#Piper: My dad got kidnapped by giants

[bugwolfsstuff]

I know Nyssa, Drew and Jake are no longer counsellors but i'm too attached to the Head Counsellors + Chris family so i'm hc that they still do everything with the group and the lost trio are just unofficially the babies of the family

The lost trio have no fucking clue about half the things they joke about and at this point they're afraid to ask

[queenjunothegreat]

JASON Realizes He's Got a Problem

Heeeello everyone! I've got a little tiny thing for you all of Jason realizing he's got a massive crush on Leo post Heroes of Juno. Technically, you don't have to have read HoJ for this to make sense, you just have to live in a world where Piper and Jason never dated. Also! I haven't posted this to Ao3 yet, so you all are getting special privileges. >;3c Have fun!

Jason liked Bunker Nine. It was noisy and crowded and just so lived in in a way that Jason couldn’t quite describe. Part of him thought he would hate it, seeing as it was loud and claustrophobic and messy, but he found himself admiring those very traits. He liked being in the Bunker because he felt like he could do anything, be anyone. The Bunker didn’t hold him to any expectation, it just welcomed him with wide open arms and tucked him in close to its chest so that he could feel the very heartbeat of the place thrumming warm and fast under his cheek. He sighed deeply and burrowed his face down into his arms with a contented smile.

“You know, I’m beginning to think you aren’t listening to me.”

Jason half lifted his head and blinked until the blurriness of his vision faded a little bit. His eyes crossed and the image of Leo came into focus, his chin resting on his palm and his bushy eyebrows furrowed up in a pout like a pair of affectionate caterpillars. Jason blinked again. “Huh?”

Leo sighed dramatically. “I have said, like, three jokes, and you haven’t laughed at any of them.”

Jason felt his lips curl up a little bit and he squished his cheek back into his folded arms. “Were they funny jokes?”

“Doesn’t matter,” Leo informed him. “Your only job is to laugh at them anyway and make me feel good about myself.”

“I thought my job was to ‘stand there and pick up heavy stuff when I tell you to.’”

“Do you see any heavy stuff for you to pick up?”

Jason didn’t bother to lift his head, but he pointedly looked around at all of the machinery and equipment that surrounded them. “Do you want me to answer that?”

Leo’s pout from before deepened until his face caterpillars almost kissed. “That is not what I meant and you know it. I’m still in the planning stages for this boat, so there’s nothing for you to carry.”

Jason snorted and hid his face again. “Okay, sorry I was slacking, in that case. Ha ha, Leo, you’re so funny.”

Jason felt something bounce off his head, and he got the feeling Leo was throwing eraser bits at him. “You are such a dick. You need to quit hanging out with Piper.” Jason just hummed in affirmation and Leo went silent. They stayed like that for a moment before Leo called out softly, “Jace?”

Jason hummed again to show he was listening but didn’t look up until he felt Leo poking him. He heaved a heavy sigh and turned his head. Leo was right in front of him, their faces so close that their noses nearly brushed. Leo’s features were all puckered up and his lips were turned down in a tight frown, which made Jason frown right back at him. “Yeah, Leo?”

“What’s wrong?” Leo asked. When Jason just blinked at him, he cut his eyes to the side and shrank back a little self-consciously. “Sorry, it’s probably none of my business, I just thought you–”

“I don’t mind you asking,” Jason interrupted. “I’m just… confused about why you would, I guess? There’s really, really nothing wrong. Honest. What made you think there was?”

“It’s nothing; just a feeling. Forget about it,” Leo hedged, still refusing to look Jason in the eye. They were silent just long enough for Leo to realize Jason was definitely not going to forget about it, and he huffed. “You just– You’ve been, I dunno, distracted. Like, the past week every other time I’ve talked to you, you’ve just been zoned out staring at me. Last time someone was acting all weird, it turned out Piper was having prophetic dreams about her dad being kidnapped by a giant, so I figured I should ask.”

Jason’s frown deepened. He kinda knew what Leo was talking about, but he hadn’t been zoning out. He was distracted, though. Every time Leo spoke, Jason gave him his undivided attention, but that attention wasn’t always on what Leo was saying. Instead, Jason found himself fixated on the little things like the way Leo’s nose scrunched up when he smiled just right, or how his curls bounced around his head like soft puffy clouds and captured the sunlight like a halo, or the way his crooked teeth flashed with every word he spoke, or the shape of the grease stain smeared over his chin, or–

He shook his head and sat up, realizing he’d been doing it again. “Sorry, man. I’m just tired. I didn’t sleep well last night.”

Leo looked startled. “Wait, that’s it? Why didn’t you say so? I would have let you nap, if you wanted. You don’t have to hang out with me, you know.”

Jason shrugged noncommittally. “I wanted to, though. I’d way rather hang out with you than nap.”

Leo ducked his head, his cheeks a little darker than before. “Oh. Okay, then.” 

Neither of them said anything else, so Jason hunched back over the table and let his eyes slide shut, content to just bask in Leo’s warm presence while he rested. Leo fiddled with whatever it was he was working on for a while before he suddenly slammed his hands on the table and stood, making Jason snap to attention. “Alright! That’s it!”

 “What’s it?” Jason asked. 

“We’re leaving,” Leo said decisively. 

“What? Why? I thought you were in the middle of something.”

Leo shrugged casually. “I’ll still be in the middle of it when I get back. It’ll be fine.” Jason’s frown just hardened, so Leo grinned. “C’mon, big guy. We can go to the strawberry fields.”

Jason felt his entire being perk up at the idea, but then he narrowed his eyes suspiciously. “You don’t even like the strawberry fields. Why do you wanna go there?”

“I like the strawberry fields just fine when I don’t have to work in them,” Leo argued. Jason continued to stare until Leo deflated a bit. “Okay, fine. Look, it’s obvious that you need a nap, and I’m not gonna just sit here and watch you fuck up your back when there’s a perfectly nice sunbeam for you to curl up in somewhere out there. That’s just messed up, dude. C’mon. Come to the strawberry fields with me. It’ll be nice.”

Jason gaped at Leo for a moment. “But-But your boat.”

“Not to be embarrassing, but I do actually care about you more than a boat. You know that, right?”

Jason felt his cheeks go scarlet and he stared down at his fists clenched on the table and bit back a smile. “I– Yeah. Okay, then. Strawberry fields. If you want.”

Leo twisted around and ducked his head until Jason could see the wide, deliberately goofy grin he wore. “I very much do want. Let’s go, Jace.”

Jason’s face went even warmer and his heart thumped high in the back of his throat. He was suddenly very, very glad that he’d been given a second chance after his run-in with Juno and her true form. If he hadn’t, he’d never have gotten to see the way Leo’s eyes shone bright with warm affection and amusement when he looked at him. He’d never have gotten the opportunity to see that smile so close up. He’d never have realized just how much he wanted to cup those smudgy cheeks up in his palms and press a barrage of kisses on every inch of that wonderful face.

Oh, Jason thought to himself as his brain finally caught up to his feelings. He blinked at Leo in shock for a moment, but his desires didn’t even begin to fade. The more he thought about it, the more familiar those desires felt. They weren’t new, which meant that somewhere along the line, he’d managed to trip and fall in love with his best friend, and now he was stuck laying face down in the dirt with this realization. 

Well, fuck.

[bikananjarrus]

i have a few thoughts about how the lost hero actually sets up the darker tone for HoO really well and then. well. there was never any follow through.

now some of my hindsight about TLH is probably fueled by nostalgia (i actually am really fond of tlh and also i was 14 when i read. impressionable on my teen brain). i’ve reread it several times, but i have really strong memories of the first time i read the book too, and i just remember it having a very gloomy, dark vibe to it. (the way that TTC is set in winter and definitely feels like a winter book, this is the HoO equivalent for me.)

looking at the actual contents of the book, the book starting off with jason's pov, who has no idea who he is, so immediately the feeling is 'oh shit. something happened to this guy. and it's not good.' and then almost immediately after that, getting sucker punched with the “she's been looking for one of our campers, who’s been missing three days…her boyfriend. A guy named percy jackson.” percy??? thee percy jackson. MISSING???? (look, that put 14 year old me flat on the floor. it still hits. but in 2010 when we had no idea percy was going to even be in these books….you kinda just had to be there okay.)

alongside jason, we have piper, whose dad got kidnapped by a giant and she'd being blackmailed! all before she finds out she's a demigod!! like she's already having a ROUGH time. we find out leo was manipulated by gaea to use his flame powers, which resulted in the fire that killed his mom (genuinely wtf).

their quest starting the lead up to the second great prophecy, which is happening so soon after percy's great prophecy (like they JUST finished fighting a war. give them a chance to breathe dammit. but also implying that some major things stirred with the defeat of kronos. But how could there be something more horrifying than kronos?).

their quest taking them to all these abandoned and/or cold places (the run down wolf house, they're hiding in the sewers at one point, the cyclops lair in that abandoned warehouse, the cave where they shelter from the cold and where the hunters of artemis find them, boreas’s house being in canada, even the mall where they meet medea being empty iirc). jason being abandoned by his mother. piper feeling abandoned by a father who doesn't have enough time for her. leo being alone too (not his mom's fault she died; not his fault for the fire; but he's alone nonetheless). even their primary mode of transportation being flying on festus feels strange and out of the place, bc for so long, we were seeing through percy's eyes and he had to stay on the ground.

and then to end the book with jason dying, however briefly. literally a dead man walking from the very beginning.

the tone was something different and darker, and combined with percy, hazel, and frank going to alaska, the land beyond the gods, in SoN, we were really venturing into unknown territory. it felt like our heroes would be tested. that gaea truly was something to be feared, even more so than kronos, and that it would take the generation's seven greatest demigods to defeat her.

and then it never followed through with that set up.

[a-french-coconut]

Drew Tanaka (Part 9)

"Peace at last ?"

"I wouldn't say peace," Drew says as she struggles to put reins on Porky, "it's more like a truce."

"Why's that ?" Connor asks her, leaning on Porky's stable.

"Well," she grunts as the pegasus moves his head again, "I talked to her about Silena and she understood, but she seemed kinda nervous about the whole thing."

"You think she's hiding something ?"

"I don't know-stop moving your damn head- no, not you Connor, the horse."

"It's unlikely, though." Connor says as he hands her the saddle pad, "she's too new to this world to be involved in something."

"Thanks, I wouldn't so sure about that. Remember her quest, a giant kidnapped her father ? It's the first time monsters use our mortal links to threaten us."

"Maybe she's got a really good relationship with her dad," Connor shrugs, "and we, a whole generation with parental issues, don't get how someone could use our mortal parents to blackmail us." He snorts, "If someone told me they had my mother, I would offer them a gift."

"Give me the saddle. Piper didn't seem on good terms with her dad. Famous actor, Tristan Mclean ?"

"I've been at camp since I was a child Drew, I have no idea who that is."

"Anyway, she told me they didn't speak a lot." She adjusts the saddle, give Porky an apple to distract him while she mounts him. "I think the whole story is fishy."

"Are you sure you like Piper ? Because you sure seems to try to find her problems."

"I'm not trying" she rolls her eyes, "but one disaster was enough, I don't need another Silena."

"Drew," Connor says softly, "Silena is dead, the war is over. Don't you think you're searching with something that isn't there ?"

"What ?" She snaps, "you think I'm crazy ?"

"I'm not saying that, but you've been so obsessed with "Piper being a new Silena" thing-"

"I wasn't obsessed, Stoll," she grits, "Piper thinks like Silena, she has charmspeak just like Silena, what else does she have in common with her too ?"

"What ? You think she's traitor ?" Connor cackles, "please, Drew, it's ridiculous."

"Listen, Stoll," she hisses, gripping Porky's mane tightly, "if all you are going to do is laugh at me, you can go. There is something weird with the whole quest. Piper insisted on going despite having no training whatsoever, and oh ! Her dad is kidnapped !"

"Coincidence !" Connor says with an infuriating flippancy, "they wanted leverage, and Jason's mom and Leo's weren't exactly available were they ?"

"Why ?" Drew frowns.

"They're dead."

"How the fuck do you know that ?"

"Annabeth told me about it after Thalia told her last summer and Leo talks a lot."

"Fine, but it doesn't change the fact that it's weird."

"Drew," Connor sighs tiredly, his smile a bit more strained, "I thought you wanted people to like you. You are not going to achieve that by accusing your new sister with no proof at all."

"Oh please, they'll get over it !"

"Accusing someone is big deal," Connor says bitterly, "trust me, it's no fun."

"Connor, it's not the same situation-"

"Except your own suspicions, do you have any concrete proof ?"

"No, but I can find-"

"Did she told you anything that might make her a traitor ?"

"I told you, she looked nervous-"

"Drew !" Connor snaps, "you can't go around telling people Piper is a traitor just because you think she is one !"

