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Namimori had a fair share of visitors, but it is the first time they had visitors that fell from the sky, rose from the sea, and materialized in a shadowed corner. One glance at them, they could tell they were no normal human. But they could see the three are close, tight-knit, if they didn't outright say they were cousins, they could be mistaken as siblings.
Brave locals asked what they were doing in the town. They would exchange looks and would answer differently.
The girl with black hair that reaches her waist would grin, her sea-green eyes would shine in happiness and she would say, "I love how the sea in this little town is clean and devoid of trash, I enjoy the streams and rivers, the rare horses in here told me their owners were kind and the fishes and sea creatures said nothing but good things,"
The girl with black shoulder-length spiky hair would smile, her electric blue eyes would shine in glee and she would say, "The honor and justice in this town brought me in, the power people has in this town, how it was shared, in a sense, it was delicious,"
And the boy with messy and shaggy black hair would give a smile of melancholy, his dark brown eyes while sometimes glinting with wild madness, were sad but also hopeful, and he would say, "This town had many deaths, the people of this town had spirits of the dead following them around, be it as a curse or protection, this town is shrouded in it, they whisper me stories, from how they lived until their death, the shadows of this town brought me in,"
With how they say it, these were not humans, not mortals, some speculated they are mortals ascending to godhood, some mentioned perhaps the trio were messing with the locals, but it was a fact that they were never normal.
It all started as an experiment, a student prayed to the black-haired, sea-green eyed girl for safety as she traveled by sea, her class was the sole survivor of the ship sinking, and she was adamant the sea creatures actually helped them afloat until rescue came. More experiments happened until the locals set up altars in their homes, shared lucky charms to the students, the trio disappeared suddenly when temples were being built, but they never stopped.
There's a reason why Perse could control Poison, why Thalia could shoot multiple arrow at once and at the same time control lighting and weather and could fly, and why Nico brings the cold of death with him, could became one with the shadows and bring death without killing their targets.
There's a reason why they declined godhood when it was offered to them.'
After all, why would they accept it when they started becoming more god than mortal? Why would they accept the offer when they started bleeding more gold rather than red? At least they knew their godly parent don't need to worry about them dying mortal.