#he wants to learn from chip even though he's not a swordsman (like his parents were)

[norigohan]

siblings au, onyx chapter: meeting your hero

pt. 1 | pt. 2 | pt. 3

[elliot-elliot]

Things i forgot about in PJO/HOO

TLT:

Percy accidentally fired a war cannon into a school bus

He also accidentally made his entire class fall into an aquarium tank thing

Grover cries when he’s frustrated

Grover has a note excusing him from PE “for the rest of his life”

Halfway though the school year their old math teacher had a nervous breakdown

Once, Percy told Grover that he didn’t think mrs Dodds was human and Grover was deadass just like “yes. You’re right” completely seriously

Chiron has tournament days where he would dress up in Roman armor

Percy assumed all the weird weather was because of global warming

Percy called his English teacher an old sot

Grover is a terrible liar

MASSIVE BLUE SOCK

Grover’s bladder acts up when he gets upset

Sally’s parents died in a plane crash when she was 5, and was raised by her uncle who didn’t really care about her

Sally wanted to be a novelist

She had to quit school her senior year to take care of said uncle, who got cancer

Gabe made Percy provide his gambling funds, and Percy said that if he didn’t, Gabe would “punch his lights out”

Percy has nightmares about Mrs Dodds

Percy genuinely liked Yancy Academy

Percy did the warding off evil gesture towards Gabe, and the screen door shut so hard “it whacked him in the butt and sent him flying up the stairs as if he’d been shot from a cannon”

Percy was stalked by a cyclops in 3rd grade

In preschool, he strangled a snake with his bare hands, and his mom found him playing with it like a rope

At the cabin, grover cursed in Ancient Greek, and Percy understood it perfectly

Percy thought Grover was a donkey from the waist down

Percy tried to get the Minotaurs attention by waving his red rain coat

Percy said he would rather live on the streets or pretend he was 17 and join the army if it meant not living with Gabe

Percy said that Mr D looked like a Cherub

They have satyrs at most schools

There was a different Latin teacher for the first week of the school, but Chiron convinced him to take a leave of absence

Mr D plays pinochle with the satyrs

There’s an orientation film

Grover eats mr D’s Diet Coke cans

Probation in the 1900s was Zeus’s punishment to Mr D

Percy likes basketball

Percy tripped when coming into the Hermes cabin for the first time

Most teachers are literally monsters

For a mortal, nectar and ambrosia turns their blood to fire and their skin to sand

Clarisse calls Annabeth “wise girl”

Percy accidentally sprayed Annabeth with toilet water

Chiron told Percy that he might be considered a myth in 2000 years

Luke pulled a switchblade out of his pocket and Percy thought Luke was gonna gut him

Percy is really good at canoeing

Luke’s the best swordsman they’d had in 300 years

Percy was able to disarm Luke on his first try after he poured water on his head

Hitler was a son of hades, since WW11 was the sons of Zeus and Poseidon on one side, and the sons of hades on the other

Houdini went on a quest to the underworld

In capture the flag, clarisse tried to cut Percy’s hair

Percy apologized for the water healing his Injuries

Someone left a newspaper about Percy and his mom going missing inside his doorway

Mr D wanted to Spontaneous Combust Percy

It’s illegal to make copies of Zeus’s lightning bolt

CHB has a hydra head from Woodstock

The oracle told Percy the prophecy through the image of Gabe and his friends

Grover eats pinochle cards “like potato chips”

Luke made Percy blush almost as much as Annabeth blushes when she’s around Luke

Chiron told Percy only to use his sword in emergencies

Mortals aren’t important enough to be killed by celestial bronze

Percy was famous for loosing pens at school

Annabeth was explaining the Athens rivalry thing to Percy, and he was like “they must have really liked olives” and Annabeth got mad and then he was like “Now, if she’d invited pizza—*that* i could understand” which made her even more mad, and Argus then winked at Percy

