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"Thoughts"
"Speaking"
"{Another language}"
The parts referring to what is 'projecting':
What is said in the projection or if it refers to a fic, which you have permission to use.
What PJ's Characters Are Seeing and Hearing
Explanations will begin in Chapter 7 o 8.
The next chapter has references to fanfics, as well as small glimpses of ideas I had, but I don't think I will do
"And how did you learn English?" Hestia asked her nephew, as they both watched Rhea reassuring, as well as explaining to her various descendants and other relatives what they really were.
"There's not much to do in being dead, my lady," replied Bellerophon. "The Elysium is beautiful, but it becomes... a little boring after... some time. I learned, like several other new residents who have arrived over the centuries, some forms of combat, languages, what was happening in the world of the living and various other things"
Hestia listened attentively to his explanation, although part of her found it a little ironic, since it was probably due to their natures as children of Poseidon who could not sit still, they needed something to do, even if it was learning and studying while they had something to do, they would do it, after all besides Theseus you could count on one hand the children of Poseidon who liked studying.
Although Hestia could see that the peace they had on Elysium, it did them good, or at least Bellerophon, unlike the majority of members of the Greco-Roman pantheon who were within the Olympic council chamber...
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"You know..." said Professor Jackson, his voice resounded with power that attracted the attention of all the spectators. "This is what amuses me about magicians, they are very proud of that power of theirs. When they only wield a minuscule amount of power and believe that makes them special. They think it makes them strong... But you have no idea what power is"
As the screen darkened, a great variety of thoughts arose in the minds of the various individuals who were on Mount Olympus, some mainly gods thought the son of the sea was becoming arrogant by fighting some mere mortals, few of these thought that Perseus was comparing the power of the magicians to some deity of great power, If so, the question was, What deity was he comparing them to? And, how could he consider the magic that those magicians can do as if it were something minuscule?
The demigods on the other hand were completely surprised at the power that a son of the big 3 was demonstrating, so there are several of them were casting glances at the demigods they might recognize as such, these being Jason and Thalia, in addition to making these 2, along with several others, somewhat jealous of the power that Son of the Sea demonstrated.
Obviously others like Luke, Alabaster and other demigods who had considered of supporting the ancient titan king, began to think that it was because of this demigod that they failed to overthrow the Olympians, only for most of them to remember the words that Jackson had given to other demigods, about the deities of destiny, and that there were many things that the demigods did not know
Percy and his mother, for their part, were very surprised at what he would be able to do, as were other individuals present such as Poseidon's legacies, where Emily Zhang was wondering how strong her ancestors were since they were descendants of one of the Jackson's brothers, while the McLeans along with others still struggled to understand and accept the existence of the Greco-Roman gods and what that means in your perception of the world or life. That is to say, they were shocked by what they've seen, not to mention, they, like many demigods, were bothered by the violence shown by Perseus Jackson against mortals, probably more.
Unlike others, such as Theseus, Hippolytus, Chrysaor, Heracles or others, they were more surprised by Perseus' strong connection with Poseidon's domains, since since ancient Greece it was very rare for a demigod to have such power, as was Heracles or Chrysaor, although they had heard that it was becoming more common in the last few hundred years, but nothing like this.
Although something similar could be said about the Romans, but their opinions were divided, on the one hand due to their culture they valued strength and power, mainly because of the military doctrine that the legionaries had, while on the other hand there were beliefs about the children of the sea, so several Roman mestizos thought that the son of Neptune was a danger or a sign of a future calamity, while others wanted someone of that caliber in the legion, in their respective cohorts.
Other gods such as Kymopoleia and the Atlanteans, were amazed by the control that Poseidon's son is demonstrating over storms and water, because they could not remember any other half-mortal son of Poseidon who demonstrated such a connection to the mastery of storms, especially the goddess of violent storms who due to what she had just seen was very interested in her half-brother, wondering how strong his power was over storms.
On the other hand, others like Zeus...
"HE'S A RISK!" Zeus' mighty scream was heard throughout Olympus "HE MUST BE ELIMINATED!"
"If anything happens to my son, you'll regret it!" replied the king of Atlantis in a dangerous tone that sent horrific shivers down the spine of most of those present, while at the same time he couldn't help but be surprised and a little proud of the power his son was demonstrating in the 'future'
"It's true, he represents a big-"
"Finish that sentence, Athena, and your children will pay for it."
