Welcome to the Netherworld!

[lazyvassals]

[It is difficult to define what a normal afternoon is by Netherworld standards. In the dark, torch-lit halls of the Overlord's Castle, penguin-suited prinnies totter about pretending to do work, while most other vassals make no effort at all to pretend. No fights have broken out yet, but it is questionable how long that will last with the Overlord being awake. It is just the sort of calm that comes before something unexpected happens, or someone makes it happen out of boredom.

And that is precisely when the first stranger comes through the swirling vortex of the Dimensional Gate.

It doesn't seem so unusual at first, because people use that gate on a daily basis. But more people start to show up, people who aren't demons. The Gatekeeper herself has no idea where they've come from, or how they've found their way to the Netherworld.

Unfortunately, neither do the unexpected guests.]

Comments

[lazyvassals]

Well, I am a spirit.

[bound_skyward]

Did you live in this world before you became a spirit?

[Maybe he can begin to understand more about this world if he gets more answers from this spirit... or so he hopes.]

[lazyvassals]

Beats me. I don't actually remember.

[Yeah, sorry Kain... not gonna get much outta this ghost.]

[bound_skyward]

Then... you probably know of no way to aid me in leaving this realm...?

[It's discouraging, but he's not going to stop looking for answers.]

[lazyvassals]

Not really. If the dimensional gate isn't working, you're pretty outta luck.

[bound_skyward]

Do you happen to know why I've come to be in this place?

[He has his assumption, but still... he'd like to know more.]

[lazyvassals]

[The ghost seems to shrug.]

Your guess is as good as mine. I've never seen the dimensional gate do this before.

[bound_skyward]

Perhaps the first thing to do is determine why it's brought us here...

[It's a direction to take anyway, Kain figures.]