Percy Jackson : Gods Annihilation

After all, you could never have too many hands on deck when dealing with so many excitable rugrats and the sizable number of teens also present. Thoughts to consider, she followed Jason along in any easy pace as the pair made their way out of the clinic and into the calm streets of the city.

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Amphitrite couldn't help but look around in wonder, having already heard much about the city from her son, Jason, and even Percy on his few visits but seeing it was just that much more. To see gods of all sorts, spirits, demigods, and even the mortal parents bustling around was something that she could only have dreamed of before. She even recognized some gods as they milled around, some running little stores and stalls or even walking around in business suites.

"I can't believe you all managed to get so many gods to find jobs and actually be responsible," she murmured getting an amused chuckle from Jason.

"Well, it wasn't easy, I'll tell you that. Lots have gods have literally been cruising through time and generally being pains in the ass for humanity so having to whip them out of it took a little maneuvering and just a little bullying," he answered to which she gave a confused look, but he explained on.

"We know that everyone had their own reasons for not wanting to side with Olympus. Personal vendettas, uninterested in fighting, wanting a change and safer home, or maybe just jumping ship because it's new. That being said, not everyone came here for entirely wholesome reasoning, probably thinking a new order and government wouldn't have all the kinks worked out and let said gods find loopholes to do as they please."

The near predatory grin Jason sported could have made lesser men to duck under their mothers' skirts.

"But Nyx and Tartarus didn't drill us in politics and law during our years training for nothing and Styx especially took to it like a fish to water. We had already made several documents, our own form of constitution, and even the Oath of Citizenship just to prepare for our new home, all loopholes considered."

"Oath of Citizenship?" Amphitrite asked curiously getting a nod from Jason.

"Yeah, since you were in the hospital none of Styx's monitors came to interrupt. Basically, nobody in the entire city resides here without the oath aside from children under the age of 16 and then they have a lighter version until they turn 21.

Basically it's an oath to follow the rules of the city to the letter as place by the council and before you ask, we are under the same oath with a second one sworn to Lady Chaos herself stopping us from abusing our power. She is essentially our check and balance. Anyways, this oath as the standard stuff for security and order of the city, and the only differences are some of the wording for gods versus mortals."

"What's the difference for gods?" she asked curiously as the pair strolled through a park on their way to the First District and divine temples.

"Gods have to swear on their immortality and Styx whereas mortals only swear on her," he replied before seeing her incredulous face making him shrug. "Hey, even if Styx is far more powerful, adding a term that can cripple lesser gods and terrify even the toughest ones guarantees that they don't get any ideas about trying to get around the rules. After all, you do know what happens to a god stripped of their immortality but not their domains right?"

She nodded slowly before answering, "For all intents and purposes, they become mortal gods or incredibly powerful demigods meaning that their lifespan mirrors that of regular humans and upon death, they are reborn. However, each time they are reborn as babies and initially have no recollection of what they are until they mature and the process goes on until they can regain immortality."

"Yep and to some gods, that's practically a personal hell so you can imagine how tricky it was to get them willing to take the oath. Honestly it just came down to them either taking the offer, which isn't even bad to begin with, just less freeing than some of the lifestyles some of the rowdier gods are used to, or stay out and possibly deal with the Olympians or other parties after this is all over.

Some gods just needed a little more … thorough persuasion about the rules, mostly a clean ass-kicking via Percy and telling them to suck it up."

Amphitrite giggled as she pictured Percy grinning like a fool while standing atop a pile of groaning and beat-up gods.

"Now when Styx went about redoing marriage vows…" Jason trailed off as he shook his head. "Well … at least infidelity is zero in this city, unless of course, the couple in question is into that kind of thing and have terms for it."

"Really!?" Amphitrite asked, shocked that some couples would actually want to sleep with others outside of marriage and allow their significant other to do so. To a goddess who's kept her own fidelity for millennia up until her ex-husband's last straw, it was almost unthinkable.

"Yeah, I mean, Percy, Rhea, and Hestia's marriage is a type of variant to that with their harem," he answered.

That was another thing that Amphitrite needed to get used to. The idea that her step-son and his wives (a little odd but it happened before in Greece so she could accept that easily enough) had a collective harem for their own was not something much seen before.

A king that got greedy and made one for whenever the wife was being pissy? Sure, it was all too common back in the days and gods frequently went that route even if the harems in question were usually 'secret' or simply not mentioned in polite company. But for all three royals to make use of it, and rather eagerly from the gossip heard, was something else entirely.

"Well, at least its mutual and their happy with it," she said after a moment with a slight sigh to which Jason nodded.

"Good thing most on the mountain can accept that. Can't wait for the more expansive public to be clued in on it," he muttered and noticing her unasked question, continued on.

"Think about it, our king and queens practice polygamy and already taboo before Andy was added. Then you have Nico who is pretty much our version of the devil, openly gay or possibly BI thanks to Styx and will probably get into polygamy soon enough. Just those two cases alone will cause aneurysms for every religious fanatic to the moderate and even get hostility from all manner of opinionated social groups."

