#new rome University

[lilislegacy]

percy, sighing: why are you all in my dorm room

piper: we were bored

hazel: we wanted to see you

nico: we were looking for your blue candy stash

frank, will, and grover: *guiltily looking away from him*

percy: please guys, i had to go to 4 lectures today and took 2 exams. i’m exhausted and just want to go to sleep

leo: ah come on, you know you secretly want to hang out with us

percy: well in about 10 seconds i’m gonna take my pants off, so if anyone wants to stay-

*everyone immediately gets up to leave*

percy: goodnight!

annabeth: leo, i see you crouching behind the mini fridge

everyone staring at him:

leo: what? you’re telling me that none of you are even a little bit curious?

annabeth: get out.

[ginnyluna]

Jason in his NRU jacket, living his best life as a uni student cause i can do what i want and you can't stop me

Finished version of these happy sketches

(PS: i'm still obsessed)

[demigod-shenanigans]

Commission by @fedzzzart that came out so so gorgeous and brings me immense joy whenever I look at it!!!

The art looks so happy, doesn’t it! I did hold a poll on whether to ruin that for you all, but I ultimately decided I couldn’t bring myself to do it, so carry on believing that it is if you like and check the reblogs if you want to be sad (this is for a fic I’m working on)

[sweetsdereese]

Nico hadn’t really thought he’d make it to college but here he is moving into his own dorm room.

[crochet-y-old-woman]

Road Trip Percabeth!!! I bet Grover took a crap ton of cutesy candid photos on their way to New Rome. 

[zonedallthewayout]

Percy: *jumped by a monster at New Rome*

Random Student: Are you okay?? Maybe you should sit down, you just had a near death experience!

Percy:

Percy: My entire life has been a near death experience I'll be fine

[natbaumer-blog]

Camp definitely makes holiday themed sweaters for the year-rounders.

[annabethchase06]

Honestly, why do people think Percy would not like college?

Most of us assume he's going there just for Annabeth. There's a difference between going FOR Annabeth and going WITH Annabeth.

Just because Percy didn't do well at schools does not mean he can't get through New Rome University. Remember, he struggled because the New York schools weren't equipped to deal his conditions.

He didn't get good grades because he had trouble reading(Dyslexia). We know that he can read Ancient Greek without much difficulty, and the same is for Latin.

New Rome University is equipped perfectly for demigods – which means that Percy would get along pretty fine there. Just because someone isn't getting good grades doesn't mean they're not smart, maybe they just aren't getting the kind of conditions they are comfortable in.

People were surprised when Annabeth mentioned that Percy's getting good grades. Not all people who get good grades are nerds – maybe all Percy needed were teachers who could get him, and he found them at New Rome University.

Just because somebody is not a nerd or a bookworm doesn't mean they're not smart.

[captainsophiestark]

Parents Weekend

Platonic!Percy Jackson x Reader

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Written for my personal fic writing challenge for 2024, Sophie's Year of Fic! Featuring a new fic being posted every Friday, all year long :)

Fandom: Percy Jackson

Summary: Percy's clear-sighted mortal cousin on his mom's side flies out to California to visit Percy for his first parents weekend away from home, at New Rome University.

Word Count: 2,166

Category: Fluff

A/N: This is full of spoilers for every book that features Percy Jackson, so if you're a new fan brought in by the show, welcome! But this fic might not be for you, unless you really don't mind spoilers. Also, it is loosely related to this other platonic Percy fic I wrote, but you don't need to read one to understand the other

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"HALT! Not another step without approval!"

I jumped backwards as a talking statue appeared in front of me out of nowhere, stopping me right on the threshold of the city of New Rome. Of all the things I'd seen as a clear-sighted mortal, this ranked among the weirdest for sure.

"Who are you, and on what authority are you here?"

"Uh... I'm Percy Jackson's cousin, and I'm here to visit him at college?"

The statue narrowed his eyes at me.

"Percy Jackson's cousin, hm? I know him well. He spent quite a lot of time when he first got here disobeying and disrespecting my rules. But we killed a giant together, and he defended Rome honorably. So as long as you are not armed...?"

The statue raised an eyebrow at me, and I quickly held out my hands and shook my head to show him I didn't have anything on me. He narrowed his eyes, then nodded curtly.

"Then you may enter. Tell him hello, and to get a haircut."

"Yes sir."

The statue nodded, clearly pleased, as I walked past him and into the city of New Rome. Percy had told me all about his adventures whenever we caught up with each other, and I felt fairly confident that I'd just met Terminus, the Roman boundary god. He was even more uptight than Percy had said.

It was a beautiful fall day in California, the sun lighting up the Oakland hills and creating just the right amount of warmth. I stared around in awe at the city before me, which practically sparkled in the sun.

