For those who are looking forward to me updating my Mark of Athena: Believe me, it's coming. Just be aware that I'm going to skip to when they arrive in Italy, because I honestly have no idea what I'm going to fill that empty space up with
Funny story: When I was typing this up from my notebook, at one point I was just typing without looking at the paper, thinking "...unfazed by the ordeal...", and then I looked at the paper and noticed that it said the exact same thing where I was thinking it would be, and I just thought, "Wow, this person has such similar writing tastes as me." And then I realized that I wrote it. *Facepalm*
My sad/awesome life during band class: Well, during band class I have a sad/awesome life. Once, bookbook and I were sitting in band, and I picked up my pencil-4pen thing and began drawing a face on my left hand and one on my right, with the lips being my thumb and that area by the knuckle of the index finger. bookbook saw what I was doing and asked me to loan her my pen. I passed it past a flute and a clarinet to her, and she drew two faces as well. Then whenever the band teacher started going off at the trumpets, we would do random stuff with those faces. XP
My awesome life in band class is writing whenever the band teacher goes off at the trumpets or the saxophones. The backsides of several pieces of music are filled with writing and relationship webs. The page at the beginning of the band book where you're supposed to log your practicing (which is, er, was completely empty for me) is so filled with writing that I had to continue to the next page.
Disclaimer: I do not own PJO/HoO...sad but harsh truth.
Jason, Piper, Leo, Annabeth, Hazel, Frank, Reyna, and Percy were sitting around a large table eating gelato, having finished their pizza already. They were attempting to discuss their next steps for the quest over the chaos o the restaurant when Hazel suddenly cried out, pointing at the door. Percy swiveled around and surveyed the scene through the glass door. People were running and yelling at each other to get out of the way and screaming "Toro! Toro!" in Italian, and through the midst of it all was the one and only… Minotaur. Percy sighed and gestured for the others to follow him. By the time they reached the door, all the Italians were gathering around it, looking stunned. Percy pushed through them and opened the door, despite one man's cry of "Stupido ragazzo! Non andare là fuori!"
As Percy stepped out onto the deserted street, he readied Riptide and knew that the others were doing the scene with their weapons. The Minotaur suddenly spun around and eyed the eight of them. Annabeth looked at Percy expectantly and asked, "Well?"
"Well, what? It's your turn."
"But you know how to do it better than I do!"
"But I've already killed him twice!"
"Wait, what?" Frank interjected, sounding incredulous "You've killed the Minotaur? Twice?"
"Ye–"
"Guys!" Reyna yelled, turning their attention to the half-bull that was gearing up.
Percy sighed, then swore, and then turned to face the monster. "Hey, there!" Percy shouted. "Just couldn't stay away, huh?" The Minotaur snorted and scraped the ground with his foot when he recognized Percy. "Yeah, first when I was twelve, then when I was practically sixteen, and now when I'm almost seventeen. When will it be next? My high school graduation?"
The Minotaur charged him with both arms reaching out, having learned from previous mistakes. Percy ducked under one arm at the last moment and spun around to face him/it. The Minotaur turned and glared at Percy with its beady black bull's eyes, then charged again. Percy swiped with his sword, but was only able to make a gash in the monster's chest.
"You know, I still have that horn of yours hanging on the wall in my cabin, Percy stated conversationally. That only seemed to anger the beast further. "Oh, cr–" The Minotaur had charged once more. Percy rolled under him, stood up, spun around, and sunk Riptide hilt-deep into its back. The Minotaur dissolved into dust.
Percy wiped the dust off his hands as he turned back to face his friends. Only Annabeth seemed unfazed by the ordeal. "So," she said, "should we go back to our gelato?"
I have a feeling that Rick Riordan's Noorse series is somehow going to incorporate Carter, Sadie, Zia, and Anult (Anubis/Walt). Maybe even some PJO/HoO characters.