I kapitlet "Jag springa till min död", medan Percy slår mot Echidna och hennes chimera faller hans svärd från handen i vattnet och återgår inte till sin ficka.
My whole leg was on fire. I tried to jab Riptide into the Chimera's mouth, but the serpent tail wrapped around my ankles and pulled me off balance, and my blade flew out of my hand, spinning out of the hole in the Arch and down toward the Mississippi River.
I managed to get to my feet, but I knew I had lost. I was weaponless. I could feel deadly poison racing up to my chest. I remembered Chiron saying that Anaklusmos would always return to me, but there was no pen in my pocket. Maybe it had fallen too far away. Maybe it only returned when it was in pen form. I didn't know, and I wasn't going to live long enough to figure it out.
Sedan i nästa kapitel "Jag blir en känd fugitiv", var han tvungen att plocka upp riptide från havsbotten.
I waded toward Riptide and grabbed it by the hilt. The Chimera might still be up there with its snaky, fat mother, waiting to finish me off. At the very least, the mortal police would be arriving, trying to figure out who had blown a hole in the Arch. If they found me, they'd have some questions.
I capped my sword, stuck the ballpoint pen in my pocket.
Klargör böckerna någonsin den faktiska orsaken till det? Jag kan inte tycka att det var något av anledningarna att Percy tänkte på; för att senare i serien i titans curse-kapitlet med titeln "Jag lägger på några få miljoner extra pund" anges följande:
Atlas was taking his time coming toward me. My sword was gone. It had skittered away over the edge of the cliff. It might reappear in my pocket—maybe in a few seconds—but it didn't matter. I'd be dead by then. Luke and Thalia were fighting like demons, lightning crackling around them. Annabeth was on the ground, desperately struggling to free her hands.
"Die, little hero," Atlas said. He raised his javelin to impale me. "No!" Zoe yelled, and a volley of silver arrows sprouted from the armpit chink in Atlas's armor. "ARGH!" He bellowed and turned toward his daughter.
I reached down and felt Riptide back in my pocket.
Sedan gick det tillbaka till sin ficka efter att ha fallit från klippan, antar jag att hans tidigare teorier inte stämmer.
Jag tror att Poseidon hindrade det från att återvända. Efter Percy hoppar i floden möter han en havsanda från sin fars domstol. Poseidon ville hjälpa Percy, men Zeus såg honom för nära. Så skickade han havsandan och stoppade Percy särdrag från att återvända till fickan, så Percy hade inget annat val än att gå och få det. Således tillåter han att prata med Percy, om än i rondellen.
Bara en teori, jag kunde vara helt utanför målet här. I böckerna finns två instanser när Riptide inte återvänder tillbaka till Percy Jackson.
Ingen ficka, ingen penna:
Svärdet återvänder tillbaka till Percy fickan och inte honom.
“I reached for Riptide, which I always kept in my pocket, but then I realized I was wearing gym shorts. I had no pockets. Riptide was tucked in my jeans inside my gym locker. And the locker room door was sealed. I was completely defenseless.”
The Sea of Monsters, Chapter 2, I Play Dodgeball with Cannibals
Godsam Blocker:
Gudar har makt att förhindra att svärdet återvänder tillbaka till Percy.
Percy glanced at Hazel and Frank, who didn’t seem to find anything odd about this. Still, he wasn’t wild about handing over a deadly weapon to a kid.
“The thing is,” he said, “the pen returns to my pocket automatically, so even if I give it up—”
“Not to worry,” Terminus assured him. “We’ll make sure it doesn’t wander off. Won’t we, Juila?”
“Yes, Mr. Terminus.”
The Son of Neptune, Chapter 13, Percy
I detta fall var Percy kläder i brand
“I turned and jumped. My clothes on fire, poison coursing through my veins, I plummeted toward the river.”
The Lightning Thief, Chapter 13, I Plunge To My Death
men fickan var inte skadad:
“I capped my sword, stuck the ballpoint pen in my pocket. “Thank you, Father,” I said again to the dark water.”
The Lightning Thief, Chapter 14, I Become A Known Fugitive
Chimera är en demon och har inte gudens kraft, han kan inte förhindra att svärdet återvänder tillbaka till Percy. Echidna kan vara ett annat fall, eftersom hon kanske har en Gud eller Titan som förälder .
Hon vågar även Percy att hoppa in i floden och hämta Riptide.
"If you are the son of Poseidon,” Echidna hissed, “you would not fear water. Jump, Percy Jackson. Show me that water will not harm you. Jump and retrieve your sword. Prove your bloodline.”
The Lightning Thief, Chapter 13, I Plunge To My Death
Låt oss överväga avståndet nu! I detta fall svärdet föll 630 fot.
Annabeth stood behind him, trying to look angry, but even she seemed relieved to see me. “We can’t leave you alone for five minutes! What happened?”
“I sort of fell.”
“Percy! Six hundred and thirty feet?”
The Lightning Thief, Chapter 14, I Become A Known Fugitive
I fallet med Titans förbannelse föll svärdet 50 meter
Despite how much I hated him, I couldn't stand to see it. I wanted to believe he was still alive, but that was impossible. The fall was fifty feet at least, and he wasn't moving.
The Titan's Curse, Chapter 17, I Put On A Few Million Extra Pounds
Chiron säger uttryckligen att svärdet inte kan gå vilse.
“You can’t,” Chiron said.
“Can’t what?”
“Lose the pen,” he said. “It is enchanted. It will always reappear in your pocket. Try it.”
“I was wary, but I threw the pen as far as I could down the hill and watched it disappear in the grass.
“It may take a few moments,” Chiron told me. “Now check your pocket.”
Sure enough, the pen was there.
The Lightning Thief, Chapter 10, I Ruin A Perfectly Good Bus
Så kommer allt ner till antingen avståndet mellan Percy och Riptide eller Echidna med hjälp av befogenheter som Terminus för att förhindra att svärdet återvänder tillbaka till Percy Jackson.
I detta fall föll det en chockerande sex hundra och trettio meter :
Annabeth stood behind him, trying to look angry, but even she seemed relieved to see me. "We can't leave you alone for five minutes! What happened?"
"I sort of fell."
"Percy! Six hundred and thirty feet!"
Och med Atlas var det bara femtio meter:
Despite how much I hated him, I couldn't stand to see it. I wanted to believe he was still alive, but that was impossible. The fall was fifty feet at least, and he wasn't moving.
-The Titan's Curse, chapter 17
Det är möjligt att hösten på bågen var för hög.
Det kan bero på Echidnas makt. Till exempel (du kanske inte uppskattar detta som det är från Serapis personal) när Serapis sväljer Riptide, återkommer det inte förrän han dödas, för att hans makt förhindrar det.
Det tar tid för Riptide att komma tillbaka. Percy fick kanske vänta lite innan han kunde få tillbaka sin penna.
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