"Why not ?" She refutes hotly, "you turned out fine in the end !"

It's not right and she knows it.

She knows the nights Connor spent awake, cursing the campers who accused him, cursing Luke for being his brother.

She knows he doesn't trust people like he used to, not after the Titan war.

"I didn't mean it. Connor, I'm sorry."

But he's leaving.

"Connor !" She yells as he leaves the stables, "I'm sorry !"

Cursing, she dismounts Porky, and runs after the son of Hermes.

"Connor, don't you dare run !"

He runs, fast as a dryad.

"Oh for the love of gods." She groans, picking up speed, "Stoll !".

"Catch me and we'll talk !" He screams, going even faster.

"And no charmspeak !" He adds.

As if she could speak after chasing him for a good solid hour.

She's panting, her legs are aching and burning and they are probably the main show of the afternoon but she keeps running.

She has to apologise because she can't lose her best friend.

"Still there ?" He taunts her, the bastard still breathing perfectly, "Because I can keep going for a long- SOLACE PUT ME DOWN !"

As they pass in front of the infirmary, Will catches Connor and picks him up, bridal style.

"Will, you're the best !" She says when she arrives at their level.

"Don't listen to her, you're the worst." Connor pouts in Will's arms.

"What's been going on between you two ?" The son of Apollo asks sternly.

Drew's sure he would cross his arms if it wasn't for Connor.

"I messed up." She admits.

"She thinks Piper is a traitor." Connor says.

"That's not where I messed up." Drew clarifies.

"Oh yeah, she basically said that you can go around calling people traitors."

"And I'm wrong, I know."

Will sighs, obliged to free Connor to pinch his nose.

"First of all, apologise to Connor."

"Already did."

Will looks at Connor for confirmation and the son of Hermes nods.

"Great, second of all, what the fuck Drew ?"

"See ? It's ridiculous !" Connor exclaims.

"It's not !" She argues, "I have reasons !"

"What are they ?" Will sighs.

She tells me the same thing she told Connor, Piper's weird attitude and the mystery of her dad being kidnapped.

"Nonsense." Connor rolls his eyes.

She's ready to throttle him when Will talks.

"No, there's something weird about Piper's dad."

While Connor's jaw drops to the floor, Drew whoops.

"See, Stoll ? I'm not crazy."

"Wait, I'm not saying she's a traitor." Will warns, "but if her dad was kidnapped, then the giants knew about her."

"But she's new to this world !" Connor protests, "they certainly didn't get the information from here."

"Then it was from before."

"I don't know, Drew, even if the giants knew about her dad, what does it change ? They still saved Hera in the end and nobody died." Will points out.

"Yeah," Connor presses on, "if she was a traitor, she would have sabotaged the quest."

"That ends your theory, Drew." Will smiles, "congrats, your sister is not a traitor !"

"Yeah," she sighs, "I guess so..."

"The normal reaction would to be happy." Connor states.

"I know but you guys didn't see her when we talked about Silena, she looked uncomfortable when I told her she reminded me of her."

"As would anybody when you tell them you remind me of my dead sister." Connor mimics her voice.

"Shut up," Will hits Connor, "you almost had a panic attack when you saw Jason."

"Really ?"

"It wasn't a panic attack," Connor rolls his eyes, "I just freaked out a little when I saw blonde hair and glacial blue eyes."

"He stayed in the infirmary for two hours." Will adds.

"What happened to doctor-patient privacy ?" Connor complains.

"You didn't told me that." Drew frowns.

"Sorry," the son of Hermes says, "I just thought you had enough with your plate with Piper."

"Now that all the skeletons are out of the closet, come in." Will cheerfully push them in the infirmary.

"Why ?" They both ask.

"I need help classing the files."

They both groan.

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Turns out the three of them have very diverse manners to sort things. While Will does it by alphabetical order, Drew tries to create the best colour pattern and Connor ranks it from younger to older.

Will kicks them out rather quickly, as they messed up more his files than actually help him, and Drew wanders back to the archery range, for once empty from any Apollo's children.

She grabs a bow and a quiver, sets the moving targets and begins her training.

Look. String. Shoot.

Black circle.

Both her friends agree, Piper is not a threat.

Patience, follow the target's path.

Shoot, blue circle.

She's a new demigod, a new sister with who Drew got off on the wrong foot.

Two arrows at once, two different targets.

String the bow, bowstring cutting her fingers because she forget her gloves.

Black circle, miss the other.

Too long since she practiced, too long since anyone bothered teaching her.

They relaxed and Percy disappeared.

They thought the war was over and a new one fell upon them, catching them by surprise.

Last arrow, make it count.

Farthest target, moving between trees.

She can't have another Silena, and maybe Connor is right, maybe she's just a lunatic broken by war, a paranoid girl seeing Silena where she isn't.

Breathe, in and out.

Bowstring next to the ear, arrow ready to fly.

Wait for the target.

But Piper was nervous, and she needs to be sure, otherwise the worm of doubt will rot her from inside until it consumed her entirely.

Breathe, steady the arms, don't let them shake.

One last despicable act, one last sister under charmspeak.

Are you a traitor ?

Piper will say no, as Connor and Will say, and Drew will be free from Silena.

No more nightmares.

No more seeing her where she doesn't belong.

Target in front of her, shoot.

Red circle, not yellow.

Drew sighs as she lets down the weapon.

She really needs to practice more.

[twoidiotwriters1]

Daughter of Olympus (Leo Valdez xFem!Oc)

A/N: Does Ara deserve all the shit she's going through? Maybe. I am not allowed to share that info yet -Danny Words: 3,586 Series' Masterlist Previous Chapter / Next Chapter

Listen to: 'All a Dream' -by Vacation Manor

IV. I'm Straight-Up Not Having a Good Time

"Hold it!" Annabeth says. "How can he be the son of Zeus? The Big Three... their pact not to have mortal kids... how could we not have known about him sooner?"

Ara scoffs. "I'm not even surprised."

"The important thing," Rachel intervenes, "is that Jason's here now. He has a quest to fulfill, which means he will need his own prophecy."

Someone brings a stool and helps her sit. A green, familiar mist surrounds Rachel's body. "Child of lightning, beware the earth," she starts in her oracle voice. "The giants' revenge the seven shall birth, The forge and dove shall break the cage, And death unleash through Hera's rage." 

"Is that normal?" Piper blurts out. "I mean... does she spew green smoke a lot?"

"Gods, you're dense!" Drew rolls her eyes. "She just issued a prophecy—Jason's prophecy to save Hera! Why don't you just—"

"Drew," Annabeth stops her. "Piper asked a fair question. Something about that prophecy definitely isn't normal. If breaking Hera's cage unleashes her rage and causes a bunch of death... why would we free her? It might be a trap, or—or maybe Hera will turn on her rescuers. She's never been kind to heroes."

"That's not true," Ara tries to be the voice of reason. "Prophecies are misleading, it could be talking about a god—"

"You mean Hades?"

"Maybe, or some other minor god. We have to be careful, you know what happens when we take a prophecy too literally."

Jason stands up. "Hera took my memory. I need it back. Besides, we can't just not help the queen of the heavens if she's in trouble."

Nyssa stands up. "Maybe. But you should listen to Annabeth. Hera can be vengeful. She threw her own son—our dad—down a mountain just because he was ugly."

"Real ugly," an Aphrodite kid mutters.

"Shut up! Anyway, we've also got to think—why beware the earth? And what's the giants' revenge? What are we dealing with here that's powerful enough to kidnap the queen of the heavens?"

Behind Ara, Annabeth and Chiron have a silent conversation. Ara's seen that too many times, and right now she doesn't want to, she wants to get things done.

"It's Jason's quest," Annabeth sighs, "so it's Jason's choice. Obviously, he's the child of lightning. According to tradition, he may choose his companions... but our Strategus must greenlight the whole thing. Ara?"

The girl rolls her eyes. "Like I would say no to saving the queen of Olympus! I allow Jason to take this quest, and I'm going with him."

Someone else adds: "Well, obviously you too, Annabeth. You've got the most experience."

"No, Travis," Annabeth makes a face. "First off, I'm not helping Hera. Every time I've tried, she's deceived me, or it's come back to bite me later. Forget it. No way. Secondly, I'm leaving first thing in the morning to find Percy." 

The girl looks at Ara with a hint of annoyance mixed with pity. She's upset Ara can't help, the gods are her priority whether she likes it or not, but at the same time... Ara chose that.

"It's connected," Piper insists. "You know that's true, don't you? This whole business, your boyfriend's disappearance—it's all connected."

"How?" Drew scoffs. "If you're so smart, how?"

"You're mouthy today," Ara replies moodily. "If the big prophecy's happening, who do you think will be a part of it? Surely not the boy from the last one, that's too obvious!"

Annabeth forces herself to move on from that. "You may be right, Piper. If this is connected, I'll find out from the other end—by searching for Percy. As I said, I'm not about to rush off to rescue Hera, even if her disappearance sets the rest of the Olympians fighting again. But there's another reason I can't go. The prophecy says otherwise."

"It says who I pick," Jason nods. "The forge and dove shall break the cage. The forge is the symbol of Vul—Hephaestus."

Nyssa looks uncomfortable but tries to be polite. "If you have to beware the earth, you should avoid traveling overland. You'll need air transport. The flying chariot's broken, and the pegasi, we're using them to search for Percy. But maybe Hephaestus Cabin can help figure out something else to help. With Jake incapacitated, I'm senior camper. I can volunteer for the quest..."

Leo stands up. "It's me."

Ara doesn't think this is selfless, there was something in the way he looked at Hera before, he's hiding something. Leo's siblings try to pull him back to his seat, but he pushes them away. "No, it's me. I know it is. I've got an idea for the transportation problem. Let me try—I can fix this!"

"We started this together, Leo," Jason smiles a little. "Seems only right you come along. You find us a ride, you're in." To Ara's surprise, he looks at her waiting for approval. "That okay?"

"It's the right call," she agrees.

"Yes!" Leo raises a fist to the sky.

"It'll be dangerous," Nyssa warns him. "Hardship, monsters, terrible suffering. Possibly none of you will come back alive."

"Oh," he stops, then studies the place and smiles again. "I mean... Oh, cool! Suffering? I love suffering! Let's do this."

Ara chuckles. It's not at all like her real laughter, but it's enough to catch his attention. Ara locks eyes with Leo and sees his face brightening at her reaction.

"Then, Jason," Annabeth continues, unaware of this exchange. "You only need to choose the fourth quest member. The dove—"

"Oh, absolutely!" Drew stands. "The dove is Aphrodite. Everybody knows that. I am totally yours."

"Wait, Annabeth," Ara steps forward. "I'm a daughter of Aphrodite—"

"No," she gives her a look. "You were."

"That doesn't mean I'm not the dove!"

"I don't see why the oracle would call you that."

Piper stands up. "I don't think it's about you, Ara."

"Oh, please, Dumpster girl," Drew frowns. "Back off."

"I had the vision of Hera; not you. I have to do this."

"Anyone can have a vision. You were just at the right place at the right time. Isn't that right, Ara?" She mocks. "Look, fighting is all fine, I suppose, and people who build things... Well, I suppose someone has to get their hands dirty. But you need charm on your side. I can be very persuasive. I could help a lot."

"I have as much charm as you," Ara argues. "And I'm better at it too."

"Really? 'Cause it hasn't been that way for—"

"I don't like manipulating people when they're vulnerable—"

Annabeth stops them again. "Given the wording of the prophecy, Ara, Jason needs another Aphrodite. If Drew wants to..."

"No!" Piper raises her voice, it changes and echoes. "I'm supposed to go."

"Get over it!" Drew hisses. "What can Piper do? She's not from our cabin!"

Ara's smile is hard to hide as she notices the glow surrounding Piper. "Lady Aphrodite disagrees."

Piper sees herself wearing a different set of clothes than the ones she was wearing a second ago: A silky gown, a necklace, and armbands make a nice contrast against her skin. Her hair is no longer chopped off irregularly. "Oh, god... What's happened?"

"Beautiful," Jason breathes. "Piper, you... you're a knockout."

"Smooth," Ara whispers next to him.

"No!" Drew whines. "Not possible!"

"This isn't me," Piper objects. "I... I don't understand."

"It's not meant to be you," Ara explains. "It's your mother."

"Hail, Piper McLean," Chiron kneels. "Daughter of Aphrodite, lady of the doves, goddess of love." 

Ara doesn't know whether to walk away or go to Piper, but then Jason moves first, so she goes back to the Big House. Lily Saggio is waiting for her on the porch. 

"Busy day?"

"And I still have to get you a birthday present," she gives her a tired smile. "What is it, Lils?"

The black-haired girl looks at her worryingly. "You're going?"

"That was the whole point of this, remember?"

