Thanksgiving Bonus Assignment – Engagement: increase your follower count. Pick one of your social media accounts and make at least one post during Thanksgiving break. Bonus points will be awarded based on the increase in your follower count (by percentage). Maximum five points.
Account: Son_Of_Neptune
38 posts; 87,085 Followers; 28 Following (private)
Post 1
[Image description: Picture of a female figure sitting on a stone wall next to a river in full drysuit, hood and mask with a scuba tank strapped to her back.]
REDare (verified) and I are cleaning up trash from the Hudson River today.
#savetheoceans #savetheriver #NYC
71,432 Likes, 9,121 Comments
FortyFathoms: There's no way this is legal
-SpongeBobNoPants6969: FortyFathoms: I told you, rich people break all the rules and get away with it
The10thWalker: I've seen that river. Good luck. I hope your shots are up to date
Anakin_Oceanswimmer: New York in November? Are you crazy?
-Son_of_Neptune Anakin_Oceanswimmer: well obviously
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Post 2
Repost from REDare (verified)
[Image description: Under water picture of Rachel posing for the camera in her full gear, lit by Son_of_Neptune's camera flash. No natural sunlight is coming through. The water around her is brownish green with silt and algae, but she's clearly visible.]
Son_of_Neptune and I cleaned up the Hudson River today! I didn't get eaten by a shark!
#savetheoceans #savetheriver #NYC
77,953 Likes, 15,016 Comments
LadyLucy: In what universe was that a possibility?!
- MelodyMakesMusic6: LadyLucy: you must be new here
SeaMeRun : Holy shit, how cold is that water?
-REDare (verified) SeaMeRun: About ten degrees colder than a tech billionaire's heart.
-TheBloodOfAngryMen REDare (verified): your father is a billionaire.
-REDare (verified) TheBloodOfAngryMen: So I know what I'm talking about
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Post 3
[image description: A hazy photograph of the back of a man, barely visible through the murky water. The back of his neck is paler than the black suit he's wearing, and his dark hair waves in the current. He's struggling to pull a bicycle out of the muck at the bottom of the river.]
This isn't why I told you to hold the camera, REDare (verified)
#savetheoceans #savetheriver #NYC
97,853 Likes, 15,016 Comments
REDare (verified): Not my best work, I'll admit. I had a terrible subject.
SpillTheTea: new photo of SoN dropped! And we got a hair reveal! Sort of.
Anakin_Oceanswimmer: Dude, where the fuck is your hood. In those river temps, exposed skin means hypothermia
-Son_of_Neptune Anakin_Oceanswimmer: I was fine
-Anakin_Oceanswimmer: Son_of_Neptune Are you nuts
-Son_of_Neptune Anakin_Oceanswimmer: I though we established that already
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Post 4
[image description: Photograph of the face of a shark appearing out of the murk].
Aimee the Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) stopped by to say hello! fun fact: Bull sharks are diadromous, which means they can live in salt or fresh water. They've been found in the Mississippi River as far north as Indiana!
#savetheoceans #savetheriver #NYC #savethesharks #bullshark
105,334 Likes, 23,590 Comments
REDare (verified): Fun fact: It is absolutely terrifying when one swims up to you out of the algae haze
-Son_of_Neptune REDare (verified): Aimee is a sweetheart. Don't be mean
-REDare (verified): Son_of_Neptune: Aimee is 12 ft long and likes to eat people
-Son_of_Neptune REDare (verified): 8 feet. And humans are bony and taste nasty. She just nibbles on them a bit
-REDare (verified): Son_of_Neptune:That's not better
-JoyceByersIsMyMom: Son_of_Neptune: "them"? How many people has Aimee nibbled?
20kLeaguesUnder: I call bullshit. The Hudson in November?! This is outside their range and far too cold! This has to be fake
-MelodyMakesMusic6: Another 20kLeaguesUnder freakout. 7/10
JusticeForSusanPevensie: This isn't why I followed the billionaire's account, but I'm here for it.
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Post 5
[image description: A picture of a huge pile of trash bags and old bikes heaped inside a dumpster. The overflow is piled next to it.]
All done
#savetheoceans #savetheriver #NYC #savethesharks #bullshark
87,663 Likes, 11,075 Comments
CallMeKaylee: illegal dumping?
-REDare (verified): CallMeKaylee: dad owns the building. He can afford it
ScarletWiccan: this is in broad daylight in NYC. How he hell did no one notice?
- MichaelJones15: ScarletWiccan: because it's NYC. This is the only part that's plausible
Dive_for_my_Life: what do you use to collect trash?
-Son_of_Neptune Dive_for_my_Life: just a regular fabric bag
-Dive_for_my_Life: Son_of_Neptune: What kind of fabric can hold up to that much wear and tear?
-Son_of_Neptune Dive_for_my_Life: No idea. I stole it from my dad's place
HattieBelle: you should do treasure hunting videos
-Son_of_Neptune: HattieBelle: what?
-HattieBelle: Son_of_Neptune: That's when you take a metal detector to the sea floor, look for trash, pick up treasure, and film it so we can enjoy
-Son_of_Neptune: HattieBelle: I asked a metal detector, and she said no
-HattieBelle: Son_of_Neptune: uh, metal detectors don't have feelings?
-Son_of_Neptune: HattieBelle: how dare you! One of my best friends is a metal detector
"No, Percy."
"Come oooooooon."
"No, Percy."
"But you're the best metal detector I know!"
"The precious metals I find are cursed."
"That's fine. Everyone knows pirate treasure is supposed to be cursed!"
"I might consider it, except the Field of Mars flooded again. Do you happen to know anything about that?"
"I mean I could—"
"No, Percy."