[ flona isn't any of the seas percy knows either, but it is the ocean. just breathing in the salty air makes his lungs feel cleaner, his head feel clearer, and his whole self feel better. the churning waters do feel different -- powerful and alien -- than the sea under his father's domain, but it's still a relief to be out here. he'd started to feel himself going a little stir-crazy in olympia. to be honest? he's been missing the ocean pretty much since he woke up on the orbiter. he would've come out here even if there weren't things to investigate.
and that's partly, also, because of a run-in he had with that giant vulture attacking the sanctuary. not only had he not managed to kill the thing, but it'd raked its talons down his shoulder and left him with a nasty wound. in the absence of ambrosia and nectar, healing food of the gods, going into the ocean for a while had been the next best thing. water always healed him, salt water best of all.
it's kind of embarrassing that he hadn't thought to make sure no one was around. or -- he had, but he hadn't put a lot of thought into it, had figured no one would notice him go under and stay under.
except then there's you crashing into the ocean even though it's freezing, clearly swimming his way. she'll notice, probably, that he's not swimming so much as just sort of floating upright, though he moves to surface when he sees her and hopes she'll do the same. ]
oh my god lmao poor you!!!!
and that's partly, also, because of a run-in he had with that giant vulture attacking the sanctuary. not only had he not managed to kill the thing, but it'd raked its talons down his shoulder and left him with a nasty wound. in the absence of ambrosia and nectar, healing food of the gods, going into the ocean for a while had been the next best thing. water always healed him, salt water best of all.
it's kind of embarrassing that he hadn't thought to make sure no one was around. or -- he had, but he hadn't put a lot of thought into it, had figured no one would notice him go under and stay under.
except then there's you crashing into the ocean even though it's freezing, clearly swimming his way. she'll notice, probably, that he's not swimming so much as just sort of floating upright, though he moves to surface when he sees her and hopes she'll do the same. ]
-- You? What are you doing?
[ because, clearly, he's one to talk. ]