[ The Goddess of Death has woken up, but no way she's opening her eyes. This is the most comfortable she's ever been! This bed is wonderful, she's never tried any that were so good before. In all fairness, she hasn't ever slept in any bed, period. The Underworld is kind of lacking in furnishing...

No matter. Sighing, she rolls to the side and grabs whoever is the poor soul who was sorted to be her "husband", believing them to be her emotional comfort golden sheep. She hugs and them close in a semi-asleep state. ]

Mrr... Five... Five more minutes...

[ Those may be the last peaceful minutes in that poor soul's existence before the goddess realizes just what is happening, they better enjoy them. ]

[ Ereshkigal had been trying to chase away that annoying salesman the entire time, but nothing had worked. This situation is weird enough, she doesn't need someone trying to sell her vaccuum! She doesn't even know how this kind of technology works...

She sighs with relief as the man departs for the kitchen, gosh... T-That's a lot of social interactions today! She needs to go back to her room and refill her energy reserves. Every introverts know you can only interact with people so much before you need your personal time.

But alas, the man returns with... A knife? And he's trying to stab her, in front of her "husband" and "children?" ]

Huh...? [What the heck? Why does he want to kill her?] ... That's enough!

[ That's it, now's the time to make use of her powers and put an end to this farce! She extends her hand to summon her divine spear, this salesman is going to get a taste of divine retribution!

... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ]

...?!?

[ Why is nothing happening? She'd felt something was different upon waking up, but... She has no powers? No authority? Her features shift from anger to panic and disbelief. What? How is this even possible? And the salesman is swinging the knife at her! ]

G-Gwah...!! [She's so taken aback, she doesn't even think about taking up a makeshift weapon! Instead she runs in circles to try and avoid him stabbing her while screaming for help.] Help...

[ It's so weird... Why do they have to be sitting all together to open their gifts? She wonders what's in the box.

She is very delicate and slow as she opens it- Too much so. It's as if she's never opened any gift before. And, that's because she hasn't! It's a bit of an emotional moment, she's never received any gifts before! And lo, it is...

A book? One of her books. She doesn't remember the title being written that big on the cover though. Why, it's sparkly. There's no way the others won't see it. ]

The Goddess Bride
~~ A Tale of Love and Passion ~~
[ She immediately puts the book away. S-She's a terrifying and mighty goddess! She doesn't read cheesy romances in her spare time! Nope. Never. Perish the thought. She looks away, hoping nobody will comment on it. ]