Ticket
As soon as the train was established as transport to Hadestown, Hades announced that tickets would be sold. Immediately, the people began to clamor for them, for a life free from hardship and hunger, and Hermes was appointed ticket master alongside his other duties.
The messenger god accepted the deal with some wariness, already seeing how desperate mortals were to clamber aboard the train, but there was no refusing Hades. Soon a rhythm made itself known, and the coins marking passage to Hadestown piled up on Hermes' tables.
They were ready to be handed out to anyone who could afford them, and when Hermes dared to raise prices, the mortals shrugged and simply brought more money along. There was nothing that seemed to stop them wanting a ticket, not even his warnings.
And then Hades did something that wasn't part of their deal at all—he handed out tickets for free, to the most desperate, and Hermes couldn't tell if it was a blessing or a curse.