ATLOP: Lessons in Water

Violence is a Choice (Healing is an Act)

*bows* I know, you all missed me so so much. You would not believe how much has been going on in my life since I last updated. Hang on I made a list-

I got Covid, then strep throat, then classes started, then got a sinus infection, then my car was broken (twice), then my body decided oxygen was for losers, then I got the flu then like a week later caught a stomach bug, then had major low iron and was nearly passing out daily, then my car broke again, then I got sick from stress, then I had a pain flare up, and right now as I write this I have BOTH a sinus infection and an ear infection.

Anyways, hope you guys enjoy the chapter! I'm very happy with it despite the delay. And hey, I even updated on a Monday <3.

The next chapter will, as with last book, be posted alongside the first chapter for Book 3. I'm hoping to have that up in the next two weeks (hopefully on a Monday as usual). I'll likely be moving updates to once every other week with the new book, cause clearly I'm not able to keep up with once a week right now.

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The vote for the next monument took far too long in my humble opinion. I had expected us to look them over then pick the one we liked best, and I did do that. I knew the one I liked best pretty quick: a pretty spiral like design that arched up and was covered in intricate details showcasing the three who died and the battle itself. I thought it was fancy.

Annabeth voted for the same one as me, so did Lee. But Beckendorf, Silena, Clarisse, and Katie all voted for one that was shaped more like a pyramid.

Castor and Pollux voted for one that looked very classic in design, blocky and similar to the kind that I'd seen in museums. Their vote only counted as one though, because they shared their position as head (and only members) of cabin twelve.

Eliza had voted for a fourth option, designed like a rising sea serpent. I didn't like that one because it felt like it was focusing on the end of the battle more than the people who died in the battle.

The other three didn't get any votes and were promptly put aside.

Of course, the voting itself only took place after a solid hour of arguing over the details of the various monuments and debating the functionality, the placement, and how the voting should commence or if we should even vote today. They did agree to vote today, but also reminded everyone that we would not be informed of the designer until after.

Minos was the one to declare the winner, though it was obvious. With four votes the pyramid shaped monument was the winner, narrowly beating out the pretty arch.

The designer was revealed to us as an Apollo kid named Keanu and he was promptly called in.

It took another thirty minutes of discussion on the design and if anything should be changed before we adjourned, Keanu to be working with the Hephaestus and Athena cabins to turn the design into a reality.

Annabeth was definitely disappointed that her design wasn't chosen, she'd apparently done the blocky ancient style design. But she perked up when I asked if she was also designing a temple and assured me she absolutely was. Her sketchbook seemed to appear out of thin air as she

He'd be working with the Hephaestus and Athena cabins to turn the design into a reality.

Annabeth was definitely disappointed at not winning as we left, she'd apparently done the more ancient style design, but she looked equally determined to be the winner of the vote for the temple. She was already pulling her sketchbook out to mutter over her design.