Scene changes
Waves clash against each other
Poseidon, Poseidon, Poseidon, Poseidon
Poseidon, Poseidon, Poseidon
"Wow, Laestrygonians really are good singers." said Hazel.
"And are also children of Poseidon." said Annabeth.
"So I have more siblings that are taller than me?" asked Percy. "Aww."
"That's what you're worried about? Height?" asked Jason. "Not the fact that your half-siblings are man-eating giants?"
"This is Greek Mythology. Everything is weird so I'm used to it but I hate the fact that my half-siblings are taller than me! Even when Tyson is just a baby cyclops and he was still taller than me! Dad gave me the ability to breath underwater, control water, talk to many creatures, read Ancient Greek and know water navigation yet not the genetics to make me taller than Frank or at least Jason!"
Poseidon
In all my years of living
It isn't very often that I get pissed off
"Lie." said Leo.
"All Gods get angry." said Frank.
I try to chill with the waves
"Try is different from very often." admitted Thalia.
But damn, you crossed the line
I've been so gracious
"It's true," said Nico. "Poseidon has provided them with calm waters."
And yet, you hurt the son of mine
That's right, the cyclops you made blind, is mine
"And even when they blinded Polyphemus, he still made sure they didn't die." said Will.
No
I'm left without a choice and without a doubt
Guess the pack of wolves is swimming with the shark now
"What does he mean by that?" asked Reyna.
They all glared at Annabeth.
"Ugh," she sighed. "It's a metaphor. As Frank mentioned earlier, Odysseus is the great grandson of Hermes and his name was Autolykos which translates to 'the wolf himself' in English. When Poseidon refers to 'pack of wolves' he's talking about Odysseus and his crew and the 'shark' is himself."
"I thought it was Keto's symbol of the shark." said Grover.
"Well, I don't know! That's just what the metaphor probably means!"
I've gotta make you bleed
I need to see you drown
Percy was shocked out of his mind. He knew his dad didn't have the cleanest path but in this world he's a murderer and cruel and quite mad!
But before you go
I need to make you learn how
Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves
"What does this phrase even mean?" asked Leo, scared.
No one dared to look at Annabeth but she just said it herself.
"Probably in Poseidon's mindset he believes that if you're ruthless towards any problem that you confront you'll be a more efficient and able to eliminate it and thus it will not come back to haunt you later." said Annabeth.
"So he's saying that he should have killed his son?" asked Grover.
"Yes."
"Cold." muttered Percy, hating this villain of a Poseidon.
(Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves)
Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves
Ourselves
You are the worst kind of good 'cause you're not even great
A Greek who reeks of false righteousness
That's what I hate
"Finally, a feisty God!" smiled Clarisse. "The Gods just get better and better every song. Zeus for his set mindset, Athena for her cool ways and methods, Aeolus for her trickery and Poseidon for his feistiness."
'Cause you fight to save lives
But won't kill and don't get the job done
This reminded them of when Odysseus hesitantly killed Astynanax.
I mean, you totally could have avoided all this
Had you just killed my son
But no
Percy was cross indeed at this version of Poseidon. He just wanted to punch him in the face.
"This is kind of reminding him that he should have taken Athena's advice." said Hazel.
"Poseidon and Athena agree on something? What world is this?" asked Thalia.
You are far too nice
Mercy has a price
It's the final crack
We're bound to break the ice now
You reveal your name
Then you let him live
"Quite a fool move though." said Annabeth.
"Yeah, you could have just told him everything
Unlike you, I've got no mercy left to give 'cause
"He's saying Odysseus won't learn his lesson." said Frank.
"I wouldn't want to learn that lesson," said Piper. "And I hope Odysseus doesn't either."
Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves
(Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves)
Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves
Ourselves
And now it is finally time to say goodbye
Annabeth had a flashback of 'My Goodbye' and how Athena left her and Odysseus before. Annabeth probably won't ever recover from the word 'goodbye' ever again.
Today you die
Unless, of course, you apologise
"Oh, he could just apologize then and all will be okay." said Nico.
"He needs to take advantage of this! Just apologise mate!" said Will.
For my son's pain and all his cries
Poseidon, we meant no harm
We only hurt him to disarm him
We took no pleasure in his pain
We only wanted to escape
"Bro! Say 'I'm sorry' it's not that hard." complained Jason.
"It's so easy," said Percy. "Man, just do it! Don't you want to get back to see Penelope and Telemachus?"
The line between naïveté and
Hopefulness is almost invisible
So close your heart
The world is dark and
Ruthlessness is mercy
"Kind of like Eurylochus saying that the Gods are dangerous." said Leo.
"Except in this case it's Poseidon and not Aeolus." said Frank.
"That can be controversial."
Die
Poseidon sends tsunamis towards Odysseus's ships and fleet.
Ruthlessness is mercy upon our- (Captain, Captain)
Ruthlessness is mercy upon our- (Captain, Captain)
Ruthlessness is mercy upon our- (Captain, Captain)
Ruthlessness is -
So many drown.
Everyone was shocked at what Poseidon had done and now the roles have swapped. From Percy comforting Annabeth, it was now the other way around.
What have you done?
When does a ripple become a tidal wave?
43 left under your command
"Only one ship out of thirteen are still there." said Piper.
"Now that just sucks." said Grover.
When does man become a monster?
I am your darkest moment
"Like what he said to Polyphemus." said Frank.
"He's being so petty, first with some of the lines from 'Just A Man' and now also in 'Remember Them'." said Will.
"And he also is just doing this to prove a point," said Nico. "To tell Poseidon that."
The monster that always draws near
Any last words?
All I gotta do is open this bag
What?
Odysseus opens the wind bag
The last ship flies from Poseidon's grasp
Remember me
"That was sick!" said Leo.
"So resourceful." said Reyna.
"Yeah, but Poseidon's storm has left the bag now." said Annabeth.
"So they can't get back home now." sighed Percy.
Author's Note: 'Ruthlessness' is finally here!
RexTheBest - Here it is! Hope you've enjoyed!
Emil - Thank you and precisely what happened!
Bookwarrior12 - Indeed it will! Circe Saga coming next weekend!