"But if Annabeth leaves too, we'll have no leader. You're supposed to be our protector—"

"I'm protecting camp by going on this quest," Ara raises a brow. "If Hera doesn't show up by solstice time..." she pauses, Lily wasn't around when Zeus's lightning was stolen. "It'll be like when Annabeth and Artemis went missing."

Her friend sighs. "As your second in command, I say you should think twice before leaving."

"Saggio, take a look at the group that's been chosen," Ara says in a serious tone. "Jason doesn't know who he is, and the other two have zero training. I gotta protect them as much as I gotta protect camp, if not more."

Her friend understands, but she isn't pleased. Lily is rarely pleased. "You know, it feels like all you do is say no to me nowadays."

"Well, if you didn't suggest I quit every time we talk, I wouldn't do so," she teases her. 

"I'm asking you to set your priorities straight," Lily states, seemingly not amused. "What about Percy?"

"Percy loves this camp, he was once willing to die for us."

"And now his sister is too," the girl scowls. "Mike knew how to talk you out of stuff..."

The name sends a powerful detonation of pain through her and she has to take a moment before speaking. Ara shakes her head and pats Lily's shoulder as she walks past. "G'night, piccola."

As she makes her way into the house and up to her room, Michael's ghost haunts her. Ara's not even capable of saying his name out loud, and when others do, she has a hard time keeping it together. 

She likes to imagine him in the islands... but he's probably chosen rebirth, 'cause that's the kind of obstinate jerk he always was. They never got to see him one last time, not even Lily during all those weeks she helped Hades in the Underworld.

I look at the Isles of the Blest—three lives experienced at their fullest—and I have a pleasant tug on the pit of my stomach.

"That's what it's all about," Annabeth says dreamily. "That's the place for heroes."

"I wish I could go..."

"It's not too late," she nudges my side. "You can be a hero one day, you're still young."

"Three times in a row? Unlikely," I grimace. "Make sure to wave when I walk past your huge mansion once I die?"

Annabeth frowns. "What makes you think I'll die first?"

"I'm not saying you'll die tomorrow," I argue. "But I am younger."

"Only by two years!"

"Whatever," I tease her. "Is there a shortcut to the Isles? Like if you die during a less busy time of the year you get a free pass?"

She laughs. "Don't think so."

"There is," Grover informs us. "The children of Olympus got a direct pass."

"So that's a no-go too," Annabeth dismisses it. "One of them didn't even die, did he? He became a God."

"It was a different time, being a hero meant something. Now is just a term," Grover shrugs. "The Gods won't give that title now, but Ara asked if there was a shortcut, and that's it."

Percy calls after us and my friends walk away without another glance at the Isles. I look over my shoulder, wishing I could get in. No need to suffer a tough childhood again...

The next morning, Ara takes the aviator jacket, maybe she shouldn't, but Nico had it coming (he fell asleep in her bed once and refused to leave, he kicked her in his sleep the whole night). 

She visits cabin ten, feeling weird about going there as a guest. A little girl rushes past holding a bunch of clothes, all of her siblings are cleaning but Drew is nowhere to be found. Piper's talking to Mitchell and Lacy.

Ara knocks on the doorframe. "Is this a bad time?"

The kids beam at her, they're the only ones in camp who don't salute her because they keep forgetting they're supposed to. When Drew is around, they can't show how much they like her, though. One of her brothers hugs her and complains, wishing she were still around. Ara hasn't slept in this cabin since the war ended.

"I wanted to give you a proper welcome, knowing Drew would give you the lousiest," she jokes once her siblings go away. "How're you holding up?"

"Are you really an Aphrodite?" Piper questions right away. Ara's not very Aphrodite-looking at the moment, with her scowling and the cold-blooded way she talks. That, without mentioning the worn-out clothes and dirty shoes.

"This place didn't always look like this," she leans against the bunk bed. "The old counselor was a neat freak, but she didn't like things to look so... dolly."

Piper gives her a longing smile. "I have the feeling you're the only one who can control Drew, it's a bummer you moved out."

 Ara raises a brow. "Drew's charmspeak did a number on me too. I have Mom's blessing now, that's all, but it's not my place to stop her," her eyes go back to Lacy and the pile of clothes. "Is that for her?"

Lacy smiles big, she turns to Piper. "You can change clothes. The blessing won't stop you. This is just, you know, a backpack, some rations, ambrosia and nectar for emergencies, some jeans, a few extra shirts, and a warm jacket. The boots might be a little snug. But—well—we took up a collection. Good luck on your quest!"

Lacy drops everything on the bed and tries to leave, but Piper stops her. "Hold on. At least let me thank you! Why are you rushing off? "

The girl blushes. "Oh, well..." 

"Drew might find out," Mitchell explains.

"I might have to wear the shoes of shame!" Lacy gulps.

"The what?"

Lacy and Mitchell point to a pair of orthopedic nurse's shoes at the back of the room, Ara doesn't think they're awful, but she's always been about comfort. Her siblings, however... "I had to wear them for a week once," Lacy cries. "They don't go with anything!"

"And there're worse punishments," Mitchell continues like it's a horror story. "Drew can charmspeak, see? Not many Aphrodite kids have that power; but if she tries hard enough, she can get you to do some pretty embarrassing things. Piper, you're the first person beside Ara that is able to resist her."

"That's because she has it too," Ara says casually.

"Charmspeak ..." Piper raises a brow. "You mean, like, you could talk someone into doing things. Or... giving you things. Like a car?"

"Oh, don't give Drew any ideas!" Lacy's eyes widen in horror.

"But yeah, she could do that," Mitchell says miserably.

"So that's why she's head counselor," Piper guesses. "She convinced you all?"

Mitchell glances at Ara. "She inherited the post when Silena Beauregard died in the war. It was Ara's right to get it, but she's no longer an Aphrodite. Drew was next in line. The oldest camper automatically gets the post, unless somebody with more years or more completed quests wants to challenge, in which case there's a duel, but that hardly ever happens. Anyway, we've been stuck with Drew in charge since August. She decided to make some, ah, changes in the way the cabin is run."

"Yes, I did!" Drew shows up suddenly. "I think you missed some trash, sweetie. You'd better make another pass."

Piper and Ara look toward the bathroom, a trashcan was turned over and all of the gross contents are on the floor. Mitchell flushes with anger. "Fine." 

The boy tries to walk but Ara stops him. "You're not doing that."

Drew's face flushes. "This is not your cabin anymore!"

"He's part of my army, just like you are. If I tell you to pick up the trash, you do it. Any problem with that?"

The girl looks like she wants to murder Ara, but she smiles in the end. "Of course not!" Drew looks at their newest sister. "See, Piper, hon, we're a good cabin here nowadays. A good family! Silena Beauregard, though... you could take a warning from her. She was secretly passing information to Kronos in the Titan War, helping the enemy." 

"Shut up!" Ara steps forward to choke her, but Mitchell gets in the way. 

"Oh, none of the other cabins talk about it," Drew continues, checking her nails. "They act like Silena Beauregard was a hero."

"She sacrificed her life to make things right," Mitchell huffs, struggling to keep Ara away. "She was a hero."

"Mmm-hmm," Drew looks up. "Another day on garbage patrol, Mitchell. But anyways, Silena lost track of what this cabin is about. We match up cute couples at camp! Then we break them apart and start over! It's the best fun ever. We don't have any business getting involved in other stuff like wars and quests. I certainly haven't been on any quests. They're a waste of time! If Mom gives birth to a couple of mistakes... Probably the fault of the mortals she mingled with..."

Three boys are now keeping Ara from massacring Drew. Lacy speaks quietly. "But last night you said you wanted to go on a—"

"Most of all," Drew raises her voice, "we certainly don't need our image tarnished by spies, do we, Piper? We're disgraced enough thanks to Ara, you don't want to be like her and dear of Silena."

Ara knows she shouldn't listen, that she's above it, but she does not feel above it. When she taunts her, Ara turns into the thirteen-year-old she was when Drew decided to start bullying her.

"...if you survive your little quest, don't worry, I'll find somebody to match up with you. Maybe one of those gross Hephaestus guys," the boys start to drag Ara out of the cabin. "Or Clovis? He's pretty repulsive. Honestly, I didn't think it was possible for Aphrodite to have an ugly child, but... who was your father? Was he some sort of mutant, or—"

"Tristan McLean," Piper snaps. The boys let go of Ara so abruptly that she falls, almost landing on her face. "My dad's Tristan McLean."

"Oh my god!" Several campers gasp. Ara sits up confused by the change in the room, she has no idea who that guy is. "Sweet! The dude with the sword who killed that other dude in that movie?" One of her brothers asks.

"He is so hot for an old guy," one of her sisters adds. "I mean I'm sorry. I know he's your dad. That's so weird!"

"It's weird, all right," Piper looks totally uncomfortable.

"Do you think you could get me his autograph?"

"Yeah, no problem," she smiles tensely.

"Have you had your rite of passage?"

"Rite of what?"

"The rite of passage for an Aphrodite child. You get someone to fall in love with you. Then you break their heart. Dump them. Once you do that, you've proven yourself worthy of Aphrodite."

"Break someone's heart on purpose? That's terrible!"

"Silena wasn't a fan of it either..." Ara gets up and dusts off her clothes.

"Silena wasn't a good role model, though, was she?" Drew asks.

Ara tries to seize her, but her siblings get in the way once more.

"Oh my god!" A girl squeals. "I bet Aphrodite broke your dad's heart! I bet he never loved anyone again, did he? That's so romantic! When you have your rite of passage, you can be just like Mom!"

"That's bullshit!" Ara shouts from the back.

"Forget it! I'm not breaking somebody's heart just for a stupid rite of passage!"

"Well, there you go!" Drews says in delight. "Silena and Ara said the same thing! They broke the tradition—Silena fell in love with that Beckendorf boy and stayed in love. Ara rejects love and that's why things have gone so horribly!"

"That's not true!" Lacy squeaks, but one harsh look from Drew is enough to silence her.

"You know nothing about me!" Ara says in anger.

"Hardly matters," Drew insists. "Because, Piper, hon, you couldn't break anyone's heart anyway. And this nonsense about your dad being Tristan McLean—that's so begging for attention."

"You mean he's not her dad?" A confused kid asks.

"Please," Drew rolls her eyes. "Now, it's time for breakfast, people, and Piper here has to start that little quest. So let's get her packed and get her out of here! Is that okay, Strategus?"

Fighting would get Ara punished for longer than the bruises or shame would stay on Drew's body. "You're dismissed," she says, her voice harsh but defeated.

She glances at Piper as if apologizing and moves her brothers away from her so she can walk out with a bit of dignity. As she turns around, Ara hastily dries her tears. 

She would give anything to talk to Percy right now.

"What are you daydreaming about?"

Now, while looking at the fireworks, I have the feeling I'm looking in the right direction. "Tomorrow's my birthday."

"Really?" Percy frowns. "Why didn't you tell me?"

I shrug. "I'm telling you now. Silena always makes sure I have a fun day, and so does Annabeth... Clarisse remembers too. Anyway, that's not why I'm telling you." Percy stares at me waiting. I like that he listens, even when I have nothing worth saying. "I never ask for things, but I think this year I'll ask."

Percy grins. "Gee, I wonder..."

"I want to work in the forges."

"Mhm... are you sure that's a good idea?"

"Percy!"

"I have reasons!" He disputes. "You break more than you fix!"

"I could fix if I knew how!" I respond. "I could make me a sword, traps, and then on our next quest—"

"Won't be another one," Percy replies in alarm.

"If there is one," I correct myself. "I don't want to stand behind you while you risk your lives. I have to learn... and you said it before, how can I be good at something if I don't practice?"

Before, I was content watching others do the hard work. I still am, but I've never tried the forges. Who knows? Maybe I'll be good at it if I practice hard enough.

"Alright," Percy sighs in defeat. "You wanna do it, then do it. If it turns out you're good at it, you'll make me a cool armor, right?"

"I'll make it bright blue," I smirk.

"Now we're talking!" He smiles and ruffles my hair.

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[nightingaelic]

Fallout 4 companions respond to getting captured by Super Mutants (for optional added angst, maybe even getting turned into a super mutant). Strong not included for obvious reasons.

Ada: "Be advised: My guardian has equipped me with a tracking device in the event of my capture. You lack the privileges necessary to access their estimated time of arrival."

Ada is always matter-of-fact about her situation, even if her legs aren't functioning and she's squashed between two bags of body parts on the floor of an abandoned hospital. She's also patient, and content to wait until the sole survivor comes to retrieve her. In the meantime, she'll run escape scenario algorithms to determine the best way out of the building. Not affected by FEV for obvious reasons.

Cait: "Are you f***ing serious?! I'll tear your ears off with my bare hands and string them on a necklace! You don't know who you're messin' with, you green bastards!"

