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Chapter 13 by OccasionalReader OccasionalReader

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Go to bed

You decide to call it a night and fall asleep, being woken up the next morning by a knock at the door. What time is it? "Time to wake up, sleepyhead. We need to get you back to the mortal realm." You groan, not really wanting to get out of bed. The door swings open, Macaria entering in her cloak and carrying her scythe. She gently pokes your body, "am I going to have to reap your soul, or are you still alive?" You start and quickly sit up; knowing her there's only a half chance that she's joking. "Okay, okay, I'm up." "Good, you're still alive. Let's head out."

The two of you exit the house of Hades after you gather your equipment, leaving behind the divine sanctuary as you pass back through the dying land. Time seems to pass incredibly slowly as the two of you walk; you hadn't realized just how big the plane of Hades was. Eventually, however, you arrive near the sands of the Styx, and she lifts you up, carrying you princess style. "Dad would just about kill me if I brought you this far just to bring your soul back to his house. And since I rather like my life, I'll carry you across the sands." Eventually you reach a boat being headed by a man in a helmet; likely Charon from the context. Macaria unceremoniously tosses you into the foot of the boat, sitting rather close to the man. "Dad told me we need to take this foolish mortal up top. Mind taking us across?" "For you, of course we can." As Charon slowly ferries the boat across the river, you can clearly see that it is Charon who she is 'taken' by, for she practically clings to him, cloaked arms wrapped around her body, scythe on the floor of the ship.

Eventually, the ship manages to pass across the river, and Macaria simply draws a circle on the ground, and you see a portal form. "Hop through that and you'll be back in Cyllian. I have to say, it's a pleasure to say goodbye." You resist shooting her a dirty look as you hop through, reemerging in the world of the mortals.

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