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Since she’s easily the god that trusts you the least inStray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical, Apollo brings Grace to Underworld in this scene, the nightclub that Persephone owns. Apollo’s Oracle has just revealed that Persephone bought Calliope’s apartment for her, and he’d like Grace to ask his fellow Chorus-member about it.
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In this scene from Stray Gods, Grace and Apollo must find Persephone at her nightclub by schmoozing the patrons, only to be met with a huge musical number once they find Persephone at last. Follow along with our guide for help in the Underworld scene in Stray Gods.
This guide contains spoilers for Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical.
Finding Persephone At Underworld
When you arrive at Underworld with Apollo, he says you’ll need tosplit up to find Persephone, but he does more hanging out by the wall waiting to chat again than actual searching.
That leaves Grace tolocate Persephone by socializingwith the Idols in the crowd. The big three attendees this evening arePan, Hermes,andEros, a god you’ve not met quite yet.
Ask Pan As Charming Grace, Or If You Sided With Him Earlier
When you approach Pan here, thetone depends on your decision earlierbetween Pan and Freddie. You can largely ask the same questions, but the answers change nature depending on whether you chose Pan earlier.
Tell him"I need to find Persephone"when you’re ready, and Pan hesitates to give her location to you.
ACharming Gracecan extract the information from Pan, as well asif you sided with Pan earlier. Grace with another trait or who sided with Freddie will be unsuccessful with Pan.
Ask Hermes As Kickass Grace
You’ve finally got a chance toask Hermes some questions about godhoodand what’s going on while you’re panicking. Hermes was fond of Calliope, but can’t help with more info.
Once you’ve had your fill of chat, select"I need to find Persephone"to discover Hermes is apprehensive to tell you. In fact,they won’t.
However, aKickass Gracecan encourage them to get it together enough to offer the way to Persephone just this one time. Charming or Clever Grace will be less successful.
Ask Eros As Clever Grace
This is your first chance to introduce yourself toEros, the God of Sex (but it won’t be your last, should you decide to skip him here).
You’re able toask Eros about his relationship to Aphrodite, which is your chance to get someearly context for a scene in Act Two.
When you’re finished with your line of questions, select"I need to find Persephone"to continue, only to find him hesitant.
AClever Gracecan easily get Persephone’s location from Eros. A Charming or Kickass Grace will be less successful.
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Confronting Persephone In “Challenging A Queen”
Once you’ve got a way to find her, you have the option tohead back to Apolloonce again to check in or get information about who Persephone is.
However,you can go straight to Persephonenow that you know how to find her as well - Apollo will still be behind you.
Either way, when you do goTalk to Persephone, she’s none too happy to see you, steadfast in her vote for your execution and unimpressed with the trial.
Regardless of how you choose to approach the conversation, it’ll end in song.
Song: “Challenging A Queen”
In this number, it’sGrace and Persephonearguing their point about everything that’s happened so far, with Persephone spending the majority of the song mocking Grace’s youth and inexperience.
Your major choices here are inhow you’d like to try to persuade Persephoneto your side of things and answer some questions. You can:
Following the confrontation,Persephone will come around- she either appreciates your compassion, respects your braveness, or admits you put on a better and more inclusive show.
After the performance, she’ll bring you and Apollo back toher officeat Underworld for a chat. Here, you’re able to ask the two Chorus members a number of questions about Calliope, her life, and what happened to her.The three of you trade informationand suggest different suspects.
Choosing Between Apollo And Persephone In “Old Wounds”
However, tension between Apollo and Persephone arehigh, and it doesn’t take long beforePersephone and Apollo anger one another.
The dialogue choice that makes this happen is"Should we tell Athena?“so choose this last if you’re spending time talking with the gods. After bickering between the Idols, the next song begins.
Song: “Old Wounds”
Tensions boil over between the godsin this song, and there aren’t many choices for Grace to make here. You can:
Overall, this is where you’re made tochoose between siding with Apollo or Persephonefor the rest of the game.
Either way, you’ll have a God on your side, and the other will come back occasionally in some capacity, but your most major help comes from the God you choose here.
During the song, you’re able totell one of them to calm down, which doesn’t go well, and Apollo moves to leave.
The choice you make here is concrete - you must decide toFollowApolloto choose him as your help, orStay with Persephoneto inch onto her good side.
If you’retrying to romance either Apollo or Persephone, you’ll do well tochoose who you’re romancingwhen the time comes to decide - they don’t take kindly to betrayals.
After you’re alone with one god or the other, you’ll have a chance to ask a bit about the other and what’s going on, butboth gods need time to plan. Regardless of who you’ve chosen,this scene is the end of Act One.
