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scene bucket #8

kristin: this house

marion: ooh

kristin: i saw it the other day while doing this project or wtv for school

and i got an idea

what if

(ugh, okay, let me thing about this logically)

so i wanna say nico

but at the same i really don't

OO OOOh

wiat no

forget that

like an AU

where that house is near a cemetery, right?

marion: yeah

kristin: (sorry)

okay, so everyone has their powers still or whatever (i dunno if gods exist, but whatever, i'm not thinking that far into it)

but

the seven are like in highschool..? or eighth grade. that might be fun.

anyways

marion: hm

and they're all having a sleepover or whatever

and Piper

gets this brilliant idea like, "guys. there's this haunted house or whatever down the road. we should totally check it out," (okay, i think i'm getting eighth grade vibes lol)

marion: pipes noooo

kristin: hA

and i think the logical people of the group

annabeth, jason, frank (hazel?)

don't think it's a good idea.

but she's like "no, we got to" and leo and percy are backing her up, "come on guys, it'll be fun, don't be losers" right?

so, eventually, after much pleading and negotiating, they relent. and they head there.

but.

it's also like a mile away (dialogue time :D)

marion: hA the idiot trio has decided

kristin: xD r

*right

(OOOOOOOOOOOOH WIAT

NO POWERS

NO GODs

i jsut

eee

okay)

so because Piper has big mansion and stuff and dad is never home, they had the sleepover at her house. they got all the essentials. snacks, waterbottles, map (per Annabeth's insistance), flashlights, fidget toys

all packed in a backpack. they get their jackets on and their shoes and they start walking.

marion: rich girl

rich girl piper

kristin: hA

problem is, even though Piper said it's right down the road, it's a bit further than any of them intended. and they're batteries die.

so they're left walking alone in the dark

in the middle of (??) who knows where Nevada

marion: lost in the desert somewhere in nevada

kristin: xDD

they're never gonna make it to the house

with no flashlights,

and very little idea of where they're going

no adult supervision

to an old abandoned house

marion: yep

kristin: and piper decides that

this is the perfect time to tell them the ghost story behind it

while all the shadows are moving and we're lost and we keep hearing these

*things

marion: whOOOoooOooOoO

it's a sppoooookKKKy hOuUUusuEE

kristin: lmaoo

marion: shut up, piper

xDD

kristin: totally make this up

there's a woman, right?

crazy, schizophrenic, who was put in the looney bin when she was twelve

she heard things, saw things, and the voices in her head ("the reincarnations of my past lives") are telling her to do crazy stuff.

at first, it just small stuff, right?

marion: yeah

like stealing and messing with people's heads and a little bit of arson

but then they start telling her to kill people. (Ooh, wait do you have triggers?)

marion: nah nah no triggers

interesting story tho

kristin: ok ok just making sure

at first, though, she doesn't listen, she's like that's not cool, i could go to jail, not to mention it's killing people

but then they get louder and they keep pressuring her. so she ends up doing it.

marion: this is actually a good fake-horror story

why thank you. at least i think it's fake. if it exists, then, wow what a coincidence.

eee

(okay, while Pipers telling this story Leo and Percy are like sneaking up behind Jason and Annabeth haha)

marion: ksjabdns whyyy perce leo nO

kristin: hAhA they're so evil >:}

so the grief becomes too much for this lady, right? at this point she's like...22, 23? i dunno. but she runs away. and she finds this house

and at the time, it is abandoned, but it's in much better shape than it is now. like, windows are intact, floors are mostly, etc.

marion: yeah yeah

and after a while she settles down enough to actually have kids. but there's a problem. the guy wasn't her husband or even her boyfriend. it was one night stand. and when he found out she was pregnant, he didn't want anything to do with it.

(i swear it's almost over hah)

marion: no no im invested

this is interesting

kristin: (okay, okay)

so he leaves. this, obviously, makes her mind. not to mention, she never wanted kids, and she's in no condition to take care of them.

*mad

so, when the baby is born and he looks like almost an exact replica of the father (besides the nose, the nose is hers) she drowns it. boom, taken care of, she thinks.

marion: i was about to make a very inappropiate joke about that please continue

xDD

ok ok

but then the voices get louder. and she swears every night when she goes to sleep, she can hear the baby crying in the next room.

marion: oh

oh this is most definitely a feasible horror

kristin: (:D if you have anything to add, by all means go ahead)

marion: no no im not ruining your story

kristin: you wouldn't but okay

and it the crying starts getting louder. and louder. and one night, she can't stand it.

she barges into the room where she used to keep the baby, and looks for it.

when she can't find it she goes crazy. ripping up floorboards, throwing things, smashing the windows.

just tearing everything apart.

marion: wow

kristin: yeah.

but, in her blind rage, she misses the window at the top of the house

she's still throwing things, but when she rips up one particular floorboard, she stumbles back

straight out the window

marion: ooH boi

kristin: "medics and etms said she died on impact. snapped her neck."

"but

legend has it that she still haunts the place, and every night, if you listen carefully, you can hear the baby crying,"

(cue leo and percy scaring the crap out of everyone (except piper because, ofc, she was watching them) and them hitting them)

marion: hA

kristin: >:}

after they settle their nerves annabeth scoffs, "pipes, please, that's so stereotypical for a ghost story. i mean, come on 'she still haunts it'. really?"

Piper shrugs, "believe it or not. it's true. mrs. o'leary, the lady who lives across the street from the house, says that she was there that night

she saw it all"

marion: mrs.oleary

mrs.oleary

kristin: olejbhfdieskjmad

marion: he

hehe

mrs. o ' leary

kristin: hehe

franks like, "mrs. o'leary. really?

she's like 116 years old and off her rockers, there's no way she's a trustworthy source,"

Piper shrugs and skips ahead, "Whatever"

so, basically, they get there right?

to the haunted house.

and at first none of them want to go in

they're scared cats

(even piper, though she won't admit it)

they have o play nose touch to see who goes in first

percy loses

marion: hA have fun perce

kristin: xD

so, he creeps in there right? and at first he's just "okay, creepy haunted house, with a tale of an insane ghost lady, what could go wrong?"

marin: many things

including falling through the rotting floorboards

have fun, percy, in a building thats not even remotely up to code

kristin: "shut up, brain,"

he mutters

marion: oof

kristin: xD

"You know, i don't think it's normal to talk to yourself,"

he hears behind him

"Oh, sh-WHo are you?!"

marion: oOoOhhhHHHH SHHHHHH- uuhHHHH hIIIIi

kristin: xDD

marion: *awkward voice crack*

kristin: hAHAah

oh, the joys of eighth grade

marion: lol yeah

kristin: he yells loud enough for the others to come rushing in (problem is, the voice is hiding in the shadows- they don't see anyone)

(which is, mildly concerning. to put the least)

marion: well.

kristin: haha

"Percy...are you-are you okay?"

marion: yes i AM fiIIINnnNNE i just heard someone talk and it was noT YOU AND NOW I DON'T KNOW WHO'S IN HERE WITH ME

kristin: "Percy, what?!"

because really

he's just muttering incompressible things

marion: ooh boi

yeah that's probably creeping out the others

kristin: lmao xDD

marion: just muttering and he's unresponsive

kristin: while waving his (dead) flashlight around, as if it'll help

marion: yeah he's insane

kristin: oh, yeah, definitely

marion: they probably think piper set him up for this

kristin: oh, yeah

marion: like piper tell him to stop it

kristin: come on it's not funny

marion: but he just keeps muttering

kristin: pipes like, "i didn't- i mean, this wasn't-"

marion: and everyone is very concerned

they hear a loud thump

coming from the top floor

marion: !

kristin: the room that the baby supposedly stayed in

marion: oh HECK NO

kristin: They all scream and freeze, holding their breathes

(breaths? breaves?)

marion: breath

kristin: xD okay

"what was that," hazel whispers

thump

marion: did percy stop

kristin: no. absolutely not. it got worse.

marion: oh

kristin: thump

*incromphernsible muttering*

(or whatever, you know how to spell it)

"Percy, stop it!"

Leo's like, "maybe he's posessed?"

thump

they're still whispering

"leo, shut up, he is not possesed. Percy!"

thump

he stops

"we have to get out of here, pipes, this was a horrible idea, why would-," but the door won't open

"annabeth, that's not funny, open the door,"

marion: uh oh

wait is everyone in the house

or just percy

kristin: everyone, now

they came in when he yelled

would you rather just percy?

that could be interesting

marion: nah it's your story just checkin

actually that kind of would

wait but

kristin: yeah, ik right?

i need your help

marion: im indecisive

kristin: me too

hold on lemme do a pros/cons

ohOHOHOH

okay, just percy, i just

major plottwist

ooooh

okay okay

marion: ?

kristin: (haha you'll have to find out)

so instead of the seven barging in when he yelled, they just walked up to the door.

so they were basically on the front porch while he was in the house

marion: he is the sacrifice

kristin: (okay, wait, no but kinda)

welcome to our satanic rituals

marion: sacrifice percy bc he lost, no way they're bailing him out

kristin: xD

so the door slams shut.

and locks.

marion :OH HECKITY HECK

kristin: hA. yes

percy can hear them, frantic, on the other side

"annabeth open the door it's not funny."

he can almost hear her glare, "You really think i'd be holding it shut?"

marion: heckity heckity trapped alone in a house with 6 people available for consultance but no actual assistance

kristin: ...

yeah basically

>:}

"Percy are you holding on to the doorknob? you have to let go,"

marion: welp

"No, i'm not," and he's like on the verge of panic.

he hears a chuckle behind him, and that sets him off again

marion: 😬

huh

kristin: xD

marion: nvm continue

kristin: haha...okay

so (where was i?)

