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The Sacred Cards - A Nico Di Angelo Adventure (Part 1)

Nico looked around at the Hades cabin, wishing for not the first time that Hazel would visit again soon.

Sometimes he didn't mind being there alone, but at other times he minded very much.

Fortunately, the children of Hades never had to be truly alone...

Nico closed his eyes and stretched out his hands, focusing with all of his might on what he wanted.

There was a very minor tremble of earth. Barely a vibration, then the door of his cabin opened.

Three skeleton boys stepped inside.

One of them plopped down on the sofa and found the TV remote. The second started raiding Nico's fridge. The third skeleton boy proceeded to Hazel's empty bed and kicked back.

Nico smiled. That was more like it...

It wasn't long before he was snoozing away, so he didn't see the black fog pour in under the front door. He didn't see his three skeleton chums tremble and fall to pieces.

The black smoke solidified into a teenage boy, not much younger than himself.

Like Nico, the boy had black hair, and a pale appearance. Unlike Nico however, the boy's form seemed to have a jackal-headed man projected over it.

The strange boy proceeded to the side of Nico's bed and stretched out his hands over the sleeping son of Hades.

Inside his dream world, Nico's surroundings suddenly turned darker. Then he felt as though he were roughly pulled forward.

He began going through a series of dream images. First, he saw a little shop in what appeared to be a rather large city.

He saw a rough looking man with big arms bring out a key-looking device. Nico couldn't see what this man looked like because he was wearing a ski mask over his face.

The man inserted the key-like device and began working the doorknob.

Nico's dream shifted, and he figured he was now inside the shop. There were cases full of some kind of trading cards. They looked vaguely familiar, but Nico couldn't place them.

He saw the man in the ski mask come in through the door.

The dream shifted again. The man in the ski mask was holding a little wooden case, which he pulled back the lid of.

Inside the case, resting against a soft plush surface were three trading cards.

Nico could see that one card depicted a blue demon-looking giant. Another card showed a very long, red dragon.

The third card showed a golden bird-like creature.

Nico again felt as though he should recognize these cards from somewhere. Possibly, the cards belonged to a popular trading card game. They weren't mythomagic cards...

Then Nico jolted awake suddenly.

The first thing he noticed was the feeling of a strong presence that had just left. He wondered if it could be his father Hades, but it didn't quite feel like Hades.

It felt foreign. Besides, why would Hades come all the way to Camp Half Blood to visit him?

The second thing Nico noticed was that the three skeleton chums he'd conjured up were lying in little piles of bones.

Yes, something powerful had definitely been in his cabin. Something with power over the dead. If not his dad, who?

A sudden knock at the door, shook him from his anxious thoughts.

At the door was his boyfriend Will, looking nervous about something.

"Chiron wants to see you," Will explained. "...and there's someone else. Some old ladies with wings."

Nico thought - 'No! Surely not...'

What would they be doing at camp?

(To be continued)

#pjo hoo toa #text post #fanfiction #fan series #a nico di angelo adventure #nico di angelo #will solace #solangelo #demigods #camp half blood #anubis #gods #hades #the furies #trading cards

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How to summon a demon your local italian

Break the spaghetti

or any other silly food rule they made up

Featuring Solangelo

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Lester aka Apollo

:p

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The Percy Jackson universe is one of the best book universes. That is all.

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My response to the idea that Percy Jackson is an atheist:

I got the sense that Percy WAS an atheist when he first arrived at Camp Half Blood, but by the end of things he's offering ships drenched in Diet Coke to Dionysus.

I think that over 90% of the characters in the Percy Jackson series are clearly neo-pagans who actually worship the gods, or at least worship their divine parent.

That Jason wanted to become a priest of all gods at the end of Heroes of Olympus could be taken as further indication.

Not that I'd want to fight anyone to the death or anything over my theory that the PJO universe is essentially neo-pagan. It is fiction, and there are few wrong conclusions about fictional characters. The reader/viewer is free to see what they want to see.

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Piper: ...so how do we stop this machine from blowing sky high and taking the camp with it?

Leo: Well, there's a little pressure valve inside the machine, but I'm not able to reach it without potentially setting it off.

Annabeth: There has to be an emergency override protocol programmed into it, right?

Leo: Probably, but the problem is this is one of Beckendorf's. Beckendorf was a mechanical genius. Even I haven't entirely figured out all of his designs.

Nico: ...so what is the plan?

Leo: The safest thing would be for me to shrink you guys, and have you go into the machine. Then you'd need to maneuver through the gears to where the valve is and give it a good push.

Jason: Wait. You can shrink us?

Leo: Admittedly, I still haven't worked all the kinks out of this puppy, but I have managed to shrink some things with it.

(Leo brings out a high-tech looking ray gun)

Percy: (hesitates) Well, if we don't, the entire camp probably blows sky high, and a lot of our fellow campers die. We'll have to risk it.

