Hey guys!
Sorry for not updating in ages because I recently got a new laptop from school and I'm getting used to it (despite the fact that I got myself locked out of it on the first day). So here is my chapter. Hope you enjoy it! :)
I do not own PJO or any of its characters because if I did, there would be a goddess of penguins.
The Adventures of a Lovesick Idiot: A Revolving Journey
The compass was going haywire. Calypso frowned dignifiedly then pondered over it. Even though the device was technically worked, Ogygia was in the middle of nowhere which meant that compass north could be anywhere.
The needle stayed at North-West and then instantly darted to East. The second needle rotated in an anti-clockwise direction and landed on South. Calypso sighed disgruntledly. Finding a way to the outside world would be a lot harder than she expected.
Leo was in another dimension (literally!) worrying over his own problems. He was up on the decks trying to somehow lure some advice out of Festus, again.
Call him sad but Leo simply couldn't summon the courage to ask any other living organisms on the ship (and let's not even mention people not on the ship) on advice concerning his romantic troubles. Hephaestus was actually right (for once). None of the family on his dad's side were much good at interacting or anything to do with getting along with humans.
'Great Dad,' Leo screamed inside his head, 'I just had to inherit my social awkwardness from you, didn't?!'
Leo shook his head. 'Save it for when you actually see him.'
"Creak," the bronze masthead creaked.
'Oh well… At least it was a better reaction than it was last time,' Leo thought sadly.
Unless Festus has girl troubles too, Leo didn't see how Festus would be of any help.
"Well, bye Big Guy…"
Leo shuffled his feet down the wooden steps and made his way over to the mess hall. He pulled one out of the stack and sat down at the long table where the rest of the crew was waiting.
"Oh? Is it lunch already coz I was just grabbing a quick snack," Leo explained.
Everyone quickly glanced at each other and Jason nodded.
"Leo, this is dinner," he said slowly.
Leo shrugged casually, "Kay. Does it really matter?"
On the inside, Leo was thinking to himself, 'Either I woke up really, really late or I spent loads of time having a one-sided conversation with Festus.'
A vast piece of pale-pink cake appeared on the plate. Before sitting down on the bench, Leo grabbed one of the enchanted glasses and wished for coffee. That is, Leo's special version of coffee.
Leo awkwardly sat on the bench.
"Hey… Was 'sup?" he asked casually, trying to start a non-awkward conversation.
"You would know if you ate all your meals with us, Cupcake!" Coach Hedge screamed into his left ear.
Leo winced and then immediately shuffled a few inches to his right.
Piper looked Leo in the eye and gave him a knowing look which he returned with a torrent of grateful looks.
"Coach, you haven't attended many meals yourself so you're not one to talk," she accused.
The coach blushed tomato red and then started stuttering curses. Moments later, there was a very flustered satyr storming out of the hall. Occasionally, Coach Hedge stumbled into wall which caused him to yell, "Watch where you're going!"
The remaining six demigods rolled their eyes.
The sparkling crystal twinkled in the moonlight, littering patches of rainbow light all over the island. The crystal had somehow fixed the problem with the magnetic needle.
If you asked Calypso, she wouldn't really be able to explain it but the important thing was that it worked. It wasn't like she was going to be lecturing a bunch of schoolkids on why the small gem worked.
Calypso headed off the island on the raft she made with Leo. She was currently heading South-East and planned to keep it that way unless she saw land. Eventually, she had to hit some kind of land formation, right?
Sometime later, a giant rock cropping could be seen.
'Finally!' She thought to herself.
She rowed over and got off the raft.
"Damn!" she yelled for anyone out there in Ogygia to here. If you were there at that time, you would've definitely heard it.
She was back on the other side of Ogygia.
Hope you enjoyed this chapter. I've started school again so I might not find a lot of time to keep on writing. Don't worry! I won't stop writing until I'm complete! :D
