Stream Pebblebrain by Lovejoy

Also, tw for swearing in this chapter :)

~▪~▪~▪~

It was sometime around June, Percy was streaming some minecraft with around a hundred viewers. It was all pretty chill...

Well, as chill as Percy can get while playing Minecraft Horror at least.

It happened in the middle of a jumpscare actually, when another streamer raided his stream with- A large amount of people. About thirty thousand people if he saw his viewership correctly. And he was genuinely surprised to find that a majority of them had stuck around and his follow count suddenly went up.

It wasn't long since then when he suddenly began gaining more subs in his Youtube as well as gaining a few subs off of Twitch. It was... Overwhelming, to say the least.

He sure as hell wasn't expecting his own sudden rise in popularity. He's fairly sure no one saw it coming, but he couldn't be more thankful for it as now he's at least earning a good amount of money to pay for some taxes as well as pay off some debts.

It also didn't take long to figure out who had raided him, it was mentioned right off the bat.

'ciara404supreme: ANNABETH RAID ANNABETH RAID TombRaid TombRaid TombRaid TombRaid TombRaid TombRaid TombRaid TombRaid TombRaid TombRaid'

It was... Insane... To put it simply.

And Percy wasn't beyond deciding to check out that "Annabeth" person after he ended his stream. Which lead to him finding her youtube channel, gaining access to some of her content and actually genuinely enjoying it.

She was fairly funny if not incredibly smart and analytical. She also was very much American from what he's watched so far. And he was justifiably suprised to find that she actually occasionally watches his own streams.

It was a shock, yes. And maybe the next time Percy did stream it may have been with a little caution knowing that someone big in the internet was actually watching him. But that didn't stop him from attempting to be as entertaining as he could be.

It wasn't long from there before Percy's spot began to rise up, skyrocketing from having only a few hundred viewers per stream, to a few thousand. It was undoubtedly overwhelming, but manageable after he ended up modding a few of his most trusted viewers.

To point it out, it had been about two whole months since he had gotten that first raid from the pretty blonde that lived somewhere in America. And currently, he was at home, streaming yet again, playing a horror map with his cousin, Nico, and his best friend, Grover.

It was notable that his birthday was growing nearer as it was the merry month of August.

Not that Percy really cared, he can't at the moment at least, with him repeatedly being jumpscared.

"AY PUTANG INA!!!" He cursed, accidentally screaming it out as he jumped and fell off his chair, which earned a scolding from his mom through his door as well as the laughs of his friends through his headphones.

"Sorry mom!" He called back, before fixing himself up, his chat currently spamming "LOL", "LMAO", as well as some sending emotes.

"The heck happened there Perce?" Grover asked, snickering as Percy groaned, moving to sit on his chair again.

"Fuck you too." He grumbled, before respawning back in the game as Nico and Grover had their fair share of laughs as he made his way back to them, before he began attacking their characters.

"Hey! I tried to warn you, you nimrod!" Nico said, still snickering as he quickly made his character run from Percy's own murderous one.

"Fuck off! It was your fault that happened you dumbass!" Percy called out, now breaking character as he began chuckling while chasing around the emo character in their little trio. "Tried to warn me my ass!"

"Stop! This is homophobic!" Nico called out in a very clearly joking manner as he moved from snickering and chuckling to full on laughing.

In the meanwhile, Grover rolled his eyes at the cousins antics, smiling as he decided to mute and read subs and donos as well as his chat for a good few moments while the two children busied themselves.

It was a moment later that they went back to playing, Grover unmuting and undeafening with Percy being completely unaware that a certain blonde was now watching his stream, having just found out that he had been streaming for a while now.

At least he was unaware til he checked chat and saw them freaking out about Annabeth, spamming her name and screaming.

"What chat? What's up with Annabeth?" He asked, frowning as he read along chat, all the while drinking some water.

Which then lead to him nearly doing a spit take at finding out that she was watching him.

"She's here?! Watching us idiots play this?!" He asked, earning more laughs from Nico and Grover.

Percy was flushed with embarrassment, although not very obviously so.

"Welcome to the chaos stream Annabeth!" Nico called out.

"We hope you enjoy the insanity!" Grover added in as Percy fondly rolled his eyes at the two, laughing lightly, before Grover let out a scream of pure horror.

He figured that his adorable, lovable friend had experienced a jumpscare, and just the thought of Grover's face potentially looking like his soul had just left his body only fueled the laughter that escaped his lips, Nico having joined in a quick second after.

And with that, the stream carried on, as did the chaos and the continued screaming of the three boys as they repeatedly got jumpscared at different points.

Eventually though, Percy had to end stream, promising a potential second part of the unfinished game at some point soon, in a future stream to be more direct. Before he then raided Nico, who had mentioned that he was going to continue streaming, playing some other game.

In the aftermath of the stream, Percy ended up going off to shower as his exhaustion began to weight on him, ever thankful that he had his own bathroom, else he'd probably have fought with Grover who would shower first, before Grover gave in and just let him be.

The shower didn't take all that long at all, Percy having finished up after, at most, fifteen minutes. And it only took less than five for him to get dressed.

By the time he was back on his computer, the new DM from a new yet familiar name was the first thing he noticed upon going back in discord. He was quick to pull it up and check.

It was a message from the ever famous and generous Hestia! And Percy's eyes nearly popped out of their socket as he read the message that was sent to him.

~▪~▪~▪~

Hey there guys, gals, and non-binary pals! Nicky here with the ever rare author's note to mention that yes, I updated and yes it's mainly because my favorite band just released a new ep and it is ROCKING!!!

So go and listen to Pebble Brain! Out now on Spotify, Apple Music, and Youtube! It's super epic and I love all the songs! :D

Anyway, yeah that was it for this. I hope it wasn't too filler-esk! I was setting up the whole set up of the story. The next one may just be when he meets Annabeth, but I'm still on the fence bout it.

So uh yeah, that was that! Until next time my friends! Byyye!! :D

ᵒʳⁱᵍⁱⁿᵃˡˡʸ ʷᵃˢ ˢᵘᵖᵖᵒˢᵉᵈ ᵗᵒ ᵖᵘᵇˡⁱˢʰ ᵃᵗ ᵒᶜᵗᵒᵇᵉʳ ¹⁴, ²⁰²¹
ᵃᶜᵗᵘᵃˡˡʸ ᵖᵘᵇˡⁱˢʰᵉᵈ ⁱⁿ ᵒᶜᵗᵒᵇᵉʳ ¹⁷, ²⁰²¹