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At the last moment Thalia twisted her spear bringing the bottom end up
to block Percy's blade and then brought her shield up hitting Percy in
the nose with the sharp side.
292,697,900 Defence
Percy didn't even feel the strike and instead used his free hand to grab
Thalia's spear and pulled it out of her weak grip before twisting her legs
and throwing her off balance and onto the ground. Percy then leveled
both the spear and his blade at Thalia, "I win, again."
"Yeah, but I hit you this time," Thalia said with a smile, "hows that
nose?"
"Barely felt it," Percy put the spear into the ground and helped Thalia
up.
"I'm sure you didn't fish head," Thalia said as she took back her spear
and returned it into the form of a can of mace.
"What's the score again?" Percy asked, "14 to nothing?"
"Don't get cocky sunshine," Thalia said as she returned Aegis back to
it's braclet form.
Percy smiled at his fighting partner and turned to the rest of the
recovering demigods, "alright everyone postions! We are going into the
zombie ID now! I want good kills and if I have to save anyone today
that person will have to deal with Clarisse!"
The shudder went through everyone, as demanding as Percy was,
Clarisse was worse. The quickly fell into line, including Thalia, this was
one of the few activities she wanted to participate in.
The demigods quickly came into 4 columns. They then extended on
arm and touched the shoulder of the person in front of them. The
demigods at the head of the columns extended their arms and touched
Percy forming a big connection of demigods.
Percy put his hands up, "ID create: Zombies!"
The sky turned red as the sound of waves went away. The water was
still, nothing moved other than Percy and then demigods he brought in
with him. After a quick roll call Percy paired the demigods up. Each
squad had one level 3, three level 2s and 2 level 1s. If there was a
shortage of level 3 then that squad will have extra level 2s or fewer
level 1, after all safety was the most important thing here. Percy
wanted each squad to be able to handle themselves out there, this
system of having people in squads helped with that.
"Allright, move out! And remember to call for help!" Percy yelled out as
each squad quickly entered the Forest.
Percy had purposefully chosen to begin the ID training from the beach.
The Forest was filled with normal zombies, which were pretty easy to
defeat. Then came the Greek zombies which were further inside camp
until finally the legion zombie near the heart of camp. It was very
progressive in difficulty, ensuring that those who didn't feel strong
enough could just stay in the Forest and deal with the low level
zombies.
Percy activated his super speed and quickly went all over the Forest.
He mostly spent this time sneaking around and making sure the
demigods didn't bite off more than they can chew. Eventually due to all
the sneaking around Percy leveled up that skill as well;
Sneaking, Lv-10 (50%)
Allows you to sneak up on someone.
55% chance of not getting caught.
55% chance of critical strike.
Percy hence spent the next two hours mostly just observing them all.
During this period of observation Percy liked to read because things
got boring super fast. He took out a book called 'Game of Thrones,' it
was serious that Annabeth recommended to him, it seemed boring at
first but the more he read through it the more he realized it was just his
type of book.
His favorite character was Jon Snow, boy was that guy cool. And his
father, Ned Stark, was just so awesome! Kind of reminded Percy of
himself and his dad, after all technically Percy was a bastard, so he
could relate with Jon Snow. Percy knew he could confidently say
without a doubt that Ned Stark was the hero of the book and he along
with Jon would be the ones to save the world from the evil ice zombie.
Yup, Ned Stark and Jon Snow are going to live forever.
Percy hopped from place to place keeping tabs on everyone while
reading his book. The squads already had a plan in place for this ID.
They would first all split up inside the forest only to meet up in the
middle of camp. They would then fight together to defeat enough
zombies for the big Legion zombie to show up. It was difficult but they
managed to combine their efforts and defeat the giant enemy.
They would attack it's feet, bring it down to the ground and then began
attacking it's neck. Several people would get hurt, but Percy made sure
none of them got maimed or injured.
Usually this was where Percy would end the training session, but today
he wanted them to face off against the second method was used to
deal with the second wave of zombies along with the second Legion
zombie.
"Yo Percy!" Thalia yelled out, "we finished the second wave! Get us
out!"
Percy remained hidden in the shadows smiling, 'time for my little
suprise.'
"Guys look!" A demigod of Ares shouted as he pointed towards hearth
in the center of camp. There was a huge black ball present above it, it
slowly descended downwards and it cracked open. A Knight of the
Damned slowly stepped out and readied his huge blade.
"What is that thing?!" Someone asked in surprise.
"Something not good," Thalia said as she readied her spear and
charged the monster.
The Knight of the Damned looked at Thalia and simply waved his huge
sword around forming a gust of wind blowing her back.
"This things too powerful!" Someone yelled out as John helped Thalia
to her feet.
"Where the hell is Percy?!"
"Forget Percy!" Thalia shouted, "he won't alway be there to help! We
need to deal with this thing ourselves!"
The others looked nervous, but before anyone could do or say
anything the Damned Knight attacked. He swung at them and just as
he was about to slice of the arm of one of the demigods Percy came in
in a flash and pulled the demigod from harm.
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Percy reappeared far away from the battlefield and put the demigod to
the side, "stay here."
The battle raged on. Demigods were being pushed back and whenever
it looked like they were about to be killed or even injured Percy came in
and saved them.
Soon the number of active fighters became less and less. The level 1s
were taken out first, and then the level 2's. Thalia had a squad around
her as they tried to attack back.
John jumped into the fight and began fighting the knight with all his
might. He swung his blade with careful aim as he managed to get a
few strikes in. However the knight was to powerful as with one swing of
it's blade John was sent flying back.
Percy managed to extract his brother in time and put him along with
the others. Nico and Bianca were still fighting as the two siblings
attacked the monster with all they had. Bianca distracted it while Nico
somehow managed to cut into the Knight's arm. The mobster then tried
to kill both only for Percy to again save the demigods in the last
moment.
Soon the number of active fighter reduced to only one, Thalia. The
Knight cornered her in front of the Zeus cabin, she had nowhere to run.
In a last ditch attempt to win Thalia used her divine side and
summoned forth all her mana in the form of a lightning bolt that went
through the night blowing a hole right through him.
Percy smiled 'at least she can handle herself.'
Thalia panted as the smoke finally cleared. She smiled, 'I did it!' But as
the fog further cleared up it revealed the form of the still standing
knight. It had a hole through it's chest revealing that it was hollow
inside.
Thalia fell to her knees from exhaustion as the knight stepped up to
her. It raised it's blade high up and then brought it down swiftly.
Body Form activated: Right arm
Percy zoomed in at the last moment and knocked the blade off course
causing it to land to Thalia's side. Percy then drew back his fist and
launched it with the power of his Earthquake and his advanced speed.
