"I don't understand why Leo can't have a little more respect for the fact that one: Percy and Annabeth are in the depths of Tartarus and fighting for their lives, and two: we're sort of on a quest that determines the fate of the world," Jason sighed, leaning back in his chair and propping his feet on the table on fornt of him. All pretenses of the formal Roman praetor were completely gone; it was after midnight, and he was clearly exhausted.
Piper personally felt like she could keel over from exhaustion any minute.. They'd had an absolutely insane day in the monster department, finishing off several hellhounds, six dracaenae, pit scorpions, and a freaking Hydra. Both Piper and her boyfriend, along with the other demigods aboard the Argo II were covered in monster dust and various nasty-smelling slimes, not to mention a lot of their own blood.
Unfortunately, they hadn't been able to clean off because someone (read: Valdez) was hogging the shower.
"LEO!" Frank shouted, pounding on the door with a huge fist. "YOU'VE BEEN IN THERE FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF!"
"YOU DON'T GET HAIR THIS NICE WITHOUT SOME WORK, ZHANG!" Leo replied, his tone somehow managing to imply that the matter was closed even while he was shouting at the top of his lungs.
Frank sighed, returned to the mess hall area, and slumped into a chair. "Sorry, guys. I tried."
"S'okay, Frank," mumbled Nico. He looked like he was half asleep at this point.
"AND IIIIIIIIIIII WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUU! AND I WILL ALLLLLLLLWAAAYYYYYS LOOOOOOOOVE YOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!"
Nico sait bolt upright in his chair, dark eyes wide. "Wide awake! What in the name of Olympus was all that about?
"Leo sings in the shower," Piper said darkly.
"Argh," Hazel murmured sleepily into Frank's t-shirt, "he sounds awful."
"Doesn't he always?" Jason replied.
"True story."
YOU ARE SAAAAAFE IN MY HEART AND MY HEART WILL GO ON AND OOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNN!"
"I don't even have the energy to tell him to shut up anymore."
"Me either."
"WEEEE ARE THE CHAAAAAMMMMPIONNNNSSS, MY FRIENDS—"
"Hey, is that Queen?"
"Yeah. You know, I always loved Freddie Mercury."
"CAN'T READ MY, CAN'T READ MY, NO HE CAN'T READ MY POKER FACE—"
"Sweet mother of Zeus, now he busts out the Lady Gaga? I was expecting that a little earlier, to be honest with you."
I KNOW A SONG THAT GETS ON EVERYBODY'S NERVES, EVERYBODY'S NERVES, GETS ON EVERYBODY'S NERVES! I KNOW A SONG THAT GETS ON EVERYBODY'S NERVES, AND THIS IS HOW IT GOOOOOOOOES! I KNOW A SONG THAT GETS ON EVERYBODY'S NERVES, EVERYBODY'S—"
"All in favor of just killing him now?"
Every hand in the room went up.