Percy groaned, "and I'm not cute now?"
Thalia chuckled, "no sweetie," she kissed him on the cheek, "now you're handsome."
"Alright who wants pancakes?!" Sally called out joyfully as she brought out a stack of blue pancakes out for Percy and Thalia along with a jug of blue milk.
"Woah, you were right," Thalia said eyeing the plate of blue food Sally just put down, "she does make everything blue."
"Yup," Percy said as he floated two pancakes onto his and Thalia's plates while lifting the jug of milk with his telekinesis pouring himself a glass of said milk.
Sally looked on in surprise, "Percy....since when can you move things with your mind?"
Percy finished chugging his glass milk rubbing the milk mustache that formed, "well it's kind of always been there, but only recently did I really start to train in it."
"And by train in it he means use it for every single manual task you can think of," Thalia huffed biting into her pancake, "seriously, everything. One time I saw a roll of toilet paper float out of the janitor's closet and float towards the boy's toilet. I seriously thought that someone might have slipped me some mushrooms."
"Okay A, that 'incident' was awesome. Do you know how far away the janitor's closet is? I had to struggle to even get a clear picture of what I want to be brought towards me, and B, you're just jealous because of that time I lifted you up and threw you into the sea."
"It was freaking ice cold Percy!" Thalia shouted, "seriously! Ice cold! What type of boyfriend does that?!"
"You insulted Star Wars!"
"All I said was that the prequels had better graphics!"
"And that it had better story!"
"I never said that!"
"Bullshit-"
"Boyfriend?" Sally voice stopped Percy's argument as the who released their slip up. They both turned nervously towards Sally who looked like the cat who caught the canary, "Percy dear, is there something you would like to share?"
Percy looked at Thalia who motioned him to speak up. "Why me?" he whispered.
"Because she's your mom," Thalia hissed back.
Percy gulped, "well mom you see...ah, well Thalia is my...well she's my girlfriend."
Sally smiled, "really now? Does your father know about this?"
Percy and Thalia nodded, "yeah believe me, they know."
"They?" Sally raised an eyebrow. Thalia blinked, 'huh, so that's where Percy got that from.'
"The Olympians," Percy sighed, "Aphrodite kind of spilled the beans on that one."
Thalia nodded, "dumb Goddess. Giving away secrets that aren't her's to give."
"So Zeus was okay with this?" Sally asked surprised, "I can't imagine he was happy learning his daughter was dating a child of Poseidon."
"We ah, kind of worked something out," Thalia said with a shrug, "but I don't really think Percy should meet up with him any time soon. I think for now it's more like a , 'if I see you I'll kill you' kind of phase."
"So...what you're telling me is that I'm the last one to find out," Sally said with narrowed eyes as she turned to her son, "tell me Percy, why was I the last to find out?"
Percy gulped, "w-well you see mo-mom, thing's just got so busy and I was kind of stretched thin. We had this monster to fight and the Romans came up, oh did you know there are Roman demigods? Like seriously, then even have a Roman-"
"Percy," Sally's one word cut Percy's rambling.
Percy gulped, "yeah."
Sally smiled, "are you happy?"
Percy blinked but smiled, "yeah, I'm happy."
Sally nodded as she spent the rest of breakfast talking to Thalia trying to learn more about her and how things were going on between the two. Percy avoided any explicit details, she was his mother after all, but told her everything else. He told her about the giant they fought in their trip to Alaska, about how they joined both the camps. He even told her about how Thalia kissed him in front of the whole camp telling them all he was hers, much to the embarrassment of Thalia.
Time flew by and before they knew it it was to meet up with Edward.
Percy and Thalia walked out of Sally's apartment with Sally waiting by the door. "Don't be a stranger dear," Sally told Percy as she kissed him on the cheek, "and remember to treat Thalia well."
"Mooooom," Percy groaned, "you're embarrassing me in front of Thalia."
Sally chuckled as she turned to Thalia, "take care of him for me."
Thalia nodded, "will do. And don't worry, if he does something stupid I'll blast him with lighting."
Sally nodded, "thank you."
Percy groaned, "remind me again why I'm helping you get stronger?"
Thalia chuckled as they waved goodbye to Sally walking down and out of the apartment complex. When they were outside they went back into that secluded alley from before as Percy put Thalia back into his inventory.
