Awó Obayire, cut off from his brothers by how badly things were going, went out to the country singing to Orishaoko. Osain introduced them, and with a ceremony at the foot of the ceiba — feeding Ikú in a hole — Orishaoko opened his road: on going back to his town he found work, luck and peace.
On this road, Osa Fun was called Awó Obayire; he had five brothers, and each of them practiced his own secret way of living, because Osain protected them from Ikú. But Awó Obayire, because of how badly things were going for him, parted from his brothers and went to live out in the country, in the land of Obatiguele. When he arrived he began to sing: «Osa Fun quilofa Orishaoko, Osa mefun aquiloda».
While he was singing Osain appeared, and asked him what was wrong. When he finished, Osain told him: «I am going to introduce you to a man called Orishaoko, so he can help you», and began calling him with a song: «Komo rigue Orishaoko agua dideo afe Awo aye umbo okumbo». He came before Osain and Obayire, and asked them what they wanted. They gave him moforibale and told him what Obayire was going through. Orishaoko said: «Do not be frightened, I am going to help you; but Ikú goes about with me. I will give you work for a while, nothing more, so that when you get to where your brothers are, they can help you». Obayire kissed Orishaoko's hands, and he in turn gave him his blessing.
When Obayire worked, he did not rest, and he always sang: «Orishaoko dideo Awo Baba dideo obanire Awo Orishaoko». Orishaoko, hearing him, was glad and said to himself: «I have to help Awó Obayire». One day, Orishaoko told him: «Tomorrow, before the sun comes up, you have to find me a large gourd; clean yourself with siempreviva and white bleo, put the shreds inside the gourd and call Olokun; pour in cow's milk, cascarilla, cocoa butter and aguardiente; take osun naború, mark Osa Fun and put it inside the gourd. Besides that, you have to bring me sixteen candles, eight pigeons and a jio jio — the rest I will provide».
Obayire went out at once, found everything, and before dawn went to meet Orishaoko, who was at the foot of a ceiba tree. He had set his secret at the foot of the ceiba and had painted Osa Fun with cascarilla and sand; he put the coconut in the middle of the gourd, set the sixteen candles on a branch of the ceiba, cleaned Obayire with the young rooster and gave it to Ikú in a hole; he cleaned him with the pigeons and killed them one by one while singing: «Baba Olofin ereliye Baba Ejiogbe ereliye…», all the way through the sixteen Meyis. He gave blood to Awó Obayire's head and told him: «You have to wait for the candles to burn out before burying it all».
With the ceremony over, Orishaoko told him: «You can go back to your land: you will find work, peace and things moving». Right away, Orishaoko gave him clothes, with this direction: «Take this road, which will lead you to your town». He handed him a small bell to ring along the way, a jug of aguardiente and two hens to take to Orunmila.
When he reached his town, he found everything Orishaoko had told him: work, luck and peace.