(right)

so, he turns around and he manages to ask, "who are you? what do you want? let me out, i'll leave you alone, whatever please,"

marion: apiejfkmed percyyyyyy

kristin: (sorry got distracted)

his friends are on the other side of the door, "Percy!! What's going on?! are you okay?? open the door!"

they're

marion: and he's

kristin: (that's so much fun)

(mega panic) also the person (?) behind him is still chuckling

so they go quiet long enough to listen

"I'm surprised you guys actually came here,"

"Braver or stupidity i can't decide,"

"but still," the figure shrugs, "kudos to you"

marion: casual conversation while percy is about to die from adrenaline

kristin: xD

he's trembling and just barely holding it together

"so hows the weather?"

marion: *yet another awkward voice crack*

kristin: hA

(for purposes, canon ages are completely wrong. the figure is like 18)

marion: k

kristin: sorry im stuck

hmm...

okay so for the moment, percy's adhd starts acting up (bc i need an excuse to think)

and he takes a good look around

it's a two story house, though how usable the second story actually is, he's not sure

the stairs looked like something out of a haunted house picture (which, he figured, fit) with almost every other step missing. you didn't even have to walk on them to know that they creaked.

marion: ooh

a dirty rug with an old, faded flower print lay center of the stairs, starting at the front door, and leading all the way up and continuing into each of the rooms

old, musty furniture was scattered, all of them broken. they had holes from cigarettes in them, dirt, stains, rips.

there were random holes throughout the floor of the house, almost like someone was trying to walk, but their foot fell through.

the structure was sagging, the wood molding, the paint chipping, and the nails and metal rusted

the house looked like it wanted to collapse in on itself.

marion: ooh descriptive

kristin: ...

sorry i got carried away

marion: nah its good

kristin: okay

im still stuck, though.

oop-

got it

after his, awkward, voice crack, the figure chuckles

"you know," he's slowly walking up the stairs, "i can speak to dead people,"

(okay, at this point i can't tell if he's messing with him or he's being serious, i'll be just as surprised as you)

percy freezes.

okay, under normal circunstances, when he's not in a haunted houses with a creepy guy that could easily kill him, he wouldn't have believed him

but these, obviously, aren't normal circumstances.

because, beside the fact that he claims to be able to talk to ghosts, the baby is still crying in the other room

marion: *gulp*

yeah. (i still have no idea where i'm taking this, sorry)

marion: nah it's fine

kristin: (okay, cool)

(ugh, okay)

(so)

Right, so the guy's still slowly walking up the steps and the babies crying gets louder and percy's still trying to keep it together, except he said that he could talk to ghosts

marion: hnGHhhh paniKKKK

kristin: that pushes him over the edge and he whips around and starts banging on the front door, "Guys! GUys!! OPEN THE DOOR!"

and they start reciprocating his actions, "PERCY!! WHAT'S GOIN ON? COME ON!"

marion: OOOOHHHH HECK NOOOO LET ME oUT let LET ME OUT

kristin: he can hear hazel crying and everyones freaking out and the figure is still just standing there

watching him

"Calm down, you know, if you hit the door too hard, this whole place'll come down,"

Percy freezes for what feels like the hundredth time that day

his friends stop too after a moment

marion: wonder if they think he's dead

kristin: ...

yes.

definitely.

especially because when annabeth whispiers, "percy, are you okay,", he doesn't answer

marion: *silence*

welp he's dead pack it up let's go

kristin: xDD

leo, no, shut up, this is serious

i know. i am being serious

The guys chuckles, again.

"Your friends think you're dead."

percy just blinks at him, blankly

marion: .-.

kristin: (sorry, i'm multitasking)

he waves a hand in front of his face, "helloooo?" before shrugging and continuing when he doesn't get a response

marion: oof

"Anyways, like I was saying. There's a baby that used to live here. an old woman, too, but I didn't like her very much,"

"wha-what do you mean

that was like sixty years ago, you're not that old,"

he shrugs, "maybe not. but, like i said, i can talk to them,"

marion: ahah thats uh a neat thing to do

"Did you talk to that baby?" percy finally asks, figuring that maybe if he can stall him, or if he ends up being interesting, he'll let him go

but the guy freezes

"You can hear the baby, too?"

marion: :0

kristin: >:}

marion: :O.

kristin: >:}}

hehe

marion: i am sho o k

kristin: percy frowns, "Uh..yeah?"

the guy leans forward, and percy finally gets a good look at him.

he's pale, with and olive complexion and black hair, wearing an aviator jacket

marion: nicoooooo

kristin: heh.

hehe.

Percy takes an instinctive step back.

after a moment, the guy speaks again

"Ask your friends if they can hear the baby,"

Percys blinks at him, "Uh-what?"

"You heard me. ask them,"

marion: well.

kristin: percy doesn't want to because he's got a bad feeling in his stomach, but at the same time he doesn't know if this guy will kill him or something.

He bangs on the door

"GUYS! GUYS!"

they start baning again, too

"STOP! GUYs, stop"

They slow down, "Percy? What's wrong?"

He swallows

"Can you guys uh- do you guys hear the baby,"

there's a moment of silence

"What?"

"The baby."

"LIke the one from the story?"

marion: -._-. no....

kristin: "yeah"

"percy, of course not. that's not funny. get out of there. "

marion: and they're not takin him seriously clap clap good job great friends wow

also nico what the heck

kristin: 👏👏

good friend squad

also nico. yeah, man. what the heck?

they keep banging, but he can't hear because his ears are ringing- why didn't they hear the baby?

marion: ah, great, now not only do his friends think he's insane now he thinks he's insane

kristin: xD

yeah, exactly, cause that's the way to go :)

"See? Nobody can hear the crying baby. Except me. But I'm certifiably crazy,"

Percy's eyes widen, and his jaw drops

the guy laughs, "I'm just kidding,"

marion: .0.

"Chill, kid,"

"Look, my name's Nico, what's yours?"

Percy doesn't want to answer

Percy definitely doesn't want to answer

"Percy,"

and he wishes he could shoot his mouth

marion: iuwgbjkeacxs

kristin: (i can't tell you how many times i've had that thought)

marion: hA

kristin: "Welp," he says turning around, "I'm going upstairs,"

"Wait- upstairs?"

He gives him a look, "Uh- yeah. upstairs."

"But that's where the lady died, and my friends, and the doors locked and I can't leave-"

"Kid. That ain't my problem"

(also, nico calling percy kid)

marion: hA hA

kristin: kiddo

marion: k i d d o o o o

kristin: kidooo

*ahem*

anyways

Percy watches him walk up the stairs and turn to the first bedroom

he goes back to banging and screaming on the door

he does it till his and his friends voices are raw, and it feels like he's never getting out of there. so he follows him.

marion: aw poor perce

i feel bad for him

kristin: :( i hope so. that was the point. i love causing these characters p a i n.

which, in hindsight, probably wasn't a good idea. this guy is like four years older than him, super creepy, seemingly lives in the abandoned house, and claims to talk to ghost. but whatever. what else was he going to do

(plus, that baby was getting really annoying)

marion: yeah true

so he walks up the stairs. slowly, carefully, for some reason not wanting to be heard, but also not wanting to fall through the staircase and die.

when he gets into the room, there's nobody there. which is weird, seeing as this guy never walked back out into the hall, and there's no other way to escape- other than window.

the room is empty. it's a plain white room, with brown hardwood floor, and nothing except a yellow crib slowly rocking in the middle of the room

marion: oof-

the child

kristin: Percy doesn't want to walk up to the crib- so why are his legs moving?- and his heart is pounding in his hears, he's forgotten about Nico and his friends because all he can focus on is the baby in the crib.

marion: ._.

this is

inexplicably captivating

kristin: :o

thanks

He's forgotten how many steps he's taken, but he guesses he's about three away from standing in front of the live, screaming, not dead baby, and he just wants to turn around.

his brain has other ideas.

his hands shake as they rest on the cribs railing, and he peers over the edge.

the baby doesn't stop crying. he thinks he can hear is friends screaming, but he's not sure. he has no idea what to do. this baby- it doesn't seem dead. and he knows that, logically, there's no such thing as ghosts. that if this baby is left, it's not going to magically disappear, and it's going to starve.

but none of this is logical.

