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

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[X][Caucasian Eagle] Bow before the Eagle. It is a symbol of Zeus and it is probably best you don't hurt it or you might piss off his owner.
 
[X][Caucasian Eagle] Bow before the Eagle. It is a symbol of Zeus and it is probably best you don't hurt it or you might piss off his owner.
 
[X][Caucasian Eagle] Bow before the Eagle. It is a symbol of Zeus and it is probably best you don't hurt it or you might piss off his owner.
 
Just so everyone knows, I spent 4 EXP on the Scythe so we should be up a level.

I spent 1 on social skills, cause that seemed like a good idea.
 
[X][Caucasian Eagle] Bow before the Eagle. It is a symbol of Zeus and it is probably best you don't hurt it or you might piss off his owner.

We can't fight Zeus' Eagle and expect to come through this unscathed with just grass. So we just stay quiet, look harmless and hope to not be fried by the big boss.

 
Quaton mitent said:
[X][Caucasian Eagle] Bow before the Eagle. It is a symbol of Zeus and it is probably best you don't hurt it or you might piss off his owner.

We can't fight Zeus' Eagle and expect to come through this unscathed with just grass. So we just stay quiet, look harmless and hope to not be fried by the big boss.

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I suppose Kurt is our Kowalski?
 
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Canon Omake: The Elephant's In Kansas Now by Tjakari
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    • The Elephant's In Kansas Now​
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    The low-lying tension in the cabin had only gotten worse once Blossom had actually left.

    This wasn't how any of them expected it to go. After the elephant steps out the air in the room's supposed to get lighter, right? Maybe it was just him, but hearing the girl pack her bag and finally head through the door with Aspasia only made him feel worse.

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    After they all got Predator'd in the forest there'd been an unofficial rule not to talk to Blossom unless it was something absolutely necessary. He was regretting going along with it, even if he had his own reasons. Sometimes he wished social skills were part of the Aphrodite value pack.

    Just laying on his bunk while some poor kid waited for her funeral just made him feel like a dick.

    Say something, pat her on the back, something decent, just do it.

    But of course, it's never that simple. Even if no one acted like it, they were all watching her leave, heard her rustling through her bag, whisper under her breath to Aspasia about little stuff she hadn't had time to learn or study.

    Aspasia barely knew what to tell her beyond some basic stuff. He could see it on her face, not quite dumbstruck but definitely out of her depth. To her credit, Blossom took it in stride. Though she didn't really have a lot of options. Aspasia at least helped her carry her stuff. At least she tried to be helpful in the little ways she could.

    Y'know, he'd meant to ask her about that the Wild Boy incident at some point, but he never felt like it was the right time. The consensus in the cabin, at least for everyone that took it personally, was that Blossom had something to do with it. He didn't think so, she was too surprised to hear about it afterward. Though he could hardly confirm that one way or the other.

    The girl kept to herself or spent her free time away from the cabin so much Cameron never got the chance to ask his questions.

    At this point he might not get the chance at all. At least not directly.

    She was already on a bus probably, off to gods-know-where to get merc'd by the first thing that knocks her off her crutches. It was screwed up sixteen different ways and he couldn't sweep that feeling away.

    That still felt weird to think about, he mused to himself, almost surprised.

    He'd known one of the guys who bit it during the monster attack, but somehow that was different to now. When it was somebody helpless, he couldn't just let it go; or let go of the idea seeing as Blossom wasn't dead yet.

    He didn't show it, but he was pretty restless the whole last night. He didn't get too much sleep, there were too many feelings mulling about in his head for him to get any. When he was up he felt guilty about stuff, things he didn't personally do, things he hadn't been around for or felt the need to speak up about.

    When he was asleep he dreamed of ravens and brush-fires.

    It was cruel, he thought?

    "What was that?", someone said from across the room.

    Nope, I said that part out loud.

    "Nothing…" he dragged out, not feeling up to the conversation. It was early.

    "He said 'it's crude', or something." mumbled the girl on his top-bunk, "Not sure, was sleep."

    Though it was going to happen anyway, I guess. Too much tension in the room.

    "You were not, I can tell when you're asleep. You snore like a gorgon." Said one of the boys to his left.

    They bickered for a bit, lazily, like a married couple in an old sitcom where the beds were pushed apart.

