hydrokinetics | I'm gonna fight 'em off, a seven nation army couldn't hold me back [W4, Sunday]

[He and Natalie had spoken about gathering together a small group of people to talk about the game and figure out their next steps. Pool together information, you know? It seemed logical. Natalie was logical in ways that Percy wasn't, just like Annabeth was logical in ways Percy wasn't and Percy was more emotional in ways the girls weren't.

After the events of this week, it's almost emotion that drives him to cancel the idea all together. Without Annabeth, was his part in this game even important? Did it matter to keep trying? Everything felt like it had fallen apart. People were dead. People were hurt. People, murderers were walking free and it was his fault they didn't come to justice.

Natalie had told him to take the night off on Saturday, but too much energy and pent-up anger led to time with Harry and Jason. Noctis and Percy always touched base, and Milla was always the one with the good questions, Natalie's suggestion for this meeting.

It's much later than he'd hoped. It's evening by now and it was an accident that he fell asleep that afternoon after three straight nights of not sleeping. He still looks to be a mess, but there are new bandages on his hands and he doesn't quite smell like booze. He's exhausted, hair ruffled and still sporting dark circles under his eyes, and yet there's what looks like a pizza on the table and a few drinks as he gets the five other people involved in the room.

Harry, Noctis, Natalie, Jason, Milla. Yeah. He trusted all of these people enough. A group of six suited Percy just fine.]

...thanks for showing up, guys. After everything it's...this probably can't wait anymore. Last week, Natalie and I thought it'd make sense to get all of us together and start brainstorming how to get out of this game. [There's a pause and a swallow as he regains control again.] This weekend was really, really bad for all of us. We need to start putting together the pieces of what we already know and see how we can fix everything.

What do we have so far?

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[He mirrors the same expression, wondering if his suspicions are right.]

I have. For the sake of keeping everybody safe, you'll have to forgive me for not mentioning a name. I can't do that.

No, I understand. I would do the same, if I were in your position.

[No hurt feelings here, Percy Jackson. Jason just offers him a smile.]

Just wanted to double check, since those are some pretty specific pronouns.

[There's no smile back, but there's definitely a look that says that he gets it.]

My bad. I probably should have went with neutrality. But I have.

You should have. But it's not like it means much when we're all drowning in a sea of sausages.

[snort.]

[A small laugh.]

Yeah, thanks for the reminder, Jason. We'll keep everything vague from here on out.

[what]

Sausages. . .? I see no sausages.

[why did you do this Jason]

Ah, that's—

[embarassing. JASON, EXPLAIN.]

[JASON HAS EXPLAINED]

Sausages. I see. I had no idea there were so many words for a single body part.

[chokes back a laugh]

[SHE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND??? she's not up to date with your cool hip teenager language]

I'm talking about dicks, Milla. Penises. Wieners. Meat rods.

[The more names he lists??? The more he snickers??????

Jason Todd is truly the baby of this group. We're sorry, world.]

[???? WHAT'S SO FUNNY??]

Oh! Well, then why didn't you just say so.

[she sounds more confused than embarrassed tbh. human euphemisms are weird]

Saying we're swimming in a sea of dicks doesn't sound as funny — or poetic.

[SHRUGS.]

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thatsthespirit - 2017-02-06 03:04 (UTC) - Expand

You're five years old.

[she says, even though she is absolutely laughing just as hard herself]

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[piping up]

For clarification, this person you spoke with is the person who needs to kill another person to end the game, correct?

[just to make sure she's understanding correctly. she understands why he won't give a name though, and isn't even bothering to ask]

Yeah, from what I understood. Not sure when the Sheriff dished out that role, but it's the story I was told.

[she nods, lapsing into more pensiveness]

Interesting. [another pause, and she hates to ask this question, but]

[her expression hardens, because she wants to make sure the information they have is completely 100% accurate. kind of like what Noctis said earlier]

Do you trust this person?

...I do. I wasn't sure at first, but after everything that's happened? Yeah. I do. And that's why I need everybody else to, too. Which...is hard when I can't give names, but then that's just asking you to trust me.

[. . . that answer is about as sincere as it gets, and it satisfies Milla. she relaxes her intense expression]

All right. I trust you, and I will trust this other person because of that.

I won't ask for the name of this person, because I don't want to to break the bonds of trust you share. But can you give us the name of their role?

[though if he'd rather not, she wouldn't blame him. she just wants to make sure she understands all the pieces on the chessboard that is whole ass]

Thank you, Milla. [A half-grin] But I can't because I wasn't given a name. Bandits and Bounties. We think this person might be a Bounty, but I don't really know what that means either.

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...When did whoever it was tell you about this? Was it recently?

Not long before you and I spoke. [~~But the thread was still going and he didn't get most of the information until after that whoops.~~] I wanted to bring it up when we all talked and I'm kind of glad since the idea that the Sheriff can override everything is brand new information to me.

I haven't told anybody else except for the people in this room.

If they have the power the end this game, I think we should keep it to the people in this room. Word gets out, and someone could get the bright idea to go on a killing spree to find them.

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Yeah, I'm with Jason, obviously. It already sounds like it sucks to be that person, might as well not make it worse.

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