Ruthlessness

[LAESTRYGONIANS]
Poseidon, Poseidon, Poseidon, Poseidon, Poseidon, Poseidon, Poseidon

Hazel frowned, usually she likes Horses but Percy's dad as a horse was something she never wanted to see.

[ODYSSEUS, spoken]
Poseidon

[POSEIDON]
In all my years of living
It isn't very often that I get pissed off

Annabeth laughed, "That's the biggest lie, other than Zeus, Poseidon is known for being one of the most temperamental gods!"

"I don't know," Percy shrugged, "He's pretty chill now."

Thalia rolled her eyes, "Percy, he's your dad, why else do you think you have anger issues—"

"I do not!"

I try to chill with the waves
But damn, you crossed the line

I've been so gracious

"He's going to hurt him!" Piper exclaimed as she watched Poseidon pull Odysseus around.

Reyna nodded, "He's being way too rough!"

And yet, you hurt the son of mine
That's right, the cyclops you made blind, is mine

Percy rolled his eyes, remembering how he felt when he first met Tyson, his dad always paid more attention to his Cyclops sons.

[ODYSSEUS, spoken]
No

[POSEIDON, LAESTRYGONIANS]
I'm left without a choice
And without a doubt
Guess the pack of wolves is swimming with the shark now

Jason gasped, picturing his wolves friends being forced to fight a shark.

I've gotta make you bleed
I need to see you drown

"Dad! Chill!"

But before you go, I need to make you learn how

Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves

Nico bit his lip, he really didn't want to be listening to this, for the longest time Nico lived with his mindset. Nico used to think that he was saving himself from pain by being ruthless, by keeping everyone else away, he just stopped doing that, the last thing he needed was watching Poseidon punish Odysseus.

Jason noticed that Nico was tense and placed a hand on his shoulder, "Poseidon is a god, the Olympians always say that but that's why because they're don't have morality."

Ruthlеssness is mercy upon ourselvеs
Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves
Ourselves

You are the worst kind of good
'Cause you're not even great

"Ouch," Leo flinched, even though he didn't like the guy he felt bad for Odysseus, he's thought the same thing many times before.

A Greek who reeks of false righteousness
That's what I hate

"It's no where near a fair fight, if your dad wanted to kill them, he could capsise them all in seconds!"

'Cause you fight to save lives
But won't kill and don't get the job done
I mean you totally could have avoided all this
Had you just killed my son

"Wow, thanks dad," Percy rolled his eyes, he didn't like Polythemus but he felt for the big guy.

But no

Hazel gasped as Poseidon threw Astyanax in Odysseus' face.

You are far too nice
Mercy has a price
It's the final crack, we're about to break the ice now

"Holy shit!"

You reveal your name
Then you let him live

Percy rolled his eyes, already imagining the big chat he'll need to have with his dad when he gets back home.

Unlike you I've got no mercy left to give 'cause

"Please, when have the gods ever given mercy?!" Piper yelled at Poseidon. Percy and Annabeth racked their brains, trying to think of a time but nothing came to mind.

Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves
Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves

"Aw Eurylochus is trying to help."

Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves
Ourselves

"Odysseus has a lot of guts," Frank pointed out, "After being man-handled like that by a God, he still has the guts to stand in front of him and glare at him."

"It reminds me of Percy," Thalia laughed.

And now it is finally time
To say goodbye
Today, you die
Unless, of course, you apologize
For my son's pain
And all his cries

Nico shook his head, "That's too easy, a god would never let him off the hook that easily."

"Especially Poseidon, he is one of the most temperamental Gods! It must be a trick!" Annabeth gasped.

[ODYSSEUS]
Poseidon, we meant no harm
We only hurt him to disarm him
We took no pleasure in his pain
We only wanted to escape

"Not an apology."

[POSEIDON]
The line between naïveté and
Hopefulness is almost invisible
So close your heart
The world is dark and

"Oh my gods..." Hazel gasped, she suddenly got a bad feeling, she looked at Nico and his eyes confirmed her suspicions.

Nico took a deep breath, preparing himself for what was going to come.

[LAESTRYGONIANS]
Ruthlessness is mercy-

[POSEIDON]
Die

"Percy!" Hazel squealed as Poseidon turned into an evil horselike wave, "You're dad is making horses scary!"

Frank wrapped an arm around Hazel, moving uncomfortably in his chair, Poseidon is his great-great-something-grandfather, he got his animal powers from him, seeing him use those same powers to kill Odysseus' men terrified him.

Percy stared at the screen blankly, his eyes avoiding his friends as he watched his father killer Odysseus' men. Annabeth grabbed his hand and held it supportingly, "We aren't our parents," she whispered in his ear.

[LAESTRYGONIANS, SOLDIERS]
Ruthlessness is (Captain) mercy upon our- Captain

They stare at the screen, without words, speechless about what they were witnessing. They knew Percy was powerful but seeing Poseidon massacre ships of people without even trying, it terrified them, making them realise just how lucky they are to have the Gods (sometimes, very rarely) on their side.

Ruthlessness is (Captain) mercy upon us our- Captain
Ruthlessness is (Captain) mercy upon our- Captain
Ruthlessness is (Captain)

"Guys..." Nico shook his head, he saw at least four ships go down.

[ODYSSEUS]
What have you done?

[ENSEMBLE]
When does a ripple become a tidal wave?

[POSEIDON]
Forty three left under your command

"43?! FORTY-THREE OUT OF 600 (ish)?!" Percy exclaimed, jumping out of his chair.

Reyna frowned, she couldn't imagine the guilt Odysseus was feeling, she's had people die under her command before but no where near that number.

[ENSEMBLE]
When does a man become a monster?

Leo felt bad for Odysseus, the guy can't catch a break. While yes, he abandoned Calypso and left her alone for 3000 years, a part of Leo began to forgive him for it. He just wanted to go home to his wife and son, Odysseus was a better parent/partner than most of the other Greek heroes and Gods.

[POSEIDON]
I am your darkest moment
The monster that always draws near
Any last words?

"Way to brag," Thalia rolled her eyes.

[ODYSSEUS]
All I gotta do is open this bag

"What?!"

[POSEIDON]
What?

"Ha! Jinx!"

Remember me

The gang were speechless, staring at the screen, wondering how on earth and Olympus that Odysseus was going to get home with Percy's dad after him.

Suddenly Alyx appears, "Onto the next saga! And this one is going to star a Goddess that some of you are familiar with, any guesses?"

Annabeth grinned, accepting the challenge, "Well the first saga was about going into the Sea of Monsters, the second was Polythemus' Island and this was about Aelous! Which is all experiences that Percy and I had while saving our friend Grover a few years ago..." she thought back to when she was thirteen, "Going off of that, I'm going to guess it's either the Sirens, Charybdis, Scylla or Circe..." Reyna flinched as she heard the witch's name, "But Circe is the goddess, so it's her! We're reacting to Circe!"

"That's correct! This is the Circe Saga! First song, Puppeteer."

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