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* {{Stripperific}}: Apollo calls one of Aphrodite's dresses "two steps away from being appropriate for a porn star."

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** X-Suits may provide magical protection against sub-arctic temperatures, but they also look and wear like thin, skintight, white latex bodysuits. At least two hookups happen in the Suicide Squad as a result of members seeing other members wearing one.

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Creator/{{Antony444}} takes a stab at [[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13913132/1/ a crossover]] between the ''Literature/CampHalfBlood'' franchise and ''Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil''. A change of fate sees Zeus kill Percy's mother when the boy is seven, and Percy ends up being replaced with a conniving Tyrant of Helike who plots to undermine Zeus.

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Creator/{{Antony444}} takes a stab at [[https://m.a crossover between the ''Literature/CampHalfBlood'' franchise and ''Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil''. A change of fate sees Zeus kill Percy's mother when the boy is seven, and Percy ends up being replaced with a conniving Tyrant of Helike who plots to undermine Zeus.

The story can be read [[https://www.
fanfiction.net/s/13913132/1/ a crossover]] between the ''Literature/CampHalfBlood'' franchise net/s/13913132/1 here]] on Website/FanFictionDotNet and ''Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil''. A change of fate sees Zeus kill Percy's mother when the boy is seven, and Percy ends up being replaced with a conniving Tyrant of Helike who plots to undermine Zeus.[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/32339365 here]] on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn.
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* AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: At one point, Perseus tells the story of his previous life, and how a noble and charismatic prince was overthrown by his evil uncle. Said prince became a mercenary to raise the funds and troops needed to regain his throne, but his plans were cut short by a crossbow bolt in the throat. Bianca correctly guesses that Perseus was the evil uncle.
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** Sally Jackson was also this to Percy, giving Kairos!Percy his first genuine feelings of love and compassion for another family member...along with genuine rage and desire for vengeance when she is killed by Zeus.
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* KinslayingIsASpecialKindOfEvil: There are rules about kinslaying among the demigods (to a certain degree of kinship, as the tangled family tree of the Olympians means that just about everyone is related to everyone else somehow). Even Perseus is leery of breaking those rules, and calls for outside arbitration on the acceptable limits of punishment he can inflict on [[spoiler:his half-brother Chrysaor]] to avoid breaking them.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Kairos!Percy might be a villain and proud of it, but even he is genuinely disgusted by the atrocities committed by [[spoiler:his half-brother Chrysaor as a pirate and a slaver.]]
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* IncurableCoughOfDeath: A Roman who volunteers for the Suicide Squad in year two has a bad cough and says that a magical curse is slowly killing him and he needs the money the quest offers to afford decent healers.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Perseus is quick to point out how the process for selecting and training troops for the expedition to recover the Golden Fleece is centered around heavy infantry fighting a land war... when the Fleece was last seen in a tropical archipelago teeming with sea monsters. This plays a major part in why the first attempt fails miserably.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Demeter calls Apollo this for his making cracks about Zeus' chronic infidelity, seeing as Apollo sleeps around just as much if not more than his father does. Apollo counters that unlike his father, he has never been married, engaged, or otherwise made any promises regarding exclusive relationships, and therefore has never broken his word about such things.
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* GiveMeASword: After being captured by Blackbeard, GeneralFailure Centurion Bryce Lawrence defiantly says "give me a gladius-", presumably daring his captor to fight him. However, he doesn't get a chance to finish his sentence before [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Blackbeard gives him]] a gladius [[ExactWords by ramming one of the swords through Bryce's chest]].


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* RedShirtArmy: The legionnaires sent after the Golden Fleece suffer rapid attrition against the various threats in the Sea of Monsters, and few of them survive direct combat with a serious enemy unless that enemy wants prisoners or defectors. Only five ships out of thirteen survive long enough for Athena to recommend withdrawing their forces from the region, and one of those ships is too damaged to leave the island it settled on.

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* CassandraTruth: the one time Kairos!Percy honestly tells Zoe how the medallion from Selene will hurt her, Zoe chose to ignore and even threaten him into surrendering the medallion. Needless to say, it ends up badly for Zoe.

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* CassandraTruth: the The one time Kairos!Percy honestly tells Zoe how the medallion from Selene will hurt her, Zoe chose to ignore and even threaten him into surrendering the medallion. Needless to say, it ends up badly for Zoe.