No one can match Cait in sheer viciousness when fighting to free themselves, but even she has her limits. The sole survivor would likely find her in a cage, hyperventilating and on the verge of tears. If the super mutants made the mistake of exposing her to FEV, she would tear the nest apart herself. Mutation would be another internal struggle for Cait, but I think she could successfully make peace with her new state of being if given enough time. A makeshift, giant baseball bat might help.

Codsworth: "Unhand me, you brutes! By God, the class of people I'm forced to associate with these days just keeps falling!"

Pre-war Codsworth is constantly offended by the super mutants' behavior, particularly their lack of housekeeping. He can't help bemoaning his situation for all to hear, something that would probably annoy the super mutants enough to bonk him on the dome until he shuts down. Some assembly required once the sole survivor catches up with him. Not affected by FEV for obvious reasons.

Curie: "While we are waiting, would any of you mind answering some questions for me about how you came to exist in this state? Ça vous dit?"

With a wide new world of oddities to study, Curie takes her abduction as yet another opportunity to learn. If nothing else, she can observe super mutants in their natural- or at least chosen- habitat. Prior to her synth transition, not affected by FEV for obvious reasons. Post-synth transition, however, I think Curie would take the mutation as an opportunity to study the effects that turn a person into a super mutant. I don't think she would lose her bubbly personality, similar to the way Lily the nightkin retained some of her old sense of self.

Danse: "You may have the upper hand today, but you and the other freaks of nature are fighting a losing battle." [spits]

Having lost the most to super mutants in the past, Danse fights his captors until he is completely spent. In fact, the sole survivor would have to practically carry the man home for a lengthy recovery, something his suit of power armor would definitely help with. Mutation into a super mutant is one of Danse's worst nightmares, and if exposed to FEV, he would beg the sole survivor to show him the same mercy he once showed Cutler.

Deacon: "Oh yeah, this reminds me of that summer I spent camping out on the National Mall. You even look familiar. Know anyone by the name of Uncle Leo?"

Like in every tight spot he's ever been in, Deacon masks his stress level with quick wits and quicker retorts. Most likely to slip his confines, let the sole survivor fight their way to the heart of the nest, then reveal he was free the whole time and they needn't have bothered. If exposed to FEV, Deacon would probably panic and enlist the sole survivor's help in searching for a cure, positive that a mutated countenance would irreparably damage his ability to help the Railroad. Then again, he might see it as a "new look" and use it to his advantage for a bit.

Dogmeat: [snarling]

Any super mutants that get their hands on Dogmeat are highly likely to lose fingers. Still, there's not much the canine can do if he's put in a cage, other than bark and wait for rescue. While FEV leaves many dogs as aggressive shells of their former selves, I think Dogmeat would be largely okay with his new green-and-bulky form and would still happily guard settlements and follow the sole survivor around, not unlike Gracie from Far Harbor.

Hancock: "Whoa, whoa relax. I've got time to hang out for a bit, no need to get all worked up. Don't stain the coat, I doubt you can cough up the caps to get it cleaned."

Of all the companions, Hancock is the most unbothered by becoming a super mutant captive. It's just another wasteland adventure, albeit one where the opposing cast of characters are all at least two feet taller than him. He might earn some bumps and bruises for being unable to keep his smart mouth shut, but he'll just bide his time until he spots an opening to wreak havoc and escape, or until the sole survivor comes along to wiggle him out. Not affected by FEV for obvious reasons.

MacCready: "You know, I'm getting real sick of you green lunatics. Spent almost a decade living next door to some of your cousins, and they knew enough not to mess with me."

Upon capture, MacCready would roll his eyes and accept that he's going to have to wait for some help. He'd get more desperate the longer his wait went on though, envisioning a world where Duncan lost his dad without getting to say goodbye. Mutation wouldn't necessarily dampen his spirits at first: After all, if anyone can find a cure, it's the sole survivor.

Valentine: "Not exactly a group of masterminds, are you?"

At this point, Nick is used to getting abducted and locked up by just about every group in the Commonwealth. He knows super mutants well enough to know they don't listen to reason, but he can't resist getting in a jab or two about how he's far from edible. Not affected by FEV for obvious reasons.

Piper: "So, uh, what's say I write up a column about how super mutants are seriously misunderstood creatures and we'll call it even? No?"

Piper might have similar levels of confidence as Deacon, but hers are much more likely to waver when faced with possible death by ingestion. Her quips would be fewer and more nervous until the sole survivor arrived, at which point she would put her game face back on and cheer her rescuer along. If exposed to FEV, she would beg the sole survivor to help her find a cure for Nat's sake, and eventually weasel the information about Virgil out of them.

Preston: "I didn't need to get up close to know why you're called 'uglies,' but here we are."

While terrified at what the super mutants might do to him, Preston is the most level-headed when captured. He's already great under pressure in battle, and he's used to setting his own fears aside to find solutions for his woes. Most likely to have more people coming to his rescue than the sole survivor alone, due to his role with the Minutemen. If exposed to FEV, Preston would likely accept his fate with dignity, and make the sole survivor promise to dispatch him if he turns violent. I don't think he would, though, and the Minutemen would probably be more accepting of a super mutant officer than most.

X6-88: "I can afford to wait for field assistance, mutant. They will not make the mistakes I did."

X6-88 accepts his predicament calmly, like he accepts everything that happens to him. If unable to free himself, he will patiently wait for the Institute help he knows is coming, even if it's just the sole survivor with a pipe pistol. Regarding FEV mutation, turning into a super mutant might be the straw that breaks the camel's back for X6-88. In the Institute's eyes, the Courser is now hideous and no longer viable in the field: In X6-88's opinion, though, he is even stronger and more dangerous than he was before. I could see him finally choosing to desert his post out of a growing sense of self-preservation once transformed.

BONUS!

Gage: "Well look who's suffering from delusions of adequacy! I'd call you f***ers dumb as rocks, but at least a rock can hold a door open."

Porter Gage is great at heckling, and just good enough that he toes the line right up to where super mutants would start to understand he's insulting them. The sole survivor would likely find a gaggle of them around his confinement space, convinced he's complimenting them when he's actually being very rude. Breaking him out gives him the biggest smile. Becoming mutated himself might actually benefit Gage in the long run, as the raiders he used to be wary of would instead find themselves newly-wary of the Overboss' right-hand man.

Longfellow: "Too bad you aren't one of the more reasonable ones. Might've saved your skin."

Longfellow treats his own capture with a sense of humor, acknowledging that he's not as young as he once was and might need help now and then. Chuckles the whole time the sole survivor is fighting their way to him, and grateful upon release. If turned into a super mutant, he'd shrug, accept his fate, and ask to be escorted to live with his friend Erickson up near Far Harbor.

Maxson: "I welcome the day you and your kind meet total destruction."

If Danse is angry about being captured by his sworn enemies, Maxson is seething. Kidnapping a Brotherhood Elder is something that shouldn't even be possible in his eyes, let alone by super mutants. Once freed, he would do his best to erase the nest from the earth: Fire, missiles, tactical nukes if necessary. Also like Danse, Maxson would order the sole survivor to mercifully dispatch him if he were mutated. Additionally, he'd have them destroy any evidence of his exposure to FEV, and simply turn in his holotags with the news that he had perished in the line of duty.

Desdemona: [livid silence]

Plunks herself down, lights a cigarette if her hands are free, and waits. Eventually, the sole survivor or Glory will turn up, and she'll give them one, lingering look of disappointment before vanishing into the Commonwealth ruins. Least likely to get captured in the first place. If mutated, she would reassume her job as leader of the Railroad with no comment, and everyone else would know better than to ask.

[anestheticrage]

Be me: Japanese honor student🎓, 15, with half a brain and even less of a plan. Hunting bitches by day and witches by night. Livin that dank only child✌️ life while mom n dad yeet all over the globe, leavin me plenty of time to forget not to make 2 lunches for myself #quirky 😜

no time for socialization or basic electronics skills ???📱??? when your best friends are an alien demon rabbit🐰👽 and the inexplicable Hole ™ in your brain. lmao, btw did i mention im ✨M✨A✨G✨I✨C✨A✨L✨

dreamin bout my 2D waifus again when familiar pink haired cancer patient dances through my brain passin out fliers: Kamihama Meguca Dating Service: Sponsored by Cult of the Magius. 250 stones per session 🤔

seems legit, Mr. Moneybags. wasn't spending my unwieldy sack of gemstones on anything else anyway. lets pull 💎💎💎

first up we have Redhead Radagast and her plethora of plants. 🌿☺️🦎

anndd, nearly dies immediately. 

well not off to a great start but i guess shes pretty cute at lea- oh FUCK its her girlfriend, Tsundere Poseidon😒🔱💦, and their exasperated, straight and single Sword Mom 😔🗡️🔥. fml gonna have to save up for the next pull. might as well play a few rounds with what i got tho. 

get in some good girl talk about things like school, color coded hair styles, body count, permanent soul damage, and our personal demon pacts. ya know, the usual 😚 . realize my dark backstory seems to be missing, so the girls take me to Ketchup Queen Sappho 🍅🥧 (wtf?) to molest my glowy egg stone. whatevs, more action than ive had since Kuroe 🖤 got added to the story anyway

the gang agrees it's time to hunt down the cutest rabbit pimp 🕶️🐇💵 in the city. >> say 🎵mukyuuu🎵 one more time and ill hug you so hard my backstory will pop right out, you adorable fluffy bastard. plz be my new best friend 💕

Form brand new friendship pact with Kyubae, and remember that my lil Sis 🐥 was always the best wingman for pickin up magic chicks, and kept her side of the room so spotless i forgot she existed. whoops 乁༼☯‿☯✿༽ㄏ Maybe if I find her i can stop paying these exorbitant pull fees.📵💎

speaking of which: hot damn this week's featured bachelorette is a 19 year old model and magical detective🔎 with massive levels of PTSD and self loathing 🥵💙💦 more likely to stab you or dramatically jump off a rooftoop than utter a single positive comment. wow, maybe i really COULD find true love…

... if i had MORE THAN A 1% FUCKING DRAW CHANCE. 😡 smh

hard to make much progress finding sis or winning the broken heart of a hard boiled detective amidst the never ending lover's quarrel of the Trident Vine Lesbians. 💔 Sword Mom tells them if they don't behave a monster will take them away. LOL classic mom 🤣

>>>HOLY FUCK IT DID

declare all-out war on urban legends, starting with staircases ⚔️ to reunite the dysfunctional trio, and hope that I net a way better lineup with the next 10x pull. at least sad sleuth lady came to help out. they say combat is the best way to bond wi-   and there she goes off the rooftop again 🙄 fml

alright that got way off track, we need a fresh start, away from all the loli drama. how bout a little B&E🔓🔨🤷🏻‍♀️ at the local house of worship to clear my head. ahh nothing like the unanswered prayers of the masses to get you in the mood for another wasted pull, and the 🔥 MIGHTIEST 🔥 headache you could ask for with a side of Double Cooked Pork 🐖🍜 (meh 5/10🧾)

venture forth into the spiritual unknown with your new human flamethrower🔥🌻🧡 and ask your favorite private eye to please, for the love of Eve, trade Meguca accounts with me~~~ Head through the eastern spirit portal to meet up with hologram propaganda sis and detective crush's evil ex, who joined a dating-app cult (#fuck) and also turned into the moon?🌕?(that's rough buddy)

get ambushed by Acid Horse on Wheels 🌈🐴 and vomit up my soul so hard that its time for a crossover episode. T U R F F F   W A R R R *que operatic harmonies* 💛 Blondie with the hair drills and enough attitude and guns to fill up a noble phantasm tries to ban my account permanently, but PI heartthrob denies her admin privileges. aww babe i didn't know you cared. 😭♥️

get kidnapped by my new true love and go back to her place 😏  defs enough empty rooms to house five emotionally traumatized girls and at least two ghosts hehehe👻 XD 💚🃏💜🎸 decide to form the anti-gossip brigade and recruit my blazing sunflower after getting ambushed by the witch living in my fruit loops🥣

❌outvoted 2:1 that cults are bad. mf. fiinneee one last pull to round out the team and then I'll delete the app. cmonnn Karin 🎃~

OH HELL YEAH TWO FOR ONE.

Always wanted a daughter 💜🔨🐄 with a penchant for pissing off the local Martial Arts & Books Club and drinking suspicious liquids offered by total strangers. Well if it's good enough for her AND the sexy mayadere with enough game to seduce a mermaid, might as well get in on that myself. 