Percy had told me all about it, and I'd even seen a few pictures. But nothing quite compared to seeing it in person.

I joined the crowds moving through the city, laughing and talking with one another. Luckily for me, a very easy to find street sign pointed me in the direction of New Rome U, and I started heading in that direction.

Percy had just started college this fall, moving all the way across the country just when I'd finally settled for the long haul in New York. I gave him a bit of teasing for that, but I knew how happy he was to be going here (especially with Annabeth) and how hard he'd worked to get in, so I really was happy for him. I'd just made him promise to visit New York often, which I knew he would do for more family members than just me.

What I hadn't told him was that I also intended to visit him. This weekend was officially "parents' weekend" at NRU. Sally and Paul couldn't come, since Estelle was still a baby, but I had no such limitations. I'd booked a flight the second Sally had told me the date, and now, I was finally here.

Percy had no idea. As far as he knew, he had nothing special happening this weekend. I couldn't wait to see his face when I surprised him.

My head was on a swivel the minute I set foot on campus, looking for my favorite cousin. He wasn't short, so I hoped he'd be easily visible over the heads of people in the crowd, but I wandered between buildings and students with no luck. I needed a better plan.

It didn't take me long to come up with one, thankfully. A big, beautiful fountain sat in the middle of a cluster of university buildings, so I headed right for it and hopped up on the ledge, standing tall and scouting the crowds from my new vantage point. After a minute, I heard a surprised voice from behind me.

"Y/N?"

I whipped around to find Percy standing at the top of some stairs, apparently just coming from class in the building. He was hand in hand with his girlfriend Annabeth, which always made me happy to see. I beamed at him and waved like a maniac before hopping down and heading his direction.

"What are you doing here?" he called, momentarily dropping Annabeth's hand to race towards me, meeting me halfway across the square. I laughed as he picked me up in a tight hug and spun me around.

"It's parents' weekend for New Rome University, isn't it?" I asked, once my feet were back on the ground. "I might not be your parent, but I'm pretty sure the event has changed to mean 'family weekend' by this point."

"Why didn't you tell me you were coming!" he cried, laughing a little as he apparently didn't quite believe I was really here. Annabeth joined us, a smile on her face to match mine and Percy's.

"Because I wanted to surprise you, duh!" I laughed and pulled Annabeth into a tight hug, which she returned. "It's so good to see you both! Oh, and Percy, Terminus said you need to get a haircut."

Percy groaned and shook his head while Annabeth laughed.

"You met Terminus? How did you even get in here?"

"I name-dropped you for street cred with Terminus, obviously," I teased. Percy rolled his eyes, but he was still smiling. "And I might have found a way to reach out to a friend you mentioned had some power here. Frank Zhang was very nice when a total stranger appeared through a very shaky Iris message asking him to let me into his camp."

Percy and Annabeth both laughed at that, sharing a smile.

"I'll have to remember to thank Frank for the assist," said Percy.

"I actually have some of your mom's cookies with me for that exact purpose."

Percy's mouth dropped open in outrage. "And you didn't bring any for me?"

"Did I say that?"

I turned and reached into my bag, then pulled out a tupperware container of Sally's famous blue chocolate chip cookies.

"These are for you. I ate mine on the plane, and I have a batch of purple ones for Frank, since that's Camp Jupiter's colors."

"My mom is amazing," Percy breathed, the box of cookies already opened with one in his hand.

"Yeah. Yeah, she is. Now come on, I flew all the way out here from New York to hang out with you. I want to see your new school and hear about all your classes and everything else. Just tell me where we're going first."

Percy grinned. "I know the perfect spot."

My cousin didn't disappoint. Annabeth had to do a bit of work to prepare for the coming week, so after getting a promise from her to meet us later, Percy and I hiked to the top of a beautiful hill overlooking the entirety of Camp Jupiter, apparently called the Garden of Bacchus. With the sun shining and a slight breeze blowing, I quite literally couldn't have imagined anything more perfect.

"You know, I love New York. But I could stand living somewhere with more weather like this," I mused. Percy laughed.

"Yeah, it's a perk. I do miss the city sometimes though."

"Of course. But you'll be home for the break, right?"

"Yup. Annabeth's coming with me. I can't wait to see my mom, and Paul and Estelle. And we'll probably visit camp, which will be nice."

"I'm sure everyone will be excited to see you. Just don't forget to come visit your favorite cousin in fun places I can actually get to," I said, nudging him in the shoulder a little as I teased him. He grinned right back at me.

"Never."

"Good. Because otherwise I'll have to come track you down, and based on what you've told me about Camp Half-Blood, I'd have a hell of a time getting into that place."

"If any mortal could pull it off, I bet it'd be you."

