Third Floor Common Room | Afternoon | Monday | September 6

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

One of the benefits of being a demigod was that Percy wasn't showing any effects of his fight with Luke yesterday. He'd gone down to the beach and done some swimming which had taken care of the cut on the back of his shoulder and the bruises on his hand. Even if Luke had beaten him, Percy was glad that he wasn't going to show obvious signs of that which would bring questions which would mean he'd have to tell people what happened.

And he really didn't want to tell people he'd gotten beaten.

There was a bad action movie on the television that had gotten Percy's attention almost immediately. He spent so much time training and running from monsters that getting to just chill out and watch movies had become a rare thing. He was taking advantage of it while he could.

Even the action movie couldn't completely hold his attention so if it looked like Percy wasn't paying attention, he probably wasn't. His thoughts were pinballing around every so often. If some of those thoughts included his cousins, well, oh well.

[It's a common room so it's open, dontcha know]

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[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

Wesley did not live on the third floor, but it was no fun to hang out in an empty common room, so he'd walked around till he found an occupied one. One that was occupied by Percy, though... he thought he might've been better off with the empty one.

He'd already walked in, though. Oh well.

"Hello," he said tightly, sitting down on the other end of the couch.

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

When Wesley walked in, Percy scowled but now he looked amused when he sat down and sounded like he didn't wanna even be there but didn't wanna leave.

"Yeah, hi," he said, eyes still on the television. The scowl was already long forgotten for smugness and cockiness.

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

"The radio mentioned you had a spar with someone last night," Wesley commented. Yep, this was him being intensely passive-aggressive. "How was it?"

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

Percy hadn't listened to the radio but it wasn't like he hadn't expected it to get reported. Hearing Wesley bring it up immediately almost made him laugh.

"Fine," he said and purposely didn't elaborate immediately. "I don't look like I got knocked around, do I?"

He'd gotten knocked around plenty but his divine DNA was very helpful.

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

Katniss arched an eyebrow at Wesley when she spotted him. She'd certainly seen him more -- well, not cheerful, but in better spirits.

At least, that was by her guess. Katniss had never been the best at reading people, though. "Afternoon, Wesley."

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

"Hello," he said almost brightly, his spirits considerably brighter now that somebody he actually liked was in the room. "How are you?"

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

"I'm fine," Katniss said with a small smile. "It's perfect hunting weather. How are you?" She actually was a bit concerned, given how he seemed somewhat subdued in comparison to what she was used to.

[vanillajello]

It didn't matter much that Kate had had a barbecue in class earlier. She still wanted vanilla pudding now. And there was only one place to get some.

Okay, so there was more than one place, but this was the closest to her room.

"Oh look, you're still here," she noted, idly amused, after wandering into the common room. And heading straight for the fridge.

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"Yep," Percy said, wondering if he was attracting people who he'd annoyed today. "You didn't think I would be?"

This place was a breeze compared to what he'd been through.

[vanillajello]

"Eh." Kate shrugged noncommittally as she reached for her pack of pudding snacks and picked out a cup. "I've yet to see anyone actually leave after just one week. But stuff happens, so you might've."

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

Katniss was, initially, not going to let her curiosity get the best of her. But in the end, her interest in food won out. "What is that?" she asked the other girl, gesturing to the pudding.

[vanillajello]

"A vanilla pudding snack," Kate informed her lazily, looking up from said little cup. "Best kind of pudding there is."

[Sorree, was asleep already!]

[notlikejack.livejournal.com]

"Kate! Hi Kate!" Bobby said, totally happy to see her. "Can I have a pudding cup?"

[vanillajello]

"Hey Bobby," Kate greeted him, grinning a bit. Because she didn't get many people acting that happy to see her. She offered him the pack. "Sure thing."

Oh Bobby, if you only knew what rare kind of honor was being bestowed upon you.

[Sorry, had an early night!]

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

"What are you watching?" Katniss asked, immediately ducking into the kitchen to grab something to eat as she entered the common room. Yes, it was a floor above her own, but she was -- though she'd never admit it -- a bit lonely.

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"Uh, I don't know," Percy said, realizing that he had no idea what the movie was called. "I haven't really been paying attention. It's loud."

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

"It is that," Katniss agreed, frowning a little as she selected a box of crackers and wandered over to sit. "Did you pick it because of that?"

[notlikejack.livejournal.com]

Bobby gave a little wave to the girl he didn't know. "Hi! I'm Bobby McCallister. What's your name?"

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

She eyed the boy curiously. Someday, she'd get used to these unnervingly friendly people. Until then, she'd just try to keep from running from them. "Katniss. Hello."

[notlikejack.livejournal.com]

"Jason, have you studied your Russian yet?" Bobby asked as he bopped into the Common Room.

Give him a moment, he might get the difference.

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

Well, Percy's reaction probably wasn't going to help. He didn't immediately look at Bobby though so his reaction wasn't going to be too bad.

"Yeah, I'm not Jason," he said, scowling and rolling his eyes. "I don't know any Russian."

He was more of a Greek guy.

"I'm Percy."

[notlikejack.livejournal.com]

"Oh." Bobby frowned as he looked at the Mean One. Not that 'tact' or 'discretion' meant much to him. "Why did your mom name you Percy? Do people ever tell you it's a girly name?"

[svetocha-blooms.livejournal.com]

Wandering in search of people, Dru poked her head into the common room. "Anything good on TV?"

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"Just a loud movie," Percy answered, pointing the remote at the television. "I don't know if it's good. I haven't been paying attention."

[svetocha-blooms.livejournal.com]

Dru had watched a lot of late night TV. It only took her a minute to identify the movie. "It's good if you turn your brain off and just go with it. But if you start questioning things like plot, or laws of physics, well then, it's pretty bad."