meanwhile in tartarus

[enblightened]

[He does not remember much before this moment.

The final dungeon was upon them, surely. And they were being led through something strange and agonizing, just as before. The broken shell of a manor and its twisted, flesh-ridden halls only promised torment, yet he cannot recall beyond that.

So surely, this is just another part of it. Surely, another dungeon. Yet, he is alone. The monsters are new, somehow less horrifying than most other things he has encountered. If nothing else, there is that, even if it means he must relearn how to deal with these particular ones.

Though if he is not mistaken, the streams here look like they're filled with blood.

At the moment, Bigby is examining one of the streams of the river, mystified.]

How curious this part of the dungeon is... yet, I cannot recall the exit.

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[reuniter]

[It's relatively rare, but technically not unheard-of, for still-living people to find their way into the Underworld; there's Orpheus, obviously, and Heracles, and probably others whose names have long gone forgotten because they weren't famous enough or related to the right people to have their stories preserved onward. They're not supposed to, however. His old lord father certainly won't like it. And it won't be long before the gossiping of shades gets word back to him, that much is for certain.

But technically speaking, the ability of people to get in or out of the Underworld falls under his own jurisdiction as Security Chief, so by some interpretation, the arrival of this fairly confused-looking human man person is his responsibility, or at the very least he can make it so, and hopefully save everyone a lot of trouble.]

Hello, mate! I wouldn't recommend touching that.

[Presumably this is why the ever-shifting rooms of his father's domain led him to this particular one, Zagreus muses as he shoulders his lance and trots into view, trying not to startle the person man as he approaches. Right decent of them, really.]

You seem lost. Do you need some help?