Bottled Up | PJO

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'Excess knowledge may be your downfall but too little of it will be your doom'

Since the day with Medusa, Estelle couldn't help the weirder things she witnessed from the corner of her eyes. Like the voices she kept hearing and the dreams that were plagued with people she didn't know. The first time she decided to take action was when said boy she kept seeing in her dreams appeared on the TV. He was something of a terrorist causing the collapse of a bridge and running away from that. The day after, her dreams got worse mixing the truth with fantasy because now he could control water. Truthfully, Estelle avoided thinking of it completely because of the foreboding shivers that crept up her spine. It felt like she was stepping into unfamiliar territory, a place where her beliefs might change.

Even a week later she couldn't help but mull over the weird instances as she finished up the project with her friends. It wasn't a 'I wonder what happened to that medusa killing girl' it was more like 'I can't stop feeling unsettled since I saw those two'. It was more of a subconscious thought constantly at the back of her mind, but never one she summoned willingly. Huffing at the sudden reminder of the past week's scene she added the finishing touches to the project. Her marker scribbled a border down the edges and she skillfully made a few swirls and dotted a few flowers as a design.

Estelle looked up from the Bristol board, "done!"

"Nice" came Lynx's reply as she munched on some chips and flipped through the channels, "we can finally relax from that." She gestured for Estelle to join her on the couch as she turned on a movie.

Estelle took a seat and cringed, "this again? I'm starting to wonder if you have any taste."

Lynx stuck her tongue out as she nudged Darius, "she's insulting the love of your life."

"It was you?" Estelle asked in horror. She gave a slow shake of her head, "I expected better from you."

Darius gave an unimpressed nod, "oh how could I ever recover from this slander."

"You nev-"

"Guys come on, it's almost to the good part and you keep interrupting it," Henry called from the armrest as he swatted at Estelle.

With a sigh Estelle turned her face to the TV as Lynx snickered softly, meanwhile Darius gave Henry a thumbs up as he too became invested in the movie.

The horror ended after one hour and Darius's house had completely run out of snacks by now. Lynx sifted through the bowl of crumbs before shrugging and feasting on said crumbs. Darius and Henry watched with mouths wide open as the story ended, the star-crossed lovers parted with tears.

"This part always gets me," Henry mumbled as he wiped away a tear as Darius nodded, "so tragic"

The screen blanked out and the end credits began rolling. Estelle thumped the button and turned off the TV, "happy you two?"

"You know if this were a story you'd definitely be the witch who keeps trying to thwart the romance," Henry grumbled.

"Come on, you know they aren't going to end up together and that it's only going to make you sad"

"No Estelle, we know that its going to make us feel these mundane human emotions," Darius kept a hand on his heart dramatically.

Lynx snorted, "the horror, Darius finally feeling emotions"

"It's a quite serious condition," he nodded joining in the joke.

While the others joked Estelle looked at the time noting that it was almost night. Unwillingly she got to her feet, "I think I'll have to leave now if I want to get home before night"