Death in the Cellar

[swift_wings]

Thanatos' shadow arrived back at the brownstone just before Thanatos' corporeal image had. His shadow was always either slightly ahead or behind him. It was even more of peculiarity that it was seen at all in this dimly lit space. The shadow circled the room, pacing as if it was worried, disappearing into the darkened parts of the room and

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[lokis_lady]

She quirked her head curiously at Death's drinking habits. It was strange to Ruina, but it was also strange to her. Were all Greeks like this? Were they so removed from mortal behaviour that it seemed almost...alien? Sigyn wondered about that, about the hall of fallen warriors in her homeland, where Odin could regularly be found dining with dead mortals. It was such a great different between the two pantheons, she had to wonder what would a Greek make of that.

"You act always like this? That is quite unknown where I am from. We use our powers for magic and have many mortal traits."

A question burned through her, and she had to blurt it out, even though she wasn't sure that it was correct to talk about such things with Gods that you didn't know well in casual conversation. But considering her company...perhaps that was different.

"Do..do your gods also not...die in the same ways as ours?"

She smiled, but was quickly distracted by Ruina, finding the fact that she was unaware of her own relatives very odd too. Did they not gather often? Was that another difference?

"Yes, your family sound to be lovely indeed. I cannot also wait to meet them. I think it will make a refreshing change to be around Gods who are so polite and genial!"

[swift_wings]

He hadn't expected to be embraced, or he would have tried to pull some heat from the warm atmosphere outside to him. He remarked about the cold, "I hardly notice it Ruina, but I do sometimes..."

Ruina's enthusiasm was intriguing to watch, so young and full of life. He only smiled at her when she told him he should meet Seth.

The Norse's inquiries however drew his attention, and he wondered which behavior in particular that she thought odd, "I do, unless I am walking under glamour among mortals...but it has been some time since my skin took on the guise of mortal flesh."

"Everything that lives can die, even a mortal's soul is immortal. I have lived long and seen much. I have heard tales of your Baldur's death, and... of others," he looked saddened as if he may have heard of her son Narvi's death.

"Greek gods can die as well, we can injure each other much like your own, but perhaps we become more durable with age. We are often to regenerate fast. I've witnessed the passings of gods before."

"I was there when young Zagreus just a child, was torn apart and devoured. He had truly suffered death but only a short stay in the Underworld."

"His heart lived on and he was reborn as Dionysus."