    A few chimed in with their own jabs, while some of the girls finally got up to brush their teeth. Some others just laughed to themselves and tried catch a few more Zz's.

    It was something close to a regular morning. Lots of jokes, people shooting the shit. Where was the angst? The tension, was it just him?

    "Ding Dong, the bitch is dead!" came a chorus from the bathroom.

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    "Lilly! Open up." Aspasia said to the beat of her knuckles on the door. Trying not to sound too desperate. Obviously, it didn't work because Lily actually opened the door.

    "What do you wa-" she stopped herself once she got a look Cabin 10's counselor. Her eyes weren't quite to tears, but she looked like she was one bad conversation away from being a wreck.

    Lily held on to the cheery disposition just long enough to usher the girl into the Demeter Cabin. She wasn't in the mood for theatrics, but Aspasia looked every bit the serious person, it was odd. Lily didn't think she was an airhead or anything, just… not the type to get worked up like this.

    "This about Blossom?" came a voice from a table further into the cabin, it sounded like Anne. She was hunched over, nose stuffed into some massive tome. Her voice was muffled by all the books stacked next to her.

    "Yeah," Aspasia said not expecting for there to be any extra company. Her cabin was full of slackers, but everyone else tended to at least get to breakfast on time. "I thought you'd be alone." she finished in Lily's direction.

    "We're the only ones still here. Anything you want to say to me, you can say around her."

    "Can confirm, I am very trustworthy." It sounded like a joke, yet also not… Nobody laughed, thankfully, so Aspasia didn't either. "Though Willow should be coming back in, what? A few minutes maybe?"

    "The girl is a fast eater… You might want to make it quick." Lily finished the thought, only with a hint of impatience.

    Aspasia let it go, she probably deserved it. She was a time waster by habit, didn't run as tight a ship as she could; should. It was understandable.

    "I want to help," she responded, "that simple. I'll go crazy if I don't."

    That got a few raised eyebrows, "really?", they seemed to say. "This morning before she left, she asked me if I thought she'd make it. I didn't even know what to tell her, I just kind of half-nodded and helped her go. I barely looked at her."

    Lily winced a little at that, Anne just kept her eyes on her. "That little boy showed up at the meeting and didn't even bat an eye before he joined her, and I couldn't even give her a couple words. Nobody in the cabin even—Look— I'm a piece of work and I need to make it up to her somehow." She sped through, before they had a chance to respond,



    "Or I'll go crazy, like I said."



    "Pick up a book and pull up a chair then. And don't knock over the drachmas, we don't have too many of those just lying around." Said Anne, while Lily was still looking her over.

    She must have decided that the Aphrodite girl was worth the time, because she went to the table too, back to the notes Asp must have stolen her away from.

    "We've got about a day and some change before their bus ride hits flyover country. We'll send them an Iris message if we find any tips." Lily said, as she sat.

    "And we'll send lots of thoughts and prayers. We've got nice mothers, we can hope for a blessing or three." Finished Anne.

    "Yeah…nice." She agreed, hollowly. "Thanks for letting me help."

    Lily just gave her a firm hand to the shoulder, and got to work.

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    The rest of the cabin got quiet. Some were just curious what they were talking about, the ones slow on the uptake. Innocent enough, those couple, but there were enough glares going toward the bathroom that Cam was genuinely surprised.

    A bridge too far, I guess.

    The girls in the bathroom, weren't

    "What the hell is their problem?" said Mazzy*, the not-so-sleepy-anymore girl on the top bunk.

    "They're harpies, it's in their nature." Said the same boy from earlier.

    He really likes the monster allusions.

    "It's like they don't know when the game's over."

    "Whoever said they were playing a game?" Interjected Cam, his glare still on the bathroom entrance, waiting for the girls to come out. His voice had more poison than he felt comfortable with.

    "Isn't it a bit much though? Maybe I haven't been paying attention, but I thought everyone was even." Said one of the other girls, opposite them. She was about to head out to breakfast without brushing her teeth.

    "If we we're all even why didn't anyone see Blossom off?" said Cam.

    Maybe he was starting to show his age, but he was getting a bit tired of the usual thick-headedness of some of his cabinmates.

    "I didn't want to throw her off." said Mazzy.

