Terre Haute expedition: Camping Day 1

[lord_wizard]

[It's been a more or less uneventful day of travel for the expedition team. Not unexpected for the first leg of such a trip, and with any luck, it will stay that way.

As the sun starts to get low in the sky, Felix signals the group with a sharp whistle to stop, shortly after he feels the change. They've entered the Dead Zone. That sudden loss of power for anyone used to that sort of thing. Not an easy thing to adjust to, at first.]

"We've crossed into the border of the Dead Zone now. We should stop here for the night. Those of you with experience, help set up camp as needed. And I recommend a few of you working out a watch schedule. You never can tell what might be out here."

SET UP | CAMPFIRE | IN THE NIGHT

Comments

[the_effect_she_has]

Aha. It wasn't that you were trouble - trouble followed you. [A pause] ...Monsters followed you to school?

[waterproofed]

Yep. They can smell demigods, so they follow us around a lot.

[the_effect_she_has]

You ... must cause a lot of property damage.

[waterproofed]

Only a few national monuments and some statues. No big deal.

[the_effect_she_has]

[She stopped. She looked at him. Then her lips curved up into a smile that melted into a laugh.]

[waterproofed]

[write it down in your history books, people: the day Katniss Everdeen laughed]

[the_effect_she_has]

[It happens but sometimes ... it does, and she's wiping tears from her eyes as she bends over, still laughing.] No ... no big deal, huh?

[waterproofed]

Just a typical day for Percy Jackson.

[the_effect_she_has]

If that's a typical day - I hate to be around when something interesting happened.

[waterproofed]

Oh, that's when I get to ride in a sun chariot and fight Minotaurs in their underwear.

[the_effect_she_has]

[One eyebrow raised, and she shook her head.] You know, the only thing I find shocking about that is that it is natural in your world, and not genetically engineered, like in mine and in Gale's.

[waterproofed]

I'm not sure which is worse. Your monsters probably at least stay dead when you kill them.

[the_effect_she_has]

[She makes a face in memory.] It ... took a lot of bullets, but yes. Eventually.

[waterproofed]

Ours keep coming back. Sometimes it takes a while, but if you've got my luck it's not long.

[the_effect_she_has]

You have some lousy luck, Percy.

[waterproofed]

That's why I will never become a professional gambler. That, and it requires way too much math.

[the_effect_she_has]

Math was never my strong point other.