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[phykios]

Who: Percy Jackson (phykios) & OPEN
What: Rebuilding, investigating, helping out.
When: March
Where: Flona Cove and Olympia, mainly.
Warning(s): None. Will update if needed.


» What belongs to the sea will always return to the sea.

[ percy had been thinking about coming to flona cove after the riots anyway, so when he hears of work that needs doing out in that direction, he decides to kill two birds with one stone. he wants to know who decided to make the city go crazy -- or at least contribute to the city going crazy -- with the weird aggression-causing water they're now saying made up that mist. besides, water is sort of his wheelhouse. if there's anything he should be helping investigate, it's this.

maybe your character came with to investigate. or maybe they run into each other while asking around. if he recognizes a familiar face also investigating, he'll approach, asking, ]

Had any luck?

[ he'll also be heading away from the merchant areas of the harbor towards the ocean. you might catch him diving into the sea and just...not surfacing for a while. like, a while. or maybe your character just happened to be by the ocean whenever he does surface, completely dry, and clearly not out of breath even though they definitely did not see him go under. or maybe they notice him chatting with a dolphin. or some other sea creature. it's fine, this is normal. ]

» In and around Olympia.

[ around olympia, he's trying to help with rebuilding efforts. he can be found helping to clean up and rebuild any of a number of businesses around the city, but he makes sure to visit a particular vendor of glassware he ran into during the riots. percy had promised to return and help, and he does that now, helping with clean up and rebuilding (and trying not to break...anything else...).

he can also be found with some little kids. babysitting hadn't exactly been on his to-do list, but when harried parents had asked if he could, please, they need the help while putting their lives back together -- he hadn't had the heart to say no. there's a brother and sister seated near him, engrossed as he tells them a totally, 100% fictional story. (that more or less happened in his world. shhh.)

he also involves himself with trying to stop vandalism, providing bodyguard services to healers from the sanctuary, gathering supplies for shelters, and supervising community service, so feel free to wildcard any of these options! ]


[ feel free to hmu for a personalized starter! ]

Comments

[phykios]

[ percy exhales, nods. ]

Yeah.

[ even in their own rescue operation, a couple of the captives they were saving died. and he's started hearing stories about what was done to everyone, enough to know the truth of miles's assessment. ]

Some of my friends were taken, too. They're... [ he shrugs ] ...healing.

[dendarii]

[ Miles hadn't been involved in the operation itself, but he's heard enough. Too much.

He glances at Percy, his gaze settling on those bones. ]

And yourself?

[phykios]

[ percy raises his eyebrows. ]

I wasn't captured. [ but he notices miles's scrutiny and adds, ] There was this chemical stuff they left out to keep us from getting to the hostages. Reacted badly with magic.

[ which actually. infuriates him. there's a flash of anger in his eyes, for all that he tries to keep his voice light. ]

But I wasn't about to let that stop me -- none of us were.

[ there were a lot of magic users in their group, and none of them had a good time. ]

[dendarii]

[ A chemical that reacts with magic? Miles winces a bit, though he doesn't look horrified; he's all science, after all, and not much for magic in the first place. Percy's anger speaks enough by itself. ]

I can imagine. If I had anything of the sort myself ...

[phykios]

Yeah, I wasn't a fan.

[ he took magic and a magic sword to rescue people and found some anti-magic chemical there in wait....it wasn't great. ]

[dendarii]

[ Miles, ironically, might have done better. ]

Are you healing well? And - your friends, are they?

[phykios]

[ truthfully? he really might've. ]

Yeah, I'll be fine. And they're healing, [ percy repeats, a little helplessly, ] but it's going to be a while before they're okay. I don't know how long.

[ meanwhile percy just needs to find himself a river to hop into, and he'll be good as new. ]

What about your -- um. Subject?

[dendarii]

That seems to be a theme here. Healing, but not well.

[ Speaking of which. ]

Byerly is much the same.

[phykios]

[ he'd thought he felt helpless before. at least there had been investigating to do, instigators to fight, people to save. but now? he watches people, including people he cares about, struggle, and feels at least ten times as helpless as before. ]

If there's anything I can do, tell me. Not just -- like, right now.

[dendarii]

There's nothing you could do right now anyway. [ He says this with a touch of sympathy. And a lot of guilt. ] It's entirely too late now.

[phykios]

Whenever, [ he says firmly, because if he thinks too hard about it's entirely too late now he's going to -- he doesn't even know. ] I mean it.

[dendarii]

[ Miles falls silent a moment. Not wanting to argue with that much either, for his own sake. ]

We can look after the survivors.