He picks up the baby, and it doesn't float through his hands, it doesn't do anything except stop crying.

(no. im stuck again)

marion: Maybe?? nico can’t get the baby to stop screaming?

kristin: OH! NO, NO that’s good! This is why you write.

so He picks up the screaming baby

and he feels Nico walk up behind him. Where he came from, he's got no idea, considering the fact that he just sort of disappeared before.

Percy is internally freaking out. Screaming on the inside- im in this haunted house and im holding a *dead* baby and theres a weird guy behind me and the baby won't shut up and-

the baby shuts up

Just sort of...stops.

which, doesn't help Percy's freak out, how does he know the baby isn't dead now?

He hears Nico gasp behind him.

He turns round to face him

marion: :0

kristin: (hehe)

"what?" he asks, voice shaking [cue another voicecrack]

marion: nico is just utterly lost like what the heck this impish teen comes in and manages to shut up the bawling baby

kristin: xDD

Percy's pretty sure he won't be able to freak out anymore or else he will die.

physically and mentally.

marion: just die

kristin: hA

"What??" he repeats, louder, when Nico doesn't answer.

Nico stares at him, eyes wide, pointing at the baby, "the-th- bab"

"I can't understand you!"

"That baby has been crying for years"

"since before I got here, according to the ghosts. nobody has been able to make it stop,"

No. That's not right. there's no way, right? he was just a kid, and he was just trying to mess around with his friends- his friends.

He puts the window down and runs to the baby

no.

that's not right.

he puts the baby down and runs to the window

it's the same window that the lady- he never did find out her name- died from.

the realization hits him like a ton of bricks.

marion: :|.

this is intense

i n t e n s e

kristin: he bangs on the window, trying to get their attention.

marion: OH NO DON'T FALL OUT DON'T FALL OUT

kristin: ...

He bangs harder. screams even though he knows they won't be able to hear him. screams even though his voice his raw. screams even though when he does, the baby does, and nico is still in the room, watching him.

Why can't they hear him??

marion: the others are just getting progressively more concerned with each minute he doesnt come out

kristin: "should we go in there"

"What are you stupid?? we already tried that"

marion: "maybe we could break the door down"

(hopefully it

's one of those thick old doors so they don't try that)

kristin: (ha. yeah. so they don't try that )

marion: "did he have his phone?"

kristin: "i dont know but i can't get good service here"

"well, how many bars?'

"like a quarter of one"

"You really think we can break down this door? Have you looked at it"

"Battering ram stlye"

marion: "no, you'll crack your skull"

kristin: "not like that, doofus. here," annabeth pulls over the end of tree trunk, "we'll do it all together"

(OOOOOH I JUSTOOOH I HAVE AN IDEA)

marion: :0

ooh boi they're actually going to slam the door in

kristin: They all grab the trunk, and back away from the door.

Then, all together, they ran at it.

It doesn't work.

"I knew it wouldn't"

"Come on!! Perce is in there! Try it again!"

they do

again.

and again.

until finally- BAM!

The door splits down the middle, splinters and pieces of wood flying everywhere.

"HAH! It Worked!" Piper yells, dropping the trunk and running in

the others follow her lead.

---

"Why can't they hear me??" Percy asks nico, near hysteria

Nico rolls his eyes, "you're like a hundred feet above the entrance, why do you think,"

Percy whips around and growls at him, "This is all your fault! If you hadn't gone and screwed everything up, I wouldn't be here!"

"MY fault?! I didn't make you come here! I didn't force you to open the door and walk in! This is all on you, kid, don't push your problems onto other people just because you don't like them," He stormed off

marion: welp

kristin: (heh) the only thing that seemed like a good idea to Percy rn was to sit down and cry until some miracle happened and he was saved. but he kept going. he walked back to the window, took a deep breath and hit, full force, with his whole body

marion: OH mY GoodnESS HE FLUNG HIMSELF OUT THE FRICKIN WINDOW

kristin: oh my god i can't breathe

that was not the reaction i was expecting lmao

hoo

But, yeah, basically.

Just in time, too, because his friends burst through the bedroom door at that moment

"Perc-"

"PERCY!!"

they stared at the broken window, stunned

marion: everyone involved is traumatized

kristin: very.

marion: what do they do

kristin: (i don't lol i haven't gotten that far)

"maybe he's okay?" annabeth whispers

marion: would they look out the window or just leave the house and go help him

kristin: they'd look out the window for a good three minutes before it actually hit them what just happened. and then they'd go try and help him.

marion: i need answers is percy ok

is he ok

kristin: hA

marion: is the boi ok

I-

kristin: he's dead

like at first he was alive

marion: NOSNWPDNSALMKZ

kristin: you know they called the ambulance everythings going to be okay, percy, stay with us

marion: I NEED TO GO CRY IN A CORNER

kristin: and when they got there (to the hospital)

the doctors were pretty much hanging on by a thread, because they knew that he wasn't going to make it

but there was also 6 other kids there and who knows how many adults so they kept trying

they did cpr for twenty minutes before pronouncing him dead

marion: i...

kristin: but if it makes you feel better

they buried him next to the ocean

and left flowers there everyday

and made sure that the headstone was blue

even nico visited it

marion: i cant deal with this

kristin: im sorry

it's just the way the world works

marion: give me a minute i need to go cry

kristin: circle of life

marion: HE FLUNG HIMSELF OUT OF AWINDOW

kristin: (HAHAHAHHA)

i know what'll help you feel better

marion: what

kristin: sally nearly died from the grief

cried everyday

marion: THAT ISN'T HELPING KRISTIN

kristin: HAHAHHAHA

marion: K R I S T I N

kristin: HAH

YES?

marion: I C A N T D E A L W I T H T H I S

kristin: remember the lion king?

c i r c l e o f l i f e

it's okay

marion: h e

h i m s e l f

o u t

o f

kristin: sometimes it happens

i don't know what to tell you

marion: i cant deal with this

i cannot

i cannot recover from this

this has permanently scarred me

kristin: at least his dad didn't go to his headstone every day and leave blue flowers, and at least the rest of the six didn't break up as a group, and at least sally and paul ate and slept like regular people

at least

marion: YOU'RE LYING

kristin: ...

Yeah. yeah, i am

not about the death, though. just the last paragraph

marion: *sob* i cant do this

cannot do this

i cannot do this

i cant take this

kristin: he's only dead, calm down

marion: EXACTLY, HE'S DEAD

kristin: At least his spirit didn't haunt the house forever

marion: no way

you're lying

please

please please

kristin: at least when Nico talked to him, he wasn't taking care of the baby

at least he knew he was dead

marion: no

i cant

please

kristin: at least he didn't believe he was still alive

marion: i cannot do this

im going to start crying

i cant do this

kristin: at least when nico tried to tell him, he didn't start crying and plugging his ears

marion: goodness no...

i cant

i need to leave

kristin: hehe

marion: i need to curl up in a blanket and cry

kristin: at least twenty years later, the exact same thing didn't happen to another kid his age and his seven other friends

marion: NO.

NO.

IF IT IS ESTELLE

I WILL THROW SOMETHING

CANNOT

DEAL

WITH

kristin: circle of life

marion: THIS

kristin: dunno what to tell you

at least after her, sally didn't break down completely

right?

marion: IT WAS ESTELLE WASN'T IT

oh goodness i can see it

kristin: circle of life

i can see it

i dont like it

sally probably is super insistent on her going nowhere close

and then

kristin: they buried her next to her brother, and painted her headstone purple

marion: she thinks it's bc of the 'ghosts'

kristin: two bouquets of flowers

one purple one blue

next to each other

for years

marion: NO NO NON noneoaizdnskOPNSD

kristin: circle

life

im going to make this into a one-shot

marion: i cant do this

kristinkrisitn

kisrin

krisj

KEKSDIK

kristin: hahahahhaha

#pjo #hoo #percy jackson #au??#ish #haunted house au #ghosties #nico di angelo #the seven #estelle blofis

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scene bucket #7

kristin: ihaveanidea

marion: jghsfedrftgh what

kristin: it might make me a terrible person

but um

okay, first

how much do you know about Percy's sibling? like, did you get spoilers for that

marion: uhm

she

right?

kristin: yeah

it's probably a she

uhmmm

her name isssss

eeeeee?

kristin: yeah

e something

kristin: (this is so funny)

marion: uH

eeeeeeeeEEEeeee

can't um

edith doesnt sound right

kristin: lmaoo

marion: eva eve emery

kristin: i can't breathe

marion: nope nope nope

im tryIMG

kristin: hAhahah

marion: I KNOW ITS AN E

ELIZABETH????

ella?