* GoldDigger: Zeus' divorce causes a lot of single goddesses to realize that there's a new opening for Queen of Olympus, which they all try for simultaneously.



* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: The conclusion of Perseus's first quest sees one God BroughtDownToNormal, several demigods beat a god in combat, two Mount Olympus couples divorcing, a new co-ruler of the Underworld, and more.



* ParentalIncest: Apollo is squicked when he realizes that the newly divorced Persephone is now sleeping with Zeus.



* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: The conclusion of Perseus's first quest sees one God BroughtDownToNormal, several demigods beat a god in combat, two Mount Olympus couples divorcing, a new co-ruler of the Underworld, and more.



* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Kairos!Percy will never stoptalking matter how dangerious the situation is, it's also tied with his ability to convince his enemy of anything one he start talking, either with logic, charisma, or sheer audicity.

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* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Kairos!Percy will never stoptalking stop talking matter how dangerious dangerous the situation is, it's also tied with his ability to convince his enemy of anything one once he start starts talking, either with logic, charisma, or sheer audicity.audacity.

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* ItOnlyWorksOnce: When asked if they will use the Labyrinth to sneak into the Sea of Monsters like they did the Underworld, Perseus gives a number of reasons why they can't, starting with him not knowing the route through the Labyrinth to the Sea of Monsters, and ending with the difficulty of carrying a boat through the Labyrinth in the event that the exit, should they find one, not being on the correct island in the archipelago.



* UriahGambit: The Grand Quest to retrieve the Master Bolt is woefully underprepared because Zeus wants the war that will happen if it fails and is hoping that Perseus will die in the attempt.

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* UriahGambit: The Grand Quest to retrieve the Master Bolt is woefully underprepared because Zeus wants the war that will happen if it fails and is hoping that Perseus will die in the attempt. Perseus is fully aware of this, which is why he lampshades it by calling his team the Suicide Squad.
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* KleptomaniacHero: A major part of Perseus' unpopularity with most of the Pantheon stems from his looting of drachmas and magical goods from storehouses owned by the gods.


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* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Zeus deciding to try to eliminate the possibility of Perseus being the prophesied one via a lightning bolt that killed his mother is what made him decide to oppose the gods in the first place.


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* UriahGambit: The Grand Quest to retrieve the Master Bolt is woefully underprepared because Zeus wants the war that will happen if it fails and is hoping that Perseus will die in the attempt.
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* JerkassGods: [=Antony444=] stated that the inspiration for this story was thinking that the Gods of the Camp Half-Blood series were unworthy of a Champion as loyal as the canon Percy Jackson, so he wanted to give them the hero they deserved. He couldn't think of one, so he gave them Kairos Theodosian instead.
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* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing Hera's status as the goddess of marriage causes her to behave unpleasantly toward gods and goddesses who conceive demigods, making her HatedByAll. Consequently, [[spoiler:after Perseus engineers her downfall, he and his companions are showered with gifts by all of Hera's many enemies.]]

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* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing Hera's status as the goddess of marriage causes her to behave unpleasantly toward gods and goddesses who father or conceive demigods, demigods (read: just about all of them who aren't celibate), making her HatedByAll. Consequently, [[spoiler:after Perseus engineers her downfall, he and his companions are showered with gifts by all of Hera's many enemies.]]

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* NotMeThisTime: Apollo blames Eris for a massive catfight among the single goddesses and nature spirits over who will seduce and marry the newly divorced Zeus. Eris states that they were already squabbling before she arrived.



* SkewedPriorities : When Persephone about to smite The Suicide Squad, Kairos!Percy decides to demonstrate the function of Poseidon's Trident, making Wine from one of Poseidon's personal cellar.

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* SkewedPriorities : When Persephone about to smite The Suicide Squad, Kairos!Percy decides to demonstrate the function of Poseidon's Trident, making Wine stealing rum from one of Poseidon's personal cellar. cellars. Poseidon later tells him that he has to replace the liquor he drank.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Persephone manages to get herself free from Hades. Then she learns that since she's no longer married to the wealthiest god in the pantheon, she no longer has access to his effectively bottomless bank accounts, and the alimony Hades is paying her is nowhere near large enough to support her spending habits.

