"Coming Terminus," a woman called out. She had blonde hair and green eyes with the same shade as grass. She had just finished collecting the weapons of the other legionnaires and had them all stored away on a big cart to the side. The woman turned and walked towards Percy and his group, "another weapons collection?"
Terminus nodded, "yes. Now you two, empty your pockets, and don't try and pretend you don't have any, I can sense them!"
Percy raised an eyebrow, 'I wonder whether he can sense all the weapons I have hidden inside my inventory?' Percy put his theory to the side as he took out Waverider and Riptide, both in pen form.
"I don't know whether you can hold on to these," Percy said, "they are charmed to always return to my pocket."
"I'm sure we can keep them from wandering off," Terminus said as his blonde assistant took the pens along with Thalia's spear in the form of a can of mace.
"So can we go?" Percy asked.
"No!" Terminus yelled out, "what's that on your wrist?"
"Me?"
"No not you, the girl!"
Thalia pointed to her braclet, "this?"
The God nodded, "yes that."
"Well it's my shield," Thalai pressed it and activated it causing the imprinted face of Medusa to appear before them scaring the Legionnaires along with Terminus.
"Don't do that!" the God yelled out, "that can be considered a declaration of war!"
Thalia shrugged, "sorry."
"And what's with that hair?! Blue dye is not allowed according to protocol! And your clothes! The both you are dressed atrociously!"
Percy looked down, "what's wrong with my clothes?"
"It's leather! And your shoes! How do you even run in those! Swap them out for sandals this instant!"
Percy turned to Julia, "can we go?"
Julia chuckled, "yes."
They turned around and left leaving Terminus yelling for Percy and Thalia to come back claiming he had more things to tell them. Percy checked his pockets and found that both his swords hadn't returned to him, it seemed whatever magic Terminus had blocked the charm both Riptide and Waverider had.
But just then a familiar weight came into Percy's pocket. Percy looked in and saw Waverider in there.
"Guys we have to go back," Percy spoke up stopping everyone in their tracks.
"What? Why?" Rob asked.
Percy held up his pen, "my weapon came back to me."
"What?! How is that even possible?!"
Percy shrugged, "I don't know. Guess the charm on Waverider was too strong for Terminus to hold back."
The group quickly turned round and walked back to Terminus and his assistant who were busy freaking out.
"Something wrong?" Percy asked startling both people.
"Yep!" Janet yelled as she covered her hand with her mouth.
"Wrong? No, nothing's wrong, why would you think so?" Terminus asked though Percy could tell he looked nervous.
"Really? You sure you haven't lost something? Like one of my weapons?" Percy asked pulling out Waverider.
Janet and Terminus sighed in relief, "oh thank the Gods," Terminus said, "I thought we lost that! Wait! How did you get that back?!"
"I told you it has a very strong charm on it," Percy explained.
"B-but that's impossible! No mear charm can hold up to the power of a God!" Terminus looked like he wanted to pull out his own hair, but he didn't have any hands to do so.
Percy shrugged, "I don't know….so what exactly are we supposed to do?"
"I don't know! This has never happened before!" Terminus all but yelled.
"It's alright," Julia spoke up, "he can bring the pen with him."
"What?! Absolutely not!" Terminus shouted, "the rules clearly state that he is not allowed to bring his weapon inside New Rome!"
"But Terminus he swore an oath not to-"
"Rules are rules!"
Julia sighed and turned to Percy, "I'm sorry. I tried. Is there anyway you can deactivate your pen's charm?"
Percy scratched his chin, "well…. There is one thing I could do." Percy then transformed Waverider into it's trident form and stuck the prongs into the ground. Percy then stepped back slowly, "stay."
Thalia laughed, "you really think that's going to work?"
Percy shrugged, "I hope so."
"Good Gods boy!" Terminus shouted, "where did you get such a weapon?!" Terminus was staring in awe of Waverider.
"I made it," Percy replied.
"You made that?!" Rob said as he also admired the weapon, "you sure you aren't the son of Vulcan?"
"Vulcan? Do I look like Mr. Spock?" Percy asked.
"No Percy," Thalia said, "Vulcan is the Roman version of Hephaestus."
"Oh, then no. I am sure I'm not a Vulcan, though the power to paralyze someone with a touch does sound pretty cool."
"Such power," Terminus continued practically drooling at the weapon, "truly a weapon fit for a God!"
"Alright then let's move on, the Senate is waiting for us," Rob said as the group quickly moved forward.
Luckily this time Waverider didn't return to Percy's pocket, the verbal command to stay must have worked.
Percy entered the city and was immediately struck by how many people there were inside. Each of them was ether a demigod, a Legacy, or a former Roman Legionary. Percy wondered what would happen if anyone attacked New Rome, with no weapons inside the city the people won't be able to defend themselves. But considering that every adult here was at least level 20 Percy would guess that the citizens of New Rome could handle themselves pretty well.
There were many college age kids around, several of them waved at the legionaries as they passed by. There were parents outside walking with their kids, the shop keepers were busy trying to score customers. People were everywhere hanging around fountains talking, relaxing, and just having a good time.
"This place is amazing," Thalia said looking at everything in wonder.
"Yes it is," Julia nodded in agreement, "most would say this is worth the 10 years of service required to enter."
"Do the Greeks not have something like this?" Rob asked snarkily.
Percy shook his head, "no. But I'm beginning to think that maybe I should build one."
"Build one? You're just going to build a city?" Rob asked skeptically.
Percy nodded, "yeah. I am," Percy looked around as he saw demigod couples everywhere enjoying life.
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