Board Thread:Antaeus' Arena: Audience Chamber/@comment-1515612-20160831210117/@comment-33075683-20160906234320

I agree with you that Hazel could get around the whole sea sickness thing with her Mist travel, something i personally believe Percy could easily take care of using his storm powers ,but I don't agree when it comes to Percy being fast enough to deflect Hazel's jewels.

I hope this doesn't come off as condescending, but to say that Hazel would be able to take Percy out that easily with her jewels is a real reach. Percy has really great reflexes and he can come up with fairly good plans on the fly. That isn't something that you can really debate against. And I think that Percy would be able to feel it if a large amount of heavy jewels were to  suddenly start tunneling through the Earth.

And Chiron doesn't say things lightly. If he says that Percy is master when it comes to using the Mist, then I'm going to go ahead and say that he's a master at. Personally, I think the reason he doesn't use it more is because it doesn't go along with his battle style. Percy, I think, like to deal out as much damage as he possibly can, in a short amount of time, something the Mist doesn't really help out with, despite all of it's uses. And like I said above, I believe that Percy could take care of Hazel's Mist with a few storms or something.

Also, while you're right in the fact that Percy doesn't know what Hazel is capable of, the same can be said for Hazel herself. She hasn't seen everything that Percy can do, and I think that Percy has the advantage because of that. Percy reacts to situations very quickly, and can usually think of a good plan of attack within a minute or two.

Lastly, on Percy being too kind hearted to bloodbend Hazel, I 100% agree with you. It would probably take a lot to make him throw that out, but I'm pretty sure Hazel attempting to skewer him with gems would push him to that point. Also, couldn't the same also be said about Hazel though? I doubt Hazel would just up and decided to to turn Percy into Swiss Cheese.

Honestly, I'm not trying to be mean or diminish Hazel in anyway when I say that Percy would win against her. Hazel just doesn't have the experience Percy does, not has she had the time to flesh out and develop her powers as Percy has. If this took place in an AU where Hazel is the same age as Percy and has gotten the same time he's had to grow into herself, and develop her abilities, then I'd say that Hazel very well could win. Tie against him the least. But as she is now, she just can't match up properly.