ELLA

ella sounds sort of right

yes?

kristin: no

marion: DANGIT

UHM

kristin: *inhale exhale*i -ooi can't breathe

marion: hnGhHHhhh

emma?emily?no

none of them sound right

hgurinjdfsma

ellie?

kristin: can i give you the next one lol

marion: yes please

kristin: es

marion: ES?????

kristin: yES

marion: ESSA???

kristin: lmaooooo

marion: im so lost

kristin: hahahahaha

i don't think you realize how near hysteria i am

marion: *lookin up names starting with es*

OH MY GOODNESS IT'S ESTELLA ISN'T ITYES????

kristin: so close

oh my gods

sooo close

marion: NO

WIBUVASKMLZ

NOOOO

YOU"RE JOKING

YOU'RE KIDDING ME RIGHT

kristin: no im not fffgherj

youre so close

ohmygods

help me

marion: UHMUHMMMMES

kristin: this is the best thing that's happened all day

marion: ESTELLE???

kristin: YES!

marion: poiUGYFTDSX FINALLY

kristin: i cannot physically breathe

that was

marion: *sobbing*

kristin: *laughing*

lol jk

im not laughing

im crying, too

okay so my idea was that

if like she was like jealous of percy's powers

(but like she still loves him ofc)

marion: ah

who wouldn't be jelly

kristin: hA

but like

something happens (?)

marion: *question mark noise*

kristin: i swear you have to stop. i seriously cannot breathe. and i'm getting looks agian

marion: can't stop won't stop

WaIT plEaSe

i just

marion: nO

i need to breathe

for like two seconds

marion:*inhale*

kristin: you

are evil

marion: >:3

kristin: xD

so something happens to percy

like he's attacked or whatever?

marion: ok same old tuesday for him

kristin: hA

yeah basically

(i have yet to figure out the details)

(but)

marion: details details

kristin:who needs details?

marion: yeah

kristin: so percy like walks in the door with annabeth

but he's like dying

and stuff

marion: *casually dying*

kristin: yeah, like usual

but estelle has like

reality check

marion: like oh shoot he ded

wait no

he could be dead soon

kristin: pfft-ha

that dinosaur

okay so.

like, idk. where exactly i was going with that.

marion: estella is... not jelly anymore?

kristin: okay, maybe still a teeensy tinsy bit, but she realizes that it's more than just powers. there's like a cost or whatever. just like an image of percy like waking up because she's lying next to him and crying.

marion: wow

angst.

angst with smol hurt/comfort, 500+ words, implied character death, graphic depictions of violence

kristin: ..

uh-

marion: archive of our own

im braindead

kristin: xD

marion: ...

tagged Graphic Depictions of Violence, Percy Jackson & Estelle Blofis, Minor/Background Percy Jackson/Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson), Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson), Estelle Blofis (Percy Jackson), Hurt/Comfort, Implied Character Death, TOA Spoilers

kristin: This is.

are you writing this??

marion: lol no

kristin: Hahahahahah

ooo

marion: just mentally compartmentalizing it under ao3 tags

i dunno-

kristin: ahha

okay

i can't

#percy jackson #tw mention of injuries?#estelle blofis #minor toa spoilers #annabeth chase #hoo #pjo

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scene bucket #6

kristin: what if percy could sing

under the water?

like...sirens?

marion: :o

kristin: but like, he can't above water.

but when he's under it

it's like...

marion: oof-

like in harry potter!

kristin: idk

what happnes

marion: the merpeople's song is beautiful underwater

kristin: ok

marion: but in air it just sounds like high-pitched screaming XD

kristin: yeah like that!

but under the water it's like the best singing any of them has ever heard

marion: aw

so no one hears it except annabeth and no one believes her

kristin: oh gods yes

UNTIL

one day when they're under the water and they need a song to open a door

(kinda like in TLO/hadestown)

marion: ooh

kristin: ooooh

wait

but then Piper could just sing

marion: ew piper

kristin: cus i have a feeling unless he needs to, he won't sing

marion: piper cant sing

piper cannot sing

what would she sing???

kristin: pretty sure it’s canon

marion: no matter what she sings it has charmspeak tho

kristin: like, she sings summertime

marion: so...

kristin: right???

marion: she could accidently do something to the others with charmspeak tho

kristin: oooh yeah, okay

so Percy has to do it

marion: percy's just oh ok

kristin: sighs real deeply

(but wait, why are they underwater?)

marion: idk

kristin: eurhguh...so maybe they're on the Argo

and somebody/something throws them overboard? so i need a monster

a greek monster

y'know any?

marion: chimaera? arai

kristin: like, he hasn't fought, mayb?

that they would find

on a boat?

marion: khione and the ice spirits mebbe?

he wasnt there for that

kristin: hmmm

so like, i need something that's gonna throw the seven (and hedge?) overboard

marion: KYM

kristin: OOH

so like, an AE, or just like, revenge?

marion: revenge as a screw you to her half-brother and bc she hasnt gotten her figurine yet

kristin: HAH

took you too long, little brother

marion: she demands a better advertising campaign

kristin: and now she demands assistance

as insurance

this time, the storms stronger

marion: oohoohooh

kym is mad

kym is real mad

kristin: yes and guess what?

she throws 'em overboard, and Percy has to make airbubles (like he did with Jason)

marion: ah, wait

you mean with annabeth

jason summoned a storm spirit i think

kristin: OH! Right

marion: vent...us?

kristin: pfft

marion: vent ai?

kristin: Dylan

marion: something

yeah him

kristin: (hah)

which kinda wears him out, just a bit, by the end of it, because he has to do it a long time

(the airbubbles)

marion: true

he has to keep cycling air for these pathetic non-sea people

kristin: xD

he just complains about it the whole time

"stupid mouth breathers"

marion: can't you just breath like a normal person

kristin: pfftt

marion: we are normal people you're the half-fish guy

he gasps, all indignant. "I am not half fish"

"then what in Hades names are you, Percy?"

marion: half-...

kristin: "Annabeth, you're supposed to be on my side!"

marion: which side? the human one or the fish one?

kristin: xDD

marion: -_-.

kristin: pfft

but like, she sends them down to this place

Wait?

which body of water are they in?

where are they?

i'm trying to be as accurate as possible here

marion: hmoshenhahoce

kristin: ANancient lands?

marion: idk

assuming they're on the argo? the middle of the atlantic ocean probably

kristin: okay, cool

hold on.

so part of the war world 2

there was this big battle in the atlantic right?

marion: erm

i think

kristin: (yes, it's true, i wikid it)

basically there was submarines for the navy and stuff, and some of them like sunk

so...i'm thinking if she lead them into one of those, right?

marion: hm

trap them in a subright

sounds like kym

kristin: xD

except

there's a problem

you wouldn't need to sing to open a submarine door

marion: hMMmmMMM

kristin: maybe like...magic?

but idk how far that goes…

marion: magik

DOOOH OOHOOH

kristin: what?

marion: magik activated by something dumb like the song of the sea

or something

kristin: yeah yehayeah

okaokay

so...how does she do it though?

like, she just does storms and stuff.

marion: eruhha

oops

i have no clue

i know there's a lot of minor sea deities

kristin: yeah

marion: but i know nothing about them

kristin: hold on lemme do the google

marion: keurgh

kristin: Are you serious?!? Google says there are 270 water gods. 270.

marion: 😐

kristin: *sigh* okay

what is the goddess? of magic

marion: ok den

hecate

kristin: Right

so...idk maybe like (it's a stretch, for sure)but maybe like she pairs up with like a child of hecate?

or smth, idk....hm

marion: hecate joined kronos? i think? or gaea

uhm

kristin: Kronos

marion: so maybe hecate herself would help

she was mad b/c she wanted recognition

kristin: yeah, but she also helped the seven, right

like taught Hazel how to do the whole magiked thing

right?

with her farting weasel

marion: hmuH

yes

dang it

but,she can't control her children?

so...?

so kym says she can give hecate recognition!

kristin: okay

right bc kym wants recognition too

yeah yeah

and she uses her whole "figurine" as bait

she's like oh yeah, these demigods promised

y'know. we're gonna get recognition.and at first, maybe the kid (his name is....shawn,,,)he's like, i dunno man

but Kym's like oh no you won't have to kill them. we won't even hurt them

we just have to remind them of their promise

marion: ooh kreepy kym

remind zem of zer promize

kristin: so, kym and sean (?)...yeah, sean

marion: oof

kristin: kym and sean

dum-dum-duuuuum

marion: kim and sean

kristin: anyways

The seven swim down there, with an annoyingly complaining Percy, and uh-they get down there, right.

and they go into this old submarine, that's mostly intact

except, there are holes and rips and stuffs so it slowly sunk

marion: and it demands magik like ursula stealing a voice

kristin: right

before they go in? or after when they try to leave?

marion: tryint to leave probably

kristin: yeah, maybe she's got the Argo somewhere

so, like she stoled it?

marion: yeah

kristin: and they go in, and Sean closes the doorway, when they enter. they're locked in (because they don't know how to open it yet)

sorry, got distracted

marion: oooh maybe it gets real dark in there, so they like can't see anything

at first

kristin: (ugh sorry)

marion: and they're paniking and percy's trying to tell them he wont let them drown

kristin: yeah

like, he's like slightly internally panicking b/c

y'know drowning.

but, he's just trying to reassure them.