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* BalefulPolymorph: Two of Jackson's companions in his first quest are turned into a crocodile and a donkey. Neither is happy about it, especially because one of the transformations is permanent.


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* ForcedTransformation: Two of Jackson's companions in his first quest are turned into a crocodile and a donkey. Neither is happy about it, especially because one of the transformations is permanent.

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* AdaptationalHeroism: The Minotaur, although the "heroism" part is very much up for debate considering that Percy isn't exactly a paragon of virtue. In canon, the Minotaur was one of the earliest monsters that Percy battled, and later battled against him again as a servant of the Titans. Here, however, he's one of Percy Jackson's most loyal friends and allies, and he doesn't show any aversion to working alongside the demigods who are members of the Suicide Squad.

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* AdaptationalHeroism: Luke and Ethan. While they certainly aren't fond of most of the gods by any stretch of the imagination, they're not traitors working for the Titans here either like they were in canon.
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The Minotaur, although the "heroism" part is very much up for debate considering that Percy isn't exactly a paragon of virtue. In canon, the Minotaur was one of the earliest monsters that Percy battled, and later battled against him again as a servant of the Titans. Here, however, he's one of Percy Jackson's most loyal friends and allies, and he doesn't show any aversion to working alongside the demigods who are members of the Suicide Squad.

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: With Kairos!Percy, a joking demeanor, extreme confidence, a complete lack of taking anything seriously, and trolling behavior is the norm. So whenever he drops this attitude and is being deadly serious about thing, you ''know'' that what he's talking about is extremely important and more than likely very bad news for everyone involved.
** The Huntresses of Artemis and Percy are very much antagonistic to each other 99% of the time. So it says volumes that when Percy mocks Heracles and openly admits that he understands why Zoe hates men so much after meeting him, the Huntresses of Artemis actually ''cheer him on'' for the first and only time.

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** The Huntresses of Artemis and Percy are very much antagonistic to each other 99% of the time. So it says volumes that when Percy mocks Heracles and openly admits that he understands why Zoe hates men so much after meeting him, the Huntresses of Artemis actually ''cheer him on'' for the first and probably only time.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Hades. Despite being the God of what's essentially the Greek equivalent of Hell, he easily comes across as one of the fairest, most reasonable, and most sympathetic Gods in the setting. This also makes him one of the few Gods that Percy has a positive relationship with.

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* DarkIsNotEvil: Hades. Despite being the God of what's essentially the Greek equivalent of Hell, he easily comes across as one of the fairest, most reasonable, and most sympathetic Gods in the setting. This also makes him one of the few Gods that Percy has any sort of respect for and also one of the few that he has a positive relationship with.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Hades. Despite being the God of what's essentially the Greek equivalent of Hell, he easily comes across as one of the fairest, most reasonable, and most sympathetic Gods in the setting. This also makes him one of the few Gods that Percy has a positive relationship with.

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** The Huntresses of Artemis and Percy are very much antagonistic to each other 99% of the time. So it says volumes that when Percy mocks Heracles and openly admits that he understands why Zoe hates men so much after meeting him, the Huntresses of Artemis actually ''cheer him on'' for the first and only time.



* RefugeInAudacity: According to Kairos!Percy the more insane a plan is, the more likely it is to work. Given how he successfully accomplished

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* RefugeInAudacity: According to Kairos!Percy the more insane a plan is, the more likely it is to work. Given how what he successfully accomplishedhas already accomplished so far, it seems to be working wonders for him so far.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: The Minotaur, although the "heroism" part is very much up for debate considering that Percy isn't exactly a paragon of virtue. In canon, the Minotaur was one of the earliest monsters that Percy battled, and later battled against him again as a servant of the Titans. Here, however, he's one of Percy Jackson's most loyal friends and allies, and he doesn't show any aversion to working alongside the demigods who are members of the Suicide Squad.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: With Kairos!Percy, a joking demeanor, extreme confidence, a complete lack of taking anything seriously, and trolling behavior is the norm. So whenever he drops this attitude, you ''know'' that he's being deadly serious about something that is more than likely both extremely important and very bad news for everyone involved.

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: With Kairos!Percy, a joking demeanor, extreme confidence, a complete lack of taking anything seriously, and trolling behavior is the norm. So whenever he drops this attitude, attitude and is being deadly serious about thing, you ''know'' that what he's being deadly serious talking about something that is more than likely both extremely important and more than likely very bad news for everyone involved.

