Huh... ya know, I honestly never thought that much about mine. Most of the time my coat covers it anyway, so it's pretty easy to forget it's even there half the time.

[The rest of the time is when he can almost feel the thing glowing, which is weird as hell. Though up until now, Axel actually didn't know that it did anything besides mark the temple that he'd come from, so thanks for the info, Percy.]

Though now that you mention it, ever since I got here, my darkness-based magic has felt a little bit... off, when I try to use it. Kinda hard to explain but the closest analogy would probably be a feeling like hearing static coming through in the background of a radio transmission. It's not quite as reliable any more, and I can't 'target' anywhere I haven't been before as the destination of a Dark Corridor.

Though like I said, that's been going on since I got here, so who the hell knows if it's the mark that's causing it, or just the whole 'getting yanked through time and space by the seat of your pants and plunked down on an alter' thing. Could even be just the result of kinda-sorta-almost dying, which is what happened to me right before I got brought here.

[Axel shrugs. Your guess is as good as his here, Percy.]