Lost

I suppose, in a way, the ritual worked.

It did not take us back to the real world, however.  We are now in...Erebus.  I believe that is what Alanna-san called it.  A flat, black expanse of nothingness.  I simply kept watch.  My skills were of little use in attempting to discover how to move on, and one can never be certain a beast will not attempt to strike at us, even here.  Aren-chan tried her own abilities to divine the path.

I am not sure I am entirely happy about what she discovered.  She claimed there are three ways our path can go.    The Asphodel Fields, Nifilheim, or Yomi.  I would hope for the last, if only because my mother's name may carry some weight, there.  The others, I do not know.  There is little that can be done other then simply marching ahead, at any rate.

We are taking the civilians who aided the ritual with us.  There is no other choice, leaving them here would be death and madness.  I only pray that this journey is over soon.  I miss the sun.