Annabeth gave Percy her hat so he could escape off the bus

Grover was gonna defend himself from the furies with a tin can

Grover ties Mrs Dodds’s legs up with her own whip

Percy told Mrs Dodds to eat his pants in Latin

Medusa turned Grover’s uncle to stone

Medusa is/sounds middle eastern

Percy told Medusa that they were from a traveling circus, and when they were alone Annabeth told Percy “your head is full of kelp”

Grover told Medusa that he takes vitamins for his ears

Satyrs can’t get migraines

Percy fucking mailed Medusa’s head to mount Olympus, and he signed the package “with best wishes”

GLADIOLA THE FUCKING PINK POODLE

Annabeth appeared on her dads doorstep in a golden cradle

Annabeth calls Grover “goat boy”

Percy hates confined spaces

I JUST REALIZED THIS HIS FIRST OUT OF 2 (i think 2?? Maybe there’s more??) TRAUMATIC ELEVATOR EXPERIENCES

The chimera has a rhinestone collar that says “Chimera— rabid, fire-breathing, poisonous— if found, please call Tartarus—ext. 954”

Echidna told Percy what she is— the mother of all monsters, and Percy was like “isn’t that a type of anteater”

The chimera poisoned Percy

Percy jumped from the arch assuming that it would kill him, in order to protect the mortals that were on the arch

Percy fucking lit a lighter at the bottom of the Mississippi

The campers were taking sides— Zeus or Poseidon

Gods can’t steal each other’s items directly

Percy said the leather on ares’s motercycle looked like “Caucasian human skin”

Percy said that ares’s was handsome

Percy said he broke clarisse’s spear and ares was like “oh dope”

Ares threatened to turn Percy into a prairie dog

Ares gave them a bag of double stuffed Oreos

Percy thought that the reason he could talk to zebras but not lions was because of another learning disability

They released a zebra into Las Vegas

Percy snapped Annabeth out of the lotus haze by looking her in the eyes and saying “spiders. Large, hairy spiders”

Percy threw away ares’s backpack, but once they left the lotus hotel, it reappeared on his shoulders

THE WATER BEDS

The lotus card had infinite money, and the cab driver referred to her as “your highness”, which Annabeth likes

They let the cab driver keep the (infinite) change

When at santa monica, percy looked out at the ocean, thought about how 2/3rds of the world is covered in water, and wondered how he could be the son of someone so powerful

Percy just. Fucking walks into the water and annabeth is like “percy what the fuck are you doing” and headass just keeps walking until he’s fully submerged

A mako shark nuzzled him like a dog

Percy used to see sea spirits smiling at him in the waves at Montauk beach

Houdini could “escape even the depths of tartarus… damn, talk about foreshadowing

Percy told the bus driver he was a stunt double for a bunch of child actors

Percy said L.A. reminded him of Ares

They got attacked by a gang

CRUSTY

Percy tricked crusty into getting into his own beds, and percy then cut his head off

Grover told Charon that all 3 of them drowned in a bathtub, and Charon looked mildly impressed

Percy bribed Charon into letting them in

Percy’s Traumatic Elevator Experience count so far: 2

The river Styx is polluted

Annabeth held percy’s hand on the boat

Thomas Jefferson is a judge of the underworld

Grover compared Asphodel to standing in a wheat field in Kansas forever

Cerberus is a purebred Rottweiler

Annabeth played fetch with Cerberus

Annabeth promised Cerberus that she would come back and play fetch with him again

Cerberus considers Annabeth a friend

Percy saw things in the Fields Of Punishment that he “didnt want to describe”

Percy said he wanted to go to the Isles of The Blest when he dies

THEY ALMOST FALL INTO TARTARUS.

Percy said that Hades’s eyes reminded him of Hitler’s

Percy wondered if Hades’s underwear was made of trapped souls like his robe was

Percy interrupted Hades to tell him that Charon wanted a raise

Hades threatened to “stop death”

PERCY TOLD HADES TO PLAY WITH CERBERUS MORE

Annabeth gave percy her necklace to wear for good luck (with fighting ares)

Percy jumped over ares on a 6-foot wave

Percy fucking told the entire city of LA that they could get a free appliance, and he gave them Gabe’s phone number. Fucking love this kid.

