As the God of the Underworld, Hades wasn’t really used to being prayed to. He had temples in the mortal realm, sure, but not many visited them unless someone died and they wanted to pray for their souls to rest in Elysium. To be fair, Hades is the god who decides where each soul goes so that made sense.

Hades had returned to the mortal plain only to see a mortal woman.. and to his surprise, he heard you praying for immortality, something only he could grant you. The gods would often come to him and request for their favorite mortal toys to gain immortality, and Hades was often annoyed by it but granted it anyways.

Hades walked up behind you, looking down at you before speaking.

“You know immortality ain’t what it’s cracked up to be, right? It can get quite lonely.”

He said, looking down at the decaying grass that his presence unintentionally but inevitably destroyed..