Drabble brought to you by a tumblr prompt, "Bad ideas, miniaturized." If you've never played Axis and Allies, its a great game, if a bit long and tedious. There's an edition set in WW2, which is what these three lovelies are playing. Enjoy!
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It was going pretty well until Japan took over Australia.
Popcorn had been popped, the kitchen table cleaned off, and the board game set up (with a million pieces, most of them having to be saved from the unknown realm under the refrigerator.) It was just some cousinly bonding time over a board game on a rainy New York afternoon. Perfect, domestic and oh so very normal.
Until Nico got ahold of the Nazi party, that is.
Looking back on it, Jason mused that they probably should've chosen a different game to play like Candyland or Chutes and Ladders, instead of Axis and Allies.
Percy was leaning back in his kitchen chair, a half finished glass of lemonade and the entire world spread out before him. The poor thing looked incredibly confused. Jason didn't blame him, he was too, honestly—since when had Nico become such a devious war strategist? Well, a war strategist anyways, considering Nico had always been a bit (ok, a lot) devious.
France had been hit first, then most of Africa. It was all right though—who really needed baguettes anyways and it's not like the Nazi party had anything against elephants, as far as Jason knew. Things could easily be turned around.
The son of Jupiter had then had to go and make the mistake of trusting Percy with Australia, a British stronghold.
Nico and his Japanese forces had crushed them in four rolls. He felt kinda bad, but Jason was silently thanking the god at his kid hadn't been enlisted in the army in the 40s. Holy Roman Empire.
The scary thing was, Nico seemed to be enjoying crushing the world under his iron fist. He had is manic glint in his eyes, the same when he was raising the dead, as he plucked their ships and soldiers off as more and more of the world became his. Note to self, Jason thought, never make this guy mad.
Within the hour, a Nico had taken over the world, and the tiny board game pieces were loaded back into the box. Sally Jackson walked in at five or so, carrying a pizza.
"Have fun, boys?" She asked, planting a kiss on the top of each of their heads.
"Yeah," Nico said, "I'm going to IM Hazel."
As Jason watched Nico leave, he sighed. Oh yeah, they were totally playing Candyland next time.