"Impact drive!" Percy yelled out as the new skill fused attack shattered
the knight into pieces leaving behind 5,000$, a sword skill book and a
medium health potion. Percy quickly gathered these things before
Thalia even saw them using his super speed and quickly helped the
girl up.
Percy arrived in the Arena where he kept all the defeated demigods
and he put Thalia with them. "Line up," Percy said as all of them slowly
gathered into columns and touched Percy. Percy lifted his hand up, 'ID
Escape!'
The red sky shattered and the entire group was brought back to Arena
where their training session had started. Percy motioned all of them to
sit down which they all did quickly, they were exhausted beyond belief.
"Do you know why I didn't warn you about the Knight?" Percy asked
looking at the demigods.
"You wanted us to be thrown off our game," Thalia muttered out, "and
we were."
Percy nodded, "right in one sparky," Thalia grumbled but did nothing
else to object to the nick name which told Percy just how disappointed
she was. Percy sighed, "look this is nothing to be afraid of. You guys
are progressing nicely, I'm sure you yourself can tell. And relax, this
was not an enemy you could have defeated quickly."
"So you set us up for failure?" Nico asked.
"That's not fair!" a demigod yelled out
Percy nodded, "yeah, it's not fair. But neither is life or war so get used
to it. You all had a pattern, first you would fight your way out of the
forest and then meet up in the center of the camp to fight of the
zombies. You would then stay together in the center and work together
to kill them all. Now I'm not saying teamwork isn't important, it's one of
the only things that will guarantee that you will not end up as monster
food. But predictability is a disadvantage."
"The Romans were predictable," John spoke up, "they had rules and
they followed them methodically. The had one of the most powerful
empires to date"
Percy nodded, "yes that's true, but understand that we are not Roman,
we are Greeks. We are the unpredictable, that is what makes us
dangerous. The Greek were known for many things, and most of those
things was because we thought outside the box. The Greeks were the
best at inventing new things and that is because in our very soul. There
is a part of us that yearns to be different."
"So you're saying that our strength lies in our unpredictability?" A son of
Ares asked.
Percy nodded, "yes. But unpredictable to our enemies, not our allies. If
the zombies we fought had any brains or a proper general they would
have easily separated and killed each of you one by one."
"When did you defeat it?" Thalia asked surprising Percy, "I mean when
was the first time you fought it?"
"A year ago."
Thalia's eyes widened comically, "you fought that thing over a year
ago?! How powerful are you now?!"
Percy shrugged, 'let's see I was level...10? And now I'm level 39,
almost 40.' "I think I'm at least four times stronger now."
"Wow!" Little Percy exclaimed.
"Just how powerful are you Percy?" Bianca asked surprised beyond
belief. The demigods gathered quickly went into discussion. They had
all fought and lost to that thing, some badly. If Percy could have beaten
that thing a year ago, and if what he claimed was true, only now did
they have a proper measurement of Percy's power.
Thalia growled in anger and got up. "Where are you going?" Percy
asked.
"I'm going to train some more," Thalia said before leaving Percy and
the others alone. Percy sighed, 'her pride must be bruised. Well, I can't
do anything to help with that.'
Percy then dismissed the demigods, it was around 1 in the afternoon
and everyone was hungry.
Percy and the others entered the Mess Hall and they all quickly began
to pile on their plates. After sacrificing a small amount to his dad Percy
and John sat down in the Minor Gods table along with the rest of the
demigods.
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The minor God's table was a new addition to the Mess Hall. Since the
table didn't actually belong to one god the rule that restricted demigods
from sitting with other demigod didn't apply. This caused the minor
Gods' table to become a hotspot of activity.
There were 4 in total and every meal was literally a competition to get a
seat on the table. The minor demigod kids obviously got them first,
Percy had his reserved because he was basically the reason it existed
in the first place, and everyone else had to fight of theirs.
The Minor Gods table was quickly filled with different demigods that
wanted to sit with each other but couldn't do so before. Percy's small
group of friends usually gathered here and ate meals together while
they talked about the things they did that day.
Percy sat down next Annabeth with Michael and Nina opposite them.
The seat groaned under Percy's additional weight, this was the
negative side to the weighted armbands, it was a pain in the ass to find
a place strong enough to hold your weight.
"Hey guys," Percy said as he began eating, "what's new?"
"Nothing much," Michael said, "got a few new recipes to try out as a
healing potions. We keep trying to replicate those potions you keep
getting in the ID's but somehow we keep failing. There must be
something we can't detect inside the potion that makes it work in the
first place. If we can't find that..."
Percy nodded, "right and here, before I forget," he opened his inventory
and pulled out the potion he got today, "today's spoils."
Michael accepted the potion and put it away.
"So you had to get involved today?" Nina asked surprised, "I thought
the Jackson squad was getting stronger day by day."
Percy groaned at the nick name his students had gotten, "I hate that
name."
Nina giggled, "well everyone else likes it."
Percy huffed, "well no, they did today. But they started to get
comfortable, so I shook things up a little. I introduced a new monster
and they got their butts kicked and then whined about it not being fair."
"HEY!" Half the minor god's occupants shouted at Percy's last
comment.
"It's true shit stains!" Percy yelled back, "and stop eavesdropping on
others conversations!"
Michael laughed, "like student like master."
Percy grumbled and nodded, "yeah. Oh and Annabeth I think I may
have pissed off Thalia."
Annabeth sighed, "again? I really wish you two would get along!"
Percy shrugged, "we will, give it time. Anyway Nina what's new with
you guys?"
Nina shrugged, "nothing much. Just work like usual. Charles almost
blew us all up today, idiot."
Percy smiled and turned to Annabeth, "and you?"
"We have been trying to figure out where Kronos would strike next,"
Annabeth admitted, "we also tried to figure out whether or not he would
try and attack us. After all one Titan managed to almost kill us all, and
he would have if you didn't stop him."
Percy nodded, "yeah, but we are stronger this time. And so am I. If
Hyperion shows his ugly mug around here I'll make sure to send him to
Tartarus."
Annabeth nodded, "yeah we took that into account as well. So far we
think that Kronos will wait, for possible half a year before he strikes."
"Why half a year?"
"December is Thalia's birthday," Annabeth informed him, "if Kronos is
going to attack us it will be when Thalia turns 16."
Percy nodded, "so it's near the end of June right now. We have 5
months time to think of a way to kick Kronos's ass."
Michael sighed, "we are so doomed."
Percy chuckled and they quickly finished the rest of their lunch while
talking about one thing or the other.
Percy was now free. After lunch people were allowed to do their own
thing. John usually went to the cabin to sleep before dinner, the minor
demigods would try and get into trouble along with Hermes camp.