Finally, a non-traumatic elevator experience

Zeus went to purify his bolt in the waters of Lemnos

Podeiden told percy that his rebelliousness was because “the sea does not like to be restrained”

Poseidon said that sally is a goddess among women

Gabe fucking made Sally go to work when she got back

Percy didnt know that Gabe had been hitting sally, until he saw her flinch when Gabe raised his hand

Poseiden sent him Medusa’s head back to use against gabe

The ares cabin made Percy’s laurel and painted “loser” on it

Sally sold her “sculpture” to an art collector in Soho, got a new apartment, and started going to college

The Soho gallery called the sculpture “a huge step forward in super-ugly neorealism”

Percy told luke he misses being on the quest

Ares caught luke with the bolt and helm

Grover “confused the (flying shoe) curse”

[shenanigumi]

This is so random, but how do you think all of the guys would have been like as teenagers growing up? I thought of this and was genuinely curious.

Oh man, this is so interesting to think about! Teenagehood is kind of a modern concept, since people used to come of age sometime during adolescence, but it’s still a crucial time for development. So let’s check ’em out…

Hijikata: the youngest of six children, first raised by his older brother and then his older sister and her husband (their cousin). He had a rebellious streak and could be very stubborn if asked to do anything he didn’t want to do. However, even though everything had to be on his terms, his terms were generally reasonable out of love for his family.

Okita: never emotionally matured past the age of thirteen, so… basically the same as he is now, only a little less confident. It took years for him to ‘get over’ his abusive childhood, inasmuch as he ever overcame it. His version of therapy was honing his skills as a swordsman, and it was during this time that he came to think of himself as a sword.

Saito: the third child and second son. He grew up with a strong sense of propriety regarding familial deference, yet paradoxically remained somewhat aloof and emotionally distant from his parents and siblings. He inherited his father’s strong will and ambition, but rarely showed it except through his sense of independence.

Heisuke: an only child, technically. He spent most of his adolescence drifting from dojo to dojo after his mother’s death, trying to better himself and prove to the world that he was worthy of his surname. This was also when he developed his deep-seated fears of doing the wrong thing and of loneliness, since he had to face the consequences alone.

Harada: the second son. Hotheaded, competitive, rebellious, and with an enormous chip on his shoulder. He insisted on individuating early, often got into trouble by disobeying his superiors (though was clever enough to avoid most harsh punishment), and of course attempted seppuku to prove a point. This last experience, fortunately, mellowed him out.

Nagakura: the second son. He had a strong desire for the freedom to choose his path, as well as the strength of will to follow through with it. Unfortunately, despite his good education and thorough knowledge of politics, he learned a lot of easy lessons the hard way, as he was temperamental and initially had even less control over his vices.

Sanan: the second son. Quiet, introspective, and pragmatic from a young age. Over his teenage years, he developed a deep knowledge and understanding of a variety of subjects. His habit of observation and research eventually led to a yearning to experience the world for himself, which in turn led to his traveling and ultimately meeting the others.

Yamazaki: an only child. Having little passion for his father’s line of work, he learned the necessary skills and did as he was asked, but no more than that. He preferred to spend his time training in secret and considering how best to follow his dreams to fight for the shogunate. His pet peeve was when his parents called it daydreaming.

Iba: the eldest son. Despite his natural softness, he was determined to become stronger not only to protect Chizuru, but also to prove himself worthy to inherit his father’s position as dojo master. He was as invested in getting to know the students at other dojos as he was in training there, leading to a reputation as an incurable extrovert.

Souma: an only child. Serious and wholeheartedly dedicated to being a good son, he held himself to higher standards than either of his parents did. In his drive to make something of his life, he didn’t allow himself much of a childhood, which resulted in maturing quickly yet also not fully outgrowing his black-and-white worldview.