Those words left the room of the Olympic Council silent, causing fear in those present before the storm that could be unleashed, because Poseidon is someone who goes directly against those who earn his wrath, not against those who are related to said being or at least that is how it had been for lsat centuries.
For her part, Athena tensed, ready for the imminent violence, at the same time as she said "Do you dare to threaten them?"
"We are getting off topic," said Zeus, wanting to return to the subject of his brother's son and dismissing Athena's children as unimportant beings.
"ENOUGH!" interrupted Tethys, raising her voice at the way the gods were behaving, at the same time that both she and her husband were regretting being isolated for thousands of years in the depths of the Ocean and rarely having contact with the rest of the pantheon or the world "Zeus, you are behaving in the same way as Kronos!"
"YOU DARE?!"Zeus' thunderous voice was heard again as the tension in the air increased, with some lightning coming out of his sacred weapon, as well as the smell of ozone permeating the air.
"You know it's true, nephew" this time it was Oceanus who interrupted Kronos' youngest son "Stop bragging about your power and act as you should, isn't justice supposed to be one of your domains?"
Everyone could hear Zeus' gnashing of teeth at the words of the greatest of the titans, watching him clench his mouth tightly, at the same time as he clenched the master bolt with great force and what looked like some veins, were throbbing.
"Justice?" Hades snorted mockingly, at the domain that brother used to ignore, while most of those present tried to remember all the domains that the elder gods could have, not just the most well-known ones.
Oceanus sent a glance to the eldest of the 3 kings before focusing on Athena, "Athena, if I remember correctly you were the protector of heroes, or am I wrong?"
Everyone who looked intently at the goddess could see her clenching her spear
"You're not wrong"
"So why are you supporting the death of a possible hero?"
"Because of the great prophecy, his existence puts Olympus at risk."
Mortals, Romans, and many were unaware of what the deities were talking about, plus some of them thought that the definition of hero of said deities was different from the one they had, not to mention that the Jacksons in the room looked worriedly at Zeus holding the master beam tightly, as well as they could swear that they heard him gnashing his teeth as he was glaring angrily at Rhea's older brother.
"And wouldn't it be better to support him and encourage his abilities rather than start a dangerous precedent?" from Tethys who questioned Athena this time, but was looking at the rest of the Olympic council.
"... Possibly," Athena said reluctantly.
While all this was going on, the rest of those present watched in surprise as the titans of the ocean scolded members of the council, of course there were those who thought that it was only possible because of the power they had.
"Poseidon, I thought you had stopped doing such acts?" Tethys asked his son-in-law
"I will not stand idly by while they attack my son" Poseidon looked directly at the two titans, he may not be the best father, but he took care of his own, after all he punished Odysseus for blinding Polyphemus.
The pair of titans could tell that Poseidon would not back down, curiously for a brief moment they could see a bit of the old Poseidon who was cruel when he punished someone, but he could also be fair, although the latter was difficult to see.
For their part, half-breeds, legates, huntresses, and others weren't quite sure what to make of Poseidon's way of protecting his son, with Percy and his mother being the most confused and surprised. Even so, the tension that could be felt between the gods and titans was palpable, which worried individuals like Hestia or her mother, so Rhea was the one who spoke when she noticed that the projection was illuminated again.
"I think we should leave this discussion for later," Rhea commented as she reached out to point to the projection that was lighting up
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Titaness Rhea's concern grew as her children, granddaughter, siblings and others stared at each other for a moment that felt like an eternity to the rest of the room, and it was Zeus who spoke first
"Let's continue with this," after saying that, the lightning god sat back down on his throne, but everyone could see how upset he was.
But despite Zeus' clear annoyance, the rest did the same while the half-breeds and several others on the one hand were grateful that the projection gave time for the deities to calm down, while another part made them fearful, because from another point of view it was the source of their anger.
Although others like Hecate were thinking about everything they witnessed, what was said in the 'future' of the son of the sea, along with what was mentioned by the titans of the ocean, seeing that supporting Kronos would be the wrong decision, but then... who should they support? In addition to that the deity of magic himself was thinking about the sea demigod's apparent affinity with magic, thinking of possibilities in his own favor... but she wasn't the only one.
