'Wow she actually complemented me!' Percy thought in surprise, 'maybe we can be friends.' "So you won't like be doing anything right now right?"
Nancy shook her head, "no. Why?"
"Then it's settled, come one I could use some ice cream," Percy said as he grabbed her hand and pulled her along.
"W-wait what?" Nancy asked in surprise, "why ice cream?"
"I want ice cream," Percy said, he had a huge craving for ice cream, maybe it was a side effect of his teaching skill.
Ping!
Wanting to eat ice cream is not a side effect of your teaching skill. You just want ice cream.
Huh, never mind then. Percy then dragged Nancy to the gate of Nancy academy and then pulled her towards a tree and waited as they hide behind it under the shadows.
"What are we doing here?" Nancy asked as she looked over Percy's shoulder seeing a gaurd standing near the gate.
"The only place we can get ice cream is the ice cream parlour two blocks into town," Percy replied as he spied otherways to leave the school, "and since the gate is being watched we need another way to get in."
Nancy looked surprised at this, "I thought you were a goody two shoes Percy, didn't think you had the guts to sneak out of school."
Percy shrugged, "I really want ice cream." He then noticed that around the gaurd was reading a magazine while drinking a cup of hot coffee. Bingo. Percy silently used his water control skill and pushed the hot coffee out of the mug right onto the guards pants.
"AHH!" came the guards cry and he quickly ran out holding his crotch. As soon as the gaurd was out of sight Percy looked at Nancy and said,"let's move." He dashed forward leaving Nancy wide eyed.
"H-hey wait up!" Nancy cried out as she quickly caught up to Percy.
The two then walked for an hour until they came into town and they quickly headed for downtown. Percy walked into the ice cream place with his eyes filled with greed and his mouth watering. He quickly went up to the counter and ordered a scoop of Blueberry ice cream and turned to Nancy, "what do you want?"
"Oh nothing for me thanks," Nancy said.
"Make that two blueberry icecreams," Percy told the ice cream man as he quickly took a seat in a both in the back.
"Percy why did you order some for me?!" Nancy asked angrily as she sat down in front of him.
Percy simply shrugged, "thought you would like it."
"I don't have any money Percy," Nancy said blushing a little.
"It's my treat," Percy said, 'after all I have over a thousand bucks, what else am I going to do with it?' "Consider it a reward for all your hard work. and besides I never knew a person who didn't like ice cream."
"Thanks, I guess," Nancy said trying to put on a frown, even though the thought of ice cream made her happy, plus free food! "But did it have to be blueberry?"
"Don't be silly. Blueberry is the best!"
"Why?"
"Because it's blue!" Percy grinned in response. Soon their ice cream came and the two eat in silence.
Nancy spent that silence thinking about why Percy was acting so strange, maybe he was always this way? The only thing she ever truly do when with him was insult him, so maybe...maybe she should try and learn something about him.
Percy on the other hand was wondering whether this whole friendship thing was working. He honestly never tried to have a friend before, Grover didn't count because Grover wanted, well more like needed, to be Percy's friend. But hey food always seemed to bring Grover and him closer, so why not him and Nancy.
Soon the two were done with thier ice cream and they took a walk along the town small port. The scenery was nice and the wind calmed them down, and most of all it was next to the sea so it felt like home for Percy, he felt safe.
"Thanks for the ice cream Percy," Nancy said, "and for teaching me."
Percy nodded, "no biggy."
"No, it is a biggy. You were kind to me even though I was always such a...."
"Bitch?"
"Well, yeah. I'm sorry I kept insulting you and Grover, it's just that...well I never had a friend before."
Percy nodded, "and I'm sorry I called you mom a...ahem goat fucker."
Nancy laughed at that, "don't worry about that she is a bitch sometimes." Percy laughed too and for a second the too fell quiet as the watched the waves come into the shore. "My parents are rich."
"What?" Percy looked at her, was she opens up to him?
"They are pretty rich. Very well off."
"Then why all the stealing?"
"I need their attention. I remember I was caught stealing my sister's pen and my dad spent an entire hour with me telling me why it was bad to steal. An entire hour! For me that was the longest I can ever remember him being with me." Nancy's eyes then slowly began to water, "so I did what I did to gain their attention. Every time they called me a spoilt brat or good for nothing, I was happy because they talked to me. I was so happy."
