become your friend."

Zagreus might have grown up hearing horror stories about the Titans, but that didn't mean he wouldn't accept that one of them could change.

"In your Underworld, perhaps!" Zagreus says, with a laugh. "I can assure you no one gets our of ours. Well, except for me of course."

[sonofacesius]

"I hope that's true, or you guys might need a better security system." I mean, they probably needed a better security system in their underworld but, so far it was working to his advantage so.... Will was okay with that for the moment.

"Thanks for showing me this. It's lovely."

[inthenameofhades]

"That's part of my role, actually," Zagreus explains. "Testing the security. By escaping from the Underworld myself, it helps pinpoint any flaws. But I don't know if there's a version of myself performing that role in your world."

Perhaps that's one of the reasons for all the problems Will's Underworld had. Maybe there was no one testing security.

"Also, repeatedly ransacking my father's realm is very cathartic."

[sonofacesius]

"I can imagine. I'm not really sure about Hades security system. Nico probably would. For all I know, having demigods try and break in and out is the security test? So...how bad would you ransack it? And did Hades make you clean it back up again?"

These were very important questions, Zagreus. Very important.

[inthenameofhades]

"Maybe if you break in often enough, you'll get the job," Zagreus says, with a flash of a cheeky grin. "That's how I got it."

Because no, Zagreus didn't start escaping the Underworld in an official capacity. That came later.

"And usually I'd fight off hordes of my father's wretched Shades, break open some Infernal Troves, smash some walls, set off some traps...oh, and fight the Fury Sisters, the Lernian bone Hydra, Asterius and Theseus, and finally Father himself," Zagreus explains. "And no, I do not clean it up!"