The Olympians Read The Books

The Vice Principal Gets a Missile Launcher (Annabeth)

[I didn't.... was awake]

"I'm still not fully sure if it does," I said.

"It does," Grover told me.

"Good to know," I said.

[Hey, Grover!... at all]

"Gee, thanks Percy," Nico said, a little sarcastically.

"You were 10 and terrified, so yes, I was impressed. Most ten year olds wouldn't have the guts to say anything," I told him. 

[Dr. Thorn... some kind]

"Mythomagic figure?" Frank asked.

"Yeah," Nico said.

"Which one?"

"I can't remember." 

"Frank, you play Mythomagic?" I asked, interrupting.

"I dabble," he said with a shrug.

["Stop talking!"... mobile phone]

The demigods and mortals stopped for a minute to picture this, then nodded in agreement.

"I'm still learning about this world and now we have monsters using phones? The gods using modern technology make sense, but monsters using a mobile phone is way too weird," Paul said.

"It does feel very weird and wrong," Leo agreed.

[I glanced... Maybe]

"Of course I'd help, you're my son," Dad told me. "And no, it doesn't matter the parentage of whoever's with you."

"Thanks dad," I told him, smiling.

["I would... each other."]

"Well now, that's just not true," Will said.

"It was at the time," Nico said.

["Aww... the General?"]

"So why the French accent?" Rachel asked.

"It's an ADHD thing called echolalia. It's common in people with ADHD or other neurodivergencies," I said.

"How do you know this?" Athena asked.

"After a while in school, I decided to research ADHD so I could understand myself better," I told her with a shrug. "I'm sure the other demigods did the same thing."

[Thorn looked... army and-"]

"Whoa, slow down there Nico," Jason said.

"I didn't actually say anything!" Nico yelled.

"You would've if Thorn didn't interrupt," I muttered.

"Shut up," he hissed, kicking my back, having sat on the couch next to Thalia.

["Now, now,"... nuts, too."]

I smiled sadly, missing Bianca's bluntness.

"She's right though," Leo said, pulling me out of my thoughts.

"Dude, you are too," I told him.

"I never said I wasn't."

"Neither did I!"

[I never... of it]

"Jealous Percy?" Thalia teased.

"Nope, I have a perfectly good shield, made by my baby brother. What could be better than that?" I asked.

"Maybe a shield that even monsters are terrified to see," Thalia said.

"At this point, my sword has the same effect. Besides, I've had enough nightmares from meeting the actual Medusa," I said with a shrug.