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[demi_awkward]

Y-you have a place to send me? Uhm, I don't mind that you wanna use me again but *sigh* it's hard enough with school and Phil's training. Having to get used to another new place just doesn-...


Really? I...wouldn't have my strength? I'd be just everyone else there and still be able to help people?


...okay. I'll try it. After all, a hero can take on any challenge!

Comments

[demigoddess]

Why wouldn't you want your strength? Being like everyone else is seriously overrated.

[demi_awkward]

[Oh. Pretty girl. A little bit of an awkward shuffle before he gives a half shrug.]

I guess it'd be sort of hard to get used to but it'd be nice to just. You know, fit it for once.

[demigoddess]

I guess because I grew up fitting in, I'm already over it. I seriously feel naked without my powers though. I can understand where you're coming from, but at the same time It's impossible for me to wrap my head around.

[demi_awkward]

Sounds lucky. I've never met anyone like me before. I guess Cassandra has the weird visions thing but it doesn't really seem to bother her.

[demigoddess]

There are more of us than you realize. Though I'm not sure if you should take that as a good or bad thing.

But speaking of Cassandra, that's my name, though I usually prefer Cassie.

[demi_awkward]

You mean like...Demi-Gods? Or people with power? Cause...just from what my Mundane is telling me, I'll probably run into both.

Alright, I can remember Cassie. Oh, I'm Hercules. Hero in Training.

[demigoddess]

Your mun is right.

You know? I have a brother named Hercules. I didn't realize it was a common name.

[god_not_goth]

Powers or not you will always have the will of a hero and a certain strangeness to you because of it.

I just realized he has no annoyed icons xD

[demi_awkward]

Being a hero isn't strange!

Glad to help XD

[god_not_goth]

You are not the typical civilian who would run and hide.

Your biological father is also Zeus, you were born and raised to be different from most men.

8D!

[demi_awkward]

Look, I still wanna be a hero. I just don't want to- wait! What did you say about Zeus?

[Because there is no way he heard that right. Only a handful of believe know/believe that story.]

[god_not_goth]

Zeus is your father.

I am one of your Uncles in a way, so it's not difficult for me to know this fact.

[demi_awkward]

[Funny how that's barely touched on in the show.]

How can you be one of my uncles? You look as old as me.

[god_not_goth]

Do you think a god's appearance is affected by age?

[demi_awkward]

Uhm...yes?

[god_not_goth]

Then you are rather mistaken. Your father can look any way he pleases as can we all.

Though in this case my mundane chose this appearance.

[demi_awkward]

I've only ever seen him looking one way. Same with the other Gods.

[Looking Hades over a little before a small shrug.]

You kinda look like some of the kids at my school.

1/2

[iwontsayit]

[Megara has to look at Hercules for a second, clearly surprised.]

Well, I'll be.

[iwontsayit]

[She'll recover back to sass pretty easily.]

Don't worry too much about your strength, kid. You'll do alright.

[demi_awkward]

[Must you sass? He's going to go super awkward now.]

I uhm, w-well heh I...I'm still gonna be a hero just. You know, a little uhm normal.

N-not that I'm uhm weird now or anything! I mean...uhm

[iwontsayit]

[Yes, she must. Its just what she does.]

Mhmm. Being a hero is admirable, as long as you're doing it to actually help people. Means you're better than normal.

[demi_awkward]

Is there any other reason to be Hero?

[iwontsayit]

Plenty of people go into it for fortune and glory. Those aren't exactly the best reasons to go into the game in the first place.

I'm glad you're doing it for the right reasons.

[lordofchaos7]

Urg. Lame.

No powers and having to help people?

How boring is that?

[demi_awkward]

What? *scoff* It's not lame. Being a hero is the best thing in the whole cosmos!

[lordofchaos7]

Oh, really?

Why?

You'd better be able to back that claim up, demigod.

[ravenhaired]

Are you really a hero?

[demi_awkward]

A hero in training actually.

[shysupersister]

Yeah... you know, I wouldn't exactly say any challenge. Especially not if you don't have the thing that makes you "super".

[Though it sounds nice to be normal for once... it also sounds like a recipe for disaster.]

[demi_awkward]

Nope, every challenge. A true hero is ready for anything.

[Normal would be nice. Super strong kinda sucks when one is gangly and klutzy.]

