AN: The base designs for Percy and Lilia are now posted to the Facebook page for my stories, I'll add in the armors the two make as they appear in the story and I unlock them in the game. I made two new playthroughs for the characters to get the images for their armor and weapons on them and thankfully my wife plays too and with us both having Master rank characters she can help me grind through most of the gear easily enough.

AN2: In defense of my comment about the Admiral's strength, and why people aren't AS freaked out by Percy's super strength as someone from our world, is that people in that world seem stronger than ours to begin with given the size of the weapons and armor a lot of these people wear. We see the Admiral, a man who was an adult and came to the new world over fifty YEARS ago pick up a friggin boulder to block a lightning laser from a Rajang. It's clear that a lot of people in this world have strength beyond that of a normal human and in varying degrees, like a rare gene. Percy would be seen as someone with the gene showing abnormally strong.

The Perseid: A love betwixt morons

Chapter 2

-Poseidon-

"Wait, we need to collect Sally and Paul." Poseidon shot up from his throne as he saw the two girls on the screen run over to Percy in concern, "They deserve to know what's going on."

"Fair enough." Moros shrugged, snapping his fingers as the mortal couple appeared with a flash of light, looking about confused before recognizing the demigods.

"Annabeth?" Sally approached their son's friend "Why are we here? And where's Percy?"

"Zeus used a spell to send Percy to another world." Annabeth scowled at Poseidon's still whimpering brother, "Percy called him out on being a fucking dumbass and she he did that!" the daughter of Athena pointed to the screen Moros had provided which showed the two girls carrying the unconscious and injured Percy away from the beach.

"Uncle Poseidon beat Zeus' teeth out and castrated him for it." Nico gave a sadistic grin at that description, "Sacrificing Zeus' teeth, crown, and symbol of power to awaken Moros in the hopes to bring Percy back."

"So why hasn't this Moros person done so?" Sally Jackson turned to him and even Moros felt faintly nervous at her narrowed gaze.

"It has to be done carefully to prevent our world from being invaded by the powerful creatures of the world Percy landed in." Moros explained quickly, "While I work on that I did this so everyone could watch him."

"One last thing then." Sally nodded before walking over to Zeus, flicking her wrist as her bracelet turned into a shotgun that he had given her to keep her family safe. With a cold expression, Sally slammed the butt of the shotgun into Zeus' face before blowing out one of his knees with the celestial bronze bullets. Zeus' screams were renewed as he clutched the mangled leg while Sally loaded a second round in the gun.

"Wait dear." Paul approached his wife and stopped her before she could shoot again, making Zeus sigh in relief, "I should get a turn too." Zeus' relief vanished a moment before his other kneecap did.

"Can someone shut him up, I want to watch the Percy show!" Leo whined, munching on popcorn that the hyperactive demigod had acquired from…somewhere, "They found some tracks and- GIANT LIZARD!" on the screen, Poseidon saw the girl whose hair was in long white braids drop Percy into the shallows of the small second beach they had come across as she raced to save the second girl from a giant yellow iguana that was trying to eat her. On the screen, he could also see Percy's wounds steaming and closing at contact to sea water.

"Shit is getting reaaaaaaaaaal!" Leo cheered as Percy started to rise.

-Lilia-

"Mel!" Lilia shouted as she charged towards her partner, the Great Jagras snapping and snarling at the squirming handler. Her lungs burned as she ran, still tired and hurt from Zorah Magdaros attacking their ship earlier. She had barely made it half-way when the hunter she'd dropped in the shallows shot past her, his wounds steaming and closing. Had he landed on one of those flowers she and Mel had found earlier? Lilia barely had time to register that thought before she saw the hunter grab the Great Jagras and physically throw it off of Mel, leaping after the monster as it slammed into a stone wall before grasping its neck, snarling as he flexed his arms and snapped the creature's neck.

"Holy fuck." Lilia gaped as she helped up Mel before glancing at her friend, "Dibs!" she cried out, her partner's own declaration coming a split second later, making the brunette sulk.

