Internet Famous (College professors hate this one simple trick!)

by Lady WhiteHaven

Sadly, saving the world doesn't translate into many marketable skills or pave the way for a future career. Now Percy has to figure out what he's going to do with the rest of his life. To kill time, he signs up for a class on using social media and becomes a cryptid. You'll never believe what happens next!

7. Chapter 7 - Assignment 5: Stories

Assignment 5: Stories – Post a story to your Instagram account.

Account: Son_Of_Neptune
8 posts; 437 Followers; 27 Following (private)

[Story post description: Thirty second video plays of a gloved hand and arm reaching out to pick an empty coffee cup from where it was lodged against a rock several feet under water. All sounds are muffled by the water.]

Post 1
[Image 1 description: a still of the same coffee cup from the Story post.]
[Image 2 description: a filthy plastic candy wrapper underwater]
[Image 3 description: a tangle of ropes of different sizes and colors half stuck under a rock underwater, clearly abandoned.]
[Image 4 description: a wet bag of trash sitting beside a body of water of indeterminate size. The bag and contents have clearly been pulled out of the water. There are no other landmarks that might indicate the location.]

Caption: People are disgusting. I'm tired of pulling your trash out of the water. The next time someone tries to litter, there will be consequences.

#savetheoceans #savethefish #savetheplanet

702 Likes, 42 Comments

MelodyMakesMusic6: I'm terrified

RetiredCenturion: Suddenly, I'm very happy to be retired

REDare (verified): We should do a collab!
-Son_Of_Neptune: REDare (verified): A what?
-REDare (verified): Son_Of_Neptune: A collaboration. A joint post
-Son_Of_Neptune: REDare (verified): I'm still not taking you swimming with Orcas
-REDare (verified): Son_Of_Neptune: Loser
-FeedMeSeamore: REDare (verified) Son_Of_Neptune: I'm so confused. In what universe is this an option?

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"Percy."

"Frank."

"Percy."

"Frank."

"Percy."

"Frank."

Frank sighed, giving up. "Do you want to explain why the Field of Mars flooded during the war games this afternoon?"

"I had class. I don't know why you're blaming me."

"Because rivers don't just flood for no reason. It's not raining, and there's no rain or snowmelt up stream. That leaves one logical explanation: a son of Neptune."

"It's Poseidon, actually. Graecus."

"I might buy that, except a certain Son_Of_Neptune wrote on the internet that there would be consequences for littering."

"Someone threw something in the Little Tiber? I don't know why you're bothering me then. It's basic science, as explained by the Greek mathematician Archimedes! When you throw shit in the water, the water level rises."

"Your classes clearly aren't keeping you busy enough. Do I have to talk to your professors?"