Kendra: I don't expect many reviews for this, but they'd be welcome all the same. Enjoy!
Percy's first Camp Half-Blood shirt saw many things.
\ \ \ \ \ \Ache/ / / / / /
¿/¿/¿/¿Of a confused boy?\?\?\?
||||Loss||||
_|_Of someone who lost his mother_|_
^VBetrayal^V
~|Of someone whose loyalty exceeded his limits|~
~But also~
/ / / /Happiness\ \ \ \
⌂⌂Of finding a home⌂⌂
[Strength]
/ / {{Of a desperation to prove himself}} \ \
888Friendship888
∞∞That would last forever∞∞
It was torn to shreds, burned, splattered with blood, and so dirty it was more brown than orange.
But it didn't matter.
It was a signal of home.
(His second, third, and forth were blown to bits in the bus in his first quest, but we won't go into that.)
Percy's fifth Camp Half-Blood shirt saw all the things that the first did, and more.
'`'`'`'Grief'`'`'`'`
++Of a friend seemingly lost++
*#*#Surprise*#*#
~~Of a sibling appearing out of the blue—or the sea~~
XXXAnxietyXXX
/_\|Of a failing haven/|\_/|
~And yet~
:::Delight:::
!Of finding a friend alive¡
^~^~Pride^~^~^
[Of the strength of a sibling]
~~Giddiness~~
/ / /Of a newfound cousin\ \ \
It was tattered, encrusted with salt, dirty, burned by both fire and acid.
But it didn't matter.
It was then that people started to figure out just how far Percy would go for a friend.
(His sixth and seventh were somewhere at the bottom of the sea, but we won't go into that.)
Percy's eighth Camp Half-Blood shirt saw all the things that the first and fifth did, and more.
{Pain}
~-Of the weight of the sky-~
-Desperation-
/\/\/\Of finding a partner, a friend, a quest member…and maybe something more/\/\/\
_/\_Guilt_/\_
††Of letting someone die for him††
~But also~
((Relief))
;;Of a caring friend;;
••Adrenaline••
/\That which can only happen when battling Titans/\
∫Joy∫
≈≈Of knowing his father cared≈≈
It was one of the only ones that were mostly intact.
(His mother called it a miracle.)
((Then again, his mother was always ready with orange thread and a needle to patch up his shirts, much to Annabeth's amusement.))
Percy's twelfth Camp Half-Blood shirt saw all that his first, fifth, and eighth ones did, and more.
««Terror»»
∩∩Of seeing his first archenemy rise∩∩
66Sadness∂∂
░░Of a fading god░░
►Shock◄
%%Of seeing a full-scale battle%%
~And yet~
-Determination-
~(That which cannot be contained)~
אּאּPowerאּאּ
)\~)\Of the raging sea/( ~/(
_Eerie calm_
==Of one who has accepted his fate==
This shirt never made it back to camp, incinerated by the volcano.
(And Sally was so sure she could mend it!)
Percy's seventeenth Camp Half-Blood shirts saw all that the shirts' before it had, and more.
/\/\War/\/\
ҖOf two great agesҖ
_Death_
οOf friend and foe alikeφ
~~Grief~~
-Of lost loved ones-
~But also~
/ /Love\ \
%Of a significant other%
●Family●
○○That would last forever○○
Peace
...The only result of an ending war...
The only shirt that he still wore, years later.
(Perhaps because it was the only one that he could still fit into.)
The only shirt that saw the ending of one war and the beginning of the next.
Percy's eighteenth shirt saw things that no one wants to describe.
/\/\/\War/\/\/\
Like no other
%%Battle%%
^^Stakes higher than ever^^
««Terror»»
∞∞Never-ending∞∞
~~Pain~~
/\/\/Inconsolable\/\/\
/\/\~Anguish~/\/\
ˆˇˆˇOf knowing and choicesˆˇˆˇ
**Love**
({Of the best kind})
~Hope~
¿Found in the strangest of places?
==Loyalty==
3In his heart3
◊◊Adrenaline◊◊
~~Like no other~~
And The Raging Sea