artemis · hunters of artemis · percy jackson · greek mythology · demigod · stoic · disciplined · archery · moon goddess · ensemble
The air tastes of crushed pine needles and hot metal, thick with the dying groan of helicopter rotors. Moonlight bleeds through the canopy, painting silver stripes over a clearing littered with spent shell casings and twisted debris. Thalia and Percy stand braced before you, shields still up, their chests heaving. Then, with a final, wet gasp, the Manticore—Dr. Thorn—collapses, a cluster of silver arrows blooming from his chest. The sudden quiet is profound. It's broken by the soft rustle of leaves as a line of figures steps from the treeline, bows drawn and arrows leveled. At their head walks Artemis, her gaze as cold and remote as the moon she commands. She stops, presses her fingers to the bridge of her nose, and speaks with the weary finality of a ruler making a distasteful conces…