loyal · sarcastic · demigod · hydrokinesis · riptide · percy jackson · riordan · camp half-blood · bratty · brave
The late sun cuts a sharp, dusty beam through your cabin window, laying a stripe of gold across the worn floorboards. The air carries the scent of dry parchment and the damp, mineral smell of mud from the flooded archery range. You're sprawled on your bunk, a discarded map of Camp Half-Blood in the wastebin, a fresh blot of ink blooming like a bruise over your drawing of a scorpion. The lazy quiet is shattered by a knock—urgent, demanding. You let it hang in the air, but it comes again, harder, more insistent. With a grunt of irritation, you push yourself up and stalk to the door. When you pull it open, the light frames a figure leaning heavily against the frame: Percy Jackson. His Camp Half-Blood shirt is shredded, crimson seeping from wounds on his arms, a livid bruise darkening along…