Epilogue 1: Judging

Day of the Science Fair

"Well, Miss Dare, it's an interesting project. Where did you get the idea of investigating the effects of caffeine on dyslexic and ADHD teenagers?" the judge asked me.

So that's what the mortals saw. I figured the mist would protect any Greek thing I put in my project, so I just kept the terms in it.

"I got this idea after a kid in the ADHD/dyslexic camp I work at got into a stash of Mountain Dew. I wondered if it would be the same for people of all different ethnicities." Wow, nice save.

"Do you enjoy working at the camp?" Don't really know what this has to do with my project, but whatever.

"Uh, yeah. It's pretty fun." You know, if you find battling monsters fun.

"I have a nephew who is dyslexic and ADHD. He's very sweet. Loves to play basketball." Looks like I stumbled upon a demigod.

"If I may ask, how old is he?"

"He's about ten. His father left when he was born. Never did like that man. He was always reciting these terrible haikus." Insert mental face palm. Stupid patron god doesn't know how to keep to himself.

"About your experiment, what would you do differently next time?" Not really planning on doing this experiment again. EVER!

"I would probably have a control group that just drinks water."

"Very good. Everything seems to be in order. Nice job. This is one of the best projects I've seen." It better be. I didn't go through all that just to get a honorable mention.

"If I may ask, could I please listen to some of the tape recording of the experiment." Uh-oh.

"Umm, well... it... um."

"That wild, huh?" No. It was completely tame.

"Yes."

"Can you tell me some of the high points of the experiment?" How in Hades do I tell a mortal all that happened?

"It was pretty exciting when one of the participants got lit on fire from an uncontrollable lighter. Some of the participants started hallucinating ponies and butterflies. Some of them passed out. Three of them had heavy make-out sessions in the corner. One couldn't stop playing music. One attacked everything in sight. An introverted participant talked for an hour straight then ran around the room pretending he was a superhero."

"Your friends sound pretty crazy."

"You have no idea."

Sorry if it wasn't that funny… I promise the participants' epilogue will be though. I think I will have to split it up in two sections, so expect two more chapters!

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