Jason Grace finds press conferences and mortals annoying.
|Chapter 3| Questions and Answers
Jason Grace was seriously considering marching up to Olympus and punching his father in the face. Of course, he had to lead the press conference with mortal reporters. And maybe he would march on over to Goode High where Percy was no doubt watching this stupid thing with his class, and being all smug about not having to be there.
Although it is kinda Jason's fault. He did decide to willingly reveal himself, and allow him to become the face of the seven. But at the same time, Annabeth and Percy were also leaders of the quest but they are staying hidden. And his father was the one who told him to do that.
He is the unwilling leader of the seven.
So here he stands behind a curtain, with reporters on the other side. Piper is fixing his collar and he's fighting with the cuffs of his blazer. He's dressed to look good, but not high and mighty. He's wearing black slacks and a black blazer. Underneath he has a white button-up and no tie. He thanks Piper for her eye for things that look good.
She steps back to admire her boyfriend as Chiron steps forward. "Jason," he starts "Remember if they ask you the name of any of the other seven or even Nico, and Reyna, you can't say it. They will reveal themselves when they are ready." Piper is nodding in agreement and giving him a look that says 'You name me and you're gonna be dead before you can say shit.'
Gods he loves her.
He checks that Ivilis is in his pocket and after a quick kiss from his girlfriend and a deep breath steps out in front of the reporters. They silenced immediately but there are still the sounds of hundreds of cameras clicking and taking photos of him.
Gods those lights are bright is the first thing he thinks. He clears his throat and the clicking stops and then hundreds of eyes are staring at him. He feels almost intimidated but he's kinda used to being stared at.
"Hello," he starts his voice sounding like a true Roman leader "My name is Jason Grace, son of Jupiter. I am one of the prophecy seven and will be taking questions about demigods in today's press conference. So first question."
Immediately hundreds of hands shoot up. He calls on a reporter somewhat near the middle. He stands up and asks "Why are you the only one of the prophecy seven who has revealed themselves? Are the rest too afraid?" His voice is smug and he sounds stupid.
Jason resists the urge to snarl at him. Guess being raised by wolves does that to you. Who would have thought? "No, they are staying anonymous because they would like to have some normality left in their lives. Especially the daughter of Athena and the son of Poseidon. They will probably not reveal themselves for quite a long time."
The press conference continues and more dumb and stupid questions are asked. Questions about when they will reveal themselves if they are power-hungry and stupid shit. When it finishes and Jason goes back behind the curtain Jason collapses into a chair and says "I'm never doing that again. Never again."