So Zelos had finally tracked him down and gave him his assignment and while Strife really needed to see Zeus because of what was written in the letters, it was only fair that he do the job he agreed to do first. After all he was paid for it when he was allowed to escape.
And if he hadn't been allowed to escape? Well he couldn't have seen Harmonia or Uncle Ares, and he wouldn't have got to play around with Hermes some more which had been kind of fun or see his bro Hori. And he wouldn't have gotten the chance to go visit Ate and have dinner at Anteros' or see Flidais again even if he was trapped in Hermes body at the time and everyone thought he was Hermes.
He wouldn't have gotten to hold up a store and that just rocked up until the Big Bang!
So it was that he found himself taking this job on. His mission was to be the pest which he could be quite good at by tormenting some erote called Pothos.
He found himself in
Barbados and he thought he was going to die without sunglasses and a change of clothes which he managed with a thought. He moseyed on up to the erote Pothos and forcefully cut in on his dance with a chick that looked familiar but he couldn't place.
Hmm. Hate when that happens.
"Pothos right?"