Yeah, sure. I like people who can admit stuff about themselves or people who are associated with them.
(Kind of like how he could admit he himself was a bit of a dumbass sometimes. Not in so many words but the sentiment was always there. Granted, he wasn't nearly remotely stupid as he thought he was or as everyone else thought he was but hey, point still stands.
Percy isn't too shocked by this. Between the technology and his own naturally heat resistant skin, things like hot coffee normally don't bother him much. He even gives a sip of the hot coffee and seems utterly un-bothered by it. The taste is okay enough. Percy wasn't the biggest fan of coffee but this was a comfortable tasting brew that he really didn't mind sipping at.)
That would actually help a lot, thanks. He's a real smart creature so he'd be able to go by on a schedule.
(Percy doesn't offer help right then. Doesn't actually think to. Gyro seemed like he had things sorted out but really, if Percy knew, he would have gladly helped. He had helped with the stables back at camp and took care of Blackjack.
While Blackjack might be more wild than domesticated, his mane was perfect, combed out and gorgeous in silkiness. His coat and wings were always neat and his hooves were spotless. Not that they were particularly hard to clean since he was an air beast but still. He even had nice teeth. Percy wouldn't mind in the slightest taking care of Valkyrie for Gyro while he worked. Not like he was doing anything anyway most days besides training. He doesn't offer though. Not right now.)
Yeah? I just said he was a titan, didn't I? I told you. I'm a demigod. I think you're severely underestimating the 'god' part in that.
(Percy doesn't seem offended though. He grins. He's really not buff but he's far from lanky too. He leans back and raises his arm to flex his bicep muscle. He's got those nice muscles, the kind of muscles that make the arm holes in t-shirts tight and snug around the shape of them. His thighs are killer and his abdomen is tight and solid, as are his pecs. The kid, without clothes on, is not too unlike classical Greek statues of divine male figures.
He laughs a little bit and shakes his head.)
I don't really get that but I guess so. Isn't that just being stupid by nature though? I don't see how it's relevant to sobriety.
(But he wasn't really arguing it. What did he know about the world of drinking? He takes another swig of coffee.)
I'll let you know then, a lot of my times used up, but after work I wouldn't mind the company.
[Clinic took up the majority of his mornings and middays, unfortunately without another doctor on staff yet, it could take his nights too, and while the nurses were also able to take certain house calls, he had to take the most. So yeah, a lot of his time. It made it hard to pick up his own hobbies again, and he's lucky he hasn;t gotten a call since he's come out here with Percy.]
[Ugh... he takes a drink just thinking about it, letting it burn his tongue a little.]
Does a Pegasus ever get sick?
[Because while Percy isn't going to offer his help just yet, Gyro will offer his if need be. After all, he is a doctor, and he's had to take to being a horse doctor too, considering there are no vets here, and those that would qualify are way out of his budget.]
Yeah so? Different gods do different things, don't they? You said it yourself, you're not really good with music, and I doubt Aphrodite could hold the world up so well, same with you. Heh- a little time though, sure, three minutes you said? I could believe that.
Nooote to self, no arm wrestling with Percy.
[He'll lean over, offering a puckered, playful smirk as he pinches at Percy's flexed arm. Pinch pinch.]
What?? That IS my point, people are going to be stupid no matter what. Alcohol just makes it fun to sometimes.
Makes sex better too.
[Said with a matter-o-fact shrug as he takes another drink of his italian coffee.]
No it's not, not as good as it could be, but I'll take what I can get.
I should come by and bother you too sometimes then.
(Percy was actually a little bit lonely himself. He had made friends, certainly. But he was also used to living in a camp that did daily activities together. He wasn't awful all alone but he definitely had a bit of an ache to....to do more things with other people. This right here was really nice even. Hanging out with Gyro just casually. Even if it had gotten a little sour for a moment there - even that was preferable to silence. Blackjack was great company but Percy wasn't selfish enough to hole Blackjack up inside with him. They did hang out a lot but the pegasus needed his wings room and honestly, Percy needed company that wasn't just a horse. There was only so much they could do and talk about, after all. He was still very much an animal.
At the question, Percy looks over at Blackjack curiously.)
I've got no idea. I imagine they can. Can you get sick, bud?
(Pssssh? Who? Me? Nah, boss, I'm too tough for germs.
That sounded fake but okay. Percy just sighs affectionately at his pegasus, shaking his head.)
He can probably get sick. Maybe it's just harder for him to.
(Percy grins at Gyro then, not even remotely offended.)
