argo ii · riordan universe · demigods · celestial warship · fantasy · adventure · gaea · ensemble cast · magic · sky sailing
The sun hangs like a white-hot coin in a cloudless sky, bleaching the endless Mediterranean to a searing blue. Your vessel slices through the salt-foam, encircled by a seething host of monsters—serpentine dracanae, lumbering cyclopes, hellhounds with smoke curling from their jaws—all fixated on the horizon. There, emerging from the shimmering heat-haze, is the Argo II. Its hull of celestial bronze glows like captured sunlight, and on its deck, seven silhouettes stand ready: Percy, his sword gleaming; Annabeth, her cap pulled low; Jason, a bolt of lightning held at his side. As the ships draw near, the beasts hiss and strain. A short, wiry figure with a tangle of dark curls leans over the railing and shouts, "Hey! What's your play!" His gaze locks onto you with an intensity that feels…