EDIT: For the cover contest, which ends tomorrow at 11:59 pm American Central time, my tumblr is gamzee-makaraoni. I forgot to put this with the original chapter oops. Please submit art there, or links to the art!
MY BROTHER SAW BIG HERO SIX WITHOUT ME AND I'M PISSED AF
There was a thing after school on Friday where we could stay and watch a movie or play games and right now I am listening to a movie from India and being thoroughly confused by the plot
And happy one-month anniversary to this story! Also I have over 200 reviews wow! I remember when "APOLLO!" got like 300 reviews which took like over 6 months or so to accomplish. Meanwhile I get 100 less than that amount in a sixth of that time lol. Then again, this story isn't gonna last as long. I expect it to end with 2014 lol. Well, a little after, but still.
Also Random please review ASAP because I find myself reluctant to start a new chapter without seeing a review from you on the previous one lol
REVIEWS
MegglesGG: Shh don't say that he'll start singing "Fabulous" again and wear a bright pink Speedo which is a sight only for Piper's eyes. Poor Percy, Will's gonna stab you with medical tools. Thanks! Yes he is a sexy beast isn't he *disgruntled noises coming from Will in the background*
Kari McCartney: Oh, shit, I made a Big Bang Theory reference? (I typed that at one in the morning and said "Bing" instead of "Big" lol) That was subconscious, my crush likes it and he wore a shirt with that line on it a lot I'm not creepy at all lol. Yes in character Jason and Dean is a sexy beast *approval noises coming from Will in the background*
Rainbowchameleon: See the bottom author's note for further discussion of the drawing. Also yes procrastination haha. I didn't even mean to make it lol I just thought of it (I blame my crush's shirt).
FallingNarwhals: Long chapters ftw! Oh god don't destroy your brother lol. Dude I upload these chapters at school lol.
CheetosPotato: Oh the pain. Yes they were hot. Fortunately I don't need to shrink in age and I swing everyone's way, but he's fictional so *tear rolls down face*
Sabrina-luna-potter: Yes Will burn dem clothes. *campfire is created from clothes* Thanks!
Spiesareawesome: Connor and Travis are a gift from the Lord *church choir in the distance*
Jules Wanderlust: Oh my god THANK YOU! I reference everything lol. Also I still need to finish the finale lol. I cried bc Osgood was perfection and she didn't want to go, just like the Tenth Doctor lol. Also I for sure thought Clara was going to tell Danny she was pregnant lol. Yeah, something like that is gonna happen as the finale, so I'll add it in, thanks! And you're not creepy, I'm the creepy one. My mother had me tested *ba dum tssh*
Moonshroom420: *award appears next to you saying "Gave World's Best Review"*
SilverDawn1313: I'm gonna kill someone with laughter one of these days I s2g. And did you read this all in one sitting? Because your review for chapter 3 and your review for chapter 12 are like an hour away from each other omg. And here's your new chapter!
ToneishaShipper: Ah yes the Stolls are amazing. Haha, don't worry, I've done that a couple of times myself! And I already have like a ton of reviews so I'm good lol.
CHBcamper52: You can't go anywhere in my room without stepping on one lol. I've already used up one box and am close to finishing my second wow. Also I keep coughing ugh. I'm glad you love it! And he'll find out at some point, not sure when, though. I don't want to disturb the plotline I already have set up for this.
Snowfiregirl21: HOW DO I HELP YOU AHHHHH. Omg where were you even reading it. Dean Winchester is the greatest lol. Ah yes I love that dialogue. The Stolls will forevermore be dorks until I say so. Which is never. Will is like the scariest thing to walk the earth I s2g. Yes hot Nico leaning against doorframes is the best someone draw him like that please
.I.2000: Jealous Will, Jealous Will, does whatever a Jealous Will does. I'm glad that you think this is funny! I can just imagine everyone being like "I CALLED IT!" Yes Solangelo 5ever. aaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA *squeals at the compliment, blushes, and ducks under table* TH-THANK YOU! !
7AnonymousPython7: I think I've done that once lol. Then again, it was a dialectical journal and the book was "Dark Water Rising," which pained me to read. Dude I keep on mentally comparing every song I have to Solangelo lol. Or Homestuck. Also after we saw "The Book of Life" me and my friends starting comparing every song on the radio to it, and then "Story of my Life" came on and we started laughing. Also it's funny because I'm listening to "Rap God" as I write this and it powers me SO MUCH. And here's more!
