It's a rather quaint town when you get down to it. At least, that's what the Sheriff would argue. Warm and dry in the mornings and afternoons with a brisk coolness in the evenings. The perfect type of weather to just sit out on your rocking chair and observe the comings and goings.
... Of course, there's not much in the way of comings and goings when there aren't any actual people here to watch. Nevertheless, don't let that get you down! The town is your oyster and those roosters won't stop crowing until everyone's out of bed. Up and at 'em, rise and shine, it's time to make the day yours!
After all, there's nothing wrong with the town today and you might just want to savor it while it lasts.
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[After a while his expression just kind of glazes over even though he's sort of listening. Being around people like Leo and Annabeth have taught him that machines are Apparently a Big Deal, but at the same time he has his own thoughts that he's keeping to himself. He's about to ask if maybe Damian's a robot because that was a lot of information, but he doesn't get far before that question's ask. He's not exactly quick enough to change his expression from being very surprised, but he blinks instead.]
What would make you ask something like that? Have you met other nonhumans here already?
No, but we have them where I come from. [It's okay, Percy. A lot of people's eyes glaze over when he talks.] The girl, Papika, found a hoverboard in our room. She said it could fly, but when she tried, it didn't work.
[That doesn't explain a lot, but it's in line with stuff.] My roommate has something that stopped working, too. Whoever we're playing for stripped abilities from things and probably people.
[Okay no definitely people. But he'll just feel this out for a bit.] What kind of nonhumans do you have where you're from?
[...it's like having a staring contest with a cat. How unfortunate that Percy's a dog person. He stares back for a moment before he frowns, sighing through his nose and shaking his head.]
You know, people who are nonhuman usually can't go around announcing it to everybody. [But.] All I'm asking is what makes you think they're here just because you have them where you're from. [...probably for the same reason he and Annabeth assumed they might not be the only non-humans but shh.]
[If Damian seems unimpressed behind the mask, it's because he is.] It's an assumption that isn't baseless. There's a high probability of metahumans existing in other worlds and other timelines.
I'm guessing you're one with how much you're avoiding my question. Do you not want anyone to know because you don't have the powers you should here? [Heh. Suckers.]
[...while this is true, Percy looks equally unimpressed but the fact that he's still having this conversation is probably an okay sign.]
I don't know. Do you not want anyone to know what you really look like? [He gestures to the domino mask which. Isn't that effective? Not really?] What's with the look anyway?
[WOW, DON'T TURN THIS AROUND ON HIM!! What the heckie.]
It's a uniform. ["Disguise." He seems somewhat disgruntled about being called out, but had forgotten not many people here would know Robin (or Batman) like they would in his universe.] We don't mix our identity with our work because it creates dangerous conditions. For us, but also for the people we know.
We apprehend violent criminals the police can't handle.
So you are a metahuman. [Which isn't said as if it's a bad thing, actually.] "Heroes."
[Damian doesn't consider himself a hero, not by a long shot. Other people may, but he knows he has a lot of redeeming to do.] My father is a "hero." He works with a "league" of others sometimes--The Justice League. Mostly, he works alone with us. The "Family." [SO MANY AIR QUOTES.]
Batman. That's his alias. He doesn't kill, and neither do we.
[Ignoring the fact that DC exists in the PJO canon Percy doesn't exactly seem surprised to hear any of this. The airquotes don't bypass him either since he's used to it himself, and once Damian starts to explain he even smiles a little.
So. That's what this is about.]
I don't think we've ever been described as metahumans, but sure. [A tilt of the head.] Let me guess. Sometimes you guys get busted by the police for "helping" and stuff because they can't explain what you just did to save the city? You mentioned there're metahumans where you're from but...unless your dad's actually a giant bat I'm also guessing you're mortal? Which means you probably know how to fight.
Technically, we're vigilantes, and the legal system defines us as being outside the police or army. Yes, sometimes, the police are required by law to try to apprehend us, but we out-maneuver them.
The Commissioner of the police force is a good friend of my father, however. He helps us, and we help him.
[A sigh. With the last little bit of scratch, Damian turns the bucket upside and dumps it out, then lets the bucket hang by his side.] Batman doesn't die so easily, so I don't think I would consider him mortal.
