Percy
"Look I didn't want to be a Half-Blood"
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"Percy wasn’t dead yet, but he was already tired of being a corpse."
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"Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die"
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"If my life is going to mean anything I have to live it myself"
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"Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face."
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"You hit the lord of the titans in the eye with a blue plastic hairbrush."
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"He didn't think much of fates and prophecies, but he did believe in one thing: Annabeth and he were supposed to be together."
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"You’re not getting away from me. Never again."
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"The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive."
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"How about we summon Nike by promoting adidas?"
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"I become supreme lord of the bathroom"
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"Nico buys happy meals for the dead"
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"The toilets had responded I had become one with the plumbing"
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"I’m pretty sure if I tried to sing it would cause an avalanche"
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"If you’re reading this because you think you might be one, my advice is: close this book right now. Believe what-ever lie your mom or dad told you about your birth, and try to lead a normal life. Being a half-blood is dangerous. It’s scary. Most of the time, it gets you killed in painful, nasty ways."
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"All I could think of was that the teachers must've found the illegal stash of candy I'd been selling out of my dorms room. Or maybe they'd realized I got my Essay on Tom Sawyer from the Internet without ever reading the book and now they were going to take away my grade."
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"My mom's funny that way, celebrating special occasions with blue food. I think it's her way of saying anything is possible. Percy can pass seventh grade. Waffles can be blue. Little miracles like that."
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"Jumping out a window five hundred feet aboveground is not usually my idea of fun. Especially when I'm wearing bronze winds and flapping my arms like a duck."
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"The elevator’s easy-listening music didn’t help. If all monsters had to hear that song about liking piña coladas and getting caught in the rain, no wonder they were in the mood for carnage when they reached the mortal world."
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Annabeth
"You drool when you sleep"
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"I'm nobody's sidekick"
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"Sometimes even strength has to bow down to wisdom sometimes"
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"I’m glad you’re not a guinea pig"
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"Athena is no fan of Poseidon, but if you're doing to save the world, I'm the best person to keep you from messing up"
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"Because you're my friend, Seaweed brain. Any more stupid questions?"
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"The real world is where the monsters are. That's how you find out how good you actually are"
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"Knowledge can be your greatest weapon."
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"I am never, ever going to make things easy for you, seaweed brain. Get used to it."
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"Well, actually it carried Cadmus, Europa fell off a died along the way but that's not important"
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"But I wondered why beautiful things had to be wrapped up with evil history. Or was it the other way around? Maybe evil history made it necessary to build beautiful things, to mask the darker aspects."
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"If you leave me alone again I swear to all the gods-"
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"I'm sure you both would have been wonderful at killing each other"
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"Don't underestimate camp half-blood"
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"I don't have an I'm-planning-something look"
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"Piper McLean, that was without a doubt the dumbest risk I've ever seen anyone take, and I date a dumb risk-taker"
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"Until I met the exploding statue I thought I was prepared for anything"
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"The hardest test for a child of Athena wasn't leading a quest or facing death in combat, it was making the strategic decision to step back and let someone else take the brunt of danger-especially when that person was your friend"
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Leo
"I guess Fronzies are worth more than money in Italy"
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"But it chugs along the way it’s supposed to most of the time. Sure, little pieces break off and stuff goes haywire once in a while, but mostly…things happen for a reason." (about the universe)
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"I had no idea where the stereotype of dumb giggly blondes cam from. Ever since I'd met Annabeth at the Grand Canyon last winter, when she'd marched toward me with that 'Give me Percy Jackson or I'll kill you' expression, I had thought of blondes as much too smart and much too dangerous."
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"I mean.. Oh cool suffering? I love suffering! Let's do this!"
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"I try not to think much it interferes with being nuts"
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"Annoying her is a plus."
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“Lots of death, huh? Personally, I'm trying to avoid lots of death, but you guys have fun!”
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"She’s alive, thank the gods and pass the hot sauce"
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"Did I miss the poison? Cause I love poison?"
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"It seemed like Percy had graduated to a totally different level of butt-kickery"
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"We've all got weaknesses. Me, for instance. I'm tragically funny and good-looking"
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"That is exactly how people beat Chinese handcuffs. They turn into iguanas"
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"Don't know what demi means but I'm not feeling too godly. You guys feeling godly?
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"You can't burn me!"
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"His name is Bores? What is he, the God of Boring?"
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"She's got makeup! It's a miracle!"
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"You're catching me too, superman. But I ain't holding your hand"
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"I try very hard to be annoying, don't insult my ability to annoy."