Random Kingdom: Word limit why u gotta be so ruuuuuude
Why don't you just let Random revieeeeeewwww
Why u gotta be so ruuuuuude
Solangelo is adorable anyways
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Adorable anyways
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Adorable anyways
Yes you are unstoppable. Oh God please start those now I don't want you to fall behind it's terrible. Mine will probably say "Tripped on a Rock and Fell off a Cliff Accidentally." Ah yes I love that chapter. Nico as Dean Winchester will always be the best, and Will is so tall the Stolls wrapped a sheet around him and declared him the back-up flagpole for Camp Half-Blood. He wasn't amused. Travis and Connor are the best, and despite reading the book like almost five years ago or so I am still in denial over Fred. I was going to write a Coke explosion scene anyways I have a weakness for scenes like that. Poor Will child
Will: I will hunt you down with a syringe full of Greek fire
Me: Wow ruuuuuude
Anyways, yes Will and Nico are THE ABSOLUTE CUTEST AHHHHH. They so blind to it I mean you can practically hear "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" whenever they're next to each other. Although I guess for them it would be the Homestuck version, "Can You Feel the Gay Tonight." Chiron is rolling out, peasants. *Chiron turns into a Transformer* Wait what. That is actually my favorite threat I have created ever and I will always use it haha. Oh yeah MY BROTHER SAW IT WITHOUT ME ALREADY IM PISSED I tried interrogating him about it but he's all "Watch it urself" and I'm like "Okay fine I'll find it illegally online somewhere." AHHHHHH FEEEEELS JEIORFUEMPHFUwermowHRO
Credit goes to the majestic mourningsongg for this chapter!
Disclaimer: Even Rick Riordan doesn't torture his characters this much.
Chapter 13: The Perils of Making People Jealous
"Well, now we need a different approach," Lacy decided.
The entire Aphrodite cabin was lying around on the floor. Mitchell was carefully painting Lacy's nails a fine white, with small light blue snowflakes in the middle. Drew re-applied her eye shadow, and Amelia was braiding her long red hair. Lexi flipped to the next page of her book before looking up. The only member absent was Piper, who was out canoeing with Jason, Leo, Calypso, and a few others.
"And what, pray tell, might you be talking about?" she asked, arching a perfectly shaped eyebrow. She knew exactly what Lacy was talking about, but she hoped she wasn't. She was starting to tire of this whole Solangelo business, and she was also enjoying the silence of the cabin for once.
"Solangelo! I mean, we can't tease Will in the infirmary anymore, not without Will poisoning us at least. But maybe there's another way? Something else we can do?"
"I told you pestering him was a bad idea. I know him better than you do." Lexi turned back to her book.
"Seriously? C'mon, Lexi, you said yourself that he seems to be worked up over something," Mitchell pointed out.
"Los inmortales, Mitchell. It could be anything. Stress of the infirmary."
"How do you know?"
Lexi stayed silent. Despite being friends with Will, she wasn't at the level of friendship that he had with Lou Ellen and Cecil. So he wouldn't confess what was stressing him to Lexi. But he had told her other things, such as his condition. Lexi was very trustworthy, with the aura of friendship rolling off of her. She could dig out anyone's secrets if she wanted to, but she would never dare abuse that power. Amelia did, however, and it bothered Lexi to no end. Amelia was nice enough, but she wasn't extremely trustworthy. Although, Lexi had to admit, it was nice to have someone else in the cabin that was asexual, even if Amelia wasn't aromantic.
"Ha! See? It could be a matter of the heart!"
"I'm not that good of a friend with Will. If you want to glean more information about it, I suggest Lou Ellen and Cecil. But the friendship bond that they share is very strong, so I highly doubt they'll spill Will's secrets to you."
"True," Drew added, looking up from her compact mirror. "But they might to you."
Lexi closed her book and silently cursed Drew with any Spanish curse she knew. "No. I refuse. I do not use the platonic powers that our mother has blessed me with for that sort of thing."
"What if it's necessary?"
"If he refuses to talk to anyone about what's stressing him and dances around the subject, even though it is obvious to everyone and their godly parent that he is stressed, then I will. But he is not right now."
Amelia raised her hand, the other one keeping her braid firmly together before she tied it up with a rubber band. "I'll do it!"
"No, Amelia. Tu es muy incompetente y idiota." (A/N: You are very incompetent and idiotic.)
"Um, Lexi, you slipped into Spanish."
Lexi smiled to herself. She loved insulting people in Spanish when they didn't speak the language, she could call them a "fucking son of an asshole god who can't count to two" and say that it meant something completely different. "I said that you are not well-suited for this job. Will hardly knows you, and you know that you have to form a bond with the person in order for it to work. I highly doubt that I have enough power currently, and I know him much better than you do."
"But with time-" Amelia protested.
"No. Not at all. That's final."
Amelia pouted, then went back to her hair. Lacy sighed.
"You don't have to shoot her down like that, Lexi. She just wants to help."
"What, by invading someone's privacy and spilling their secrets? She does that enough already. She needs to control it."