You're not wrong at all. I don't know if it's a demigod thing or a particular demigod thing. I mean I'm one of the big three's kids. Technically stronger than other demigods. My friend whose a child of Athena was holding it up before me. It's why I took it in the first place so she get out. I mean technically us demigods are meant to be durable and go to all kinds of vicious wars against monsters and titans. So maybe it has to do with our parents or maybe it's got to do with our blood.
(He really doesn't know. Most kids do have ADHD and dyslexia who are demigods, both of which actually aid them in battle and quests so it wouldn't be hard to believe that they could hold up the world - all of them- despite their parents.)
I wouldn't throw away Aphrodite so easily. She's still a goddess and I think there's a serious power in love.
(Which maybe sounded corny but it was true, wasn't it? Percy had gone through literal hell out of love for his mother, love for his friends.
Percy laughs loudly then and swats at Gyro's pinching hands.)(A total joke but maybe- no.)
All right, fair.
Wait -what? Seriously? But I've heard that alcohol can kind of make it hard to get- you know. Up.
(Or stay up. He doesn't actually remember but he definitely remembered that in health class- the few he had attended- there was a lot about how alcohol could make sex bad.)
I've got two places in Midas, I'll give both to you. When I'm at work though, Valkyrie will only be at the one in Diedo.
[A slightly confusing setup, yes. But either of his roommates sort of fucked off a good deal, had their own things to do. Yata had work and it was often he went to Tanagura to visit a friend, and Jin... well Jin was in Tanagura a lot. So Gyro was in either Midas location, both private housing, when he felt like it. Sometimes when he went to the place in Diedo and no one was there, he'd try the place with Yata and Yata was there, and maybe he just wanted that company. Gyro was good at being a longer, raised to be, but he didn't prefer it. And so he means it when he says he'll give him his addresses, he'd like for Percy to visit.]
That right?
[Glancing to Blackjack himself.]
Well if he does, you know where to find me. I doubt he's that much different from Valkyrie in there. [He's thinking... more fragile bones, faster digestive system, and possibly thicker yet lighter muscles? Hard to say, he'd have to get a look inside to know for sure, which is easier for him than it sounds.]
The 'big three'? Poseidon, Hades, and Zeus?
[Is what he figures anyway. Gyro takes another drink. He's really starting to feel the warm from the liquor now, his vision blurring a little, gaze stuck on the fire and watching it dance. His posture calms a bit too, and a slight red flush starts to colour his cheeks, it'll be hard to notice with the red glow of the fire against him though.]
Love, heh- guess so, it's all we wrote about. [We as in Italians, he chuckles at his own joke, soon moving to point his cup at Percy once.]
Who're you even talking to, old people? If it's too hard for you just tell the other person to do something sexy, it'll get there. [Driiink.]
(Percy doesn't question it. He himself back on his home planet had two homes technically speaking. Percy would visit anyway. He made the assumption that they were now friends which meant that time together would be a thing. He was far from a stray. It's not like he would randomly show up constantly but he'd make an actual effort to be friends with Gyro, to keep an established relationship of sorts going. He liked him and wanted to visit. So he would.
Simple as that.
Percy shrugs and glances over as well. Blackjack looks very proud of himself. Divine blood. It made sense. Percy barely ever got sick either so he could buy that.)
No probably not. Maybe bones and some other structural stuff but I doubt anything organ wise.
(And only because whenever he rode Blackjack, Blackjack felt light. Percy had ridden a normal horse and knew the difference. Subtle but prominent when you rode two of them. If Gyro ever got the chance to ride Blackjack, he would no doubt be able to tell the difference in a heart beat as well.
Percy gives a slight nod, looking away for a moment. Some of that unease was still present. Being a child of the Big Three was extraordinarily dangerous. Even his name, Perseus, was dangerous.)
Well yeah I mean people start wars over love. And like, there's those mortal human women who find the strength in them to lift their car off a baby trapped under it or whatever. I mean sure that's probably mostly adrenaline but...I guess some people could argue love is all chemical but in my world, nothing's just science. All gods.
(He has no idea what he's trying to say. Maybe that he has faith. He doesn't understand that though. It was hard to use the word 'faith' when talking about something you knew to be true. Faith felt like something you had to believe in, not something you knew. No one said that they had faith in the sky being blue.)
No? Like, science teachers. (Percy pouts a little.) I heard older boys say something about 'whiskey dick' before though.
(In the locker room at school. He heard lots of other stuff too but you know. He wasn't about to bring it up.)
