Journey below [L x reader] • Death Note

Chapter 24 | from olympus

This could be a risk, but at this point you were willing to take it.

Up on top of the taskforce building, where the taskforce themselves couldn't see anything you and L had come to the surface this time with the goal of contacting an Olympian.

Placing a bottle of wine on the ground in front of you and lighting four candles around it, this would act at the initial sacrifice to get the attention of the young god of wine.

"Have you ever done this before?" L asked.

"Nope!" You replied.

"That's... not worrying at all"

"It'll be fine. Even though I've never seen or talked to an Olympian before I have worked for hades long enough to know the general idea of contacting them. If we can make initial contact then he'll have the signals from our wreaths and we can contact him that way like we can contact the chthonic gods"

You'd read about this process multiple times, as shades in the underworld occasionally tried to contact Olympus only to have their signals blocked and you'd have to fill out an incident report. But the difference between them and you was the fact you were on the surface, no signals would be blocked this time.

"Alright, hand out" you directed, holding a hand above the offering.

L followed your lead, and just to calm his nerves you held his other hand in yours, he gave you a smile in return.

"In the name of the underworld, Olympus I request lord Dionysus" you spoke.

As soon as the words left your mouth, the candles flames flickered and the bottle of wine began to glow. In a quick flash of light that made you and L look shield your eyes for a moment the wine was replaced with a ball of purple light that floated before you. It worked, you'd made contact.

"Ok, now we just have to... touch it" you said.

Maybe it was just him being new to all this magic stuff but L couldn't help but worry that touching the light would burn him or shock him, so he hesitated slightly as he reached out for it with you. But the second both your fingers touched the light it opened up a window right to the clouded castles of Olympus. On the other side of that window sat the god himself, holding the wine you'd offered.

"I gotta say I wasn't expecting this, two shades on the surface? I mean it's not as weird as that time I got contacted by a guy tripping off his rocker but it's still pretty strange" He smiled, sounding a little drunk.

Well he was the god of wine after all.

You weren't that surprised by his casualness, since his whole existence revolves around revelry and being drunk as fuck. But L was a little surprised, all the gods he'd met so far have been rather professional to say the least.

"Lord Dionysus, I'm glad the offering worked" you said.

"Good choice of wine man, this shit gets you fucked up when you don't watch your intake I'll tell you that" the god replied.

His hair was long, wavy, almost an indigo colour and littered with the leaves of grapevines. He wore only a robe over his waist, and some sandals on his feet. The smell of grape and alcohol lingered around the window to Olympus and he leaned back on a lavish lounge with a bowl of grapes and wine glass. Truly living the lavish life of fine wine, pretty gods to kiss and mischievous tendencies.

"I'm (y/n) (l/n), dust bound shade at the house of hades and this is L Lawliet, recently deceased and working alongside me. We were sent up here to handle the Kira situation on the surface but we'll need extra help, we figured we'd ask you since you didn't seem to be involved in... uh... the incident" you explained.

"Woah hang on, you're L? The guy that faced a nutcase with a death note on live TV?" Dionysus asked, suddenly intrigued.

Man, even the Olympians knew who he was...

"Yeah, that's me" L replied.

"God damn, you're a fine little thing you are. Got some real balls to face that lunatic, sure I'll give you and your lover a boon, why not? I've been wanting to see how this Kira thing goes anyway" Dionysus said.

This... went a lot better and smoother than you thought.

"Oh- wow thank you, I wasn't expecting it that easy honestly" L replied.

"I'm guessing it'd be better to keep this on the doe low yeah? Don't worry I won't spill even if I'm drunk as fuck man, pact of gods promise. Although Hermes might find out just because he travels around all the realms, he's chill though he'll keep it quiet" the tipsy god explained.

"Oh good, I was hoping you'd keep it secret just for safety's sake" you said.

"Eh, don't mention it. When you need the boon call upon me and I'll send it through your wreaths. By the way, tell Hypnos I'm sorry about what happened. I wasn't even there, I was like a baby at the time or something man I don't even remember it. But uh... my dad is kinda... ya know. Makes me feel bad"

Ah, that's right. Zeus was his dad. Well, Zeus was like half of ancient Greece's dad... but at least Dionysus had the sound mindset that what happened was bad, and felt bad about it as the son of the man who hurt Hypnos.

You and L felt kind of like family counsellors to the gods or something with all the information you'd been having to decode and sort through.

"We'll pass it on. Thank you for the help" you replied.

"When this is all over and we fix the shit between up here and the underworld I'll bring you guys up for the feast of a lifetime, promise. Although hope you don't mind getting a little tipsy and half naked because my feasts usually end up like that" Dionysus replied.

They didn't call his wine cults a wild time for nothing. Although L was a bit off put by the whole getting half naked part, he was absolutely willing to try all of the sweet Olympian cakes and desserts they had by there.

"Sounds fun, right hun?" You snickered.

"As long as I'm not the one getting half naked then sure" L joked back.

"Aww why? You're pretty enough for it"

"Yeah L, listen to your lover it's fun" Dionysus teased.

Well that feast would be a long way away anyway so if it did come to that, he could worry about it at the time. For now he needed that boon to stop Kira. And thanks to your knowledge he'd gotten it. The next part of the plan would be combining the boons you had to push the case the way it needed to go.

"I'll tell you what, if we catch Kira by the end of the mortal year, we BOTH get fucked up at that feast hey? That way we're in it together for fun and embarrassment" you joked.

"Well, I'm going down you're coming down with me. Why not?" L joked back.

Chuckling and snapping some finger guns at you both, the tipsy god gave you a smile.

"Aaayyyy that's the vibe I like to see"