#curseddrank 🤢 0/24 would not recommend to a friend, 'cept maybe Ria

win alot of cash 🤑, blow up a fountain, meet the pied piper²🎶🖕, moon cult, monochrome feathers, something about liberation✊🏻; adopt temper tantrum cow girl. aces 💜🥩

Next up!!! skydiving with DJ Hammer! Jump to apparently-not-certain death after suicidal A.I. 💚💾🗼 tells you to rescue her hostage before they run out of Radiohead albums and have to move on to Thom Yorke's solo discography. save the invisible shield kitten 💚👑😿 from happiness and get chased through the internet by the sexiest homicidal Paint Pallette 💚🎨😈 since Caravaggio. (apparently green is the color of the digital apocalypse. i’m deleting Kako from my friend's list)

that’s it, fuck this app. 250 stones 💎 per-life-threatening-experience is more than i’m willing to deal with 😓 don’t wanna mess with the perfect nuclear family anyway. we've already got: 

✔️the two emotionally traumatized moms with memory and commitment issues

✔️the adhd daughter with anger management problems and a giant hammer

✔️the psychologically abused scizophrenic cat

✔️and the eccentric aunt with crippling anxiety

#squadgoals

now that were done hoarding bitches, its time to hunt the witches. and the bitches makin the witches. btw did i mention the witches ARE the bitches! AND WERE ALL GOING TO DIE!? 📽️⁉️💀 wait fuck lets back up a second

This is Nemo📕 and Token🧪 and they have all the answers but prefer if you only ask vague questions in exchange for vague responses so they can fill in the rest by discussing their superior intellect 🧠 at length. not to mention they built that dating app, so of course everyone in my harem decides to be a FUCKING. TRAITOR.🤬

cept waifu prime ofc 🥰💙. [PTSD > brainwashing] 'yOu CaN bE tHe LeAdEr NoW'. i have been from the very beginning you traumatized Hinedere nightmare. maybe if you weren't so caught up collecting surrogate daughters you would've noticed IM👏THE👏ONLY👏 ONE👏PROGRESSING👏THE FUCKING👏PLOT✨

rescue the rest of dysfunctional found-family™ from selves before my adorable firebender burns down Disnihama🎡🔥😱 during her weekly anxiety attack. (love the makeover T B H) 

CHAPTER 8: Magical Girl Massacre🩸🗡️

   - everyone has like, the shittiest day ever

   - the new Pope really needs to be extradited from the church

   - make friends with a really pretty tree 🌺🌲✨

i swear, if i don't finish this god damn story in time to get that free pull im gonna beat the shit out of every mirror i find in that giant mansion that i haven't even had any time to even mention yet. 🖕🏚️ let alone EVERYTHING happening with the prequel [fuck you, I'm the star] girls 💗💜💙💛❤️️ and their multidimensional melodrama. We don't need that many repetitive af episodes to emphasize that Homo-ra is a shitty person. we've all seen Rebellion. 🙄

NO, I DONT CARE IF YOU WANT SAPPHO'S BACKSTORY, I ONLY HAVE 79 STONES LEFT AND IF YACHAN FINDS OUT I HAVEN'T DELETED THE APP YET IM GONNA HAVE TO GO SLEEP IN WITH SANA 😭💎💸😠

uhhhggggg where were we… Topple a cult and burn down Hotel Denoument only to realize that Sis was fused with the dating app servers this entire madokafuckin time (told ya she was the best wingman 😊). 

Dilemma: Sis =🥚, Triumvirate of Trouble want 🐣. What do? vote now:

Help Hatch - IIIIIII

Not Do That - IIIII

What The Actual Fuck Is Going On - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Lets just fight everyone until something good happens.

🔥🔫🔥🗡️🔥😱🔥🌆🔥😱🔥🛡️🔥💣🔥

Kill (???) the artist-in-chief of the italian reindeer murder police after teaching her the true meaning of Christmas 🎄 hatch 🐣lil Sis and realize she WAS your wingman all along🐰 MUKYUUUU! we're just gonna ignore how much trouble it would have saved if you'd just mentioned that. "yOu DiDnT aSk..." 

FUCK YOU SPACE BITCH. ONCE AN INCUBATOR ALWAYS AN INCUBATOR 🖕🐇🔪

anywho, somewhere along the lines we of course summoned the Antichrist ⚙️ because why not raise the stakes to max and still not kill off a single character. Madofuckinkami, can we PLEASE wrap this up. 😩💤

feathers (not the culty kind, tfm) rain from the sky, and the power of friendship and not having the Urobutcher 🔪🩸as a lead writer saves our peacefully sectioned off alternate reality 😇

TL:DR fuck cults, real life waifus DO exist, don't sell your soul to space rabbits, or your stones to megacorporations. Enjoy arc 2 on the JP server with your shitty translation patch you filthy fuckin weebs 

Yours Truly, 

- Thirsty Weeb Eroha 💗💎😘 

[pipesmcleanbae]

𝗣𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲

ok so like in the PJO community, there are like a lot of people who don’t really like piper. and obviously it’s ok to have your opinions, here’s just some of my reasons why you should stan her (ToA spoilers)

stabbed medea?? and saved lester??

saved Percy and Jason from drowning

saved annabeth in that cave in moa

literally all she wanted was to spend time with her dad

stood up to drew when she was rude

bro like are we forgetting everything she had gone thru? first her boyfriend wasn’t actually her boyfriend, her dad ignored her, her dads assistant was working for this giant?? her dad got kidnapped and was traumatised, lost her house and belongings, thought she had lost her best friend (Leo)

anyways stan her she’s a queen

also repost and add more if you want

[pleasejustletpercyrest]

The seven talking about their trauma:

Annabeth: my dad cared about his work more than he did me, and my stepmom was super crappy and prioritized her kids over me, so I ran away only to be neglected by my actual mother at camp

Everyone: fucking mint

Jason: uh, I was abducted from my sister as a kid by Hera and sent to Camp Jupiter where I tried to make a life, but then I got all my memories erased and I was thrown into the war with Gaea...plus I’m dead now so—

Everyone: fucking mint

Hazel: I’m also technically dead, but Nico dragged me out of the underworld

Nico, in the back: ‘sup

Leo: yeah, I cheated death too. It issss what it issss

Frank: my mom died and then my grandma died, too, all within a few months of me figuring out I’m a demigod. Also, my entire life is tied to a stick of wood

Thalia, popping her head into the room: trees, amiright?

Everyone: fucking m i n t

Piper: after I was sent to the wilderness school the giants kidnapped my dad and blackmailed me so I would betray my friends. Then, of course, there was the whole ‘my boyfriend isn’t actually my boyfriend, all my memories are fake’ thing, and all the sexist bullshit my mom threw in there for fun (also I’m made out like a Native American stereotype who steals shit)

Everyone: ...f-fucking mint

Leo: Gaea killed my mom when I was a kid, and everyone blamed me because she died in a fire....I bounced around foster homes after my family disowned me because I was a ‘Diablo’, and then I ended up at the wilderness school only to realize that when I’m with what few friends I’d made, I’d always be an outcast or a third/seventh wheel. This is all after Hera fucked with me as a kid, of course

Everyone: ...fucking mint?

Percy: uh, guess it’s my turn. Well, my moms parents died and then her Uncle, who took her in, got cancer and died which left my mom in a position with little money and not a complete education. She married an abusive drunk poker player because his humanity would mask my scent from monsters, but I fucked most of that up by getting kicked out of school so many times that I was sent away when I was 12. Uh, there’s the whole outcast-at-camp-because-of-my-dad thing, and being emotionally manipulated by Luke—

Annabeth: saaame

Percy: —and my mom was kidnapped to the underworld, too, as ransom because Hades thought I stole his shit...Zeus too. Uh...everything after that kinda sucks too, especially because I was usually the center of a prophecy, all leading up to the big prophecy when I turned 16...and like...I dunno, I interrupted my own funeral after getting severely burned when I blew up a volcano?

Everyone: fucking....mint?

Will, who was trying to get them all to open up about their trauma: what the fuck

[charmedtheselfproclaimedking]

Charmed Again: Season 2 (Charmed Fanfic)

Episode 8 - Restless Spirits (Season Finale)

Warnings: I don’t own the rights to any of the characters from the hit TV show “Charmed” or the storylines related to the show those rights belong to original creator Constance M Burge.

15+ Moderate/Graphic Displays of Violence, Sexual Innuendos, Witchcraft and Potentially Triggering Scenes.

“I can’t believe that you’ve actually found a way to stalk my afterlife.” Drake moaned at Ash Anderson as the two of them stood within desert like land that seemed never-ending. “Are you determined to plague me for the rest of eternity?”

“It just so happens your grandfather killed me not long after he killed your mother, I guess the joke’s on him though because he’s not only dead, but he’s been swallowed whole.” Ash revealed to Drake.

“What do you mean by swallowed whole?” Drake asked him before noticing a giant snake like demon approaching the two of them slowly opening it’s mouth preparing to swallow them both so in an act of survival Drake pushed Ash into the snake’s giant mouth causing the snake to swallow the demon in one gulp as Drake began running for his life.

Drake didn’t get far before he tripped up over a loose rock and fell into the sand but before the giant snake could get near him Cole shimmered in front of the Halliwell hybrid and began summoning and throwing fireball after fireball until the gigantic snake eventually caught on fire and exploded before their eyes.

“Let me guess you killed that thing because you want the prize of taking me down.” Drake said to Cole as he rose to his feet. “Well I got news for you just because my powers don’t work here doesn’t mean I’m not going to be able to kick your ass.”

“You sure didn’t look so kick ass when you were running from that giant snake.” Cole replied, mocking Drake who responded by high kicking Cole in the face forcing Cole to fall to the ground.

“Don’t say I didn’t warn you!” Drake told him just before Cole grab a hold of Drake’s leg forcing him to fall onto the ground as well as the two half demons found themselves tumbling around in the sand trying to claim dominance over the other before Drake eventually climbed on top of Cole. “Give me one good reason I shouldn’t kill you right here.”

“Because I’m already dead even more so than you!” Cole laughed before flipping Drake over, so he was now on top of the Halliwell hybrid. “I was sent here by the Halliwell’s to help you get out of this place.”

“Forgive me if I’m not a big believer on that one.” Drake scoffed.

“I was married to your great-aunt Phoebe Halliwell.” Cole revealed to him while continuing to pin Drake down in the sand with his own body.

“You’re Cole Turner,” Drake laughed as Cole climbed off Drake and stood up before holding out his hand and helping Drake onto his feet. “I’ve heard stories about the demon Balthazar who stole the charmed one’s heart both in the Halliwell Manor and in the Underworld.”

“So, does this mean you’re going to trust me and stop trying to fight me?” Cole asked Drake.

“Yeah trust is something I’m not particularly big on, but I’ll promise to at least stop fighting you until we’re out of this place.” Drake replied.

One Year Later

Pan stood behind the bar in an empty P3 working the books for the club as she wrote away into her journals and typed away on the calculator until she was soon interrupted by Lacey orbing into the club.

“Hey honey,” Pan said as she learned over the bar and kissed Lacey on the lips. “I told you to start using the door.”

“Doors are seriously overrated besides it took me long enough to get used to the orbing I kind of like being able to use it as often as possible.” Lacey replied.

“So, go on and tell me what’s the reason behind this shock visit if it’s a demon attack, I’m not doing any hunting today.” Pan told her newly restated white lighter and newly rekindled lover.

“I’m not here about anything demon related it’s been rather quiet on that front lately I actually popped by to see when we were going to his grave?” Lacey wondered. “I’ve got a bunch of flowers back at the Manor.”

“We could go right now if you’d like?” Pan suggested to her girlfriend before taking a moment. “I can’t believe he’s already been gone a year.”

“I was hoping we could convince Paul to visit Drake’s grave he hasn’t been there since the funeral and I really think getting him to visit again will help his grief.” Lacey told Pan.

“I don’t think anything is going to help Paul with his grief except summoning Drake himself and it’s still too soon for that.” Pan replied with a sad sigh. “I just wish there was some way of bending the rules just so we could say a proper goodbye to him, but I guess we should count ourselves lucky that we’ll get to see him again one day.”

“You’d think with Quinn getting his dream job as an elder following the vanquish of both the source of all evil and the triad that those would be one of the new perks.” Lacey said, revealing Quinn’s new promotion.

“We haven’t exactly seen Quinn since Drake’s funeral I think it’s too hard for him to be around us after everything and I don’t blame him.” Pan replied. “I hope Quinn at least gets to see Drake.”

“Come in!” Paul shouted while sitting behind his desk in his office at Stevens and Summers law firm typing away only to be left stunned by who walked into his office.

“It’s been far too long since I last heard your voice Paul.” Luke Adams said as he closed his son’s office door behind him upon entering Paul’s office.

“Dad.” Paul said in shock as he rose to his feet.

Drake and Cole managed to escape the wasteland rather quickly but found themselves trapped within the ancestral plane as Cole’s teleportation went wrong leaving them with no clue on how to get out of the ancestral plane which was filled with demons, creatures and monsters that saw the half demon/half witch hybrid and the half/demon/half human hybrid as their number one targets.

“You really must start wising up and learning when we’re being lured into traps.” Drake told Cole as he held out his hand and pulled Cole up from the bins in an alleyway in the ancestral plane’s version of San Francisco.

