Masquerade

I love freeverses, you know. The more depressing it is, the more I love it.

Disclaimer: I do not own PercyJackson&theOlympians.

Masquerade

false outward show; façade; pretense: a hypocrite's masquerade of virtue.

activity, existence, etc., under false pretenses: a rich man's masquerade as a beggar.

~D i c t i o n a r y . c o m's definition of 'masquerade'

you think it's all fun and games now, girl?

continuously switching back&forth between personalities,

little miss nicegirl one moment then snappy e t e r n a l m a i d e n.

you l-a-s-h out and threaten to B I T E & then offer to ::help::?

could you at least try to stick to one persona?

. . . . .

it's been years since you saw

Annabeth
[smart|intellectual&wise]

Percy
(oblivious&rash)

Nico
-a lonely heartbreaker-

or

Grover
~protector&friend~

you can't help but listen to the voice inside your head
("they have their own lives to live; you can't just expect them to wait around 'till you come 'round")

. . . . .

you've always tried to hide your feelings,

and done it well, but how about now?

PercyAnnabeth&Nico are d e a d

(you shiver at the word, showing one of your weaknesses)

Grover's been reincarnated

and you're stuck at

S

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T
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you feel ashamed, letting your friends live their lives

without hearing a word from you since camp

it's almost as if saying,

"Have a merry life without me!"

. . . . .

You visit Annabeth's grave

for the first time in . . . . . twelve years?
[dang, time goes by fast]

and you let it all out.

50? 60? no, 76 years

worth of pent up emotional frustration

you apologize

. . . . .

through your watery eyes you see

a woman with

blondehair

graygraygray eyes
(just like hers)

& you think it's her

little Annabeth Chase

and you call out and apologize again

the woman looks at you quizzically &

picks up her daughter off the ground & scurries away

you realize that was probably her

daughter & granddaughter

and you mentally curse at yourself

thinking how uninvolved

you were in your friends lives once more.

. . . . .

"Thalia?" Artemis calls for you

and you suck it all up

put the masquerade on once more

. . . . .

There, I finished it in . . . an hour, thirty-six minutes, and about twelve seconds . ..

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at least that tells me someone's acually reading it.

~BlackAmethyst123