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"I'm gonna face-plant you hard, Leo-style!"
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"See lady, that's what happens to snow in Texas. It-freaking-melts."
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"Can we just call them Storm Spirits? Venti makes them sound like evil espresso drinks"
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Jason
"This is Annabeth, uh, normally she doesn't judo-lip people"
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"I rose from my death bed so I could drown with the rest of the crew"
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"Jason hated being old"
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"Go! Remember!"
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"The fight was going great! Until I got stabbed"
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"Don't we specialize in myths?"
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"Sorry we're late, is this the guy that needs killing?"
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"He'd gonna from sixteen to seventy-five in a matter of seconds, but the old man smell happened instantly, like BOOM. Congratulations! You stink!
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We're going to stop Gaea. All seven of us are going to come back alive. I promise you."
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"I'll be there when your insecure, let you know that you're ALWAYS lovely"
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"No breakups. I may have busted my head a few times, but I'm not that stupid"
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"But if a hero isn't willing to lose everything for a greater cause, is that person really a hero?"
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"All aboard for one last trip."
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"Maybe take a risk that I'm really your friend and I'll accept you"
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"You cannot control your parentage, but you can choose your legacy"
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"Promise me one thing. Whatever happens, when you get back to Olympus, when you're a god again, remember. Remember what it's like to be human"
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"Piper gave Lit a friendly sorry-about-them smile. Even with her hair messed up and wearing two-day old clothes, she looked extremely cute, and Jason felt a little jealous she was giving Lit that smile"
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"I'm the son of Jupiter,
I'm a child of Rome,
consul to demigods,
praetor of the Twelfth Legion,
I slew the Trojan sea monster,
I toppled the black throne of Kronos,
and destroyed the Titan Krios with my own hand.
And now I'm going to destroy you Porphyrion, and feed you to your own wolves."
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Piper
"I'm more then just a pretty face"
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"How about we go 'borrow' that car"
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"I normally return the stuff I borrow eventually it's just not top priority"
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"But I hold on, I stay strong, wondering if we still belong"
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"You must forge your own path for it to mean anything"
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"Being a hero doesn't mean your invincible, it just means your brave enough to stand up an do what's needed."
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"Hi, we're back"
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"Fear can't be reasoned with. Neither can hate. They're like love. They're almost identical emotions. That's why Ares and Aphrodite like each other. Their twin sons -Fear and Panic- were spawned from both war and love"
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"If not for the horses, I wouldn't died"
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"Love is the most powerful motivator. It spurs mortals to greatness. Their noblest and bravest acts are done for love."
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"I had a new entry for my top-ten list of Times Piper Felt Useless. Fighting Shimpzilla with a dagger and a pretty voice? Not so effective"
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"Some pain shouldn't be disappear so easily, it should be dealt with and embraced"
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"Love is powerful. It can bring even the gods to their knees"
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"Oh and Drew? In case you think I'm not a true daughter of Aphrodite, don't even look at Jason Grace. He may not know it yet, but he's mine. If you even try to make a move. I will know, and I will personally load you into a catapult and shoot you across Long Island Sound."
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"Trust me Valdez, we beautiful people never lie"
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"I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational equals"
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Hazel
"During the third attack I almost ate a boulder"
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"When I look at you I see forgiveness. I see the truth, you love me for who I am, not for what I can do."
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"I'm not choosing one of your paths. I'm making my own."
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"Diamonds aren't actually a girls best friend, well at least not in my case."
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"Are you sure your name is Leo?"
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"I didn't come back from the dead -the literal underworld- and travel thousands of miles to be told I was stupid for bringing you back."
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"Oh no! Popcorn! Our fatal weakness!"
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"I guess that means we ran out of time."
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"I'm the one that literally died"
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"Sometimes sharing doesn't make a problem easier to carry."
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"The life in front of you is more important than the life far behind you."
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"What's a chicken nugget"
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"I like you better as an elephant sometimes"
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"Getting a second life is one thing. Making it a better life, that's the purpose"
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"Why do I have to like the guy with the death wish?"
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Frank
"If I'm going to burn, it might as well be bright"
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"And when all my strength is gone in you I can be strong"
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"Yeah, anyway..."
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"Actually I'm canadian"
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"Keep it simple"
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"I'm pretty sure I never said tha-"
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"What mattered was listening. You didn't need to say you were sorry. The only thing that helped was moving on, moving forward."
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"Personally, I like cheating death."
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"How about we just go and hope we don't die."
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"Sometimes wisdom came from strange places, even giant, teenaged, goldfish."
