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divinewisdom) wrote2012-12-02 09:32 pm
divinewisdom) wrote2012-12-02 09:32 pm
Skill 03 + Memory 07 // Mundane + Triv. Positive
Memory; Half-Blood Body Building.
Gained; Day 196, Hook's Captain Game
Form Of; Tiny Jolly Roger. Wave it to receive your skill.
What It Is;
Essentially what it says on the tin: Annabeth in danger situations is now faster, and automatically stronger. Basically, she has just become hard-wired for being the best soldier in existence! And she's also pumped now!
There is a physical effect to this: she'll be looking pretty fit and buff now. But basically her reflexes are better, her speed is increased, and she's stronger all around.
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Memory; Percy's a Jerk. [Demon Pigeons Attack.]
Gained; Day 194, Pandora's Hope Game
Form Of; Small clay jars, no bigger than your fist. Drop them on the ground and shatter them to view your memory.
What It Is; Sea of Monsters pages 66-84.
Chariot race happens, Annabeth is grumpy and works with her own cabinmates, leaving Percy alone with Tyson the Cyclops. Percy tries to tell her about his dreams but she's just not having it, and tells him to go away and stop distracting her before the race. She finally listens to him, only to...be called to places for the race. They separate. RACING HAPPENS IT'S AWESOME. But.
Once they chase the birds away with some awful music of Chiron's, they finally finish the race...Clarisse wins, and Tantalus punishes Annabeth and Percy for being there. Life still sucks.
What she Learned;
• MAN CHARIOTS WHAT
• My life is cool, percy's a jerk, Annabeth may be a little more irate than usual depending on when she takes this but it's not as major a blow to the self-esteem as it was in canon because she doesn't have the events surrounding it yet! So she'll probably just be grumpy.
• PERCY WHY DO YOU DO
Gained; Day 196, Hook's Captain Game
Form Of; Tiny Jolly Roger. Wave it to receive your skill.
What It Is;
Essentially what it says on the tin: Annabeth in danger situations is now faster, and automatically stronger. Basically, she has just become hard-wired for being the best soldier in existence! And she's also pumped now!
There is a physical effect to this: she'll be looking pretty fit and buff now. But basically her reflexes are better, her speed is increased, and she's stronger all around.
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Memory; Percy's a Jerk. [Demon Pigeons Attack.]
Gained; Day 194, Pandora's Hope Game
Form Of; Small clay jars, no bigger than your fist. Drop them on the ground and shatter them to view your memory.
What It Is; Sea of Monsters pages 66-84.
Annabeth tried to make me feel better. She suggested we team up for the chariot race to take our minds off our problems. Don't get me wrong—we both hated Tantalus and we were worried sick about camp—but we didn't know what to do about it. Until we could come up with some brilliant plan to save Thalia's tree, we figured we might as well go along with the races. After all, Annabeth's mom, Athena, had invented the chariot, and my dad had created horses. Together we would own that track.
One morning Annabeth and I were sitting by the canoe lake sketching chariot designs when some jokers from Aphrodite's cabin walked by and asked me if I needed to borrow some eyeliner for my eye ... "Oh sorry, eyes.”
As they walked away laughing, Annabeth grumbled, "Just ignore them, Percy. It isn't your fault you have a monster for a brother."
"He's not my brother!" I snapped. "And he's not a monster, either!"
Annabeth raised her eyebrows. "Hey, don't get mad at me! And technically, he is a monster."
"Well you gave him permission to enter the camp."
"Because it was the only way to save your life! I mean ... I'm sorry, Percy, I didn't expect Poseidon to claim him. Cyclopes are the most deceitful, treacherous—"
"He is not! What have you got against Cyclopes, anyway?
Annabeth's ears turned pink. I got the feeling there was something she wasn't telling me-- something bad.
"Just forget it," she said. "Now, the axle for this chariot—"
"You're treating him like he's this horrible thing," I said. "He saved my life."
Annabeth threw down her pencil and stood. "Then maybe you should design a chariot with him."
"Maybe I should."
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
She stormed off and left me feeling even worse than before.
Chariot race happens, Annabeth is grumpy and works with her own cabinmates, leaving Percy alone with Tyson the Cyclops. Percy tries to tell her about his dreams but she's just not having it, and tells him to go away and stop distracting her before the race. She finally listens to him, only to...be called to places for the race. They separate. RACING HAPPENS IT'S AWESOME. But.
"Stymphalian birds!" Annabeth yelled. She slowed down and pulled her chariot alongside mine. "They'll strip everyone to bones if we don't drive them away!"
"Tyson," I said, "we're turning around!"
"Going the wrong way?" he asked.
"Always," I grumbled, but I steered the chariot toward the stands. Annabeth rode right next to me. She shouted, "Heroes, to arms!" But I wasn't sure anyone could hear her over the screeching of the birds and the general chaos. I held my reins in one hand and managed to draw Riptide as a wave of birds dived at my face, their metal beaks snapping. I slashed them out of the air and they exploded into dust and feathers, but there were still millions of them left. One nailed me in the back end and I almost jumped straight out of the chariot.
Annabeth wasn't having much better luck. The closer we got to the stands, the thicker the cloud of birds became.
Once they chase the birds away with some awful music of Chiron's, they finally finish the race...Clarisse wins, and Tantalus punishes Annabeth and Percy for being there. Life still sucks.
What she Learned;
• MAN CHARIOTS WHAT
• My life is cool, percy's a jerk, Annabeth may be a little more irate than usual depending on when she takes this but it's not as major a blow to the self-esteem as it was in canon because she doesn't have the events surrounding it yet! So she'll probably just be grumpy.
• PERCY WHY DO YOU DO