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What PJ's Characters Are Seeing and Hearing
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If anyone is interested in another Percy Jackson story that is not a reaction/watching of worlds, I invite you to read my other fanfics:
A Hero between Two Worlds
What if Percy Jackson...?
Percy Jackson's Memoirs in the True North
Percy Jackson's Log in the 4 Nations
Percy Jackson's Memories in the Special Region
Log of a sarcastic demigod among the stars
Seeing the reactions that many half-bloods and mortals in the room had to the cruelty, savagery, and bloodlust of the warriors of old, and that several of the gods had not realized, Ananke spoke again
"The world changes over time" only the voice of the primordial being was enough to attract everyone's attention "One decade is not the same as another, nor one century to another... much less one millennium to another."
"If that was clear to us" some of those present thought or murmured in a low voice, such as the Rhodas, Chiron, Nike, Hades and several others at the words spoken by the goddess.
"In some aspects the world has improved, much better in others, but it can also be the opposite, in some aspects the world can be more dangerous, hard or difficult"
The primordial goddess Ananke let her words sink in, but noted that several doubted it. And so it was, of the half-breeds and mortals, after having seen that, they thought that the world today was much better than ancient Greece, that there was no such level of cruelty and death.
The children of the sea who were born in ancient Greece had similar opinions, such as the case of Chryasor who did not consider most of the world to be that harsh for current mortals or demigods, which had made them weak, complacent and poorly trained to fight as they should for the facilities and advantages that they currently had and that they did not know how to take advantage of properly. While the other descendants of the sea wondered where on the planet, life may be even more dangerous and harsh than the time in which they were born and raised.
Ares was in a similar situation, but knowing due to his divine domains that in some places in the world life can be cruel and savage despite what most humans and other beings say.
The same happened with deities of the sea and the underworld such as Hades and his daughters or Poseidon and some of his daughters, thanks to their respective domains related to the sea and the underworld.
The goddess Lupa was thinking similarly, however, she felt that the members of the legion needed to go out more into the world and not just stay within New Rome, isolated for the most part from the rest of the world.
And as if Ananke wanted to prove her words, she made the screen change again to show conflicts in various parts of the world such as World War II, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, wars in the Middle East and other parts of the world in recent decades, today and that could occur or will occur in the following years.
Conflicts fought in Somalia, Nigeria, Syria, Russia, Ukraine, Congo, Iraq, Afghanistan and many more places.
Showing both American, Russian, Nigerian, Somali soldiers, from other nations, as well as insurgents, terrorists, anarchists.
She also did not leave out civilian casualties, from crossfire and more. The difficult living conditions, people trying to flee to safety, people being killed left and right...
For the half-bloods and mortals who didn't leave the room again with the duplicates of the ancient queen of the titans and the goddess of fire and bonfire, seeing all of that again was shocking to all of them, because it was totally different from how it was depicted in movies and television.
"But you don't need to go far to see it" Ananke said before changing what she showed on the screen again
Now everyone saw crime, robberies, assaults, drug trafficking, organized crime, the mafia, problems on the national borders, in the slums and dangerous, among much more.
"It's just that most people ignore it or are apathetic to those problems."
She is not wrong, after all several demigods were children of well-to-do or semi-well-off people, as in the case of the Grace brothers, such as the case of the Grace brothers, whose mother was Beryl Grace, who was an alcoholic and unstable woman, whose ego and pride worsened due to her relationship with Zeus/Jupiter, but she was a woman who had money because she was a famous actress in the 1980s. The same can be said of several children of Aphrodite who are children of millionaires, actors, models, businessmen large or small.
Or similar cases such as the sons of Hades, whose mother was the daughter of a diplomat. Demeter's sons and daughters used to have parents who value nature in some way. The human parents of Athena's children were usually the children of professors, educated people with master's degrees and doctorates, researchers and similar professions.
The same applied to many more half-bloods on the Greek side or who ended up joining the hunters or Amazons, they were children of families that were not bad in their social position or were very well placed in it. Therefore the demigods were and are ignorant of many human problems, especially when they have to go to camp before the age of 12 for their safety because the main problems they had were the monsters that were chasing them. And many of them stayed to live inside the camp until they were of age or for only a few years and others did not.
Although they cannot be blamed for this due to how young they are and their short life expectancy.
