Before we're trained to use them... well, yeah. [he sighs] They can sense the... divine essence in us, I guess, and it attracts them. Usually around the time we're ten years old is when it's powerful enough for it to attract their notice, but with some demigods it's earlier.
Even if you've got the type of power that's good for defending yourself - and some of them really aren't great for defending yourself with unless you've trained and know them inside and out... if you have no idea how to use them, it's not gonna help much.
[...right. she's not from a world with greek myths.]
Well - you saw some of them, the Cynocephali? They're just one example of them. There were tons of types of creatures down in Tartarus, but that's where creatures like that re-form. They'll head up to the mortal world and wreak havoc on things... we'll disperse them as part of quests, or if they attack demigods or things like that, and they'll usually be gone for a while before coming back up again... it's a never-ending cycle.
A lot of mortals don't see them for what they are. Like - when I was ten, I got attacked by a flock of Stymphalian birds? ...but the mortal around us only saw them as really aggressive pigeons. But once you can see through the Mist, you can see them for what they really are and defend yourself from them.
It always seems to come down to the circumstances of one's birth... hmm.
[ looking thoughtful... ]
If blastia can be used to enhance one's attributes and enable mortals to use magic, maybe it's possible to develop a type of blastia that would enable mortals to perceive what you do.
Yeah, it's definitely not impossible, I'd say? There are some mortals who are able to see through the Mist just fine - like, naturally. Not really sure why, though... they're just more predisposed to it than others.
But a huge part of it is like... perception. A lot of mortals just can't wrap their minds around the possibility of all the stuff from myths being real, so it's hard for them to break past that. Probably 'cause they've grown up being told it's fictional.
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Date: 2023-10-24 04:58 am (UTC)Even if you've got the type of power that's good for defending yourself - and some of them really aren't great for defending yourself with unless you've trained and know them inside and out... if you have no idea how to use them, it's not gonna help much.
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Date: 2023-10-25 12:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-10-25 01:52 am (UTC)[...right. she's not from a world with greek myths.]
Well - you saw some of them, the Cynocephali? They're just one example of them. There were tons of types of creatures down in Tartarus, but that's where creatures like that re-form. They'll head up to the mortal world and wreak havoc on things... we'll disperse them as part of quests, or if they attack demigods or things like that, and they'll usually be gone for a while before coming back up again... it's a never-ending cycle.
A lot of mortals don't see them for what they are. Like - when I was ten, I got attacked by a flock of Stymphalian birds? ...but the mortal around us only saw them as really aggressive pigeons. But once you can see through the Mist, you can see them for what they really are and defend yourself from them.
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Date: 2023-10-25 09:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-10-26 12:32 pm (UTC)Or demigods who have studied with Hecate personally.
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Date: 2023-10-26 02:26 pm (UTC)[ looking thoughtful... ]
If blastia can be used to enhance one's attributes and enable mortals to use magic, maybe it's possible to develop a type of blastia that would enable mortals to perceive what you do.
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Date: 2023-10-26 05:16 pm (UTC)But a huge part of it is like... perception. A lot of mortals just can't wrap their minds around the possibility of all the stuff from myths being real, so it's hard for them to break past that. Probably 'cause they've grown up being told it's fictional.