straight up not having a good time

[morsecodes]

who: Leo Valdez & anyone else!
what: a new demigod has entered the school
when: november
where: various places
warnings: n/a, will add if needed


a:

[Finding himself drenched in a bathroom was not what Leo was expecting today. He had stopped Gaea, died in the process, but Festus was supposed to give him the Physician's Cure so he'd come back but--- where the hell was he? This was not Ogygia. His first thought was maybe Percy drenched him to put out the flames of his fantastic explosion, since he was definitely soaked with sea water, but as his mind cleared and the nausea settled, he realized...

This was a school bathroom. It wasn't camp, but it was...weirdly familiar??

Uh.

But as he looked around, trying to take in his surroundings while feeling like literally garbage, his glance into one of the mirrors left him breathless. He watched in the mirror as a memory of his mom played out, her showing him how to fix something in the garage, but he blinked and it was gone. Just him, staring back at himself. In the ugliest school uniform he had ever seen.]

What the-- Alright, Aphrodite, you're hilarious! But I was busy! Can I get back to saving Calypso already??? [Because who else likes throwing him into random places in a new outfit? He had no idea how anyone would find this stylish, though.

Anyone wandering on the 2nd floor might hear him cursing in the bathroom, or find him wandering around, still soaked as he tries to figure out what the hell was going on.]

b:

[Leo was not happy about being here. He's dry and getting the lay out of things but he doesn't like it. First off, it was another freaking boarding school. How many of these places had he been sent? This one just felt....way more weird. Especially since he had weird, vague memories of being here before. It made no sense. He was glad to find his Camp Half Blood shirt in his locker, so he absolutely threw that and his army jacket back on, not even caring if he was technically supposed to be wearing the school uniform. Even if he did put it on, he was going to tear it up and make it cool, so. Better him stick with this.

But he still felt naked. No fire, no magic toolbelt. No friends. No Festus. And no Calypso. He hated this. He was supposed to be saving her and getting back to his friends. And now he was here, in this....school. Felt more like purgatory. Some trick from a god. Or maybe Gaea dragged him down to the Underworld when he killed her. Or...Tartarus. Either way, it sucked.

He's still wandering around, so you might run into him from time to time. You might find him around holding his hands out in front of him, trying to will his fire to appear with no luck. But if you happen to come across the young demigod while the ghosts are appearing, you might catch a glimpse of him looking absolutely terrified. He'll play it off if you approaching him, but ghosts freaked him out. Like. A lot.]


c:

[Guess who found the workshop? Leo was over the moon. Even if he was miserable here, building things made him feel so much better. Anyone that comes through there might find him tinkering absently. It was a good distraction.

If you happen to be in a class with him, you might catch him doing the same. He definitely isn't paying attention in class, anyway. He was too ADHD for that on a good day, but he literally doesn't care about anything the teacher is saying. Just wait for him to show off what he's making. It'll definitely make a scene.]

d:

[Wildcard! Feel free to hit me up for other scenarios!]

Comments

c!

[notsosou]

Can you keep it down?

[I'm sorry these are the first words you're getting from this guy; he's turtled up against the chilly day in a scarf and puffy jacket in a corner of the workshop, typing away on the laptop in front of him and frowning at it like it's chosen to make his day worse on purpose... He's at the specific stage of bug-hunting where the slightest noise destroys his focus and he has to try and remember where he was again. He's been a little too used to living alone.

Stopping and looking up over his screen he... doesn't think he's seen this person in here before. How did he get past Ball Monokuma? Then again that thing is fritzier than Shin would like.]

...what are you making, anyway.

[morsecodes]

[Sorry, Leo is not exactly quiet. He just exists loudly. He honestly didn't even notice anyone else was in the room, too distracted by everything else, so he doesn't even realize he's there until he speaks up.]

Uhhh-- [What was he making? He really didn't know. His hands just started working sometimes and surprise! He had something cool. But he pauses from his work, examining his creation, but he quickly places what it is.

His stomach drops, only making him more homesick at the mini Greek trireme that's in his hands. It looks exactly like the Argo II, give or take a few details that he hasn't finished yet. And the fact that it's not magical at all.]

It's my ship. Or, sort of? Mine wasn't this tiny. Guess home was on my mind.

[notsosou]

[It's a little hard to see from here, and Shin's a bit shortsighted anyway, but if he leans over and to the side he can tell at least that that's an old-timey boat shape. ...When's this guy from? He's wearing modern clothing so...]

...You do re-enactments, huh?

