and the day keeps on worrying me

[kelpful]

Characters: Percy, Mrs. O'Leary, and YOU
Date: April 9-10
Location: Both Atam and Keeliai. Pick and choose where you want to run into him!
Situation: Percy has a giant hellhound who likes to lick things
Warnings/Rating: IT'S A GIANT PUPPY basically G-rated. Except for Percy and Annabeth oops

[It's no secret that Percy has been in a terrible mood lately. Between everything going wrong on the turtle and what's waiting for him and Annabeth back home, it's difficult for the usually upbeat demigod to maintain a positive attitude. Percy tries to be a source of positivity for the others, but he's still a teenager with the world on his shoulders, so some moodiness is expected.

Except for right now. Because right now, Percy is seated comfortably on the back of a giant black dog - literally, she's about the size of a rhino, or maybe a small elephant. He looks relaxed in a way he hasn't in weeks as he chats to the hellhound; Mrs. O'Leary doesn't really look like she's very interested in what he's saying, tongue lolling out and dribbling drool on anyone who happens to get too close as she looks around the surrounding area. There's a kind of barely restrained energy in her form that says the only thing stopping her from bounding around like a maniac is Percy's presence on her back.

He's not sure how Atam feels about a hellhound in its midst, and the kedan don't seem to happy about her presence in their streets, but they're too intimidated to actually approach the beast of a dog just yet. Besides, she only knocks over a few things, and Percy apologises right away.]

Comments

April 10 - Keeliai - Cosette and Marius!

[saisamour]

[ UM. EXCUSE YOU, BOY. YOUR RUDE DOG HAS JUST TIPPED ME OVER.

Marius could only gasp as something large bumps into him and sends him sprawling onto the ground. Worriedly, he whirls his head to where Cosette is, checking to see if she's been unharmed, ignoring the actual hellhound and the boy on its back in the meantime. Cosette's safety comes first, after all! ]

Cosette!

April 10 - Kelial

[andaway]

[Kal has seen way weirder pets in his world, so a giant dog is actually not at all scary to him. Plus he can see the dog is friendly enough- not that it could do him any harm, now that he's recovered from the crash.

He lands (wearing his brightly colored uniform) in front of the pet and Percy, offering his hand to the dog for her to smell.]

Impressive pet. Kids from your world will never stop impressing me.

[kelpful]

[Percy starts a little, reaching for Riptide before he recognises who it is and relaxes again]

Hold on, you don't want to--

[Percy groans as Mrs O'Leary greets Kal - enthusiastically. Hope you like dog slobber, Superbro, because you're covered in it now] Quit it, Mrs O'Leary! Jeez where does it even all come from? Sorry about that, man.

April 10 - Keeliai

[relentlesstide]

[Arthur's been around both cities lately, depending on his mood; the Atlanteans were fairly quick to figure out a way to slip into the city through the water for at least short periods of time, and he's taken advantage of it. Mostly he's been 'camping' out in the tropical waters, a breather from the despair in the Water Sector to get his mind together again, but he's on his way back to the suite to check the console messages.

It's not hard to notice a large hellhound. At the same time, it's probably not hard to notice that Arthur is sporting a golden trident on his back, simmering with sea god magic. He's keeping a safe distance for the moment; he's wearing something a little nicer than the usual orange scalemail.] The last time I saw a hellhound, it wasn't nearly that well-behaved.

[kelpful]

[Percy grins when he sees Arthur, leaning forward a bit on Mrs O'Leary's back. He's about to say something about his dog's behaviour, but his gaze is drawn almost magnetically to the trident at the other guy's back] ...Whoa. Is it just me, or does that thing feel like the ocean?

[He wants it. Not to keep, or anything - he has Riptide, and he wouldn't trade the sword for anything. But looking at that trident, he thinks that just holding it would be pretty cool. He knows better than to ask that about someone's weapon, though, so he's just going to chinhands it with his eyes]

[andaway]

[If the way Kal laughs is anything to go by he really doesn't care much about being slobbered.]

Effusive, isn't she?

[kelpful]

[Percy grins] Oh yeah. You should see her around Hannibal the elephant, they go crazy together. [He reaches out and scratches her head happily] She's basically the world's friendliest hellhound.

April 9 - Atam

[fatedchaos]

[Vanessa is pretty sure that she's mistaken when she sees the hellhound while moving through the market of Atam. Like, 95% sure. She's never seen one in person before, of course, but she's pretty well read when it comes to mythology.

So when she looks away and back again, to make sure it's definitely not there - and it is - she just sort of stares. And wraps her fingers around her recently found amulet. But it's not glowing or anything - would that even work on a hellhound, or is it only a Follower thing? - so maybe things are okay.

Or she's going crazy. Her molecules buzz idly, wanting to pull apart and being unable to.

