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Quest ♆ oo1 [video]

[Percy looks tired. He's in his pajamas and drinking milk at the counter in his kitchen.]

Hey, people of Vatheon. I figure it's about time I introduced myself on here. So far I've met some really cool people, and it's helping me get my bearings in this strange new place.

[He takes a swig of the milk, then wipes away a milk mustache with his sleeve. So classy.]

So anyway. I'm Percy Jackson. Been here a couple weeks now.

[His smile fades.]

I haven't been sleeping well. Anyone have any tips?

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Nothing.

So let's think about something else.

Hey, have you ever met your father?

[Maybe not the best subject, but it's something!]

Not in person. But when we were on the quest to rescue Tia Ca- [it was still habit to refer to her as Tia Callida, which Percy wouldn't know about] Hera. When Jason, Piper and I were flying on Festus from Quebec I was sleeping and my dad talked to me in a dream through his pirate radio.

That's pretty cool. I was accidentally on one of his programs once. Ares tricked Annabeth, Grover and me into springing a trap Hephaestus set for him and Aphrodite.

If he set it for them then there had to be some of his gold netting. That stuff is wicked. How'd you manage to escape that?

A combination of my skills with log flume rides and Annabeth's impecable sense of timing.

So lucky, dude. I've seen that stuff in action. Used it on a bunch of Maenads who wanted to make Piper and me lunch for impersonating Dionysus... You can't break out of it once it has you.

Yeah, and thank the gods Annabeth knew that. We barely made it out. And almost crashed in a fiery explosion.

Impersonating the Wine Dude, eh? Can't imagine that pleased him too much either.

Sounds like my kind of fun.

[He shrugs.] I wouldn't know. He hasn't taken it out on me yet, so maybe he found it amusing. It was very respectful impersonating.

You must get that from your father's side.

I doubt any god would consider any kind of impersonating "respectful", but that's just been my experience.

[he laughs.] You might be on to something.

It seemed like a good idea at the time. [Not really. He just started talking before thinking and had to go with it.]

I met your dad once. When I was down in the Labyrinth.

[Percy laughs.] I'm just surprised you got away with it!

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That's cool. Did you get to see his workshop? I bet it was awesome.

I almost didn't. Those Maenads were nuts. But yeah, I'm surprised the big guy let me get away with it.

I did and it was. He gave us a few pointers on our quest.

Maenads. Never met Maenads. Sounds like they're not so much fun.

Oh, they're loads of fun. They can tear a drakon to dust in minutes. And they love parties.

Yikes. I think I'll take a Party Ponies party over that any day.

I'd take just about any party over a Maenad party.

During the fight with Kronos, Wine Dude pulled me into Bobby Earl's birthday party. Even that was probably better than Maenads.

Who the heck is Bobby Earl?

No idea. Some hick from West Virginia. Mr. D had been thrown down by Typhon somewhere around there and in his weakened state could only manifest himself at some kind of party.

The way you said it, I thought maybe I was supposed to know. Thought maybe he was someone at camp I didn't meet.

Nah. Making a joke that...only i would get actually.

Actually, I wonder what Bobby Earl's life is like. Some random dude in the middle of nowhere West Virginia.

[He laughs] I'm sure Mr D would get it.

Probably the same as any other mortal. Normal and with less monsters to deal with.

[Percy laughs too.] Yes. Yes he would. Although he'd probably pretend not to remember.

Sounds kinda nice, huh.

Yeah, but I think this place is as close as we're ever going to get to normal. Not that there's anything normal about this place.