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I. MRS. O'LEARY'S ADVENTURE
[Lease laws. There is a big question to sit on Percy's mind today. See when he wakes up this morning, he finds his best furry friend sitting there at the edge of his bed staring at him, tailing wagging and knocking over anything in its path. Things crash, break against the floor even. He knows the only answer is to get her outside for a while.

And that's when the question hits him. Does she even need a lease? Would people care? Thing is Mrs O'Leary is an excitable dog and hungry one at that. Her nose can probably smell anything delicious a mile away, and with how energetic she was nothing was really holding her back from running up to the shop windows with food on display and licking the glass. Not really anything was stopping her from running up to people who carry food with them. Large red dog eyes would stare down as if asking permission to have what she sees. 'Pretty, pretty, please?' they could almost say.

On top of that, she wasn't exactly a poodle. Sure, back in his world, normal people saw her as one all the time, but he knows monsters here exist without mist covering up their true forms. His worry is if anyone coming face to face to her can mistake her as unfriendly. Add to that she was giant as tank with a gait powerful enough to make the ground vibrate...a little. And well. There's a concern he has with people seeing her as the hell hound she is. Even with her friendly appearance and tongue always hanging out to prove her innocence right away.

That in mind, Percy tries to stay mindful of anyone they come across on their walk and keeps up with her as best he can. In most instances he comes up running a little bit behind her with a wave to anyone the girl comes across because she's fast. He's watching out for her, too.]

Hey, hope she didn't scare you. Mrs. O'Leary here is just hungry, I bet. [He also gets the feeling she is playing 'follow the leader' with him in her exploration of this world, too. But it's okay. It's nothing he can't cope with.

He pats Mrs. O'Leary whom barks agreeably in response, when he catches up.] See! This girl's not going to eat you or anything. She's all friendly. No bite.

[Catching his breathe, he guesses maybe she does need a lease if she keeps him chasing her like this though. But also thinks food would be good to try appeasing her dogginess first. Last thing he wants is limiting any fun the ol' girl's having when they only just reunited.]

II. YOUR ADVENTURE
[Percy and Mrs. O'Leary will pretty much be everywhere around town from today on and not very hard to spot. They can be found doing things like trying to break the world's longest dog walk record, playing fetch with toys the size of car tires, or trying see who can eat the most hot dogs. You choose, folks.]

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[If it were possible for her to be anymore delighted, that'd be terrifying. Why? Because seeing her blur for a few seconds in front of his own eyes is...close to horror movie levels of confusing (possibly scary). His eyes widen at how she doesn't even notice. Mrs. O'Leary even tilts her head in confusion.

Both of them don't seem to know what to make of it and take a moment to snap out of it.

In fact, the words she strings together are almost completely unintelligible to his ear. Percy manages to catch only the first and last words just about, though he can't say he will ever repeat the first one but it convinces him she is a fan.]

How did you do that? [He points at her.

About the same time Mrs. O'Leary comes out of her puzzled state as she seems to be wondering that too! The pets to her face and ears and neck easily distract her though and cause her tongue to hang out, panting happily.]

Shazam? Like the superhero? That's pretty cool. If I had the choice of naming my next pet like that, I'd probably be after someone that awesome. [He grins, because he can picture a cat transforming into a suit with a big bolt on the belly side, white cape with gold trim and all.] Oh, yeah. Give me an idea how big. Mrs. O'Leary is open to all sorts of new friends, long as they can handle a rough housing. [His name? Getting carried away he almost forgets it.] My friends call me Percy Jackson.

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[ There's a moment here where she looks confused about what he's talking about. Sometimes she just doesn't know when she's not acting like a normal human. And the excitement thing is just... it's hard to know when she's doing it sometimes.

But finally, as she thinks back over the last few moments, she takes a guess. ] Oh it just happens when I get really happy or excited sometimes. Don't mean to scare no one. Not even a little bit.

[ She grins a gamine grin at Percy. ] Great to meet you, Percy Jackson. Oh! Please say your middle name starts with a B cause then you're initials would be PBJ, which would be feckin' awesome!