“Their always sucker attacking me you never seem to be hit with any energy balls to the back.” Cole complained. “Clearly they prefer attacking me.”

“I guess racking up a demonic kill count almost as large as the original charmed ones makes you a prime target around here.” Drake explained while picking of a banana skin from Cole’s top while laughing at the demon/human hybrid.

“Okay you are finding this way too funny!” Cole replied to the witch/demon hybrid.

“I must admit being trapped in the ancestral plane is a lot more fun when you’re not doing it solo.” Drake said with a sincere smile. “Thanks for trying to rescue me even though you totally suck at it.”

“Remind me after this to never do another favour for your family.” Cole told him.

Drake stood in the ancestral plane’s version of the Halliwell Manor’s attic scanning through the book of shadows while Cole stood beside him looking bored and unamused by Drake’s frantic search for answers.

“You have searched that book a hundred times looking for a way out of this place and we never find anything.” Cole moaned at Drake.

“Is optimism just not a demonic thing because I’ve got to admit I was never really optimistic for half of my life but now I’m dead optimism is all I’ve got.” Drake replied as he continued flipping through the pages of the book of shadows. “I was hoping the ancestors would do their thing and add a new entry by now or at the very least my dad and aunt Pan would’ve written some way out of here by now…if any of them even know where we are.”

“Listen I get this place isn’t the best place to be but it’s still better than the wasteland so if you wanted a pep talk there you go that’s me being as optimistic as one demon can be.” Cole told Drake. “Maybe we should stop trying to find a way to escape this place and start trying to find out who or what trapped us here in the first place?”

“Hmm that’s not entirely a terrible plan,” Drake responded with a sarcastic smirk. “Did you really come up with it all by yourself?”

“I can’t work out whether your most like Piper, Paige or Prue.” Cole scoffed.

“Mum said you were killed by a demon.” Paul told his father as he and Luke now sat on the couch in Paul’s office at Stevens and Summers law firm.

“Yes, well your mother always had a tendency for bending the truth to fit her narrative.” Luke admitted to his son. “The truth is our marriage fell apart after Patience went missing and we never really recovered from losing her.”

“I don’t get it if that’s true then where have you been this entire time?” Paul asked his estranged father. “The last time we saw you was when we were just kids how could you just leave your children like that?”

“Because I was a coward, I’ve always been a coward and I knew there was no way I could protect you or your sister from being a Halliwell.” Luke explained to him. “If I could’ve taken you and Pan with me when I left and spared you from this life then I would’ve but sadly I could only protect one child.”

“What do you mean when you say you could only protect one child?” Paul asked as he stood up from his chair and began speculating. “Please don’t tell me you kidnapped your own daughter.”

“I had no choice especially when it turned out she had the power of telekinesis the only thing worse than being a Halliwell is being a charmed one.” Luke revealed as he stood up from the couch. “I was too late with you and Pan, but Patience still had a chance at a normal life a chance at being normal. You of all people should understand what I did I mean you did the same for your son.”

“What I did was completely different.” Paul snapped at his father. “I didn’t make the child’s mother believe her daughter was dead, I never took a child from his siblings and I never tore apart an entire family.”

“I’m sorry I really am,” Luke apologised to his son. “But you’ve got to understand this was at a time people were dying right left and center in your family I never slept a day constantly worrying about the two of you and then Patience came along and I seen an opportunity to spare her from all this and I’m sorry but I took it.”

“We thought we lost our little sister do you have any idea how that messes with kid’s minds?” Paul asked his father. “Where is she now?”

“I gave her to a real nice family who knew about magic and how to protect themselves from it.” Luke revealed. “She’s grown up to be an amazing, normal and safe woman hidden from the entire magical community.”

“Including us dad.” Paul snapped at him. “Including her real family.”

“Tell me son if it was Drake, if you could protect him like I protected Patience would you have done anything differently to me?” Luke asked his son.

“That’s not fair…” Paul replied before sitting back down on the couch and sighing. “But you’re right if I could’ve spared Drake from dying like he did like everyone in our family does I would’ve destroyed everything in my path just to make sure he was safe.”

“Sometimes being a parent means putting your child above all else even your entire family.” Luke admitted as he sat back down next to his son.

“Why are you here after all this time?” Paul asked his father. “Today of all days.”

“Because I never made my grandson’s funeral because I found out too late and I couldn’t be there for you or Pan all these years, but I want to try and make things right now…if I can.” Luke told his son.

“I think it’s a little late for all that now.” Paul replied.

“Don’t you remember the whole talk we had about knocking before walking into my room?” Drake asked Cole as Cole walked into the ancestral plane’s version of his bedroom in the Halliwell Manor where Drake was sat on a chair.

“I’m sorry but considering I have some good news I figured you’d forgive me for not knocking.” Cole replied to Drake as Drake stood up to face him. “I found the demon responsible for trapping us here which means once we get to vanquishing, we can get you back to the land of the living.”

“Wow you’re right that is good news,” Drake said while in shock. “Where do you go once you drop me off back home?”

“We’re I’ve been for a long time now everywhere and yet nowhere at the same time.” Cole revealed to him.

Pan opened the front door of the Halliwell Manor to be left stunned to find a baby girl placed within a basket in the foyer of her home fast asleep.

“Lacey!” Pan shouted as she closed the front door behind her, instantly waking up the baby and causing her to cry forcing Pan to quickly pick up the baby and begin rocking her back in forth to try and calm the baby.

“Where did you get the baby from?” Lacey asked as she orbed into the foyer before smiling away at the baby. “She’s so adorable!”

“I’m used to all kinds of demons and creatures just randomly showing up around here but babies this is a whole other level.” Pan replied to Lacey. “What the hell is going on?”

“Don’t look at me I’m as confused as you are although I must admit babies are way more adorable than demons.” Lacey said as she walked over to Pan and the baby and began cooing away at the little girl.

“Okay can you stop being so bloody broody right now and go see the elders or the police go see whoever.” Pan ordered Lacey. “Whoever we’re meant to inform when a baby randomly shows up in your home.”

“I’m thinking I should see the elders just in case this little bundle of joy is part of the magical community.” Lacey responded to Pan while continuing to play with the baby girl before giving a reluctant sigh. “I suppose I’ll see you soon little one oh yes I will.”

“Yeah just say goodbye to the baby and not me.” Pan moaned after Lacey orbed away only to be met by the baby crying, clearly preferring Lacey’s company to Pan’s much to Pan’s own horror.

Drake and Cole blinked their way on top of the ancestral plane’s version of the Golden Gate Bridge to find the demon Morgana stood waiting for them with a sinister smile on her face.

“I had a feeling the two of you would work things out sooner or later although admittedly it’s been a lot longer than expected.” Morgana told them both.

“Hey, we’ve only been here a few days!” Drake said in defense of him and Cole.

“Time works a little differently on the astral plane, but I guess you have to be here a little longer before you realize that.” Morgan replied.

“Shall we get to vanquishing her already?” Cole asked Drake.

“Vanquishing me would only trap you both in the ancestral plane forever.” Morgana told them both before Drake could answer Cole. “The only way either of you are ever going to get out of here is if you take me with you.”

“Well that depends on whether we’re helping a good demon, or a bad demon go free.” Drake wondered.

“Really?” Cole said to Drake with disapproval in his eyes.

“I refuse to just assume a demon is evil just because their a demon.” Drake argued with Cole.

“I’m not a demon I’m a witch I believe you’ve heard of my immortal enemy Merlin before?” Morgana asked them both.

“Shut up!” Drake said in both shock and excitement. “I used to watch a television show about you guys and spoiler alert you were my favorite even though you did kill a bunch of people they totally had it coming. Wait is all that historically accurate? Oh god I have so many questions.”

“Are you always this much of a nerd?” Cole asked Drake. “Let’s try and not lose our heads over historically evil figures.

“Just because it says in a book somewhere that I’m evil doesn’t necessarily make it so you of all people should know that Balthazar after all there’s a lot more to you than just your demonic nature.” Morgana told Cole.

“Look I’m sick of this place,” Drake admitted to Cole. “If she turns out to be evil, we’ll just kill her after we get back to the land of the living.”

“I don’t know Drake,” Cole replied while looking Morgana up and down. “She’s already trapped us here god knows what she’ll try to do next.”

“Well I think your being very reasonable if I do say so myself Mr Black.” Morgana agreed with Drake.

“You know you’re not so cranky once you’ve been fed kind of like me to be.” Pan said to the baby girl she had placed in an old highchair while feeding her some baby food in the kitchen of the Halliwell Manor. “Thank god there’s been like a hundred babies in this house over the years and my family are real hoarders and thankfully for you I’m good at conjuring up literally anything with a few rhymes.”

“Pan you will not believe who just walked into my…” Paul began to say as he walked into the kitchen only to be left shocked to see his younger sister feeding a baby girl much to his own shock. “Okay maybe you should reveal your news first.”

“Well first of all I’d like to reveal that this is not my baby.” Pan told her brother as she began cleaning up the baby girl after feeding her. “I’m not sure whose baby she is exactly I’m still waiting on Lacey to find out.

“You mean some heartless person just abandoned this little beauty.” Paul replied as he walked over, picked up the baby and began fussing over her making the little girl laugh at him. “That’s just not acceptable maybe we should vanquish your parents?”

“So, who walked into your office today?” Pan asked her brother having to wave to get his attention off the baby.

“Our dad walked into my office turns out he’s not dead and neither is our sister Patience apparently he kidnapped her and did a runner years back while just allowing us to believe she’s dead.” Paul replied to his sister before sniffing the air and turning his attention back to the baby. “I think someone’s did a dirty.”

“Hold up not only is our father alive but so is our little sister?” Pan asked in shock by Paul’s revelations. “Where is she? Where is he? God why have our parents got to be literally the worst parents in history?”

“Yeah all those questions came to mind when he randomly showed up at my office too.” Paul admitted to Pan while he began rocking the six-month-old baby back and forth. “Strange thing is once I got passed the rage, the loss and the confusion I kind of found myself understand why he did what he did.”

“Okay this is officially far too much for me to take in including your coolness with it all.” Pan admitted to her brother. “Where is our father now?”

“At some hotel in the city I’ll give you the address once I’ve changed this one’s diaper.” Paul told his sister before Lacey orbed into the kitchen.

Drake, Morgana and Cole shimmered into an alleyway within the streets of San Francisco having returned from the land of the living no longer trapped in the astral plane.

“Well would you look at what we just achieved?” Morgana said to them both with a smug smile on her face. “I look forward to seeing you both again very soon.”

“Okay I’m beginning to think you may have been right about her.” Drake said to Cole after Morgana disappeared within a gust of wind.

“I did warn you working alongside her is going to bite us both in the ass probably sooner rather than later.” Cole replied. “But for now, I better be off and leave you to your family reunion.”

“Are you sure you don’t want to stick around for a while I mean I kind of like bickering with you and I know it will piss off my family which is always a bonus.” Drake suggested with a smile on his face.

“Are you trying to say you like me and want to be my friend?” Cole asked with a sarcastic tone in his voice.

“Well you seem like a lot of work and I know I’m a lot of work maybe we should form a friendship out of all this work?” Drake asked the half demon/half human hybrid.

“I’ll think about it.” Cole replied before shimmering away, leaving Drake alone in the alleyway.

“Why didn’t you tell us before you left San Francisco that you were carrying Drake’s child?” Paul asked Cindy as he walked into the rundown Devilish Delights that had clearly been closed for some time as he noticed Cindy stood behind the bar nursing a glass of champagne.

“Learning I was pregnant from your grandmother was quite the shock for me I’ve never had a maternal bone in my body and then suddenly I was sharing my body with this little creature in my demonic wound.” Cindy admitted as she took a drink of her champagne. “Then everything got crazy around here with Drake becoming the source and then dying I just had to get away and work things out for myself.”

“Okay I get not telling us but why choose to suddenly drop the baby off with us after keeping her a secret for so long?” Paul asked as he walked over to Cindy and sat down at the bar.

“Well once I got my head around it all and after giving birth to Lilah, I realized I could never be the kind of parent she’d need in her life or at least that’s not who I can be for now.” Cindy explained to her baby’s grandfather.

“You called her Lilah?” Paul asked with a sincere smiled.

“Yeah Lilah Eve Black.” Cindy revealed her daughter’s name. “Lilah and Eve after his mothers and Black after him. I figured it was a great way of honoring all three of them.”

“Are you sure you want us to take her in? I mean she’s my granddaughter and of course I will do whatever’s best for her, but I don’t believe you’re not what’s best for her.” Paul told her.

“I do love the little kid I do but I’m still learning this humanity thing out and I shouldn’t be anyone’s parent until I do.” Cindy admitted to the eldest Halliwell sibling. “She needs a stable home with lots of love and support I can’t have her winding up as messed up as my own family.”