Thalia was probably still sulking, and Annabeth and the rest were still
at work doing whatever they were doing.
Percy began spamming his ID skill again. He really wanted to increase
the time dilution on his time ID. So Percy did that as he walked to the
beach, the one place all children of Poseidon could relax.
Percy slowly walked through the Forest, a short cut to the Beach which
most avoided. As he walked through he heard someone in there,
someone panting. Percy stopped grinding his ID creations skills and
slowly went to go and see who was there besides him.
Slowly the trees gave away towards a clearing leading towards the fist
of Zeus. Percy carefully walked over and waited behind as he saw
Thalia there practising with his spear.
The daughter of Zeus was sweating from head to toe. She had taken
off her jacket revealing her tank top underneath showing of her
powerful arms and her amazing toned body. The way she moved
almost looked like she was dancing, there was a certain grace in each
of her steps that was hard to understand. Her jeans were skin tight
showing off her long muscular legs and wide hips as she used them to
turn and twist her spear around. Her chest rose and fell from her deep
breaths showing off her large perky breasts.
Percy again felt a stir in his groin, 'this girl is going to drive me mad!
Curse you teenage hormones!'
It was times like this when he really wished he hadn't chosen the
Goblin's Growth perk. Percy then quickly slammed Gamer's mind on
top of his growing feelings of lust canceling out his, 'growing problem.'
After the feelings of lust settled down Percy focused on Thalia again,
this time he looked at only the way she moved the weapon.
He was to guess she would probably be better at using the spear than
any other demigod around. He hadn't really faced many spear fighters
before, most had been killed before they even got the chance to show
their stuff off, but Percy could honestly say Thalia was the best spear
using demigod he knew.
He continued to watch her for a few more minutes when suddenly
something popped up;
Ping!
You have learnt a new skill through watching someone via your
photographic reflexes!
Spear Mastery, Lv- 14 (0%)
Allows user to freely handle spears or spear like weapons
70% more damage when using spears or spear like weapons
'Woah!' Percy said as he looked at the newly acquired skill. He had
gotten it just by looking at Thalia practise! Heck this thing was just a
level below his own mastery in sword skill! It kind of felt like cheating,
piggybacking off of Thalia's hard work, but then again he didn't really
want to steal anything, it was just a loophole inside the Game he didn't
know about.
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Thalia eventually grew too tired to train as she turned her spear back
into a can of mace and sat down on the Fist of Zeus rubbing the sweat
off her body. She looked up at the sky and sighed as suddenly her
stomach grumbled in hunger.
'That's right, she didn't eat,' Percy realised as he walked out of his
hiding place and towards Thalia.
"Hungry?" Percy asked startling Thalia.
"Jackson?! How long have been there?!" Thalia yelled out.
"Long enough sparky," Percy said with a smile, "I must admit you
probably push yourself harder than anyone else I know. It really is
inspiring."
Thalia huffed, "yeah well thanks….. but it doesn't matter. But you saw
what happened today, I'm not even close to facing that Damned Knight
thing, let alone Kronos."
"You're worried about the prophecy," Percy deducted, "aren't you?"
Thalia sighed, "no shit dumbass."
"Hey now no need for names, I'm just trying to help."
"Yeah, well stuff it," Thalia said, "it doesn't matter anyway, I'm
supposed to save the fucking world and I can't even beat one stupid
monster."
"You do realise it takes more than just strength to win a fight right?"
Percy said as sat down next to Thalia, doing his best to ignore the way
her skin glistened under the sun light. 'Damn, she smells like pine
wood.'
"Yeah, but I still need to be powerful. I mean look at you, you're two
years younger than me and yet you can probably kick my ass."
"Thalia don't tell me you're having an identity problem," Percy said
smirking, "though I do admit I can kick your ass, repeatedly."
"You are worse than Luke," Thalia groaned.
"Hehe, true. But my point stands, there is more to being a demigod
then strength. Thalia, a lot of great people became great not because
they were the best at what they did, but because they never gave up.
Heck if Thomas Edison gave up we would have had to wait for a
couple of years before the light bulb was invented. If Mahatma Gandhi
gave up India would have been under the British rule for probably
another 50 years or so."
"So your advice is what? Never give up?" Thalia chuckled, "that is the
cheesiest line I have ever heard."
"That might be," Percy admitted, "but it's true. And remember one thing
Thalia," Percy looked into her electric blue eyes, "never give up. Ever.
You have the entire camp by your side, you have Annabeth, Grover
and me. Kronos doesn't stand a chance."
"Percy, the camp wouldn't follow me," Thalia admitted, "you're their
leader. They would follow you, heck when I first meet you I hated you,
but now I can't help but admit you are better than me in every single
way. You should be the child of the prophecy, not me."
Percy got off the stone and patted his back, "maybe, maybe in some
world I am, and you are still stuck in that tree. But right now, in this
world, you are the child of the prophecy. You are the one who is
supposed to lead us. And fine, the camp may not respect you like they
do me, but if you want them to, then earn that respect. Earn that trust."
"Do you really think it's that easy?" Thalia asked with wonder and hope
restored in her eyes.
"I do," Percy nodded, "because I believe in you."
"Why? You barely even know me," Thalia said.
"Because you gave your life for your friends. You died to protect them.
And the barrier around camp, the one that is keeping all the monsters
away, you made that. Zeus may have given the power, but Chiron told
me that it was your love for your friends that gave it form. It is your love
for them that protected us all. That, Thalia Grace, is why I believe in
you."
Thalia looked at Percy in awe as tears started leaking from the corner
of her eyes.
"Thalia are you okay? I'm sorry if I-"
"-oh shut up fish head," Thalia said wiping her tears and smiling
brightly, "these are tears of joy."
Percy sighed in relief, "oh thank the Gods. I thought I did something
stupid again."
"Not this time Jackson," Thalia said as she playfully punched Percy's
shoulder, "although I may surprise, you give one hell of a motivational
speech."
Percy grinned, "yeah, one of my many skills." 'Wait...it isn't a
skill….don't tell me-'
Ping!
You have created a new skill!
Motivations speaking, Lv- 1 (50%)
Motivates other people around you.
20% chance of working provided the person isn't depressed or
suffering from any other negative status effects.
Percy sighed and closed the box. Just then Thalia's stomach grumbled
as the daughter of Zeus blushed in embarrassment.
"Damn, i forgot about lunch," she said smiling sheepishly, "do you think
the Mess Hall would be open right now?"
"Probably not," Percy said causing Thalia to sigh in disappointment,
"but I can do you one better."
Percy then opened his inventory and pulled out one of the many food
items he had gotten from the Lotus Casino, a large cheese and bacon
pizza.
