The Land of The Dead

Yo, Big O again! Like my new slang? I picked that term up from the Cyclops before I completely bamboozled him. After my pals and I left the land of the Cyclops, we went to sail home. Just when I thought everything was going great, I end up at Aeaea. Let me tell you something, the sorceress of that island is crazy obsessed with me, but who wouldn’t be? I’m kind of a big deal. I guess she’s kind of a babe, but no match to my Penelope.  So anyways, she told me something crazy! Circes said I must go to Hades and consult the blind prophet if I want to make it home safe, but how is the prophet supposed to foretell my future if he can’t even see who I am? (#ThingsIPonder) My mom used to tell me a lot about Hades when I was younger; It didn’t sound like a fun place to be, but if I wanted to get home to my family I had to make a visit there. 

At first when I got to Hades I was a tad confused. I mean I’ve never been to a place that is constantly dark. Here’s a picture I took of Hades!

All I had to do to summon the dead was kill a sheep; it was easy peasy! So once I got down there I’m searching for this dude right? But I couldn’t find him anywhere! Honestly, it was like a game of hide and seek. As I’m searching for Tiresias, I started to get scared. Crazy, I know. Once I started walking, I saw this man who looked oddly familiar. As I got closer I realized it was one of my crewmembers. It killed me to see him there. He asked one thing of me, to go back to Aeaea and bury him. I said yes without a doubt. Even though it was difficult to see him, I had to stay strong and continue to search for the prophet. Yet again I saw someone that looked familiar, my own mother. Instantly I felt pain in my heart. Was I gone for so long I wasn’t there to mourn my own mother’s death? Seeing her was extremely hard but I had to keep going until I found Tiresias. Finally, I found him.

            Still shaken up, Tiresias began to tell me what to expect in my future. He knew my crew and I wanted to go home so he gave me easy instructions to follow to get us all home safe. All we have to do is leave the cattle of the Sun God alone, but if we don’t, my crew will die, and I will be left alone to travel home by myself. The journey home by myself would probably consist of numerous selfies on Instagram due to boredom caused by the lack of shipmates, but we don’t need to worry about that because leaving the cattle alone will be a piece of cake!