While the Romans, who were legates almost all of them had been born within New Rome, those who were demigods were usually sent to the goddess Lupa if they were born outside of New Rome and not always if they were born within the New especially when they were sent to Lupa it was before they turned ten years old, and they ended up living the rest of their lives in New Rome.
So, on the whole, the vast majority of mestizos were not aware of the problems or if they were, they did not pay much attention to them, so they could underestimated how bad they were. While those who were more aware of these problems, living in one of the camps kept them away from these problems, so they only had to worry about monsters and sometimes bad family relations with their human parents and other human relatives.
As for the screen, it continued to show the problems of human society, as well as the various authorities or law enforcement agencies in charge of it, such as members of the police, SWAT, DEA, and more.
"Well, maybe the world isn't so different," Chryasor commented when he saw the problems of human society that he had only heard in passing, after all he spends most of his time in the Mediterranean, in the sea. Since the son of Medusa rarely visits the mainland, although he had done some things as a pirate that he preferred that certain deities not find out and remain ignorant of them.
"It seems so," Theseus commented
For their part, Chryasor's half-brothers and nephew were seeing the same problems and thinking the same, although they did not know exactly how some of those situations were a problem because they still did not know much about current societies, although they were more informed than many inhabitants of the Elysées with thousands of years..
"But sometimes there are individuals who face these issues," Ananke said as he showed an African-American man who appeared to be in his late 40s or early 50s working at a store like The Home Depot.
"Something is not right," Ares thought when he noticed that the African-American man seemed to be in excellent physical condition for his age, in addition to the words of the primordial goddess. The god of war was one of the few individuals present to notice this, while the rest were confused as to why they saw an ordinary person.
Then the image changed to show the man in a food place, when night had already fallen, talking on several occasions with a girl who seemed to be 18 years old, maximum 20. Although from the girl's appearance, she looked like someone who liked to party a lot or maybe practiced the oldest job in history.
Only to later see the man in a hospital seeing the inside of one of the rooms where the young woman was lying in bed and showing various injuries from having been beaten, while another woman a couple of years older was with her.
"He dares," Artemis began to say, only to be interrupted by her aunt
"Don't jump to conclusions Artemis," said the queen of Atlantis, thinking that her niece urgently needed to stop having such a closed, proud, hypocritical mind and so on. "How in the name of Pontus, does this council work?" she thought the latter due to the various reactions that the gods members of the Olympic council had had so far, in addition to understanding better why her husband disliked coming to Olympus and sometimes even hated him.
Some, like the goddess of the hunt herself or her father, looked at the queen of the seas, some glaring at her and others with surprise, but no one said anything before the gaze of Poseidon, Triton and other sea deities, which included the elder titans.
"You're going to get okay Alina, you're going to get well"
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The African-American man stood outside in the hallway sitting in a chair, reading a book. Only until the woman who was with the girl came out for a coffee, he approached her
The woman was very affected by her friend's condition that she did not notice that the glass was about to fill, until it spilled.
"Be careful," said the man as he grabbed some napkins to dry
"I-it's okay, do-don't worry," the woman said, trying to dry herself, but her hands were shaking
"No problem, it's okay"
"I-I can... I-it's okay," she said trying to dry
"That's it" he said, finishing drying
"… Thank you," she said after a moment
"How is she?" he asked, causing her to quickly look at him worriedly. "Alina, how is she?" she took a step back and now looked at him with fear, failing to manage not to show it.
"Who are you?"
"Just a friend" he replied, handing her some more napkins.
The queen of the seas looked for a moment at the goddess of the hunt, who could not help but turn around when she saw her, remembering her aunt's words.
The image changed again to show the woman explaining to the man what happened to Alina
"A guy hit her and she... she hit him back... the guy called to Slavi and... Slavi used her as an example" She explained, but it was difficult for her to do so.
The brief explanation given by the woman was enough for the vast majority to have an idea of what both women did, in addition to causing the moestia and fury in some of those present such as the Huntresses and their madeam, which only worsened as the woman continued to speak
"They do that... They burned a girl's face with acid... They heep her as a reminder to others... they brought Teri when she was very young... And she got to the point where... She thought that her life could be her one day... Slavi reminded her that it is not like that... Next time they're going to cut her throat... They said that a bitch that doesn't talk might be worth twice as much" She couldn't help but shed tears as she tried to tell him.
"Why don't they go to the police?" young Piper questioned, only being heard by her father and the Zhangs who were close to them
"It's not that easy, girl," Emily Zhang said after a sigh, seeing that the girl's father couldn't find the words to explain, while Emily hugged her son with one arm.