(im sorry, i'm typing something)

marion: true

but, he's like, guys, guys, calm down

he's like i swear i wont let you drown while internally what if i drown

kristin: yeah

and then maybe Leo says something like"we can't see, aquaman. why aren't you freaking out?"and maybe he's freaking out the worst, because he's got fire powers?

marion: and water stops fire and he's fire oh no what if the water isn't good for him 'im useless underwater fire is light and we need light but fire cant exist underwater

kristin: 'leo, calm down, if water wasn't good for you you'd be dehydrated’

Wait

remember that scene in TLT where he's underwater

and he the lighter still burns?

marion: hmoh yeah

and he's like leo look

kristin: buddy, there's a thing i can do

and at first he's not listening he's just nonoono this isn't good

marion: 'frick no the one thing i can do and the one time we really need it i cant do it'

kristin: "leo!"

"What?!

"calm down"

"Well, he's got a point" annabeth says

and Percy's about to lose it, "Just listen! For a minute!"

marion: One minute

kristin: haha

marion: all i ask

one. minute.

kristin: if like

Leo was like

"Well, we're actually trying to figure it out. you're just sitting there telling us to stop talking"

"Yeah, how are we supposed to figure it out if we can't talk" Hazel points out

marion: -_-

kristin: xD

"stupid mouth breathers"

marion: normies

kristin: can't you just breathe like i do

frank overhears his little rant

"What like a fish?"

Percy just fixes him with this look

like, really?

marion: was that necessary

kristin: "GUYS!" he finally says

marion: really, frank

kristin: (haha, yeah)-also kym and seans just watching them like, idiots-

marion: "what!?!"

(vivid memory of the beginning of drive- GUYS! WE JUST EXPLODED A BUS)

kristin: (Hahahaha)

"ALL I HAve to do is hold Leo's hand"

silence

marion: aw how sweet-

kristin: "Shut up, Piper?

marion: hA

kristin: "Perce, man you know I love you but, I don't swing that way"

"No, LEo!"

Annabeth just snorts

marion: percy's so done

kristin: why am i here i could just let them drown

marion: *sigh* (er, as well as you can sigh underwater)

kristin: (hA)

"Look, when i was twelve, after a jumped off the arch,"

he looks at Annabeth, and she nods

(the others are like, What?!)

marion: what-THE arch????

kristin: What Arch??!

as in the gateway arch???

wHenwHY

kristin: "Unimportant"

"WHAT?!

marion: un-unimPORtANt

kristin: pfft he says something snarky like

"i was in a really bad place at the time, okay,"

and Annabeth starts laughing, while the others just stare at him wide-eyed

"Anyways, I was at the bottom of the ocean, and there was this slimy McDonalds rag-"

Hazel's like, "What's McDonalds"

marion:...wha-hazel how do you not know what mcdonalds is? your brother is nico

kristin: xDD ooh maybe Piper, who doesn't know about Hazel's past is just like

What?!

like-what-

Percy sighs, again (?) am i ever gonna get through this?

marion: who knows

the others are intent on not letting him, apparently

kristin: oh, look i'm talking to myself again

marion: pfft

kristin: "Do you want me to drown you guys?"

marion: panicked cries

kristin: "PErcy! We're literally under the water, with only you being the thing keeping us alive

You CANNOT

joke about that?"

marion: >:)

yes he can

kristin: >:}

and yes he will

"Then shut up and let me talk

for gods' sake."

"Or, for your sake,"

marion: not the timE

let me finish

kristin: hAh

"ANYWAYS" he grits out

"I lit this match, right"

"Why would you do that? you were underwater. that's the dumbest idea I've ever heard."

marion: lighter, i think

kristin: *oops

"LEO VALDEZ! I swear on my mother's life that if you don't SHUT UP

I will go over there and strangle you with my bear hands, and I won't even let you drown. I'll just do it"

marion: .-.

kristin: XD

marion: touchy

kristin: he growls."I lit this*lighter* and it wokred, okay?"

*worked

"So, maybe, if you guys shut up, and we get throgh this, we can tyr it with Leo"

marion: annabeth is like you never mentioned trying to commit arson at the bottom of a body of water? also how does that even work? percy just needs her to be quiet

kristin: x'D

next time I try to commit arson at the bottom of the mississippi river, i'll make sure you're there

you can be the subject of the arson.

marion: :o pfft

kristin: "Okay, but I still don't want to hold water boys hand"

"Would you rather die?" Frank asks, drily

marion: haha no

kristin: "that's what i thought"

"okay, but do you want to hold his han-"

"Leo, do it,"Annabeth says.

He just grumbles, "easy for you to say, you probably do it all the time," but does it anyway

marion: and his hand lights up!

kristin: !!!WOO!

Percy, you're a genius!

marion: oh nOW im the smart one

kristin: :D

pffft

"Ah, yes, I see you've finally figured it out"

an all-too-familiar voice says from behind them

marion: uhoh it's kYmkYm, kYm, the gArbAgE bIn

kristin: pfft

hahahah

where'd you hear that?!

xDD

marion: i made it up rn

kristin: xDD that's so great

haha

marion: ^^

kristin: imagine one of the seven saying that though(like jason, leo, or percy?)

marion: oh look it's kym, kym the garbage BIN leave us AlOnE

probably leo

kristin: yeah, probably.

like, i'd burn you but my mom said not to burn trash

Jason glares at him like shut up, really?

there's a time and a place, man, a time and a place

marion: mom said not to start dumpster fires

LEO BE qUIET

kristin: "No, im kinda with Leo on this one"

"perCY!"

Kym just lets out her dolphin laugh (which *shiver*)

marion: ew

kristin: hA

marion: kym is his siter

sister*

kristin: i feel bad for him

marion: which is kind of strange

kristin: he has awful siblings (besides tyson whose awesome)

anyways, so that's when it gets serious

marion: :0

*gasp*

kristin: what?!

marion: it gets s e r i o u s

kristin: haHA

Leo wants his boat back, and really they just need the boat backlike, y'know don't want the mother earth destroying the world

marion: kym is just upset

kristin: yeah, like i just want my stuff,

marion: mad at being called a dumpster fire

kristin: yeah, that too xD

"What do you want, Kym?" Jason asks

marion: i was going to say my figurine but now…

kristin: ReVeNgE (cue maniacle laughter)(pfft, idk)

marion: hAHAHHhhHhHHAHHAHA

percy: oh wow what a new plot

kristin: (less maniacle, more dolphin, he mutters)

marion: lol

kristin: (Percy's not too happy about this, because he remembers last time)

marion: percy wants to leave

kristin: yeah, rly

marion: but apparently his mentally disturbed half-sister demands revenge

kristin: *which one?*

marion: oh, the one with the dolphin laugh

kristin: He just sighs, resigned, "Look, Kym, just give us our boat back, okay?"

"Why would I do that? I don't have my merchandise yet, and you're elf friend called me trash"

marion: everyone (bar jason and percy) is so confused-

merchandise??? what????

kristin: hahah really

Leo's also slightly indignant

marion: elF-

kristin: "Who you callin elf, lady? you're one to talk you sound like a dolphin." Jason and Percy wince, because last time that was mentioned....oof.

Annabeth notices them and she's like, "You know this...her?"

percy: yeah she's my half-sister

annabeth: *sighs*

of course she is.

annabeth: honestly, percy you have the worst siblings

percy: ikr?!

marion: thalia: he's annoying, but i would never kill jason

hazel: nico is my brother! no way i'd ever hurt him!!!

percy: i can think of several siblings i would very much like to murder.

percy: not you, tyson. you're awesome.

percy: kym tried to kill me, tyson hates me, dolphin captain boy also tried to kill me...

not tyson i meant triton. triton hates him

tyson is a lovely peanut butter boi

kristin: xDD

Kyms like: "ANyways!!" as Percy just starts listing them off xD

marion: ANYWAYSSSSSS

wasn't there some guy where you had to clean his feet but he'd kick you off a cliff???

and percy was his half-brother

and hazel used the mist against him or something

maybe i should look into that

oh that guy with an underground fighting ring in the labyrinth

hes poseidon too

and i think polyphemus is as well

the one who kidnapped grover

these numbers are not good

kristin: the bandit guy or whatever, yeah

and the underground ring guy swas uhm

marion: murder and scacrifice

kristin: oof yeah

marion: b l o o d

b l o o d w i l l b e s h e d

kristin: antaeus!

marion: oof

kristin: wait that doesn't sound right

hold on

oh wait...

marion: hm

kristin: no it is

marion: oh ok

I am his favorite son! Behold, my temple to the Earthshaker, built from the skulls of all those I've killed in his name! Your skull shall join them!

dang, kid. slow down.

and bandit guy was

sciron

marion: ew

i hate them all

they're all so

...

extra????

kristin: so....

marion: idk

kristin: yeah, exactly

percy's just like guys, guys, come on.

let's calm dow-

*gets stabbed*

kristin: basically

child of hecate

sean

grren hair

with

orange highlites

marion: ooh

didnt know he had dyed hair

or he magiked it and cant fix it

kristin: its not dyed

and yes

it was his sister...

marion: lol

shermn

erUGH

i don't know where to take this

marion: oof

ok sean and kym

in a submarine

kristin: sean and kym

marion: and the 7

kristin: with the others

yeah

marion: hmmm

so, like where were we?

marion: pfft

kristin: Okay, okay.