"I'm right here!" Amelia piped up.
"I'm aware," Lexi retorted. "And I hope that by listening to this conversation, you learn a thing or two."
"Oh, you're nice," Amelia sneered.
"Thank you, I try."
"Quit fighting! You're giving me a headache!" Drew complained, charmspeak lacing her voice, so that Amelia and Lexi both closed their mouths. The rest of the cabin was staring at them.
"Well, Lexi, if you say that we shouldn't interrogate Will, then what do you suggest?"
Lexi glared at Paul, who shrugged. "What? Just saying."
"How about leaving them alone? Letting them do things on their own? You guys are stressing their friendship enough at is."
Paul blinked. "We are?"
"Constantly harassing them about being more than friends? Stalking them? Setting up weird scenarios so you can get them together? I'm surprised they haven't had a huge argument over this yet," Lexi snorted.
"Oh."
The entire cabin was silent as everyone processed this information, and Lexi breathed a sigh of relief. Finally. She was certain that the friendship of Will and Nico was stretched enough as it was.
Then Lacy perked up, as though she just had an idea. "Jealousy."
Everyone stared. "¿Perdon?" Lexi finally asked.
"Jealousy! We get one of them jealous, and they have to tell the other one why they're jealous! It's perfect!"
Lexi let loose a string of cuss words in Spanish and hit her forehead with her book. In other areas of the room, she heard a few other groans-other children of Aphrodite starting to tire of this. But the majority of the cabin seemed to agree with Lacy.
"Yeah, but how?" Paul asked.
"What other way is there besides someone flirting with them?" Lacy grinned. "The real question is, who shall be the flirter, and who the flirtee?"
"Nico gets flirted with," almost everyone chorused. Lexi was on the verge of telling them to go pester Will in the infirmary so that he would inject them with Greek fire. She was practically the only Aphrodite child allowed in there now, and even then only because she needed her medication.
"Okay, but who flirts with him?"
The straight boys of the cabin shook their heads. Mitchell looked terrified. "Will would punch me, because he knows that Jake and I are going out, and he's friends with Jake."
There was much discussion in the cabin, which included a heated round of Rock-Paper-Sword and Lexi throwing her book at Paul, until Drew snapped, "Gods, none of you can do this right!"
"How about you go, Drew?" someone suggested. Lexi's eyes widened. Oh, no. This was either going to turn out badly or hilarious.
Drew spluttered. "I-what-"
"Yeah, Drew! You go!" someone else agreed. "You said it yourself that none of us can do this right!"
Drew opened her mouth as to argue, but closed it and sighed, defeated. "Yeah. Fine. I'll flirt with the stupid son of Hades."
A loud cheer went up, until Drew shouted, "AND DON'T THINK YOU'LL GET AWAY WITH THIS!" The cabin quieted, but a few giggles still went around. Drew stood up and walked over to the bathroom, slamming the door shut behind her.
Lexi sighed. "You're all idiots."
"We're getting this on tape," Mitchell promised.
"Correction: You're all slightly idiotic."
*The linebreak of me hardcore singing "The Mother We Share" by CHVRCHES in the middle of the night even though I'm barely sentient enough to type*
"Hey, is it filming?"
"Yes! Now, shh! I don't want to hear that on tape!"
Lexi stood behind a large video camera, which was currently being held by Travis Stoll. Lacy had suggested getting the Stolls to help-well, she had suggested Connor specifically, but you can't have one Stoll without the other-and it was working okay so far. Lacy stood next to Connor, who didn't seem to mind the small intrusion of his private space as he told off Paul for talking while the camera was rolling. Mitchell also stood nearby, as did Amelia. The rest of the cabin was hidden somewhere nearby, probably with video cameras of their own to document this historic event. They were all positioned around the training arena, where Nico was finishing up his sword-training class. Will's shift ended around the same time that the class did, and everyone knew that he usually walked over to see Nico afterwards. Perfect timing, perfect spot, perfect everything. This was definitely going down in Camp Half-Blood history.
"Okay, okay! Sheesh!"
Travis snickered. "Brother dearest, you know that he can't help himself. After all, this is quite the hilarious event."
"Yes, now shut up!" Connor cleared his throat and spoke up in a louder voice than the whisper he had been using before. "To anyone watching this tape who was not present at the original event-Welcome! You really missed out."
Lacy giggled. Connor didn't tell her to shut up, though, and Mitchell gave Connor a weird look for it. Hmm. Perhaps there was more love drama going on in the camp than just Will and Nico, Lexi realized.
