- Location
- U.S.
....think Hades is willing to be a co owner?
What is Fate? (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Quest)
- Thread starter Monk Penguin
- Start date
- Fantasy Modern
Usernames
Merc gonna merc ya
Hades so rich money isn't even a problem anymore....but he can get A HELLA more worship if we change the name from google to Hades.....think Hades is willing to be a co owner?
Also is Amazon a thing still? We should buy it and make it part of the HADES corporation. It not about the money. it about sending a message. alongside having everyone data and emails. Also Youtube. Also Twitch. Also Twitter. Also Patreon. Also Tumblr. Also Paypal.
....What year is it? Cause....we can make a fuck ton of money and we can cover it all up by just showing the world that a teenager genius is making it rich.
....FUCK. We can even make facebook.
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Lab_Accident
A 2D 1D4
- Location
- Your dreams
Okay, thought: can't we just use the Mist to fleece people out of their money? Yes, that's technically theft, but the Mist ensures we couldn't get caught, which only leaves moral considerations, and isn't future knowledge the same as priviledged information on the stock market? That's financial crime.
We gotta decide which crimes we are willing to commit, and which we aren't.
We gotta decide which crimes we are willing to commit, and which we aren't.
Usernames
Merc gonna merc ya
Pfft. Stealing from people is so unproductive and a waste of our time as well as too high of a risk. Also a crime that will be used against us cause when we die cause stealing for wealth/personal gain is kinda a nono. especially if it hades who going to be our judge.
that future knowledge shit? Please. I refuse to believe that seeing the future is basically financial crime. If someone has a dream of the future and it real and they use it on a stock market, that shit isn't financial crime.
Lab_Accident
A 2D 1D4
- Location
- Your dreams
Steal from institutions, then. Bank robbing. And again, with proper control of the Mist, against mortals, it is basically trivial. Fighting monsters is more dangerous.
Yeah, I don't know about that. Greek heroes were big on stealing stuff, murdering stuff, and otherwise screwing over people that had personally done them no harm. They still get Elysium because they killed evil monsters and stuff. We're probably guaranteed a spot in Elysium, particularly if we actually do plan on saving the world.
Hades could still screw us over if he wanted to, though. He's not actually in charge of judging, but good luck telling him what he can or can't do.
Dunno what to tell you. It's pretty much the definition of insider trading. As for having a dream, it's really not the same as verifiable accumulated information on the future? If the Oracle did it, would you consider it a crime?
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High School II
Monk Penguin
Way of the Open Flipper
- Location
- USA
[23][Early Graduation] Complete High School in 2 Years (2 Training Actions per Semester)
[15][Concept] You went for a simpler concept, that you felt you could achieve easily. (pick 1)
-[13][Concept] The Concept of size. Make plants bigger without needing to make them grow.
[12][Training] Train Plant Modification.
[11][Training] Your dad knows how to set traps for game, you just need to figure out how to make them work on monsters.
[25][Event] Sam's 10th Birthday Party.
[17][Event] Trying to make friends.
[15][Concept] You went for a simpler concept, that you felt you could achieve easily. (pick 1)
-[13][Concept] The Concept of size. Make plants bigger without needing to make them grow.
[12][Training] Train Plant Modification.
[11][Training] Your dad knows how to set traps for game, you just need to figure out how to make them work on monsters.
[25][Event] Sam's 10th Birthday Party.
[17][Event] Trying to make friends.
You saw the Principal's eyes glint when you and your dad went back to inform him that you were planning on graduating as fast as you could. You're not sure what he's getting out of this. You definitely don't feel attached enough to this school to give donations if you ever come into enough money that you can give out donations. On the other hand, maybe he's just clinging onto that little bit of fame that will come from having a "prodigy" graduate from his school 7 years early.
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Since you decided to accelerate your education, you're doing all of tenth grade in the spring of 2000. It's not too much different from ninth grade, though you do have one or two AP classes whose exams you are not exactly looking forward to. Even though you are taking tenth-grade classes, you try and hang around the current 11th graders. You'll be taking what they are currently taking next semester, and you'll end up in their classes next spring and graduate with them.
