Prompt from Lily: Politics & Square Watermelons
A loud crackling over powers the mumbling of the audio, slowly fading out to the talking. The words spoken were echoing, and everything was said crisply.
"The way that the Olympic gods interfere in daily life needs to be changed."
"This is not the time to discuss that, I'm afraid. We have to discuss the governmental duties of Mount Olympus."
"Do those not cross?"
"Well, you could argue that…"
"Wait." Close to the camera, Grover's voice is heard. "Isn't this about the panel about problems from Camp?"
A ragged and exasperated sigh is heard next to him. "Grover, for the last time, your personal fruit experimentation garden is not the most exciting or important thing."
"It could be, you know! The square watermelons will eventually become very important! They could help rebuild the economy!"
"Psh."
"Uh–" a voice from earlier heard, over Grover and Percy's discussion.
"You just don't think they're important because you don't care about anything that's important to me!"
"Grover, how can you say that?"
"Because you smacked my melons!"
"It was an accident! We were training, and I stumbled into them!"
"What, and your hand just fell from your sword and smacked my melon on it's own?"
"Yeah!"
"That's just utter–"
"Mr. Underwood! Mr. Jackson! Now is not the time to discuss your personal watermelon problems. This is a very important panel, and–"
"So you admit–!"