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: As Percy, Kairos Theodosian appears to be ''slightly'' kinder than the original Tyrant was in canon, at least to his allies. This is made especially prominent at the beginning of the fic, in which even Kairos!Percy himself is surprised by how much he genuinely loved his mother Sally Jackson and was enraged over his death (especially since he didn't give a single flying fuck about any of his relatives as Kairos). He also shares a few moments of sincerity towards his few allies without hiding a metaphorical knife to stab them in the back from what we can see (although part of this might be based on pragmatism, as he's fully aware of how utterly ''stupid'' it would be to betray potential allies when he's trying to fight an enemy as powerful as Zeus.)

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: As Percy, Kairos Theodosian appears to be ''slightly'' kinder than the original Tyrant was in canon, at least to his allies. This is made especially prominent at the beginning of the fic, in which even Kairos!Percy himself is surprised by how much he genuinely loved his mother Sally Jackson and was enraged over his her death (especially since he didn't give a single flying fuck about any of his relatives as Kairos). He also shares a few moments of sincerity towards his few allies without hiding a metaphorical knife to stab them in the back from what we can see (although part of this might be based on pragmatism, as he's fully aware of how utterly ''stupid'' it would be to betray potential allies when he's trying to fight an enemy as powerful as Zeus.)


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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: With Kairos!Percy, a joking demeanor, extreme confidence, a complete lack of taking anything seriously, and trolling behavior is the norm. So whenever he drops this attitude, you ''know'' that he's being deadly serious about something that is more than likely both extremely important and very bad news for everyone involved.

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* GoodParents: From what we can see, both Poseidon and [[GoodStepmother Amphitrite]] seem to be this to Percy, trying to help him out as much as they are allowed to without risking Zeus' wrath and interference. The fact that all three of them share the same contempt of Zeus certainly helps.



* SkewedPriorities : When Persephone about to smite The Suicide Squad, Kairos!Percy decides to demonstrate the function of Poseidon Trident, making Wine from one of Poseidon personal cellar.

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* SkewedPriorities : When Persephone about to smite The Suicide Squad, Kairos!Percy decides to demonstrate the function of Poseidon Poseidon's Trident, making Wine from one of Poseidon Poseidon's personal cellar.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: As Percy, Kairos Theodosian appears to be ''slightly'' kinder than he is in canon, at least to his allies. This is made especially prominent at the beginning of the fic, in which even Kairos!Percy himself is surprised by how much he genuinely loved his mother Sally Jackson and was enraged over his death (especially since he didn't give a single flying fuck about any of his relatives as Kairos). He also shares a few moments of sincerity towards his few allies without hiding a metaphorical knife to stab them in the back from what we can see (although part of this might be based on pragmatism, as he's fully aware of how utterly ''stupid'' it would be to betray potential allies when he's trying to fight an enemy as powerful as Zeus.)

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: As Percy, Kairos Theodosian appears to be ''slightly'' kinder than he is the original Tyrant was in canon, at least to his allies. This is made especially prominent at the beginning of the fic, in which even Kairos!Percy himself is surprised by how much he genuinely loved his mother Sally Jackson and was enraged over his death (especially since he didn't give a single flying fuck about any of his relatives as Kairos). He also shares a few moments of sincerity towards his few allies without hiding a metaphorical knife to stab them in the back from what we can see (although part of this might be based on pragmatism, as he's fully aware of how utterly ''stupid'' it would be to betray potential allies when he's trying to fight an enemy as powerful as Zeus.)
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: As Percy, Kairos Theodosian appears to be ''slightly'' kinder than he is in canon, at least to his allies. This is made especially prominent at the beginning of the fic, in which even Kairos!Percy himself is surprised by how much he genuinely loved his mother Sally Jackson and was enraged over his death (especially since he didn't give a single flying fuck about any of his relatives as Kairos). He also shares a few moments of sincerity towards his few allies without hiding a metaphorical knife to stab them in the back from what we can see (although part of this might be based on pragmatism, as he's fully aware of how utterly ''stupid'' it would be to betray potential allies when he's trying to fight an enemy as powerful as Zeus.)



* BatmanGambit: 'Percy'Kairos plan to take advantage the conflict between the Big Three (Zeus,Poseidon,Hades) to create anti Olympus faction with Poseiden and Hades joining force agains Zeus.