[Home... Shin doesn't want to poke the wound of 'we're all dead and thereby not going home, at least until we figure something out that isn't reincarnation', so...]

[morsecodes]

Re-enactments? Uh, bro. Bro. You're looking at a real, living and breathing Greek hero. [Well. Maybe living. He's not actually sure if he brought himself back to life or not before he ended up here. Y'know, just demigod things.

He's going to proudly show off his ship though. Even if it's tiny and fits in his two hands, it still shows off a lot of the cool details. There's a dragon head at the bow of the ship and when he pulls a string, it's mouth opens.]

I mean, the real thing is a lot cooler. Full on fire breathing dragon, fully automated engine for flying, and battle oars. It's sick. [Or, uh. Was. He's still sad that it didn't make it through the trip back to Camp Half-Blood, but he rebuilt Festus so it was worthwhile.]

a

[topscores]

[Nice heard some sort of commotion while he was wandering around in the school, but he's not too nosy to actually see what's going on. if someone died in there, then he'd hear about it later. but considering how much swearing is happening right now...he doubts it.

but what he doesn't necessarily expect is to see a drenched boy walk out of the bathroom. he's probably sitting on the balcony or something, watching him and blinking slowly.]

You're wet.

[no shit.]

I don't think that's how you're supposed to take showers.

[morsecodes]

No shit Sherlock. [SORRY, LEO'S EXTRA GRUMPY RIGHT NOW. He's been trying to summon his fire to help dry himself off but nothing is happening.]

It was probably Percy. Or Poseidon. Or one of their water friends, maybe. I dunno. [He's still convinced they soaked him to put out his explosion, but that still doesn't explain where the hell he was.

Don't mind him, he's going to be tilting his head and smacking the side of his face to get the water out of his ears.]

So, uh. What hell-scape did I end up this time? It's magic, clearly. [Why else would he not be able to use his fire? That only happened around crazy powerful magical beings. Like Midas.]

You're not going to try to turn me into gold, are you?

[topscores]

[why is this kid talking about Greek mythology.....................

Nice kinda. takes it all in, and then puts a finger on one of the bandages on his nose to scratch it. this guy talks a lot, you know!!

not that he has any room to talk.]

Sure. I'll turn you into gold and sell you. That's how I stop being broke.

[except that isn't how that's going to go at all, but if Leo's gonna be an ass, then he is too.]

I'm King Midas' son.

[morsecodes]

[Now he's just going to squint.]

Uh... [Can't believe this guy is lying to him!!]

Right. You're Lit. Sure. [Can you sense the sarcasm in his voice? Because he's definitely met Lityeres before and this guy was not him. And besides, it was Midas that had the gold curse, not his son! His son was just a tall and handsome harbinger of death.]

a;

[dereban]

[Honestly, at the rate that she keeps finding new people that she doesn't recognize in bathrooms, she might as well consider it cursed... especially since she keeps on overhearing some pretty strange things there, so she yells back, clearly helpful:]

I'm pretty sure if you should be yelling at a god, it's the one for death that you should be yelling at!

[morsecodes]

You mean Hades? No wait, Thanos? [Thanatos, Leo.] I thought they saved him, though. Don't tell me the giants nabbed him again! Dang it!

[Cue some crashing around in the bathroom again, before the wild looking Mexican kid sticks his head out the door. He's still drenched, because the paper towels in the bathroom that are stuffed in his collar and sleeves weren't helping much.]

And we closed the Doors to Death, too! Come on!

[dereban]

Dunno about all that, but this is supposedly purgatory! Welcome to hell school!

["Supposedly", but Inaba herself isn't entirely certain. She hasn't had the full confirmation, after all.]

[morsecodes]

Purgatory? Oh, come on! I totally deserve Elysium! That explosion was most definitely heroic! But then that means the Physician's Cure didn't work. Chiango. [If you blink, you'd probably miss the sadness cross over his face. That means he messed up. That means he couldn't keep his promises to get back to Calypso and save her.

But then it was gone and he was back to his previous demeanor.]

I mean any school is hell, so. Are we talking literal Underworld school or just. School?

a. NOT too fond of bathroom threading

[necrophily]

[ admittedly, dito was just going to wash his face off and shit when he ends up hearing all the cursing coming from the other side of the door. he squints, wondering what the hell is going on in there and pushing open the door. ]

...Huh.

[ well okay. ]

Someone dunk your head in the toilet or something, man?