"Why?" asked Piper again
"Life... it's not that simple," said Tristan McLean, knowing that several actors had done things that should have locked them up, but with lawyers, fame and money, they went free. To him, everything they had seen before was a reminder of certain aspects of acting life, aspects from which he protected his daughter. And now that he knew that his daughter was a demigoddess and what that entailed thanks to the centaur that had approached them a while ago, his words were even more true, just as the concern he had for his daughter grew.
Although knowing all this was driving him crazy inside, he tried not to show it for his daughter.
Then the image changed again to show a restaurant during the night where a man entered and quickly went to another floor of the establishment, to an isolated room
"{Tevi, did you charge the idiot Dmitri?}" was the way the man greeted the occupants of the room who were drinking Vodka
"Was that Russian?" Some like Hermes wondered about the language they heard.
"{Yes}" replied the only occupant who had long hair, while the other put his gun at a desk where he sat and Tevi handed him an envelope with money. "{Begged for clemency}"
"{Clemency?}" the Russian mocked before taking the money and putting it in a safe, while Tervi narrated what happened, while he sat back in the chair behind the desk
"It looks like they're pimps," Rhodas said, having come to that conclusion from what they saw and heard from the hospital, as well as what everyone was hearing now
"I'll make them pay" Artemis commented angrily, being heard by everyone, but then a certain voice was heard by everyone
"Oh come on!"
Ananke stopped the look at another world as if it were a DVD or VHS movie, while many turned to the one who said that, turning out to be Medusa's son
"What did you say... man?" said Artemis, remarking on the gender of the son of the sea as if it were an insult, at which the son of Poseidon only rolled his eyes.
Although Zeus was upset again at the sight of other sons of Poseidon, ignoring the fact that their clothes did not match the current clothes or that he should recognize them.
"You've had thousands of years to do something about prostitution and other things. And what have you done in that time? NOT A SHIT. So get off your pedestal and stop acting like you're better or someone who has the right to judge or punish"
The answer given surprised everyone, mainly because he dared to contradict the goddess of the hunt who was well known for her opinion towards men.
Poseidon and others could already feel future headaches, as well as danger and possible combat about to erupt due to Chryasor's lack of fear to contradict and stand up to a goddess, on Olympus itself.
"He is'nt wrong," Ares said, but surprised that he wasn't the only one to say it, because Poseidon, like Amphitrite, the other sea deities, Hades and the latter's daughters said the same thing.
If it had only been Hades or one of the male gods, Artemis and her huntresses would have reacted very upset, but that other female deities shared the opinion and were more than the male gods, surprised them quite a bit, no one had ever said that to Artemis.
"…"
"…"
"…"
However, the tension grew again in Olympus, as some did not like what happened, such as Hera who may not like Artemis, since the goddess of the hunt is one of the proofs of her husband's infidelity, but the queen of Olympus dislikes even more that a half-blood contradicts a deity. Zeus because the presence of more demigod children of his brother, Apollo because he is the brother and twin of Artemis, Athena in a certain sense because of the presence of the children of the sea, although when the goddess of wisdom saw the face of one of them and recognized him, those thoughts stopped in surprise, in addition to remembering the words of the titans of the sea that they told her before.
But the goddess of the hunt divided between surprise and anger.
Then Anake spoke again before a new 'family fight' occurred.
"Although the opinion about Artemis is not wrong, we are just getting started. There is much to see" as she finished speaking the primordial goddess continued to show the glimpse into another world or the mortal society of their world
On the screen, the Russians were surprised when they heard someone knock on the door of the room where they were, only for the African-American to enter a few seconds later
"Did you get lost, {grandfather?}" questioned the Russian at the desk, confused by the African-American
"Grandpa?" some repeated after reading the meaning of the Russian word on the screen, considering that the African-American, despite the fact that by his appearance he seemed to be in his late 40s or early 50s, for the most observant he looked in excellent physical condition, in addition to noting that the way he walked and the body language, while the Russians looked to be between 30 and early 40, They didn't look so good
Like the man at the desk, who had about a third of his beard gray, as well as some in his hair, as well as looking the oldest of all Russians, being the one who seemed to be in his early 40s.
Of the other Russians, the one with brown hair standing by the door was the thinnest and youngest of all. But he and the others looked like normal people, although their arms were slightly marked from exercise, but that was the only thing that stood out, the rest of their bodies did not show that they were in such good physical condition.
