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?

Comments

[awondrousplace]

Hello, darlings! Helena Wells here, and this is utterly fabulous. If anyone needs a crash course on Greece, I would be more than happy to assist.

I would also request, for my own peace of mind, on the off chance that this is my world, that no one touch any abandoned objects without some sort of fabric on their hands. There are some quite powerful objects with very nasty consequences that can be hanging around.

[memoryandtheft]

Magical artifacts that are neutralized by gloves?

[It's the gloves part that has her skeptical. Magic items left lying around where mortals might snatch them up are all too believable for such a far-flung era.]

[awondrousplace]

Quite. Most Artifacts have their power based on contact with someone's skin. At home we have special gloves that give protection against artifacts' power. Here, unless Claudia has gloves for all of the Travelers, which I doubt, we can just use fabric. It is not as safe, but it will do.

[memoryandtheft]

Convenient. Weird, but convenient. Is it a defense built in by whoever made them, or is it just how magic works in your world?

[mightypen]

Thank Athena, someone who actually knows things besides how to deal with the monsters. I've just been going with the flow and being polite.

Yeah, cursed stuff is... never good.

[leftbehindagain]

Well, at least one of us knows what they're talking about. I doubt anything I half-remember from Rome is going to be of much help here.