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"That is a regular measurement in Canada and the rest of the world. Only you Americans -"
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"Hazel Levesque, you are entirely freaking incredible."
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"Frank had decided that whatever fate was, he wouldn't worry about it. He would just do the best he could to help his friends."
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"I wish I was ADHD or Dyslexic, all I got is lactose intolerance."
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"Don't you see the ghost?"
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"No, I'm only a centurion."
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"Here's a tip, Alyconeus. Next time you choose the biggest stat for your home, don't set up base in the part that's only 10 miles wide. Welcome to Canada idiot."
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"Once his grandma found out about their situation he expected her to say something like 'Back in my day we died all the time and we liked it!'"
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"Oh no, I'm turning into a crazy dolphin!"
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Other charcters
Nico~
"If Annabeth's mother was Athena, the goddess of wisdom, then why didn't Annabeth know better than to fall off a cliff?"
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"With great power comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later"
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"I have a doctor's note"
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"I control the shadows. They don't control me"
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"Significant annoyance in your case"
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"The darkness is my birthright"
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"They're not dolls! They're figurines."
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Reyna~
"The mind of a queen is a thing to fear."
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"I don't define myself by the boys who may or may not like me."
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"I've waited long enough."
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"A roman does not wait for death, she seeks it out and meets it on her own terms."
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"I'm a survivor in more ways then you know."
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"Do not call me RARA"
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"Reyna had always thought of Jason Grace as the all-American boy. Thalia looked more like the girl who robbed the all-American boys at knifepoint in an alley."
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Thalia~
"I'm not searching for my other half because I am not half"
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"That scar on above you lip, you got the eating a stapler when you were two."
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"I am Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus"
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"That was Hera, her majesty the loose canon."
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Rachel~
"I dream my painting, and then I pain my dream"
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"Do you always try to kill people when they blow their nose?"
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"I am calm, every time I'm around you some monster attacks us. What's to be nervous about?"
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Calypso~
"The more you love, the more you suffer"
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"That never happened"
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"Don't get your hopes up I still hate you"
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"Don't make a promise you can't keep"
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"Time is difficult on Ogygia
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Conversations & Internal thoughts (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)
"Monkey bars, I'm great at these" Annabeth said. She leaped onto the first ring and started swinging her way across. She was scared of tiny spiders, but not of plummeting to her death from a set of monkey bars. Go figure.
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"That's us," Grover said. "Those five nuts right there"
"Which one is me?" I asked.
"The little deformed one." Zoë suggested
"Oh, shut up" I replied
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I nodded, looking at Rachel with respect. "You hit the Lord of the Titans in the eye with a blue plastic hairbrush"
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"My fatal flaw. That's what the Sirens showed me. My fatal flaw is hubris" Annabeth explained
"The brown stuff they spread on veggie sandwiches" I asked confused
"No, Seaweed Brain. That's HUMMUS. Hubris is worse." Annabeth replied
"What can be worse than hummus?"
"Hubris means deadly pride, Percy. Thinking you can do things better than anyone else... Even the gods.
"Oh"
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"Don't I get a kiss for good luck? It's kind of a tradition now, right" I asked
"Come back alive, Seaweed Brain. Then we'll see." Annabeth replied
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"What if it lines up like it did in the Trojan War... Athena versus Poseidon?" I asked
"I don't know. But I just know that I'll be fighting next to you." Annabeth replied
"Why?"
"Because your my friend, Seaweed Brain. Any more stupid questions?"
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"They asked me a lot of questions about you. I played dumb." Said Rachel
Annabeth scoffed "Was it hard?"
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"Why can't you place a blessing like that on us?" I asked
"It only works on wild animals" Grover said
"So it would only affect Percy" Annabeth reasoned
"Hey!" I protested
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"Apollo's hot" Thalia said
"He's the sun god." I replied bluntly
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"You're a half-blood, too?" -Rachel
"Shhh! Just announce it to the world, how about?" -Annabeth
"Okay. Hey, everybody! These two aren't human! They're half Greek God!-They don't seem to care" -Rachel
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Conversations & Internal thoughts (Heroes of Olympus)
"Rainbows. Very Macho" Leo said
"Butch is our best equestrian, he gets along great with the pegasi." Annabeth stated
"Rainbows, ponies..." Leo continued
"I'm gonna toss you off this chariot if you don't shut up" Butch grunted
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"Like your zodiac sign? I'm a Leo" Percy said
"No stupid I'm a Leo you're a Percy" Leo replied
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Hylla easily caught the arrow in one hand. “I am, the queen of the Amazons, you idiot. I wear the royal belt. With the strength it gives me, I will avenge the Amazons you killed today." Together, Hylla and Reyna charged.