"So, a clusterfuck," Amphitrite eloquently put. Even her decorum and preference for proper vocabulary couldn't place a more accurate term for it.

"Essentially," Jason agreed with a sigh making the sea goddess to giggle at his expanse.

The pair resumed their walk with a pleasant silence to them, simply enjoying the atmosphere and passing greetings to those they crossed.

Amphitrite couldn't help but get a slight eye twitch whenever she noticed how Jason was the target of coy giggles, blushing smiles, and shy greetings from all manner of females as they walked which led her to switching from merely holding his hand to simply hugging his arm to her chest and discreet glares sent out. At least Jason responded similarly whenever a male of the population eyed her a little too much.

Once the pair arrived up to the first district they made a B-line for the Primordial temple for business and also for Amphitrite to stay.

She would be waiting in Jason's office since he had an important meeting with the council and later in the day Triton would arrive to pick her up and show her to her new apartment close to Triton's. Speaking of her son, last she heard he had succeeded in convincing Percy to allow him to fight as well and was currently training with the likes of Atlas and Hercules up in the Palace of the Sky.

Knowing that she couldn't help but worry about him but knew that she could do little to persuade him otherwise so in the end all she could do was support him.

At least she could take comfort in the fact that he would be fighting alongside Percy or Jason so his back was well covered. Taking her mind off such thoughts Amphitrite glanced around the entrance hall to the Primordial Temple, lightly waving to a nymph stationed at a welcoming desk even as she flipped through several documents.

"Very efficient around here," she commented getting a snort from Jason.

"Twenty First Century, might as well," he replied before both chuckled as they moved towards the halls leading to the offices.

They quickly passed the doors that Amphitrite guessed lead to Percy, Rhea, and Hestia's offices, judging by the color schemes and designs on each. Percy's obsidian door with a deep blue wolf-head insignia resting on crossed blades, the very same Purgatory and Sin. Rhea's oak door with an emerald lioness over a shield, and Hestia's deep redwood door with ruby fire shaped to look like a dragon.

Even as she admired the doors the pair continued on, passing what she believed to be Andromeda's door judging by the lavender color before continuing on but they paused as said door opened, causing both gods to glance back in time to meet two sets of eyes.

One, a familiar icy blue pair in a fair face and bordered by raven locks, identifying the veritable princess of the mountain, Raven, dressed in her 'uniform' of Andromeda's Valkyries as the group was called. A sleeveless, chiton-like dress pulled to a very snug fit along her figure and stopping to barely mid-thigh with slits along both sides with a specially woven, mesh-armor shirt underneath.

Knee high leather boots with a slight heel, the tip and heel itself coated in Tartarean steel with a definite point at the heel. Lastly were finely woven sleeves reaching just to the mid-bicep and connected down to the middle finger of each hand along with a brace running from just behind the wrist to a rounded point just jutting out past the elbow.

Lastly was the special short sword reminiscent of a tanto given to Raven by Percy strapped to her back, the handle jutting out over her right shoulder. All of it being predominantly black with lavender edges and embroidery, streamlined and elegant for light combat and maneuverability.

However, it was the second individual that caught both gods' attention, mostly at the surprise of seeing her. Amphitrite had heard that the girl's eyes had been almost kaleidoscopes of meshing color but now it was more proper to call them swirling pools of bronze, gold, and honey with a sheen that reminded the sea goddess of rare opals.

Her skin was a perfectly tanned bronze, her hair lustrous and bold, with lips and a figure both seemed delectably full and last but not least, the sense of power that the demigoddess turned Valkyrie radiated. Dressed nearly identical to Raven aside from the honeyed edges rather than lavender and two large knives strapped to her hips, Piper Mclean stood tall and proud, her gaze unyielding as she looked to Jason.

Amphitrite also caught the slight tensing of Jason's body but gave him a reassuring hand squeeze which soon made him relax even if the atmosphere had lost its previous levity. Tense silence followed as the two ex-lovers stared off and Amphitrite shared a glance with Raven, the pair nodding as they understood Jason and Piper needed to talk, if however brief. So, with a sigh to draw attention, Raven spoke up.

"Jason, the council has a meeting soon, right?" At his nod, she continued, "And were you showing Amphitrite to your office?" Another nod. "Then how about I show her and you two …" she trailed off as she glanced between said pair.

Both of said pair looked at each other before murmuring, "Fine," in sync.

Nodding, Raven stepped past them and moved up to Amphitrite's side, taking her arm and leading her further down the hall and leaving the two to discuss whatever was needed to be said.

Amphitrite didn't resist as, what was essentially her granddaughter, pulled her along to what was most likely Jason's door, all the while the goddess couldn't help but glance back at the pair that had moved farther off to speak. Hopefully everything would turn out okay between them…

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Don't forget to throw some power Stones, to keep the story going.

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