[ Dani's hand rests about up to her waist, flat, palm down. Yeah, that seems about right. ] Shazam's right here. Don't know his real name. Won't share it cause real names have power, ya ken? Anyway he seems to like Shazam well enough.

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[He understands why she might look confused about it because he is, but it really only makes him more confused how she could not know. She looks really excited still, which adds to that more.

Finally when she does explain, his finger drops back to his side.] You move really fast? [He doesn't pretend to understand that one bit but he's trying to get his head around it. He has a few ideas of why or how she could have done it the more she speaks.] That happen to you often? You wouldn't know if you're related to anything like a Nymph?

[Which seems like a safe question after introducing the fact he has a hellhound and she has a hellcat. They were probably more half bloods then he knew were out there.

Her putting together his name like that is pretty good, but the idea of being compared to a sandwich not so much. She definitely catches him off guard with that joke.]

Uh? No. I don't have a middle name. [Is that odd? It's probably odd, he decides. But thankfully it's not one with a B.

He lifts an eye at the no name part. That sounds all too familiar.] Yeah, I guess I see it. Names where I'm from can attract the attention of things you don't want knowing where you are. Pretty sure it doesn't have the same power with humans. Shazam is better than any of those names.

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The fastest a person can move without poofin' in and out. Pretty feckin' cool, eh? [ Dani has never had a problem boasting about being a speedster. She's worked hard to master the ability without running into things. There was a time when she was constantly one big walking bruise. It's rare that she gets bruised anymore.

She's quick to shake her head. ] Oh I'm not a nymph. Did find out I'm part fae though. All Sidhe-Seers are... surprisingly enough.

[ Dani looks Percy up and down. ] And what are you then? By my way of thinkin', a boy with a Hell Hound like Mrs. O'Leary's gotta be somethin' right special, yeah?

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Fasting moving? I believe it, but I've never even seen anyone more their head as fast as a blur before. Not even Pegasi. Cool doesn't even cut it. [Scary is still another word that comes to mind, but he tries not letting on to that anymore than he already has. She's being open, fundamentally more than he could expect of anyone with a mythological identity who hasn't already guessed his (as far as it seems), and that in his mind makes her as good as a new friend.

Somewhat as quickly as her reaction, he blinks.] Fae. I heard of them somewhere before but not sure where. That's not Roman or Egyptian, is it? Sidhe-Seers, too.

[She's right in a way, he's special, but special is not the word he'd put to it. Lots of people out there, her included just as he guessed, seemed to be half something these days.]

Me? You're half right. I'm Half Blood, or a Greek demigod to be exact. I was born to a human mother [feels weird to him talking about his mother like that, even if to draw up a point] but my dad is Poseidon. Things like finding yourself with a Hellhound to take care of is one of the more normal things that can happen to you.

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[ Luckily for everyone Dani takes his 'cool doesn't even cut it' comment as her being cooler than cool. She likes being that, she thinks. She's always been more powerful than most Sidhe-Seers. Why, she still doesn't know. People have tried, and succeeded, in using her before, when she was younger. Now she tries so very hard to just do the right thing on her own, to not let anyone use her for her abilities ever again.

Percy's assessment of her makes her grin all the more. Yeah, she likes Percy too. Insta-friends... almost. ] You've seen some Pegasi? Them's the flyin' horses, eh? I read about 'em once but never seen any. Your world sounds so feckin' awesome!

[ Her eyes go wide at his explanation of what he is, first with surprise and then with excitement. ] What? That's amazin! Don't know much about Greek gods but I could probably find a book at the bookstore about it and learn. I can read super fast too! Never met my fae father and my mum never told me who he was. You ever meet your dad? Poseidon?

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[Well, he more or less means it like that. Maybe on the more side of things even. It's the first time he's seen anyone being able to move faster than Pegasi for sure.

His assessment is hers to keep.]

Seen them, flown on them, think I'm probably related to all of them. [He was...their great many times over uncle or something. Honestly, the thought makes his spin.] Good friends with one named Blackjack.

