PJ and the game 1- 4
Percy slowly came to as the darkness slowly drifted from his eyes. He opened his eyes to see a goat standing over his head, wait….goat?
Percy shook his head and got up slowly and then he heard Grover speak up.
"Wow, easy man. Take it slow," Grover said as he helped Percy to his feet, "what happened Percy? I heard you drop to the floor."
Percy looked at Grover and then shook his head again, "I-I'm fine G-man. I think I must have just hit my head on your bead one to many times."
Grover looked at the bed and then back at Percy slowly bringing the green eyed boy to the edge of the bed, making sure Percy didn't hurt himself again, "well I suppose we are getting a little too big for these things now."
Percy nodded and rubbed his head, "hey Grover….you wouldn't have heard any strange noises coming from this room did you?"
"Noises?"Grover asked with a raised eyebrow, "like what?"
"Like a bell, you know the kind in video games that go, 'ping!'"
Grover scratched his chin and shook his head, "no Percy, no bells ringing for me. You sure you alright man? Hearing bells ring in your head isn't really the sign that you DON'T have a head injury. We should atleast go to the nurse Percy."
Percy shook his head, "no Grover I'm fine, you just...go on. I think I'm just going to stay here for a bit."
"You sure man?"
Percy smiled and nodded, "yeah man I'm sure."
Grover nodded and eventually left to take a shower, after asking Percy a couple hundred more times whether he was fine and then finally Grover left Percy alone.
Percy frankly didn't know why Grover was so worried. It was obvious Percy didn't have a concussion or anything. Because he was sure he heard the noise before he hit his head and before he fainted. And further proof that the blue, red and brown boxes' were not all in his head was right in front of him as the brown box still wasn't gone.
Percy Jackson
Health-100/100
Mana-50/50
The Gamer
Title-None
Level-2 Exp-30/400
Race-?
STR-2
VIT-1(+2)=3
DEX-2(+2)=4
INT-1
WIS-1
LUC-3
POINTS-0
MONEY- 0$/0D
Percy still didn't know what the hell was going on. His best bet, his life had been a video game all this while and he was only now coming to realise this. Of course that sounded so stupid, like why would nothing ever happen to him…...before.
And then Percy wondered, what did the hero of the story do before the game started for them? Before some kid took control over the joystick and play hero? Did they all have regular lives? Was he a hero now?
Percy shook his head, this is getting way to meta for him, after all it can't be true. Because Percy doesn't feel like he's being controlled right now.
For thinking far beyond yourself and wondering about this new ability in a very meta like manner you now posses, you have gained 1 WIS.
Percy blinked, really? It was like that? Percy looked at his statis screen and there it was.
WIS-2
Percy was stunned, at the very least everything he did here affected the world of the game. Meaning…...was he infact a Gamer now? That would explain the title, 'The Gamer'. So this meant…..Percy could become so cool!
Percy grinned at this and quickly looked over his stats, honestly, they were pathetic. His strength was a 2, his vitality was a 1, but for some reason is a 3 now. His dexterity was the same as it was 2 now 4. The only thing going for him was his luck which was 3. And don't even get him started on his intelligence and wisdom.
Percy shook his head and waved the box away, he needed to improve this all. But then a thought came to Percy, he was being very very calm about all this, which just felt...strange. Like he was seeing all this happen to someone else, or something else.
Percy wondered why this was and called out, "skills."
Just then a box spread before and showed three symbols. Percy clicked one and a red box popped out.
A Gamer's Mind(Passive)
Allows user to calmly and logically think things through. Allows peaceful state of mind, immune to psychological status and effects.
Percy blinked, 'wow that explain it.' Percy now knew why he wasn't losing it like he used to. Heck before this he freaked out about the fact he could hold his breath almost indefinitely in the swimming pool, now he seemed far more relaxed.
Percy then went back and saw the other two skills he had;
A Gamer's Body(Passive)
Grants the user a body that allows the user to live the real world like a game.
· Skill: Physical Endurance, Lv.1 (10%)
Your Body's durability increased and you take less damage.
3% less damage from physical attacks.
Percy read and re-read all he wrote, if what this thing was saying is true then his whole world wasn't a lie. He wasn't in a video game, he was the video game…..for some reason that sounded so cliched.
Percy the looked at his states and his skills, he needed to become better faster. Unfortunately he doesn't know shit about video games other than the basics, and he has never for the life of him finished one proper video game in his entire life.
So that would mean he needed to learn from someone, someone good. Just then a 'ping' came out drawing Percy's attention to a new blue screen, it said;
Quest Alert!
Find someone to teach you about video games so you can be good at your life which is now a video game!
Rewards-
50xp
YES/NO?
Percy read it and then quickly pressed yes. He then wondered, did quest come from himself, or was there a game master out there making things up for him to do? Percy wondered about that and then tried a little experiment, he tried to make his own quest.
The first guest arrived when he was thinking about getting help, the quest was his brain thinking that over. So if he focused a new goal for himself, let's say….getting a girlfriend with the biggest rack ever, it should become a quest.
'Ping!'
You have got to be kidding me.
Quest Alert!
Get a girlfriend with the biggest rack in the world, that is 48V.
Rewards-
100xp
YES/NO?
Percy quickly pressed no and sighed to himself, okay so that did work, although it seemed someone else determined the rewards for completing his quests.
'Ping!'
For learning about the game mechanics and figuring out how quests work(somewhat) you have gained 1 INT!
Percy blinked, he pulled up his status screen and there it was;
Int-2
So Percy could gain stat points like this? So wise decisions made him, well wise. And learning more stuff made him smarter?
Percy the wiped all the boxes away and cleared his head trying to think, something was going on here, that is clear. But he needed to focus on the here and now, he needed to focus on himself first. He needed to be ready.
Percy then looked at the clock and saw that he was running late, again. 'Shit!' Percy thought as he ran away to the bath grabbing a towel and a change of clothes.
Ping!
Quest Alert!
You're late asshat! Get to class on time!
Reward-
20xp
Failure-
Detention
Less reputation with everyone in class
YES/NO?
'Now you have to do this?' Percy asked as he pressed yes and focused on getting ready. Quickly Percy finished his bath, put on his uniform Yancy Academy uniform and rushed out of his dorm room.
'Wait my books!' Percy cried out and then went back grabbed his stuff and made it just in time to his classroom.
"Safe!" Percy cried out and looked at his classmates looking at him odly. And Percy was looking back, not because he was uncomfortable, but because everyone of them had a name, title and level floating above their head.
Percy blinked once, twice and then quickly took his seat and sat down quietly looking at them from the corner of his eyes. This was just to weird, so his ability affected not just him, but the world as well?
Percy looked at Nancy Bobofit, a red haired girl with orange freckles and a nasty attitude. Seriously the girl was bad news, threw food at Grover, teased Percy and generally tried to steal everything in sight.
And guessed was her level was?
Nancy Bobofit Thief in the making
LV-4
Percy guessed it did take skill to steal things. Just then Percy noticed a blue box in front of him;
Quest completed,
You're late asshat! Get to class on time!
Reward-
20xp
Percy then waved the box away and then quickly pulled up his status bar and there it was,
Exp-50/400
So quest work, the experience and reward worked, and guessing by this the failures must apply as well. Meaning this power must be able to make bad things happen to him. Percy had to be careful, this was in all purposes a double edged blade. It could help him, or kill him.
Just then Mr. Brunner rolled into class and spoke, "alright settle down class!" Quickly every went to their seats. Percy looked at Grover and above his head was a name, title and level like everyone else, except this one was...different.
Grover Underwood Satyr Protector
LV-20
What the actual fuck. Percy read and re-read Grover's title and level, this is huge! The guy he's better than everyone here combined! Did this mean he is some kind of greek goat? Wait….a Satyr is a half man half goat, Percy then looked Grover's crutches, that's why he uses crutches and he doesn't let me see his legs!
'So my best friend if a goat, what's next?' Percy said as he inspected Grover that he thought about it the boy did look a little old to be a student, and what's with that goatee?
Just then Grover looked up at Percy and whispered, "to Percy you okay?"
Percy snapped himself out of a daze and quickly nodded, "yeah man, I'm good." Percy then looked ahead away from his goat friend only to have a bigger shock. Over Mr. Brunner's head was;
Chiron Trainer of Heroes
LV-?
