A/N: This is set during Titan's Curse - it's a drabble collection focussing on the 12 Olympians, Hades and Hestia through the events of the book. It's a lot of supposition on the reasons behind the gods' actions, so it may not be concretely canon - but then, that's what fanfic is for :)
The board is set.
Zeus has been King for longer than he cares to remember. He has seen empires rise and fall, and watched his children slowly die. The plans of the Fates do not faze him anymore.
But this game is different. This is a game in which the winner rules the world, and the losers are banished to Tartarus. So as much as he would like to blow him out of the sky, he won't.
But neither will he forget the fact that the boy had the audacity to fly through his territory, regardless of the fact that his son is accompanying him.
And then he somehow gets his statues to fly him, and as far as he's concerned, his dear nephew needs to keep him in his memory.
He'll let this game play out – he has no choice – but after it's done (and he has to believe that he'll keep the world at the end of it), he's going to make sure that Perseus Jackson knows the favour he has done him.
But that's all for later. Right now, there's a game that's being played that requires all of his attention.
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