Percy, Annabeth, Leo, Piper, Jason, Hazel, and Frank all sit on the couch.
"You like riddles?" Annabeth asks.
"Uh, sure. Depends if it's easy or hard," Percy said.
"Seaweed brain," Annabeth sighed.
"That more in your territory, Annabeth," Piper pointed out.
"Come on! Who doesn't love a good riddle? We should all play a game." Annabeth grins. "Each of us ask a riddle, and the other people have to guess. If correct, one point."
"I hate hard questions," Percy said.
"Well, I wonder who the winner would be," Leo said sarcastically. "Certainly not Annabeth, daughter of the Wisdom Goddess."
"Okay, fine. You have a point. How about I just keep score? But seriously, I want to say all the riddles." Annabeth stood up. "There's a compass pointed down at south. It moves two steps toward the left, one back. Repeat that for five times. Where is it pointing now?"
Jason grinned. "That's easy. It's pointing-"
Annabeth shushed him. "Starting off easy. Don't tell." She and Jason both watched, amused.
Percy was scratching his head, Piper was mulling over the words, Hazel closed her eyes in visualization, and Frank was so nervous that he turned into a chipmunk.
"Can we draw a picture or something?" Leo complained.
Annabeth shook her head. "Come on, guys."
"Oh my gods!" Piper laughed. "Good one. I can't believe that took me a while."
"So obvious," Percy murmured.
"Got it first," Jason told him.
Percy crossed his arms. "Well, that was lucky. Next time would be even more challenging."
"I don't know about that. After all, people do call you Seaweed Brain."
"Oh yeah, Sparkhead?"
Before the two boys began name-calling, their girlfriends pulled them apart.
"Okay, Jason, whisper to me the answer," Annabeth said.
Jason did.
Annabeth nodded. "Correct. Here's the next one: 'C-H' on the outside. You are inside."
"Wha-?" Percy frowned. "What does that mean?"
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1ST RIDDLE: There's a compass pointed down at south. It moves two steps toward the left, one back. Repeat that for five times. Where is it pointing now?
2ND RIDDLE: 'C-H' on the outside. You are inside