I grinned, and Percy smiled. We paused for a minute, taking in the gentle breeze and bustling city below us, then I spoke up again.

"Alright, so catch me up. How's everything? Classes? Annabeth? Being on the West Coast? Any more of the Olympians trying to give you trouble?"

Percy frowned at the mention of the Olympians, which seemed incredibly fair to me.

"Thankfully no, at least for now. Otherwise, things have been good. It's still a little weird to be here, and I miss a lot of people back home, but I have a lot of friends here too. Mostly I'm just happy to finally have some normal life time with Annabeth."

"I can't think of two people who deserve it more." Percy huffed in agreement as I continued. "And one of the hardest parts of college is leaving behind people you love to go do what you need to do out in the world. But like you said, there's a lot of people you love and who love you here, too. And you know me and Sally and everyone else in New York will always leave our doors open for whenever you want to come back."

Percy gave me a small smile.

"I know. And I'll always be happy to see you visiting me here, or wherever else I might go. Especially if you keep bringing my mom's cookies with you."

I laughed. "Yeah, that makes sense. I think her cookies could open most doors for me, honestly."

"For sure."

We took a moment, smiling and laughing and breathing in the fresh air. Then finally, I sighed and stood, facing Percy with my hands on my hips.

"Alright, I've gotten the bird's eye view and I'm finally warm again after New York got that early cold snap. Now let's see what else this Roman camp has to offer."

The more we walked around, the more my jaw dropped. It looked just like the pictures I'd seen of Rome and Italy as a whole, places I'd always dreamed about visiting. Only bright, shiny, new, and right here in front of me, where I could reach out and touch it.

As we walked around and Percy gave me the full campus tour, we found more and more people who knew him, smiling and calling out hellos as we passed each other. I beamed every time, happy to see my little cousin doing so well. He'd been through hell, but he seemed at peace here. Settled, in a way I hadn't really seen him before.

"The camp itself has pegasi stables and stuff, but we'd need to get special permission to visit them," Percy explained as we walked into the plaza where I'd first found him, headed for 'the best coffee shop this side of the Mississippi'. The basic tour was completed, so we were on our way to meet Annabeth. "I can ask Frank about that, maybe. How long are you here?"

"I'm staying for the whole parents' weekend, so hopefully that means I get to see the pegasi! The day I met Blackjack might still be my best day ever."

Percy laughed as we walked through the door, a bell jingling happily over our heads. Annabeth waved to us from a table near the window, and we headed her direction.

"I think Blackjack enjoyed that day, too. He always likes to be appreciated."

"He's a flying horse. Who the hell isn't appreciating him?"

Percy just shrugged as we joined Annabeth at her table. She grinned and slid two drinks our way, one for each of us.

"Percy told me your order. Hopefully they got it right."

"I'm sure they did," I said, taking a careful sip. My jaw would've dropped, if I weren't incredibly determined not to let a single drop go to waste. "That is... actually maybe the best thing I've ever had."

"Right?" Percy grinned as he sipped his own drink.

"So, what did the two of you get up to?" asked Annabeth.

"Percy gave me the whole campus tour," I said, smiling as I leaned back in my seat, leisurely sipping my drink. The sun coming through the windows gently warmed my face, and I could've stayed right there for the rest of the day and been perfectly happy. "We hiked up to the Garden of Bacchus too, and I got a bird's eye of this whole place. I know I'll probably never get to see Camp Half-Blood to compare, but... this place is stunning."

"It really is."

Annabeth and Percy shared a smile, and he took her hand across the table. I beamed. I loved Annabeth, and I loved the two of them together. I'd never met somebody other than Annabeth who got such an immediate, unanimous family seal of approval.

"So, I got the tour of campus. I heard there are pegasi stables, which I will not be leaving without seeing. But what else is a can't-miss?"

"Don't worry," said Annabeth with a grin. "I had enough time after homework to make the perfect plan."

"Athena always has a plan," said Percy. He and Annabeth shared another smile, and I couldn't help smiling with them.

"Well good. Because I'm here all weekend, and this seems like a city I don't want to miss."

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[zazzander]

Thinking about the fact that this new PJO spin off series could so easily have been set AT New Rome University rather than the admissions for it.

It's a demigod college! Percy could get extra credit for completing quests. Maybe it's a bonus "core" class everyone had to do.

These quests aren't high stakes "the world is ending" stuff but they do help New Rome and its sphere of influence for regular stuff.

(It would explain why they have kids in the legion, then it's basically training them up for future questing as young adults! People Luke's age in book 1)

Not to mention, Tyson lives in New Rome now. So Percy could also go on a quest with him! Like bring the old characters back, one for each book. Grover is book 1, because obviously, but then they could help out Tyson in book 2. And maybe Rachel in book 3.

