Percy thought the had changed a lot since the last time he saw it. For starters, the entire layout had changed. When you walked through the cave opening, there was a porch that housed multiple coats and shoes, clearly for Leo and his family. After you went through the front door, you came into a huge kitchen diner that was also a living room. On the fridge, a menu planner attached by a magnet had been rubbed out and Dinner For Guests was scrawled all over the Friday section.
He turned to Annabeth and said, "So, is this building acceptable, in terms of good architecture?" Trying to break the awkward and confused silence that filled the room.
Annabeth looked at him with shining eyes, "The open plan layout works really well for a half underground house, and the wood burner instead of a fireplace is so energy efficient... I guess it's okay." She said with as much sarcasm as Sam Al Abbas, even though no one in that room had any idea who that person was.
Calypso came through a doorway left from the hallway that Annabeth hadn't noticed and gestured for the eight of them to sit down. "I think Leo'l be here in a moment after he can free himself from Lily and Morgan. Can I get you anything to drink? Tea? Coffee?"
Frank paused, then said, "Do you have redbush?" He looked at Hazel.
She shook her head, "I'm good, thank you."
After a lot of confusing yeses an no's, Calypso was busy making an assortment of herbal teas and coffees. Piper volunteered to help, and so the process was faster.
When they were making the second batch of Cortados, Leo came into the room, nose smoking. "Well." He said, "You've certainly made yourself comfortable. I only just escaped smelling like lavender for eternity."
After everyone had a cup of something, Annabeth sat Leo down on the armchair for what was known as the most confusing questioning in history.
Annabeth started it with the most logical question, "Leo, why do you look thirty?"
Which was then answered by, "Look, you know when that snow goddess Khione threw me over the side of the Argo II? I landed here."
The next question was a little more detailed, "Yeah, but you came back after just two days. You can't age that much in two days."
And the answer was extremely confusing, "Well... This is Ogygia, when Cal's curse was still in place, any amount of time you spent here would count for nothing in the rest of the world."
Then came the most awkward, "And how long did you spend on Ogygia?"
After that came an awkward answer to match, "Thirty years."
So to wrap up, "And when you came back..."
Leo smiled, "The curse broke, so all my years caught up with me, literally."
Annabeth leant back on the sofa, trying to access the situation. Things did not compute in her nearly Vulcan mind.
Lily then came into the room, but stopped when she saw the crowd. "Dad has a lot of friends. Surprising." She then sat down in a beanbag and asked, "So, who are you guys? Blondie goes first."
Annabeth's mouth tugged at a smile, "I'm Annabeth Chase, a daughter of Athena. I defeated Arachne and now own Daedalus's laptop." She pulled the phone out of her pocket and demonstrated its shape-changing abilities.
Percy went next, "My name is Percy Jackson, I'm the only live, human son of Poseidon and I have done too many heroic things to count."
Frank laughed. "My name is Frank Zhang. I'm a son of Ares, and descendant of Poseidon. I rid Venice of the foulest beasts on earth."
Hazel shook her head. "My name is Hazel Levesque. Pluto was my dad, and I am responsible for the second fall of Alcyoneus, as well as the first successful defeat of Karpoi."
Piper rolled her eyes. "I am Piper McClean, and I am the one who put Gaia to sleep. My mom's Aphrodite if you have to know."
Jason smiled. "I'm Jason Grace, son of Jupiter-"
"Renowned annoyance." Leo whispered.
Jason looked at him as if Leo'd just hit Jason with another brick. "You're one to talk! Anyway, as I was saying, I'm a son of Jupiter, and I'm a praetor of New Rome."
Nico put his Cortado on the coffee table. "I'm Nico Di Angelo, son of Hades, and I raised the dead to fight Kronos, and slept in a jar earring pomegranate seeds for five days."
Will put his arm around Nico. "I'm Will Solace, son of Apollo, and I'm a doctor at Camp Half-Blood. I'm also Nico's boyfriend."
Lily nodded, "did anyone else come with you?" She asked.
Frank sighed, "The global terror, also known as Coach Hedge, is back at the Argo II. But you probably shouldn't let him into your very nice and clean house." He looked at the wood burner, "Very efficient heating system you've got there."