“I’ll let you in on a little secret Cindy nobody whether demon or human believes their going to be a good parent the first time around when I gave up Drake I convinced myself it was for his best interest but clearly I was wrong.” Paul told Cindy honestly. “I’ll take her for now but know this I will never ever stop you from seeing your daughter because there is nothing worse than a parent not having their child.”

“Thank you,” Cindy said to Paul as she put her glass on the counter and reached out to hold his hand. “I’m not who she needs me to be right now but I’m going to work on that I promise.”

Paul placed a sleeping Lilah laid down into the cot placed in the nursery within the Halliwell Manor, the same nursery his uncles, his mother, himself and his sisters once used to sleep in when they were all babies although a few changes had been made to the room over the years.

He looked down at a sleeping Lilah with pure adoration in his eyes before turning around to be left completely shell shocked to see his son Drake stood in front of him.

“Yeah I worked out I’ve been dead like a year but it’s all good I’ll get the cleaners and the elders onto the job as quickly as possible.” Drake said to his father who quickly rushed over and hugged his son.

“I thought you were dead,” Paul cried. “I kept trying to summon you, but they wouldn’t let me. I’ve missed you so much!”

“Turns out Aunt Paige intervened during my death and place me in the demonic wastelands which I escaped thanks to a family friend let’s just say but then we wound up stuck in the astral plane for a while.” Drake explained to his father as he broke of their hug, his father remained speeches before hugging his son once again before he noticed Lilah sleeping in her cot. “Hold up did you wind up having another kid?”

“No, she’s not my daughter she’s my granddaughter.” Paul revealed to a stunned Drake as he hugged his son tight. “She’s your daughter.”

“How did it go seeing your father again after all these years?” Lacey asked her girlfriend as Pan walked into the living room and sat down next to her. “It couldn’t have been easy especially considering you thought he was dead all this time.”

“My dad’s not dead my sister’s not dead it turns out the only one who is actually dead is Drake.” Pan said with a sigh of sadness. “I miss that little brat so much!”

“Well in that case you should probably go upstairs.” Lacey suggested with a large smile on her face.

“You mean this little baby is mine and Cindy’s daughter?” Drake asked Paul as the two of them stood over Lilah’s cot watching Drake’s daughter sleep away. “I’m a father.”

“Yeah and I’m a grandfather.” Paul replied as he wrapped his arm around his son’s shoulders. “Today started out as the worst but now I have my son back and I’m a grandfather. I can’t begin to tell you how happy I am in this moment.”

“Oh, I have a feeling I could.” Pan said with a smile on her face as she walked into the nursery causing Paul and Drake to turn around to face her.

“Hey apparently I’m a dad now so that makes you a great-aunt right.” Drake replied before Pan rushed over and hugged her nephew.

“I’m so glad you’re back I’m not even going to question it.” Pan cried as she hugged her nephew even tighter. “However, about this whole great-aunt thing aunt Pan will do just fine thanks,”

“It’s nice to have you back Drake.” Lacey greeted her best friend as she walked into the nursery and shared a smile with him. “I hoped you’d find some way of coming back to us.”

“Looks like the old team is all back together now with the new addition of my beautiful granddaughter.” Paul said with pride as he placed his hand back on Drake’s shoulder.

“Wait a minute…where’s Quinn?” Drake asked the room noticing how quiet they all quickly became.

“When I learned what Paige did I was so thrilled to know you weren’t gone forever and then a whole year went by and I was beginning to lose hope…” Quinn said as Drake blinked his way on top of the Golden Gate Bridge to meet the new elder. “I’m so happy you’re back!”

“Yeah I’ve heard that a lot today…I’m glad to see you again too.” Drake replied as he walked towards Quinn. “I’m happy you got to be an elder I know that was one of your dreams.”

“I should’ve never accepted this position I should’ve waited for you!” Quinn told Drake as he reached out and held Drake’s hands while tears formed in the elder’s eyes. “I was so lost when you went away, I thought I’d never survive the pain.”

“It’s okay you’re not the only one going through changes.” Drake cried. “I’m a dad now which I’m still getting my head around.”

“I know I heard you’re going to be an amazing father.” Quinn said with a sincere smile, tears still falling from his eyes. “We could still make things work between us it would just be like a really long distant relationship.”

“No, it won’t be the same,” Drake replied as he let go of the elder’s hands before beginning to dry his tears. “We’ll just wind up falling further and further away from each other until there’s nothing left of who we were.”

“What if I gave up being an elder if I fell from grace?” Quinn asked him.

“I can’t deny the world of having you as an elder it’s clearly always been a part of your destiny.” Drake told his former white lighter. “Just like being a charmed one is my destiny.”

“I’m going to miss you!” Quinn cried before Drake pulled him in towards him and kissed him passionately.

“I’m going to miss you too!” Drake replied after the couple shared their last kiss.

[riordanverse-dorphin]

This is all so good! Hazel being killed in a Greek-Roman conflict is so galaxy brained. She would be the reason nobody killed each other at the start of the quest bc every time they go to attack each other she’s like “don’t u f*cking dare.” (70 years is enough time to come to the conclusion that the whole war was stupid)

I like the idea of them all being an aspect of demigod culture. It gives us the chance to do some fun worldbuilding too.

And the giants being in different aspects of the culture works too. One could be at the Wolf House, maybe the Greeks have a pit stop in Arizona or Texas. Some in the ancient lands. And maybe the old locations of CHB? The wanders have ...they’re underage so it can’t be a bar... they’re ADHD they can’t do coffee... a tea shop! The wanders have a quirky little tea shop called The Wandering Half.

Annabeth — Greek year-rounder

Clarisse — Greek summer camper

Octavian — old family New Roman

Frank — unclaimed demigod & 1st gen CJ

Piper — loner

Jason — TA

Hazel — demigods who don’t exist in the mortal world anymore (idk)

I was thinking Percy would be at home with his mom after disappearing for 6 months because I was still going with the “Hera switches people” plotline. Does that even happen in this au?

Damsel-ing him works. I was going to say maybe something happens to him besides Tartarus but then I remembered Tartarus had a purpose in the plot lol. Tartarus would be more menacing if Percy’s the one to survive bc he still has the Curse of Achilles. When he’s rescued he can tell the 7 where the doors are.

What should we do about Thalia? I’ve been thinking about it all day & I can’t come up with a good reason for her not to be in the 7. We’ll probably have to damsel her too.

My best idea is that Thalia decides to leave the Hunters bc the prophecy is over & meets up with Percy (they’re friends & he’s probably the only person she knows how to find) & they decide to investigate the whole “monsters not staying dead” thing. Then either Thalia falls into Tartarus with Percy or she’s trapped somewhere near there.

Who is/ isn’t in the 7 will probably make a lot more sense when we figure out how the squad assembles.

I wrote out a way for everyone to come together for your consideration & editing:

Book 1 - narrated by Annabeth, Jason, & Piper

When Percy & Thalia disappear Annabeth decides to go looking for them. She gets a dream message from Minerva telling her to go to a certain place & giving her the Mark of Athena coin. When she gets there she finds a clue about the MoA quest (diary, map, prophecy, etc.) & starts following it.

Jason got some dream instructions from Juno telling him to go to the same place. He asked Piper to be his backup & Piper agreed bc her dad was kidnapped by giants & she wants to go looking for him.

They run into Annabeth in a giant’s lair & team up to survive. They escape, nerd-brain & figure out they need a god to kill it (Piper has a notebook of clues about her dad or an mini cork board with red string in her backpack idk). Either they grab Grover or call on a goddess & kill the giant. Annabeth spills the beans about CHB, Jason lies & says he’s a loner, Pier tells the truth & says she’s a loner, neither of them mention CJ.

Book 2 - narrated by Frank, Clarisse, Octavian, & Hazel

Octavian, Frank, & Hazel are on a quest to investigate some unusual monster activity.

Thanatos could’ve tasked Hazel with helping take down the giants so if that happened Hazel should mention it in her inner monologue.

They end up in Arizona, Clarisse is there doing the same thing. Beans are spilled on both sides, Hazel puts up with 0 bullshit, they find about about the giants but don’t necessecarily fight one, Ares gives Clarisse a dream quest right before they were going to split up. Both of them tell their respective camps.

Annabeth & Clarisse Iris-message so the two groups meet up, Jason gets punched in the face, Piper & Frank have an best friend handshake they thought was cool at 13.

That’s what I’ve got! Obviously other stuff happens in the books but yeah. I’m not sure if it works so feel free to come up with something better.

Aphrodite Piper totally works, and that would probably be better since otherwise the 7 would be really Roman-heavy.

Maybe the “to storm or fire the world must fall” line could be about Demeter/Ceres trying to get one of her kids into the 7 but either Octavian or Jason beats them out? Idk.

I was thinking we could call this the Aftermath au? Since it focuses on the aftermath of the Titan War. Or the Champion au?

I’m going to say it: Clarisse and Nico should’ve been in the 7 instead of Piper and Leo. And Frank should’ve been a legion veteran.

[thebibliomancer]

Essential Avengers: (Daredevil #99 +) Avengers #111: With Two Beside Them!

May, 1973

Last time: Quicksilver is a robot racist. Oh, and also, Magneto beat up the X-men, lured the Avengers into a trap, attacked them with dinosaurs, and stole their Quinjet and several of their teammates.

But before we continue with the Avengers we have to take a brief detour down Daredevil way since its slightly relevant to the Avengers.

I mean, I could summarize it in one line: the Avengers recruit Daredevil and Black Widow to help them fight Magneto. But we’d miss a lot of Clint Barton making an ass of himself if I didn’t go into it in slightly more detail. And also I love my words words words.

So remember how Hawkeye decided to wait in Black Widow’s tree until he could talk to her?

It goes about as well as can be expected.

Basically, Hawkeye puts Black Widow on the spot and tries to force her into admitting she still cares about him, a jealous Daredevil tells Hawkeye to step off, so Hawkeye punches him. They have a fight and then out the window goes Hawkeye. Sorta earned that defenestration.

And then Daredevil and Hawkeye scuffle on the lawn until Daredevil throws the fight to avoid revealing he’s blind. And then Hawkeye goes to fight some Hell’s Angels knockoffs. And then he fights Daredevil again and this time Daredevil breaks his bow.

And then they both realize in a weird moment of self-awareness that they’re fighting over Natasha like a piece of meat and that she’s the one that gets to decide.

But when they both arrive back at Black Widow’s house, the Avengers are there. Hawkeye assumes that Natasha called the grown-ups to drag him back home so he runs off.

The Avengers reveal that they’re really there to ask for Daredevil’s help against Magneto and not to put too fine a point on it but Daredevil owes Black Panther one.

What they don’t mention is that Daredevil was not their first, second, or third choice. They tried to recruit Falcon, Spider-Man, and Luke Cage first.

And, hey, since Black Widow is there too she can come with. The more (to punch Magneto with) the merrier!

Although... I know it was their last resort but Daredevil and Black Widow aren’t exactly super helpful for fighting MASTER OF MAGNETS. More bodies to throw at him is better than nothing I guess.

And now finally we can continue on with Avengers #111.

We start the issue with Magneto mind-controlling Scarlet Witch into sexy dancing for him.

...

This probably made for an awkward conversation down the road when they figured out that Magneto was her dad.

No wonder Wanda rewrote reality so he wasn’t. Some things you just can’t look back on and laugh.

But anyway. Yeah. Magneto can control minds now. He does it by controlling the iron in the blood and reducing the amount of blood flow to the brain. His victims are left barely conscious and I guess highly suggestible.

Magnets. In what sort of manner do they function?

Piper wonders whether Magneto is worried about the Avengers. What if they regroup and try to find Magneto’s super secret rad base?

But Magnet-toe isn’t worried. He left them with only three members. What are they going to do, recruit a blind lawyer and an ex-Soviet spy? That’s dumb. You’re dumb, Piper.

Meanwhile, the Avengers. Blaming Black Widow for Hawkeye being a giant baby.

I mean, I don’t think that was the intention but that’s Black Widow’s takeaway. And she starts blaming herself for treating him so badly.

Good lord.

Anyway, even having recruited two new temporary members, the Avengers don’t really have any leads to follow. But thankfully, Daredevil happens to gently caress a newspaper and there’s a conference for the atomic energy commission being held that day.

And Magneto loves him some atomics. Atomics is what caused the mutants. THIS IS PERHAPS A LEAD.

Meanwhile, Black Widow mopes about having bad taste in men. Or rather, about the mutability of human affection. She loved her dead husband once and she loves Matt Murdock, avocado, now. But between she loved Hawkeye.

And also: “Oh, Hawkeye, Hawkeye... they said you were like a child. If so, you only needed me as a woman in so many more way than one... And I failed you in all of them.”

Good lord again.

