Percy is so very sorry

[mightypen]

So uh… funny thing. You guys remember how I can do that water stuff? Well, okay maybe some of you don’t know because I’ve been gone since forever and have some memory problems.

[Again.]

So hi newbies, I’m Percy. I’m mostly harmless and like blue things and can breathe underwater… among other things.

Anyway, I’m gonna apologize in advance for whatever shenanigans my dad’s side of the family puts us through. They’re not all that bad, really, they’re just…. well, they’re gods. They don’t really get humans all that well.

Blah blah blah, my dad’s Poseidon and that might either really help us here or turn out terribly for me depending. I can help you guys with cover stories if you end up having to use your powers or whatever out in public, demigods aren’t exactly a new thing and if you say you’re one most folks probably won’t be too upset if you break something.

Try not to break things though, it’s not nice.

I can give folks pointers on do's and don't's of ancient Greek society too, though it's mostly "don't claim to be something you're not" and in this case... "Assume everyone might be a god in disguise, even the animals because Zeus is a bit odd sometimes" and don't take sides if asked to judge something.

Uh... I guess folks can also check in here?

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[failgoyle]

SO I ACCIDENTALLY BOUGHT A HOUSE WITH A COUPLE BAGS OF NAILS AND I THINK THEY WERE IRON NAILS BUT ANYWAY IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE THE HOUSE GOT KNOCKED DOWN BY THE WIND AND I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY FAE OUT HERE BUT I THINK WE PICKED UP AN ELEMENTAL LAST ROUND OF NEW PEOPLE AND HE'S AN ASSHOLE!

[On the network, no one has to pause to breathe.]

[happyhalloween]

We're gonna buy another house again! This time it'll be made of stone!

[failgoyle]

Yes! A better one!

...and I'm gonna talk to the guy who sold me this one if it could come down in the wind so easily...

[happyhalloween]

He should give us a discount on the new better house!

[failgoyle]

Yeah, that's...

...that was playing dirty pool, that's what that was.

[happyhalloween]

Do they even play pool yet?



... maybe we can invent it!

[failgoyle]

I...uh...

...I wonder if that would jack up the timeline...

[happyhalloween]

... oh. Maybe.

[failgoyle]

We just have to be really careful with new games. Maybe make sure it falls out of popularity before we leave.

[happyhalloween]

I bet we can do that!

[ninjayeehaw]

Oh, he found you too.

[Someone sounds annoyed.]

Ain't a new person, 's'Yakumo's infiltration. He's a damn asshole, stole my hat just 'fore.

[failgoyle]

WELL, HE THREW A HOUSE ON ME!

[ninjayeehaw]

[...he can't even be mad that's actually kind of impressive.]

Sounds like y'all got out 'f it in one piece.

[failgoyle]

SOMEHOW!

[He's still offended at all of this.]

[ninjayeehaw]

Look, Yakumo's overlay an' his brothers ain't malicious. I ain't even too sure they understand the concept. He's literally a storm, I think.

[failgoyle]

He's literally a pain in the ass!

[ninjayeehaw]

He was like that 'fore he infiltrated, I promise.

[failgoyle]

I will keep that in mind.

[mightypen]

Dude. Chill.

Wind spirits are a thing, and they tend to be uh... tricksters like that.

[failgoyle]

Elementals are all assholes! All of them! They're just too detached from everything!

[mightypen]

But without them the wind woudn't blow to fill sails or spread seeds or cool off hot days.

Just because something inconvenient for you doesn't mean it's bad.

[failgoyle]

Look, I'm pretty sure we're dealing with different types of elementals--where I come from, we have wind and stuff without humans who get changed into it and kind of forget what a physical body is.