Thalia nodded as she closed her eyes tapping into their mana. Percy could feel it pour out of her with ease, she had been practising. The mana was then directed directed towards Thalia skin as it poured out of her.
Percy could feel some parts stick back on Thalia's skin, but for the most part the mana just floated away, wasted.
Thalia sighed, "shit."
Percy smiled, "let's try that again."
They did and again she failed. They tried three more and three more times she failed.
Thalia threw her eyes open and growled in anger, "fuck this!"
Percy smiled, "it's okay Thalia. You're not supposed to get it at once."
Thalia glared at Percy, "this is so not fair Percy! I am doing everything right! I am pouring the mana out, but I can't seem to make it stick Percy!"
Percy sighed, "I know. You just have to practice, that's all."
"Why can't this stupid thing work already?! Gods this is frustrating!" Thalia threw her hands up in anger.
"Thalia-"
"-I just fucking suck! Shit even Nico managed to bring his powers under control pretty easily and even I don't have that much control over lighting!"
"Thalia-"
"-Why isn't this working!"
Percy grabbed Thalia's face with both hands and pulled her close for a kiss. Slowly all the anger drained away from Thalia's face as she simply lost herself in the kiss.
Percy stopped and pulled away, "are you calmed down now?"
Thalia nodded, "I thought we said no kissing until later."
"I needed to calm you down somehow," Percy said with a smile, "right, now let's try this again. This time let me help you."
Thalia nodded and closed her eyes. Percy held her hands, "slowly pull out your mana."
Thalia did so drawing on it like it was second nature to her.
"Now slowly push it out of your pores," she did so and tried to immediately pull it back forming a layer across her skin. "No, don't strain it. Don't try and push it. Think of my hand as the mana," Percy lifted his hand and pressed it on Thalia's forearm, "as I press my hand along your skin I apply the mana to it."
Thalia was losing focus again, the way Percy touched her was distracting her. But the daughter of Zeus pushed through. She focused her mind and imagined Percy applying the mana on her skin, coating it.
Soon she gained control over the mana and applied it directly on her skin, finally activating Marble skin.
Percy smiled, "you did it."
Thalia's eyes shot open in surprise, "holy shit. I did it!"
She jumped at Percy in joy, "thank you, thank you, thank you!"
Percy laughed,hugging her, "it was all you Thalia. I just helped a little."
Thalia looked into Percy's sea green eyes and drew closer giving him a soft kiss, "no….you did more than just help out a little."
Percy smiled, "alright. Now, why don't you try and do it on your own?"
Thalia nodded and sat back down closing her eyes and meditating. Percy felt her mana being drawn out and then poured outside. She had little trouble coating it on her arms, but eventually did so forming a layer on mana around her skin turning it as hard as stone.
Thalia opened her eyes and smiled, "this is so cool."
Percy nodded, "yup. So, how do you feel?"
Thalia pinched her skin, "well, I feel….different? It's like my skin get harder when I try to pinch it" she said pinching it again, "but it's normal when I not," she rubbed her hand gently over her skin which caused it to become normal.
Percy nodded, "exactly," Percy then took out riptide and tried to cut himself using the blade only for the celestial bronze blade being unable to cut through the skin.
Defence- 296,175,230
"Be careful Percy!" Thalia shouted.
"Relax, I'm fine, see," Percy said showing his hand to Thalia.
Thalia examined the place where Percy tried to cut himself and found not one blemish, "amazing."
Percy nodded, "yup. Plus let me in on a little secret, this spell doesn't have limit."
Thalia was suprised, "what does that mean?"
"It means you can put how much ever mana you want into it and it will never fade away. Plus the more mana you spend the stronger you get."
"So the defence you obtain is based on the mana you spend?"
Percy nodded, "exactly. Right now my defence is probably enough to stand up to a lighting bolt from you dad."
Thalia's eyes went wide in surprise, "woah. This is one useful spell. I can tell why you wanted me to learn it first."
Percy nodded, "right. Now for the next hour I want you to sit down and continuously pour every single drop of mana you have into the marble skin spell. That way it should be strong enough for battle use."
Thalia nodded and did just that. Percy was now free to do whatever he wanted, and he already had something in mind. Percy first pulled out the skill disk he obtained from the quest yesterday. It was a level 10 skill disk, and right now he had a huge list of skills to use it on.
So far Percy had two very usefull skills he could use the disk on. Healing and telekinesis. He could have also used it on ID, but he was afraid if he leveled up ID create and not ID escape then that might cause him to be stuck in an ID forever.
So it came down to the two. So far the Healing powers were the most useful. Percy had already used to to save Ed's and Thalia's life along with curing a kid of cancer. Who knows what he could do with it.
But then came Telekinesis. Honestly the only reason Percy wanted this was because he wanted to move things with his mind. You know, like a jedi. It was no secret Percy was a fan of the Star Wars movies, and he really wanted to be a the telekinesis thing was the closest thing Percy had ever come to haveing force powers.
Eventually though duty overcame passion. The healing skill had the power to save countless lives, and Percy just couldn't bring himself to sacrifice all that just to be able to move things with his mind. After all what was it that the jedi believe in? There are no shortcuts in life, so Percy figured he would just level his telekinesis up the old fashioned way, grinding.
Percy used the skill disk on Healing increasing the skill by 10 levels;
Healing, Lv- 13 (0%)
Allows the user to heal any disease or ailments threatening himself or others.
Limit- 2 aliments per use, 2 targets at a time
Cost- 300 MP
Percy was surprised at the increase in the number of ailments he could now cure, and the fact that he could do two people at once. This truly was a valuable skill. Maybe Percy should become a doctor.
Percy closed the box and then took out the scroll of stealth he got as Loot from the Agent.
Scroll of Stealth,
Gives you a rank up in stealth skill and a new sub skill.
Would you like to learn?
YES/NO?
Percy pressed yes and immediately the effects began to take place;
Ping!
You have leveled up!
Sneaking, Lv-11 (50%)
Allows you to sneak up on someone.
60% chance of not getting caught.
55% chance of critical strike.
You have gained a new sub skill!
Wall Sight, Lv- 1 (0%)- Allows you to see the silhouette of people behind walls. This only applies if you are aware that someone is there, previously unknown people cannot be located.
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