'Okay am I finally gone mad or is everyone around me a greek myth?' Percy knew the name Chiron, and the tile, trainer of heroes kind of gave it away. Percy needed to think, he needed to focus, maybe this class would distract him enough.
After Mr. Brunner/Chiron took attendance he started to teach something Percy found hilarious, he started teaching about Satyrs. Percy grinned, this would be the perfect time to pull a prank.
Quest Alert!
Prank Grover and Chiron by making fun of Satyrs and….well Chiron.
Reward-
100xp
Failure-
Reputation lost with Chiron and Grover
They will learn you know about them and will 'take care of it.'
YES/NO?
Percy read the last part, okay that sounded dangerous, but the reward far outweighed the risk, 100xp! This was something he couldn't let go.
Percy pressed yes and then quickly waited for the right time to strike. Just as Mr. Brunner was talking about how Satyrs loved nature and such Percy raised his hand.
"Yes...Mr. Jackson," Mr. Brunner said turning towards Percy.
"I was just wondering sir, is Chiron a Satyr?"
Mr. Brunner looked shocked and then quickly shook his head, "what? No! Why did even ask that?"
"Well it's just I thought he was sir. You see there is this movie by Disney called Hercules and it showed Chiron, the trainer of heroes as a Satyr that loved to drink till he was red, party till Hercules stopped him and generally be kind of a laid back dude."
Mr. Brunner looked shocked at this and quickly shook his head, "no no no. I don't know where you heard about that Percy, but it's not true. Chiron is a centaur, half man half horse. And while I think he was a, how did you say it, a laid back dude, I don't think he drank and partied."
Grover then spoke up, "yeah Chiron was very uptight."
Percy smiled and then looked at his friend, "what do you mean Grover? Do you know Chiron or something?"
Nancy laughed, "yeah goat boy, know any greek horses?"
Percy turned around angry, but smiled inside, "Nancy a centaur is half man and half horse, not just a horse. And Grover is not a goat, he isn't some… some..," Percy turned to Mr. Brunner, "what was it a Stir sir?"
"A Satyr Mr. Jackson."
"Right," Percy turned to Nancy, "Grover isn't a Satyr! Tell her Grover," Percy said turning to Grover, "tell her you're not a Satyr."
Grover slowly sunk into himself blushing red, "I'm not a Satyr."
Percy grinned, "see Nancy Grover isn't a Satyr, heck he's much of a Satyr as Mr. Brunner is Chiron!"
Nancy, the poor girl was left blinking all the while Percy ranted but the result of obvious. Percy saw Grover blush red while Mr. Brunner looked away as he rolled to side trying to hide his face.
Ping!
Quest Completed!
Prank Grover and Chiron by making fun of Satyrs and….well Chiron.
Reward-
100xp
Percy sat down and after the class resumed again, Mr. Brunner now looking at Percy with a look of weary. Percy smiled to himself, things were going great! Sure his best friend was a goat man, and his favorite teacher was the legendary trainer of heroes, but Gamer's mind helped him not think about that to much. Things happened, move on.
Percy slowly brought out his Status page and looked at the Exp he gained;
Exp-150/400
He was close to leveling up, he just needed some more pranks like that and he would be seat! Maybe he showed prank Nancy next by putting a whoopee cushion under her seat. Percy then waited for the 'ping' and a quest to come, but it never did.
'Strange,' thought Percy, 'maybe I can't just make up quests. Well there goes my idea of making up stuff as I go along.'
Percy then spent the rest of the day trying, and failing to pay attention in class. By lunch Percy was ready to call it a day. The classes were just too much, most of the stuff went above his head. He instead focused on his next quest, finding someone who knows about video games.
Percy looked around the class, observing everyone's title, one of them must be so addicted to video games that it is their title, and Percy just found them.
Han Jack Game Lover
LV-3
Han Jack, an asian student whose parents came from south Korea. He should know something that could help Percy. Percy got up and walked over to the brown haired boy who was playing a game on a handheld device. Yup he was definitely his guy.
"Ah, hey Han," Percy said as he stood before the boy.
Han looked up from his game and looked surprise, "Percy? What do you want?"
Percy rubbed his head nervously, "well I, ah. Han I was thinking, you're pretty good at video games right?"
Han looked at Percy like he was inspected a book before slowly nodding, "yeah I'm pretty good."
"Well I was wondering wether you could help me out with a game I started playing."
"Really? What kind of game?" Han looked interested as he put down his device and gave PErcy his attention.
"Well it's kind of like an adventure game. The hero wakes up and has to do quests and all, he finds himself in..."shit think something Percy think!, "the greek world. He has to do quests and stuff. But I was wondering wether you could help me do better by giving me clues and such."
Ping! (Oh what now.)
Skill Created!
Lying, Lv-1 (20%)
This is your ability to lie to people, the higher the level the better the lie and less chance of discovery!
2% chance of success, less based on how extreme the lie is.
What?! 2%?! The fuck?! That's all the chance I have of succeeding in lying?! This game is fucking rigged!
Luckily it seemed Hand bought it as he nodded and thought about it for a minute, "okay so what are the Hero's stats?"
Percy recalled and then told them out to Han.
"Holy shit those are some bad stats! I have seen children in Skyrim with better stats than that!"
Percy sighed, "yeah, yeah you don't have to tell me twice."
"Well there is a plus point to this," Han said making Percy stunned, "this means you can chose to improve whatever stat you want. Meaning you can make your own character."
"Like what do you mean?"
"Well usually in games there are three classes, warrior, rogue and wizard. You improve the stat that helps you for each class. For example, a warrior will require an improvement on Str, Dex and Vit while ignoring the rest."
Percy nodded understanding that clearly, "but what about Int, Wis and Luc? Isn't that a disadvantage?"
"Ture but most don't care."
"So what are the best ways to improve stats?"
"Well that would be to do things that would improve them, like say for Str you should make the character lift heavy stuff, for Vit you should make him run a lot. Things like that."
Percy then connected the dots, "so let's say character thought a lot about ideas and such, would that increase his Wis?"
"Well, yeah. But that's not possible since game characters can't think. The best way to improve Wis would be puzzles and such. Reading books would improve It, but other than that I don't really know of any other ways."
"What about stat points? How do I get those?"
"You get those as you evolve Percy, but never use them."
"Then what am I supposed to do?"
"Save them for a later date, for now it is easier to train each stat by doing some work. Like since your game character has an Int of 2, if he simply read a book or two he should automatically gain a stat point if Int."
Percy's eyes widened," wow seriously?!"
"Yeah. But if Int was higher, let's say 30 or something he would have to read a hundred books just for one extra stat points. You see where I'm going with this?"
Percy nodded grateful, "yeah I do. Your are saying that it will be difficult later on to obtain sta point and to do so no by doing menial tasks. Thanks Han this helped me a lot."
Ping!
Quest completed!
Find someone to teach you about video games so you can be good at your life which is now a video game!
Rewards-
50xp
Exp-200/400
Han nodded and then went back to his game, as Percy walked away Han called to him, "oh wait Percy don't forget to always save and have plenty of health potions in your inventory."
Percy looked surprised at that, "inventory?" he asked out loud and suddenly a brown box appears in front of him again causing Percy to jump in surprise and squeak "EP!"
He then quickly regained his computer and looked to find that no one was looking at him, luckley. Percy then saw that this new box was labeled inventory, duh. It had several empty boxes and something told Percy he would need all of them.
Percy slowly walked to his desk and sat down with the inventory box in front of him. He took out a pen and then pressed it against the box pushing it forward. Golden rippled appeared in the box and the pen disappeared from Percy's hands and reappeared in the inventory labeled, pen.
Percy smiled, oh yeah this was going to be good.
That night Percy was looking over his stats, inventory and skills. He would need to improve on them all. So far Percy put several things inside his inventory for safe keeping. His money, which appeared now in his status page as;
Money-50$/0D
He could also take out any amount he wished as the money came out as several bills, meaning the 50$ bill he put inside same out as two 20's and a 10 and so far the money all did not look fake, meaning he could use them.
Percy also kept a picture of his mom in his inventory, it was his favorite one with his mom carrying him while he slept on her shoulder drooling all over her.