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"I’m getting tired of this guys shirt" - Percy
"Combet time?" -Piper
"I hate wonder bread" - Jason
Together they charged
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"Don't worry we left them a note" Thalia explained holding up a copy. Reyna squinted to read it.
"IOU one Roman praetor.
She will be returned safely.
Sit tight.
Otherwise you’ll be killed.
XOX, the Hunters of Artemis"
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"Stupid rocks gods! That's the third time I’ve had to replace that mast! You think they grow on trees?" -Leo
"Masts are from trees" - Nico
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"You're drowning them Percy." Annabeth complains as Percy continued to poor syrup on his pancakes,
"Hey, I'm a Poseidon kid. I can't drown, and neither can my pancakes.
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"How do we defeat Victory? It sounds like one of those impossible riddles” -Piper
“Like making stones fly, or eating only one Fronzie” -Leo
Leo popped a handful of Fronzies into his mouth
“That stuff is gonna kill you” - Hazel
“You kidding? So many preservatives in these things I’ll live forever!” - Leo
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"Ohh, Thalia Grace, when I get out of here, you'll be sorry you were ever
born." -Hera
"Save it! You've been nothing but a curse to every child of Zeus for ages. You sent a bunch of intestinally challenged cows after my friend Annabeth" -Thalia
"She was disrespectful!" -Hera
"You dropped a statue on my legs." -Thalia
"It was an accident!" -Hera
"AND you took my brother" -Thalia
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"Atlantis?" -Jason
"That's a myth" -Percy
"Uh... don't we specialize in myths?" -Jason
"No, I mean it's a made up myth. Not, like, an actual true myth." -Percy
"So this is why Annabeth is the brains of the operation, then?" -Jason
"Shut up Grace" -Percy
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"Gods of Olympus. What happened to you?" Piper asked as she stared at Leo.
His hair was greased back. He had welding googles on his forehead, a lipstick mark on his cheek, tattoos all over his arms, and a a T-shit that read HOT STUFF, BAD BOY, and TEAM LEO.
"Long story" was Leo's only reply
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"Aphrodite?" Annabeth said
"Venus?" Hazel asked in amazement
"Mom." Piper said with no enthusiasm
"Girls!" The goddess squealed and spread her arms like she wanted a group hug.
The three demigods did not oblige. Hazel backed into a palmetto tree.
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"Festus just detected a large group of eagles behind us- long range radar, still not in sight" -Leo
"Are you sure they're Roman?" -Piper
"No Pipers. Ot could be a random group of giant eagles fly in perfect formation following us. Of course they're Roman!" -Leo
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"And I saw something ... really terrible." -Jason
"That was Hera. Her majesty, the Loose Cannon" -Thalia
"That's it, Thalia Grace, I will turn you into an aardvark, so half m-" -Hera
"STOP IT YOU TWO" -Piper
Amazingly, they both shut up
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"Gaea? Isn't that Mother Nature? Isn't she supposed to have, like, flowers in her hair and birds singing around her with deer and rabbits doing her laundry?" -Leo
"Leo, that's Snow White" -Piper
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"I'm Leo. I'm the ... What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or..." -Leo
"Repair boy" -Piper
"Ha ha very funny Piper" -Leo
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"Commander Tool Belt" -Jason
"Bad Boy Supreme" -Piper
"Chef Leo the Tofu Taco Expert" -Jason
"Super-sized McShizzle" -Piper
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"I don't deserve you." Jason said
"You're not allowed to say that" Piper stated
"Why not?"
"It's a breakup line. Unless you're breaking up-"
Jason leaned over a kissed her. The colours of the Roman afternoon suddenly seemed sharper, as if the world had switched to high definition mode.
"No breakups," he promised. "I may have busted my head a few times, but I'm not that stupid"
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Piper was maybe the most impressive. She fenced with the giantess Periboia, sword against sword. Despite the fact that her opponent was five ties larger, Piper seemed to be holding off on her own. The goddess Aphrodite floated around them on a small white cloud, strewing rose petals in the giantess's eyes and calling encouragement to Piper. "Lovely, my dear. Yes, good. Hit her again!"
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Leo scratched his head. "Well I dunno about Enchilada-" Leo started
"Enceladus" Piper corrected
"Whatever. But Old Potty Face mentioned another name. Porpoise Fear, or something?" Leo said
"Porphyrion?" Piper asked. "He was the giant king, I think."