"Woah! I didn't know you could store food!"
Percy raised an eyebrow, "you saw me store human beings but you
thought I couldn't store food?"
Thalia shrugged, "the thought just never crossed my mind."
The Pizza still had the metal plate under it so Percy just put it besides
Thalia, "dig in."
"Thank you Gods!" Thalia said as she began to dig into her food.
"Don't thank them, I'm the one you should be grateful to."
"Yea buft thez geav yoh youh powah soa e showa thaniw theam,"
thalia said with her mouth stuffed with pizza.
"Chew and swallow Thalia," Percy said.
The daughter of Zeus did such that and respoke, "I said, yeah, but they
gave you your powers so I should thank them."
"Oh, then I'll just take the rest of this and you can ask the Gods for
more," Percy said making way to the pizza.
"NO!" Thalia yelled out as she grabbed the pie, "please don't."
"Then who should you thank?" Percy asked with a raised eyebrow.
"You, thank you Percy."
"Hehe, good sparky," Percy said with a smile, "well enjoy your meal,
I'm off for some rest and relaxation."
Thalia groaned at Percy's retreating back and quickly sent a low
powered zap of electricity pinching Percy's behind.
"Hey!" Percy yelle doubt turning around.
"Don't call me sparky!" Thalia yelled out as she grabbed the pizza with
both hands and her jacket in her mouth, before running away like a
madman.
Percy chuckled, 'she's kind of cute when she's angry.'
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Percy shook his head and continued towards the beach and continued
to grind away with his ID skills. He eventually reached the beach and
went to his spot, which was sitting on top of a flat stone that served as
a seat for Percy.
Percy was slowly slipping from one world to the next, but as he was
doing that, he realised he had a lot of time in his hands. So he opened
his inventory and took out the sword skill book he had gotten from the
damned knight;
You have obtained the sword skill book!
Do you wish to learn?
YES/NO
Percy pressed yes;
Ping!
A skill has leveled up!
· Sword Mastery, Lv-16 (40%)
Allows user to freely handle swords.
80% more damage when using swords.
Ping!
Please select one of these attacks;
Angel's Strike,
A techniques that uses multiple blades as a source of attack. The user
attacks with one blade and then abandons it, grabs another blade and
strikes the opponent's again. This is done several times until the user
runs out of blades.
Attack: [Number of attacks x Vit x Dex]% for each strike
Heavenly Ice Dragon,
A technique used to manage a large group of enemies. The user coats
their blade with water and attacks. There are two major attacks,
Dragon's Fangs- if you draw blood from the emey a small part of the
water from your blade travels in their blood and the user may chose
when to freeze the water.
Dragon's Wings- a wide wave of ice sent sent out of the blade. This
can be used to take out a large group of people easily.
Cost- 120 MP per use of all the water coated on the blade.
There was a dilemma here for Percy. Here was two perfectly good
sword techniques, each was good on it's on, but Percy had to chose.
And since he was most likely going to face an army he needed some
kind of crowd control skill.
So Percy choose Heavenly Ice Dragon;
Are you sure you want, 'Heavenly Ice Dragon'?
Heavenly Ice Dragon,
A technique used to manage a large group of enemies. The user coats
their blade with water and attacks. There are two major attacks,
Dragon's Fangs- if you draw blood from the emey a small part of the
water from your blade travels in their blood and the user may chose
when to freeze the water.
Dragon's Wings- a wide wave of ice sent sent out of the blade. This
can be used to take out a large group of people easily.
Cost- 120 MP per use of all the water coated on the blade.
YES/NO?
Percy pressed yes and the boxes disappeared as the knowledge of the
technique entered Percy's mind. Percy sighed when it was over and
then closed his inventory. He looked at his new watch and went
through his checklist for more things to do.
Percy then noticed a reminder he set for himself;
Get your own blade made
'Oh yeah. The scroll Odysseus gave me,' Percy realised as he quickly
opened his inventory and selected the scroll of sword creation. He took
the scroll out and quickly opened it;
[To whoever finds this scroll return to Odysseus. Please.]
Percy blinked, it was written in ancient Greek but he could read it just
fine. 'Did he give this to me by mistake or something?' Percy wondered
as he continued;
[If you are still going to read it without returning it then I have only one
thing to say to you: Fuck you asshole!]
Percy sighed, 'that does sound like the captain'
[But if you received this scroll from me then forget about the two lines
above. Anyway aren't you lucky! If I give you this scroll it means I both
trust you and think you are worthy to receive your own personal
weapon! Now be warned to make your own weapon you will need a lot
of things, mysterious and powerful things. You will have to go on a long
and tiresome journey and you will be in grave danger at all times. Now
the first thing you should understand it this, the weapon you make may
not be a sword. This scroll will teach you how to make your personal
weapon, but it may not come out as a sword. Heck it would be a bow
and arrow for all you know. Anyway, let's get started. This is what you
are going to need to begin;
1- A piece of the monster powerful enemy you have ever defeated
2- The blood of the person/persons you care about the most
3- A peice of an item that you hold dear to your heart
4- A drop of your blood
With these three combined you may begin your first steps to forming
your perfect weapon. After you have gathered these three things take a
cauldron made out of celestial bronze and put all tree inside it and light
a fire below it. Breath in the fumes while reciting the spell written below
to begin the process of forming your weapon. NOTE: Be in a safe
place when doing this, you will be knocked out for a long time, so
remember to tell people you trust what you are doing. Be warned
starting the process will result in you going on a journey of self
discovery, and not the fun kind. You will face your deepest fear and
your words will be your weapon for that battle. I myself have only ever
completed 3/9th of the journey and though my blade was powerful, I
have failed to form my most powerful weapon (please don't tell anyone
that, I would loose all my street credit.) Now go, and may the Gods be
with you.]
Percy looked down and saw a huge spell in greek written out below. He
needed to do a lot of work to make this happen, but if 9,000 Attack was
just 3/9th of what Percy could gain as a weapon he should atleast try.
Ping!
Quest Alert!
Create your own weapon!
1- A piece of the monster powerful enemy you have ever defeated
(Completed)
2- The blood of the person/persons you care about the most (Not
completed)
3- A peice of an item that you hold dear to your heart (Not
completed)
4- A drop of your blood (Not completed)
Reward;
One new weapon!
+100,000 Exp!
?
?
Failure,
Death
YES/NO?
Percy sighed, 'why is it always death?' He pressed the yes button and
the box evaporated. Percy then put the scroll away as he began to
think about what he could make or do with this.
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He already had his own blood. He could just ask his mom for her's…..
Maybe he should also ask his dad for some, after all the scroll did say
he could use several people's blood.