[shiningascent]

Huh? Being a hero with super strength sounds like a blast, though!!

[demi_awkward]

Oh yeah, it just the everyday non-hero stuff that's kind of hard to deal with.

[shiningascent]

Oh... yeah, I guess it's kinda hard to fit in when you've got a big glaring difference. [He'll flutter his wings a bit, reminding himself...] I know how that feels, believe me! Ha ha... ha...

[olympic_lion]

[So this is a younger version of his alternate, is he?

Well, at least he seems pleasant enough.]

Still worrying over studies, eh? Just remember, there's no substitute for true experiences in this life; you'll value them far more.

[Oh yeah.] And remember above all to control your strength; everything else comes far easier when you have that down, you can be sure. That's the the most important thing you could ever learn, boy; some time spent without that strength might be just what you need to gain a proper handle on it.

[demi_awkward]

[Oh! Is this him as a grown up?...Herc is iffy on the beard...]

I'm always worried about studies. There's like tests every week and I know I'm failing shop class.

[Small look up because that last part was important. Though Herc still looks a little frustrated.]

I know, I know. It's just not that easy yet.

[Stare.]

Y-you think it would really help?

[olympic_lion]

[Hush you, his beard is the greatest thing ever! Besides, Megara had always loved the way it tickled her.

Also, SHOP CLASS? No wonder his alternate turned out so weird if this was his childhood; the situation was just too strange. Still, he'll do what he can for the lad.] Your... 'shop class' is one you'll want to pay some attention to; having strength enough to be a one-man building crew can be most valuable, so long as you know what it is you do.

And I know just how hard it can be, more than even you can know... but I expect you'll pick it up in time. As for the other... tell me, how often have you managed to lift with all your strength? Use everything you have without any holding back at all?

Without your strength, you've a chance to manage as other mortals do, a chance to learn something of limits. It should prove most educational.

[demi_awkward]

[But...it's so...fuzzy and everywhere!]

Pfft, when am I ever going to have use a lever?

[Okay, now he has something to think on.Sure there had been a few times when his strength was a hindrance but he had never had it pushed to it's limits.]

Well, never but it's gotta happen sometime right?

Educational?

[Never say educational to a teenager, Beardy Herc, it makes them cringe.]

[olympic_lion]

[Everywhere? Oh no no, his... expansive acquaintance Volstagg has a beard that goes everywhere. Herc's glorious manbeard is both neat and groomed by comparison, buster.

Also, did you really want to try shaving with nothing but a bronze knife and some olive oil? Look at Papa Zeus, it's not like hairless chins run in the family.]

Why, should you have to move the world. [It's come up a time or two, in fact.]

Oh, it will happen eventually- and to be honest, the sooner the better. That's the advantage of real experience, in fact; it pushes you to go past what you think yourself ready for, and forces you to grow. To become more than once you were.


[SIGH. You know, when HE was your age being treated to an education was a rare and prized thing indeed! ...Which led to his accidentally killing one of his tutors in a fit of irritation and uncontrolled strength, but no need to mention that part.] YES, educational. A chance to learn something. And the more you know, youngling, the more you can do... which may mean all the difference between saving a life or dooming it for one who seeks to be a hero.

[helenoftroy]

You could always do what Adonis does and get someone else to take over your workload at Prometheus. Not that I'd actually suggest doing that, but you know Adonis.

[demi_awkward]

[Hi Helen!

Have a cute Herc grin.]

That would really help but I don't think I could afford to do that like Adonis can. Besides, I gotta learn to handle anything that comes my way.

Including Home Grecanomics....

[helenoftroy]

[Helen grins back.]

I'd take Art class with Mr. Pygmalion any day over Home Grec. I like Miss Euphrosyne and all but...no thank you.

[demi_awkward]

I'd take Shop Class with Mr. Daedalus and I'm not exactly the best student in that one.

It's nice to run into a familiar face here though, thanks.

[adarkfallenstar]

You want to help people?

Why?

What for?

What did they ever do for you?

[demi_awkward]

Why does everyone keep asking me that?

They...really haven't done anything for me but that shouldn't really matter, right? Not everyone can protect themselves and that's what heroes are for.

[adarkfallenstar]

No, they can't.

Isn't that nature, though?