Of course, even if the teachers are extremely protective of you now that you're not just their precious prodigy but also someone who is attempting to "realize your potential," that doesn't mean that they can force your peers (?) to interact with you. As you would imagine, 16 and 17-year-olds don't take kindly to being compared unfavorably to a 9-year old. Thus, you are largely ignored.
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On your own time, you work on your fine control of plants, specifically their biology. You weren't a biologist in your past life, at least you're pretty sure you weren't since you don't have anything beyond a high-school-level understanding of plant biology. Your magic happily feeds you information, but it leaves it up to you to figure out exactly what you do with that information. Unlike magic, this part isn't about willing your desired result into existence, it's about understanding the steps you need to take to get to your desired outcome.
Of course, your high school understanding of biology does come in handy, as you are able to, with quite a bit of effort and focus, force plants to produce particular chemical signals that might have them flower or produce fruit when they are not supposed to. You'd guess that if a plant had something like a paralytic or a toxin, you could force it to overproduce that as well, and allow it to nourish itself back to health on your magic. You'd imagine that this would combine quite nicely with your most recently acquired concept, like if you grew nightshade, applied the concept of size to make it larger, and then forced it to produce more of its natural toxins, you could probably harvest quite a bit of them.
There are a few immediately obvious flaws. For one, you're not sure how effective mundane poisons are against monsters, and you don't have a need to fight demigods any time soon, (hopefully). For another, you'd need to convince your dad to allow you to grow nightshade or another poisonous plant near yourself, which would probably be a tough sell. For less risky applications, you could probably get some poison ivy to produce more of its irritant which would cause a longer-lasting rash, you think. You're not that well-versed in Biology.
Fundamental Sciences subskill revealed: Biology Advanced 0/50
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You have also moved on in your dad's survival training from collecting useful and edible plants and setting up camp to laying snares for game. Once you get the actual snare setup down, you're quite good at picking spots that animals traverse, though that's because you cheat. You can just tell which spots animals frequent because you're in tune with the grass, trees, and bushes in those places. Furthermore, if you want to be really sure, you can usually find a dryad to ask. Initially, you were worried that they would disapprove of your current activity since they're nature spirits, but you had forgotten that eating other things to survive was a core component of nature. That, and the fact that you had a pretty good reputation among the local dryads prevented any of them from taking issue, and they were usually helpful.
There were also hunting regulations. Apparently, you were supposed to go through some sort of lessons before you were allowed out into the field, but your dad, being the awesome person that he is, is certified to administer those lessons, so you never had to go to any classes.
That brings you to your current situation. It's your birthday, and your dad hasn't said anything about it, other than wishing you a quiet happy birthday in the morning. If you didn't know him so well, you might think that that's all he had planned, but you knew something was up, just not what. You also suspected that this lesson was not just a lesson, but also an excuse to bring you out of your house.
Right now, your dad was forcing you to pick places for your traps and then explain why they were good places to lay down snares. Just saying "it felt right," wouldn't cut it, and you thought it was a fairly good way to prevent you from relying on your magic without outright telling you not to use it.
"The trampled grass suggests that animals pass through here frequently, right?"
"You're not wrong, but that's not all of it. Take another look around you, what makes this place different from the other parts of the forest."
You take a quick glance around, but you're not sure. Your power is telling you that this place isn't any different from the rest of the forest in the magical sense, and if it's your dad, then he's probably talking about something physical. "I'm not sure."
"Why would animals come through here frequently?"
"There's something they want here? That or this is the shortest path between two other such places? In general, animals are looking for food, water, and safety. There's no water here, and no meaningful shelter that I can spot, which means it must be food."
"Correct, there's a high concentration of acorn-bearing trees in this area. They provide a great meal for squirrels and other small animals." He glances at his watch, "It's getting late, let's head back."
It's slightly earlier than you would normally head home, which puts another point in the theory that he's got something planned for your birthday. Your drive home is spent, as usual, discussing what you learned this time and what you'll be doing next time.
When you get home, your dad unlocks the door and ushers you inside. The lights are off, as you left them.
They flip on.
"Happy Birthday!" "Surprise!" two voices call out.
Your house is absolutely covered in jungle/safari themed decorations that weren't there when you left. There are also two girls cheering for you, wearing silly-looking party hats.
