bugs and webs -A-MAZE AMAZE AMAZE!-

Be real Adrian who do you think you’re fooling

Pointing at things and explaining what they are and how the ship works, lots of awed and appreciative noises are made.

Until one of the visiting Eridians points out a specific item. “And that?”

It’s a strange, circular thing, a xenonite disk mounted upright on some sort of pivot so it can spin freely, but around the edges it has… spokes? Pegs? Sticking out of it, that hit against a stiff flap that would slow down the spinning.

It is also separated into sections decorated with crude etchings of a human and an Eridian.

“Ah,” Grace says.

“That,” Rocky says.

“That’s. Um.” Grace seems somewhat embarrassed. “That’s the sacrifice wheel.”

They see electricity, the same electricity of your brain. If something is not charged they can't see anything at all, and a room of non-conductive objects would be a complete sensory deprecation chamber. They can see a little bit, but they are nearly blind and only use it to notice sudden changes. If you flash a light at them they scream. Instead they just bring a device that generates a charge everywhere they go. They claim their whole planet is charged, but you have doubts

This apparently allows them to see secrets of the universe. They knew about the big bang through out their entire history, because they can apparently just see the beginning of the universe. They find it beautiful, but not all that interesting. You are jealous

Despite being in space, they have not yet discovered steel or had the industrial revolution. It's basically still alchemists and philosophers, but the alchemy and philosophy works and got them to space. You are no longer jealous

They rely on the temperature being way below 40 degrees Fahrenheit so all the fat stays solid and frozen, and die if it's warm. They consider you burning

They get all their energy from air, like eating, to the point they cannot hold their breath at all. They get other things from food, but refuse to prepare it aside from digestion. They just plop it in basically untouched

They age in dog years, dying a few months after turning 9, and only reach adulthood at age 4. That's an absurd amount of time to spend as a child. The one you met is apparently 5 and considers himself a mature adult. The tantrums say otherwise. Yes, he also has arcane knowledge naturally. You are more surprised they live this long considering everything else about them

They have 4 genders and assigned you one, maybe randomly. Kind of rude, apparently very complex, but they have no idea how to explain it. You aren't asking

Like he was just calling human eating disgusting, what was he going to do, say "okay actually the way Eridians eat is so incredibly gross we do it in private sound-proofed rooms"? And cede the conversational high-ground and sense of species superiority to Grace??? Nah, it looks beautiful, definitely.

Then Grace says "show me" and Rocky is stuck now, he's committed. So he just bucks up and goes all-in. It's not like he'll see the human after this is all done, he can pretend it's totally normal just this once.

So Grace 1000% starts picking up and mimicking Eridian noises.

One day, Rocky will be working on something, only to freeze as he hears Grace behind him suddenly exclaim in fluent Eridian "SHIT!"

They wear suits, but they don't even know basic etiquette.

tantalus who visited olympus and tried to steal nectar and ambrosia to bring to the earth—luke who visited olympus and stole the master boot and helm of darkness to bring to earth, attempting to create war.

tantalus who was enraged with his failure and the gods’ denial and went home to kill his son and serve him to the gods to feast upon—luke who took his failure and changed tactics, planning to retrieve the fleece to bring back thalia, someone he cares deeply for, and serve her to kronos, known children devourer, as a weapon, figurehead, and vessel.

tantalus who failed yet again and was punished to stand in a pool of water and under a tree of fruit, salvation that always remained just out of reach—luke who failed again and annabeth and thalia who were both alive and right there but he could never reach again. luke pleading with thalia on mt othrys to join him so she could be the vessel and save him from that fate but she kicks him away. luke visiting annabeth and pleading with her to run away with him so he didn’t have to become kronos’s vessel, pleading with her to save his life, but she denies him and closes the door in his face.

Percy/Grace, chilling on the biome: Who would have thought that to have a mortal life one would have to be light-years away from the Gods?

*An intense light appears infront of Percy/Grace*

Eridian god: Percy Jackson, my name is ♫ ♪ ♬ ♫ ♬ ♫ ♪, messenger of the gods. We need your help

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