But biologically, yes, he's mortal. [Something, like Percy, none of them want any enemies to really be aware of exactly. Kills the fear aspect.] We are all human, but we've been trained in extensive forms of martial arts and weaponry, among other things. Most of the others in the Justice League are metahumans or aliens. Superman is a Kryptonian, for example; Wonder Woman is an Amazonian.
The Flash is a metahuman. His abilities aren't racial.
[At least he can count on Damian not to make Aquaman jokes…]
I think the mortal world would see us kind of like that, too, since what's legal isn't always important for us to get things done. [He's broken a lot of rules to chase down monsters.] Must be nice to have an in.
[His eyes flicker to the scratch on the ground, then back to Damian as he processes that. A man who's built himself up to be something powerful? He knows a few mortals like that, but even so, Rachel had some help with the Oracle of Delphi. But it all makes sense to him and it's for that reason he slips his hands in the pockets of his ripped up jeans, more relaxed and open to explaining himself.]
As somebody captured by the Amazons? Can confirm they're pretty scary ladies, but they're good fighters. [It was nice when they joined their side of the fighting.] Even if our abilities are inherited and part of us, we still have a training camp we work out of. We all have different ones though, so maybe that's more alien? I don't know. [A soft huff, and he gives Damian a half-smile.] Pretty sure "divine" covers it. [At least that's how Annabeth explains it sometimes and he figures it's for the best.]
[Give him time, and he will make all the Aquaboy jokes.]
Wonder Woman makes up more than half the rest of those idiots in the Justice League combined. Sometimes, I think she's the only one with a brain besides Batman. [Someone is a #fan, but shh. Damian still isn't big on the whole heart over mind thing. Yet.] What do you mean, "divine"?
[Damian gives Percy a rather queer sort of glance. He's not the religious type, go figure.] Like gods?
[There's a short laugh.] She sounds incredible. A lot of the Amazonians I've met have been pretty smart, too. Have to be.
[But he just shrugs a little and nods.] But yeah, those guys. [He had a hard time grasping it when he first found out, too.] You can see why we keep it quiet.
[Nothing in his expression changes, letting Damian go through his cycle of questions.]
Me specifically? Greek. But I have friends who're kids of gods from the Roman pantheon. [Sadly Percy is not from a point in which he knows there are Egyptian magicians and Norse demigods. Oh well.] I didn't believe it at first either.
You're children of gods. [Kill him. He's glad there's no chronic mythological gods running around his universe really. Infamous regulars. (Lookin' at you, Marvel.)] Tt. Ridiculous. [But whatever. Technically, some people consider Clark and Diana gods.
And he's going to die in the future (again?) when he finds out Clark has had a brat he has to learn to work with. Fucking Jon.] Do you save the world from Titans?
[A smirk. It sure is, buddy. The way he speaks about it is almost too casually, enough that it might sound like either someone who's making it up or someone who's experienced way too much.]
Titans were last summer. This year it's the giants. [And Gaea.]
[There's some familiar camaraderie in hearing about this from Percy. He doesn't know the other boy well, and he sure as hell isn't going to fully trust him, but Damian thinks he can relate to Percy more than others he's met so far.
Minus Jason. Jason doesn't count.] My world is the same. Batman and the rest of us protect Gotham City and some of the surrounding areas such as Bludhaven.
The League and other heroes protect the entire planet. We've had to deal with all manner of idiotic happenings: robots, aliens, evil masterminds. Even each other. There's plenty of fools who try to mind control Batman and Superman and the rest into fighting one another. It happens to Superman more often than not because he's nearly immortal.
Our territory's usually Manhattan, but we've fought battles in other places around the world. It's a full-time job.
[Likewise, he's not sure how this conversation won't come back to bite him in the ass later but he's listening and he's interested in what Damian has to say since he's handling this news fairly well.]
I'll see your robots, aliens and evil masterminds and raise you monsters, minor gods, and Mother Earth herself. [It's not meant to be "outdoing him" or anything of the sort, but more of a way to relate that he gets it. The world sucks and it's hard but he gets it. He blanches a bit at the word "mind control" and "fighting one another" because he has had enough experience with that thank you very much.] Try as in they don't succeed? They never know when to quit, do they?
My father... Batman. He says as long as there's people, there will be people doing bad things. Evil things, sometimes; mild annoyances, other times. But that doesn't justify whether people should be killed, or should die.