You suspected that Blossom would show up, but "Lily? How are you here?"
"Well, Blossom needed some way to get here, and I'm the only one in our cabin with a Driver's License."
"No, I uh. I mean, thanks for coming to celebrate my birthday. Um, aren't you not supposed to leave camp though?"
"I'm old enough that Chiron can't exactly tell me when I can and can't leave camp. I'm legally an adult now, you know? Besides, Willow could use the confirmation that everything won't fall apart and catch fire as soon as I leave."
You chuckle unsteadily. You wish Blossom would stop giving you that knowing look, you're not that bad at dealing with surprise social visits.
You are saved by your dad coming into the room with a cake that was somehow smuggled into your house without your notice. You proceed to do normal birthday things like have your friends and family sing happy birthday to you, make a wish and cut the cake. As the evening wears on, your group splits into two parts. Lily is questioning your dad on how exactly one becomes a park ranger. Maybe she's interested in that as a career path.
Blossom on the other hand… "Yeah, the dreams are a bit different each time, but they all follow the same general theme. I'm walking about and I come across some item that stands out. Sometimes I find it, and sometimes it's offered to me. Then, I don't need my crutches anymore."
"That's a good thing, right?"
"I think so. I asked Chiron about them, but he wasn't very helpful. I don't think he knows either, or maybe he's still figuring it out?"
"One can always hope."
After a bit of small talk about life at camp and at high school, Lily and your dad rejoin you, and LIly informs you that she needs to take Blossom back to camp. You profusely thank both of them for coming, which seems to amuse Lily and say your goodbyes.
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Despite your apparent rejection by your peers, you are determined enough to try and find some context where you can interact socially with your classmates. You are obviously too small to be a part of any sports team, which would be the easiest method. Your next thought is to go to the academic groups, like Science Olympiad, or Scholar's Bowl, but they'd just expect so much from you, and you've already got your nose to the grindstone in regards to the courses you're taking.
To your surprise, you find your home in the arts, specifically the Art Club. It doesn't carry the physical necessity of a sport, nor the expectation of performance that academic clubs have. The art club specifically doesn't have that air of always preparing for something that the band and choir have, nor is it full of drama like, well, drama club. It has a decidedly relaxed atmosphere and none of the other club members bat an eye at your presence.
You find that when you have a free period that you don't need to spend studying, you spend it in the art club room. Your visits often coincide with an eleventh-grader named Damien. You've never been formally introduced to Damien, so you don't know his last name. You caught his name in conversations and greetings. Generally, the two of you are content to work on your own things when you share the club space. Unlike most people in his grade though, he's not deliberately ignoring you, he's just focusing on his own work. At least, that's your interpretation.
You are somewhat versed in painting and drawing from your time at Camp, so you tend to stick to those. You are definitely not ready to draw people, so you stick to what you know, plants.
"Your mechanical skill is pretty good," Damien says cheerfully from right behind you. You manage to suppress the noise you were about to make, though you do jump out of your chair. "I guess that comes with being a genius though." You can feel your mood beginning to sour. "Ah, sore spot? I didn't mean to imply that you didn't put effort into your work."
"You're right, it's a bit of a sore spot, but it's ok."
Damien switches from examining the painting to examining you. "Do you enjoy painting?"
"Yeah, I guess? I mean, it's a good way to take my mind off of other, more annoying things."
Damien nods. "Have you tried expressing that annoyance through your art?"
"What?" you say, not because you didn't understand, but because you're surprised he's suggesting it.
"I find that art is more enjoyable if you have something you want to put into it, a message you want to convey. Of course, I could just be talking bull... Nonsense. It's really up to you."
"Maybe…" you think about it for a bit as Damien goes back to his own work, a charcoal drawing of… something, you're not sure what yet.
You decide to scrap your current drawing of the silver flower you got from the dryads and instead try something else.
Over the coming weeks, you start consulting Damien more and more on your art and asking him about his own drawings. Your friendship is one of mutual interest as unlike you, Damien is a fairly average student academically and you don't share any interests outside of art. Damien is neither an outdoorsy person nor is he a big fan of plants in general.