A piece of an item that held dear to his heart…..maybe he could shave
a piece of Riptide, after all it was the one item in the world that kept
saving his ass time and time again. But then again the crystal currently
inside his skull also saved him again and again, plus the people inside
was close to Percy's heart, he did care for them in a way.
But then came the last item he needed, a piece of Percy's most
dangerous enemy he had ever defeated. The answer came quickly,
Janai'ngo, and Percy even had a fang of his from the time he attacked
Mera. So that was done.
All Percy had to do now was get his dad and mom's blood and he was
done! Percy smiled, he could Iris message his dad and asked him to
come over, after all the God hadn't seen John yet. He could then leave
for his mom's place tomorrow and be back in camp in time for dinner.
Percy smiled and finally stopped spamming his ID skill, he couldn't use
the Iris messaging system if he continually went between dimensions.
Percy formed a mist using his powers and used the Iris chant to place
a call to his dad. The tone rang out for a while before the rainbow
cleared up revealing Poseidon sitting in his underwater throne.
"Percy? What a surprise?! To what do I owe this unexpected call?"
"Hey dad," Percy said with a smile, "I just wanted to call and check up."
"Really? You don't need some help or anything? Haven't saved one of
your nieces recently?"
"Ha-ha, very funny, but seriously I just want to talk. We haven't in some
time, I was hoping you could make a personal visit."
"Personal visit?" Poseidon asked with a raised eyebrow, "whatever
for?"
"You know about John right? What am I saying of course you do, you
claimed him."
Poseidon nodded, "yes, I am aware that John is alive, and form what I
understand that's thanks to you."
Percy nodded, "I just did a little. But anyway dad you really haven't
meet him, and thought he is coping with the whole, demigod out of time
thing, he could still use a visit from his dad."
Poseidon smiled, "you're right Percy. I'm sorry I haven't been there
sooner, I have just had my hands full preparing for war with Kronos. I
can feel something stirring in the darkness, something evil, I have kept
watch these past few weeks but nothing. I suppose I could make time
to see John, he deserves that at least."
Percy smiled and nodded, "right. Oh and before you go how's Mera? Is
she better?"
Poseidon sighed as his smile dropped, "the girl is…..trying. She has
been obsessed with power recently, she had been swallowing every
magical spell she could get her hands onto. I think the incident
changed her, she needs to feel powerful, only then would she feel
safe."
Percy nodded, "you know is she's having problem in Atlantis she could
always come here. We are basically training every single day, she
would fit right in."
Poseidon's smile returned, "you know what, that's a great idea! And I'm
sure she would love to see you again! Plus you did say you needed a
tutor for learning more about your control over water, I don't know
anyone better than Mera!"
Percy smiled, "then it's settled, send her in a few days time, I'm busy
with something right now so let's say….a week?"
Poseidon nodded, "gladly. You know Percy seeing you care so much
about your other family members really touches my heart. Guess you
take after me more than I realised."
"Yeah right," Percy laughed, "you and I both know that that part of me
came from mom. I got her kindness and your bipolar tendencies."
"Haha, very true," the sea God nodded, "fine then Percy, see you
tonight."
"Bye dad!" Percy said as swiped his hand across the rainbow causing it
to disappear.
Percy say down and began to look through his inventory again looking
for more things to do. Just then he realised something, he had loot
from his battle with Janai'ngo that he never even looked at!
Percy quickly scrolled through his inventory and found the loot item. It
was a treasure chest, and actually real like treasure chest that he had
found in the bottom of the ocean!
Percy quickly pulled it out, it was heavy, at least 300 pounds if not
more. Percy didn't really know, his perception of heavy was really
fucked up nowadays, such was the burden of super strength.
Percy then put the chest on the beach and looked it over. It was a
simple wooden chest with iron linings. It was around 5 by 6 feet of solid
mass and Percy could hear something rattling inside.
"Wow! Is that a pirate chest?!" Percy heard Nico's voice yelled out.
Percy turned and saw Nico and little Percy stand at the side looking on
in amazement. Percy smiled, "what are you guys doing here?"
"We were just playing around when Percy here wanted to come to the
beach," Nico said pointing at the smaller Percy.
"What is that thing Percy?" The son of Pan asked as both 10 year olds
quickly approached and inspected the chest.
"Don't you have a brain?! It's a treasure chest!" Nico exclaimed in joy.
"Don't be stupid! There are no such things as treasure chest!" Little
Percy exclaimed.
"Ya hun!" Nico said, "this is a pirate's treasure chest!"
"No way!"
"Yes way!"
"No way times a hundred!"
"Yes way times infinity!"
"No way times infinity plus one!"
"You can't do that!"
"Yes I can!"
"No you can't!"
"Yes I can!"
"No you can't!"
"Alright calm down you two!" Percy shouted getting between them
both, "Gods, you both are like Bugs and Daffy!"
"Who's that?" Little Percy asked.
"Never mind that, come on let's open this up!" Nico exclaimed as he
tried to open the locks only for his hands to slip off.
"Where did you even get that thing anyway?" Little Percy asked.
"In the bottom of the ocean," Percy replied as he knelt in front of the
chest, "I found it after fighting out a monster in the sea with the help of
some sailors."
"Were they pirates?!" Nico asked with his eyes practically sparkling.
"Hmm… I suppose they were," Percy said as he placed a hand on the
chest, "but then that would make me a pirate as well wouldn't it?"
"What?! You're a pirate?!" Little Percy asked as the wonder of meeting
a real life pirate excited him as well.
"Yup," Percy reached under his shirt and pulled out his necklace
showing off the cyclops skull he had strung in it, "this skull is proof that
I am part of their crew. In fact I meet them just a few days before I meet
you guys."
"So cool!" Nico yelled out, "who were they? What were they like? Did
they eyepatches? Did they have parrots as pets? Did they always drink
rum? Did one of them have a hook for a hand? Or a stump for a leg?
Did-"
"-Slow down Nico, I can only answer one at a time," Percy interrupted
chuckling, "and I promise to tell you all about it later. Right now I'm
more interested in this here treasure chest."
"But we don't have a key," Little Percy said, "how are we going to open
it?"
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Percy smiled, "like this," Percy then formed a line of shadows coming
out from underneath his sleeve. He couldn't use his vibrations to open
this, the locking mechanisms inside was two big, he couldn't shake
them open, and if he used to much vibrations he could damage the
chest and whatever is inside.
The shadow then went into the lock and Percy wiggled it around. He
pushed the pins inside one by one until everything was unlocked and
something clicked, 'Bingo!'
Ping!
A new skill has been created!