If Hawkeye needs a girlfriend who is also a mom then you really dodged a bullet, Natasha.

Speaking of the brash bowman, Hawkeye mopes on a bridge like he’s Spider-Man. Black Widow can’t stand him, the Avengers show up when he’s trying to be a homewrecker and recruit the other guy, and also he doesn’t have any friends. But so what? He’ll show them, he’ll show them all! The name Hawkeye is going to be bigger than the Avengers, Daredevil, and Black Widow put together!

(Clint... there’s never going to be a Hawkeye movie.)

LATER! The special conference for the atomic energy commission dinner party conference.

They got word that there was going to be a kidnapping attempt so instead of holding the conference at a nice secure location, its being held at some dude’s big house.

This security measure is proven to be worth jack dick when Magneto and his army of mind-controlled X-Vengers attack.

Obviously, normal security dudes aren’t the match for even mind-controlled superheroes. Although mind-controlled Cyclops manages to get himself punched in the face.

But aside from being his lot in life, this also demonstrates the drawback of Magneto’s mind-control. He can’t effectively control so many people at once.

The Avengers finally show up after Magneto has captured everyone and is leading them away to his ship.

Magneto has his mind-controlled Captain America (huh, topical) run interference while he activates the... OCTOFUMES!

Which seems to be a normal smokescreen with a cool name.

While Thor tries to blow the smokescreen away, Black Panther and Daredevil team up to launch Daredevil face-first into Magneto’s ship.

Lets call that a friendship maneuver.

Having grabbed onto the ship, Daredevil realizes he doesn’t know what to do with it.

Thankfully, he doesn’t have to make a decision because Magneto electrifies the hull. What a considerate fella.

Anyways, Daredevil falls off the ship and plummets towards the ground.

Black Widow uses her grappling line to catch him but Daredevil insists that he totally could have saved himself no problem but I guess its the thought that counts, NATASHA.

Its not really the realm of this liveblog to discuss it overly much but Black Widow’s relationship with Daredevil was bad. It was bad for her. Daredevil spends much of their time together being a complete ass.

Anyway. Thor chases after Magneto’s ship but Magneto issues an ultimatum.

No, not that one.

If Thor doesn’t back off, Magneto will make his mind controlled slaves jump to their deaths. And even Thor can’t catch all of them.

So although it grieveth Thor to his very soul, he doth back off, verily.

Magneto gets clean away, leaving the Avengers without any more leads.

OR IS IT??

See, something has been bothering Black Panther. Remember those dinosaurs? The ones that attacked? And Iron Man broke one of their necks? Those guys?

Where did they come from?

Well, obviously initially the Savage Land. But where did they come from right before they attacked the Avengers? They couldn’t just pop out of thin air. That’s not what the Piper do.

So, Magneto must have been hiding the dinosaurs somewhere nearby. In some sort of... secret base of some kind.

And if that’s the case, Black Panther can track the dinosaurs back to it. Because dinosaur is a very distinctive scent.

Oh. And one more thing. Anyone know where the Vision got off to?

MEANWHILE at Magneto’s secret lair. Magneto decides to lambast the atomic commission people.

Imagine. Having unlimited power at your fingertips and deciding to be a civil servant, working for a salary!

Not like Magneto. Magneto was born to rule and not receive pay. If Magneto had their opportunities, he would not let them languish. And he’s not going to. He’s going to use the atomic commission people to gain access to all the atomic power in the country so he can unleash it on the populace.

Granted, 92% of the people will die but the rest will become mutants! And also Magneto’s new followers. He needs followers. Followers are like the staff of life to him.

Also, did the Infamous games borrow their plots from Magneto?

The commission calls him mad and say that he won’t get away with this. But that’s just the cue Magneto was waiting for so he can exposit more.

Fun fact: if a villain ever looks at you expectantly they probably want you to say something like ‘you’ll never get away with this’, ‘you’re mad’, or ‘so-and-so will stop you’ so they can continue on with their prepared remarks.

Magneto explains how he tried the radiation experiment on a smaller scale (in Amazing Adventures #9-10) and how it totally worked. It exploded in his face and left him near death.

So he tricked Angel into wearing a new costume which would absorb his ‘youthful mutant energy.’ And then yesterday, Magneto snuck into the X-Mansion, chloroformed Angel, and put on his clothes.

Because of comic science, this restored Magneto to full power. Even taking comic science into account, it also makes Magneto sound like a big ol’ perv.

The fact that he used mind control to make Scarlet Witch dance for him does not really help that impression.

Anyway, he then beat the X-Men and the Avengers. And that proves he’s awesome and can succeed at anything.

But still though, the atomics commission people refuse to tell him what they know. So he just relies on reliable ol’ mind-control. It will take longer but he has plenty of time. Its not like anyone is going to interrupt him.

Meanwhile outside, the Avengers get ready to interrupt him.

Black Panther has tracked the memorable stank of T. Rex, Daredevil felt vibrations from a hidden cave, and Thor beat up the ground until he tunneled into the cave.

Magneto is, of course, aghast. How could the Avengers find him? He was SO CAREFUL. HE LEFT NOT THE FAINTEST TRACE.

Apparently he hasn’t tried sniffing his dinosaurs.

BUT NO MATTER, he sends his mind-slaves to attack the Avengers.

And again the limitation of Magneto’s mind-control comes up. “Yet the brain which guides these many attackers belongs to only one man -- a man who can act rashly under stress -- for an aware Iron Man would never attempt to fight the Thunder God by trying to hold back his hammer!”

Still, Magneto is apparently great at multi-tasking because the Avengers are kinda getting beat.

Thor takes out Iron Man but gets shot in the head by Cyclops who is jumped by Black Panther who gets countered by Ice Man who PLOW!s some ice blocks right into T’Challa’s noggin.

And then Cyclops gets punched in the face again.

By Daredevil. Who is pretty amused at the irony of a blind man punching a dude with punch vision.

But then Marvel Girl and Scarlet Witch double team Daredevil and threaten to drop the ceiling down on him so Black Widow to the rescue! Again!

She lassos Magneto and throws him in the path of the ceiling drop as well, forcing him to use his own power to stop the rocks or else get smoosh.

Which is easy enough.

Oh, by the way. Magneto could have mind-controlled everyone at any point. But the fight was amusing. And now its not.

Wham, bam, mind-taken ma’am.

Magneto gloats to Piper that this is the end of the Avengers and that soon the world will be within his grasp!

And then Piper chops Magneto in the back of the neck, knocking him out.

See, something Magneto didn’t notice but Black Panther did is that there was one Avenger missing.

Under the cover of the OCTOFUMES, Vision slipped into Magneto’s ship and also hid inside Piper. He was hiding inside a man this whole time. And he figured out how to solidfy his brain just enough to hijack Piper’s body.

Yup. Vision figured out how to wear people as a meat suit. Hahahahah that’s only very terrifying!

Anyway, the X-Men rouse and Professor X uses his power to put Magneto into a deep sleep. They still have their own problems going on because now they have to find Angel. He wasn’t in the Mansion so where is he?

And that probably gets answered in some other book. Not really my purview.

Captain America thanks Daredevil and Black Widow for helping. And y’know, they did a good job. Probably. So if they wanted to be official members, that would be cool.

Daredevil turns down the offer for both of them. For personal reasons. Always having a group around would confuse his senses and it would be harder to keep his blindness a secret.

But Black Widow accepts the offer for herself.

Daredevil protests but she proclaims that he doesn’t own her! And also it was incredibly presumptive to make the decision for her in the first place, Matt. You ass.

Black Widow privately decides that spending some time apart from him will give her a chance to think through their relationship.

So Daredevil swings out of the cave in a huff, saying she can find him back in San Francisco... IF SHE’S EVER LOOKING.

But Matt... you got a ride here in a Quinjet. How are you getting home?

So. I guess Black Widow finally joins the Avengers. It was teased and teased and teased and it finally happens. Right after Hawkeye ragequit the team.

Black Widow is considered one of the mainstays these days but it took her one-hundred and eleven issues to get past brain-washing and SHIELD co-opting her and all manner of other nonsense to finally get on the team.

So I expect she’ll have a long and eventful run on the team.

[riordanverse-dorphin]

:D :D :D

Book 1:

That’s our plot as I understand it!

When I first imagined the idea I assumed Annabeth would get an Iris Message from camp, but there’s a lot of interesting things we could do if Piper or Jason told her. They could find out from a dream, or another way if your idea was different.

If at some point Piper thinks (or is told, depending on timing) the giant took Percy & Thalia so it could blackmail Grover & Annabeth directly & thus didn’t need Piper’s dad anymore, that might push her back to the giants side (she wants to make herself useful) when she starts to relax.

Jason joining the quest on his own... yeah, that’s better. Maybe he observes CHB for like a day or two before deciding to help Piper & Annabeth & Grover? He could’ve chosen to stay at CHB where no one knows what he did but he helps anyway?

Side note: it doesn’t have to come up here but Juno could’ve bribed Jason with info about Thalia & Beryl.

Love CHB being scattered to look for new demigods. When you said “and that’s why Annabeth was wandering around” did you mean she was out looking for new demigods instead of the MoA quest? That would explain why she’s by herself. If so, when does she get the MoA quest? Before the book, early in book 1, or a later book?

Piper probably wouldn’t know about CHB bc the gods are trying to keep the camps separate. She did choose to be a loner tho, so she’s probably just at CHB to find her dad.

A Grover & Piper friendship is !!!

They kill the giant that kidnapped Piper’s dad, right?

Are we going with Jason & Piper’s romance subplot? The switch thing is my reason for disliking it in canon & since that doesn’t happen I’m cool to do it.

Jason telling Piper is a great idea! Piper could also tell Jason about her dad being kidnapped.

So Rachel gives them a ride to California. Does she stay with the quest a while? If not maybe she just buys them tickets (Piper couldn’t bc Jane the Evil Secretary night track their movements?).

So the book ends with the IM from Clarisse & the beginning of the ride to California?

Book 2:

Hazel not using her powers bc they remind her of the war is a v sad idea (but in a good way). For a weapon she could use a scythe maybe, bc she wouldn’t want to use the same weapon as before.

Your plan for why Hazel’s with the legion & why they have low funding sounds great to me!

Who killed Gwen... what if someone thought she was in league with Jason! Idk who, we could make an OC?

You’re right they do all have death associations! Thanatos for sure!

When does it end? After Octavian & Frank & Hazel decide to help Clarisse escape? The main busting her out can happen in book 3 so Clarisse can narrate, but how far into it do we stop? Have they just decided, do we show them planning, does the Greek squad show up, all that.

Book 3:

Ahh thank you!

We could have Frank & Octavian calling Reyna during book 2, or have Nico narrate this book & Reyna’s kick in at book 4 like you said.

Octavian & Frank idea: When they see Jason Frank is super mad at him, but Octavian literally beats him to the punch & they have to pull him off bc they’re in the middle of helping Clarisse escape. Then they’re arguing in the front seat (Frank driving Octavian shotgun) & Frank’s like “WHY TF WOULD YOU DO THAT” & Octavian says “WHY ARE YOU MAD AT ME FOR PUNCHING SOMEONE WHO BETRAYED YOU” “I HAVE A LOT OF COMPLICATED FEELINGS & I’D LIKE TO SORT THEM OUT MYSELF!” & this is when Hazel decides to befriend Piper, Grover is trying to keep Jason from getting blood everywhere (he’s fine just a nosebleed), Annabeth’s been dissociating since they got on the interstate, & Clarisse is yelling at them for going way above the speed limit.

Also Annabeth doesn’t have her license & Clarisse is the only one who knows.

Book 4:

“Octavian’s quest” was referring to the idea from way earlier that each character would get into the seven by having a quest/ solo mission. I didn’t think through how he would get the quest, but self-assigned works.

I like the idea of a reverse-MoA with the eagle! Returning it would mean a lot more than giving CHB a statue that isn’t even theirs.

Some Character Stuff:

I like what you said about Jason having a more personal view now. Bc like... how many of the people he was fighting for died in the war.

Octavian thinking Gaea could bring peace is definitely a better idea than him just. Hating The Greeks. Maybe after the eagle-statue plan doesn’t halt the fighting he decides it’s Drastic Measures Time. Adding in Gaea that late would be a lot, what if instead he tries to call on the gods (bc he’s the augur), & they decide since wiping memories wasn’t enough they should smite everyone closely involved?

I like Michael Kahale being a foil to Hazel! Could you tell me tell me more about what ways they’d reflect each other? I’m curious.

@aru-shah-is-on-fire This is for the Champion AU, old post was getting kinda long lol.

Champions AU it is! I really like all of your ideas, they’re super smart! Jason being captured & Juno busting him out is a really great idea! That could even be the first chapter, it would create a lot of suspense/ intrigue, which would pay off in book 2 when we finally see New Rome.

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