Percy looked as tears fell down from Nancy's face, he didn't know what to do, this...this was new for him. So he did the one thing that always cheered him up, he gave her a hug, "it's okay."
"No it's not," Nancy said with a wavering voice, "you are the first one I know to have actually treated me properly Percy, so thanks."
"No problem," Percy said as he concealed his...friend? Percy then pulled away, he smiled at her, "now stop crying. It wouldn't do for the thief master of Yancy academy to get caught crying."
Nancy laughed and rubbed her eyes, "yeah, don't want to ruin my reputation as a blueberry eating loser."
"You take that back! Blue berry is awesome!" Nancy shuckled as the two students walked back to their school. Along the way Percy and Nancy traded stories. She told him about the time she stole her sister tooth brush and used it to clean their car tire only to them put the tooth brush back and have her sister use it for a weeks in advance before she even told her what she did with it. Note to self, never piss off this girl, and check toothbrush before use.
Percy then told Nancy about the time he snuck into Mr. Brunner office and stole his pen and a greek shield. When Nancy didn't believe him Percy took out Riptide, in it's pen form of course and showed it to her, "he even had greek letters written along the side, I think it's his name." It wasn't but who cares? He couldn't say , 'it's actually means Riptide and I know that because I can read ancient Greek.'
Ping!
Due to constant use a skill has leveled up!
Lying, Lv-5 (5%)
This is your ability to lie to people, the higher the level the better the lie and less chance of discovery!
25% chance of success, less based on how extreme the lie is.
Bullshiting-Lv-2, a combanation of lying and the truth said in a very confident manner!
Huh, neat. Quickly Percy and Nancy reached the gate and just walked in, seeing as the gaurd was still not there. Damn security in this place sucks, must be why a Fury managed to get in here disguised as a teacher.
Eventually they reached the main building and Percy turned to Nancy, he held up a closed fist, "friends?"
Nancy looked at it confused and then smiled, he fist bumped him, "friends."
Ping!
Quest Completed!
Make friends with Nancy Bobofit! By the time you leave school for summer make sure Nancy thinks of you fondly!
Rewards,
What you need a reward for being a good person? Okay fine,
3000 Exp
Percy quickly dismissed the box and the two went their separate ways, Nancy to study and Percy to do something which was extremely stupid.
As Percy spent the day with Nancy it became less and less about finishing a quest and more and more about making a real friend. And by the end of it Percy actually forgot he was doing a quest. And right now the only thing on his mind was how badly Nancy was treated by her family.
His mom loved him, his dad...well Percy didn't really know but let's say he like Percy as well,I mean who wouldn't? Anyway Percy's family loved him, expect Gabe, he's a dick. And so it seemed like such a foreign concept for Percy to find somebody who was mistreated by their family.
This pissed Percy off big time. But unfortunately he couldn't do anything about it. So he decided to reveal himself of his stress, it was time to grind.
Percy reached the gate again and gaurd was now back, with no coffee in sight. But it was alright, Percy had another way to get out. He quickly went along the walls of Yancy's academy and once he was further away from the wall he jumped up and caught the edge of the wall. He climbed over the top and then dropped on the other side.
Percy then quickly ran back into town and arrived near the port where he was with Nancy a few minutes ago. He looked around and saw no one was looking at him so Percy ran to the port and jumped into the sea.
Ping!
You have entered a water body! Due to your parentage you have gained a boost!
+1000 HP
+1000 MP
All wounds are healed
All ailments cured
Water Breathing ability active
Percy waved the box away and then slowly began to breath, it was still a strange feeling for him. Percy then kicked off and began swimming to train his swimming skill. After an hour or so of swimming Percy stopped and two several boxes appear in front of him.
Ping!
Due to constant swiming your swimming has improved by five levels!
Swimming, Lv-15 (50%)
Your speed in swimming is that of an advanced swimmer-7 miles an hour.
Ping!
Due to constant exercise your Vit has risen by 2!
Vit-6 (+3)=9
Percy's eyes widened at the how fast he could swim, he couldn't run that fast! He was the fastest human swimmer ever! ...Well, he technically wasn't human though. Percy closed the boxes and then swam to surface. The sun was down but he could still tell that it wasn't to late in the night.
