Prompt from Meepmeep123: Sushi, gas lamps, and "No, Percy! Not the flaming hippos!" combined with a prompt from Misslefty: Percy riding a hippo.
(A/N at the end)
It begins with a distinctive electric bass riff of Sweet Emotion, softly in the background. A long sigh is heard, overridden by the song. This lasts for a few beats, before a dazed voice asks, "Dude, why do you have the camera out?"
"Percy… Man, the camera's out for filming. For filming things. You know, camera stuff."
"I know, dude, but what are you filming now?"
"The lava lamp, man. It's– look at it."
"Aw, that's something. That's pretty cool looking, Grover. Man."
A thick banging sound, off-camera, is heard, and the thud-thud of footsteps. "Uh…"
"Thalia! Dude, look, Thalia's here."
"No kidding? Hey, Thalia!"
"Um, guys, what's with all the lights…? And how long has this bead curtain been here…?"
"It's Seventies Day, man."
"Yo!" Grover's voice, sounding startled. "Percy! Get off that flaming hippo!"
"What hippo, man?"
"Stop riding that hippo! Percy… That's not your hippo…"
"Um, guys…" Thalia, sounding very wary; "Are you taking the Seventies vibe all the way? Like, bad-acid far?"
"Dude, what? No, Thal… It's the lava lamp…" A quiet th–, as if the camera hit carpet. "The lava lap just gets to Grover's head sometimes. It's the colors."
"Percy, that's a lantern. Like the outdoor ones?
"Noo, that's a lava lamp."
"I'm ninety-percent sure that it's gas-powered lamp. You didn't eat anything from the Stolls recently, right?"
"Well… They did drop off that sushi, right there… But no one here ate any of that…"
"… There's like ten pieces missing."
"Oh… That's not good, man…"
A/N: It's been about a year since I last updated, which I do realize. I think I only get motivation to continue this when I have a lot of free time (even though I have kinda a lot of AP work to do…) and that always falls around summer. Sorry about that. If this chapter is iffy, I'm trying to get back into the groove of this. All reviews/criticism are welcome, so please review!