Other gods were thinking the same as the goddess of magic, as was the case of Nike, the goddess of victory who in the golden days of Greece she and Athena used to be the ones who supported the heroes the most, whether demigods, legates, or mortals, even if the daughter of Metis was the one who used to receive almost all the credit. but much has changed since those days, after all Athena was no longer the same goddess, since Rome began to worship them with different perceptions of the gods, the goddess of wisdom began to stop supporting demigods, warriors and heroes, although part of that change was because of the Roman Greek division of the gods, because Rome became the greatest empire known.
Nike remembered those days well, the Greek side may not have had much influence since Rome imposed itself on the world, but during the fourth century they slowly began to regain influence that only consolidated enough until the end of the fifth century when the Western Roman Empire fell, and over the next thousand years the Roman side weakened, while the Greek continued to regain power.
Although she knew that just like Athena she had stopped supporting the demigods or others, only the difference was that she still supported the children of the lesser gods, while Athena only supported her children, with the rare occasions of some other demigod, usually her half-brothers at the orders of Zeus or because it was essential to do so, with these last moments showing a bit of old Athena, these being the rarest occasions.
However, Nike had heard rumors that Kronos was reforming and wanting to regain its throne. Personally, she didn't consider the king of the Titans to be the best option to support, but seeing that Zeus with each passing century ceased to be the god he once was, becoming a shadow of himself, not to mention becoming more incompetent as a leader or king, It would only be a matter of time before a rebellion against him arises...
In any case, who was the best option to support?... Poseidon, Hades or Kronos?
The goddess Nike knew that Hades has no love, respect or appreciation towards most of the gods or their descendants, but he was the most righteous of the 3 kings, although he is somewhat more bitter and spiteful than before, but that is to be expected due to as they have treated the king of the underworld for millennia.
Anyone else disrespected for even a small part of that time would be much worse.
As for Poseidon, he was no longer the extremely temperamental and violent god he used to be during Greece, he had relaxed quite a bit since then, although she didn't really know how he ruled Atlantis.
Finally, Kronos was... Kronos... She doubted that the thousands of years that the king of the Titans had spent in Tartarus had changed him for the better, the opposite was more likely.
And now they were seeing sons of the gods, along with mortal who are out of the ordinary, besides the son of Poseidon seemed to understand leadership better than most. The goddess of victory may have no knowledge about the life of that son of the sea, but she could tell that the demigod must be like this, due to various adversities against which he had to prevail and overcome, or at least that's what she suspected when she saw that he seemed to act in a way that few demigods behave, or rather rarely did.
But she couldn't be so sure, she needed to know more about this demigod, the mortals they saw, more information about the future, and more, before making a decision.
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Hephaestus was finishing building a kind of video camera that aimed at the projection that he found too convenient at the times when it turns off and on, but it was not the only thing he was building, since at the same time the god of the forge was building other devices to know where these 'visions' come from, who sends them, determine where the events were taking place in the 'minks', among other things.
Only his camera was the first to be finished, as he started recording when the projection lit up again to show Percy Jackson who looked to be 15 or maybe 16 years old because of his height, but his face looked slightly younger, as if he was 13 or 14 years old, just before showing him in front of a tall red-haired man with an imposing body. In addition, they could see a tattoo covering one of his arms and apart from his torso.
"Start with 200, little brother," said the redhead man
"Sometimes I don't know if it's the monsters who'll kill me or if it'll your training," said Perseus' son before starting to do 200 push-ups, but the comment brought a somewhat amused smile to the huge man
"OTHER?!" Zeus complained to Poseidon about the way the redhead referred to Poseidon's son, feeling the divinity coming from him, but without going deeper into it to know who he was.
"Are you serious?!" Poseidon was not the only one who asked that question, Zeus may have long been known for drawing wrong conclusions without knowing all the facts, but this was ridiculous, all the gods could feel that the individual before him emanated a sensation similar to Heracles, but also a sensation somewhat similar to the domains of Themis and Nemesis, that relate to justice.
But there is no sense of Poseidon emanating from man, although in the case of Hades and others they could see that he seemed to be a part or remnant of a god, but they weren't sure what they saw because it was very strange, not to mention that it was the first time they saw something like this.