Percy then swam back down and began training his water control. First up was his use of his Water shield, it was the skill he used the least but it was usefull. Percy gathered the water and then hardened it around himself. He then pushed the water inside the shield out creating an air pocket for himself.
Percy then took out riptide and began swinging the blade expanding the water shield he was in so as to not strike the shield with his blade. What? No one said he couldn't multi task. Percy's body moved on auto control, but his mind was elsewhere.
Idea's filled his head about how he could improve all his lacking skills, mainly Str, Dex and Wis. The first one was easy just a couple of strength training exercises no biggy. the second one however, Dex was a problem.
Dex stood for dexterity, and since Percy is smart now he knew that meant agility and precious. The only way Percy could think of improving Dex would be to throw knives at a target and taken gymnastics class. Maybe the second option he could take as a hobby, and the first would be difficult and he would need some materials for it to be done.
Ping!
Due to constant use Water control has been leveled up!
Water Controlling Lv-8 (10%)
Allows you to control any form of water from any source of water. You can reconstruct it in anyway you wish and it will obey your every command.
Cost-13 MP per minute
Special attack— Water Spikes-210 Damage cost 92 MP
Special defence— Water shield-35/35 Durability cost 120 MP
Special control-Blood control-cost 49 MP per minute.
Percy saw that the level up reduced the cost of his water shield drastically by 20 MP. This was good. He then looked at his MP bar and saw it was almost empty. So Percy dropped his shield and waited for his Mana to regenerate.
While that was happening Percy continued to swing his sword and tried to gain the same fluid motion he got when fighting on land. It was next to impossible due to the water resistance but Percy was not going to give up, Water was his trump card, and if he can't fight the monsters when they are underwater what kind of son of poseidon would he be?
After ten minutes his mana bar was full again and Percy began his sword skills again. This cycle to training proved useful for Percy almost immediately he heard another ping,
Ping!
Due to constant use a skill has leveled up!
Water Controlling Lv-9 (40%)
Allows you to control any form of water from any source of water. You can reconstruct it in anyway you wish and it will obey your every command.
Cost-12 MP per minute
Special attack— Water Spikes-210 Damage cost 90 MP
Special defence— Water shield-35/35 Durability cost 110 MP
Special control-Blood control-cost 48 MP per minute.
Ping! Ping!
Due to training underwater with heavy resistance your Sword Mastery has leveled up twice!
Sword Mastery, Lv-8 (41%)
Allows user to freely handle swords.
40% more damage when using swords.
Ping!
Due to your insane training regimen you have gained, +1 Vit,
Vit-7 (+3)=10
Percy smiled at this and decided that this was enough training for now. He then quickly swam up to the surface and pulled himself on to the port. Percy then ran towards Yancy academy, more training for Vit that way, and jumped over the wall, the same way he got out.
Percy snuck into his room and when he entered it he found Grover not there, strange he is usually asleep by now.
Percy walked in and quickly took a bath and put on a fresh set of clothes. It was then when he noticed a note on the table with his name on it in Grover's handwriting. It read;
Hey Percy,
Me and Chiron have been summoned by the Council of Cloven Elders. I don't know why, something about a chicken. Anyway I won't be there for two days, so take care of yourself and make sure you don't get into too much trouble.
Grover Underwood,
Protector in training.
Percy smiled at this, finally some me time. Maybe he could get the room to stop smelling like goat to. There was a reason Percy was always so eager to find a reason not to spend time in his room, and the smell was it.
Percy popped on his bed and stretched himself. His Gamer's body helped him with his fatigue but Percy could still feel how exhausted his muscles felt. Percy then remembered something, he had loot which he still had to go through. Pulling up his inventory PErcy quickly pulled out the two skill books he got from the museum.
Scroll of sword techniques
Skill book: Marble skin
Percy first picked up the scroll and opened it;
Ping!
You have obtained the Scroll of sword techniques, would you like to learn it?
YES/NO?
Percy picked yes immediately and the scroll bursted into yellow flames as Percy consumed it's knowledge. But just then two boxes showed up.
Ping!
Due to use of a skill book skill has leveled up!
Ј Sword Mastery, Lv-9 (0%)
Allows user to freely handle swords.