Annabeth: I hate to agree with Seaweed Brain at times like this, but sometimes rushing recklessly is the only option available.

Percy: (smiles) She means that she loves to agree with Seaweed Brain at times like this.

Annabeth: Shut up Percy!

Percy: You know it's true...

Leo: Hey guys! Camp in danger... but don't let me interrupt your relationship squabbles...

(Annabeth scowls at Leo)

Jason: Let's just do it and get it over with.

Leo: All of you line up close together like you're posing for a photo.

(Percy, Annabeth, Nico, Will, Jason, and Piper all huddle in)

Leo: I'm going to fire. You shouldn't feel anything except a sensation of something really warm washing over you.

Leo fired, and everyone shrunk to the size of beetles, with Leo now towering over them like a giant.

(Leo bends down and holds out his hand)

Leo: All aboard the Valdez hand express. I'll have to slide you in through one of the valves.

They all fit easily into the palm of Leo's hand. Leo raised them all up and smiled at them playfully. It was his mischievous Latino Santa's elf smile.

Leo: You guys know, if I wanted to, I could probably eat all of you. How'd you like to take the Leo Valdez inside tour?

Piper: Only you Leo would come up with something like that!

Annabeth: This was a bad idea.

Leo: Hey, I'm just kiddin'. I'm going to slide you guys into the machine now.

Soon, they all found themselves riding a cold, metal slide into a world of spinning gears and tick-tock sounds.

Leo's voice could be heard at a distance.

Leo: Alright, guys. Jump on that first wheel you see, and when it turns inward, jump onto the next one. You're heading in a straight-to-center direction.

Percy: Right. Everyone, follow me!

There were no arguments. Percy tended to have his head on his shoulders in these situations.

Soon they were jumping across a small plain of spinning wheel gears. They could see a large valve coming into view.

Jason: We'll probably have to push that thing with all we've got.

Reaching the valve was as easy as jumping across gears at the right time, as they'd been doing.

It took some effort, and even with all of them, shifting the valve was like pushing a small truck.

Nico: (grits teeth from intense effort) Gods! How are we supposed to move this?

Percy: K-keep pushing guys!

Annabeth: This is nothing compared to holding up the sky. We can do it!

Jason: (grunts) That's the spirit!

Finally, they felt it shift, and managed to push it into place.

All at once, the gears and noises stopped.

Will: We did it!

Leo: Alright, guys. Come back to the little valve, and I'll lower in some dental floss.

Soon they were out of it, and back in the palm of Leo's hand. Leo was looking at them with that playful grin again.

Piper: Leo, DO NOT EAT US!

Leo laughed heartily as he placed them carefully on the ground

Leo: I wouldn't do that to my friends. Tempting as it is!

Then he zapped them again. Soon they were back to regular height.

Percy: I take it camp is saved.

Leo: (smiles) Yep.

Jason: All in a day's work for Jason Grace and Co.!

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Diet Valdez Fizz

ADVISORY: Not vanilla. Questionable humor and content. Now you know. Reading on is your decision.

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Clovis: I am happy to say that Valdez Fizz is a major hit! The camp store's been raking in the big bucks.

Leo: Glad I could be of service.

Clovis: You wouldn't happen to have any other products in the works, would you?

Leo: Well, there's Diet Valdez Fizz. The only thing is... it kind of...

Percy: Hey guys what's up?

Leo: Clovis is trying to talk me into marketing my Diet version of Valdez Fizz. The only thing is...

Clovis: Aw, who cares what the setback is? If it's as awesome as burping!

Leo: Well, you could say it's as awesome as burping, but...

Percy: Give it here Leo!

Clovis: Yeah, good idea! Let's see Jackson try it out.

Leo: Percy, man. Trust me. I don't think you wanna...

Percy: Leo, dude. I've been to Tartarus. What could your soda do to me that's worse than that? Short of causing me to burst into flames, I'm cool with whatever it is.

Leo: (sighs) Alright, Percy. I warned you...

Percy pops soda top and guzzles it down.

Percy: Hey, I feel that pressure in my esophagus. No, wait. It's moving...

Percy's stomach gurgled violently. The sound was unmistakable to Leo and Clovis..

Percy: Oh, my gods! My stomach...

Percy doubled over and hugged himself. Then he expelled a mighty burst of gas like a trumpet.

FFFFRRRRRPPPPPP!

Percy: (sighs)

Clovis: Oh my gosh. That's... AWESOME!

Leo: Really?

Clovis: Hell yeah! The only thing that beats burping contests. Farting contests!

Annabeth chose that moment to enter the camp store.

Annabeth: (groans) Oh, gods! Did I hear someone say farting contests? Please tell me you didn't Leo. Having to put up with half of the campers burping at dinner is bad enough!

#pjo hoo toa #text post #funny #humor #headcanon #percy jackson #leo valdez #annabeth chase #not vanilla #i'm not right #farting #gassy #soda #valdez fizz #diet valdez fizz #burping

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The Lightning Thief (2005)

Chalice of the Gods (2023)

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I want to write some not vanilla Percy Jackson scenarios, but I don't want to change the nature of this blog too much.

