Sup my peeps! I don't own PJO. Shocker, right?
Lacy's POV
The Creation of Odge-podge by Anna Brightly
Long ago there was nothing. Nothing that is, but Kelpic. Kelpic shaped the planet of Odge-podge with his mind and he breathed life into it causing the plants to grow. He wept with joy, causing the three great rivers, Klab, Wem, and Letgob, to flow. From Wem sprang the Gaks, the beings of Odge-podge. From Klab came the clouds and Kelpic's Queen Vianette. From Letgob came the horrible monster of death, Mei-Mei, and some tacos. Mei-Mei caused death on Odge-podge and had no friends for being a meanie-butt.
The Gaks feared nothing more than straw, which was poisonous to them. But Kelpic taught them how to destroy it. Their favorite food was pickles, which were sacred to Kelpic.
Kelpic and Vianette bore four children who all became gods. Cool, right? Oddley was the goddess of feelings and the elements. Billy-Bob-Joe was the god of day, night, weather, seasons and spittoons 'cause that's how he rolls. Mithle was the goddess of youth, flowers and the harvest. Ylug was the god of wisdom and war, peace, truth and pumpernickel bread (because he liked pumpernickel bread). The Gaks worshiped these gods and goddesses and still do to this day.
"Well?" Asked Anna after I finished deciphering the story, her eyes gleaming.
"It's... weird." I answered her, my eye twitching.
Anna shrugged. "Should be. I just recreated a writing project from the fourth grade by forcing some dude I found on the street to write it out for me."
My friends had volunteered me to part with Lamia's kindness next, they said it would be easy to accomplish. They were wrong. See, they keep doing the dumbest stuff to get me to act kind. First Tammy pretends to faint in the middle of the sidewalk (several people tried to help her instead of me). Then Natalie "forgot" her bag on a park bench, then two seconds later retrieved it cooing like it was a baby. And now Anna shows up and shoves an old napkin in my face and tells me to read it. Pitiful. Just. Plain. Pitiful. Yeah, unless they want me to be less than kind, I suggest they leave me alone.
"I'm getting some Gatorade, guys. Don't follow me." I walked away from the alley we'd been sleeping in in search for a hotdog stand.
As I walked I heard some kid crying.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAA! MOMMY!" It was a little boy, around five with mousey brown hair. He was standing in the middle of the sidewalk, but no one stopped to help him. As cliché as it was, I went to his side.
"What's wrong, huh? Did you lose your mom?" I crouched down beside him.
He nodded his head and rubbed his eyes.
"What's your name? My name is Lacy."
"Patrick." He mumbled. It was barley audible.
"Well Patrick, I'm gonna help you find your Mom. Where did you last see her?"
After a series of questions, I was able to track down a lady with Patrick's hair in front of a store, who had been bawling her eyes out. She hugged her son and thanked me at least ten times, until I felt a familiar warmth in my chest. Uh-oh. I ran off and hid behind a dumpster, awaiting my fate. I dropped to my knees as my mouth started glowing.
Anna's Pov
Tammy, Natalie, and I were brainstorming on how to make Natalie exhibit beauty. How the Hades is she going to do that? We couldn't think of anything at all. Seriously, nothing.
"She could-" I started. "No, that's dumb."
"Why don't we just complement her?" Asked Lacy. Wait! When did she get here?
"Oh, you're back. Where's that Gatorade?" Tammy yawned.
"Sorry, no energy drinks. I was too busy getting this." She held up a ring proudly.
Natalie snatched it out of her hand.
"Hey!"
"Kalosýni̱, Kindness. Good job."
We spent the rest of the afternoon complementing Natalie on her hair, clothes, makeup. When we had finally gotten her mouth to glow, I was about ready to kill myself. At any rate, we are finally ready to find Nico.
I wanted to end the madness quicker, so the last two souls were taken care of in one chapter. Review!