The African-American approached the desk taking out a card that said 'Russian Nights', which he left on the desk
"I'm coming for that girl," said the African-American after leaving the card. "You gave me that card a couple of nights ago."
"We give a lot of those cards," the Russian replied, but having an idea of why the African-American was there, before saying in Russian "But do you still have erections, {grandpa}?"
The Russian's joke made his teammates laugh, while the African-American gave a small forced and fake laugh.
"I'm here for a certain girl, she was beaten very badly."
"I think maybe you got the wrong address, {grandpa}"
The African-American only stared at the Russian for a few moments with a slight and small false smile
"Does that girl have a name?"
"Her name is Alina"
"Alina?" the Russian pretended to think as if he didn't know who she was, which the long-haired Russian also did. "Alina... Ahhhh, no. I don't know the name"
The African-American stopped feigning a smile, now only looking at the Russian
"But whoever it is, she must be an expert in oral sex"
The comment made by the Russian again made his fellow Russians laugh, while the spectators were annoyed, especially certain members of the public, who preferred to ignore what Medusa's son said a few moments ago
"He's starting to lose patience," commented the ocean titan noticing the body language of the African-American, unlike the Russians on the screen, in addition to the fact that the African-American didn't say anything while taking a moment to calm down
"Okay... aahh... Listen to me... I understand..." said the American after a few seconds, "These girls that you... that you represent are a common investment" As he spoke, he arranged some skull-shaped decorations that were on the desk, before taking an envelope out of his pants. "So… I can give you $9,800" he left the envelope with the money on the desk "In cash"
The other Russians just looked at the American in amusement while the one sitting behind the desk looked at him without being serious
"Do you want to give me 9000 dollars?"
"9800… in cash," the American clarified again
"Why?"
"Her freedom"
"Uh-huh," said the Russian, but he couldn't help but snort at the American's words, like the other Russians.
"{Can you believe it?}" said another of the Russians to their companions
"He wants to give me $9,000 for a single piece of pussy."
"Ggggrrrrr," growled several in the audience, especially the huntresses and few Amazons present on Olympus
"Ah, it must be a special pussy," said the Russian in mockery, before acquiring a more serious and somewhat annoyed attitude. "Damn Americans think they can come to my base of operations and buy whatever they want... Beautiful Russian girls no problem... they just throw away their measly money"
The more the Russian spoke, the more annoyed the members of the audience became, only now it was the half-breeds who accounted for most of those who were upset, not only at what the Russian was doing to young girls and women, but also at the way he criticized Americans, after all most of the half-breeds had been born in the United States of America.
But they also observed that one of the other Russians had a knife ready, while the one sitting by the door discreetly took out a pistol to which he began to attach a silencer
"You're coming to insult me..." said the Russian behind the desk with total seriousness, while the others waited for his order, at least until he let out a brief laugh.
Most viewers didn't believe it was like that
"Liar" several of Hermes' sons thought or commented in a low voice, easily recognizing the lies.
"But you have a lot of courage to come here, really" added the Russian in charge "So... $9,000 for the troublemaker."
"He desn't believe it" Medusa's son commented just by seeing the African-American's eyes on screen, being heard only by the other descendants of the sea, while the Russian extended his hand to the African-American
When the African-American shook hands with the Russian, the latter's grip was quite firm, while he looked at him completely serious
"A month... That's all," then his voice took on a slight tone of barely perceptible mockery. "What, did you think it was a single payment?... I get this from that girl in two weeks... She is a girl... She still considers herself a virgin... she can still make me a lot of money"
With the phrase spoken by the Russian only angered the viewers, especially those who were parents such as Tristan McLean, Emily Zhang, Sally Jackson, Rhea, Nike, etc. Although in the case of the deities, if their parenting skills were considered, they were the ones who had the least right to be angry.
"Take your damn money," said the Russian, letting go of the African-American's hand angrily, "Just come back to your house, masturbate 9,800 times and then come crawling back to talk to me... By then she will already be used and maybe I will offer her to you for free"
"I'm going to kill him," many hunters couldn't help but say, wanting to go to that world or maybe it was their own world, considering that Ananke never clarified what possibility it was, in addition to the fact that several of them wanted to go hunting pimps like the animals they were or look for the Russian's counterpart on the screen.