Sakamoto: the fourth child and second son. He had a tendency to test boundaries, and learned to conceal his true feelings and intentions early on (bordering on ‘compulsive liar’). He also went through a pleasure-seeking phase that never really ended. That said, rather than succumbing to cynicism, he was surprisingly idealistic, studious, and practical.

Kazama: had a modicum more chill. He had less cause to display his temper at home, though it still definitely lay beneath the surface. He grew up perpetually bored with his peaceful surroundings, sometimes verging on the lazy, and his sense of duty was mitigated by surly reluctance to compromise his freedom.

[paladinsheadcanons]

A History Written In Blood - Chapter 2

Chapter 2 is out, and Sha Lin is good at climbing trees.

View it on AO3 here!

Years had passed and the Empire continued to flourish, stronger than ever over House Aico. Tian kept the Thousand Hands a secret from the King and Queen, funding it on the side away from the prying eyes of anyone else loyal to the King. That included Zhin for now, but Tian thought everything out perfectly. It was only a matter of time. Such elaborate plans required patience. 

Zhin and Sha Lin were young adults now, slowly but surely maturing out of their rough, playful teenage years. That didn't stop them from being the same mischievous troublemakers they had quickly earned the reputation of, however.  

Zhin was seated in the study practicing his calligraphy. His full attention was devoted to the paper and brush, elegant strokes of black marking white. They weren't perfect, little jitters and marks of shakiness showing, but Zhin was nothing if not persistent, and he kept writing. 

He looked up from his work as he heard a noise. Sha Lin ran in with his bow in his hand and quiver strapped to his back. "Zhin! Hey, listen, do you want to go out for a stroll?"   

Every time Sha Lin proposed they go out for a "stroll" it usually meant more than that. They always ended up going beyond the city's borders if they didn't get caught trying.   

Zhin looked down at his unfinished calligraphy. "I mean... I was doing something..." 

Sha Lin leaned over the paper, admiring his best friend's work. "Nice handwriting. But come on, you can finally take that new sword for a spin! Think about it. You, me, hunting. We bring back something big like a Gorlock and maybe… maybe our parents will stop hounding after us every time we go out. Stop getting guards to follow us everywhere.” 

Zhin hesitated, lifting the heavy brush off the paper before too much ink got onto it and started to bleed. Wiping off the excess ink, he placed the brush down back onto the stand. He received a new sword for his birthday earlier in the year, but he hadn’t had time to actually use it given how Tian had been pushing him to focus on his studies for a bit. A wise man is both good at the sword and the brush. “I suppose there’s no harm in taking a break…” 

The royal prince grinned, pumping his fist in the air. “Yes! I’ll meet you at the courtyard. Do me a favour and call for our horses on the way out.” He was running back out of the study as quickly as he had come on, leaving Zhin to wash up and follow. 

Having a reputation for liking to escape the palace when the King and Queen said no, Sha Lin had to bribe the stable keeper to keep quiet about them taking their horses out for a ride. As he passed the stable, he whispered to the keeper that Zhin would come to get the horses and to not tell any palace guard about it if they asked. The keeper obliged - anything for the royal prince.   

The two horses they owned were both powerful, strong stallions, carefully selected for them. Zhin’s horse was just marginally smaller with a shorter mane, but could easily match the larger horse in terms of speed and stamina. Of course, Sha Lin would get the best, but the Queen never spared any cost in offering Zhin gifts of equal value. From fine silk to a grand horse, the Queen treated Zhin like a second son.   

Zhin led the two horses by the lead to the courtyard where Sha Lin was waiting with a tiger cub the size of a small dog, bow strapped to his back with his quiver. “Well took you long enough,” Sha Lin mocked as he mounted the white stallion. Once he was seated, he leaned forward, placing Venita in front of him. Venita was a golden tiger, gifted to hm only a few months ago. She had grown very close to Sha Lin already in the few short months following their introduction. 

“You’re bringing the tiger?” Zhin asked. He understood if it was a full grown tiger or something that could help them hunt, but a tiny thing like that? It seemed like a burden more than anything. 