[For a long moment, he stares at the hens picking their way through the scratch, lips pulled into a tight line and expression contemplatively serious.] My mother and my grandfather are a different story. [Maybe Percy won't be the only one who has something to come back and bite him in the ass.] My grandfather was patriarch of the League of Assassins before Mother took his place.
He believed people are destroying the world and each other. He thought it'd be best if we start over. If there was a great culling, resetting the world's clock.
[Hearing "my father Batman" is just about as weird as "my father Poseidon" or "my father Jupiter" so he lets it roll, finding he can't even bring himself to disagree. In a way, it sounds like something even Chiron would say. Isn't that what happened to them? They defeated one evil and now it's onto the next.
But Damian seems pretty young still. Not that it makes a huge difference, now that he's really starting to get it. Annabeth was 7 when she ran away from home. Nico was 10 when they found him and Bianca. It's not fair, but it's something.]
It's why there's people like us. [He says after some time. He doesn't even have to guess at what the League of Assassins is and he's visibly startled for a moment, the mental gymnastics starting as he tries to figure that part out. But, he gets it.]
Last summer, we fought for the fate of Olympus. There was a prophecy, I had to…[Maybe the details aren't important.] The Lord of the Titans. Kronos. He felt the same way, wanting to tear Olympus down and start civilization over with the titans' reign like it was before the gods overthrew them in the first place. He recruited a lot of monsters and some demigods to his side before we stopped him. And now Gaea wants the same thing and we're stuck dealing with her other kids, the giants. It'd almost be impressive if it wasn't destructive and wrong.
[He licks his lips, turning suddenly and gesturing for Damian to follow if he wants. He should probably track down his dog.] This game's probably run by people just like that. I can't decide if it's good or bad to have experience dealing with it.
Edited (I sure know what I'm talking about) 2017-01-19 20:27 (UTC)
you're lucky i've only just started magnus' journey and not percy's
[Glad to not be standing around twiddling his thumbs while reminiscing, he turns to follow Percy on the hunt for the dog.] I wouldn't doubt it. It's a game. A lot like the games those from Gotham would play; the Joker, the Riddler.
But knowing that's true doesn't help us.
And if your powers and others' powers are also dulled or removed, then... We have to do things the Bat way, and that's by hand, by skill. With cunning, not strength.
We are going to have to figure out where to start. All of us aren't heroes. Each week, someone is going to die, and we're left investigating who did it. We need to figure out how to keep anyone from dying at all. Everyone's hand is being forced. They are crafting a game where everyone is innocent, but also where no one is.
There's no legal system here either. Others aren't going to follow the legal system of a world they aren't a part of to begin with. It's going to be Lord of the Flies before the finish.
first off a.) good magnus is great and b.) sorry for the random info dump in this thread then whoops
[Percy doesn't do well standing around. Battle reflexes, ADHD, whatever you want to call it, it helps to be on the move and occasionally whistling for Mrs. O'Leary.]
Let me guess, their games were sick pranks and puzzles? [He bites the inside of his cheek, scratching briefly at a fading scar.] You know not all demigods have powers, right? [No, Percy, that's probably not common knowledge. He's quick to rectify himself.] My girlfriend's one of the strongest fighters I know and she only gets by on skill and her brain. She's bailed my butt out enough times for me to know she's good.
[But on the other hand, Damian's right. It's why the lack of commentary on the removal of his powers. He can get by with skill and figuring things out by hand, but it still bothers him.] I don't think most of us signed up to be junior detectives, so the biggest challenge is getting everybody to work together not to start going crazy and blaming each other for the little things. I'm still wondering if it'd be easier to take out the Sheriff right away.
[...but that reference earns Damian a blank stare.] I'm pretty sure I missed school the month we learned about that book, but I'll take your word for it.
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What would make you ask something like that? Have you met other nonhumans here already?
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[Okay no definitely people. But he'll just feel this out for a bit.] What kind of nonhumans do you have where you're from?
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You know, people who are nonhuman usually can't go around announcing it to everybody. [But.] All I'm asking is what makes you think they're here just because you have them where you're from. [...probably for the same reason he and Annabeth assumed they might not be the only non-humans but shh.]
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I'm guessing you're one with how much you're avoiding my question. Do you not want anyone to know because you don't have the powers you should here? [Heh. Suckers.]