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* BatmanGambit: 'Percy'Kairos Kairos!Percy's plan to take advantage of the conflict between the Big Three (Zeus,Poseidon,Hades) (Zeus, Poseidon, Hades) to create anti Olympus faction an anti-Olympus faction, with Poseiden Poseidon and Hades joining force agains forces against Zeus.



* BlatantLies: 'Percy'Kairos lies as easy as he breathe .
* BrokenAce: 'Percy'Kairos is the strongest and most cunning Demigod of his generation, he managed to wage one man RoaringRampageOfRevenge agains Zeus and survive but he is completely alone with almost no ally or even place to call home.

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* BlatantLies: 'Percy'Kairos Kairos!Percy lies as easy easily as he breathe .breathes, and he is able to use the truth as a weapon to manipulate others just as effectively.
* BrokenAce: 'Percy'Kairos Kairos!Percy is the strongest and most cunning Demigod of his generation, he managed to wage one man RoaringRampageOfRevenge agains against Zeus and survive but he is completely alone with almost no ally or even place to call home.



* CassandraTruth: the one time 'Percy'Kairos honestly tell Zoe how the medallion from Selene will hurt her, Zoe chose to ignore and even threaten him, needless it end up badly for Zoe.

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* CassandraTruth: the one time 'Percy'Kairos Kairos!Percy honestly tell tells Zoe how the medallion from Selene will hurt her, Zoe chose to ignore and even threaten him, needless him into surrendering the medallion. Needless to say, it end ends up badly for Zoe.



* CombatPragmatist: 'Percy'Kairos will any means necessary to win fight from using traps, to insult.

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* CombatPragmatist: 'Percy'Kairos Kairos!Percy will any means necessary to win fight from using traps, to insult.



** Venus 'fight' agains 'Percy'Kairos last exactly one hit.

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** Venus 'fight' agains 'Percy'Kairos last Venus' "fight" against Kairos!Percy lasts exactly one hit. hit, and it would have easily ended up with the demigod's death if Venus had been aiming to kill Percy instead of keeping up appearances while hiding their alliance.



* DeadpanSnarker : 'Percy'Kairos and everyone around him get afflicted with this eventually .

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* DeadpanSnarker : 'Percy'Kairos Kairos!Percy and everyone around him get afflicted with this eventually .eventually.



* ExactWords: How 'Percy'Kairos lies, what he said isn't exactly what he meant.
* GenreSavvy : 'Percy'Kairos experience from Calernia made him this .

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* ExactWords: How 'Percy'Kairos lies, Kairos!Percy manipulates others. Even if he is speaking the truth, what he said isn't exactly says is most certainly not what he meant.
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--> '''Purseus''': '''Perseus''': Name?



* RefugeInAudacity: According to 'Percy'Kairos the more insane a plan is, the more likely it is to work.

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* RefugeInAudacity: According to 'Percy'Kairos Kairos!Percy the more insane a plan is, the more likely it is to work. Given how he successfully accomplished



** Percy/Kairos dubs his quest team the ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad''. [[spoiler:Surprisingly, all of them survive the quest except for one traitor.]]

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** Percy/Kairos Kairos!Percy dubs his quest team the ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad''. [[spoiler:Surprisingly, all of them survive the quest except for one traitor.]]



* SkewedPriorities : When Persephone about to Smithe The Suicide Squad, 'Percy'Kairos decide to demonstrate the function of Poisedon Trident, making Wine from one of Poisedon personal cellar.

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* SkewedPriorities : When Persephone about to Smithe smite The Suicide Squad, 'Percy'Kairos decide Kairos!Percy decides to demonstrate the function of Poisedon Poseidon Trident, making Wine from one of Poisedon Poseidon personal cellar.



* TalkingIsAFreeAction:'Percy'Kairos will never stoptalking matter how dangerious the situation is, it's also tied with his ability to convince his enemy of anything one he start talking, either with logic, charisma, or sheer audicity.

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* TalkingIsAFreeAction:'Percy'Kairos TalkingIsAFreeAction: Kairos!Percy will never stoptalking matter how dangerious the situation is, it's also tied with his ability to convince his enemy of anything one he start talking, either with logic, charisma, or sheer audicity.

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