Introducing them to her?

like, they're still like

whose she??

marion: and percy and jazon know

like oh it's y o y

y o u*

kristin: oh it's you

...

gross

marion: kym: *offended storm noises*

kristin: Percy: okay, okay, chill. we just want our boat, sis

(also, imagine how gross it would feel calling that thing your sister)

So, Percy explains (the short version- very short) what happened last time

like, oh yeah, she tried to kill me and jason until we promised action figures.

and then, sean shows up and annabeth's like so...

whose this kid?

they're like...we dunno

marion: idk bro

kristin: annie: i thought you said you knEW what do you have short term memory loss

percy: nO. i JUST got over my loNG TERM memory loSS

marion: pfft-

kristin: oof-

aren't you supposed to be the one that knows everything?

marion: yeah annaBeTH

kristin: "i can see why, now, percy wanted to strangle you, leo"

marion: hA

kristin: "piper, why are you laughing. this is serious"

"i'm sorry it's just, honestly surprised she hasn't said that sooner"

marion: kym is just completely ignored in the background

kristin: seans like

what?!

these are the people that we're after?

marion: these children aren't worth my time.

poor kym

all that effort

kristin: xD

marion: for 7 squabbling kids

kristin: xDD

really, tho

"RAAAH!"

marion: SHUT UP YOU IDIOTIC DEMIGODS

kristin: PAY ATTENTION TO ME

marion: M E E E E

kristin: *snorts*

please, lady

if we had to pay attention to every monster that we came across

we'd never have time for anything else

marion: they'd start to think we actually cared

and trust us,

we don't

kym is so done

done

she's like fed up

kristin: "Do you want your boat or not?!"

marion: oh yes. very much yes.

kristin: then listen to me!!!

okay, okay, chiil

*chiiilll

(pfft, chili_

*) eurgh

marion: c h i ll

leo: ok seriously guys sh shhhh i want my boat back

piper: *hysterical laughter

leo: shhshshshshhshsh

kristin: xD

marion: really

leo: you're making me laugHhhHH pleASe shhshshhshHSHHSH

kristin: *bursts into laughter

*the others join

marion: sean: let's just kill them. please.

kristin: *i'm sorry, distractions are too much rn*

marion: (oof same im not allowed to have paper and pencil in front of me anymore)

kristin: xDD

(honestly sammeee)

okay, okay, so Kym's actually done now and she shuts them up

"LISTEn, if you don't shut up i'm gonna kill you without telling you where your boat is"

marion: *silence*

kristin: "Now."

"That I have you undivided attention

(does she have octupus tentacles??)

marion: idk

she has storms

kristin: hA

okay, lemme do the rick fandom page thingy

marion: to the fandom wiki

kristin: exactly

" Before Jason and Percy leave, she warns them that Percy's fatal flaw may cost them the world. "

idk i thought that was important

not an octupus

marion: hm

water, tho

lots of water

kristin: pfft

okay, so like

if she uses her magiked powers to knock [enter name here] against the wall

marion: frank why not

kristin: yeah, sure.

she uses her (epic) storm powers, and knocks frank against the wall

"Hey!" Jason yells as he hits his headdddd

marion: oW

kristin: that hurted

meany

(pfft, im sorry)

marion: ew kym

kristin: eww

( i don't know how to write a fight scene, ngl )

marion:i dont either

like in the lightning thief musical fight with ares

duck- ow- get to the ocean

kristin: pffft hahahah

marion: aurgh-

like that's all i get out of listening to it

kristin: xDD

same

marion: like ow- ow ow

kristin: stOP

pleASE

does jason stil lhave his coin/sowrd/thingy?

marion: i think

probably\

kristin: to the fandom wiki

did you know its name is ivlivs?

like, wtheck?

IVLIVS was a gold coin which belonged to Jason Grace until its destruction in The Lost Hero.

marion: IVLIVS

kristin: xD

what does that m_e_a_n??

Okay, he uses a golden roman galdius

marion: sounds like roamn nurmerals

cannot type

kristin: oooh

hold on man

there's not answer

i looked up ivlis meaning and got

The Lost Hero

IVLIVS was a gold coin which belonged to Jason Grace until its destruction in The Lost Hero.

I guess there was a guy named ivlis caesar

in rome

or smth

marion: ah

kristin: hM

anyways,

so like, jason comes after kym with his sword

but sean intercepts and like blocks it?

(im so bad at this help)

and then they jab for a while

marion: hm

idk

im worse

like???

stab...?

kristin: like, rick and other fanfic writers used all these fancy terms

i'm like what?

it all means the same to me: stab.

marion: stab, jab, parry,

idk

kristin: ikr

ffff

marion: merder???

kristin: pfft

stab stAB STAB

(is it possible to just skip and say they beat kym?)

marion: yes please

please

kristin: okay good

so after a lot of stabbies and persuading, kym finally lets them go?

marion: yes bc we suck at fight scenes

kristin: Exactly.

she's like, "if you don't get my action figure in the manufacturing phase by next month, i'm gonna eat you"

"or something"

but, what they don't know is that she's got one last trick up her sleeve.

marion: uh oh

Boom!

explosion

(jk, its a magic door)

marion: magik dooroororor

doorororo

kristin: she and her friend leaves, in a poof of smoke (curtesy of sean)

and the seven are left

bruised and slightly beat up.

underwater in a submarine

marion: welp

kristin: percy shrugs he's like, "okay, let's go"

and the others shrug and nod

and then

marion: why- why isn't it openin

pull not push mebbe?

it's not working

what do you mean it's not working

i mean it's not working what do you think i mean

let me try

see i told you it's not working

kristin: well, maybe we need to like warm it up?

is there a key somewhere?

a pass code?

fingerprints?

marion: nO there's nothing

there's always something maybe you broke the handle

there was never a handle!

kristin: then how did it open?!

i dunno...it just did

marion: then why. isn't it. OPENING

kristin: i. don't. KNOW.

after several (failed) attmepts, Annabeth growls, and kicks the door.

marion: ow

kristin:(right) doesn't do much, obviously, so they all sit down to think.

well, is there someway we've got to activate it?

like, i dunno. pipes try charmspeaking it.

"it's a door. you really think you can charmspeak a door?"

"hey, she did it with festus. who knows"

marion: yeah it worked with festus right it should work here

...

nothing happens

kristin: eURHG

marion: well what now

"i don't understand. did you guys break it?!"

marion: we can't sit here at the bottom of the ocean forever- no i didn't breAK iT

it's a massive door how would i even have broken it

everyone is just steadily getting more aggressive

kristin: I don't KNOW!

percy's getting a bit tired because of his bubble magik ,"guys, slow down, we're kind of on a time limit, here"

marion: oh frick yeah he's right

so we die if we dont open the dumb door

yes

uhm

kristin: just checking

marion: try...

uhM

kristin: try licking it

marion: what do we try next

kristin: "Leo WHAT?!"

marion: hey maybe that's all it needs

absolutely not

let's be reasonable

reasonable??? we're about to drown at the bottom of the ocean, reason has failed us all

kristin: percy has to sit down to calm down

* i meant cuz he's getting dizzy

marion: look i cant open the door, you cant open the door. how do we open the door

ok maybe it has to be a specfic person???

pfft yeah right specific person? it's a door it doesn't have preferences

kristin: hA

marion: well what's your grand ideea

kristin: ...

thought so.

so, who hasn't tried yet?

marion: could leo burn it???

kristin: burnnnn

marion: i dont even know who's talking anymore

kristin: yeah, i don't either lol

marion: leo just comes up and tries to burn it

wow that helped

hey at least im trying

look we need to calm down and no one is helping

does the door like- say anything???

kristin: also, i'm gonna pass out

the door has spoketh

marion: percy what the frick

you are literally the only reason we are alive rn don't you dare pass out

kristin: well, i won't do it on purpose

marion: percy i will punch you awake if necessary

kristin: he's breathing real heavy (what's wrong with you? i dunno, you try making seven huge bubbles for two hours under the water.)

