ENDGAME GROUP 1: Hellscapes (Log 1)

[yourghosthost]

Now then.

[The initial groups have begun to disperse, and Ghostave and a group of stalwart young heroes remain seated right where they are.]

One of the things we’re looking for is supposedly in The Underworld. I intend to use this opportunity to speak to Hades as well, about his intentions.

...As well as find this “other box” that he seems to have so casually mentioned. Do we have any questions before we venture forth?

(ooc: if you’re in group 1, this is one of your logs!)

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The River Styx

[grimgrinningghosts]

[It's how some of you got here, and there's an empty boat. This travels to the land of the damned. Maybe you can find something floating down it?]

[folkscallmewander]

[Well if this is where John might meet his family, Wander is going. And he'll be able to say that he literally took a trip to the afterlife. Neat!

He takes his seat at the bow of the boat and starts playing slow music on his banjo.]

[arpeggiositar]

[Let's review the choices...there's the freaky building, the bloodshed stadium,. or the river of creepy souls.

...which one is the lesser evil?

The river Styx, apparently]

Does anyone know how to drive a boat?

[thetimebomb]

[Sylvia follows Wander because haha he can't get hurt again.]

[folkscallmewander]

[He gets so into the music that he leans a bit too far back and threatens to fall into the river of souls.]

[thetimebomb]

Wander!

[She isn't entirely familiar of what this after life works, but falling into it does Not Look Great so she quickly grabs for him.]

[folkscallmewander]

Whoa!

[He grips the banjo with one hand and his hat with the other. A few glitter flake fall into the river.]

Heh. Thanks, Syl. Don't know what woulda happened if I fell!

[Just taking a peek, anything interesting about the river?]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[There are a lot of spirits in the water, they all look tortured and in pain.]

[folkscallmewander]

...

Howdy!

[grimgrinningghosts]

[...]

Hello?

[folkscallmewander]

[He should have expected this.]

Sorry for droppin' by all of the sudden, but I thought you folks could us some company. You can call me Wander, what's your name?

[Politely tips hat.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[They seem to all speak at once.]

The Souls of the Damned...

[Then one voice speaks.]

Get out... Get out while you still have the chance...

[folkscallmewander]

Sorry? Why? I dunno, I wanted to hang out with you some before I left. Lyin' in a river for all eternity doesn't seem like much fun.

[Even the damned deserve nice things. Once in a while.]

How 'bout a play a song for you first?

[grimgrinningghosts]

It's torture. You have to leave before you become like us.

[a beat before one speaks up.]

What kind of song?

[folkscallmewander]

[Assuming he's now standing on the edge of the boat and no longer falling, he tunes his banjo.]

I'm thinkin' a nice song that'll cheer you up. Unless you're in the mood for somethin' else, I dunno!

[He can try out some of the songs Fiddleford taught him while they were in the box. This is gonna be his first Earth Song Concert.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[... You know what? The spirits surrounding the boat while Wander plays his song.]

[folkscallmewander]

[Wander gives no flarps, he's adding the musical accompaniment to this scene.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[They remain silent. Almost as if they're listening to him.]

[folkscallmewander]

[Wander watches them out of the corner of his eye during the first half of the song, but seeing that they aren't making any hostile moves, he grins and starts marching around the boat.]

Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me!

Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me!

[Join him, guys!]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[... Well, they're not going to join him, what with the anguished torture, but hey they still seem pretty docile!]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[The boats set off. Without Hades' commentary, it's incredibly eerie. It's mostly silent, only punctuated with anguished screams and quiet cries of "Get out" and "Go before it's too late"

Yeah that's... that's pleasant.]

[arpeggiositar]

[Oh, geez. That's cheery.

Is there any indication of how long the trip will take? Anything in the distance or anything that should be noted?]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[The river seems to stretch out for eternity, it seems like you're in this for the long haul!]

[arpeggiositar]

[Welp. Time to watch blankly into the distance and wait for the river to stop being depressing.

Boy is he in for a long wait. If only he had his sitar...]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Someone save Demyx.]