I heard in general that older people's stamina and sex drive is normally worse off too.
(Percy says this lightly and now he's just being a little shit.)
[And he won't explain it either. It's an odd situation that reveals more about his emotions concerning some people than he'd like to tell someone. And Percy doesn't push it, so good. Sure you could eventually get answers if you were persistent enough with Gyro and he grew to know you well enough, but pushing him also had a high possibility of pissing him off.]
[So yeah, become his friend and maybe then, right? He might find out anyway.]
[Valkyrie's pretty calm right now, having gotten a good deal of his initial excitement out already. Still, he doesn't stand next to Blackjack for too much longer before he's trotting away. He'll egg on the pegasus to run around with him a little, far enough to not bother Gyro and Percy of course, though not far enough to be out of view.]
[Gyro smirks at his horse before glancing back to Percy and finishing off his coffee just as a warmth of the liquor really starts to settle into his skin and posture.]
To lift a car off a baby?? Wait I've heard things like that. Mother's are the scariest things in the world when they wanna be.
[When they have to be more like. The words make him pause for a moment, a silence moving over him has thoughts of his own mother pass through his mind. A mother he... doesn't remember the name of anymore... His brows furrow, it's very subtle, but there enough to notice if Percy's looking before he adjusts in his seat and breathes in deep.]
Aaahh isn't science 'just gods' too? It's all made by them, if they're real, if you believe them. Even the science you know's somethin' they made and set up, and magic's just science we haven't gotten to figuring out yet, ya know?
Whhha- [A look over to him.]
Whiskey dick?? Nyo-hohohaha no way! Are you kidding me? Good thing I drink gin!
[More laughing, his golden teeth shimmering in the fire's light as the sky starts to really get dark now, going from red to purple to dark blue.]
I don't have any problems with my setup up... [Said as he looks over to him with heavy lids. Call them bedroom eyes if you want but it's really just the alcohol mellowing him out. He does lean a liiiittle closer to Percy though when he continues. Maybe he's poking right back at him though, possibly aiming to make Percy slightly uncomfortable in retaliation for the slight at his damn age again.]
And for stamina? I've run 'round the track more times than most I've "raced with".
(Percy's not much of a pusher. He is when he's closer with people but only to an extent, only if he genuinely feels like it's something that needs to be discussed. The kid's a good friend with good intention and for now, he's more than content to just get to know Gyro better and let this thing develop naturally between them.
It takes absolutely no time at all to get Blackjack to take off after Valkyrie. Blackjack is young and wild and adores any chance to dance around. He sweeps delicately up into the air and flies over Valkyrie low enough that he can lean down and playfully nip at him before landing a few feet away. He's just as aware of staying near the two men as well but he's down for some playing.)
Yeah, I don't know. It's like a brain-adrenaline thing? I dunno.
(He really doesn't. Percy genuinely is not text-book savvy. If only because most of school information doesn't stick well and he also has a shit time reading. But he has heard that before.
Percy does notice. He watches closely and where he might fail in some areas of expertise, he excels in several more. Observation is one of them and considering the topic of mothers, well. His own mother is an amazing woman and easily the nicest person he has ever known in all of his life. He adores her but he's also not stupid enough to think every kid's relationship with their mother is quite so simple or pleasant. Percy casually knocks his knee gently against Gyro's and it's this quiet little sign of support.)
Oh it's totally true. It's just funky thinking about in detail, you know?
(To him it was anyway but he could see like, Athena being responsible for science or whatever.)
I'm pretty sure it isn't just with whiskey.
(But Percy is grinning all the same. He personally thought alcohol tasted foul and good job Gyro for imploring that on him.
What Percy doesn't expect is to be looked at like that. He's been with enough people now, even slightly, to kind of pick up on the look at it surprises him. Even more so when Gyro leans towards him. Percy feels suddenly hyper-aware of their closeness and feels surprised when - when well, he realizes he wouldn't completely mind. With Gyro.
It takes him a moment to respond, a bit dazed, and he slowly nods.)
Huh? Oh, yeah. I don't. No. I uh...
(He really sucks at metaphors on the spot.)
I usually...need a few...laps in the pool myself?
(See that wasn't so hard. Not the best but neither was Gyro's so there. But he means it. He orgasms more than once. His masturbation sessions usually involved anywhere from two to three and sometimes even four times. He's a teenager whose all too virginal and a demigod.)
And if you're sure man. I mean, about your set up. It's okay if it's nothing like mine. Youth isn't forever so I can't hold that against you.
(Okay, now Percy's just being coy and..maybe..something else.)