-dik how long they've been there-

*idk pfft

marion: everyone is freaking out and jason is holding his breath

can someone please open the door so we can not drOWN

kristin: "okay, okay. frank you try opening it, since you haven't yet. or, better yet, try rhinocering it open"

"fairly certain that's not a verb"

"whatever, we're gonna die, man, just do it"

...

at first, y'know, it's letting up,

but it still doesn't open. it just dents it.

marion: fantastic now it probably wont open normally

hey it's progress

at least we tried

kristin: what else is there to do?!

marion: yeah well trying isnt going to keep us from drowning

what are we even going to do now just wait for our deaths

aw heck no im not dying by drowning with water boy here

that's just pathetic

kristin: "at this point, it is, because there's nothing else we can do, and percy looks about ready to die."

marion: *heavy breathing*

kristin:*pale*

*can't even stand upt at this point, probably*

marion: well time to say goodbye

i love you, frank

leo no

shut up

kristin: okay, okay

they sit there for another few minutes before piper speaks up

"okay, okay. anyone hear of like hadestown?"

and percy just weakly raises a hand

marion: ok then. uh

kristin: what's that/

*exhales frustratingly*

basically, this kid has to sing to a door.

"That's dumb"

"so is rinocering"

marion: annabeth : oh, is this about orpheus and eurydice?

kristin: yeasss

yeasss it it

*is

marion: ok ok i know what this is

kristin: "but wiat, you wanna sing to a door?!"

yeah yeah like that

kristin: *exhales frustratingly* again

"who here can sing"

marion: piper is disqualified she'd probably charm speak us into drowning early

uhm

kristin: i can't sing

leo's like absolutely not

marion: annabeth: maybe hazel? i can talk, but my singing is a dying seal

kristin: xD

(okay, i feel like under any other cicumstance, hazel can sing, but for these purposes, she can't)

marion: naw my throats dry, i forgot to drink some water before we left

kristin: pppftyeah, something

so, basically nobody can sig

*sing

marion: panik

kristin: panick

panikc

(anyways)

and they ask Percy's and he's like

"Im pretty sure if i tired to sing, i'd cause an avalnche"

marion: welp

kristin: there goes that

BUT

Annabeth remembers that one time they went under the sea together in an air bubble, and percy was muttering a song underneath his breath

and...

marion: :0

yeeeee

"Percy, wait,"

he looks up at her, with glassy eyes that are unfocused, "...yeah"

marion: ... *lethargic blink*

right

"you can sing under the water"

he can't comprehend it very well, but he thinks she knows what he's talking about, basically

marion: ...yes

"well, you should try it"

he is by no means in condition for singing

but unless they want to die, he has to

marion: *exhale* k

he probably starts humming, and then the door starts to creak

piper: OH MY STARS IT'S WORKING THAT WAS A JOKE

kristin: but, it's not gonna open all the way until he sings

so like he opens his mouth

and

woah

marion: ooh preetty voice wowow

kristin: (what's he singing. oooh, he should do something for hadestown. y'know, for ironic purposes)

(imagine him doing hey, little songbird xDD)

marion: hA

hm maybe... doubt comes in?

ooh or just hades' and persephone's melody

kristin: yeah, yeah

okay, okay

marion: and only piper recognizes it but it's still fantastic

kristin: like what? how?

"too bad you can't give underwater concerts"

marion: *wheeze*

*literal wheeze bc he's about to pass out so they need to get out right friggin now*

kristin: *like, right now*

marion: the door opens and they all flee while annie grabs percy and tugs him along

kristin: and they're like halfway up to the surface, and the bubbles burst.

marion: frickity frackity

kristin: clickity clackity

Leo freezes for a moment, but starts swimming faster than anyone else

marion: jason takes percy from annabeth and they're all panicking

like frick just a little while more

kristin: percy's slightly delirious

just muttering

just keep swimming,

just keep swimming

like dory

annabeth struggling not to laugh with her little oxygen left

kristin: xDD

like, if there can be tears under the ocean, she's got em

marion: percy: *wheezing hysterically and so out of it*

kristin: as soon as they break through he passes out

and jeez he's a lot heavier than he looks

marion: oh hey is that the argo ii????\

kristin: xDD

*unconcious*

marion: *unconscious muttering*

kristin: they splutter onto the argo, with an half delirious half unconscious percy, all of them soaked and out of breath.

and then, annabeth starts laughing

hysterically

and piper joins

(jesus, how the hell did that plan work) and leo joins

marion: hysterical laughter from everyone

and a thump as percy falls over

kristin: even percy, even if it does get cut off shortly

(he ends up in the infirmary for like twenty-eight hours)

(doesn't remember anything from like before he sings)

marion: he was so out of it

just

did... why do i remember finding nemo?

kristin: x'DD

fin

(sorry bad fish puns)

marion: nah bro that was fintastic

kristin: doesn't get any Beta than this

if you can think of a better one, let minnow

marion: im going to krill myself thinking of more i have no ideas

kristin: -we-should-probably-stop-pfft-

marion: probably

this was bad

i'm terrible

bass-ically awful at all puns

(i tried)

kristin: oh gODS

that was actually kind of terrific

marion: (yay!)

#hoo #pjo #scenebuckets #percycansing #likesirens

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marion: that voice tho

especially in hey little songbird [hadestown]?

like my stars

what

how???

it's so low and it somehow still sounds good

kristin: it's impressive

hOW

i didNT KNOW VOICES

goT THAT DEEP

marion: :o

same

kristin: pfftt hahah. allstate

marion: it's incredible but lets be honest hades would do that

just try and creep people out with his low voice yea

kristin: xD

marion: persephone just

stop it

kristin: yes

xDD

marion: stop. please

nicos like

dad seriously?

come on.

either that or he's amused

quietly laughing as the poor souls look at Hades with

expressions

marion: ._.

how to properly portray hades: a soft guy who is insecure that his wife wont come back so he wants to have her all year round bc hes scared

but he likes creeping people out and it causes problems

kristin: cinnamon roll who looks like he could kill you

marion: hades and persephone are probably the most secure couple out of all greek mythology

especially the gods

kristin: yeah, fr though

have you seen that?

the cinnamon roll thing?

marion: yeah

#pjo #hoo #cinnamonrollthatcouldkillyou

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marion: why do we never get percy with feeling

feelings*

kristin: ?

marion: this kid has problems

and

we never talk about them at all canonically

kristin: yeah, idk

like there are (that i know of) two instances of ptsd

in the entire series

which, okay, kids book, but still

he's like seventeen (and so are the rest of them)

they've seen who knows how many deaths. like...

marion: isn't it a YA book tho?

kristin: yeah

but

i think it was targeted to like 13/14?

idk...

marion: harry potter has death plots and people bleeding out and george being rightfully upset about fred

but like

pjo is just yes we have problems in the subtext

kristin: that is one thing i missed.

that i want.

(which probably makes me horrible, idk)

marion: no i kind of want it too

kristin: xD

are we bad people?

marion: no

i think we just want someone to finally be sad

kristin: yeah

marion: bc these kids are like

always happy

bar leo who canonically is depressed but they NEVER SAY IT

kristin: right

like, for example, i feel like with all those deaths (especially, for example, like Bianca and Beckendorf) and with Percys fatal flaw

he'd really beat himself up

like, more so than in the books.

and like Hazel literally was in the underworld.

and even though she was in the fields of asphodel. i feel like that would mess someone up.

marion: hazel faced discrimination

uhM

kristin: eurgh

i've always wanted to explore that, tbh

like, i have this thing that when she finally comes back, she asks Nico where a bathroom is, and he shows her

and she's like "that's not funny"

because there's different colored people in there, too

marion: oh

that's

that's kind of depressing

kristin: oof.

sorry.

idk, its just how i always imagined it going down.

marion: no no you're right

im just

kind of sad

that that would happen

kristin: yeah, ik

marion: to cinnamon roll hazel

kristin: (literally one of my favorite characters)

marion: *sob* i cant deal with this

:'(

this genuinely makes me want to cry

i dont-

how????

kristin: you imagine how hard it would be for her to have to adjust to like having a brother

that was

eurgh

sorru

*sorry

( i don't know if the term white is offensive or not)

marion: nah

kristin: okay, okay just checking

marion: poor cinnamon roll

kristin: D:

marion: i want to hug her and never let go

kristin: sammee

marion: ndfowendonwefon hazel is best

kristin: ikr

marion: hazel deserves best

kristin: yes

like she had to watch her mom die

in front of her

and she thought it was her fault

marion: hazel has angst, percy has angst, leo has angst

like her fatal flaw is guILT

angst budddiees

marion: :[

the angst trio

they cry themselves to sleep and pretend they're ok!

kristin: stOP

that's soo sad.

marion: everyone tries and subsequently fails to get them to talk about their problems

kristin: yeah, ik.

and they're just like, i'm fine.