Hm. Decisions, decisions...

#not vanilla #kinky #kinks #fetishes #fetish #percy jackson #pjo hoo toa #demigods #annabeth chase #nico di angelo #will solace #jason grace #piper mclean #leo valdez #lester papadopoulos #apollo #gods #meg mccaffrey

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Courage the Cowardly Dog

Katz's Crazy Club

#clips #cartoons #toons #courage the dog #courage the cowardly dog #eustace bagge #muriel bagge #katz #villains #Youtube

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Dragon Ball Z (1989-1996) Piccolo vs. Android 17

One of the contested outcome fights in the series.

My take is that if Cell hadn't intervened, Piccolo probably still would have lost because Android 17 couldn't get tired. They were about evenly matched in strength, but Piccolo was wearing down.

#clips #anime #manga #dragon ball #dragon ball z #piccolo #android 17 #cell #imperfect cell #Youtube

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Leo stepped into the camp facilities and found just Jason there.

Jason didn't look in Leo's direction. He was preoccupied in front of the mirrors, fiddling with the lapel of his jacket as he tried to pin a white rose there.

"Looking sharp," Leo commented with a grin.

"Oh, hi Leo. What's up?"

Leo raised an eyebrow at yet another failed attempt by Jason to get the flower pinned.

"Need a little help there chief?" Leo offered.

Jason sighed and handed Leo the flower.

"Just don't stick me with the pin," Jason said with a weak laugh.

Leo smiled as he stood behind Jason, watching in the mirror as his fingers carefully worked the flower pin through the jacket lapel.

Leo noticed that Jason's eyes met his in their reflections.

Leo inhaled, suddenly feeling more conflicted about their closeness under Jason's intense look.

"There," Leo whispered against Jason's ear as he finished pinning the rose to the jacket.

Jason shivered and moved his ear just slightly closer to Leo. It was a very calculated action.

Leo hesitated for a moment and bit at his lip, hoping he wasn't misinterpreting Jason's movement as an invitation.

He carefully blew on Jason's earlobe.

"Gods Leo," Jason shivered.

"Sensitive, are you?" Leo teased.

He chuckled lightly and gave Jason's ear a playful nip with his teeth, making Jason shiver with delight.

"I think I might know another sensitive spot," Leo whispered into Jason's ear. "I'll just bet that IT needs attention."

His fingers began to playfully dance down Jason's arm as he said this. Jason threw back his head and whimpered with pure need.

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...and yeah.

The End. Because I don't want to cross that line with this blog. You can use your imagination about what happens next.

I had this head canon about Leo helping Jason pin a flower to a dress suit, but of course my brain can't just be good when I put them in such a situation.

#teasing #text post #headcanon #jason grace #leo valdez #bisexual leo valdez #bisexual jason grace #bisexuality #bi #demigods #pjo hoo toa #percy jackson #alive jason

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“Paolo seems agitated,” I noted.

Will shrugged. “He’s lucky he’s a fast healer—son of Hebe, goddess of youth, and all that.”

“You’re staring,” Nico noted.

“I am not,” Will said. “I am merely assessing how well Paolo’s arms are functioning after surgery.”

“Hmph.”

#funny #humor #text post #pjo hoo toa #quotes #book quotes #nico di angelo #will solace #solangelo #apollo #lester papadopoulos #gods #demigods

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I decided to do a video of me solo running Ahriman from FF1 with just a Black Mage.

I'm doing the Solo Class set on Retro Achievements right now.

#final fantasy #psp #playstation portable #video games #black mage #black wizard #solo run #boss #boss fight #ahriman #final fantasy iii #ff3 #ff1 #retro achievements #ra #achievements #Youtube

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madre 🙏

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⚠️Chalice of the Gods spoilers⚠️

Oh why are they just the cutest

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“Nico,” I said at last, “shouldn’t you be sitting at the Hades table?”

He shrugged. “Technically, yes. But if I sit alone at my table, strange things happen. Cracks open in the floor. Zombies crawl out and start roaming around. It’s a mood disorder. I can’t control it. That’s what I told Chiron.”

“And is it true?” I asked.

Nico smiled thinly. “I have a note from my doctor.”

Will raised his hand. “I’m his doctor.”

“Chiron decided it wasn’t worth arguing about,” Nico said. “As long as I sit at a table with other people, like…oh, these guys for instance…the zombies stay away. Everybody’s happier.”

Will nodded serenely. “It’s the strangest thing. Not that Nico would ever misuse his powers to get what he wants.”

“Of course not,” Nico agreed.

#text post #quotes #book quotes #pjo hoo toa #percy jackson #will solace #nico di angelo #austin lake #kayla knowles #apollo #gods #demigods #lester papadopoulos #solangelo #funny #humor #lgbt #lgbtq #gay couple

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