Sha Lin picked Venita up and cuddled her in his arms. “Why not? She’s gotta learn to hunt somehow and if my parents just keep her inside all day she’s just going to get fat.” She wriggled in his grasp, butting her head against his jaw. Zhin snorted. "Whatever you say." Lightly whipping the reins, he headed towards the palace gate, Sha Lin following behind. They were about to leave when a familiar voice stopped them. 

"Just where do you two think you're going?" Uh oh, busted. Tian was standing behind them, his own war horse by his side. "Running off again?" He didn't sound angry, but the frown on his face showed disapproval at them wanting to leave. 

"Uh... Out for a walk?" Sha Lin responded with an innocent grin. He silently hoped Tian wouldn't make them go back. The palace was just so boring! Tian stared for a bit more, before his face softened. He shook his head. "If the King and Queen knew I let you all run off without knowing at least where, they'd have my head." He chuckled. "But I suppose it isn't fair to keep two young men cooped in within the palace walls." 

He waved them off. "Go on then, just don't get into trouble and still stay within the Empire's territory. House Aico may be dormant but they're still out there," he warned.   

Zhin and Sha Lin both nodded in agreement. "We promise," they replied in unison. Once Tian left, they too rode off out of the palace. 

The palace was surrounded by a flourishing city, and one of their favourite places to go was the market. Craftsmen and merchants of all sorts docked at the market's sea port, bringing exquisite goods from all over the world. 

But today, just going as far as the market wasn't satisfactory for Zhin. As they hit the crossroads the split off into the road down to the market and the path into the forest, Zhin turned towards the forest. 

"Hey- where are you going?" Sha Lin asked. He stopped his horse, watching Zhin slow down and turn around. 

"Come on, we're not going to the market again. We were just there last week! We could spice things up a little, head to the Enchanted Forest." The Enchanted Forest still stood within the Empire's territory, though unlike the Empire's city itself, it wasn't well guarded. There were rumours of House Aico's people roaming the Enchanted Forest, looking for strays from the Empire. 

Sha Lin rubbed the back of his neck. "I don't know... Doesn't House Aico go there? I don't exactly want to be caught and used as a bargaining chip." 

Zhin laughed. "Oh please, that's what you have a bow for right? So you can shoot them if they try to take you." He didn't wait for Sha Lin to respond, walking further down the path. "Come or not, I'm going!"   

Sha Lin stared after him, debating if he should follow. Tian and his parents would kill him if anything happened to Zhin, so he had little option but to follow. “Zhin- Zhin!” He raced down the path, catching up with his friend. Upon hearing Sha Lin following, Zhin grinned and sped up, further luring his friend through the Enchanted forest. Sha Lin blindly raced after him, but found Zhin constantly out of reach. They turned down winding paths without even looking back, completely forgetting how to get back out until they came to a clearing, deep within the forest. 

Zhin finally slowed, allowing Sha Lin to catch up. The prince rode up, awkwardly positioned as he tried to hold on to Venita through out the rough ride. “I can’t believe you made me chase you all the way down here,” he grumbled, readjusting his grip on Venita. Suddenly he looked up, acutely aware of his unfamiliar surroundings. “Where is… here, anyway?” 

Hopping off his horse, Zhin drew his sword. He hadn’t ever tried using it the way it had been so finely crafted for. The idea of pouring oil all over such a beauty was just horrifying. “I… honestly have no idea where we are. But hey, better than the market right?” Zhin nudged Sha Lin. “Come on, get your bow, we’re going hunting.” Scowling at being tricked to run all the way into the Enchanted Forest, Sha Lin put Venita on his horse’s back and led them further in. Zhin was leading, sword at the ready.   

They ignored rabbits and birds, far too boring kills. Zhin wanted to take home something big and rare, something that would really prove that he and Sha Lin didn’t need to be babied in the palace anymore. Maybe a basilisk, or a bear, or even a small forest dragon if any of them were roaming today. 

