the proverbial "pinch me"

[judoflipped]

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

Comments

sender: leo valdez

[morsecodes]

AYYYY the chico de agua is caught up at last!

[So, wait. Did Percy leave like he did?? He was pretty sure he saw Percy in town over the last few days. Weird. But those dreams are proof enough. Percy experienced Tartarus, something Leo still feels guilty about, even this far out.]

Where are we up to now? Lester making it to camp? My amazing return? The whole Emperor drama you missed to study for college?

[Leo's not going to like this answer from Percy, is he?]

[judoflipped]

right after gaea
also what is all that other stuff
whos lestor
and what the hell happened now with an emperor???

[morsecodes]

[GODSDAMMIT NOT THIS AGAIN. Leo's just sighing dramatically in the distance and probably banging his head on something. So much for not having to be careful about spoilers anymore.]

UHHHH spoilers? i'd tell you but nico will probably kill me, i swear he's just waiting for a good excuse to

anyway i'm like. a year ahead of you again lol it's june 2011 now for me

[judoflipped]

man
nico said hes still gonna come after you for making hazel cry
i thought i caught up
but then you tell me we gotta go through some more stuff!!

[morsecodes]

WELLLL actually you don't, not really?? I mean you were at camp some but you didn't go questing this time, you had college admission for camp jupiter or something boring like that

but we won again??
mostly?

[they lost more friends, and camp got partly destroyed again, and his remaining friends went in completely different ways in the world but it's fine?? totally???]

[judoflipped]

oh what really
no mind games with hera this time
or someone else

im...... surprised

[morsecodes]

nah not with any of us

apollo on the other hand....
let's just say
zeus wasn't too happy he blessed octavian
so lester papa-- pada? buford, how EVEN do you spell papapopadolis???

[yeah he's never gonna get papadopolsis right, he's giving up.]

but ya apollo was human for, like, six months? he had to save the world this time

[SURE DIDN'T TAKE HIM LONG TO CAVE WITH THOSE SPOILERS HUH]

[judoflipped]

well no i prob would smite apollo for that too
lester papa i dont like that

good let one of the gods do it for once

[morsecodes]

buford says it's correctly spells papadopoulos so ya i aint ever spelling that right without him, zeus really was cruel with that one

anyway righteo except he had zero powers and was a dumbass and swore on the river styx not to sing or do archery so!!! me & calypso carried the quest half the way, piper filled in the rest for me on what happened with her and

[it sure does stop there for a hot minute.]

her and jason. he went to camp jupiter after that so idk much just that he won

[judoflipped]

yeah thats a real pain to write

sorry that you guys got swept up in it though
they should pick on another group of demigods or something

[morsecodes]

nah its cool
you deserved the break
he did most of it without us at least
he found this demeter girl named meg
cool as shit girl
youll like her

[LEO AND MEG GOT ALONG SO GREAT....she was fun. and laughed at all his jokes so of course he loved her what-- ]

[judoflipped]

wow a god that does something without us
youve gotta be joking

[morsecodes]

i know! im as shocked as you are
but they were mad at apollo anyway so it makes sense he had to
yo it was so funny to see him
he had ache and flab and everything
he was miserable

[judoflipped]

too bad i dont remember that
id pay to see it

[morsecodes]

eh you got like four more months to go
itll be worth the wait
trust me

[judoflipped]

yeah i guess it will be
hopefully i remember to get a couple of pics