(AN) Please excuse this pointless drabble...
Nico sat on a crate, up on the deck. The rest of the remaining crew lounged around tensely, while Leo stood at the helm.
"So, Nico," Leo started. Nico winced a little as Leo started to socialize.
"Whats your… favorite animal?" he said with a little too much enthusiasm.
Nico regretted sitting so close to Leo. He didn't have anything against the guy, but that just seemed like such a pointless question.
"I guess I don't have one." Nico said a little irritably. He'd only been out of the jar for two days now and as good as the fresh air on his face felt, he really wasn't up for this.
"No favorite animal? Mine's an aardvark." Leo said.
"Because we all care what your favorite animal is, Leo." Piper said, sitting closer to them. Piper was gorgeous, of course, but would be completely creeped out by Nico, of course. Story of his life.
"Well, what's yours, beauty queen?" Leo asked her.
"I guess a snow leopard." Piper said casually.
"Frank!" Leo called Frank over. "What's your favorite animal?"
Frank came over frowning. "Ummm, Elephants. Why?"
"Nico doesn't have a favorite animal."
"Why not?" Frank asked.
Nico sighed. "Because I never really thought about it. Besides, I went into an animal shelter once and the animals were all hiding at the back of their cages, shaking, and freaking out. They don't like me." J
Jason came over to see what was going on. Piper blushed a little when he sat down next to her and put his arm around her. Mr. Perfect and together again. Nico wasn't sure about Jason yet. He'd met Thalia a couple of times, and had suspected their last names when he visited Camp Jupiter, but the two were nothing alike.
"Jason, what's your favorite animal." Piper asked.
"An eagle, why?"
"Nico doesn't have a favorite animal." Nico sighed.
"I didn't realize it was so important to you guys." he said sarcastically, rolling his eyes and fiddling with his sword belt. Were they legitimately interested in his favorite animal? Maybe they were trying to get their minds off Percy and Annabeth with stupid chatter. Either that or they were all suppressing some major bestiality fetishes.
Hazel, who had been inside the ship, came out on to the deck. She looked at them, and hurried over.
"Are we talking about something important? Is there any news?" Nico looked towards her slowly.
"Most definitely not." he said.
Leo laughed. "Naw, we were just talking about animals, what's your favorite?" Hazel blinked.
"Horses. Duh. Why is that important?" Nico sighed in relief inwardly. So not everyone was oddly obsessed with species variation. He could've told Leo that horses were Hazels favorite animal though. It was kind of universally known. Besides, horses were useful. They could pull stuff, be ridden into battle, and…yeah. That was pretty much all he could think of. He supposed you could eat them as well. Leo shrugged, along with everyone else. Hazel looked at them a little oddly before walking back into the ship.
(AN) Yep, see, i told you pointless. Mostly just a shot of the characters interacting.