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]

"Cerberus has an important job in the Underworld," Zagreus explains. "He guards the entrance; make sure no one escapes."

Which technically meant that he was supposed to stop Zagreus leaving as well. But...that was something that could be gotten around, through judicious use of a distracting satyr sack.

"And besides, Father would never have allowed him to join me."

[nomnoms]

"Escape?"

He considers that for a moment, and then next thing Zagreus says.

"Escape jail?"

[inthenameofhades]

"No, not jail," Zagreus says. "Although I suppose Tartarus does share quite a few similarities. But...no, Cerberus stops anyone escaping the Underworld. The Land of the Dead."

Did shark men have a concept of the afterlife? Zagreus didn't know, but he was probably about to find out.

i'm so sorry for this entire conversation...........

[nomnoms]

"Dead land..."

Nanaue does appear to ponder this concept for another good, long minute.

"... smell bad?"

Never apologise for Nanaue!

[inthenameofhades]

"Well I suppose some parts of Tartarus aren't the best, but...no," Zagreus says, with a soft chuckle. "I should be clearer, the Underworld isn't the Land of Dead bodies. Those remain on the Surface. The Underworld is home to all the souls of the dead."

ty :') can start to wrap this for new event stuff!

[nomnoms]

Oh! He nods.

"Dead go hole."

Nero taught him this. You dig a hole for the dead, instead of eating their corpses. Otherwise their friends and family get mad. He still thinks this is wasteful, but maybe they all go deeper into the ground. Like this Underworld Zagreus is speaking about.

Sure thing!

[inthenameofhades]

"Of course," Zagreus agrees. "The Underworld is...after that bit."

Or at least, that was the simple explanation.