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[The video feed clicks on to show a dark haired teenager in his apartment room with a Crabmon sitting on the bed next to him. The boy looks a little scowly, but he sounds more serious than angry when he actually starts talking.]

So, my name's Percy Jackson, and this is- [He turns towards his partner, who is just visible in the corner of the screen.] Dude, seriously, why don't you call yourself "Steve" or something? You are a Crabmon, that's like naming your kid Human or Centaur or something.

I don't know! Aren't there other people named Percy?

Sure, but they don't look exactly like me.

Well, do you want me to call myself Steve?

Do you want to be called Steve?

[Crabmon shrugs.] You're the boss!

[That gets a sigh out of Percy - it just seems like he can't get away from people calling him that - who focuses his attention back on the camera.] And this is Crabmon, or Steve, I guess, and this is not the first time I've been given the whole "you're basically here to save the world" speech, and believe me, it's not fun to hear it the second time, either. Or the third, or the fourth. [They get it, Percy.] And I mean, I get it. People are in trouble, and if I can help, I want to. But people are in trouble back home, too, and I can't stay here forever. And I bet I'm not the only one. I mean, I'd at least like to be able to tell my mom where I went, you know?

And I know some of you have been here before, or at least know more about what's going on than the rest of us, but in my experience? Just about any monster wants to eat you if you don't do the right thing around them. And believe me, I've had lots of experience with monsters wanting to eat me. [Still, there's a part of him that feels slightly guilty for insisting that, considering his brother was a cyclops and all, and it wasn't like his partner had been anything but helpful so far, so he makes a little bit of a chagrined face before amending that statement.] I mean, maybe some of them don't, here, but I'd still be careful. You can never be too careful when it comes to monsters. Especially ones that promise they're friendly.

[Sorry Steve. He'll get over it eventually, hopefully. He does actually look a little guilty as he says it, and glances over at the crustacean for a second.] I mean, I guess I trust him, he did kind of stop me from drowning like a loser, but you never know. Just be careful.

[He chews his lip a little for a moment, considering what to say next.] Anyway, I'm not trying to lecture anyone or- I don't know. I just want to help, and something tells me this guy- [He sticks a thumb towards Crabmon.] wants to, too. Let us know if there's anything we can do.

[For a moment, it looks like he's maybe going to say something else, but he ends up just switching the feed off.]

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[ ... yeah. She didn't quite believe it either at first too. ]

I told you it would be hard to explain.

. . . yes, that's Labramon.

[The dog Digimon is quick to stick her nose on screen]

Hiiiiii!

That's weird. [And he doesn't really have a good explanation as to why that could happen, considering time travel is one of the few things he's had no experience with.

Greek gods being real was enough time stuff for one lifetime, thanks.]

I guess at least there aren't any decepti... whatevers.

Hi! Congratulations on finding your partner!

[Percy is managing a sort of apologetic/embarrassed/oh god how is this my life smile from behind Steve.] Sorry, he's kind of enthusiastic.

And believe me, I get hard to explain.

[Still, he's a little hesitant to just tell people by the way, Poseidon's my dad and I've spent the last two years fighting all those monsters you read about in that boring Greek myth textbook you hated reading in the third grade.] Sorry. That sounds pretty lousy.

It's okay. It isn't so bad now that I am not about to get killed. I got to meet some great friends and ...

... I guess I learned something about myself.

[ beat. ]

Come on. It's your turn. Try to beat that.

Thank you! You too! Kyouko's a bit of a stick in the mud, but we work well together!

[Kyouko sighs]

I understand your feelings on that subject.

Just call em 'Cons. Makes things easy.

And you're tellin' me. Not exactly fun times.

[He tugs at his jacket a little, still finding the idea of wearing clothes...UGH...a hassle, but tries his best to behave.]

Least you're holdin' up.

[He hesitates, and Steve glances up at him a little, with a look that says either "just tell her, it's not like this is a big deal here" or "man I have no idea, you're on your own".]

... How much do you know about Greek gods?

I guess at least things won't be boring. [Which is being said in a tone that suggests boring every once and a while might not be the worst thing in the world.]

Of course they won't! We're all going to do awesome stuff together!

More or less. Seriously, this is almost a step up from back home in some ways.

And you said some of the monsters back home aren't bad!

Some of them doesn't mean most of them, Steve.

C'mon, kid. What's the worst you had to deal with? If it's anythin' like the kids back home, their average to-do is gettin' into tro-

...'Kay. Maybe you're onto somethin'.

[Then again, his only human interaction was with the definition of trouble.]

Wait...monsters?

Monsters? Hate to tell you, buddy. Girls aren't monsters.

[ She thought about it, but had to admit that she didn't know much about it. It wasn't really discussed a lot in school, but she knew about some of them at least.

Aphrodite of course, Zeus, Hades and Poseidon. She can't remember the less popular gods and goddesses anymore. ]

Not much really ...

My tutor and school didn't really talk about it much. Why do you ask?

Well, all that stuff is kind of real where I'm from.

[Which is really weird to just say out loud like that. BV]

Some of them are. [Or, you know, witches. Or nymphs, or dryads, or plenty of other things.] No, where I'm from, there are real monsters, most mortals just can't see them.

Yours too?

[ She just got her Persona who is based on a Chinese goddess named Kanzeon. ]

I'm ... not really sure if Kanzeon is the real goddess though ...

Kanzeon?

My Persona ...

It's a long story. I'll tell you later! Finish your story!

Oh, well, sometimes the gods have kids with mortals, and I'm... kind of one of them? So monsters are usually trying to kill me.

Mortals can't see them, and I guess we're not really supposed to talk about this kind of thing? But it kind of sounds like most of us have something that would make people back home start calling the men in the white coats if they heard us start talking about it.

[ Okay, Percy. Maybe you do win. She can't really compute this. Well, she computed the fact that you are part-god though ... ]

... whit coats?

[Or Arcee.]

Mortals? Ya speak like you aren't one, kid.

. . . how do you define 'awesome stuff,' Steve?

[Whelp. Good job, Jackson.]

I'm kind of... not? I mean, I can die, but I'm not a mortal. Technically.

You know... [He looks almost uncomfortable for a moment, as though he wasn't really expected to be put on the spot like that. He knows they're going to do great things, because it's what he's been promised since he can remember, but. No one had ever necessarily gone into detail.] Help save the world. Do good things for people. That kind of stuff.

You know. People from a mental hospital?

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