Just then Grover walked in with a look of exhaustion on his face, "hey Percy."
"Hey G-man," Percy said waving at Grover and dismissing all the boxes, "why are you so late?"
"Mr. Brunner called me into his office," Grover explained as he sat on a chair leaving the crutched to the side, "wanted to talk about my grades."
'Grover must have a worse lying level than me,' Percy said as he smiled at his friend. Grover simply relaxed while Percy kept observing him, he was trying to see the goat legs, something which would prove that Grover was a Satyr. But after a minute of Percy observing Grover's legs a box showed up.
Ping!
By observing Grover you have created a skill!
Observe Lv-1 (10%)
By Observing a target one will get information about said object
Lv-1-Max HP,MP and info.
Percy then closed the box and looked at Grover again, "observe," he whispered.
Suddenly a box popped up;
Grover Underwood Satyr Protector
Lv-20
HP:1500
MP:2000
The Satyr assigned to protect Percy Jackson the son of ? His duty is to make sure Percy is safe and if he succeeds at this he will get the chance to make his dream ture by searching for Pan. Grover like Percy and thinks he is a good friend, even if he embarrassed him in class.
Percy wiped the box away. Grover was strong, very strong. And even though he lied to him Percy still considered him his friend, after all what else can you think about the guy who is trying to protect you?
Percy needed knowledge, he needed power. He needed to know who his dad was, that seemed like the key to everything. And just then;
Ping!
Quest Alert!
Find out who your dad is!
Reward,
Find out about all your abilities.
1000 Exp
Failure,
Death.
YES/NO?
Percy gulped, he was afraid, but he needed to do this. He then readied himself and pressed yes.
Thank you all so much for your Reviews and your support, I literally sang when I saw all the follows I got.
Now to respond to all the questions, yes Percy has low stats, there are several reasons for this. One I wanted to start from the ground up. Two Percy was never really all that smart or strong, he was just...well awesome. He had the attitude of a hero and I intend to give him the strength.
Also I am aware that his demigod powers are not much but I have a plan for that. You see I'm going to make Demi-god a type of ability that can be improved upon, and right now he isn't even a teen, his demi-god scent isn't even strong enough to attract monsters. Hence why the demi-god status gives him only a +2 in Dex and Vit. Just say he is a level 0 demigod.
Anyway keep the reviews coming and all that, and please leave questions you wish to ask and I will do my best.
Percy sat down in the library with a huge stack of books in front of him. The first thing he did when he woke up was decided to tackle his low stat problems. The way he saw the first thing he would need is a good head on his shoulders if he was to survive finding out who his dad was.
Why oh why did he ever except that stupid quest when death was the option if he failed?
Anyway, Percy took Han's advice to heart and so the first thing he did this Saturday morning was go to the library. Sure it was boring, and it was not the best thing to do first thing in the morning, but it is what needed to happen.
Percy took the first book, 'Greek Myths and Legends.' After all with a Satyr for a best friend he needed to know everything there was to know about Greek myth, because for some reason it's coming alive all around him.
Percy opened the first page and immediately he was bored. The words seemed to just fly off the page, stupid dyslexia. Percy sighed, looks like the reading option was out. He looked through all the pages and observing the pictures and such, trying and failing to read anything.
But just then he came on a picture of an ancient greek tablet with ancient greek words written on it. It seemed old, really old and just as Percy was about to look away the words started to change and suddenly Percy could understand them.
The tablet spoke about Apollo, the Greek god of the sun, music, medicine and a whole bunch of other stuff, 'but wait how could I read ancient greek?'
Percy then had an idea, it was a crazy idea, but it still was an idea. What if he could read greek for the same reason he had a Satyr for a protector? Maybe he had a connection with the Greek Myths, maybe it had something to do with his dad!
Ping!
For thinking things through and arriving at a logical conclusion you gained 1 Wis!
Percy blinked but quickly wiped it away, he was on a role here. Okay, so we have a lot of Greek myths and his ability to read greek, and ancient greek at that. So what he had to do was find books with ancient greek in them, no problem right?
Percy then spent the day searching the library and after an hour came up with one book which was a translation of ancient greek to english, hopefully this would work.
Percy quickly spent the next hour fully immersed in the book, it seemed most of the translations were wrong or off just a word or too. Like one time they thought Donkey meant Holy. Sure it was a dead language but Percy still found it funny some of the mistakes he found in the book.
Ping!
By reading a book about another language you have gained 1 Int!
Huh so it does count, fancy that.
Ping!
By reading a translation book and understanding it completely you have gained two skills!
Language: Ancient Greek, Lv-MAX
You have a perfect understanding of ancient Greek due to the fact that you are a ?
Language: Modern English, Lv-2 (34%)
Due to your ? you have Dyslexia and poor English reading skills, you can talk it, but can't walk it. Reading level-1
-60% in understanding what you read.
Percy scratched his head, this was a problem. He needed to get better at English first before reading any book. Percy quickly went to the basic english sections and took out easy books, the kind that kids read and began reading. Hopefully is he has a high enough language skill he could read English better and he should be able to read other books.
Just then after he finished reading a basic fairy tale book Percy opened up his skill list and selected English.
Language: Modern English, Lv-2 (80%)
Due to your ? you have Dyslexia and poor English reading skills, you can talk it, but can't walk it. Reading level-1
-60% in understanding what you read.
Percy smiled, before it was 34%, now it was 80%. Which means it is working. Percy then quickly started to grind, he finally had way to control his Dyslexia, and he was going to take it.
By the end of the day, all of which Percy spent in the library which was hell I assure you his skill in English had improved a lot. It now stood;
Language: Modern English, Lv-5 (40%)
Due to your ? you have Dyslexia and poor English reading skills, you can talk it, but can't walk it. Your reading is now better, grade level-4
-45% in understanding what you read.
Percy smiled and closed the last book he was reading, it truly was an amazing feeling he had, he finally had the ability to not be a screw up. His messed up reading skills due to his dyslexia was one of the main reasons he always sucked in class, but if he can get rid of it….then it would be the best thing that could ever happen to him.
His understanding improved by a rate of 5%, meaning at level 14 or so he would finally be rid of the stupid disability forever! Percy then quickly left as the library was closing. He went to the cafeteria and sat next to Grover who was munching on a salad, well what did you expect he was a goat.
Percy smiled, "hey man."
Grover smiled back, "hey Percy. Where were you all day?"
"I was at the library," Percy grinning as Grover nearly choked out his food.
"You what?!" Grover asked, "seriously?"
Percy smiled, "yup, decided to do something about my dyslexia. So I began reading at grade 1 and then slowly made it to grade 4."
Grover looked surprised at this and then quickly patted Percy on the back, "good job man! That's awesome! This is great news! Now no one will be able to say that you're just lazy."
Percy grinned at that, "yup, anyway Grover I'm going to get something to eat."
Percy then ate his dinner and quickly went to bed, eager for the next day as it was the best day of the week, Sunday. And that meant one thing, the swimming pool was open.
Ping!
You have slept in you own bed; HP and MP have been restored 100% each. All ailments and negative status effects have been cured.
Percy woke up to the blue box he now saw everything he went to bed and smiled, this was going to be great! Percy quickly changed to his swimming trunks and a t-shirt and went down to the pool.
The pool was an indoor Olympic sized swimming pool that was next to the school. Most students went there wherever it was open and Percy was most definitely one of them.
He quickly found a secluded spot and took of his shirt, after making sure no one was looking he stuffed his shirt into his inventory and quickly went to the pool. He slowly let himself be immersed inside the cool water and just let himself relax a bit, after all this was the one place Percy felt at peace.
Ping!
Oh what now.
You have entered a water body! Due to your ? you have gained a boost!
+1000 HP
+1000 MP
All wounds are healed
All ailments cured
Water Breathing ability active
Percy blinked and he pulled himself away from the deeper parts of the pool. He read and re-read the box. Again that stupid ? showing him something about his dad. Whatever it was it was the reason he could read Ancient Greek, suck at English and now breath underwater?!
Wait wait wait, did it just say breath under water? Because I think it just said breath underwater.
Percy read it again and again and found himself wondering, 'who the hell is my dad?'