He then took off towards Central Park zooming around the place searching for Ed. The funny thing was Ed didn't exactly tell him where in Central Park he wanted to meet, so Percy was just forced to looked everywhere, but that wasn't really a problem for the demigod.
Soon he found Ed sleeping on a park bench near the Northern entrance looking tired as ever. After finding a private place to take out Thalia, the two demigods then walked over to Ed as Percy shook him awake.
"Ed?" Percy asked as he shook the man gently, "Ed it's me, Percy."
Ed groaned as he slowly got back up rubbing his eyes and yawning, "gods be damned, can't you let me get one moment of rest?"
Percy chuckled, "sorry Ed, just wanted to make sure an assassin didn't kill you or something."
"Don't even joke about that," Ed said as he stood up stretching his tired body, "nice to see you again Thalia."
"Hey Ed," Thalia smiled.
"How's camp life?"
"Good," Thalia nodded, "we managed to join forces with the Romans, so that's nice."
"Romans?" Ed asked in surprise, "what does Romans have to do with this?"
"There are a sect of Roman demigods," Percy explained, "have their own Gods, their own camp and their own city. It's honestly amazing Ed. they have an entire city where demigods can go an live in peace," Percy smiled, "it's a safe place for demigods to get old and die."
Edwards Neak blinked, "are you serious? Like you aren't pulling my leg or anything right? A city for demigods?"
Thalia nodded, "yup. Before I thought you were the oldest demigod alive, but then I saw the people living in New Rome, that's the city's name by the way, and I realised people over there can actually die of old age."
"That sounds so cool," Edward admitted in amazement, "shit if we combine that with my pills demigods might have a chance to actually live a normal human life."
Percy nodded, "yup. That's exactly what I was hoping for. Maybe now demigods don't have a bloody expiration date hanging over our heads."
Edward huffed, "tell me about it. Although, I don't really like the name of the city they have.'New Rome' just sounds to...Roman for me."
Percy chuckled, "yeah I know what you mean. I am actually planning on building a place similar to New Rome but for us Greek demigods."
Edward blinked, "you're serious?"
Percy nodded, "yup."
"That's going to cost you a lot."
Percy and Thalia grinned, "that's not going to be a problem."
Edward nodded, "well if you ever need any help from me just ask. I did make my money creating security for Boston. Maybe I could lend a hand in construction. Half-Blood Inc.'s research and development sector did create some great ideas for an eco green energy system for a metropolis."
Percy scratched his chin, "sounds good, maybe me and Annabeth can swing by your office sometime, show you what we have so far."
Edward nodded, "sounds good."
"So," Thalia spoke up, "now that you two are done trying to save the demigod race, can we get back to business?"
Edward chuckled, "as charming as ever Thalia," Ed reached into the side pocket of his jacket and pulled out a tin case.
Percy took the case and opened it, inside were 15 neon green pills that were about the size of a large tic tac. Percy took one out and Observed it;
Pill of scent destruction;
Just one of these pills will destroy all the unwanted energy leaking out of a being. This will result in a variety of effects;
For humans— If said human has latent magic powers, but said mana leaks out of their body before it can be used, this pill will allow said human to use the leaked mana, hence making them magical. They can also see through the Mist.
For demigods— their scent will be destroyed, monster's will be unable to track them. Also provides a permanent boost of +50 MP.
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Time limit— Forever, unless there is a drastic change in the user's mana causing the pill to become useless.
"Ed," Percy spoke clearly, "I think you may have just created a pill to destroy the scent of a demigod."
Edward nodded, "yeah, I know."
"Did you test it out?"
"I did, just now," Edward motioned to himself, "I took one and then slept in the middle of Central Park. I was defenceless for about 2 hours, and from my past experiences I know that my scent is strong enough for a monster to notice in just an hour, tops."
"You risked your life to test these pills?!" Thalia asked, "Ed that's crazy!"
Edward shrugged, "I need to test them out Thalia. Do you have any other way?"
Thalia sighed but said nothing. Percy however kept reading the effects of the pill when he noticed what effect the pill would have on humans. This peaked Percy's curiosity, "hey Ed. How exactly does this work?"
Edward looked surprised but answered, "well after doing some research I found out that the reason we demigods leave behind a scent is because we leak a small amount of mana unconsciously. Every living being does it, it's just that when we demigods do it, it allows the monster's to track us via our mana trail, which is more potent due to our Godly side. And so it was all a matter of creating a pill that can counteract this unwanted leakage of mana."
