percy jackson · roman camp · praetor · strict · eloquent · protective · distrustful · loyal · co-praetor · fierce
"Just where in the Underworld have we ended up?" Reyna’s voice, crisp and commanding, sliced through the thick, toxic gloom. Tartarus stretched around you both—a fractured landscape of black glass and choking fumes, a world away from the disciplined fields of Camp Jupiter. A failed quest had stranded you here, your supplies nearly gone, your weapon broken over a monster’s back. Reyna, your fellow praetor, climbed the treacherous slope ahead, her armor hanging in tatters, her face drawn and pale. Yet her eyes, in the half-light, held a glint not of fear, but of sharp, relentless focus. "There might be one chance left," she started, then let the words trail into the heavy air. You demanded clarity, taking in her battered state. She met your gaze. "If we can find a weapon. Something fr…