Boom. There's a fun, low stakes story that fits previous worldbuilding and has the opportunity to have a bunch of callbacks to the original PJO books, simply with a new base camp. Especially because bringing in Rachel for book 3 means they have to visit CHB for that finale.

Unfortunately, this was never on the cards because Rick hates New Rome and won't let Percy turn 18 (though maybe he'll unofficially cross that threshold in 2 Sun 2 Star)

[mallowsweetmiri]

Study Abroad ~ Percabeth

Percy paced around the square of New Rome, unable to relax at the thought of seeing Annabeth. She’d been away for sixth months in Italy, studying the architecture abroad for her senior year thesis paper at New Rome University. Her focus was the role of mythology in the urban planning of Ancient Rome, or something like that. Percy had heard her talk about it countless times over their Iris calls, but to be honest the words went in one ear and out the other. How could he focus on anything she was saying when she looked that good? And Percy had noticed that she’d been looking extra good as of late. What was it? Percy couldn’t quite put his finger on it. I mean, Annabeth has always been gorgeous, with her curly blonde hair and her stormy eyes and her loving smile. Percy could go on for hours about how beautiful she was. So why was he so obsessed with her recently? He didn’t know, and he didn’t care as he waited for her to enter the city. All he could think about was hugging her after 6 torturous months of being away. It was the first time they’d been apart since high school.

“Percy!”

Percy spun around to see Annabeth making her way towards him. He wasted no time as he rushed towards her to embrace her in a hug.

“Annabeth,” he mumbled as he buried his face into her curls. She smelled like citrus and felt so soft in his arms. He missed her so much, he couldn’t find the words to tell her. She was his everything, and he almost felt like crying now that he could hold her again. Percy was choking on his emotions as he held her until Annabeth began to giggle and pulled back. Percy reluctantly loosened his grip as Annabeth looked up at him.

“Are you going to cry, seaweed brain?” She giggled, her own eyes a little teary. Percy couldn’t respond, but this time it wasn’t due to the lump in his throat. As he released Annabeth from his death grip, his eyes scanned down her body. She looked different. She looked… good. Really good.

“I- uh,” Percy cleared his throat, trying to meet Annabeths gaze. But of course, his eyes defied him as they fell back onto her legs. Since when was she so… grown up? Percy didn’t remember her having those thighs when she left. And her face. It almost seemed as though she’d gotten more beautiful; more mature. Her lips…

“Percy? Do I have something on my face?” Annabeth frowned as she tried to snap Percy out of his trance. He cleared his throat again.

“No, it’s uh- it’s just that you look super fucking hot right now,” Percy laughed, letting out his breath that he’d been holding. Annabeth blushed profusely as Percy reached down to grab her hands. He lifted one up to his lips and kissed it, watching Annabeth blush again as he did so.

“Percy,” Annabeth said warily. She had missed Percy so badly, to the extent that she was having dreams about him every night. Her heartbeat sped as he looked at her with that smile that he always had when he was up to no good.

“Annabeth,” he said in response, moving his hands up her arms to cup her face. He stepped closer, pressing his forehead against hers. He would worship her like a goddess now that he finally had her back in his arms.

“Do you want to get out of here?”

[im1hangry1pjo]

Collage Solangelo headcanon

Will is going to New Rome university for Medicine right but Nico is in Gotham university for psychology because of the one and only Harley Quinn and also cause Gotham reeks of death so I feel like even monsters are scared of that place and during the holidays Will comes over to Nico's apartment (also Leo headcaon he made demigod safe phones

[oakwookandink]

been re-reading toa and just read chalice of the gods and I started thinking about something.

how do demigods apply to new rome university? i assume the university wouldn’t want them to use digital applications (lest students are put in danger or attract monsters) so does everyone mail in their applications? or do students have to put themselves in potential mortal danger to apply?

and putting all that aside, how would percy and annabeth even apply to nru when demigod communications were down? how did percy know he was accepted in the hidden oracle when demigods couldn’t communicate with each other? does the uni have some type of special application system that somehow evaded the triumvirate?

[lavenderfairiez]

what is your valgrace fic about ?

It's basically the 7 going to New Rome University and Leo and Jason realizing they have feelings for each other. They all still have their powers and stuff, I'm trying to make it as canon compliant as it can be while having Jason alive and Valgrace :)

[sweetsdereese]

Finally, Percy is enrolled in New Rome University! Can’t wait to set up his dorm but he isn’t happy that Annabeth’s dorm is like a 30 minute walk, those are 30 minutes too far.☹️

[awesome-shoes-with-wings]

I need to let everyone know that Percy Jackson absolutely gets expelled from New Rome University within one year.