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[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.

[[ooc: Starters will be in the comments below! And if you would like a custom prompt, feel free to poke me at blueflowers!]]

Comments

[aquaveiled]

It does look decidedly normal, not even like some of the Skysteel rods she's seen borne from Stephanivien's wild imagination. Those would certainly be worthy of divine fishing, if anything would be. Especially if they glow and sparkle. (Although that is, admittedly, not always the most efficient if they scare the fish away.)

Still, for now she waits and watches, trying to see if she can discern anything unique about the rod or Zagreus' technique with it. No, bait, no...nothing. Mayhaps that's the true secret! The line itself is enough to entice their prey--

--their very bony prey. Himeka blinks, eyes widening.

"Does it always look like that? It looks more like a...Head-head."

Just a people head.

[inthenameofhades]

"I must admit I don't actually remember seeing these fish before," Zagreus admits. In fact...he didn't really remember much of anything. Funny, that. "But it looks normal to me. I think he has quite a handsome face!"

See, you can see what excellent bone structure the fish has!

"But the Chef can certainly work wonders with this. We can head back to the lounge - unless you'd like to have a go? You do seem quite keen."

[aquaveiled]

A handsome face, even! Himeka's own expression shifts to something a little bemused. It's the sort of face that one's own creator must love, isn't it? She can certainly understand the attachment. But she cannot argue against the bone structure--it is excellent.

"Could I?"

Himeka extends her hands, hoping that he'll let her borrow his very special Rod of Fishing. Mayhaps with this she could uncover it's secrets...

"I never let a new hole go unexplored if I can."

[inthenameofhades]

"Of course!" Zagreus says, before holding out the Rod of Fishing for her to take - the very one gifted to him by his Lord Uncle Poseidon. Or at least, an imitation of it. Not that he remembers who Poseidon is right now.

She will find that it is indeed just a fishing rod, if a very well-made one.

"The fishes await!" Zagreus says, as he makes a sweeping gesture towards the river of blood.

[ooc: feel free to have Himeka fish any of the ones listed as being in Tartarus here! Which is basically the Hellfish, Knucklehead, and Scyllascion]

[aquaveiled]

Himeka grasps the rod with visible reverence, half-expecting some sort of divine inspiration to suddenly shoot through her arms and send her literally reeling towards the river of blood. That somehow all her years of fishing both below and above the waves have led to this moment.

No such thing happens.

It feels just like any other rod she's used. She inspects it closely, shifting it from hand to hand to see if it just feels different, holds it aloft in case some divine light wants to shine on it...

No?

Nothing?

Well, all right. She sets up as she normally does, sending the line flying out into the river. Himeka watches it intently, the lure bobbing idly in the water until--!! A bite! A medium bite! She grins and pulls back, stopping the line from speeding out further and carefully reins it in to reveal a very infalted scuffer.

She gasps.

"Blood-bornfugu!?"

[inthenameofhades]

Zagreus pauses for a moment, considering Himeka's outburst. "You know, I don't think that's quite the right name..." he says. "But look at him! He's got charm, hasn't he? I bet none of the other fish want to mess with those spikes."

Of course, said spikes weren't going to do anything to stop it from being eaten by Zagreus and Himeka. But that didn't mean Zagreus couldn't appreciate its deadly attributes all the same!

[aquaveiled]

She really can't argue against that, can she? And Himeka is very fond of fugu just for their shape alone. Eating them is dangerous, but mastering the proper preparation of a fugu is worthy of international accolade. It's actually neat that they exist in his Underworld of all places.

"Oh most certainly. I haven't had one of these in quite a while."

There's a pause as she unhooks the fish and starts to hand back the rod.

"...What do you call these, exactly?"

[inthenameofhades]

"I'm not sure..." Zagreus says, frowning slightly as he takes back the rod. "They probably have a suitably name, but...I can't seem to think of it at the moment. But I'm sure the Chef will know what to do with it, whatever it is!"

And hopefully said Chef has indeed mastered the proper preparation. Although the Chef is also used to cooking for the immortal and the already dead...so it's entirely possibly that survivability has not been a particular concern before.

[aquaveiled]

If anyone has earned the title of Chef, Himeka trusts them implicitly. The thought that the process and credentials needed to achieve said title may vary from star to star hasn't crossed her mind for a moment. Hells, if she could help a robot and a rabbit make a cafe at the end of existence, surely an adorable little shade in a facsimile of the Underworld can put something together.

"Well, I'm very curious to see what the local preparation is then." Back to his little fortress of sorts?

"Do you have any favorites?"

She is always looking to file away important notes of what foods people like, lest she get the opportunity to cook for them in the future.

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Zagreus opens his mouth to answer...and then pauses, as he realise he has no answer to give.

"You don't, I don't actually recall that either," he says, blinking. "Well, I suppose I'll just have to try everything so I can find out!"

wrap up here?

[aquaveiled]

Himeka wait, curious for a bit more information she can tuck away about a new ally, but his lack of answer is almost more telling. Does it make him an open slate? Mayhaps. But more likely than not, she believes that most people are just not always acutely aware of their preferences.

And, well, if not...then she's happy to help fill in some of the blanks. And his methods? They're not something she can argue against at all.

"That's the best way to do it! Let's go see how many dishes we can make with our catches, then."

Sounds good to me!

[inthenameofhades]

"Yes, lets!" Zagreus agrees, with enthusiasm. "To the Chief!"