"That's not mine!" the king of Atlantis pointed at the redhead at the same time as he said that to his younger brother just before the image changed...
"By Zeus!"
"What the-?"
"By Hades!"
"What the fuck?"
"By Júpiter!"
These were some of the exclamations given by spectators on Mount Olympus, when they saw that Perseus who was desperately defending himself from the swift attacks made by another tall man with blond hair, with great physical development, but with horrible scars on his torso and arms, who was using a blue and silver trident to attack Perseus. And the whole attack was made by the blond while maintaining an apathetic face devoid of any other emotion.
But the speed shown by both individuals was ridiculous, the demigods with better reflexes could barely see the movement of the weapons as a blur, while with the gods it depended on the god, some were in the same situation as the demigods, while others could see the attacks, but they were still amazed by the speed of the two.
Poseidon was tightly clenching the arms of his throne, while looking intently at the projection, on the one hand, he was attentive to his son's 'future', to the risk that Percy would face, as he had realized that Percy was only defending himself desperately and not countering due to the difference in skill, which seemed obvious from the attitude of the other, unless it was just arrogance and pride. On the other hand, the king of Atlantis was trying to identify the blond man, which had confused him quite a bit, as he could feel a sense of power too similar to his own. He was not the only one confused, many gods, especially the Atlanteans, were the most confused and eager to know who this man with a trident was.
Hades, on the other hand, as his daughters were more curious because they could see the essence of the redhead in Poseidon's son, was he blessed? It didn't make sense, they would have seen it before, although they also noticed that Jackson had a tattoo similar to the redhead and they could feel a strange power emanating from the tattoo, as if that wished to be released, but the strangest thing was that it felt very familiar to them.
Many more were in similar situations, but there were those who felt they were going to have a heart attack, with Sally Jackson being the main one, and she told herself over and over again that her son would be fine, since they had seen him older
However, Percy was not only shocked and scared by what his 'future' would be, but he felt as if his own body wanted to react in the same way as 'his future self', and that feeling became stronger when his counterpart started whistling.
"What was that?!"
"By Hades! What was that?!"
"Did you feel that?"
Some exclaimed as they felt a strange sensation, besides that the power of Perseus in the projection seemed to increase, the Atlanteans being the main ones to feel it, some of the others were Hades, the other deities of the underworld, or the major titans.
"What the hell?"
"By Zeus!"
"What the?"
"But what?!"
"By Hades!"
"What the fuck?"
"By Jupiter!"
The astonishment of all increased when they saw Perseus' speed increase as he whistled, and began to counterattack, plus now no demigod could see the movements of Poseidon's son, not to mention that now of the divine beings there were few who could see Percy's attacks, and even some of these few deities had difficulty seeing them, the only ones who didn't have a problem were the deities of the sea and the ocean.
"What's that whistle?, where did he learn it?" Poseidon wondered, like others, about the whistling that he was beginning to think was some kind of magic chant that his son's counterpart used to increase his abilities or at least his speed. Before worrying when the blonde matched Percy's speed
Unfortunately for him and many others they could not know how the fight went when the screening changed to show the blond with the trident now without the scars, but fighting in a combat arena against an old man in oriental clothes who used a katana
"Impossible!"
"What's this?!" —
"It can't be!"
"Am I dreaming?"
They said what they did not remain silent because of the surprise at seeing that Percy's fight against the blonde with divinity could not be the same as what they were seeing now, the speed of both men was unreal.
But his astonishment increased when the image changed to show a man with silver hair battling another wearing a blindfold, a blindfold that didn't seem to affect his ability to fight. And the silver-haired man exuded a sense of divinity very similar to Hades.
"He?" some exclaimed upon seeing the man who destroyed the statue with a single blow, but he was wearing modern clothes as he fought another blond individual, watching him deliver a powerful blow that caused great damage to the combat arena
The main sound in the throne room was the one coming from the projection, with the gods being the quietest and most concerned as they began to feel thousands of presences, half of them divine, and few felt Greek. Because of this, everyone could hear a goddess from the underworld when she spoke out loud upon noticing something.