This time both Russians on screen and viewers could notice the tension in the jaw and muscles around his mouth and neck of the African-American, who said nothing while staring at the Russian and calming down.
"Ok" said the American, taking the envelope and putting it back away, and then grabbing the skull-shaped decorations and pointing them at the Russian in the chair behind the desk and the one who sat on the furniture, who laughed a little as they were amused by the American's latest actions
"Are you okay, {grandfather}?" asked the Russian behind the desk with some mockery in his voice, but the questioned man didn't say anything, he just went to the door "Ahh, the Americans" after saying that last one he took a drink of his drink
However, the American did not leave the room, he stopped when he opened the door a little, before closing it, opening it, closing it, opening it, closing it, opening it and closing it
"What is he doing?" asked several in the audience, finding the actions of the man on the screen strange
"He lost his patience," Ares answered the others' doubts. "The conversation is over," he added, being sure that now the man had to finish off the Russians, there was no option
The African-American locked the door before turning to look at the Russians once again
"Do you forget something?" asked the Russian
During the next few moments everyone saw the inside of the room from what appeared to be the eyes of the African American, where each Russian was, the weapons that some had on their persons, that they were grabbing, the tattoos they had, as well as other objects in the room.
"Is that his perspective?" asked the ancient queen of the titans to the primordial one
"Yes, it just took him eight seconds to analyze all that instead of the 40 seconds in which I showed you everything he saw."
What the primordial goddess said was just another confirmation for the most observant that the man was not an ordinary person, although a small part of them wondered if the man could analyze the situation faster, while the others some began to realize the same.
"16 seconds," the African-American said before activating the timer on his watch and walking towards the desk.
As he did so, the Russian sitting by the door got up from his place, quickly approaching to point it at his head, but he could not even get the gun into position, as the American quickly turned to grab his arm, hit him in the face, twisted his arm against his back and broke it in the process
"AAAHHHHH!" The Russian shouted due to the pain of his broken arm, taking the rest out of their surprise, who did not expect the speed and reaction of the African-American.
They were about to throw themselves at him, when he turned, , so everyone moved away to avoid him shooting them,but the Russian at the desk was not so lucky, instead of walking away so as not to be a target, he tried to take out the gun he left in one of the desk drawers, which allowed the African-American to shoot him in the neck.
The Russian with a broken arm tried to grab the pistol with his other hand, but the African-American grabbed a small glass that stuck him right in the eye, killing him on the spot. The next moment he grabbed the arm of the one who had the knife that tried to stab him and quickly disarmed him before stabbing him in the pit of the stomach, before blocking the blow of the other Russian with his right arm, while with the left he took out the knife and cut his neck.
The first one the African American stabbed, he held back the pain and attacked him, but he was quickly stabbed in the side and then in the neck.
Only the one with long hair remained, who grabbed some bottles trying to hit him with these, but the American quickly dodged them and grabbed some corkscrews. Although when he tried to hit him the Russian broke the bottles, but with what was left of the bottles of vifrio he tried to stab him.
But again he dodged every attack and stabbed him quickly with the corkscrew in the right arm, in the side, the left arm, the chest and between the mouth and neck.
"…"
"…"
Despite the suspicions that many had about the man on the screen, they did not expect him to be able to face the five Russians, without bringing a weapon himself, but he used the Russians' own weapons that he disarmed when facing them, in addition to using corkscrews as weapons
"Special forces" was what Ares thought aloud, analyzing in his mind like others like Chiron, the movements of the human, movements that were of someone who had military training.
While on the screen everyone saw him move away from the last Russian who fell to the ground and the American checked the stopwatch of his watch that marked almost 28 and a half seconds
"28 minus 9, 19," commented the American, "Well... 19"
At that moment everyone remembered that the human said 16 seconds before activating his stopwatch.
The primordial goddess of destiny shows everyone present in the Olympian council room that mortals can be more than they seem, as well as the problems that most ignore that occur within the human world or simply do not care attention. With only a few being aware of how much they neglect the human world.
Future individuals to watch: John Wick, Hawkeye, Batman, Superman, Black Widow, etc.
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If anyone is interested in another Percy Jackson story that is not a reaction/watching of worlds, I invite you to read my other fanfics:
A Hero between Two Worlds
What if Percy Jackson...?
Percy Jackson's Memoirs in the True North
Percy Jackson's Log in the 4 Nations
Percy Jackson's Memories in the Special Region
Log of a sarcastic demigod among the stars
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