( open post! ) voicetest → luke castellan!

[marred]

what do:
→ drop a prompt (images work best for me!) or a previously written scenario.
→ completely up to date (but if you throw hoo at me I will have to rely on you and Google).
→ i'm gonna be slow because i'm possessed. (what else is new?)

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[ripstides]

You died a hero. [ his words are like the blade of his sword, connecting with the mark he intends to make and slashing through the quiet in the apartment. making more of a sound than the drip, drip, drip from the kitchen sink. ] But your choice never died with you. Nobody can take that away, Luke, that was all you.

[ and he wonders, sometimes, if it came down to that. to thinking down to his bones that he was in the right and nobody else could convince him otherwise, if all he could do was tear the world apart to bring something good out of the ruins.. would he be able to change his mind at the last minute? could he yield for something bigger than himself, something more meaningful than handing over a dagger and trusting the son of Hermes to push it into his only mortal point? he doesn't know the answer to that. he's much better at giving up the world for someone else.

years have passed since the last time he saw Luke Castellan and while Percy keeps growing, keeps living and being forced to change, Luke always looks the same. he never gets a new outfit or a new life, and there's something about it that makes him furious. it fills him with the remnant of hatred in the place where he thinks he's not supposed to be able to feel anything anymore. it burns brightly and just hot enough to keep him functioning, to make him who he used to be. he almost remembers who that is.

but that was always easier when he was at camp, around people he loved.

that was when Sally was still alive.

Percy hasn't moved from the doorway, not because he's uncomfortable or because he doesn't know what to do with himself. well, that last part's not entirely true. he doesn't, but he's used to that. he's been dealing with it. okay, he's been not dealing with it but he's fine. he doesn't need Luke to turn up, to walk out of the darkness or fall out of the sky every single time he has an identity crisis. he doesn't need him for anything. ] You saved everyone, including yourself.