Venita suddenly perked up, staring deeper beyond the trees. A deep growl resonated through the forest, forcing both of them to duck under a log and shove their horses behind a rock. “What the hell is that?” Sha Lin demanded in a hushed whisper. Heavy thumps of footsteps were heard in the distance, though they did not get closer. 

Experimentally Zhin peeked over the log, biting back a gasp. Just a mere few tens of feet away stood a Gorlock, a big ugly thing with fangs poking out of its lower jaw. It was a pale, dusty shade of yellow, and though it looked like a smaller, younger one, it was just as dangerous as a full grown adult. It sniffed along the forest floor, scavenging for food. Two young men and their horses would make a fantastic meal. 

Ducking back under the log, Zhin had a smirk. “Gorlock,” He warned, “small one though. We can take it.” 

“Are you mad?” Sha Lin demanded. “That thing could kill us!” 

The swordsman rolled his eyes. “Come on, you can get a good shot from here. It won’t even know until it’s dead. And if it charges I’ll just slit its throat.” 

“You say that like it’s so easy.” 

Zhin pushed Sha Lin over the log, leaving the archer exposed. The Gorlock didn’t notice, its head shoved in a bush as it sniffed for rabbits. Sha Lin had to act fast. Drawing his arrow, he took aim. “Suddenly being captured by House Aico doesn’t seem so bad,” he muttered to himself. 

The Gorlock roared as the arrow struck its side, pulling its head out of the bush and staring Sha Lin down. It was enraged, lowering its head to charge. Immediately Sha Lin leapt over the log. “It’s all yours Zhin!” He yelped, turning to fire another arrow. It struck the Gorlock’s shoulder, but the massive creature didn’t slow. Every strike only made it even angrier. 

Zhin left his cover, ready to strike it straight through the chest, but the Gorlock leapt over him and out of the sword’s reach. At the most the blade only brushed through coarse fur, not even nicking skin. Sha Lin was still running, leaping straight up a tree and scrambling as high as he could get. The Gorlock growled and scrabbled at the base of the tree, frustrated that its lunch got away. 

Seeing the opportunity, Zhin leapt onto its back and plunged his sword into it. It roared, aggressively trying to shake him off. With a hard buck it flung Zhin off, though the sword remained buried deep. It turned around, snorting heavily. Zhin was up against the log again; a very bad spot if he didn’t move soon. 

“Zhin! Run!” Sha Lin shouted from the tree. The swordsman took a moment to regain himself, yelping in terror as he came face to face with an angry Gorlock with its jaws wide open. As it reared its head back, he rolled to the side, the Gorlock’s jaws slamming into the log where he just was half a second ago. The Gorlock struggled to pull its fangs out of the log, pulling and tugging. Seeing the opportunity, Sha Lin took another few shots at the creature to weaken it. Zhin climbed onto its back, pulling the bloody sword out. He positioned himself again, before driving the sword straight through its neck with a hard thrust. 

It continued to struggled, blood bubbling at its mouth still caught in the log. It writhed and jerked, roars echoing through the forest until they died out and all went silent in the forest again. Not even the birds dared to chirp. 

As Zhin pulled his sword back out, Sha Lin climbed back down from the tree. “What a nasty thing,” the prince commented as the two stared at their kill. “You almost got me killed!” 

Zhin shrugged. “But you’re alive, aren’t you?” 

“That was not the point. And I have no idea how you want to drag this back.” He kicked the dead Gorlock, barely moving its heavy paw.   

Zhin knelt down by its head, examining how its teeth sank into the log. “We don’t need to bring everything back, just the head is all. Come on, help me get its teeth out of the log.” 

While they worked, they didn’t notice another pair of eyes watching them. A girl about their age with white hair admired them from a distance. Next to her, the guard raised his rifle, taking aim. She shook her head, lowering his rifle. “No no, not them. The Royal Prince and his best friend? They’ll make fantastic allies for House Aico.” 

The guard nodded in understand. “I understand. I apologise for my rash actions, Commander Lian."