Percy brought up his status page and looked at his race and at the information the Game gave for him.
Race-?
Percy Jackson is a ?, the son of Sally Jackson and ?. He has ADHD and Dyslexia making it difficult for him to sit still in class. His behaviour has gotten him trouble over the years in various schools. Percy is unaware of who is father is, and wishes to find meaning in his life. Percy loves his mother, and hates Gabe, who is a dick.
Okay that didn't make sense, what did it mean Race-? I'm human aren't I? What else could I be? Was my dad an alien or something? Because 1. that is so cool, and 2. that is so creepy.
Percy looked at the ? over his dad's name and over his race. The strange ability he got when in a water body, the greek stuff all around him and then greek goat he had for a friend. What could it all mean?
'Come on Percy you must be able to think of a reason,' Percy remembered Mr. Brunner saying that in his class.
But what could it be? What is he? Is he even human? Was he a bloody computer program whose dad was a greek water program or something? Was he a damn demigod they kept talking about in class? Was he a-wait. A demigod?
That's couldn't be it….could it?
'But I mean come one , other than being an extended history lesson it's not like they actually have any other use. They don't have any power in the modern world.' Percy remembered himself saying that to Mr. Brunner, who he later found out was a Greek centaur that trained freaking Hercules!
Mr. Brunner than narrowed his eyes, 'don't be too sure Mr. Jackson.'
What is that is true? What if…..he was a demigod? His powers...it would make sense, I mean while else would the guy who trained demigods before be here? Teaching Percy? Chiron did join the school a few days after Percy arrived.
And Grover was a Satyr! It all made scene! But if his dad was a god, which one was he?
Then Percy's eyes widened suddenly as it hit him like a wave on a ocean. His dad...his dad was Poseidon.
Ping!
Due to you using your head and thinking things through and fitting all the pieces of the puzzles together you have gained 1 Wis!
Ping!
Quest Completed!
Find out who your dad is!
Reward,
Find out about all your abilities.
1000 Exp
Ping!
You have gained two levels!
Percy then quickly pulled his stats up and was shocked at what he saw;
Percy Jackson
Health-1200/1200(Due to water body)
Mana-1100/1100(Due to water body)
The Gamer
Title-Son of Poseidon
(+20 Str,+20 Vit, +20 Dex, while in water)
Level-4 Exp-0/1200
Race-Demigod
STR-2(+20)=22
VIT-1(+2+20)=23
DEX-2(+2+20)=24
INT-3
WIS-4
LUC-3
POINTS-10
MONEY- 50$/0D
Percy Jackson is a demigod, the son of Sally Jackson and Poseidon. He has ADHD and Dyslexia making it difficult for him to sit still in class. His behaviour has gotten him trouble over the years in various schools. Percy is unaware of who is father is, and wishes to find meaning in his life. Percy loves his mother, and hates Gabe, who is a dick.
Status- demigod, giving Percy - +2 VIT, +2 DEX and the ability to breath underwater, communicate with fish, create earthquakes, talk to horses, control water and look cool.
Holy. Shit.
His HP and MP were off the charts! All this for just being in a water body?! And his Str, Dex, Vit were all in the 20's! This proved it, he was the son of Poseidon!
Percy clicked the new title he got, 'son of Poseidon' and saw that the bonuses were only is he was in water, which while was rare still gave him a huge boost!
Percy closed everything and simply sat in the pool and thought about he should do. He knew who his dad was, just that alone made him level up twice. He didn't know were to put those points, heck he didn't know what he should do with all these abilities!
Percy then pulled up his stats again and saw his status as demigod gave him the power to breath underwater, he might al well try it out.
Percy took a deep breath and then immersed himself into the water swimming into the deep end. Once there Percy closed his eyes and slowly let out all the air inside. Once empty of all air Percy began to panic, but Gamer's mind came into effect calming him down.
Percy then opened his eyes and took a deep breath pulling in water and then released it. He could feel his body relax as the feeling of drowning never came. He didn't feel afraid of drowning, instead he felt as if this was the first time in his entire life that he was actually breathing.
Percy knew before that the Game did not lie when it said he was the son of Poseidon and so he wouldn't die. But he still had his doubts. And right now all of them went out as he took another breath of water.
Ping!
Skill created! By trusting your gut you started to breath underwater and learnt;
Breathing Underwater, Lv- MAX
You can breath underwater perfectly as if you were breathing normal air.
Percy then quickly moved around swimming underwater for a while breathing as if he was a fish. The water seemed to obey him as he rode it around the swimming pool.
Ping!
Skill created!
Swimming, Lv-5 (40%)
Your speed in swimming is that of an average swimmer-2 miles an hour.
Percy looked at that and frowned. For a child of the god of the sea he expected his swimming to be a lot faster than that. So he spent the rest of the day and afternoon swimming back and forth from each end of the pool. Each time moving faster and faster.
Ping!
Swimming skill leveled up!
Swimming, Lv-6 (10%)
Your speed in swimming is that of an average swimmer-2.5 miles an hour.
Percy shook his head at this and then began swimming faster and faster again and again until his head started to spin due to vertigo, but then suddenly his vertigo stopped, due to the water healing him.
Ping! Ping! Ping! Ping!
The pings kept on coming but Percy ignored it all. He needed to get faster, he wanted to get faster. Nothing else mattered! After swimming until it was time for the pool to close Percy finally got out of the pool and saw the blue box showing his swimming skill.
Swimming, Lv-10 (30%)
Your speed in swimming is that of an advanced swimmer-4.5 miles an hour.
Percy now finally smiled, that was a good speed. But not fast enough. Next Sunday he was going to double it, at least that is the plan.
Percy then went to a shadowy area and quickly drew out a towel from his inventory and his shirt from before. After drying himself off and putting his shirt on Percy stuffed the towel inside the inventory box and quickly left for his dorm.
His eyesight was perfect, not affected by the chlorine at all, must be a perk of being the son of Poseidon. As such Percy decided to quickly go back to the library to read some more.
That night Percy sat in his bed with a belly full of food and a few extra points. He had improved his English again by reading mostly books relating to Greek myth and such, seeing as how he was a freaking demigod! His skill level now it came to;
· Language: Modern English, Lv-7 (40%)
Due to you being a demigod you have Dyslexia and poor English reading skills, you can talk it, but can't walk it. Your reading is now better, grade level-6
-35% in understanding what you read.
Technically Percy could now understand everything they would teach in his class, but he got bite by the bug. The bug that all gamers got. The bug of perfection. Percy didn't want to stop, he wanted to keep going, and he will. Every day he would spend in the library until his Dyslexia did not hold him back any longer.
Percy nodded to himself, this was the start of his new life, where he wouldn't be a loser any more. Where his mom won't have to always take care of him. Where he could kick Gabe in the dick!
Percy smiled and then looked at his inventory, he didn't have much money, just 50$. He needed to fix that, money would help his mom and him, maybe some quests would allow him to get some cash or something, if that is even possible.
Just the Percy noticed the towel he showed into his inventory box and took it out. He touched the towel and saw it was still wet, strange it should have dried by now. Percy then put it in the laundry chute and then suddenly had an idea.
He was curious about his powers, out of all which his inventory stumped him the most. What exactly happened to the stuff he put in there? Where did it go? He needed to know.
So Percy took out his flip phone and set it on record. He opened his inventory and then put his phone inside as it was still recording. Then Percy waited, he moved and sat in a different place and the opened up his inventory again.
He pulled out his phone and found it was still recording. A total of 10 seconds was recorded before Percy stopped it.
The video showed the phone being pressed into air, it seemed Percy couldn't see his inventory screen through a video. Then suddenly the scene changed and the phone now recorded a different area of the room, the place where Percy was.
This means that the inventory box was a type of stasis field. Anything in it must be frozen in time and space, something that will be very very usefull. Imagine it hot food whenever you want! Percy then wanted to experiment some more.
He opened the inventory and the moved the box up and down with one hand. It seemed it was possible to move the box by pinching one corner of it. He then expanded it and reduced the size, so far it seemed the inventory could grow and shrink to any size.
Percy then opened the inventory box and placed it below the edge of a table. Percy then pushed a book that was on the table, off the edge. It fell down until suddenly it disappeared into the inventory box.