[Yes! Yes yes playing. Valkyrie makes a higher whinny like sound as he follows after, moving away from Percy and Gyro as he follows Blackjack. He'll making huffing gestures and small stomps whenever the horse flies up and away from him, instigating him to come back down before darting off again. Definitely a good time to tucker eachother out a little, who knows how long they'll be here after all.]
[Gyro's got no aim to leave either anytime soon. He's mostly staring into the fire when Percy bumps their knees, finding himself staring down at the gesture rather blatantly. He's not sure why it was done, he doesn't realize he showed any weakness there concerning family or his mom. The alcohol's doing well to make his emotions show and fade quickly. So he'll just slap a hand down onto Percy's knee loudly, squeezing onto it and still gripping it when the conversation drifts to something more playful. Still there on his knee while Percy contemplates 'with' Gyro, whatever that is. Gyro himself is sort of just joking around. It's not until Percy starts to play along that he actually considers it.]
[And really- looking at Percy that close doesn't help either. He was a... demi-god? He's sure they're made to be pretty most of the time, sure some more than others, but Percy definitely was. He's noticing it now thanks to how honed in drinking has made him, staring more than he means to, and close, his breath smelling like almonds and coffee.]
[But the long, close, staring moment where a kiss seemed like the proper next steps is only to be ruined when Gyro can't help but take a joke set up and run with it. He laughs, pulling back as he lifts his hand from Percy's knee finally and bumps his fingers up under the kid's chin.]
Ooohh yeah? Well will you hold 'something else' against me? Nyeh-hehahaha!
[Being coy and something else, Percy, and you still get him snorting and horse laughing instead of him adding into the moment, sorry. Though it's really not all obliviousness, even if Gyro's good at making it seem like he's just drunk and can't read a mood. He read it all right, and wasn't... sure about it. He never invited Percy out to drink and get fresh with him, and he doesn't want him to think that IS his reason for coming out here. So he pulls back, adds a dumb joke, and even moves to stand up now with a sigh, stretching up his arms and looking over to the sky. Dark now... stars are starting to peek through the veil of night now, along with slivers of the dual moons that rise over Amoi.]
The funny thing about Percy is that he is genuinely awful at this kind of thing. Not because he's clumsy or awkward but because he is truly dense. Girls have kissed him before and he's not gotten the picture that they like him. He is used to reading things the wrong way, used to getting confused, or really he's used to being plainly oblivious. The kid doesn't even seem to always realize what he himself wants. So when Gyro abruptly laughs and knock his chin and runs with a joke, the spell isn't just broken, it's ruined and Percy blinks, wondering idly what had even just happened. Possibilities slip out between them and he regards Gyro once more as an adult because of course Gyro wouldn't be interested in a kid like himself. What had Percy been thinking? That was silly.
So Percy snorts, not even remotely embarrassed because truthfully, he knew he could be an idiot and this was no different. He doesn't even think to feel disappointed or a thing like that. At the most, Percy feels a little weird but Amoi did a great job of making him feel weird and uncomfortable most days. Everyone else seemed to have a completely different mentality regarding sex than he did and he felt behind everyone else, under them all, and not even in a good way. He was too sentimental, cared too much, was loyal to a fault and had no idea what to do with himself half the time. People thought he was trying to find himself but really, he knew himself and that was the issue.
He leans forward, cupping his chin with his palm and gazing into the fire as Gyro stretched. He doesn't respond to him because he didn't want to be more of an idiot, really. He might not have been embarrassed but now he was self-aware. Percy slid a hand through his hair, rubbing at the back of his neck, before he finally bothered with looking over at Gyro once more.)
Weren't we going to have smores or something?
(Let's just change the subject completely. Blackjack had sensed Percy's minor discomfort and trotted closer to him, inquiring whether or not Percy was doing okay. Percy responded that yeah, he was fine, but for once Percy responded telepathically. Blackjack hesitated but then ultimately seemed fine with it. Percy could roll with anything and get over everything so he wasn't too worried about Percy telling the truth. He gave a delighted whinny and wen back to playing with Valkyrie.)
Maybe let this one end, just due to age so we can start something new? That cool?
[Hey, nothing is ruined here. If anything he's made sure Percy won't think that Gyro was trying to get into his pants at all. That was the point. He doesn't want Percy to ever think that that's a problem because here? It happens constantly here. And he likes Percy, wants to be his friend before anything else, so the fact that Percy scraps it from his mind entirely is sort of what Gyro was going for. If thinks come to this again in the future, drink or no drink, Gyro will consider the options then. After all, he only started to get involved with men at all when he had been drinking... thankfully he's grown from that, poor Jin though had to deal with Gyro cock blocking him on multiple occasions from freaking out about it.]