[By now it shouldn't surprise him as much as it does, but she seems able to pull off looking more excited than she did a moment ago which brings him to smile sheepishly, tiny bit awkwardly, feeling like he's being congratulated just for being who he is.] It definitely makes me similar to you. The non-human parents thing. We could almost start a club.

A few times. I can probably count on one hand how many times I met him. [He answers. He thinks it's about 3-4 times.] I don't know how busy he is, but he is a God. Apparently it's too much work.

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Holy feck! I'd love to see some flyin' horses with my own eyes. [ The thought makes her momentarily blur with excitement again before she gets it under control. ] So I guess they talk too since you're friends with 'em, yeah?

[ Talking horses might freak most people out. Not Dani though. Dani is just curious about them. She's quick to pet Mrs. O'Leary's neck and shoulder again. ] Don't worry, Mrs. O'Leary. You're pretty feckin' cool too.

Never been in a club before! Well, maybe the Sidhe-Seers are kinda a club. Unofficial. [ The Sidhe-Sheep, as Dani likes to call them, sometimes have trouble thinking for themselves. Dani doesn't much care for that. Makes them easy to lead into battle when she needs to though. Either way, absentee parents seems to be the name of the game for both Percy and herself. ]

Your human mum still alive?

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If I see any, I'll let you know. [He'll really have to get used to that somehow because it almost makes his eyes cross. He blinks to adjust them to normal.] Not in English, if that's what you're thinking. They still sound like horses to everything else, but because of dad I can understand them.

[So in the realm of possibilities it's more likely humans will think he is crazy for holding one-sided conversations with horses. Often he had to tell people what they were saying so it wasn't completely bizarre. Mrs. O'Leary is a not a horse he can translate but she seems to understand Dani. The pet means she's not forgotten and she pants happily at being remembered, rubbing her head against the half fae for more.]

It's sort of like an unofficial where I'm from, too. We have this Camp. Two, actually. Lots of half bloods like me go there. Is that what your Sid-he Seers are like that? [Sidhe is a funny word, he thinks. Excuse the small mispronunciation. Also if they're not like that, he wonders if they are more like the Hunters of Artemis. He muses about the irony of how mythical parents are absentee ones too.]

Of course. I don't get to see her a lot, but that's probably a good thing for her life expectancy. My mom should be able to grow old and be happy with Paul.

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[ For some reason, she believes him. She believes that if Percy did come across some Pegasi, he'd let her know. It probably seems like so small a thing to him. But to Dani, it's huge. Not just because Pegasus would be freaking awesome to see, but also because she thinks she's making a friend. ]

The Sidhe-Seers mostly stay at an abandoned Abbey outside of Dublin. [ It's okay to mispronounce Sidhe. Even some Irish folk mispronounce the old Gaelic, some of the language having been forgotten before it should have been. Dani knows Gaelic well, although she doesn't speak it all that often. ] I don't stay there so much anymore. Broke out on my own cause it wasn't safe for awhile. It's safe now though. Things are just different. [ Much like leaving a high school and then going back after some time, she imagines. Things wouldn't be the same. Dani never went to high school though... or any school. ]

That sounds like a romantic tale if I ever heard one. Growin' old and happy with someone. [ Sadly, Dani doesn't expect to live to be very old. The life expectancy of Sidhe-Seers isn't that high. Sure, Dani is stronger than most so her chances are better, but still... ] Sounds like you find yourself in trouble a lot too if you gotta stay away from people you care about.

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[As she should. Percy won't go back on any promise he makes.]

That like a church? [Just to clarify. In his time here, Percy has slowly come to realize that he was probably and purposely raised without modern religious ties due to his Greek ties. It's why he has to ask at all.] You broke out? How does needing to break out mean that it was safe at all? [That he has to ask too. Normally, the places he is used to at least, don't keep you there against your will or without parental consent. It's a lot High School if it were a boarding school or the Camps he knew for Half Bloods. He has more questions, but he'll her answer the first two first or else risk getting them both confused.]