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I don't know. Do you not want anyone to know what you really look like? [He gestures to the domino mask which. Isn't that effective? Not really?] What's with the look anyway?
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It's a uniform. ["Disguise." He seems somewhat disgruntled about being called out, but had forgotten not many people here would know Robin (or Batman) like they would in his universe.] We don't mix our identity with our work because it creates dangerous conditions. For us, but also for the people we know.
We apprehend violent criminals the police can't handle.
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Where I'm from, we don't have uniforms but we try not to reveal what we are because it's just as dangerous for people around us. Especially mortals.
[So there's your answer, Damian.] We fix things that threaten civilization, things most people can't even explain. It's our job as heroes.
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[Damian doesn't consider himself a hero, not by a long shot. Other people may, but he knows he has a lot of redeeming to do.] My father is a "hero." He works with a "league" of others sometimes--The Justice League. Mostly, he works alone with us. The "Family." [SO MANY AIR QUOTES.]
Batman. That's his alias. He doesn't kill, and neither do we.
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Ignoring the fact that DC exists in the PJO canonPercy doesn't exactly seem surprised to hear any of this. The airquotes don't bypass him either since he's used to it himself, and once Damian starts to explain he even smiles a little.So. That's what this is about.]
I don't think we've ever been described as metahumans, but sure. [A tilt of the head.] Let me guess. Sometimes you guys get busted by the police for "helping" and stuff because they can't explain what you just did to save the city? You mentioned there're metahumans where you're from but...unless your dad's actually a giant bat I'm also guessing you're mortal? Which means you probably know how to fight.
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Technically, we're vigilantes, and the legal system defines us as being outside the police or army. Yes, sometimes, the police are required by law to try to apprehend us, but we out-maneuver them.
The Commissioner of the police force is a good friend of my father, however. He helps us, and we help him.
[A sigh. With the last little bit of scratch, Damian turns the bucket upside and dumps it out, then lets the bucket hang by his side.] Batman doesn't die so easily, so I don't think I would consider him mortal.
But biologically, yes, he's mortal. [Something, like Percy, none of them want any enemies to really be aware of exactly. Kills the fear aspect.] We are all human, but we've been trained in extensive forms of martial arts and weaponry, among other things. Most of the others in the Justice League are metahumans or aliens. Superman is a Kryptonian, for example; Wonder Woman is an Amazonian.
The Flash is a metahuman. His abilities aren't racial.
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I think the mortal world would see us kind of like that, too, since what's legal isn't always important for us to get things done. [He's broken a lot of rules to chase down monsters.] Must be nice to have an in.
[His eyes flicker to the scratch on the ground, then back to Damian as he processes that. A man who's built himself up to be something powerful? He knows a few mortals like that, but even so, Rachel had some help with the Oracle of Delphi. But it all makes sense to him and it's for that reason he slips his hands in the pockets of his ripped up jeans, more relaxed and open to explaining himself.]
As somebody captured by the Amazons? Can confirm they're pretty scary ladies, but they're good fighters. [It was nice when they joined their side of the fighting.] Even if our abilities are inherited and part of us, we still have a training camp we work out of. We all have different ones though, so maybe that's more alien? I don't know. [A soft huff, and he gives Damian a half-smile.] Pretty sure "divine" covers it. [At least that's how Annabeth explains it sometimes and he figures it's for the best.]
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Wonder Woman makes up more than half the rest of those idiots in the Justice League combined. Sometimes, I think she's the only one with a brain besides Batman. [Someone is a #fan, but shh. Damian still isn't big on the whole heart over mind thing. Yet.] What do you mean, "divine"?
[Damian gives Percy a rather queer sort of glance. He's not the religious type, go figure.] Like gods?
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[But he just shrugs a little and nods.] But yeah, those guys. [He had a hard time grasping it when he first found out, too.] You can see why we keep it quiet.
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What kind of gods? Egyptian? Greek? Native?
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Me specifically? Greek. But I have friends who're kids of gods from the Roman pantheon. [Sadly Percy is not from a point in which he knows there are Egyptian magicians and Norse demigods. Oh well.] I didn't believe it at first either.
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And he's going to die in the future (again?) when he finds out Clark has had a brat he has to learn to work with. Fucking Jon.] Do you save the world from Titans?
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Titans were last summer. This year it's the giants. [And Gaea.]