[It took time though to get used to things here, or at least one would think it should. Most of the people Percy sees, even Gyro, have been here long enough to get more comfortable with it, and that's not even bringing up the natives who are only used to a sexually open society. So yeah, at first it'll seem difficult, like you're alone in dealing with how strange things are here, but you get used to it. Gyro's STILL getting used to some things.]
Yeah- you still want to?
[Said as he looks down to him from where he stands, smiling. He lets nothing awkward linger in the air, even instigating to touch Percy again, ruffling that perfect-for-ruffling hair before he moves to the small bag he had gotten from Valkyrie's satchel before.]
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(Kind of like how he could admit he himself was a bit of a dumbass sometimes. Not in so many words but the sentiment was always there. Granted, he wasn't nearly remotely stupid as he thought he was or as everyone else thought he was but hey, point still stands.
Percy isn't too shocked by this. Between the technology and his own naturally heat resistant skin, things like hot coffee normally don't bother him much. He even gives a sip of the hot coffee and seems utterly un-bothered by it. The taste is okay enough. Percy wasn't the biggest fan of coffee but this was a comfortable tasting brew that he really didn't mind sipping at.)
That would actually help a lot, thanks. He's a real smart creature so he'd be able to go by on a schedule.
(Percy doesn't offer help right then. Doesn't actually think to. Gyro seemed like he had things sorted out but really, if Percy knew, he would have gladly helped. He had helped with the stables back at camp and took care of Blackjack.
While Blackjack might be more wild than domesticated, his mane was perfect, combed out and gorgeous in silkiness. His coat and wings were always neat and his hooves were spotless. Not that they were particularly hard to clean since he was an air beast but still. He even had nice teeth. Percy wouldn't mind in the slightest taking care of Valkyrie for Gyro while he worked. Not like he was doing anything anyway most days besides training. He doesn't offer though. Not right now.)
Yeah? I just said he was a titan, didn't I? I told you. I'm a demigod. I think you're severely underestimating the 'god' part in that.
(Percy doesn't seem offended though. He grins. He's really not buff but he's far from lanky too. He leans back and raises his arm to flex his bicep muscle. He's got those nice muscles, the kind of muscles that make the arm holes in t-shirts tight and snug around the shape of them. His thighs are killer and his abdomen is tight and solid, as are his pecs. The kid, without clothes on, is not too unlike classical Greek statues of divine male figures.
He laughs a little bit and shakes his head.)
I don't really get that but I guess so. Isn't that just being stupid by nature though? I don't see how it's relevant to sobriety.
(But he wasn't really arguing it. What did he know about the world of drinking? He takes another swig of coffee.)
This isn't bad, by the way.
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[Clinic took up the majority of his mornings and middays, unfortunately without another doctor on staff yet, it could take his nights too, and while the nurses were also able to take certain house calls, he had to take the most. So yeah, a lot of his time. It made it hard to pick up his own hobbies again, and he's lucky he hasn;t gotten a call since he's come out here with Percy.]
[Ugh... he takes a drink just thinking about it, letting it burn his tongue a little.]
Does a Pegasus ever get sick?
[Because while Percy isn't going to offer his help just yet, Gyro will offer his if need be. After all, he is a doctor, and he's had to take to being a horse doctor too, considering there are no vets here, and those that would qualify are way out of his budget.]
Yeah so? Different gods do different things, don't they? You said it yourself, you're not really good with music, and I doubt Aphrodite could hold the world up so well, same with you. Heh- a little time though, sure, three minutes you said? I could believe that.
Nooote to self, no arm wrestling with Percy.
[He'll lean over, offering a puckered, playful smirk as he pinches at Percy's flexed arm. Pinch pinch.]
What?? That IS my point, people are going to be stupid no matter what. Alcohol just makes it fun to sometimes.
Makes sex better too.
[Said with a matter-o-fact shrug as he takes another drink of his italian coffee.]
No it's not, not as good as it could be, but I'll take what I can get.
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(Percy was actually a little bit lonely himself. He had made friends, certainly. But he was also used to living in a camp that did daily activities together. He wasn't awful all alone but he definitely had a bit of an ache to....to do more things with other people. This right here was really nice even. Hanging out with Gyro just casually. Even if it had gotten a little sour for a moment there - even that was preferable to silence. Blackjack was great company but Percy wasn't selfish enough to hole Blackjack up inside with him. They did hang out a lot but the pegasus needed his wings room and honestly, Percy needed company that wasn't just a horse. There was only so much they could do and talk about, after all. He was still very much an animal.
