percy

[vigilantics]

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week 0, sunday

[vigilantics]

[ well.

it's some time after evan's last hurrah (i hate you mods), and stephanie is... wandering around camp. she is both mentally and physically exhausted, and everything is terrible.

but when she sees percy, she'll wave. ]

[hydrogenetic]

[Likewise, he'll wave back and just fall right into step with her. They can keep walking. It's probably better than being idle.]

...you okay? [He hasn't quite figured things out, but he can guess that Evan was important to Steph.]

[vigilantics]

Not really.

[ it's the most honest thing she can say. ]

But I will be, eventually.

[hydrogenetic]

[He nods at that, stopping like he's unsure if he wants to continue but charging on ahead anyway.]

Don't take this the wrong way, but I'm sort of glad to hear that.

[vigilantics]

[ she tilts her head. ]

Really?

[hydrogenetic]

Really. It's an honest answer and probably better than trying to say you're fine. [It's a trustworthy answer is what he means.]

...but I'm still sorry it happened.

[vigilantics]

... me too.

[ it's funny, how an accidental murder is more infuriating than an intentional one. ]

But we'll fix this.

[hydrogenetic]

Any ideas so far? Everything I've been thinking of seems to kinda stop making sense because of the mechanics here.

[vigilantics]

I feel like the trend is that nothing makes sense until a few weeks in.

[ ... ]

But I don't want to wait that long.

week 1, monday

[vigilantics]

[ so. sometime after that never have i ever business, stephanie goes looking for a boy like she said she would. ]

So.

[hydrogenetic]

So. [HELLO STEPH...] Where do you want me to start?

[vigilantics]

Anywhere you want?

[ she doesn't want to pry too much, but between what he said and the like bus thing, which he immediately followed with "it wasn't my fault" both times

well. ]

[hydrogenetic]

[That's lofty, so give him a moment to think about it.]

Okay. I'm...not really great at school in the first place. And a lot of my teachers never believed me when weird stuff happened that I could never explain. Mortals have a hard time seeing through the Mist, so everything I saw sounded like I was making stuff up. And...well, public schools and especially private schools don't want to deal with troubled kids. It was easier for them to just kick me out when things happened. Six schools in six years, and for the longest time everyone blamed me for not being good enough.

[vigilantics]

... adults really don't know how to take care of kids.

[ there's a sad note of understanding in her tone as she nods. ]

The Mist?

[ it sounds like a less personal question than the other stuff. ]

[hydrogenetic]

Yeah. [It's clear the yeah is regarding the mist because he doesn't know how to reply to the first part.] It's like this layer that stops mortals from seeing things the way they really are, like monsters or buildings disguised as something else. Stuff like that. Most mortals can't see through it, but some are strong enough that they can.

[vigilantics]

... huh.

[ that makes sense. she thinks about his profile. ]

So you were seeing all of the mystical stuff, and no one else around you could.

[hydrogenetic]

[Me: what the hell did I put on his profile.]

Yeah, exactly. I didn't find out why until a couple of years ago but I could see stuff and weird stuff always happened to me like...accidentally blowing stuff up, or dunking my entire class in a shark tank. Also not my fault. But people have said it's because our powers aren't always controlled until we really start training.

[vigilantics]

That's-- wait.

[ there's a pause, as she... considers this information... and what she was previously told. ]

Do you know Nico and Reyna?

week 3, tuesday

[vigilantics]

[ where's percy

wherever he is, stephanie is approaching him with cookies. ]

[hydrogenetic]

[He issss hanging out in the arts and crafts cabin! Why? He's bored, but he hears Steph and he glances up briefly from whatever he's working on.]

Hey. [...wait...cookies?] ...what's with the offering?

[vigilantics]

I'm in a baking mood.

[ she holds them out more. ]

[hydrogenetic]

[...he'll take them, eyeing them curiously before shrugging and immediately putting one in his mouth.]

You're being way more productive than I am, so thanks. [A gesture to a nearby chair.] Wanna sit? I'm just working on a map.

[vigilantics]

Oh, sure.

[ and sit she shall. ]

What kinda map?

[hydrogenetic]

Just of the camp itself. You've seen how the fog keeps rolling back and showing new cabins, right? It's a lot to keep track of, and I want to see if we can start figuring out what might be missing.

[vigilantics]

A lot of it is stuff that is pretty standard for a summer camp. So it shouldn't be too hard to guess correctly, until they decide to throw in something really weird, like a cemetery.