Percy pulled the book out and placed it back as he thought of what he had just seen. His inventory box could possibly be the most powerful tool in his arsenal. Just imagine it, someone shoots a bullet at him he opens the inventory in front of him, large enough to cover himself, and the bullets would all go into the box. He would be protected.
Ping!
Due to your experimentation you have found a loophole in the system! Your Int is raised by 1!
Percy smiled at this and sat back down on his bed. He needed to get a move on. After he mastered English he will start reading books to increase his Int. He will need to be smart in order to get rich and help his mom.
The second thing he will need to do is find out how to fight, due to all the reading he has been doing lately Percy has become closely acquainted with some of the Greek Monsters, and let's just say he doesn't want to meet any of them in dark alley or in a bright alley or in any alley. Basically never.
It was now 10 PM and Grover still hasn't come, where was that Greek goat? Percy shook his head and quickly left his room, it was passed curfew but what's the point of life if you didn't live a little.
Ping!
Quest Alert!
Find Grover without getting caught!
Reward,
50 Exp
?
Failure,
Detention,
Loss of respect from Mr. Brunner/Chiron
YES/NO?
Percy pressed yes and wondered,'oh what's this a mystery prize? That's never happened before', Percy thought, 'what could it be?'
Quickly Percy snuck out and walked into the courtyard. If anything Grover will be in place with the most greenery, being a Satyr and all.
Suddenly Percy heard two voices coming from near the fountain. One sounded like Grover, the other did not, it sounded...mossy? If that was a word?
Percy quickly snuck into the bushes and quietly moved in the shadows as he slowly came closer to the fountain in the center of the courtyard.
Ping!
What now?
Skill created!
Sneaking, Lv-1 (20%)
Allows you to sneak up on someone.
10% chance of not getting caught.
10% chance of critical strike.
Percy nodded, not bad. He then swiped the screen away and looked for Grover finding him standing before the fountain with a torch light over the water forming a rainbow. In the rainbow, and I shit you not, was a person. An actual person. Was the the greek form of a Skype call?
"I know I know Juniper," Percy heard Grover say, "but it's my job. I'm sorry I won't be there any time soon sweetie."
"It's not fair Grover," the mossy female voice spoke, must be Juniper, "why is it you?"
"This is my one chance Juniper. I make sure Percy is alive and gets to camp safe and sound I will finally be allowed to search for Pan."
"I know," Juniper sighed, "but I miss you Grovey."
"I miss you too Juni," Grover replied with a voice filled with wanting and slowly the two started to flirt but Percy didn't care about that, he had something more important that needed his attention.
"Observe," Percy said at the rainbow thing and a window popped up.
Iris Messaging,
A form of video messaging used by gods and demigods to communicate with others using a rainbow. The service is provided and managed by Iris the goddess of the rainbows. To use the services one must pay one drachma and say a specific phrase.
'And what is that phrase?' Percy thought. 'Dammit, Observe must be to low in level, I'm just getting the basics of the information I need.'
'A Drachma is a solid gold greek coin used by the greeks, they don't actually expect us to use that to message do they? I mean it's solid gold?! What a waste!'
And just then Percy realised something, in his stause page he had under money, and D meaning he could store Drachma as well. Meaning he would need to get his hands on some quickly.
Ping!
Skill leveled up!
Sneaking, Lv-2 (10%)
Allows you to sneak up on someone.
15% chance of not getting caught.
15% chance of critical strike.
Nice.
Just then Percy heard someone shout, "hey you!" Percy and Grover turned to see Mr. Wetherspoon, the p.e. teacher approach the fountain. Grover quickly shut off his light causing the rainbow to disappear and then threw a bag of what looked like coins into the fountain.
Percy smiled, there was the cash he needed.
Mr. Wetherspoon quickly came next to Grover, who had just managed to get his crutches on, "Mr. Underwood what are you doing here?"
"Ah-hi Mr. Wetherspoon sir. I was just-ah. It was a little difficult moving around and I kind of got lost and-"
"-Enough of your bull Mr. Underwood you are obviously out past curfew. As such you will have detention tomorrow," Grover looked shocked at that and was about to interrupt when the teacher held up a hand silencing him, "and where is Jackson? You two are always causing some mischief together."
Grover shook his head, "Percy isn't here Mr. Wetherspoon, it's just me."
The man nodded and quickly dragged Grover away. Percy waited for the two to leave and then jumped out of the bushes. He went to the fountain searched in the dark waters for the bag Grover threw. His shirt and hands got wet but Percy didn't care. He finally felt the bag and quickly grabbed it, and like he thought it contained a whole lot of Drachma.
Percy put all the coins into his inventory and then turned and ran, if Mr. Wetherspoon reached their dorm and Percy was not in it, he was in a whole lot of trouble.
Quest Alert!
Reach your room before Grover and Mr. Wetherspoon
Reward,
+1 to Dex
no detention
Failure,
Detention with Grover
possible fracture.
YES/NO?
Percy quickly pressed yes and ran to the dorm building. There was only one staircase leading to the first floor where Percy and Grover stayed. And Grover and Wetherspoon were using it.
If Percy wanted to beat the two his room he would need to climb the side of the dorm building. Hopefully his Dex would be high enough to let him do that.
Percy quickly ran to the wall above which was the first floor corridor. He needed to jump, grab the railing on the edge, pull himself up and the jump over the railing across the corridor, the last part was easy, the rest not so much.
But Percy didn't stop. He jumped, pushing himself as high as he could and surprisingly he overshot the first railing. Luckily his Gamer's mind prevailed and he quickly grabbed the railing with his still wet hands.
Percy's grip held true and he didn't fall. He then pulled himself up and climb up and over the second railing across the first floor. He then charged into his room throwing the door open and slamming it shut.
Slowly Percy calmed himself down and controlled his breathing, he needed to not look like he had just ran all the way here if he wanted to convince Mr. Wetherspoon and Grover.
Ping!Ping!
Quest Succes!
Find Grover without getting caught!
Reward,
50 Exp
A bag full of Drachma
Quest Succes!
Reach your room before Grover and Mr. Wetherspoon
Reward,
+1 to Dex
no detention
Percy grinned and then opened his status which read;
Percy Jackson
Health-200/200
Mana-100/100
The Gamer
Title-Son of Poseidon
(+20 Str,+20 Vit, +20 Dex, while in water)
Level-4 Exp-50/1200
Race-Demigod
STR-2(+20)=22
VIT-1(+2+20)=23
DEX-3(+2+20)=25
INT-4
WIS-4
LUC-3
POINTS-10
MONEY- 50$/10D
Percy raised an eyebrow at that. Not because he only had 10 Drachmas but because his son of Poseidon bonus wan now active. It was strange, it was supposed to only be on….when he was in water.
Percy looked at his arms and shirt, they were clenched, so he was covered with water, did that count? It must have because that's what his status said. Percy then smiled, this was going to be a great cheat to use when fighting.
Quickly Percy changed his clothes and left the wet ones out to dry. Just then Grover and Mr. Wetherspoon came in. He looked at Percy and nodded and quickly left reminding Grover that he had detention tomorrow.
"Detention?" Percy asked, "why were you out?"
Ping!
Skill leveled up!
Lying, Lv-2 (30%)
This is your ability to lie to people, the higher the level the better the lie and less chance of discovery!
10% chance of success, less based on how extreme the lie is.
Percy ignored that and focused on Grover.
"Oh you know," Grover said as he tried to make something up, "I was just trying to get some fresh air, stupid idea I know, but I guy has needs you know?"
Percy smiled, "I know Grover I know."
Percy stood in the courtyard in front of the water fountain where he saw Grover talking to Juniper. It was Monday night and Percy was getting ready to test out his new powers.
He spent the day listening in class which actually raised his Int! Seriously! After the day of classes ended Percy got a ping and it said,
Due to you paying attention in class, for the first bloody time, you have gained +1 Int!
Percy was beyond excited because of the extra stat points and the fact that he had actually managed to pay attention in class! Sure he still had ADHD and all that and couldn't stop moving, but his Dyslexia now only affected him by -35%.
Meaning he understood 65% of what was being taught! This was a sign that Percy was in fact setting his life on track, he is going to make his mother proud, and make sure nothing ever happens to her.