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"So... giants who can throw mountains. Friendly wolves that will eat us if we show weakness. Evil espresso drinks. Gotcha. Maybe this isn't the best time to bring up my psycho babysitter" -Leo
"Is that another joke?" -Piper
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"Shut up me" Leo muttered aloud
"What?" Piper asked
"Nothing. Long night. I think I'm hallucinating. It's cool." Leo replied
Sitting in the front, Leo couldn't see their faces, but he assumed from their silence that his friends were not pleased to have a sleepless, hallucinating dragon driver.
"Just joking" Leo said deciding it might be could to clear that up and change the subject.
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"Glad you're back to normal. The makeup and the dress were a lot more intimidating than the dagger." -Jason
"Get going Sparky, before I skewer you." -Piper
"Sparky?" -Jason
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Thalia and Hera glared at her, and for three long seconds, Piper wasn't sure which one of them was going to kill her first.
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"Piper!' Frank yelled "Counter those empousai! We need some chaos!"
Piper grinned
"Thought you'd never ask." she replied before calling at the empousai demons.
"Your makeup is smeared! Your friend called you ugly! That one is making a face behind your back!" Piper called to the empousai
They immediately stopped their charmspeak orders and started arguing with each other.
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He fixed his dark eyes on her. "I am kekrops, the first and eternal king of Athens. I would welcome you to my city." He held up the covered platter. "Also I brought a bundt cake."
Piper glanced at her friends. "A trick?" she asked.
"Probably" Annabeth replied with a shrug.
"At least he brought dessert." Percy said smiling down at the snake guys. "Welcome aboard!"
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"When I was alive. I mean the first time, Mussilini was in charge. We were at
war." -Hazel
"Mussolin? Wasn't he like BFFs wot Hitler?" -Leo
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"They're Lares, House gods." -Hazel
"House gods. Like ...smaller than real gods, but larger than apartment
gods?" -Percy
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"No!" Leo yelled
"Uhhh," Nico groaned from the floor.
"Piper!" Jason cried.
"Monkeys!" Frank yelled.
"Not monkeys, dwarfs." Hazel grumbled
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"It looks like a seagull's face, and we're the eye." Percy said cheerfully
Hazel glared at him. "It's a map Percy" she stated
She drew a dotted line between the two X's.
"You just cut off the seagulls head" Percy noted in horror
Hazel sighed
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"We still should have enough time to reach Rome." Leo said
Hazel scowled. "When you say should have enough..."
Leo shrugged. "How do you feel about barely enough?"
Hazel put her face in her hands for a count of three. "Sounds about typical for us."
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"Hazel!" he yelled. "That doc! Open it!"
She hesitated, then saw the bow he meant. The label read WARNING! DO NOT OPEN!
"Ya! That one! Open it!" Leo yelled again
Hazel opened the box
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Part of their problem was Percy. He fought like a demon, whirling through the defenders ranks in a completely unorthodox style, rolling under their feet, slashing with his sword instead of stabbing like a Roman would, and whacking campers with the flat of his blade, and just generally causing mass panic.
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Annabeth gripped the wild of her dagger. "A bounty on our heads ... as if we didn't attract enough monster already."
"Do we get WANTED posters?" Leo asked "And do they have our bounties, like, broken down on a price list?"
Hazel wrinkled her nose. "What are you talking about?"
"Just wondering how much I'm going for these days," Leo said "I mean, I can understand not being as pricey as Percy or maybe Jason, but am I worth, like, two Franks, three Franks?"
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"Hey, man. Gelato." Percy said
Instantly, Leo's day got better. The whole crew sat on deck, without a storm or a monster attack to worry about for the first time in days, and ate ice cream. Well, except for Frank, he's lactose intolerant. He got an apple.
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"Your lifeline ... oh, the burning stick. Right." Leo said resisting the urge to set his hand ablaze and yell: Bwah ha ha! The idea was sort of funny, but he wasn't that cruel.
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"I'm gonna be Percy Jackson when I grow up." Julia told hazel solemnly. Hazel smiled and ruffled her hair.
"That's a good thing to be Julia." Hazel replied
"Although..." Frank said "A Frank Zhang would be good too."
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"The ruins stretch from the river to the base of that mountain over there, about half a kilometre." Frank explained.
"How far is that in regular measurements?" Percy asked
"That is a regular measurement in Canada and the rest of the world. Only you Americans-" Frank said
"About five or six football fields." Hazel interceded, feeding Arion a big chunk of gold.
Percy spread his arms. "That's all you needed to say."
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