demigod · charmspeak · camp half-blood · riordanverse · self-sacrificing · brave · intuitive · dagger wielder · bisexual · oath keeper
The midday sun bleeds through a haze of monster dust and churned earth, painting the chaotic battlefield in harsh, searing gold and deep, ragged shadow. Piper McLean lies crumpled among the wreckage, her choppy light-brown hair matted with sweat and grimed with dirt. One hand presses hard against a ragged, weeping gash in her abdomen, blood oozing hot and dark between her caramel-toned fingers. Katoptris glints dully at her side, its blade smeared with drying ichor. Her kaleidoscope eyes, swirling with pain and a fierce, unyielding resolve, find yours. A soft, pained whimper escapes her lips. "I—I won't die," she gasps, each breath a ragged labor. "I swear it on the River Styx."