Life was very confusing. It hadn't always been, there had been a time not so very long ago by his shaky grasp on the passage of time that existence had been an extremely simple business. The living stayed out, the dead stayed in. That had been the extent of his world. It was small and, more often than not, lonely but he knew his place in it.

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The portal has still not reappeared. This is beginning to fray on the hellhound's nerves as he exits th forest for the third time today. True, Lethe has explained how time doesn't move while he's gone and Milliways is an interesting change form the norm. But somehow he feels...guilty. That he's neglecting his post. Not that he has much say in the ( Read more... )

There is no indication of what time of day it is in the Lernean swamp. The sky overhead is grey as always. The mists are just as thick. In the stunted trees the hum of insects is nearly defening. Something, however is new. A sound cuts through the chitinous chorus, a sound that has not been heard in this desolate place in quite some time.  It is a ( Read more... )

Every dog has his day. Unless you're Cerberus. In which case all days are pretty much the same; wake up and sit at attention (or doze when you can get away with it), Watch the endless ranks of souls pass through the gates, growl warningly at any that hang around the periphery too long, same old same old. Occasionally the monotony is briefly  ( Read more... )

There were distant figures wandering  the opposite river bank. A mob of confused faces. No, not a mob. Not with those vacant stares, those hopeless shambling steps. The aimless way they wandered sightlessly back and forth as the Acheron's dark waters lapped at their feet. This was not the sincronized movements of a group mind. It was the desperate ( Read more... )