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Minus Jason. Jason doesn't count.] My world is the same. Batman and the rest of us protect Gotham City and some of the surrounding areas such as Bludhaven.
The League and other heroes protect the entire planet. We've had to deal with all manner of idiotic happenings: robots, aliens, evil masterminds. Even each other. There's plenty of fools who try to mind control Batman and Superman and the rest into fighting one another. It happens to Superman more often than not because he's nearly immortal.
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[Likewise, he's not sure how this conversation won't come back to bite him in the ass later but he's listening and he's interested in what Damian has to say since he's handling this news fairly well.]
I'll see your robots, aliens and evil masterminds and raise you monsters, minor gods, and Mother Earth herself. [It's not meant to be "outdoing him" or anything of the sort, but more of a way to relate that he gets it. The world sucks and it's hard but he gets it. He blanches a bit at the word "mind control" and "fighting one another" because he has had enough experience with that thank you very much.] Try as in they don't succeed? They never know when to quit, do they?
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[For a long moment, he stares at the hens picking their way through the scratch, lips pulled into a tight line and expression contemplatively serious.] My mother and my grandfather are a different story. [Maybe Percy won't be the only one who has something to come back and bite him in the ass.] My grandfather was patriarch of the League of Assassins before Mother took his place.
He believed people are destroying the world and each other. He thought it'd be best if we start over. If there was a great culling, resetting the world's clock.
Great ambition, but a wasted and terrible one.
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But Damian seems pretty young still. Not that it makes a huge difference, now that he's really starting to get it. Annabeth was 7 when she ran away from home. Nico was 10 when they found him and Bianca. It's not fair, but it's something.]
It's why there's people like us. [He says after some time. He doesn't even have to guess at what the League of Assassins is and he's visibly startled for a moment, the mental gymnastics starting as he tries to figure that part out. But, he gets it.]
Last summer, we fought for the fate of Olympus. There was a prophecy, I had to…[Maybe the details aren't important.] The Lord of the Titans. Kronos. He felt the same way, wanting to tear Olympus down and start civilization over with the titans' reign like it was before the gods overthrew them in the first place. He recruited a lot of monsters and some demigods to his side before we stopped him. And now Gaea wants the same thing and we're stuck dealing with her other kids, the giants. It'd almost be impressive if it wasn't destructive and wrong.
[He licks his lips, turning suddenly and gesturing for Damian to follow if he wants. He should probably track down his dog.] This game's probably run by people just like that. I can't decide if it's good or bad to have experience dealing with it.
you're lucky i've only just started magnus' journey and not percy's
But knowing that's true doesn't help us.
And if your powers and others' powers are also dulled or removed, then... We have to do things the Bat way, and that's by hand, by skill. With cunning, not strength.
We are going to have to figure out where to start. All of us aren't heroes. Each week, someone is going to die, and we're left investigating who did it. We need to figure out how to keep anyone from dying at all. Everyone's hand is being forced. They are crafting a game where everyone is innocent, but also where no one is.
There's no legal system here either. Others aren't going to follow the legal system of a world they aren't a part of to begin with. It's going to be Lord of the Flies before the finish.
first off a.) good magnus is great and b.) sorry for the random info dump in this thread then whoops
Let me guess, their games were sick pranks and puzzles? [He bites the inside of his cheek, scratching briefly at a fading scar.] You know not all demigods have powers, right? [No, Percy, that's probably not common knowledge. He's quick to rectify himself.] My girlfriend's one of the strongest fighters I know and she only gets by on skill and her brain. She's bailed my butt out enough times for me to know she's good.
[But on the other hand, Damian's right. It's why the lack of commentary on the removal of his powers. He can get by with skill and figuring things out by hand, but it still bothers him.] I don't think most of us signed up to be junior detectives, so the biggest challenge is getting everybody to work together not to start going crazy and blaming each other for the little things. I'm still wondering if it'd be easier to take out the Sheriff right away.
[...but that reference earns Damian a blank stare.] I'm pretty sure I missed school the month we learned about that book, but I'll take your word for it.
magnus is a shit i love him and NO IT'S OK I LOVE IT!!! GIVE ME!! just.. if you fuck up i wont know
most of the riordan-verse protags are, it's why they're lovable. and OKAY GOOD...bless u
slaps them. gently.
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