CWH 2

lAFFAYETTE!!

Alex

Alex was more than slightly confused when they walked into the art warehouse to find an elf trying (and failing) to ride a paper mache unicorn into battle.

Does he even know that it's not alive?

The frustrated elf dude zapped the unicorn, and Alex had to hold back a snort. Maybe he had short-circuited his brain like that one anime character.

Frigga.

The dude's head had turned owlishly towards them at the noise. Do elves have some sort of hyper-HEARING too?

I want elves at Valhalla, too bad they don't believe in the afterlife. Wait. Elves turn into trees after they die, but where do their souls go? Are they just stuck in a solid wooden trunk forever? OFF TOPIC!!!

Alex was able to restrain the villainy dude fairly simply, because he acted like a tiger dopey on catnip. Walking outside with him, they decided they would mess with him a little.

Pulling out a misplaced banner, she dangled it in front of the elf's face. His reaction was worth a million bucks, as he tried to grab the dangling string in any way possible, even stooping to using his tongue.

Too bad keeping an elf as a pet is immoral. Well, that and the fact that Hearth would absolutely gut me.

I need to introduce Hearth to Sophie. They can form a 'weird OP underestimated elves with family issues and temperamental fashionista boyfriends' club!

Alex laughed at their joke, then whistled for Ro to come retrieve the brain dead elf.

"Hey Alex. Any warnings about this one?"

Alex smirked "He's a pikachu, but his electricity short circuited his brain."

"Wait, so we have a brain-dead elf on our hands?"

They sniggered "I'll do you one better, a brain dead elf that thinks it's a CAT."

"No way, did you try a laser pointer?"

"Nah, couldn't find one. He did try to chase a string, though."

"OH. MY. GOSH. This will be SO MUCH FUN!"

"Unfortunately, if we mess with him it'll probably be considered immoral, and we don't need to deal with that headache."

"True. Sophie told me about a few of her tribunals, and I'm not eager to have twelve sparkly adult-babies glaring down at me judgmentally and lecturing endlessly."

"Oof. That sounds like torture."

"I know, RIGHT? So many elves act like they're just animated piles of sparkle, which is why I like Sophie and Keefe so much.

They're pretty much a constant Rick Roll and the stuck-up snoots have the FUNNIEST reactions!"

"We should probably put this dude away, huh?"

"Yeah. See ya later, Alex."

They handed the cloak dude to Ro, then walked back to the closet to grab the art supplies she had come for.

Percy

Percy smiled at Annabeth from across the table as she messed with her popsicle stick catapult.

For some reason they had been told to do this, but Percy wasn't complaining because there were marshmallows.

Keefe walked in with a pile of sticks, which set off warning bells in his head. What exactly are we going to do?