songerein | the proverbial "pinch me"

Who: percy and YOU
Which: open interactive dream and text post!
What: demigod trauma and a lot of teen complaining
Warnings: uhhhhhh... idk

interactive dream - tartarus a

[ooc: description of tartarus is here. I just... forgot to mention it]

[the air is stifling. Percy's legs buckle as he falls to his knees. he's here. he's here again, even if his mind says there's no possible way. the air is stifling and hot, and the wind is poisonous. he looks around in a panic for a moment.]

Annabeth? Annabeth!!

[his voice comes out raspy and hoarse, and tears track down his face as he feels the hot river Phlegethon flowing next to him. he looks at it, almost as if he's considering jumping right into it. maybe he should, because there's no way he's going to survive here a second time without her.

it'll be quicker than whatever this place will conjure up for him to die by... and if he's not actually alone, he doesn't know it.

he's in shock.]

tartarus b

[Percy's at some elevator doors now, bleeding and beaten. he's holding on to the door as Tartarus stands in front of him with a hoard of monsters at his back.]

Little demigod... back here again, without anyone to save you...

[the doors ping open, and Percy moves backwards, and the monsters and the god Tartarus cackles at him.

Percy's holding on to Riptide tight, with all the strength he has left. it's most definitely insanity, and he's probably cracked in the head in more ways than anyone can count. but there's nothing else he can do, and he's not going to die here cowering against some elevator doors that he can't use to leave.

for once, he's got nothing sarcastic to say, instead charging towards the monsters with Riptide raised.]

text:

[gods above, that dream...]

well my last year sucked
and it doesnt look like i was gone here long

so i went home and no one has to act like theyre gonna spoil me or whatever
i got a lot of new nightmare fuel
whats up with you guys

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Oh no. He can probably guess which shit Percy just lived through in the last few days. And he figures Percy probably doesn't wanna talk about it.]

Hey.
Remember me now?

[. . .

Percy grins.]

your head is a brick magnet
and im definitely stronger than you

In your dreams.
And yes, pun intended.

you can keep being delusional its okay

at least you guys wont have to tiptoe around me anymore huh
nico was so into the "no spoilers" thing

What was the date when you came back?
You could still be behind.

August 18th right after the whole Gaea thing
of course on my birthday

[ lmao oof ]

Sorry to say it but you're still behind.

WHAT!!!
youve got to be kidding me!!

Yeah, I think I'm more than half a year ahead of you still.

no way
youre joking
you gotta be
you mean theres more stuff that happened???

Yeah?
I mean at least in the sense that life keeps happening even after all the questing and stuff is over.
It's been pretty quiet for me at least, I haven't even really seen you much since then.

[He's really burying the lede here, but hey, Nico was pretty insistent on the "no spoilers" rule. He probably shouldn't mention certain shit. Not that he wanted to, anyway.]