I want you to know all the places I mention are TRUE and DO EXIST unless I say so.
I also try to make the terrain (and other things such as geography, time, culture) as ACCURATE as possible, such as there's a fence next to lighthouse they need to go! So I write that there's a fence and have them climb over it! Or if people in Vietnam normally drink after they eat! But I do apologize if I get anything wrong.
LEO
Day 1 | August 1 | Afternoon
I showed Calypso how I crash land. She is not a fan of it.
She yelled an Ancient Greek curse at me. If I were to translate it your parent would earmuff you and burn this book. We landed—sorry—crashed landed on a white beach, past it was a green patch of land covered with trees. It wasn't that crowded with tourists so no one noticed us crashing. I glanced at Calypso she was the same beautiful person she was when I picked her up in Ogygia. She was brushing off the sand and didn't glance at me. I glanced at Festus, he was okay, the crash was caused because he had a missing left leg, also the same reason I crashed in Ogygia.
"You okay Calypso?" I asked, worried.
"Could've been a better landing." She muttered a complaint. I figured she's alright. I double checked if Festus was okay to fly again, and he was. But we need supplies and food. I am starving.
I am surprised she's taking the hey!-I'm-away-from-my-homeland-forever! pretty well and I'm a bit surprised. She's probably thinking about it right now, though.
"Ready to explore?" I asked.
"Let's go." So I packed up Festus into a— heavy luggage with wheels and walked into the coast of trees.
CALYPSO
Day 1 | Same Day | Near Dusk
I did not believe Leo actually came back for me. Obviously, I won't tell him that. He probably would've forgotten about me,—like the others— get a girlfriend and live a happy life. Except that he did come, kept his promise, and is taking me somewhere. Every time I talk I try to sound like I'm not surprised.
When I fell asleep on Festus, I had a nightmare that Leo would never come back and...no, nevermind. I don't want to talk about it. Leo is here now and broke me out from my prison.
Before I was sent to "prison" three thousand years ago, I was peaceful and traveled around like a normal nymph (who happens to be a daughter of the Titan Atlas). But I did not recognize this place, and glancing at Leo I figured he did not. I have a lot on my mind but finding where we are is my first priority.
"Any idea where we are, Leo?"
"Yup! We are in—nope, heck no." That's helpful. We approached up to a lighthouse and there was a sign. Leo read it aloud:
"POINT MOORE LIGHTHOUSE
45 Maine Terrance (Leo told me that was a street name), West End, WA 6530, Australia"
"So we're in Australia, but lemme interpret the rest," Leo said, "45 Maine Terrance is too specific for me to know where we are West End? Isn't Australia split into parts, and West End is one of them?" He looked at me like I would know.
He continued, "West End probably means—nah, I'm probably wrong. But because we're in Australia it means it'll be a long way back to Camp."
"Camp?" I questioned.
"Oh, it's a place for demigods, even nymphs, and stuff. It's in New York"
"What is—"
"New York is in America, and before you ask, New York is on the East Coast. I'll explain more later. For now, let's go eat, shall we?
. . .
We walked to a not far away cafe called "Tropicano's of Geraldton." It seemed cheap, small and local, but is better than nothing. They also accepted American money. I asked Leo how much we had and he said $50. I was so surprised that we had 50 dollars. We were rich! Until he told me that things are more expensive now, and $50 can only last a while.
We chatted about some important stuff and learned/did some things 1) my powers were gone (and I think Leo feels responsible) 2) we sent a message to Leo's camp. We did other things and learned some things, but it was mostly about Camp and things about the new improving world I missed. I also learned we need more oil for Festus and food for us.
We asked some Australians for some info on where is the nearest car shop and told us we should take a bus (Leo explained what that is) there. There was also a place to exchange money, so we exchange some. He didn't seem to care that some teens were asking for some oil place instead of a club, and he had a surfboard so we figured he wanted to surf.
By the time we got oil at Supercheap Auto, it was dusk. We needed to get food, we did the same process and went to a supermarket and got food. We wasted half our money, we needed a way for some cash, but how? For now, we decided it was time to leave because monsters might come. We were sensing we were being followed. But we didn't know where to go. Luckily, Leo had a map and he flew off.
"Where are we headed?" I asked Leo
"What?—Oh, not exactly sure. But I got a map."
"And...Where is the map exactly?" I asked because he wasn't looking at anything.
"Festus! He tells us where we are, like coordinates. Look, I'll show ya," Leo asked Festus where we are, and Festus answered with a series of creaks and croaks. "See it works! We should be there in a few days. I'll explain where we're going later. For now, do you want a sandwich?"
"You don't know where to go don't you?"
"Nah."
Next chapter will be in awhile, I won't be specific in my deadlines anymore.
In case you're wondering, the last place they left off was Coles Supermarket. Address: Chapman Rd & View St, Northgate Shopping Centre (WA), Northgate Shopping Centre, Geraldton WA 6530, Australia. Google it.
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