#hermes puts the ring on the necklace cause its harder to lose

[jacqcrisis]

oops that engagement ring sent me into a spiral that landed at. A secret wedding in the woods, ordained by Orpheus. Word gets out around town that a wedding is happening and there's an excited buzz but. Nobody knows who the wedding is for. The five people that do know aren't talking, the mailman won't take the gossip bait and Charon will just shove order forms in their faces.

Probably wouldn't be rumors about a wedding (which would be a small symbolic ceremony at the manor as it is very much not legal for a while. Hades does not come but he sends Hermes a toaster. Through the mail.), but definitely rumors about the store owner suddenly wearing a ring on his ring finger.

Styx Beach is a small town, it's full of retirees who love to gossip, and Charon is, technically, an eligible bachelor. As unfortunate as his face and his condition is, he both comes from and has money and hoooooo boy, those local old biddies would LOVE for a granddaughter or second time divorced cousin to find a way into his heart (and wallet). You can't really set him up with anyone, seeing how he doesn't talk, but those little crotchety ladies love coming into his store and talking up a big game about so-and-so's niece or their tragically unlucky daughter who just can't seem to find a good man. A good man who's tall, dark, and... has a large hat. Charon, being the flirt-blind asexual he is, never catches the drift of whatever they're saying and he always just hands them their change and their wine with an empathetic nod.

Hermes gets this to, maybe even more aggressively though it's less because of his family/wealth and more because he'd 'make cute grand babies' and he's got a solid government job. And you know Dolores from the church choir would be more than happy to have that face and those legs show up to every family function. Eventually, these matchmaking attempts slow to a crawl once the rumor mill decides Hermes is probably gay considering his face and his legs remain VERY single.

But what's this? Mr. Enigmatic? Ring on the special ring finger? And after a two week vacation???

Who could she be? Someone in town? Eurydice?...no shes still married to her bohemian hipster but perhaps someone else?????

They scour the town, all coming up with nothing as even Zagreus is tight lipped about it. The mystery remains unanswered and more interesting rumors crop up in the meantime so the rumor mill lets it hang. Some decide it was an elopement in Vegas, some think maybe hes always worn one, some think he just started putting it on so they'd stop telling him about their chronically single lady family members.

Hilariously, no one seems to notice why the mailman, who up until this point never wore any jewelry other than in his ears, suddenly started donning a nice gold chain around his neck. Or why it's always conveniently under his shirt. Or why whatever pendant is on it under his shirt is suspiciously ring shaped.