At the question, Percy looks over at Blackjack curiously.)
I've got no idea. I imagine they can. Can you get sick, bud?
(Pssssh? Who? Me? Nah, boss, I'm too tough for germs.
That sounded fake but okay. Percy just sighs affectionately at his pegasus, shaking his head.)
He can probably get sick. Maybe it's just harder for him to.
(Percy grins at Gyro then, not even remotely offended.)
You're not wrong at all. I don't know if it's a demigod thing or a particular demigod thing. I mean I'm one of the big three's kids. Technically stronger than other demigods. My friend whose a child of Athena was holding it up before me. It's why I took it in the first place so she get out. I mean technically us demigods are meant to be durable and go to all kinds of vicious wars against monsters and titans. So maybe it has to do with our parents or maybe it's got to do with our blood.
(He really doesn't know. Most kids do have ADHD and dyslexia who are demigods, both of which actually aid them in battle and quests so it wouldn't be hard to believe that they could hold up the world - all of them- despite their parents.)
I wouldn't throw away Aphrodite so easily. She's still a goddess and I think there's a serious power in love.
(Which maybe sounded corny but it was true, wasn't it? Percy had gone through literal hell out of love for his mother, love for his friends.
Percy laughs loudly then and swats at Gyro's pinching hands.)(A total joke but maybe- no.)
All right, fair.
Wait -what? Seriously? But I've heard that alcohol can kind of make it hard to get- you know. Up.
(Or stay up. He doesn't actually remember but he definitely remembered that in health class- the few he had attended- there was a lot about how alcohol could make sex bad.)
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[A slightly confusing setup, yes. But either of his roommates sort of fucked off a good deal, had their own things to do. Yata had work and it was often he went to Tanagura to visit a friend, and Jin... well Jin was in Tanagura a lot. So Gyro was in either Midas location, both private housing, when he felt like it. Sometimes when he went to the place in Diedo and no one was there, he'd try the place with Yata and Yata was there, and maybe he just wanted that company. Gyro was good at being a longer, raised to be, but he didn't prefer it. And so he means it when he says he'll give him his addresses, he'd like for Percy to visit.]
That right?
[Glancing to Blackjack himself.]
Well if he does, you know where to find me. I doubt he's that much different from Valkyrie in there. [He's thinking... more fragile bones, faster digestive system, and possibly thicker yet lighter muscles? Hard to say, he'd have to get a look inside to know for sure, which is easier for him than it sounds.]
The 'big three'? Poseidon, Hades, and Zeus?
[Is what he figures anyway. Gyro takes another drink. He's really starting to feel the warm from the liquor now, his vision blurring a little, gaze stuck on the fire and watching it dance. His posture calms a bit too, and a slight red flush starts to colour his cheeks, it'll be hard to notice with the red glow of the fire against him though.]
Love, heh- guess so, it's all we wrote about. [We as in Italians, he chuckles at his own joke, soon moving to point his cup at Percy once.]
Who're you even talking to, old people? If it's too hard for you just tell the other person to do something sexy, it'll get there. [Driiink.]
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(Percy doesn't question it. He himself back on his home planet had two homes technically speaking. Percy would visit anyway. He made the assumption that they were now friends which meant that time together would be a thing. He was far from a stray. It's not like he would randomly show up constantly but he'd make an actual effort to be friends with Gyro, to keep an established relationship of sorts going. He liked him and wanted to visit. So he would.
Simple as that.
Percy shrugs and glances over as well. Blackjack looks very proud of himself. Divine blood. It made sense. Percy barely ever got sick either so he could buy that.)
No probably not. Maybe bones and some other structural stuff but I doubt anything organ wise.
(And only because whenever he rode Blackjack, Blackjack felt light. Percy had ridden a normal horse and knew the difference. Subtle but prominent when you rode two of them. If Gyro ever got the chance to ride Blackjack, he would no doubt be able to tell the difference in a heart beat as well.
Percy gives a slight nod, looking away for a moment. Some of that unease was still present. Being a child of the Big Three was extraordinarily dangerous. Even his name, Perseus, was dangerous.)
Well yeah I mean people start wars over love. And like, there's those mortal human women who find the strength in them to lift their car off a baby trapped under it or whatever. I mean sure that's probably mostly adrenaline but...I guess some people could argue love is all chemical but in my world, nothing's just science. All gods.