Shadow lockpicking, Lv- 1/5 (0%)
Creates a tendril of shadows that can be used to open any
mechanical lock.
Limits- simple key locks.
Percy pushed the notification aside and removed the shadows out from
the chest. Nico and little Percy looked at the chest over Percy's
shoulder as he slowly opened it.
Inside was what anyone would ever consider to be in a treasure chest.
There were golden coins all over with rubies, emerald and sapphires.
There was even a crown and a few swords in there along with a green
metallic slate that was embedded with a map of some kind.
"WOW!" Nico and littler Percy yelled out as the ran their hands through
the golden coins and rubies.
"This is amazing!" Little Percy exclaimed.
"This is real pirate treasure!" Nico yelled out.
Percy however didn't pay attention as he picked the green plate and
Observed it;
The Lost Bronze plate of William Blake- A map to Hell;
One of the few lost plates of the poet William Blake this plate
portaties the literal road to hell. It is one of the few actually maps
containing directions to the christian hell as depicted in John
Milton's 'Paradise Lost'.
Percy was beyond surprised, he knew who Blake was, after all they
always talked about him in english class. To find a previously lost
bronze plate of his…...this thing could be worth millions!
Percy opened his inventory and put the plate in and then turned to Nico
and little Percy.
"What are you going to do with these Percy?" Nico asked.
"I'm not really sure," Percy said, "I think I'll keep some and give the rest
to Chiron, after all it could be used to buy things for camp, like training
equipment of something."
"I see," little Percy said as he continued to look at the treasure in want.
Percy smiled, he knew that look. "But I think you two deserve some
kind of reward for helping me out," Percy said causing the two to look
at Percy in wonder.
"Really?" Little Percy practically glowed.
"Ah- you don't' have to you know," Nico said as he tried to sound
genuine, but Percy could see the look in his eyes.
"Neh, I want to," Percy then reached in and took the crown inside. It
was a plain gold band with skull molded in the front. 'I know just what to
do with you.'
Percy turned to Nico and put the crown on the boy's head. It was big
and it slipped down till it was just above his eyebrows, "there, a crow
for the king of the dead."
"Cool! I'm the king of the dead!" Nico said touching the crown.
Percy smiled and then reached in and pulled out a celestial bronze
sword form inside the chest. Percy unsheathed it and found the blade
still sharp and shining underneath. He then resheathed the blade and
gave it to little Percy, "I know you use one of the camp's spare swords,
but you need one of your own."
The son of Pan gladly accepted the sword. It was around two and a
half feet in length and its tip was leaf shaped with a very detailed and
integrate crossguard that looked like two branches, perfect for the child
of the wild.
"It's amazing," little Percy said in awe as he unsheathed the blade and
spun it around.
"Do you have a name for it?"
"What?" the son of Pan looked surprised, "why should I name it?"
"All the best swords have a name stupid!" Nico shouted pointing a
finger at little Percy, "everyone knows that!"
"Yup," Percy nodded, "my blade's name is Anaklusmos," Percy took
out his pen and uncapped it turning it into a large greek blade.
"Woah," Nico said looking at it, "that is so cool."
Little Percy turned from Percy's blade to his own. He looked intently at
the blade, he focused on the details of it. He looked and suddenly a
name came to his mind, "Elasmafyllou."
Percy smiled as his brain immediately translated it for him, "Leaf
blade."
"That is so unoriginal," Nico huffed tilting his crown to the side, "I would
call mine something cool, like Execution, or Bone breaker."
"Well it's not your blade, it mine, so pfft!" Little Percy said sticking his
tongue out and blowing Nico a raspberry.
"Remember to only use it on the enemy," Percy warned, "or Nico if he
get's to irritating."
"Hey!" Nico shouted.
The two Percy's chuckled at the son of Hades as he stuck his tongue
out. Percy put away his blade and closed the lid on the chest putting it
back inside his inventory.
"Come one guys, let's go and find something to do," Percy said as he
reached out and held both their hands.
"Right," Nico said as he and little Percy dragged the son of Poseidon
back into camp.
"I heard the Hermes kids were about to replace every lipstick in the
Aphrodite cabin with rubber glue," little Percy said with a smile.
"Oh I definitely want to see that," Percy said with a smile.
"Hey Percy could you teach me that thing you did?" Nico asked.
"Thing? What thing?"
"You know that shadow thing," Nico explained.
"Yeah! That was so cool!" Little Percy exclaimed out loud.
"Hm… I'll think about it Nico," Percy said, "I think you should be able to
do it no problem, you are the son of Hades after all, it's in your blood.
Maybe we could also get your sister to join up."
"Cool!" Nico shouted as the three walked back into camp half blood
with not a care in the world.
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Percy sat on his bed slowly sharpening his blade. He had noticed that
it had started to get dull around the edges, but it was nothing a little
elbow grease couldn't fix.
This was the first time Percy was actually taking care of his weapon, he
didn't really realise just how much he abused it until he took it out and
showed it to Nico and little Percy. Earlier that day he had gone to Nina
and got a wet stone for polishing his blade, and now here he was.
Percy lifted Riptide up and looked at it, the blade's edge was sharp
again, hopefully he would remember to take care of it next time before
it got too out of hand.
Ping!
You have created a new skill through your actions!
Maintenance, Lv- 1 (90%)
Allows you to take care of your possessions.
Sword maintenance- Lv- 1 - Grants a 5% bonus to your sword.
Percy closed the box, at this point he wasn't even surprised at the
random skills that kept popping up.
Percy then Observed Riptide;
Anaklusmos
Anaklusmos or Riptide is made out of celestial bronze. It has two
forms one as a pen and one as a sword. To release its sword form
simply take off it's cap. And to make it into a pen, tap the cap on
the blade.
It is charmed so as to never be lost as it always appears in the
owner's pocket few moments later. It is a blade used by Hercules
himself given to him by Zoe Nightshade, the original owner.
Riptide draws it's power from the sea and hence is every effective
when used by a spirit of the sea or by a child of the sea.
Attack-105 (MAINTENANCE BOOST- + 5 attack, lasts for 10 days)
+50% when used against monsters.
+100% when used by a child of the sea.
Percy saw that his blade had gotten a small boost in power, it wasn't
much, but it was something.
Percy then put away the sword and walked around the cabin. He
looked at the enchanted shrub he had growing on his window sill. The
silver leafed berry plant didn't have any enchanted berries for him, it
took nearly a year of them to become mature.
Percy controlled the moisture in the air and slowly formed a mist
around the plant weeting it's leaves. He then formed a ball of water in
his hands and poured it into the pot ensuring the plant stayed hydrated.
Just then a knock came on the cabin door startling Percy and John,
who was in his bed reading a book on World War 2. Percy smiled, 'it
must be him.'
