Hermes wants a special delivery

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"Hello demigods" Hermes told us
-"Hello sir" I answered
  We started to leave but Hermes closed the door.
-"Umm, sir Hermes, we wish to leave" I told him
-"Oh, I know. But you won't" He told us
-"But, sir, we..." Jay started
-"Silence demigods! I understand you have something that belongs to me" Hermes told us
-"Oh, sir, we..." I started
-"Silence I said! I am the god of thieves. I know that you stole from me, but do not worry about that. I don't need that bag. What I want is for all of you to do a little private job for me, just like you did for my father. Mmm, father. That reminds of something, what was it? Oh right! You killed my son. You owe me, demigods"
  We fell silent
-"Anyway, what I want from you, is to deliver a message to a certain cyclops I know who's named Polyphemus. He lives in the sea of monsters. You'll have to go there, find him and give him a little something I have. But before I do that, you must understand that it is crucial that you do not peek and see the message, it is private. With some advice and some gadgets that I will give you later, you must go there. Do you understand?" Hermes asked
-"Yes, sir, we understand" Shaggy answered
-"Great. You must go there. Although, now that I remember, this quest requires five. But worry not, there is a son of Hecate in Camp Half Blood who is up to the job. Look for a guy named Francis Turner. He is the one who shall go with you" Hermes explained
  Francis Turner. I remembered him. He was the guy who fought against me in Camp Half Blood on my first day. He was the one who used The Mist, and he was the one who had a sword that looked exactly the same as mine, only that it was named Wand. He had been the guy who told me the story about Wand and Shade, the blades with either the curse or blessing of Ares. I hated that guy.
-"Fine sir Hermes. We'll look for him as soon as we get to Camp Half-Blood and come back for you to give us more detail" I said
-"Oh no. Don't do that now. All on its own time. Otherwise it'll all be in bane. For now, you can go home and have a normal life, but beware of the monsters" Hermes told us
  He turned and opened the door, but before he left, he turned around and said one more thing.
"Oh and, child of Demeter, umm, Jay was it? Your mother is here. She wishes to speak to you" Hermes concluded
  Hermes left, but before the door closed, a feminine hand held it from the other side, and then, the goddess of crops herself walked through the door.

....

  Demeter came in as if she just came back from posing for a statue. She had curl-ish brown hair, watery green eyes, a green dress with a brown coat and a crown of laurels in her head, all of which showed that she was a formal person, yet she had a golden sythe in her hand as if she just came from the fields, which clearly wasn't the case since she did not look like she had been working on the sun for a while.
"Hello, my son" Demeter said emphasising the word "my"
-"Hello, mother" Jay answered
  She studied him, stopping at his collar/spear with her symbol.
"I see you have not used your collar" She told him
-"What? Sitari? My spear? I used it a lot actually" He told her
-"Spear? I was not talking about that, although, nice naming it Sitari. But that's not the point, I mean the pendant. You know, the one I gave you when I claimed you. The wheat symbol. It's my symbol" Demeter told him
-"I am using it right now mother, can't you see?" He told her
-"Not like that. I mean use it properly. That pendant had magical powers. It can turn your enemies into wheat. It has a limit of five uses. It's the least I can do, since my children are never very powerful" Demeter told him
-"It can do that? How? That's amazing" Jay told her
-"Yes. It is because, you are my son. Demeter's son. Understand?" She yelled that last word, but not to him, it more like to herself
-"Yeah mom, I know" Jay told her
-"Oh right. You're here. I'd almost forgotten" Demeter told him
-"Weren't you just talking to me?" Jay asked her
-"Yes, of course. Whatever's believable to you. If that works for you then it's ok" Demeter told him
-"Umm... ok?" Jay said uncomfortably
-"Ok then. Good bye my son, and umm, eat your cereals" Demeter said.
  Jay seemed like he was going to say something, but before he could, Demeter disappeared in an explosion of wheat and cereals.
"Can we just ignore the fact that that was weird?" Jay asked
  We all agreed and left the throne room, at last.

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