Percy blinked, "so....let's say a human has mana. If I gave this pill to them....would that mean they could now use their own mana?"
Edward and Thalia blinked. The billionaire spoke up first, "well....I suppose theoretically yeah, that's possible."
Percy looked at the pill before sighing, "a problem for another time. Thanks Ed, we'll get this to camo and test it out. When we are ready I'll call you for more pills."
Edward nodded, "right, oh and don't forget about visiting me, and I still interested in this.....safe haven you wish to build for the demigods." Edwards then yawned, "now fuck off. I'm sleepy."
Thalia chuckled as the two did just that walking away, leaving Edward to get his rest. As soon as they were far enough away Thalia spoke up, "what does your gaming powers tell you?"
"The pills can stop our scent," Percy told her, "permanently."
Thalia grinned, "awesome."
"It even gives us all a +50 for our MP."
"That's mana points right?" Percy nodded, "cool."
"But there is a catch," Percy told her causing Thalia to groan, "if someone's mana changes drastically the pill might not work."
"What do you mean by that?"
"I'm not to sure......but I think it might mean like if we became a God or something. Or became immortal."
Thalia nodded, "I see.....oh and Percy, about that human thing..."
Percy sighed, "you noticed."
Thalia nodded, "I did. Does the Game say that if you give the pill to a human they will gain magical powers?"
Percy nodded, "yup. I always wondered why certain human never were able to use their mana despite having so much intelligence. Guess this is why."
Thalia sighed "great, so we have a pill that can increase the lifespan of a demigod, while at the same time turn humans into magicians. Just what we need."
Percy chuckled, "maybe in the future we can make every human into a magical being, that way none of us needs to hide any more. We would all be freaks."
Thalia chuckled, "one can dream Percy, one can dream."
Percy took out two pills out of the box, "here," he gave Thalia one, "let's see what happens."
"Oh, isn't this sweet, a romantic walk in the park while my boyfriend gives me a mysterious glowing green pill," Thalia said in a mocking tone, "you sure know how to woo a lady Percy."
Percy chuckled, "I didn't realise I still had to woo you. Aren't you already mine?"
"I am," Thalia nodded, "but it would still be a nice thing to have you try and woo me once in awhile."
Percy chuckled, "alright then how about this, after we take the pills we go out on a date, like a real one. No ice glaciers, no Giants, just a normal trip to the mall that two teenagers would do. Deal?"
Thalia grinned, "deal."
Percy nodded, "alright then," he took his own pill, "bottom's up." They swallowed it together as suddenly a small rush of mana filled their body. Percy felt his entire being heat up a little as he felt something burn. It was like there were these lines of mana streaming out of Percy, small enough to not be noticed before, but now it was the only thing that Percy could feel.
Slowly Percy felt his pores close up stopping the constant stream of mana from pouring out of him;
Ping!
You have gained +50 mana!
Mana— 7,750/7,750 (+1000) = 8,750 (+20% more mana, +1,710) = 10,500
Percy smiled pushing the notification away and put the rest of the pills into his inventory, don't want those getting lost.
He then turned to Thalia who looked like she just ate something spicy. Her head was sweating as her skin turned red before slowly turning white again. "Are you okay?" Percy asked Thalia.
"I'm fine," Thalia said as she coughed, "damn, it feels like I just ate a can of chilli flakes."
Percy nodded, "I know what you mean. Do you feel....I don't know, more powerful?"
Thalia nodded, "yeah, it wasn't like that berry you gave me during our trip to Alaska, it was far less of a boost."
Percy nodded, "yeah this only gave a +50 bonus while that gave a +200 bonus. Anyway, are you sure you're okay?"
"I'm fine Percy," Thalia said as she looked down at her sweat soaked shirt, "although I could use a clean up."
Percy nodded, "one magical clean up comeing up," Percy snapped his fingers causing all the sweat on Thalia's skin to evaporate into nothing leaving her dry as a bone. "Alright, your dried down and we have complete immunity from monsters...ready for a normal date?"
Thalia grinned, "bring it."
Percy and Thalia walked around the park hand in hand. In the public eye no one cared about the two, they weren't the son and daughter of two Elder Gods, they weren't the leaders of Camp Half-Blood, no. They were just a couple walking around park hand in hand, happy to be alive.
