The reaper was not shaken easily, he hadn’t been at this gig for very long, but even in life, it was rare for anything to get to him. The girl, Phoibe. That was hard. If the others had not been there, Emre was sure that it would have been made that much harder: Beau, Ajax, Emre was grateful for them both. Somehow, despite their failings, they had become something akin to family. But something was wrong. Ever since they had shepherded her soul to the other side, an evil presence clung to the reaper - he felt ill where Emre generally felt nothing at all. Daunted, unfortunate, the spirit of death soon found that he could not pass over to the Underworld. Souls wandered to him, spirits from both within Corinth and without. He wanted to help them, to fulfill his duty, but he could not, something was preventing him from passing through the veil.
A woman pleaded for him to take her to Charon, to give her the coin she rightly deserved, but he had nothing for her, nor could he do anything for the woman. “Leave me alone.” Emre muttered, perturbed, and frustrated. Another pulled at his jacket, “I said, go away!” The reaper shouted, uncharacteristically unhinged. He noticed someone staring at him and the spirit swallowed,