Percy had one goal today, to discover his skills and grind them. So far he knew of only one skill he got for being the son of Poseidon, breathing underwater. There was still a lot more to go, like control water, talking to fishes, creating goddamn earthquakes and talking to horses.
First of the horses and fishes thing is probably not going to happen, since he doesn't have any fish and there are no horses around. So that left, controlling water and creating earthquakes. And since he didn't want to destroy the school, today that is, he decided to just try and control water, hence the fountain.
Percy took both hands and dipped them in water. He felt the water around his arm and he felt his son of Poseidon title activate. His body became stronger and more agile, but Percy slowly pushed all that to the corner of his mind with Gamer's mind.
Slowly he raised his hands up until he broke the water surface, he concentrated on the water under his arms and willed it to come up with him.
Slowly as Percy raised his arms above the water, two balls of water clung to his hands not letting go. Percy grinned and brought the water balls upwards and near his face. It was moving, like a big ball of jello and suddenly the balls busted all over Percy's face, drenching the boy.
'Goddamn,' Percy cursed, 'lost my concentration.' Percy dipped his hands into the water again. He felt it around his hands and again he pulled it out out of the fountain, this time holding it together as one huge ball of water. Percy brought it up and then held it there for nearly a minute.
Percy then threw the water like a real ball and it hit the fountain and splashed back down into the water pool below.
Ping!
New Skill discovered! You have discovered your skill as a demigod!
Water Controlling Lv-1 (43%)
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-20 MP per minute
Percy panted as he swiped the screen away, looks like he unlocked one of his powers. This is the first skill he has that required for MP. Percy brought out his status page and clicked on MP;
Mana-80/100
Regeneration-10 per minute
Percy frowned, his regeneration rate was pathetic, but it was to be expected, his Wis was only 4.
Percy learned a few things more about his powers. Each improved somethin or the other about him.
Str- his physical strength, duh.
Vit- his endurance and defence (+25 hp per level for 10 Vits)
Dex- his athleticism and precision (+10% hp regen per level for 10 dex)
Int- Mana storage rate and memory (+25 mp per level for 10 Int)
Wis- Mana recovery and mana scene (+10% mp regen level for 10 wis)
Luc- Luck
And so far he only had;
STR-2
VIT-1(+2)=3
DEX-3(+2)=5
INT-5
WIS-4
LUC-3
Which was next to nothing. This is why Percy needed to grind big time, he did have 10 points that he could spend, but like Han Jack said, he needed to save those.
So Percy turned to the fountain again after dismissing the screens. He gathered mana into his arms and the spoke, "water control."
I called to the water to form a ball in his hand and it did, Percy could feel his MP drain out and into the water but Percy held on for a long as he could. After four minutes the ball of water fell down and Percy collapsed exhausted of all his mana.
Mana-0/100
The recovery time for him would a total of 8 minutes since his recovery rate was 10%, meaning 10 MP is restored per minute.
After 10 minutes Percy got up again and focused on manipulating water again. After another 5 minutes of water manipulation Percy crashed down again exhausted of all his mana.
Ping!
Due to constant usage skill has evolved!
Water Controlling Lv-2 (3%)
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-19 MP per minute
The cost of usage went down by just one point! Percy cursed but he knew this was how he will get strong, one step at a time.
Percy got again after 10 minutes and began the process of controlling water once again, this time he made it into a long tube of water. Then after his man ran out and recharged he tried it again, this time he made the tube thinner and denser. So dense that he could touch it now and use it like a normal tube.
Percy trained into the night and at around 12, midnight he collapsed again into the ground what felt like the hundredth time.
Ping!
Due to constant usage skill has evolved!
Water Controlling Lv-4 (30%)
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-17 MP per minute
Percy smiled at this, finally he was getting somewhere.
Ping!
Due to constant usage of Mana and constant Mana regeneration, +1 to Int and Wis.
Well this was getting better already. Percy smiled at the bonus points, it seems studying and making wise choices aren't the only ways to train Int and Wis.
Just then Percy heard somebody walking towards him, it definitely sounded like a human, not he crutches using Grover or the wheelchair bound Mr. Brunner.
Quickly Percy splashed some water onto himself and ran, the water increased his Str, Dex and Vit by 20 points allowing him to easily escape whoever was coming towards him. Reaching his dorm building Percy managed to jump onto the railing on the first floor and pulled himself up.
Reaching the door to his room Percy activated his skill, Sneaking, and slowly entered his room. There he saw Grover's hand by the side of the top bunk, the goat was snoring, badly.
Percy quietly walked in, closed the door and went into his bed. He put his shoes away and took off his jeans. He laid back and slowly let sleep take over him.
Ping!
You have slept in you own bed; HP and MP have been restored 100% each. All ailments and negative status effects have been cured.
Percy woke up with the same blue box over his head. He swiped it away and looked around. The time was 7 in the morning. Quickly Percy took a shower and got ready. He changed his clothes into his uniform and grabbed his bag.
Percy turned to Grover, who was still asleep, sighing Percy shook Grover up, "hey, G-man, wake up."
"Ah?" Grover said through the drool, yuck, "what time is it?"
"Around 7 man," Percy replied, it took him twenty minutes to get ready, "now get up, you're going to be late."
Grover waved Percy away and turned in his bed, "I'll be fine Percy. Just go to class."
Percy shook his head at his friends antics and quickly left his dorm. He went to the cafeteria and looked at the people waiting to get their food, there weren't many here right now, due to it being so early in the morning.
Percy's breakfast was already paid for, they took it from his fee's so he was allowed to take as much as he wanted. Only thing was he is expected to finish it all.
Seeing an opportunity, due to the few people here, and all of them being distracted by something or the other, Percy quickly got an idea.
Percy opened up his inventory and put the box over his empty plate. He reached for a stack of pancakes and placed them over the box. The food then disappeared into the inventory and Percy could see it in there.
Grinning Percy quickly loaded in as many pancakes as he could. And as he has he back blocking everyone's view of what he was doing it just looked like Percy was really hungry, that is is anyone was even looking.
Percy then closed his inventory after storing 20 pancakes in it. He then grabbed several packets of syrup which he also discreetly put into his inventory box. Finally he grabbed two pancakes and put them on his plate to eat.
He then went to a bench in the corner of the room and sat down to enjoy breakfast.
"Morning twerp," came an ugly voice. Percy turned and there was Nancy Bobofit. The annoying red haired girl sneered at Percy, "I thought you and your boyfriend were up all night bumping bones, where is all goat brains?"
Percy controlled his anger, or tried at least, "he is with your mom Nancy, it seems she has a thing for goats."
Nancy screamed, "what did you say?!"
"I said your mom is a goat fucker Nancy! Are you deaf or something?!"
"Don't talk about my mom Jackson!"
"Don't talk about my friend Nancy," Percy replied as the girl looked as red as her hair. Percy looked at her ready to fight if she started something.
"At least I have a dad Jackson," Nancy said and walked away.
It shouldn't have hurt him, Percy was used to it. He was used to people telling him he was a bastard, that was the first thing anyone would use to insult him. He should have been used to it by now, but he wasn't.
Percy looked at the girl as she sat down a few seats in front of him. He then noticed she had a bottled water sitting next to her and Percy's mind started to spin. It would be a challenge of his powers, but isn't that what life is? Finding your limits, and then breaking them?
Percy drew on his magic and focused on Nancy's water bottle, "water control," Percy whispered and he felt his magic reach out and touch the water in Nancy's bottle. Suddenly water started to moved, it pushed the bottle left and right until it fell down.
'Shit,' thought Percy, 'I meant for it to jump out of the bottle, there was not enough force.'
This drew Nancy's attention as she looked out the fallen bottle. She then picked it up and put it up right. Percy sighed at the lucky second chance. He then tried again and this time he push the water upwards with all his will and the water burst out of the cap spraying all over Nancy's clothes.
"YA!" Nancy shrieked as Percy laughed, the girl quickly went back to her room to change leaving Percy in the cafeteria.
Percy looked at his mean and quickly began to eat, he pulled up his health and mana bar;
Health-200/200
Mana-66/100
Percy swiped the boxes away, the water manipulation was good and very easy to do. Maybe it had something to do with his powers. Maybe after he discovered the skills he can always use the skill no matter the difference in it.
