Not-So-Triumphant Return (Action)

[againstallodds]

[Most people (newbies excepted) would probably recognize the teenager that walks straight out of the ocean on the afternoon of the 19th, just as casually as if he were walking down the street in Anytown USA. If the fact that he's choosing to swim fully-clothed in October in New York doesn't give away who he is, the fact that he isn't soaking wet probably does.]

[He needs to meet with Chiron, but the first place Percy goes is actually the Poseidon cabin, closer to the ocean and his home-away-from-home, so he can drop off the small pack he's carrying - but less than ten seconds after he walks through the door, he tears back out it again and back down to the ocean.]

When were you gonna tell me I had a sister?!

[Yup, he's totally screaming at the ocean. This would have been nice to know, okay Dad?]

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[againstallodds]

[He should've expected this one, he really should've. As it is he gets sideways-tackled by a flying Demeter kid and almost knocked off his feet because he wasn't prepared for it, though it doesn't quite go that far.]

Ouuffff! Heyy there, Naomi.

[serenesuccessor]

[Really should have Percy.]

Oh my god, you're back! You're back right? I mean they aren't gonna have you go on anymore secret missions, right? Did you see anything cool?

[She's talking a mile a minute. Sorry man.]

[againstallodds]

[Yup, really, really should have.]

Yeah, I'm back - I don't know, if Chiron needs me to go somewhere, then I'll go, but right now I don't have anywhere he wants me. And I got to see Briares again, does that count?

[That bit he totally expected.]

[serenesuccessor]

Briares? That's your dad's kingdom right?

[She still hugging him, hasn't really let go. There are happy tears in the corners of her eyes, because wow, it's good to see Percy back alive and well. Especially when everything's going crazy.]

[againstallodds]

[Naomi, he's going to need his arms back at some point you know. Maybe not right this second, but in the next couple of minutes.]

Nah, he's the last of the Hundred-Handed Ones - Hekachontairs or something like that, I can never pronounce that word. He stays down there a lot, helps Dad out, fights monsters for him, it's pretty great.

[Hmmm, maybe if he can distract her... Percy starts to grin.]

Hey, you wanna see something cool?

[serenesuccessor]

[Nope. Who needs arm-

Oh. Distractions. Those are good. She peeks up at him, a bit reluctant.]

You're not gonna go poof or somethin' are you?

[againstallodds]

Nah, just give it a moment, you'll see.

[He looks out to the ocean - and indeed it is only a few moments before a line appears on the top of the water, just like when something's swimming right under the surface. It gets more and more defined until something crests the water, a frill that looks almost like water itself- Percy grins as the hippocampus breaches the surface completely in a jump, splashing back down and coming in as close as it can without beaching itself.]