justicereigns | New Yurk Stock Exchange [Video Post]

I don't know what to make of this place. It's got moments of dead quiet and then-- [Cut off by a sudden stampede. Bears and bulls go running by and Smoker just dodges out of the way and climbs onto some high rocks and lets the laptop camera take it in. And then there's more of the stampede with men in business suits carrying briefcases and running desperately out of breath chasing the bulls and bears.] This is completely nuts... shit wait for it. [And then they all come running back again in the other direction they originally came from, the businessman running away from the rampaging bulls and bears.]

[Waits for the dust to settle and sighs.] So I guess the bulls are supposed to be on the stock exchange? In exchange for money or bears I don't know. But apparently something happened and it's all gone to hell. And anytime I lasso those men in suits away from their herd they just babble about needing to chase the bears and bulls and "dollar signs." I have no freaking clue what a dollar is supposed to be. Unless they use sand dollars for currency? I guess I could go dig some up to try to bribe one of them for information.

This is ridiculous. If this is supposed to be a punishment Sengoku, you made your goddamn point. Can I have a real assignment? They don't even have a boss to talk to. Tch. Who the hell wears a tux to deal with bulls? Stupid...

[Walks off back to shore and in the background the stampede starts up again.]

Oh Tsuzuki. Happy Birthday. Is the color okay?

[[ooc: reminder to Smoker's crew to check out the MM_SS crew post so you know what islands we're at. And SUPER EXTRA IMPORTANT REMINDER OF THE 7 SINS PLOT!]]

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Yes. And I've been told that they might never show up. But I can't just sit and wait. I'm going to look for them.

I'll file a missing person's report if you wish. Got a description?

Does that work? They're not even from here.

Um well. Grover. He's a satyr, half man half goat. But he could be using a disguise to appear human. So I don't know if a description would really help that much. And Annabeth...she has long blonde, curly hair, and the most beautiful gray eyes you've ever seen. But she..she has a cap that can render her invisible. So if she doesn't want to be found, you won't find her.

Sometimes. Mostly I can recognize them if they do come and tell the person looking. But at least half of the time the person looking finds out fairly instantly.

So a satyr is a goat devil fruit user?
She sounds uh... cute. Are they both demigods like you?

All right, then.

No...a satyr is just...a satyr. Top half of a man, bottom half of a goat. There are a lot of them.

And Grover's not a demigod, he's a satyr. Annabeth is a demigod, though, yes. Daughter of Athena.

Well I've never heard of a Satyr before.

Isn't Athena a city?

I'm not surprised. But that's what he is.

Athens is a city. Athena is the patron goddess of the city.

All right then. I guess I'd have to meet him to get it. Grover. I'll keep it in mind.

And Annabelle is her daughter. Understood.

All right. Thanks.

Annabeth. Yes.

No problem.

Annabeth. Tsk. Right.

Are they also from New York?

Well. Annabeth's father lives in California, and I'm not sure where Grover is from originally. He lives at camp all year round.

California? Camp???

...nevermind about California. It's another place in my world. And camp is Camp Half-Blood. A camp for demigods.

I see.

Where they teach you to do demi-god things?

Pretty much. We learn how to fight. We learn Greek and Latin. Stuff like that.

So like the academy for demi-gods. Got it.

What are Greek and Latin?

Pretty much.

Languages.

Wait. Are you graduated yet?

Hn. I see.

You don't graduate from Camp Half-Blood. It's more like a camp than an academy. You just...train to be the best you can be.

And when does the training end?

Well you can stop going to camp whenever you want to. But I think most people stop going when they're around eighteen. If they survive that long.

Survive...?

Yeah. Being a demigod is a hard life. A lot die before they reach eighteen. Very few people thought I'd make it to sixteen.

What happens?

Huh. Why not?

Monster attacks, stuff like that. The world is a dangerous place for demigods.

It's complicated. There was a prophecy. That if a demigod child of one of the big three gods (Zeus, God of the Sky; Poseidon, God of the Sea [my father]; and Hades, God of the Underworld) would make a decision that would either save or destroy Olympus (the home of the gods, and a symbol of their power). About fifty years before I was born, the big three made a pact not to have any more demigod children, to prevent the prophecy from coming true. But then there's me. A lot of the gods wanted to just kill me before I turned sixteen, so the prophecy would remain unfulfilled. Or just hoped that a monster or something would do the job for them.