"Anyways, what's happening is that Drew Tanaka, who was voted as Most Likely to Star in the third Mean Girls Movie as a Mean Girl When They Make One, is gonna flirt with Nico di Angelo, who was voted Most Likely to Scare Off a Dementor Which Just One Look. Why is that? Well, the entire camp wants Nico to get together with Will Solace, who was voted Most Likely to Become a Flagpole. So far, we haven't had much success. Gods, what attempt is this to get them together? Number…"
"Number ninety-two!" Paul piped up.
"Yes, ninety-two. Good man, Paul. Good man. So this is the ninety-second attempt to get them together-good gods, that's a lot-and we certainly hope that it will be the last. If not…well, we've got some other tricks up our sleeves."
"So we hoped that we've summarized these events good enough for you! Anyways, we gotta be quiet, the class should ending…now."
The doors to the arena swung open, and several campers walked out, mostly Ares campers, but a few others. Nico walked out next to Percy, and they seemed to be having a heated discussion, what with both of them gesturing wildly. Lexi couldn't catch what they were saying over the noise the other campers were making, but she was able to hear Percy's cheery, "Bye, Nico!" as he jogged off in the direction of the lake. Nico waved goodbye as well, and started trudging in the direction of his cabin.
Travis whistled. "Cue Mean Girls runner-up."
Drew sauntered across the green towards Nico, casually swiping her tube of lip gloss over her lips. As she passed by, a few boys turned to stop and stare, as did a few girls. Lexi saw Alex Smith from Apollo get elbowed roughly by zher girlfriend, Laura Kingston from Demeter.
"Hey, Nico!" Drew smiled widely at the son of Hades, who gave her a weird look.
"Uh…hey?" he asked.
Paul was already snickering, and Travis zoomed in with the camera. Unfortunately, the camera zoomed in on Nico's butt, and Travis whispered, "That ass…" Mitchell clamped a hand over his mouth as he silently shook with laughter, and even Lexi had to suppress her laughs. Lacy was already giggling like crazy. Lexi made a mental note to never let Drew or Nico see this.
"So, I was wondering, are you busy after dinner tonight? Because I've-"
"Drew, I am not a heterosexual."
Drew froze. "I…uh…"
"Besides, aren't you part of the movement trying to get me and Will together?"
Mitchell and Connor high-fived, while Travis grinned and Paul whispered, "She's gonna need Elsa for that burn."
"Well…I…uh…"
"Hey, Nico!"
"And there's Replacement Flagpole himself," Connor announced.
Will had walked up behind Drew, and his voice caused her to jump into the air and squeal. Will frowned as he noticed Drew's presence and Nico's annoyed expression. "Is everything alright?"
"I, um, was just going!" Drew bolted, running faster than Lexi thought someone could ever run in low wedges.
Will stared after her. "What was that all about?"
Nico shrugged. "I have no idea."
Travis stopped filming at that point, and they all collapsed into laughter. Travis stood upright so he wouldn't hurt the camera, but he was on the verge of falling. Connor sank down to his knees as he whooped, and Lacy had to lean against a wall. Mitchell and Paul were rolling on the ground with laughter, and Lexi had to sit and hold her stomach.
By the time they had stopped laughing, Connor said weakly, "Well, I guess it's time to get this tape ready, so we can sell copies of it."
"I want two!" Lexi said, smiling brilliantly.
Lexi still didn't entirely approve of the effort to get Will and Nico together, of course. And she was still concerned about what was bothering Will. But hey, she got a good laugh and her former cabin counselor got humiliated. What's not to like?
Guess who is now the proud owner of a hardcover copy of "The Blood of Olympus?"
This boy right here.
Awww yissss.
Being genderfluid is so cool because like some days I'm like "yes girls are cool im gonna be a girl today" but then some I'm like "boys are really cool im gonna be male today yes" and then some I'm even like "non-binary is the way to go and I am going that way"
Also I got some new music and am currently rocking out to "Raise Your Glass" and "Not In Love" is next followed by "All About That Bass" woo
What can I say music drives my soul
And little contest thing! I'm looking for a cover for this story! If you read my review replies, I was talking with rainbowchameleon, who imagined Hades with a machete standing behind Apollo (who was wearing a Solangelo shirt). If you can draw that, or anything else relating to Solangelo that is funny, please do so! I'll also announce this contest on tumblr!
First place-will be the cover of this story, get a chapter dedication, and get to appear as a minor character!
Second place-be the back-up cover art, get a chapter dedication, and get to appear as a minor character!
Third place-be the back-up for the back-up cover art, get a chapter dedication, and get to appear as a minor character!
Honorable mentions- get chapter dedications!
Please submit art to my tumblr, gamzee-makaraoni, by Friday, November 21st, 2014! I will announce the winners on Sunday, November 23rd, 2014!
Good luck to all who entered! And don't forget to tell me your favorite lines!
Deranged Shadow Fangirl