♇ @contractualsarcasm
❝ Look, I’m not scared of going back up there, but you’ve gotta admit it’s gonna be kinda nerve-wracking, babe. Like, am I even allowed to be up there anymore? We’ve got meetings to attend. They always get pissed when I don’t show up. Are they gonna be pissed that I do show up now? ❞ The Underworld god huffs. ❝ I feel like these are very valid questions and no one’s answering them...! ❞ He looks pointedly at the stone ceiling above them, directing a glare at the gods that He had just tried to evict from Olympus.
Hades’ defeat had been the worst yet. Utter humiliation, and that's putting it lightly. He’s already well on the way to repressing the memory, but pretending that it never happened doesn’t erase the repercussions He has to deal with. At least one good thing came of it: Meg’s still around. And she’s sticking around even though their contract was void the second that column crushed her fragile form. Bringing someone back from the dead earns you more brownie points than you'd think. Who would've thought?