What is Fate? (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Quest)

"Why are you doing this?" Blossom yells, "We haven't done anything to you! I thought we were friends, Trent?" Her voice is a mixture of confusion, shock, and sadness. You palm your seeds, not all of them, but most of them. Growing them without dirt will almost certainly tire you out tremendously, but a surprise attack while Trent, or whoever he is monologues

"But you see my dear," creep vibes? Already? "It was all a deception, I was never Trent, to begin with. My name is Σκοτία (Skotia). And why you are here is to be my lovely little sacrifices. "

"You see, I don't need blood to survive, but to thrive- any good-"

You interrupt the monologue by throwing your handful of seeds at him. They're already sprouting, mainly roots that you can use to pierce him. He's clearly shocked that you interrupted him mid-monologue, but he reacts quickly. His fingers sharpen into claws and he slashes the roots apart. What he doesn't realize is that the roots aren't alive due to being attached to the rest of the plant. All of them are only alive because your magic (or Demeter's magic, you still don't know how this works) wills it. Thus, even as his claws shred the roots, destroying any chance of them entangling him, they elongate into many piercing needles. Several go straight into his face, while others hit his chest and arms.

There's a moment of silence while the zombies and Skotia process what just happened. You're already dragging Blossom back into the bus, your stamina flagging. As you get her to step onto the bottom step with her crutch, Skotia explodes into monster dust. Frankly, you found that whole exchange very anticlimactic. The zombies, unfortunately, don't follow suit. Instead, they seem enraged by your killing of their master. As Blossom makes it up to the top of the stairs, you step on and drop a seed at your feet. It sprouts up into a thorny blackberry bush, except there are no blackberries on the bush, and the thorns have extended into serrated spikes. The zombies rush headlong into it, and you have to constantly feed it power so that it can grow back from where it gets tramped.

"What the fu-heck is that? Since when could you make plants into deathtraps?"

You don't answer her. You can feel your consciousness slipping away from you. Your stamina won't make it to the end. There are too many of them. You try having the plant use one of the zombies as nourishment through its roots. The zombie explodes into monster dust after a small number of nutrients pass through.

Luckily, the smallest amount of nourishment sees you through to the end of the horde. There's only you and Blossom in the empty bus. You realize why life outside of camp for demigods is deadly. As you start to slip away, you just see a golden glint where Skotia was standing. Drachma.

"Get coin… Mist… Call dad," you mumble.

"No, you can't pass out, you promised me you'd explain what the hell's happening. Stay with me!"

You feel a tug. It's not forceful, or particularly strong, but it does seem to be enough to keep you conscious. It's nice to have a theory confirmed. You pinch yourself to keep yourself from drifting off. You're not in danger of passing out anymore, but you're still exhausted enough that you feel as though you could sleep for the rest of the day and the whole night.

"Can't use cell phones, monsters attracted to them."

Blossom nods. "Ok, what do we do?"

"Vampire had money, golden coins, we need them and mist."

"How are we supposed to get mist?"

"I don't know!"

There's a moment of silence where Blossom thinks and you try not to fall asleep. "I think I have some bug spray? Would that work?"

"Probably?"

"Ok, give me a minute to go get the coins."

She walks out of the bus and down the steps to go get the coins. When she returns, you've managed to find the bug spray in her backpack. A quick spritz seems to create a mist with a rainbow in it. It'll have to do. Blossom returns with three golden drachmae.

"What do we do now?"

"Swap with me." You hand her the bug spray and she hands you the coins. She also hands you a fang.

"Why did you pick this up?" you question blearily.

"I dunno, it was with the coins! I don't know what I'm doing!" You kind of feel bad about explaining literally nothing to her, but you're also too tired to care.

"Spray the bug spray continuously to make a mist." She holds down the button on the top, letting out a mist of bug spray. You can just make out a rainbow in the mist. Well, here goes nothing.

"Oh Iris, Goddess of the Rainbow, please accept my offering." you didn't actually know what you were going to say before you said it, but the words seem to tumble out of your mouth with no prompting.

