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Leo told them all about watching CSI and writing letters and all the other stuff, too. "So, yeah. That's why you're here now."
"Wait, so you seriously want to start up a detective club? An agency?" asked Thalia, eyebrows raised.
Percy and Leo nodded.
"And you want us to join, and, like, solve mysteries with you?"
They nodded again.
"How random is that?"
"Well, we were kind of bored. It's a sad life when you have no monsters to kill and the world is not in need of saving." Percy replied.
There were murmurs from all around the group. "Well…" said Frank. "I guess it couldn't hurt… And it is sort of boring not doing anything, I suppose."
Hazel shrugged. "Yeah, I suppose I'll join."
Jason sighed. "I can't believe I'm agreeing to this, but… I'll join your, uh, 'agency'".
They all nodded and murmured agreement, one by one, until the only one that was left was Nico. "I've got better things to do than prance around solving 'crime.'"
"Aw, come on Nicky, it'll be fun!" grinned Leo.
Nico gritted his teeth and glared at Leo. "Don't call me Nicky."
"Don't be such a deadbeat, Nico!"
Leo grinned. "Get it? Deadbeat?" He cracked up. Frank face palmed and Piper sighed.
Nico looked annoyed. "Alright, if I join your dumb agency, will you stop making bad death puns and calling me Nicky?"
Leo whooped. "Yes! We got everyone to join!"
Percy looked dead serious. "So. This is our first meeting. Being leader of this agency, I-"
"Hang on! Why are you leader?"
At this, they all started complaining and shouting out why they'd be the best leader.
"Yeah, who made you captain?"
"I watched CSI when I was little-I know about this stuff!
"Oh, yeah? Well, I watched Inspector Morse!"
"I watched Law and Order!"
"I watched Dora the Explorer!"
Everyone stopped talking and looked at Jason, who was indeed the owner of that last comment. There was an awkward silence and crickets chirped in the background.
"Uh… What?"
Jason looked embarrassed. "You were all saying what you watched as kids and I felt left out."
"We'll take a vote." suggested Piper, breaking the ice. "Has anyone got any paper?"
Leo summoned paper from his tool belt. Piper ripped it up into nine pieces and handed them out. "Write the name of the person you prefer to be leader."
Leo opened his mouth, but Piper cut him off. "No, Leo, you cannot put down yourself." He looked disappointed.
"I don't have a pen." muttered Percy. "Hey, I could try using Riptide as a pen!"
He took out the pen and uncapped it, trying to write. Instead, he ended up awkwardly skewering the paper on his sword. "Guess not, then."
Annabeth sighed. "You can use my pen after me, Seaweed Brain."
Once they'd finished writing, they handed in their slips to Annabeth, who proceeded to count them. She looked at the slips in disbelief and counted it again.
"So, by some miracle, the person with the highest votes was, uh, Percy. So… Yeah. Say hello to your new leader."
Percy whooped in joy. "Man, I was destined to be the chief of this thing!"
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." grumbled Thalia, looking irritated.
"So, now we've sorted that out, shall we do positions?"
"Huh?"
Percy rolled his eyes. "You know, like jobs."
"I, of course, am Chief. We already know that. And-"
"Do you even know what jobs there are in an agency, Percy?" asked Nico, looking dubious.
"Well…. No, not really."
Thalia decided to take charge. "We need a Tracker. Someone who can track suspects and tails them. They need to be stealthy and nimble."
She realized everyone was looking at her. "Oh, right, me. I suppose I would be the best person for the job, being a Hunter and all."
Frank spoke up. "Don't we need like, someone to decide cause of death, and inspect the body and stuff?"
"Whoa, wait. The body? This is getting kind of dark.," said Piper.
"We should still have one, just in case. And that would be…", Annabeth's eyes slid over to Nico.
He scowled. "Yeah, yeah, okay. I'll be the forensics person or whatever."
"A techie. We need a techie, someone who can hack phones and invent things to help in a case."
"That'd be me!" said Leo, looking smug.
Annabeth thought for a while. "How about someone to interview suspects? Piper could do that."
Piper nodded. "Yeah, with my charmspeak and all."
"I could scour the crime scene for objects and clues…" Hazel suggested uncertainly.
They nodded. "I could do the paperwork. You know, like write down all the information we know and sort it out, make sense of it, link it together." Said Annabeth.
"Frank could scout areas and houses and stuff."
"And Jason should be Deputy Chief. Kind of like the speaker for the team."
They all looked at each other, and burst into sniggers. "I feel like we're taking this too seriously." Said Thalia, smiling.
"Did it ever occur to you that we might not be able to find any 'mysteries?'", said Nico.
There was silence. "Ah, yes. That might be a problem." replied Hazel.
Suddenly, a shrill scream pierced the silence.
Cliffy! Pls review and I'll update, possibly on Thursday. Or later. J
