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[It's a few hours after the execution that Percy finds himself wandering back to the hotel. His thoughts are fuzzy and his head's clouded but his feet keep moving. It's what he has to do. The blood from Harry's head has dried on his hands and his clothes from when he tried to wipe off his hands, but that's irrelevant to him. Instead, he enters the hotel and stands in the hall to think of where to go next.

The kitchen? No, found body parts there. The bath house? No, found body parts there, too. His room? It's not somewhere he wants to go now. More than anything, he's realized he doesn't necessarily want to be alone in that space right now...so he turns for the lounge. That seems safe.

It's there he finds Noctis on one of the couches with Sara's sword and his expression twitches into something a little like happiness. It's not, but it's a sign he's better off with Noctis than others. Without a word he slowly enters the room and settles on the couch next to him, curling up a little before resting his forehead on Noctis's shoulder. Hi, friend.]


Remember when weekends used to be fun?
 
 
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[It's early evening when the Bounty group gathers again. There's more to discuss now that they've had time to cope and pick themselves up again, ready to get back to work. Time is still marching on and it's nothing that they can waste.

Together again, they settle. The room is quiet for a time as they all gather their thoughts. With everything that came up this weekend? They need a new plan of action.]
 
 
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[Percy's never been afraid of the dark, but in the last few months both in Tartarus and in this town, the dark has meant too many dangerous things that've put him on edge. It's startling late when he enters the hotel and he's quiet about it, closing the door while making zero sound and keeping his steps light.

Of course, he doesn't account for anyone else being awake. The sounds from the kitchen alarm him but he narrows his eyes, a hand on Annabeth's dagger at his hip as he steps closer to see what's going on. After everything, he refuses to be caught off-guard.

...and then he notices who it is and he sighs without thinking about it. Of course. Why isn't this a surprise?]


Man, what're you doing? [Will, why are you this way? And what are you doing?]