Stop! Get some help!

marion: we're fine *sobbing*

kristin: through their tears

like, the rest of the seven can hear them crying through the thin walls of the Argo but nobody says anything

marion: *whispers* trauma? never heard of her

kristin: whose she?

honestly, though, like *sighs* it's so sad

marion: hahahaha...

kristin: haha.

*sighs*

like, the fates or whatever terrible being is in charge, just throw these kids and a satyr

on a flying boat

to destroy the earth

in order to save it

marion: and only one of them is mostly ok

actually coach hedge seems ok

kristin: yeah

maybe a little wack-o

but...

otherwise, fine

marion: so 2 out of 8

kristin: (unless we're counting nico)

marion: 2/9

kristin: Who, i think doesn't get as much appreciation as he should

reyna?

marion: 2/10

kristin: ooh, yes

oh, gods were making it worse

marion: 1/5

uhm that's pretty small

thalia?

2/11

kristin: sTOP i feel nico should get more recognition, though. like, he went

through tartarus.

alone.

marion: i think he and will are a focus in toa

but idk

kristin: (informercial voice Only 2 out of 11 demigods per year are mostly okay)

yeah idk either

marion: hey coach hedge isnt a demigod

kristin: CaUsE i HaVenT rEaD iT

oh no.

oops

...

marion: only 1/10 demigods are estimated to be mostly ok

one

out of

kristin: -that's-depressing-

marion: ten

kristin: one

out

ten

marion: low statistics

kristin: the weight of the worlds

*words

(like the weight of the sky on Percy and Annabeths shoulders)

marion: imagine the demigods making an 'into to chb!' video

kristin: uh oh

marion: and they're like so what's so great about being a demigod? and they all have fake cheery voices and blah

percy's just nothing. nothing is good about being a demigod. have fun dying before 18.

i literally barely made it.

they're like

can i quit?

no. no you can't

kristin: can i be fired?

marion: no.

please?

dang it

uhm

kristin: but you can die

have fun!

marion: how is that bETTTER

kristin: *whispers* it might be

nO WHAT HAVE I DONE

...

marion: i dont like the brutal honesty in this conversation

kristin: :/

i don't either, honestly.

*hA honestly*

*brutal honesty?*

*no? okay i'm sorry*

marion: *sob*

kristin: no, i'm fine.

they're all fin

marion: just fine.

kristin: loOK what i found

" The cab sped west. Every gust of wind through Death Valley sounded like a spirit of the dead. Every time the brakes hissed on an eighteen-wheeler, it reminded me of Echidna’s reptilian voice."

tlt

marion: i-

my dude

get some help

perCY

kristin: he doesn't need it

'member?

marion: YES HE DOES

HE FRIGGIN NEEDS THERAPY

kristin: " She made one more attempt to speak, but the sound was gone. Her image melted away. If it was my mother, I had lost her again. I felt like drowning myself. The only problem: I was immune to drowning."

" The last thing I remembered was sinking in a burning sea, knowing that Tyson was gone forever, and wishing I were able to drown"

marion: IJBUWFDWBJVH GCWDBIUWS

he wants

DrOWN

himself

and he would

kristin: " Thing is, as I was choking just now, I kept thinking: this is payback for Akhlys. The Fates are letting me die the same way I tried to kill that goddess. And … honestly, a part of me felt I deserved it. That’s why I didn’t try to control the giant’s poison and move it away from me. That probably sounds crazy"

that was blood of olympus!

marion: NO NO NO NO NO NO NONO NONONONO

kristin: yEAH

he was talking to Jason

after they were underwater or whatever

marion: and jason did nothing????

bRO

kristin: he said

marion: help hIM

kristin: Jason thought back to Ithaca, when he was despairing over the visit from his mom’s spirit. ‘No. I think I get it.’

THEN

they act like nothing happened

Percy studied his face. When Jason didn’t say any more, Percy changed the subject.

marion: :[

jASON

kristin: >:{

marion: jASON ASNd PERCY

kristin: D:

marion: iowahdnbxcunejwqzhs UGGYUSKNM

kristin: wonder how many more examples there are....

marion: oh no

my stars

kristin: ik

this is depressing

marion: wow

kristin: what about Frank though?

or PIPER

like he dad got kidnapped

*her

and then like she finally saved him

and he was like you're a hero

and then she had to ERase his Memory

marion: oof

true

kristin: like, it's obviously not as bad as the others

but still.

marion: yeah

kristin: *exhales*

DD:

im sorry

one more

" " She shook her head. ‘I’m not Caesar. After finding Jason’s note in Diocletian’s Palace, tracking you down was easy. I only did what I thought was necessary.’ Percy couldn’t help smiling. ‘Reyna, you’re too modest. Flying halfway across the world by yourself to answer Annabeth’s plea, because you knew it was our best chance for peace? That’s pretty freaking heroic.’ Reyna shrugged. ‘Says the demigod who fell into Tartarus and found his way back.’ ‘He had help,’ Annabeth said. ‘Oh, obviously,’ Reyna said. ‘Without you, I doubt Percy could find his way out of a paper bag.’ ‘True,’ Annabeth agreed. ‘Hey!’ Percy complained. The others started laughing, but Percy didn’t mind. It felt good to see them smile. Heck, just being in the mortal world felt good, breathing un-poisonous air, enjoying actual sunshine on his back. Suddenly he thought of Bob. Tell the sun and stars hello for me. Percy’s smile melted. Bob and Damasen had sacrificed their lives so that Percy and Annabeth could sit here now, enjoying the sunlight and laughing with their friends. It wasn’t fair. ""

marion: i-

sang it

dang it

kristin: you sang it

marion: a nice wholesome moment turned into angst

kristin: ikr

DID YOU

SEE

THAT THEORY

about Zoe and bob?

marion: ?no

kristin: HOLD ON

this is game changing

this is what i'm talking about

Bob's a titan.

He's related to Atlas, yes?

You know who else is related to Atlas? Zoe.

Bob=related to Zoe

You know what her last words were? She said 'I can see the stars again, my lady.' before Artemis turned her into a constellation.

Constellation=Stars

'Tell the stars hello'=Tell my cousin/sister/relative hello

marion: *SOB*

i cant do this

kristin: In Greek mythology, Iapetus was a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia and father of Atlas

marion: pjo and hoo have too much angst for my pathetic heart

kristin: s

so... bob is zoe's grandfather

marion: aw........

kristin: balling like a baby

marion: *SOBSBsbhsbejdbfeid*

kristin: YES

marion: you cant do this to me

kristin: i'm sorry

marion: i cant do this

this makes me so depressed

osinfdejnd

how

kristin: i have no idea

marion: bob and zoeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

kristin: D':

yo, imagine how Annabeth and Percy would react if they figured it out

marion: no nonOnONOnONONoNOn

kristin: I think they'd break

at least percy

marion: percy is sad

kristin: eurgh

marion: it's too much

kristin: you know what the worst part is?

marion: what

kristin: his friends don't even know it

they probably think he's actually fien

*fine

marion: i-

what...

hold up

nopr

kristin: they just think he's this upbeat optimistic sarcastic person

makes people laugh because it's a tension releaser

marion: ,'(

kristin: eurgh

marion: get some help, already

kristin: you know what they should have?

a camp therapist. like some Apollo camper, or smth

marion: something

kristin: yeah

for those who would be WILLING

*cough* not percy *cough

he'd be like I'm fiiine

marion: i dont need therapy

kristin: ha

yeah

marion: yup

kristin: Perce, you sure?

yep

marion: uhm

yeah just gonna

go now...

kristin: *shrugs* okay. whatever you say

*walks away*

marion: *sob* yeah im fine

kristin: they don't even turn around (cus they can't hear him [cause it was internal])

marion: *internal breakdown*

kristin: (meanwhile, on the outside) *grins at whatever dumb joke Jason told him*

*or Leo

marion: :')

kristin: just

fine

whAT ARE WE DOING

marion: poor perce

kristin: Dx

marion: percy is the type to get shot in the stomach and tell them to go look at annbeth's papercut

kristin: but, yeah srsly

Exhibit A

"‘You still claim him then?’ Zeus asked menacingly. ‘You claim this child whom you sired against our sacred oath?’ ‘I have admitted my wrongdoing,’ Poseidon said. ‘Now I would hear him speak.’ Wrongdoing. A lump welled up in my throat. Was that all I was? A wrongdoing? The result of a god’s mistake? "

Exhibit B

" ‘Your mother is a queen among women,’ Poseidon said wistfully. ‘I had not met such a mortal woman in a thousand years. Still… I am sorry you were born, child. I have brought you a hero’s fate, and a hero’s fate is never happy. It is never anything but tragic.’ I tried not to feel hurt. Here was my own dad, telling me he was sorry I’d been born. ‘I don’t mind, Father.’ ‘Not yet, perhaps,’ he said. ‘Not yet. But it was an unforgivable mistake on my part.’"

marion: ah and then the mr.brunner incident

kristin: Oh! yes

#pjo #hoo #scenebucket??#suicide #depressed

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