You chuck a drachma into the mist. Blossom gapes at you.

"Show me, my dad," you say.

To your slight surprise, and Blossom's extreme surprise, your dad's face shows up. He looks incredibly shocked.

"Hey dad, can you come and get us. We're in Queens or maybe Brooklyn. I'm not sure." You turn to Blossom, "What street are we on?"

"Let me go check. You still owe me an explanation!"

"What happened!?" your dad asks.

"Trent was a monster, he was after Blossom I think. I'm gonna pass out now, I don't actually remember how you hang these up."

You slump over into the seat of the bus.

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You wake up at home, in your bed. Clearly, something must have gone right. Judging by a quick glance out the window, it's morning. You do your morning ablutions and head out of your bedroom to see your dad eating breakfast. It's Sunday, so he doesn't have any work.

"Morning, Sam," he says. He sounds tired. It wasn't even that late in the afternoon when you got back, so he should have had ample time to sleep. He gets up and puts a plate in front of you. Eggs and bacon, you suppose that he's trying to comfort you after that near-death experience you had. To be honest, you don't feel particularly scared anymore, though you recognize that that's odd. Is it your reincarnated mindset, or your demigod nature?

"Where's Blossom?"

"She's sleeping in the guest bedroom. There's something I need to talk to you about. Your mother told me about a place for you, where you would be safe, or at least as safe as you can be. I don't know if Blossom is… like you, but I suppose the people at that place would be the ones who know how to figure that out." Ah, this is the Camp Half-Blood talk. "I explained everything I knew to Blossom last night since it's clear that she saw what you saw, so she's either like you, or she's "clear-sighted." He still doesn't actually know what that means. He sighs. "Sam, I haven't done a good job as your father."

"What? No, you've been a great dad."

"I should have taken you there as soon as you figured out your own heritage. I… thought I could protect you, but it's become clear that I can't. I'm sorry for putting you at risk."

"Wha- Dad!"

"You've always been mature. So I'll leave the decision up to you. I don't know about this place, but I know that even there, it's dangerous, perhaps more so than staying at home sometimes."

Only vote for Preparation if you don't vote to go to Camp.
[][Camp] You should go, it's only for the summers, right?
[][Camp] You want to be a bit older and more skilled before you go to Camp Half-Blood. (What do 4 things do you focus on for the next year?)
-[][Preparation] Join a Martial Arts Dojo of some kind.
--[][Preparation] Karate
--[][Preparation] Taekwondo
--[][Preparation] Judo
--[][Preparation] Jujutsu
--[][Preparation] Krav Maga
-[][Preparation] Train your Chlorokinesis
-[][Preparation] Read up on Greek Legends
-[][Preparation] Join a sports team (Athleticism is important after all)
--[][Preparation] Soccer
--[][Preparation] Football
--[][Preparation] Write-in.
-[][Preparation] Practice imbuing plants with qualities they shouldn't have and sometimes qualities that shouldn't exist.
-[][Preparation] Have your dad teach you how to survive on your own. Not just in the wilderness, but in cities too.
-[][Preparation] Your dad knows how to shoot a gun, maybe you should start taking gun safety courses so you can have one as well.
-[][Preparation] They almost certainly have Archery lessons for kids your age. You should learn how to fire a bow.
-[][Preparation] Your dad knows how to set traps for game, you just need to figure out how to make them work on monsters.
-[][Preparation] You should probably learn some first-aid skills at some point.
-[][Preparation] Maybe try and make some friends?
-[][Preparation] Write-in.

You gained 5 EXP Points in Chlorokinesis.

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• Camp

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QM Note:

woody12 said:

I don't think Blossom is a demigod it wouldn't make sense for her mother to fake her death and cripple her own daughter.

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I feel as though many gods would be more than willing to fake their death to get out of a relationship they're bored of. Also, what makes you assume that it's her mother who crippled Blossom? Just because they happened at the same time doesn't mean that they have the same instigator.