(He has no idea what he's trying to say. Maybe that he has faith. He doesn't understand that though. It was hard to use the word 'faith' when talking about something you knew to be true. Faith felt like something you had to believe in, not something you knew. No one said that they had faith in the sky being blue.)
No? Like, science teachers. (Percy pouts a little.) I heard older boys say something about 'whiskey dick' before though.
(In the locker room at school. He heard lots of other stuff too but you know. He wasn't about to bring it up.)
I heard in general that older people's stamina and sex drive is normally worse off too.
(Percy says this lightly and now he's just being a little shit.)
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[So yeah, become his friend and maybe then, right? He might find out anyway.]
[Valkyrie's pretty calm right now, having gotten a good deal of his initial excitement out already. Still, he doesn't stand next to Blackjack for too much longer before he's trotting away. He'll egg on the pegasus to run around with him a little, far enough to not bother Gyro and Percy of course, though not far enough to be out of view.]
[Gyro smirks at his horse before glancing back to Percy and finishing off his coffee just as a warmth of the liquor really starts to settle into his skin and posture.]
To lift a car off a baby?? Wait I've heard things like that. Mother's are the scariest things in the world when they wanna be.
[When they have to be more like. The words make him pause for a moment, a silence moving over him has thoughts of his own mother pass through his mind. A mother he... doesn't remember the name of anymore... His brows furrow, it's very subtle, but there enough to notice if Percy's looking before he adjusts in his seat and breathes in deep.]
Aaahh isn't science 'just gods' too? It's all made by them, if they're real, if you believe them. Even the science you know's somethin' they made and set up, and magic's just science we haven't gotten to figuring out yet, ya know?
Whhha- [A look over to him.]
Whiskey dick?? Nyo-hohohaha no way! Are you kidding me? Good thing I drink gin!
[More laughing, his golden teeth shimmering in the fire's light as the sky starts to really get dark now, going from red to purple to dark blue.]
I don't have any problems with my setup up... [Said as he looks over to him with heavy lids. Call them bedroom eyes if you want but it's really just the alcohol mellowing him out. He does lean a liiiittle closer to Percy though when he continues. Maybe he's poking right back at him though, possibly aiming to make Percy slightly uncomfortable in retaliation for the slight at his damn age again.]
And for stamina? I've run 'round the track more times than most I've "raced with".
[One orgasm usually just wasn't enough, ya know?]
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It takes absolutely no time at all to get Blackjack to take off after Valkyrie. Blackjack is young and wild and adores any chance to dance around. He sweeps delicately up into the air and flies over Valkyrie low enough that he can lean down and playfully nip at him before landing a few feet away. He's just as aware of staying near the two men as well but he's down for some playing.)
Yeah, I don't know. It's like a brain-adrenaline thing? I dunno.
(He really doesn't. Percy genuinely is not text-book savvy. If only because most of school information doesn't stick well and he also has a shit time reading. But he has heard that before.
Percy does notice. He watches closely and where he might fail in some areas of expertise, he excels in several more. Observation is one of them and considering the topic of mothers, well. His own mother is an amazing woman and easily the nicest person he has ever known in all of his life. He adores her but he's also not stupid enough to think every kid's relationship with their mother is quite so simple or pleasant. Percy casually knocks his knee gently against Gyro's and it's this quiet little sign of support.)
Oh it's totally true. It's just funky thinking about in detail, you know?
(To him it was anyway but he could see like, Athena being responsible for science or whatever.)
I'm pretty sure it isn't just with whiskey.
(But Percy is grinning all the same. He personally thought alcohol tasted foul and good job Gyro for imploring that on him.
What Percy doesn't expect is to be looked at like that. He's been with enough people now, even slightly, to kind of pick up on the look at it surprises him. Even more so when Gyro leans towards him. Percy feels suddenly hyper-aware of their closeness and feels surprised when - when well, he realizes he wouldn't completely mind. With Gyro.
It takes him a moment to respond, a bit dazed, and he slowly nods.)
Huh? Oh, yeah. I don't. No. I uh...
(He really sucks at metaphors on the spot.)
I usually...need a few...laps in the pool myself?
(See that wasn't so hard. Not the best but neither was Gyro's so there. But he means it. He orgasms more than once. His masturbation sessions usually involved anywhere from two to three and sometimes even four times. He's a teenager whose all too virginal and a demigod.)
And if you're sure man. I mean, about your set up. It's okay if it's nothing like mine. Youth isn't forever so I can't hold that against you.