"They're dead," Melione said
"What?" asked several at what the daughter of Hades said
"The mortals we're seeing.." They're all dead," explained the goddess of ghosts
"What are you saying?" asked Athena, at the same time noticing that several gods seemed to become paranoid as they spoke in low voices to gods that were close to them and one of these was her father, although he wasn't talking to anyone, it was obvious to her because of the expression on his face and that he seemed to be muttering something. "Unless they were revived and I doubt a god of death would allow such a thing"
"What my sister means," Macaria answered, "is that they are dead and their bodies are like the inhabitants of the Elysians and the islands of the blessed."
The rest couldn't contradict her, at least those who knew who she was or that she was the one who supervised those places in the underworld.
Besides the explanation given by the goddess, only increased the surprise and disbelief of the spectators on Olympus, that was not possible.
But they couldn't question any more when the screen changed to show a deformed being larger than any human who was about to crush a blond mortal in peculiar clothing, only for a gust of wind to come out of nowhere to throw the mortal away from the creature, landing on a ruined street
"{I appreciate help, but you lack a sense of refinement, young man}—
—{Shut up and fight!} Percy slammed into the creature's chest with the sole of his boot, before launching a huge volley of water projectiles from his palm. The bullets hit his chest, but could not penetrate his thick skin. However, it worked well enough to stun him. —{If you're going to do something, now would be a good time!} —
Sally Jackson, like her son, gasped when Percy's counterpart appeared, and tears began to form in her eyes because the demigod on screen had lost an arm
They were hardly the only ones surprised, Grover, Rhodes, Poseidon, Hestia, Rhea, and many more were too, but there was also a lot of confusion since they had seen him with both arms before when he appeared to be over 30 years old.
"Japanese?" Apollo said as he recognized the language of the country that fascinated him.
But astonishment prevailed again when they saw the mortal manipulate threads, with thousands of fibers shooting out at the creature, at the same time as Perseus attacked.
The fight continued for a few moments, where everyone could see the power and control that Poseidon's son had with water, just like that creature would give trouble to the demigods, who were surprised that it didn't turn to dust when Perseus finally beheaded it with an out-of-the-norm force while using a water sword, instead green blood came out of this
"{Well, that's certainly one way to make an entrance}" Everyone heard the blonde's voice as Percy turned to see him approaching
"{What can I say?... I like to put on a show}" Percy replied before turning again to look at the corpse, "{What is this thing?}"
"I have no idea. But there's something... familiar in it}"
"{It's not a Nomu... is it?}" Percy asked, which made the blond look at him in surprise
"{I'm not going to ask how you know about that, but no. It's not. We destroyed all remaining facilities. But still...}"
"What is a Nomu?" was the question many had
"In the name of Chaos, what's wrong with your son?" asked Demeter being almost at the limit of the surprises they were getting with everything they saw and that her nephew seemed to be very involved in this
"I'm wondering the same thing, sist" Poseidon replied before stopping abruptly when he, like the others, saw Percy's counterpart turn at high speed to cover himself with his single arm from an attack at incredible speed,that it came out of nowhere.
"WHAT?!" almost everyone exclaimed when they saw that the attack was the kick of a beautiful woman with... Bunny ears.
Few noticed that this Perseus got a look somewhere between exasperated and affectionate when he recognized his attacker at the moment he blocked the attack, and that confused them a lot.
They saw that the woman was going to kick him again when a green light stopped the kick
"{What the hell do you think you're doing?}"
Calypso, like many, was surprised to see herself again, as her counterpart was the one who stopped the strange woman, as well as claiming in ancient Greek, but also Calypso thought that she could now have a better idea that Poseidon's son was closer to her physical age, based on the appearance of both counterparts.
"{Don't worry, Calypso. She's a friend}"
"{That's a funny word, you bastard!}
"{Hey Rumi... long time no see}"
"What kind of friends does he have? It seems that she would get along well with Artemis," Bentesicime commented, in response to the peculiar friendships seen from his half-brother, but his comment was heard by everyone, and several shared that opinion, while others were more focused on the divinity they could sense in this mortal...
More and more questions arise for everyone on Olympus, new mortals outside the ordinary have been seen, a situation that does not make sense to them and somehow the son of Poseidon continues to get involved in all of this, at the same time that they are again witnesses the power and ability that Sally Jackson's son will have, seeing in situations or with individuals that they cannot understand.
The references are to the fanfics of: "The Last Argonaut", and "The Exodus of Hercules"
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