"There you are!" another new voice called out relieved as Lilia's head turned towards a pass between some rocks, seeing a greatsword fighter approaching them with a relieved grin, "The rest of the fifth fleet are waiting back at Astera." After assuring himself that Lilia and Mel weren't too hurt, the greatsword hunter turned to the hunter that had killed the Jagras, "And you, that was impressive!" the newcomer pulled out a harvest knife and started carving up the Jagras as its killer hadn't, their fellow apparently too injured still or dazed as he seemed unsteady on his feet and looked at them with an unclear gaze "I haven't heard of anyone being able to do something like that since the Admiral was in his prime." Once the dead monster was carved for useful materials, they started back down the path that their guide had come down "Name's Gentor, I'm the field team leader here in Astera." The now named Gentor grinned as they walked.

"I'm Lilia and this is Mel." Lilia nodded to Gentor and the still unnamed hunter who had saved Mel's life, the man having not said a word and merely followed in silence. Before she could get his name though, there was a loud boom as the ground near them shook.

"Oh no." Gentor breathed out moments before a massive pink monster that Lilia had never seen before leapt down, roaring out flames, "Run!" Gentor shoved them forward as they bolted for the settlement Lilia could see in the distance, knowing that with three unarmed hunters, even if one was incredibly strong, the fight would likely get at least one of them killed.

"What is that thing?!" Mel shouted as the four of them bolted, trying to get past a gate up ahead even as the giant pink beast roared.

"It's an Anjanath!" Gentor shouted, leaping to the side to avoid getting set on fire.

"Do you have dung pods?!" Lilia shouted, scooping up a rock and throwing it back at the beast as she ran.

"…Damnit I knew I forgot something!" Gentor groaned as Percy helped Mel past the gate, waving for them to hurry up.

"How do you forget dung pods!?" Lilia shouted out as she leapt over the snapping jaws of the Anjanath, her training with the insect glaive coming in very handy there.

"It was an accident!" Gentor snapped back as he crossed the gate, cutting the line as she ran through too, the barricade slamming down as the Anjanath rammed into it, leaving the creature stunned and dazed to allow the rest of them to escape to the settlement safely.

"That…really…sucked." Mel panted out, her training as a Handler not having her conditioned for field work like Ilia was.

"Well everybody, welcome to Astera." Gentor gestured to the natural archway that welcomed them as they entered the settlement, injured people being treated all over after the destruction of the fifth fleet's ship.

"Wow." Mel breathed out as they looked about the settlement built into the shoreside cliffs.

"Amazing ain't it?" Gentor grinned proudly as they looked about the man's home, "Just look at this gate! It's like mother nature meant for us to settle down and build Astera right here."

"I like it." Lilia grinned, sharing an eager grin with Mel as they jogged down the steps with the boys, seeing the rest of the fifth fleet waiting for them including her friends she'd made on the boat, Cheval and Simone who spotted them in turn, eagerly rushing over.

"You're alive!" Simone beamed at them.

"Looks like you guys had it rough huh?" Cheval clapped Lilia on the shoulder, "When we couldn't find you two, we started to sweat bullets!"

"You had us scared." Simone squeezed Mel's shoulder, "When we couldn't find you we had intended to go out and search before Gentor took that on himself with the Commanders approval."

"Speaking of, I should take this lot to gramps, so he knows they're safe." Gentor spoke up, "I'll give em the tour after and you all can catch up when you want." at that, Simone and Cheval nodded and went back to helping the injured as Gentor led them over to a large table where some experienced looking hunters were talking. "Commander, I found them!" As Gentor spoke, the person at the head of the table turned, showing darkly tanned skin and hair as white as Lilia's own although likely from age given his eyes weren't a match as well.

"Ah, good." As the old man spoke he approached them, "I was starting to wonder-" upon getting close enough to see their group, the Commander stopped and frowned, "Who is he Gentor?"

"I found him out during my last sweep, isn't he part of the fifth fleet?" the field team leader asked confused, not sure why the commander was suddenly on edge although to be fair, Lilia and Mel were just as perplexed.

"Gentor, we had everyone apart from the young ladies here accounted for. That man isn't part of the Fifth fleet." The commander spoke before turning towards the man who had saved Mel's life. "So that begs the question, who are you? A stow away?" Lilia was prepared for a lot of things to come out of the man's mouth as he opened it. A guilty confession to stowing away on the fifth fleet's ship, a denial and claim that there must have been a miscalculation, anything really. An unintelligible language Lilia had never heard before, was not something she had considered.

"…Heh?"