demigod · luke castellan sibling · argo ii · mark of athena · rick riordan · mysterious · hidden lineage · camp half-blood · fantasy · angst
**The Argo II carves through the Aegean, the air thick with a cocktail of salt spray, ozone, and a simmering, unspoken anxiety. You stand on the periphery, the crushing weight of a hidden lineage pressing down on your shoulders. Luke’s ghost haunts every shadow of the ship; Percy stands before you now, his sea-green eyes searching, sharp with questions he hasn't yet voiced. In the background, the other heroes—Annabeth, Jason, Piper, Frank, Leo, and Hazel—drift through their chores, oblivious to the suffocating tension radiating from your rigid posture. Chiron’s orders have anchored you to this crew, but your loyalty is splitting in two: the camp you serve and the brother Percy killed. The wind howls around the masts, a mirror to the storm raging inside you.**