Percy opened the door and smiled, "hey dad, about time you came."
Poseidon smiled, "sorry I was held up by Triton, he wanted to discuss
war plans. Such a pain, may I come in?"
Percy stepped to the side, "it is your cabin."
Poseidon walked in and immediately his eyes fell on John who was
already on his feet looking at the God with surprise and confusion.
"P-Poseidon?" John asked surprised.
The God nodded as his eyes shone with love, "yes. Hello, son."
John didn't know what to do, he had never had a father before. So he
reacted the only way he knew how. He stood at attention and saluted
the God, "sir."
Poseidon and Percy chuckled. "Dude, he's you dad, you can relax,"
Percy said closing the door, "it's Triton you have to worry about, that
guy is a stickler for the rules."
"Indeed, put your hand down John," Poseidon said as the soldier
slowly complained.
"I-I'm sorry, I just don't know how to react," John asked as his hands
started to shake, "where were you? Why didn't you see me?"
Poseidon sighed, "I wanted to son, believe me, I wanted to. But the war
had all my attention, as much as I wanted to be there for you, I had my
duties to perform."
"I understand that," John said lowering his head, "I'm a soldier, I have
had time to get used to it."
"I'm truly sorry John," Poseidon said patting the man on the shoulder, "I
am proud of you. You were an amazing sailor John, you saved many
lives. I am proud to call you my son."
John looked up with tears in his eyes, "dad…."
Poseidon smiled, "it's okay, I'm here now."
John nodded as he wiped his tears, "yeah. You are….and that's all that
counts. But…..it still feel wrong."
Poseidon smiled, "you can punch me in the face if you want."
Percy chuckled, "come on dad I'm sure John wouldn't-"
John launched a fist into Poseidon's face knocking the God back.
Percy's mouth fell open at the sight. Never in a million years did he
think that his brother, the soldier, would ever punch someone in the
face.
John shook his hand, "I have to admit, that felt good."
Poseidon groaned as he held his nose, "why is it always the face?"
Percy smiled and the punching incident was put aside. The two then
began to bond. JOhn had many questions for his dad, and his father
answered as best he could. Percy sat down on his bed and listened as
John then told Poseidon his entire life story.
Percy had learnt a few things about his brother over the two weeks
they spent together. He knew that John served as the second in
command of the USS Rouge, a special battleship that performed hit
and runs on German basses. He was a great fighter and often Percy
had listened to many of his battle stories.
What he didn't know, which John was now telling their father, was that
he had received the Navy Cross for his service to the country. The
Navy Cross was the second highest medal of military decoration,
second only to the Medal of Honor, any member of the US army, navy
or airforce could receive. He received it for extraordinary heroism in
combat when he saved the lives of three families in the invasion of
Germany.
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Soon the stories ended and John eventually said goodbye to their
father. Percy walked Poseidon out as the two walked towards the
beach.
"So what did you want to talk to me about?" Poseidon asked.
"That obvious?" Percy asked chuckling.
Poseidon smiled, "I know my son."
"Right, well as you probably have guessed I didn't just call you to talk to
John, though that was a big plus. I need your help with something."
"What is it?"
"You know Odysseus blade right? Yew's Breath?"
Poseidon frowned, "yes, I know of it. Damn thing, too powerful for a
mortal to wield, especially a stupid immortal one like Odysseus."
"Yeah well I kind of got the creation recipe out of him," Percy said
scratching his head, "I want to make myself a proper blade using it."
"Is Riptide failing you?" Poseidon asked.
"No, it's not that. It's just the game is getting tougher and I'm growing
stronger. I can cause more damage with my fists then with Riptide. I
just feel like I need a blade worthy of my new level."
"Hmmm, okay, but why tell me? I doubt it's to ask permission,"
Poseidon said laughing at his own joke.
"It's not," Percy said, "it's more like a request. You see one of the
ingredients to make the weapon is the blood of the person or people I
care about."
Poseidon's eyes widened comically, "and you need my blood." Percy
nodded as the God of the seas continued, "Percy….do you realise
what you ask? A drop of my blood could cause a worldwide tsunami if
under the right circumstances and spells. It is not to be used lightly."
Percy sighed, "I know, look I'm sorry I even asked. I-"
"-Show me this creation recipe," Poseidon cut him off in a demanding
tone that Percy had never seen his dad use.
Percy opened his inventory and pulled the scroll out and gave it to the
God. Poseidon opened the scroll and began reading it under a
scrutinous eyes. He finished it in seconds and sighed rolling the scroll
up once again.
"Do you even know what this is Percy?" Poseidon asked giving the boy
the scroll.
"It's a way to create a powerful weapon?"
Poseidon nodded, "yes, but it is more than just that. There once was a
sea witch whose name cannot be spoke out loud unless you wished to
invoke her. Everyone calls her 'Seamstress of the Magic', because she
somehow knows things that no one else does. She is not Greek, nor is
she Roman. She isn't Egyptian or affiliated with any other religion. She
just showed up one day and began giving out advice to anyone who
asked. The spell on this scroll is her handywork, she is the one who
created this spell, but understand that this," he pointed to the scroll,
"isn't an ordinary spell.
"It makes the user go on a journey of near torture Perseus," 'Shit! He
used my real name! I am in so much trouble!' "You will have to face
things you don't want to face. Admit and do things you will not want to
do. Perseus, this is a very dangerous and powerful spell, are you sure
you want to do this?"
Poseidon and Percy looked at each other. The demigod quickly steeled
his resolve and nodded, "I am sure father."
Poseidon nodded and gave Percy back the scroll. He then snapped his
fingers and formed a small crystal tude out of thin air. Poseidon then
extended one finger and slowly golden ichor started to pour out of it.
"Wow," Percy said surprised.
"What? You didn't think you were the only one who could control blood
did you?" Poseidon asked with a smirk as he filled the tube up with 12
drops of his blood. He then put a cork on the tube and gave it to Percy.
Ping!
Progress made!
Create your own weapon!
2- The blood of the person/persons you care about the most (1/2)!
Percy carefully took the vial and immediately put it inside his inventory,
"thanks dad. I know the only reason you agreed to this was because
you have a lot of trust in me, and I promise I won't let you down. I'll
never let the tube go out of my control."
Poseidon smiled, "I sure that you won't son. But just in case I also
placed a charm on it so that if anyone other than you touches it, it will
automatically return back to me."
"What? Don't trust me?"
"When Odysseus is involved I don't take anything lightly," Poseidon
said as the two resumed their walk towards the beach.
"What's with you and him anyway?" Percy asked, "I know that he
blinded Polyphemus and all, but in all honesty that guy was a dick."