Like maybe if he learned something the old fashioned way, without his powers, he would have had trouble with new things. But with his powers, water control means water control, only limited by his level.
Percy then used observe on his pancakes;
Pancakes: food,
restores 30 HP, 10 MP.
Percy's eyes widened at that. He quickly ate a full pancake and pulled up his mana bar;
Mana-77/100
It was amazing, so food effected mana too. This meant there should technically be food out there which resorted 100% of his mana/health.
Percy noted that for his future and then quickly spent the rest of his breakfast using Observe on anyone and everyone hoping to level it up quickly. The information block he had when he tried to observe the Iris message needed to be fixed. And the more information he got from Observing his enemies the better.
Ping!
Through constant use a skill has level up!
Observe Lv-2 (40%)
By Observing a target one will get information about said object
-Max HP,MP, stats and info.
'Sweet',thought Percy 'now I can observe the status of the people I Observe.'
Percy then quickly left the cafeteria for the library. Along the way Percy used Observes on everything he saw. It seemed the average student was Lv-3 with their stats at 3 or 4 each. Percy was already better than them, but then again that's not saying much.
At the library Percy used Observed On every book there, or at least tried to, the result of which his Observes evolved two more levels. Percy then quickly left to go for his classes and made it just in time so as to not be late.
There he saw Grover in his usual seat and Percy quickly gave a mental command, 'Observe.'
Grover Underwood Satyr Protector
Lv-20
HP-1500/1500
MP-2000/2000
Race-Satyr
Str-15
Vit-15
Dex-10
Int-20
Wis-20
Luc-10
Grover Underwood is the Satyr protector of Percy Jackson. He along with Chiron are assigned to protect Percy in case any monsters come after him. His is assigned to be with Percy by the Council of Cloven Elders and will do so until told otherwise. He is in love with a tree spirit named Juniper.
Percy blinked once, then twice. This was new. Well at least Grover is strong enough to be his protector, until Percy is strong enough to protect himself that is. Percy smiled at Grover and sat down.
Suddenly the class became quiet as not a word was spoken. A woman walked into the class with glass on and a tight hair bun on her head. She looked like someone with the fashion scene of someone from the 80's and looked like she was from then to.
The woman turned to the class and nodded, "good morning class, I am your new substitute teacher Mrs. Dodds. I will be teaching you pre-algebra and will stay with you for the rest of the year."
The woman then began taking attendance and when she came to Percy's name she stopped for a second and then growled his name out, "Percy Jackson."
Percy felt his spine tingle as he spoke through a dry throat, "h-here ma'am." What was that feeling?
Ping!
By detecting bloodlust you have gained a new skill.
Detect bloodlust, Lv-1 (20%)
This skill will detect any bloodlust directed at the user. It is an instinctive skill.
Will detect within 20 feet and will tell origin.
Origin of BL-Mrs. Dodds want to kill you.
'I can tell that!' Percy yelled in his head as he wiped the box away. He then looked at Mrs. Dodds and commanded, 'Observe.'
Alecto Fury of Hades
Level 49
HP-4900/4900
MP-2600/2600
Race-Fury
Str-40
Vit-45
Dex-50
Int-39
Wis-41
Luc-10
Alecto is a Fury of Hades who does his bidding. Right now she has been assigned to observe Percy Jackson, and if he is a demigod of Poseidon or Zeus, to kill him.
Oh fuck,oh fuck,oh fuck,oh fuck,oh fuck,oh fuck,oh fuck,oh fuck. O fuck fuck fuckety fuck fuck fuck.
That 'thing' is after me?! Fuck!
Percy spent the rest of the class worrying over how he was going to survive, in the end it all came back to the same answer, get stronger, fast.
Percy payed attention in class and with the help of Gamer's mind looked as calm as a cucumber, but inside he was scared and he needed to do something to get rid of all the anxiety.
After classes that day Percy quickly went to the library and began reading again, this time with the promise of death making him read faster, quickly he leveled up three more times.
· Language: Modern English, Lv-10 (60%)
Due to you being a demigod you have Dyslexia and poor English reading skills, you can talk it, but can't walk it. Your reading is now better, grade level-9
-20% in understanding what you read.
Percy wanted to stay longer but the library was closing...maybe he could come in here at night.
Ping!
Quest Alert!
Sneak into the library at night and read some more!
Rewards,
1000 Exp
1 stat point
Failure,
Detention with Mrs. Dodds.
YES/NO?
Percy gulped and quickly pressed yes, he really needed to do this, and fast. Later that night at around 10, when Grover finally slept off Percy quietly sneaked out of his room and jumped to the ground floor.
He then quickly ran to the library, which was across the courtyard. But as he was running he heard two voice in the courtyard ahead of him. Percy's quickly ducked into the bushes and quickly crawled on his stomach forward until he saw Mrs. Dodds there talking with Mr. Brunner.
Ping!
Skill leveled up!
Sneaking, Lv-3 (9%)
Allows you to sneak up on someone.
20% chance of not getting caught.
20% chance of critical strike.
Percy dismissed it and focused on listening in on their conversation.
"The boy is innocent Alecto," Mr. Brunner/Chiron said.
"My orders are absolute Chiron, if the boy is the son of Poseidon I will kill him," he heard Mrs. Dodds/Alecto speak up as she growled, what is with her and growling?
"I will not stand by while you kill an innocent boy Alecto."
"Innocent? Who? That thief?" Alecto spat out, "the boy stole from my master and Zeus himself!"
What? Percy wondered, 'has she lost it? I didn't steal anything!'
"The boy has done no such thing!" Chiron roared out, "and if you harm one of my students you best be weary of my wrath."
Alecto laughed, "ha! What wrath?! You are nothing but a weak little-" Suddenly a huge wave of killing intent spread out and it even affected Percy.
Ping! Ping! Ping!
Skill leveled up! By detecting blood lust, bloodlust leveled up!
· Detect bloodlust, Lv-4 (90%)
This skill will detect any bloodlust directed at the user. It is an instinctive skill.
Will detect within 30 feet and will tell origin.
Wow, Mr. Brunner sure knows how to make a point!
Alecto coughed and spoke again, "very well Chiron I will not attack the boy. But if he is the son of Poseidon make sure to have a shroud ready, for I will kill him!"
Percy then watched as the woman transformed into a large bat like creature and flew off into the sky.
Percy watched as Mr. Brunner then also left as he rolled away. It seems Percy has some form of protection. Quickly and quietly Percy walked along the shadows of the courtyard but just as the library was in sight he felt something.
Bloodlust detected!
!
Percy's eyes' widened, 'shit!' He dove away and in the exact spot that he was Alecto appeared but she grasped nothing but air.
'How did she find me?' Percy wondered as he hide himself, 'she must have really good tracking skills, or I still need to improve my stealth.'
Percy then looked up and saw the bat form of Alecto circle the sky waiting for him to slip up and run out. Percy however wasn't that stupid. He needed a plan, and a good one. Percy didn't have any weapons on him, and the only offencive skill he had was his water powers, and if he used that he was as good as dead.
Percy opened his inventory and found only one thing that could help him, a pen. A fucking pen. Percy sighed and took the pen out. at least the tip of the pen was pointy. Percy looked and saw the library just a few feet away from him and the window on the first floor was open. Meaning he would need his son of Poseidon perk to get in.
Percy quickly stretched out his magic towards the fountain at the center of the courtyard. He felt the water and commanded it to com towards him. Slowly a huge ball of water appeared over Percy's head. Percy readied himself, he readied his pen, which now had the cap off, and he released the water over his head.
SPLASH!
The sound alerted Alecto, who flew down like a hawk. Her talons were spread out and she saw a figure in the shadows drenched in water, this was going to be an easy kill.
Alecto attacked the figure's left arm tearing into the arm with her talons. The figure grunted in pain, but before Alecto could react his right hand moved in a blur and something sharp stabs Alecto's neck.
The Fury screamed in rage as she flew away to tend to her wounds leaving the figure in the courtyard, she would find who that person was tomorrow, after all it wouldn't be to easy to hide a wound from her talons like that.