It seems that way. Paul's a good guy and I have a little sister on way. My mom's pretty happy with him. [That goes for him. He can't be sure he'll live to an old age being who he is but he'll fight every day he has to to try. His girlfriend, Annabeth, wouldn't have it any other way. She'd probably kill him again if he didn't.] Unfortunately. I get to see her every so often, at least.

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Exactly like a church. Though it's more like the barracks to a church. You know, housing for nuns and such. The actual church crumbled a long while back, like before I was born. The Sidhe-Seers kept up the barracks and took it over. It's pretty neat. I like old places, got lots of history to them, lots of ghosts. [ And in Ireland, the history is rich and older than most places.

The abbey is pretty amazing when she stops to think about it, which she doesn't often do. First, Dani rarely stops long enough to do much. She's a professional at running. And second, when you're around or in something for an extended period of time, you forget to stop and think about how cool it is. All the newness wears off and the cool, tiny details that make it special and unique begin to blend into the background. ]

Well, when Ro was in charge, she was kind of our prison keeper, took control of everyone and everything for her own purposes that wasn't good at all. Only we didn't see it 'til it was too feckin' late. Once I killed her, was safe for the Sidhe-Seers to stay there again. Get rid of the infection and the body can function properly again. Make sense?

[ Dani's eyes brighten again. ] Gonna have a sister? She gonna have powers like you? Oh. No. Not unless Paul's a... wait. I'm confusin' meself.

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Huh, sounds a little different if you ask me. But I'll trust you on that. If you ever wish it up here, let me know. Be cool to it. Except for ghosts. Can't say I'm a fan of ghosts.

[If he got to see it, too, he'd probably find it pretty fascinating, but then find something else that else. His lips frown for a slit second, but otherwise he nods.]

Makes perfect sense. I don't know if it's the same but a lot of monsters I knew did that to old friends of mine. They tricked them into believing ending the world was for the better and it was too late to save them. The big boss was finally beaten the guy he was using, though. [That's still sort of Percy's biggest regret: not being able to help Luke.

She is really close to getting her facts all straight and Percy smiles back because it is exciting to think he'll be a big brother.] Yes, soon, I think. I've been here long enough that she would have been born by now. No, she won't have powers. Paul's a normal dude. And, honestly, I'm glad. My little sister can go through life without worrying about monsters.

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Huh. Never thought of wishin' it here. [ There's a moment here where Dani thinks about what it would mean to bring the Abbey here. It hasn't been home in a long time, after all, as much as she used to love it for the freedoms it represented to a girl like her.

As it is, she's been staying in hidey-holes all over the city of Itinere, not trusting the 'free' apartments. At least with her hidey-holes, all of them stocked with food and clothes and weapons, she's in control of them, not the elusive beings in charge of this place.

She likes that Percy doesn't balk at her admission of killing Ro. In hindsight, it might have been better for her to be less free with that information. Hindsight is a feckin' a-hole, she thinks. But Percy seems to understand why she did it and that makes her dig Percy even more. He's a cool cat, for sure. ]

There's always casualties in war. [ It's a fact. Dani feels those deaths now like she hadn't when Ro had been pulling her strings. It's hard to care about people when you're fighting a war. ] Sorry you lost some folks too.

Although I gotta say it sounds like you're the kind'a person I want on my side in a feckin' fight, the likes of what this place has sometimes. Monsters don't stand a chance against us, eh?

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Well, now you do. Seen lots of things that makes me think nothing is off limits.

[besides family and friends, of course. but a part of him doesn't wish them here strongly enough because then he'd be making them feel almost as torn from home as he does. sometimes.

it's an unfortunate part to being a half blood that he understands why anyone would have to kill for the better good. while he'd rather there be a way to resolve everything without killing, that's not an option all the time. his expression puts on a forced but understanding smile.] Guess the way I deal with it is hoping they're in a better place now.

Oh, yeah? They definitely would be asking for a fight with people like us.