"He was spoilt, yes," Poseidon sadly admitted, "but Odysseus has a
knack for always getting my children into trouble. Every single one that
ever enters his accursed boat always ends up in some sort of danger."
Percy shrugged "didn't happen to me."
Poseidon narrowed his eyes, "Janai'ngo."
Percy blinked, "ah….. I plead the fifth?"
"You do realise that one day me and your mother are going to have a
serious conversation with you about your reckless behaviour, yes?"
"Dad come on, give me a break," Percy said throwing his hands up, "I
don't actually look for trouble! It finds me!"
"What about that time you went searching for Luke and ran into Argo
and his Gergosas?"
"Ah….that was an accident."
"And that time you turned Odysseus ship around just because you
heard someone cried out for help?"
"One, that was Mera calling out for help, you know, your grand
daughter. And two, what was I supposed to do? Just let her die? I can't
just not help someone is they ask for it."
Poseidon smirked, "you have the soul of a hero Percy, so no, I don't
expect you to not save people. It's who you are, and your mother and I
know this. But please, please be more careful from now on, okay?"
Percy smiled as they arrived at the beach, "you know I can't make that
promise dad."
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Poseidon sighed, "well at least I tried. Oh, and one more thing,"
Poseidon then suddenly swung his trident sideways smashing into
Percy sending him into the sea.
You have entered a water body! Due to your parentage you have
gained a boost!
+1000 HP
+1000 MP
All wounds are healed
All ailments cured
Water Breathing ability active
+1000 HP(+1000 HP due to necklace of Poseidon) = +2000 HP
+1000 MP (+1000 MP due to necklace of Poseidon) = +2000 MP
Defence- 296,176,000
Percy groaned as he pulled himself out of the water slowly getting on
his feet, "what the hell was that for?!"
"For fighting a Great Old One," Poseidon replied simply, "I had to
punish you somehow."
"But hitting me with the weapon that can fight Titans?!"
Poseidon shrugged, "I knew you could handle it. Plus I didn't' hit you
that hard."
"You caused nearly 2,000 points of damage!"
"I'm sure you have more," Poseidon smirked.
"Asshole!" Percy yelled as he swiped his hand sending a blast of ice at
his father.
"That's my time, bye!" Poseidon said as he vanished in a flash of light
just as several thick icicles implode the spot he was on.
Percy grumbled as he got out of the ocean drying himself, "stupid
Poseidon, stupid trident."
"You know you really should be more grateful. My dad rarely comes to
see me," a voice called out.
Percy looked up to see Thalia near the tree line without her jacket on.
Percy could see the sweat on the girl's face and body, she had been
training again.
"Do you ever take time off training?" Percy asked as he approached
Thalia. They were around the same height now.
"I can't afford to," Thalia said turning her spear into a can of mace
which she then pocketed away, "not everyone can be as naturally
powerful as you."
"You mean naturally handsome, I train for my strength, my good looks
however is all natural," Percy joked grinning.
Thalia rolled her eyes, "boys. All the same."
Percy chuckled, "so, had dinner?"
Thalia shook her head, "no…..I was out training again."
Percy nodded, "I see...well let's get you something to eat then."
"You have more food stored up?!" Thalia asked in wonder.
Percy chuckled, "yup. Enough to last a normal person 2 years. But in
my case that will probably mean a few months at best."
Thalia nodded as the two sat down in the sand. Percy opened his
inventory and pulled out two large plates filled with buffalo wings and
three large sweetened apple peach soft drinks.
"Holy shit, where did you even get all these?!" Thalia asked in surprise
and wonder.
"From the Lotus casino, they had this huge ever expanding buffe. I
really want to go back soon just for the all you can eat extravaganza."
Thalia raised her eyebrow, "really? You would risk your life for food?"
Percy shrugged as he took a bite of his buffalo wing, "you would be
surprised what some people would do for food. Plus it's really good
food."
Thalia nodded as she dipped her wings in the sauce that was given
with the platter and took a bite out of it, "damn this is good!"
Percy smiled, "told you so."
Thalia nodded as the two began to eat and drink in silence. Soon
Thalia spoke up, "so ah...what's your favorite food?"
Percy chuckled, "are you seriously trying to make small talk?"
Thalia huffed, "fine, don't answer."
Percy smiled, "kidding. And to answer your question it's simple, I like all
food that is blue."
Thalia raised an eyebrow, "ah, what do you mean?"
"Oh, right. Well my mom had an argument with her ex-husband, a shit
stain called Gabe. He told her blue food doesn't exist and she got
pissed. So she kind of just added natural blue dye or blueberries to
everything in an attempt to piss him off."
Thalia looked amazed, "woah. Your mom sounds awesome."
Percy smiled as he laid back looking at the sea, "yeah. She is. One
time, during my 11th birthday party, she made everything blue. Blue
cake, blue candles, blue waffles, blue soda, blue forsting, blue cookies,
you name it, she had made it."
"Wait, why did you have waffles at your birthday party?"
"Who doesn't like waffles?" Percy asked.
Thalia nodded, "true…."
"So...what about your mom?" Percy asked turning to Thalia.
A shot of pain traveled through her eyes, "right...my mom."
"I'm sorry if I struck a nerve or something. I didn't mean to. Ah, I was
just curious and-"
"-No," Thalia sighed, "it's not your fault. My mom and I haven't really
had…..the best parental-child relationship and considering my dad and
I have no relationship that's not saying something."
Percy nodded, "I get it. Some demigods get two assholes for parents.
Little Percy had both his aunt and uncle mistreat him. John's mom
basically abandoned him. I suppose sucky parents are just part of the
deal when it comes to demigods."
Thalia snorts, "and look at you. Both parents are amazing. Mom's a
master cook who sounds like a caring person. And your dad actually
visits you."
Percy sighed, "yeah….wait, Zeus hasn't visited you? Not once?"
Thalia shook her head, "guess I'm not good enough for him."
Percy sighed, 'stupid king of the Gods.' "Well you're not missing much
I'll tell you that," Percy said, "he's kind of a dick."
"Watch your mouth mister," Thalia said in a mock serious tone, "he's
still my dad. Talk shit and I might have to blast you a new one."
Percy chuckled, "sure you would. But seriously, it doesn't matter that
you had a shitty past, your here. With us. We may not be your actual
siblings, but we do care for you."
"Right," Thalia said looking at the sea and the starry sky. Silence ruled
for a long time before Thalia spoke up again,"I actually had a sibling
you know? Like a real one."
Percy's eyes widened in surprise, "a child of Zeus?"
Thalia nodded, "yeah. His name was Jason. He was….he was my little
brother."