Percy held his left hand with his right, his HP took a major hit from Alecto's talons;
HP-130/200
MP-83/100
He sprinted to the Library and the jumped up to the first floor window. He grabbed it with his right hand and pulled himself up.
Percy, once inside, shut the window closed and stepped to the side and waited to see whether Alecto would come back, she did not.
Percy looked at his pen, it was not covered in blood, Alecto's blood. Monster or not, she still could be hurt with enough pressure. That and the added strength the son of Poseidon perk gave him once drenched in water, was the only reason Percy survived.
Percy quickly took out the pancakes from breakfast that he had stored away and quickly began to eat them. A couple of pancakes later and Percy's HP was full along with his MP and surprisingly the wound he received from Alecto on his left arm was not fully healed. Not even a scar remained.
Ping!
Due to your survival of a vicious attack you Physical Endurance has leveled up by 2!
· Physical Endurance, Lv.3 (80%)
Your Body's durability increased and you take less damage.
9% less damage from physical attacks.
Ping!
New skill created!
Critical strike! Lv-1 (60%)
A precise strike that can cause 300% damage to the target.
Chance of success- Luc+Dex(5+3=8%)
Ping!
Quest Success!
Sneak into the library at night and read some more!
Rewards,
1000 Exp
1 stat point
Percy quickly noted everything down and then spent the rest of the night, and I do mean the whole night, reading through all the books he could find. Percy's mind didn't cloud up die to sleep nor did his reading speed decrease. The boy read and read until the sun came up.
Ping!Ping!Ping!Ping!Ping!Ping!Ping!
Language: Modern English, Lv-14 (30%)
Due to you being a demigod you have Dyslexia and poor English reading skills, you can talk it, but can't walk it. Your reading is now better, grade level-College+
You will understand exactly what you read.
Percy put down the last book and smiled. He did it. He finally did it. He no longer had his Dyslexia holding him back. He could finally be a good student and a good son for him mom's sake.
Percy then quickly snuck out of library just as it was opening up again. It was 7 in the morning and Grover was asleep. Percy snuck back into his room, quickly changed and went for breakfast. After storing some more pancakes in his inventory Percy quickly finished his food and went to the library, and this time he was determined to read to increase his Int.
After an hour of reading and five books later Percy gained +2 Int.
Int-8
Percy smiled at that and quickly went to class arriving just before Mrs. Dodds. Percy quickly took his seat and smiled at Grover, "hey G-man! I think I'm finally getting somewhere with all my reading!"
Grover smiled, "that's great Percy! You will probably do-" Grover than paled and looked over Percy's shoulder. Percy turned around and there was Mrs. Dodds, the old bat.
"Mr. Jackson," she said in a cold tone, "I see you have injured your arm."
Percy knew she was lying, she couldn't have seen that he had his sleeves down the whole time. "Ah no Mrs. Dodds I haven't injured it."
"Really?" She asked with a raised eyebrow? "Please show me your left arm then."
Percy rolled up his sleeves and the Fury quickly inspected it for any sign of injury. She even pitched it to make sure there was no makeup on. She finally gave up, "very well Mr. Jackson."
She then turned and walked away from us.
Ping!
Skill leveled up!
Lying, Lv-3 (40%)
This is your ability to lie to people, the higher the level the better the lie and less chance of discovery!
15% chance of success, less based on how extreme the lie is.
Percy looked at Grover, "what's her problem?"
Grover simply smiled and looked away not answering the question.
Percy simply shook his head and looked straight ahead listened to the class.
Ping!
Due to you listing in all your classes you get +1 Int!
Percy smiled at this. He had managed to pull of another full day of school without getting distracted, and his reward was obvious. He then decided to reward himself and gave himself the day off.
Still in his school uniform Percy decided to go for a walk around the campus, just to take in the sights and give himself some breathing time.
As he was walking along the north facing gate of Yancy Academy Percy noticed nothing odd painted on the school building face the North. This building was the administration office and right below the principles window was a blue triangle. Percy recognized it as a Delta symbol.
Ping!
You have spotted the entrance to the Labyrinth: Dungeon Lv-5
Do you wish to enter?
YES/NO?
Percy looked at the symbol and then at the blue box in front of him. If what it was saying is true then this was the entrance to a dungeon, like the kind in video games where one could fight monsters and gain treasure and such. But Percy knew he wasn't ready for it, not yet anyway.
Percy pressed no and then quickly left for the cafeteria, he had a plan. Percy first went to the back of the cafeteria where he picked through the recycle bin and found several empty bottles. He then stored them all in his inventory and ran to the fountain in the courtyard.
Percy quickly filled each and every bottle with water and then put them back in his inventory. Now that he had enough water for his son of Poseidon perk Percy needed a weapon.
Quickly Percy walked to Mr. Brunner's office, by this time the man would be at the teacher's lounge eating dinner with the rest of the teachers. And since Mr. Brunner is Chiron, who trains heroes as a job, he is bound to have some weapons lying around in there.
Percy stood in front of the window to Mr, Brunner's office, which was in the ground floor because of his wheelchair. Percy lifted the window up and climbed in. He then snuck around the office using Observe on everything incase a weapon was being hidden in the form of something else.
Ping!
Skill leveled up!
Sneaking, Lv-4 (1%)
Allows you to sneak up on someone.
25% chance of not getting caught.
25% chance of critical strike.
'Huh,' Percy wondered, 'must have had a high amount of experience.'
And just then something stood out to Percy in his many uses of Observe. On Mr. Brunner's table was a common looking disposable ballpoint pen. On it's side were the words, 'Anaklusmos.'
"Riptide," Percy said out loud as he read it's Observe box;
Anaklusmos
Anaklusmos or Riptide is made out of celestial bronze, a rare and powerful metal that is very effective when used against beings from the divine world(monsters, demigods, gods etc.). It does not harm mortals. It has two forms one as a pen and one as a sword. To release its sword form simply take off it's cap. And to make it into a pen tap the cap on the blade.
It is charmed so as to never be lost as it always appears in the owner's pocket few moments later. It is a blade used by Hercules himself given to him by Zoe Nightshade, the original owner. Riptide draws it's power from the sea and hence is every effective when used by a spirit of the sea or by a child of the sea.
Attack-100
+50% when used against monsters.
+100% when used by a child of the sea.
Percy picked up the pen and uncapped it and it suddenly transformed into a 3 foot long bronze blade. It's hilt is flat and pointed upwards with gold rivets, it's blade is double sided with it's name emblazoned on it's spine.
Percy held it tight as he got a good grip on the leather, the blade was perfectly balanced and looked like it was crafted for Percy and Percy alone.
Quickly Percy recapped the sword/pen and put it in his inventory and quickly looked for some armor in Mr. Brunner's room. Unfortunately he couldn't find any thing else of note, except a shield which was hidden behind a shelf.
Bronze shield
This shield is made out of bronze material and is sharp around the edges. Warriors use it to bash in their opponents heads and use the edge to cut deep.
Weight-40 KG, Durability 10/10.
Percy tried to pick up the shield but found that his Str was far too little for this. So Percy opened his status and put in an extra four points raising it to 6.
STR- 6
Now Percy lifted the shield, and though it still was a little uncomfortable the shield would save his life.
Percy put the shield in his inventory and quickly jumped out of Mr. Brunner's office. PErcy then ran to the cafeteria and walked in and grabbed a large plate of food. As Percy ate he slipped half of the food into his inventory for later.
Percy then talked with Grover and they two went back to their room. Percy pretended to sleep and after Grover started to snore Percy got ready to go out.
Percy quickly wore a blue hoodie with a pair of jeans and sneakers. He then snuck out by using sneak and quickly the demigod reached the north facing gate. He looked to the Principle's window and saw the blue delta symbol from before.
Percy slowly approached it and then,
Ping!
You have spotted the entrance to the Labyrinth: Dungeon Lv-5
Do you wish to enter?
YES/NO?
This time Percy pressed yes and suddenly the blue delta symbol glowed and the wall opened up to form a small passage way into the building. Percy looked in and saw a set of stairs that lead deep into the Earth.
Percy took out his bronze shield and Riptide from his inventory. He then poured half a bottle of water over his head and put the rest away for later. He popped open Riptide's cap causing the sword to enlargen.
Percy then walked down into the dark dungeon.