It takes her a second before finally noticing Percy.] Do I even want to know?

back in keeliai sometime

[sophos]

[Really, out of all the things to show up in this place, Mrs. O'Leary was nowhere near the top of the list. Various items and other non-sentient things, sure, but as far as she had been paying attention, it was only the Emperor who brought living things. Though seeing as Mrs. O'Leary is a hellhound, maybe the line between living and not living was a bit off -]

[And she'd continue that thought process (the familiar look of zoning out in thought was probably even creeping into her expression) except said hellhound decides to lean over and lick her cheek - though really, it's half her face. She makes a bit of a face, shoving at the giant dog with futility. Though she's more amused than annoyed tbh.] Yes, hello, Mrs. O'Leary, I'm still here.

[kelpful]

[Percy spots Vanessa before she speaks, and grins openly as she starts looking back and forth. He waits patiently to see if she'll say anything first, leaning forward on Mrs. O'Leary's back]

You say that like it's weird to see a teenaged demigod riding around on the back of a tame hellhound.

Re: back in keeliai sometime

[kelpful]

Are you sure about that? [Percy is laughing, but there's still an undercurrent of worry in his voice when he looks at his girlfriend. Who he apparently can't turn his back on for two seconds without something terrible happening to] It kinda looked like you were half a world away, there.

[sophos]

[She rolls her eyes, though she doesn't miss that undertone. She just chooses to ignore it right now; her ankle's a little sore, but it's healed by this point.] I was only thinking.

[Annabeth absently scratches at Mrs. O'Leary's fur in front of her, idly musing on how she really needs to wash her face.] Where exactly is she going to stay?

[kelpful]

Do I need to find cover? [He gives her a grin that's a little easier this time, before holding his hand out to her so he can pull her up onto Mrs O'Leary's back.

A thoughtful look steals over his face at her second comment, though] My suite? It's basically empty except for the fish.

[sophos]

Shut up. [She gives him A Look, even as she reaches to take his hand and half pull herself up as he tugs at the same time. Once completely up, she shifts around to sit behind him.]

She won't try to eat them, will she? [She knows you like your fish, Percy.]

[andaway]

A hellhound? [He asks as he cleans up the mess the dog had made on his face. He's had... a couple of bad experiences with them. Granted they were breed in Darkseid's world and not really from hell but still.]

Are they all like this where you guys come from?

[kelpful]

It's a compliment. [He nudges Mrs O'Leary in the direction of their suite - maybe she can stay in his, but he doesn't really want to send her away just yet. She can play outside or something.

He frowns slightly at that question, though] Not if I ask nicely? [He hopes]

[kelpful]

[Oh yeah. Some most hellhounds are bad, oops]

No, she's kind of...one of a kind. I think it took her original owner about two thousand years to train her not to, you know, try to eat demigods.

[sophos]

[Pointedly:] It better be. [Even though she doesn't really have to to keep her balance at the moment, Annabeth slides her arms around his waist, leaning forward to rest her chin on his shoulder.]

[She snorts.] Well, she does listen to you. Maybe they'll just befriend each other.

[kelpful]

[He turns his head to face her, only to find her face kind of right there on his shoulder. Which is not a bad thing at all! Percy likes her being this close. A lot. That might be the problem.

He clears his throat, looking ahead again] Uh, yeah. The fish are pretty excitable since Jack did his thing with the ice. And it'd be neat for her to have her own place, you know?

[sophos]

[The throat clearing and somewhat awkward reaction gives her pause, and when he turns forward, Annabeth makes a bit of a frowny face; he's been doing weird things like that a lot lately. It doesn't linger long, because she likes the whole being close thing, too, and this is probably the best mood either of them have been in for days. She grins, and he can probably hear it in her voice.] We'll have to move furniture and fountains around, so she has the space.

[kelpful]

I'd say that sounds like a project where nothing can go wrong, but we're demigods. I'll probably tip a couch over and cause and earthquake. [He frowns a little] Turtlequake?

[sophos]

[She laughs a little against him.] Turtlequakes are a sign of Tu Vishan diving underwater. You don't want to freak out the population over nothing. We'll just have to be extra careful.

[kelpful]

[He sighs, a little mournfully] That would've been cool. [Except for the whole zombie thing, oops. Mrs O'Leary gets them to their apartment in no time; Percy jumps off, and then reaches up to help Annabeth down.]

This is just because of the ankle. [He makes sure to clarify, because he definitely doesn't want her hitting him for being misogynistic or something]

[sophos]

It might happen again soon enough. Apparently there's no real pattern to it. [Only yeah let's avoid the zombies this time.]

[Annabeth rolls her eyes, but uses him as leverage to help herself down anyway. As if she could ever seriously think of him as misogynist in any way at this point in their lives.] It's fine, Percy. It wasn't even a bad break. [She wriggles her castless foot around to prove it, once back on the ground; maybe it aches a little, but she doesn't let that show.] Ambrosia works like a charm, in case you've forgotten.

[kelpful]

Really? [Jeez Percy calm down. He looks like she's just reminded him that Christmas is tomorrow.

Helping her down ends up with Annabeth very much in his personal space. The problem is not that he's not okay with this. The problem is that he wants to move closer, and they're kind of in public.] Um. [What is she saying?

Right, that ankle. Percy gives his head a little shake and steps back, taking her hand in his and heading for the door] Saying you only broke your ankle a little bit still means that you had a broken ankle, you know. Besides, I know it still hurts. [He knows you, okay Annabeth??]