(Okay, now Percy's just being coy and..maybe..something else.)
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[Gyro's got no aim to leave either anytime soon. He's mostly staring into the fire when Percy bumps their knees, finding himself staring down at the gesture rather blatantly. He's not sure why it was done, he doesn't realize he showed any weakness there concerning family or his mom. The alcohol's doing well to make his emotions show and fade quickly. So he'll just slap a hand down onto Percy's knee loudly, squeezing onto it and still gripping it when the conversation drifts to something more playful. Still there on his knee while Percy contemplates 'with' Gyro, whatever that is. Gyro himself is sort of just joking around. It's not until Percy starts to play along that he actually considers it.]
[And really- looking at Percy that close doesn't help either. He was a... demi-god? He's sure they're made to be pretty most of the time, sure some more than others, but Percy definitely was. He's noticing it now thanks to how honed in drinking has made him, staring more than he means to, and close, his breath smelling like almonds and coffee.]
[But the long, close, staring moment where a kiss seemed like the proper next steps is only to be ruined when Gyro can't help but take a joke set up and run with it. He laughs, pulling back as he lifts his hand from Percy's knee finally and bumps his fingers up under the kid's chin.]
Ooohh yeah? Well will you hold 'something else' against me? Nyeh-hehahaha!
[Being coy and something else, Percy, and you still get him snorting and horse laughing instead of him adding into the moment, sorry. Though it's really not all obliviousness, even if Gyro's good at making it seem like he's just drunk and can't read a mood. He read it all right, and wasn't... sure about it. He never invited Percy out to drink and get fresh with him, and he doesn't want him to think that IS his reason for coming out here. So he pulls back, adds a dumb joke, and even moves to stand up now with a sigh, stretching up his arms and looking over to the sky. Dark now... stars are starting to peek through the veil of night now, along with slivers of the dual moons that rise over Amoi.]
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The funny thing about Percy is that he is genuinely awful at this kind of thing. Not because he's clumsy or awkward but because he is truly dense. Girls have kissed him before and he's not gotten the picture that they like him. He is used to reading things the wrong way, used to getting confused, or really he's used to being plainly oblivious. The kid doesn't even seem to always realize what he himself wants. So when Gyro abruptly laughs and knock his chin and runs with a joke, the spell isn't just broken, it's ruined and Percy blinks, wondering idly what had even just happened. Possibilities slip out between them and he regards Gyro once more as an adult because of course Gyro wouldn't be interested in a kid like himself. What had Percy been thinking? That was silly.
So Percy snorts, not even remotely embarrassed because truthfully, he knew he could be an idiot and this was no different. He doesn't even think to feel disappointed or a thing like that. At the most, Percy feels a little weird but Amoi did a great job of making him feel weird and uncomfortable most days. Everyone else seemed to have a completely different mentality regarding sex than he did and he felt behind everyone else, under them all, and not even in a good way. He was too sentimental, cared too much, was loyal to a fault and had no idea what to do with himself half the time. People thought he was trying to find himself but really, he knew himself and that was the issue.
He leans forward, cupping his chin with his palm and gazing into the fire as Gyro stretched. He doesn't respond to him because he didn't want to be more of an idiot, really. He might not have been embarrassed but now he was self-aware. Percy slid a hand through his hair, rubbing at the back of his neck, before he finally bothered with looking over at Gyro once more.)
Weren't we going to have smores or something?
(Let's just change the subject completely. Blackjack had sensed Percy's minor discomfort and trotted closer to him, inquiring whether or not Percy was doing okay. Percy responded that yeah, he was fine, but for once Percy responded telepathically. Blackjack hesitated but then ultimately seemed fine with it. Percy could roll with anything and get over everything so he wasn't too worried about Percy telling the truth. He gave a delighted whinny and wen back to playing with Valkyrie.)
Maybe let this one end, just due to age so we can start something new? That cool?
[It took time though to get used to things here, or at least one would think it should. Most of the people Percy sees, even Gyro, have been here long enough to get more comfortable with it, and that's not even bringing up the natives who are only used to a sexually open society. So yeah, at first it'll seem difficult, like you're alone in dealing with how strange things are here, but you get used to it. Gyro's STILL getting used to some things.]
Yeah- you still want to?
[Said as he looks down to him from where he stands, smiling. He lets nothing awkward linger in the air, even instigating to touch Percy again, ruffling that perfect-for-ruffling hair before he moves to the small bag he had gotten from Valkyrie's satchel before.]