    "Seemed like Aspasia was telling her something important." Said the Monster Allusion Dude to his left.

    "I was actually asleep." Most everyone else hummed something like an agreement at that.

    Cam didn't believe most of them, but he let it lie.



    "If you're all so concerned, go pray to Mom about it." said one of the Harpies, "Our lil' sis will be fine, and you'll all stop pretending to care so much. She'll come back on her cute little crutches and go sulk somewhere. Just like usual."

    The other ones seemed to let her speak for them on this one.

    "And what if she doesn't come back." Cam bit back, though the Harpy didn't register the venom.

    "All is fair in such and such, it's practically the cabin motto."

    And with that they headed out the door to the mess hall.

    "Jesus." Said the Dude.

    "You said it man," Agreed Mazzy, looking a little too awake.Like she got startled by her own reflection.
    "I need a shower."


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    The head counselor of the Aphrodite cabin just looks conflicted.
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    Omake Sent.....

    * Mazzy is short for Mazeppa, it's a reference to a play/poem. It might be a nickname, it might not, she'll never tell.
     
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    • Alright, the EXP distribution should now be:

    4 EXP to War-Scythe-Wielding - Intermediate 0/25
    9 EXP to Macro-Chlorokinesis- Intermediate 0/25
    2 EXP to Social - Advanced 0/50
     
    Sena Kumo said:
    What about Archery? We are 4 exp away from Intermediate.
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    Archery doesn't seem to be our focus. If we end up using it I would hope that we'd just roll high enough to get us over the top EXP-wise so I wouldn't have to spend points. I think the other three are more important..

    The scythe is our primary weapon, and I already said I would top it off a way back when, so that was a promise..

    The social stat was a why not, it was the only stat that was really close to the edge that I thought we would be actively using. Diplomacy is always a plus.

    The Chloro is me using the past as an example of what we'll do in the future. We depend on our magic like nothing else. We're also the heaviest hitter on our team. We can't get tired or pull punches, we need to be able to do as much as is physically possible. That means buffing the stat as far as I can.

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    I only have 15 points to spend. If I had an extra five, I'd spend it on archery, I never thought it was a dump stat. Just not as high a priority as the rest.
    If we're in a situation where we're relying on the bow and arrow, then it's one that's already gone FUBAR.
     
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    [1] Make eagle noises at it. What do we even call the sound eagles make, anyway?

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    [29][Caucasian Eagle] Bow before the Eagle. It is a symbol of Zeus and it is probably best you don't hurt it or you might piss off his owner.
    [9][Caucasian Eagle] Wait and see what it does.
    [2][Caucasian Eagle] Wink and wave at it cheerily.
    [2][Caucasian Eagle] Try and use the grass around you to form a protective shield

    Total No. of Voters: 43
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    Quest for Springtime's Basket II: Zeus's Pet Eagle Ruins Your Day
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    • [29][Caucasian Eagle] Bow before the Eagle. It is a symbol of Zeus and it is probably best you don't hurt it or you might piss off his owner.

    Not knowing what else to do you bow before the eagle, and whisper a silent prayer to Zeus as you do so. As far as you can remember, you haven't done anything that would make him mad enough to ensure that you die, but you can never be too careful. Out of the corner of your eyes, you can see that both of your partners are reacting with stunned silence.

    The wind picks up, to an alarming degree, so you stand up straight. Looking around, you can see that the civilians in the area have all seemed to spontaneously decide not to be here, which is probably good. You would feel bad if any of them were injured because of you, but probably not as bad as if you were injured by the Eagle of Zeus.

    When you look back up at the eagle, you conclude that the sudden uptick in local wind speed is due to it flapping its wings. This confirms that it was probably not a good idea to attack it.

    The eagle takes off majestically, because how else does a massive golden, divine eagle, take off, scraping off the roof of the monument slash building, but thankfully leaving it intact. Then, to all three of your group's horror, it descends right in front of where you're standing. As the eagle descends, you can feel yourself starting to be pushed back by the sheer wind speed. Instinctively, you have the grass wrap around your ankles to try and hold you in place. It works briefly before the eagle gives a mighty flap of its wings and the resulting gust of air rips the grass out of the ground and sends the three of you falling back.