Still, you do end up getting a piece, based on your frustration with your dyslexia, into one of the school displays, though you suspect it was in part due to your status as the school prodigy. The painting itself is bright colors and pastels interspersed with words in grey, sometimes misspelled or with parts blurred out. It's not amazing by any stretch of the imagination, but it's your work, and you're proud of it.
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Before you know it, you're taking your first AP Exams in this world (and acing them, of course) and school is over. You spend a weekend with your dad finishing up on some of the trapping lessons and just hanging out in general, and then you're back off to Camp Half-Blood for another summer.
You have gained 5 EXP in Trapping, 5 EXP in Plant Modification, and 2 EXP in Art.
Pick 1 Event
[][Event] Willow learns about being a head counselor
[][Event] Kalina invites you to… It's a secret?
[][Event] Conflict Mediation
[][Event] Learning from the best.
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Votes for the next chapter:
- Event
QM Note:
Is the fact that there's only 1 Event being selected a big red flag? Yes, absolutely. It is also not a mistake that there is no training vote in this chapter.
I have a confession to make. I never actually went to public high school. My parents put me in a private school for all of my own high school experience, so I'm essentially pulling my info about public high school from tropes and thin air.
Also, this next voting session will be quite short, like under 12 hours short. At least if things go as planned IRL.
- Location
- USA
We don't have the right skill set to make all of those. Coding is a bitch with dyslexia as bad as demigods have. Not to mention debugging will probably be hell with gods deciding they want to really mess us up.
Good thing we can cheat a bit once we learn the date. Riding the market up until the 2008 recession hits and then selling out and shorting the shit out of things sounds great
Edit: lol, ninja'd by an update
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- Location
- Argentina
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X][Event] Learning from the best.
- Location
- US
[X][Event] Kalina invites you to… It's a secret?
Lifeandlice
Practitioning side-character
- Location
- Usa
[X][Event] Learning from the best.
Anyone remember the message we got from 'p'? im thinking its either that or thunderhead and her posse is about to show up.
(i dont remember when that was actually but i think i remember us being two-ish years older than annabeth and she was around 7-8 when she showed up)
Anyone remember the message we got from 'p'? im thinking its either that or thunderhead and her posse is about to show up.
(i dont remember when that was actually but i think i remember us being two-ish years older than annabeth and she was around 7-8 when she showed up)
ItzNarcotic
Fireside Eldritch Munchies
- Location
- Bay Area, California
- Pronouns
- Any
[X][Event] Conflict Mediation
You got me when I saw 'Conflict'.
You got me when I saw 'Conflict'.
[X][Event] Learning from the best.
Don't worry too much about it. They are pretty similar from the student perspective from my experience. Something that has a much bigger impact and has little to do with a school being public or private is that some teachers are simple better at teaching than others. Though don't take my words as gospel I am not from the US so our schooling systems might be very different.
- Location
- Venezuela
[X][Event] Conflict Mediation
- Location
- Illinoise
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X][Event] Learning from the best.
- Location
- Florida
[X][Event] Willow learns about being a head counselor
- Location
- USA
That's something to worry about. There's plenty of ways that she can get the item that are fine, but her being given it reeks of making a deal with the "bad guys"
Honestly, highschool is pretty normal. The biggest difference if I recall correctly is that private schools have certain things that public schools just don't have. I had friends go through private Christian School and the biggest difference was usually the demographics of the school being very different than the local public schools* and them having religion classes. Maybe they have newer school supplies too.
As long as out high school is in a relatively affluent area, there's basically no difference. Admittedly, I was valedictorian at my highschool so my view is a bit distorted. As long as the teachers only test on stuff they cover it's fine. Our MC's only issue should be doing the work in time**, but if he actually bothers to study he should know the material well enough that he doesn't need to worry too much about the time crunch
*Their schools were mostly white while mine was primarily Asian
**a big issue for students with learning disabilities. I couldn't have been valedictorian if I didn't get accomodations
Edit: Thalia, Like, and Annabeth are showing up this year. Our choices might have an effect on how that turns out.
[X][Event] Learning from the best.
Learn from the best might let us hear from Persephone, and through her we might learn that Hades is out to kill Thalia. Don't know if we want to try and stop her death though
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