Prompt from Lily: Spearmint gum and Bed Sheets (Well, I love when you leave reviews! So you keep doing that, 'kay?)
To Guest Reviewer: That they are, and it seems you also have a great taste in TV shows!
Okay, to the chapter.
"Hey! Grover, you're filming this, right?"
"Yep. See all those birds? They're so cool and just flapping around like whee–"
There was a cackle. "Good. I've always wanted to have an IKEA advantage."
"Um, Percy... I think you mean adventure."
"Oh. Right. Let's go have an IKEA adventure!"
There was a sigh as someone (no doubt Percy) ran and yelled "OPEN SESAME!"; there was the quiet whir of an automatic door.
"You know, we have to go after him..."
"But Annie," Thalia whined. "Do we really have to? I mean... would it really be that sad if we just lost him in IKEA?"
"Aw, Thalia, don't you want to jump out of closets and scare some children?"
"Uh, no, Nico, that's probably just you and p–"
"That sounds awesome!" Grover yelped, and there was a sigh from the background.
After the whir of the automatic door, there was a blast of rather loud chatter, and Nico sang loudly, "Percy, come out come out wherever you are!"
"Guys, come over here! They have rows of beds!"
"But do they have giant chairs?"
There was a faint sound of someone falling on a bed, and a yelp.
"Grover, you just sat on me!"
"Oh. That would explain the–"
There as a sudden shriek. "Look!" from Annabeth.
"Yeah? It's just... sheets..." came Percy's reply.
"They are not just sheets, Percy. Come smell them."
"What?" The other four said, their voices thick with confusion.
"Annabeth, have the Stolls been near any of your food lately?"
"Nooo, just come smell these sheets."
A sigh. "Okay..."
There was a moment of silence, then, a semi-loud statement of "I need these sheets! I have claimed them in the name of SPARTA!" A cough came from behind the camera. "Or, you know, Poseidon."
"Why do you 'claim these sheets'?" Nico asked, and Thalia mumbled something that made someone whack her.
"You guys need to smell them. Then you'll know."
"Oh-kay." There were little rustling sounds as each smelled then sheets. It was silent for a bit, then, each yelled around the same time,
"I need these sheets!"
"WHAT IS THIS TRICKERY?"
"I– these are just– I– arg!"
"How do they do that?"
Satisfied, Percy said, "See?"
Annabeth grumbled, "I liked them first..."
There was a large rustling as they all left the bed area, and as Nico yelled, "To the closets!" Annabeth grabbed the camera and when Grover protested, hit him with it. Right after, she said, in a news-reporter-type fashion:
"So Percy, what was your opinion about the– sheets?"
"They were so awesomemazingtastic!"
"Not a word, Ponyboy."
"... Wait, how'd we get from spearmint-smelling sheets to calling me– what exactly did you call me...?
"Well that's all the time we have for today! Do do do de doo do... do."