    As you get up, you get a good look at the eagle up close. It's massive, roughly the size of the museum buildings on either side of the monument. It's colored closer to brown towards the center of its body, but its wings and head glow a brilliant gold in the daylight. Despite its avian face, it seems intelligent, which probably shouldn't be as surprising as it is. More alarming, is that it seems displeased or annoyed. By what? You aren't sure.

    It opens its beak and lets out a deafening sound that could be described as a caw if you weren't wondering whether your eardrums still worked. Then, its wings light up with lightning, which crackles loudly. That seems like a bad sign.

    "Any idea what it wants?" Kurt asks shakily.

    "Do I look like I speak giant eagle?" Blossom shoots back.

    Well, it's good that she's able to make a joke in a time like this, it means she's calm, or maybe that she's starting to get hysteric. Actually, considering the situation, the latter option seems far more likely than the former.

    When your eyes travel back from the eagle's lightning-wreathed wings to its face, you notice that it's fixated exactly on your group. No, that's not quite right, its eyes are focused exactly on you, and they only seem to glance at the others in your party, as if they're even further beneath it than you are. Of course, it still looks at you with disdain, but also with something else you can't identify.

    "Is it… challenging us?" As soon as you say it, it sounds wrong. There's no reason for the Eagle of Zeus to challenge you. It's superior to you in just about every way. It's not the right answer, but it feels close to one. Maybe-

    The eagle lets out another resounding caw and then a bolt of lightning flies from its wing landing right in front of Blossom. She's flung backward in a way that would seem comical if it wasn't for the intense danger inherent in the situation. She lands with an oof on grass that you grew in a hurry to cushion her landing. You and Kurt immediately retreat. Unfortunately, Blossom's lost one of her crutches, so she's not able to do the same. You end up dragging her backward with the grass underneath her.

    After you've gained a bit of distance from the eagle, who seems content to sit on the grass near the monument, you think a bit more. You're quite certain that if the eagle was trying to kill Blossom, she'd be dead. That she's still alive means that the eagle isn't trying to kill you. That doesn't rule out the danger of being killed by the eagle inadvertently, but it does make the situation a tad safer. Of course, it could also be that the eagle isn't here to kill your partners but to kill you. You doubt that explanation because you doubt your ability to survive if the eagle had launched that bolt at you.

    If the eagle was sent by Zeus and doesn't want to kill you, that means… Well, actually, it could mean several things, but the most likely is, "It's testing us, or me. I'm not sure," you say.

    "What's the test?" Kurt asks quite reasonably. Even with your eyes trained on the eagle, you can feel him shaking from the grass underneath him.

    That is the question, isn't it? What's the test? You can probably assume that the test is being "administered" by Zeus, and tests involving him usually involve monster-slaying at least from your knowledge of Greek Myth, but you doubt your group's ability to kill the Eagle. Ruling that out, your next instinct is to think that the test might be to escape the eagle. You discard that idea right away. The eagle can probably fly faster than sound, or turn into lightning or something equally magical, meaning that you, on foot and with someone who needs assistance walking, have no chance of escaping.

    You glance backward, maybe the test is to escape from the park? It's a good distance away, with little for cover, and you don't fancy your odds if you turn your back to the giant golden eagle that seems content to shoot lightning at you and wait for your reaction.

    When you look back at the eagle, you make your decision and start calling upon your powers, infusing the grass around you with your power. As you look into the eagle's eyes once more, you see something new form in them. Anticipation.

    You…
    [][Eagle's Test] Control as much grass as you can, enhance it with as many attributes as you can, and charge the Eagle.
    [][Eagle's Test] Grab Blossom and run for the exit, using the grass to cover your backs as best you can.
    [][Eagle's Test] This park has trees. Make a break for them.
    -[][Eagle's Test] With Kurt
    -[][Eagle's Test] Dragging Blossom
    -[][Eagle's Test] By yourself, attempting to focus the attention of the Eagle onto yourself.
    [][Eagle's Test] Write-in.

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    QM Note:

    I know that people are wondering, "Why did the eagle attack us?" We showed it and Zeus proper respect." You're all forgetting one simple fact. Zeus is a dick.

    Also, the sound an eagle makes is probably just called a call or a caw.

    I think this chapter may be overly descriptive, but I felt the need to be long-winded to convey the sense of terror and majesty that the eagle should convey.
     
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