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Casus's Point of view

We sprinted, trying to keep up with Percy, and he looked like he was walking. Grover almost revealed himself when he tried to keep up. After that, he thought through every step. Neither of us were New England of New York natives, and were not natural fast walkers. He probably could walk a ten minute mile without breaking a sweat, and he didn't use water or demigod powers or anything! He didn't know they existed. Who I'm talking about is Pain Destroyer.

I ran alongside Grover, trying to at least keep in view of Percy. He seemed to be very far ahead. We finally caught up to him, he was waiting outside of the dining hall. When we got there, Percy remarked, "You are so slow. I have been waiting for like an hour." It had only been five minutes that Percy waited. But he was ADHD like every other demigod, so that was to be expected.

"Well, not all of us are Yorkers," I sassed at him. "We don't walk as fast as you, and running would get us in trouble. Plus, it was five minutes you were waiting."

"Ok ladies, you are both pretty," Grover told us. "But what about going in and eating breakfast before others get there." Percy and I looked at Grover in shock. I didn't think that Grover had it in him.

We decided to stop arguing and listen to Grover. We entered the empty hall. A girl came up to us and asked, "Can I give you a menu and lead you to a seat?"

Staring at her in shock, I picked up the conversation and said, "We thought it would be more of a public school set-up. None of us are rich, so this is unusual for us. This is included, right? If yes, lead the way miss," I looked at her name tag, "Mereo." Interesting. Her name was Maori for creative.

"Yes, this is included in your school fees," she stuttered, blushing at my saying of her name, especially the fact I pronounced it correctly. "Please, follow me young sirs." She walked over to a small table with six chairs. "Every room has its own table, with double the amount a chairs, for friends from other tables. It is as if everyone at the table has a girlfriend or boyfriend there."

"Thank you for telling us this information miss," Percy piped up. Looks like he can not hold himself in for long. I noticed he had been moving like he had ants in his pants for a bit.. "Oh, and can you show me to the bathroom? I haven't gone in a bit and I really need to go." He was wiggling even more ferocious than before.

"Yes, of course," Mereo said hurriedly. "I will show you the dining halls restrooms. The rest of you should come as well so you know how to get there as well." She walked us over to two doors, boys and girls. "Here you are. I hope you know how to get back to your table."

"Yes we do. Thank you Mereo," Grover informed.

"You are very welcome sirs," she blushed, running away from us as she was embarrassed. Anyone could tell from her red cheeks.

"Why did the girl run away?" Scratch that. Percy could not.

"She was embarrassed," I told him gently. He nodded his head in understanding.

After going to the bathroom, we went back to the table. The boy I was watching sprinted, needing to move. Grover and I walked professionally over, trying to set a good impression on the rich kids. We sat down at the table ready to order food. But none of us knew how to do so. Percy then whispered, "Hey, Time and Tree, I found a note written by Mereo about how this whole dining room thing works!

"Show us Pain," we chorused.

Hello Casus, Grover and Percy. This note is here to tell you how the dining hall works since you seemed pretty clueless earlier. Dining hall is open for breakfast from 7:30 to 8:45, 11:30 to 1:30, and 5:45 to 7:30 every day for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. All meals are included in already paid fees, so eat as much as you want. When you enter, one of us workers will give you a menu. You tell them whether you are sitting at your table or a different one. Then decide what you want to eat on the menu. To order, write what the whole table wants on the paper with who wants it and the table name. Put the menus in the middle with the paper on top. After that, the whole table raises their hands and a worker will take the pile and return with your food shortly. This is the basics of the dining hall. If you have any questions, ask a worker. -Mereo.

As I has the best writing I wrote down pancakes with blueberry syrup for Percy, toast with strawberry jam for Grover, and I had cheerios with white cows milk. Our table name was GREN. Piling up all the menus in the middle with the paper on top, we raised our hands.

A different girl took our menus and paper, dropping the menus in front and the paper in a back room. Ten minutes later we had our food and dug in. Grover and I had two helpings, while Percy had five. That was a demigod, einherjar, or magician metabolism kicking in. It must be worse for him, and he must have to eat more since he was all three. People around us looked at him in shock. After eating we just sat around and talked to each other, code names included. At 8:30 the principle appeared in front of the school microphone in hand.