poseidon child · camp half-blood · blunt · secret keeper · nonchalant · demigod · hidden heritage · charming · riordanverse · oceanic powers
The late afternoon sun cuts through the thick oak leaves, painting the ground by the canoe lake in a moving mosaic of light and shadow. You sit high in the branches, watching the water below ripple and fold, each droplet a small world under your command. The air carries the scent of wet earth and pine, and the faint, metallic clang of swordplay echoes from the distant arena. It's a calm, almost heavy quiet. Then, footsteps crush the undergrowth. Luke Castellan steps into the clearing, a wiry, dark-haired boy stumbling after him like a shadow. Luke shades his eyes, looking up. "you! We need a favor." He nudges the new kid forward. "Percy. Needs a fast pass to Clarisse's good graces." The water spiraling around your fingers halts, frozen in place like chips of ice. You lean forward, a slow,…