Hunger in the Garden

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Hythlodaeus is eager to find Hermes.

— In-game description

Steps

When looking for Hermes in the Hungering Gardens he'll be at 26.3, 9.3.

Hythlodaeus:

I think the time for leisurely exploration is past. If I might have a moment to adjust my vision...
...There he is. On the next isle over. Meteion is with him.
Hermes appears to be in the midst of an observational study, but I suggest we hurry over before they venture elsewhere.
Head straight down the path ─ we can teleport to Misopses Euros from the device at the bottom of the slope.
They are close by, within the Hungering Gardens. That would be the circular enclosure you see just up ahead.

Emet-Selch:

Well, then, Player ─ make yourself useful and bring Hermes out here to us.
If I were to go, he would assume I was only there to press him on the Fandaniel matter. Of all of us present, you stand the best chance at convincing him to put aside his work for the moment.

Hythlodaeus:

But the creations in there are not exactly─
Hmm, then again, perhaps Player can handle them... She did survive a bout with Venat, after all!
Off you go to find Hermes, but do be prepared to come to blows with the garden's denizens!

Hermes:

Player, what are you doing here! I thought you were keeping Hythlodaeus and Emet-Selch company?
...An “important matter.” And unrelated to my decision on Fandaniel, you say?
Then, yes, I will come. As soon as my work here is finished.
It will not be long, I promise, but you should really wait outside the garden with the others. This is no place for idle exploration.

Hythlodaeus:

You spoke with Hermes, then?
...And were briefly entangled with the denizens of the Hungering Gardens as well, I see─or should I say, smell.
I cannot speak for certain Convocation members, but I for one am impressed with your fortitude! Well done indeed!
Now that you've convinced Hermes to confer with us, let us pray that things will soon take a turn for the better.
For as fascinating as it would be to meet the Emet-Selch who would recreate Amaurot in the depths of the ocean, I think it best for all concerned if such tragic events never came to pass.
Be it in our future or your past─assuming yours is not truly written in stone. Naive hope that that is...