[morsecodes]

[Don't mind Leo scoffing and pretending his wasn't losing his shit in the bathroom. Yelling at the gods probably isn't his best move right now but he's a little annoyed he isn't on his way to Calypso again. And is soaking wet without being able to access his fire.]

Do I look like the kind of guy that gets swirlied? [DON'T ANSWER THAT WE ALL KNOW THE TRUTH.]

I was just minding my own business, kicking Mother Earth's dirt butt, and BAM. Here I am. Soaked. In this ridiculous outfit.

[necrophily]

You really, really do.

[ did you expect him to seriously not answer that...

dito crosses his arms, leaning his hip against the sink. ]

'Cause it looks like you got your ass kicked.

[morsecodes]

No I didn't! Did I die? Yeah, okay, maybe. Probably. But that was intentional. [HE'S GETTING DEFENSIVE NOW HE'S NOT A LOSER.... :(

He's a super hot ladies man!!]

I still don't know how I ended up soaked. Probably Poseidon, doing Percy a favor or something, I dunno.

a!

[mermaidcursed]

( oh, that... sure is a boy soaked to the bone coming out of the bathroom.

wild. nene waves to catch his attention, but doesn't quite say anything- he'll soon realize that she can't- and gestures for him to follow her, just down the hallway. and if he doesn't, she's going to tug-tug-tug him along, into the crafts room. there's a distinctly fuzzy, towely fabric... there. at least she remembers to cut it before offering it to him. )

[morsecodes]

[Sorry Leo doesn't notice her right away, he's too ADHD and too distracted to really being paying attention, but eventually he sees her waving at him. A look of confusion crosses his face.]

Uh. Hi? [He waves back, but then goes back to trying to pat dry with paper towels. Until she grabs him and starts dragging him away.] Whoa, hey!! What's the big idea!! Where are you taking me? I didn't sign up for this?? Helloooooo, are you going to say anything? [Now it's his turn to wave at her, trying to get her attention, because he doesn't know if she's deaf or mute or what's going on.

Until he sees the fuzzy fabric and she cuts him a piece.]

Ohhhhhh. Bro, why didn't you just say that? [He's going to quickly turn into a Leo-burrito now.]

[mermaidcursed]

( nene pauses and... well, okay, he doesn't know, but he's right in that she probably could have been more communicative. she takes a moment to dig into her pocket, and instead of pulling out the pda he's likely found in his own pocket by now, she pulls out her cellphone, types something out and turns the screen to him. )

i lost my voice.
i also didn't really think it through though, i'm sorry
i'm nene yashiro

( after she's sure he's read it properly, she turns it around again and types again. )

do you know what happened? you're soaked to the bone. :(

( yes she is also frowning irl too. )

c.

[decrypter]

Good afternoon!

[a cheery voice and a light, consistent tapping herald her arrival in the workshop. she can hear someone moving about - the greeting is for whoever they may be, as she comes inside. with one of her tutoring students canceling on her, Helena has some free time, and decided to drop by here at least for a little while.

hopefully, Shin won't be in for a while, meaning she can use the laptop. navigating to retrieve it and find her usual seat, which isn't too far off from where Leo is working, she offers a smile in the direction where she can hear the most sound.]

Seems like you're quite busy today.

[morsecodes]

[Leo has been busy because keeping busy keeps his mind off bad things and he's super unhappy to be stuck here and away from all his friends.]

Uh, yeah, morning or whatever-- [HE'S NOT TRYING TO BE RUDE HONEST he's just so focused on trying to carefully solder two tiny pieces together. It's hella weird to be working with boring metal after working with celestial bronze for so long, so on one side of him is a pile of things he accidentally messed up because he's not used to how flimsy this stuff with. On the other side of him is a pile of weird gizmos and gadgets he's made that he honestly has no idea what they do but he knows they do something. Right now he's just trying to keep his hands busy.]

[decrypter]

[he's not rude, she's just that sort of friendly, and she busies herself with setting up her work. but she's distracted by the sounds of what he's doing, the scent of the solder. before she even realizes it, she's turned some in her seat so she can listen to him better, hands on the keyboard but not doing a single thing.

really, she doesn't mean to be rude herself, she's just trying to envision what he might be creating. that's...a new voice, as well. interesting.]

c

[rearranger]

[ Ranger had been watching this person work for a little while now. He was working on some project or another himself, trying to cobble together something that resembled the technology back home. Right now, he's working on a tablet. It wouldn't hold a candle to the ones they used, but

He sets aside his project in favor of watching with the other person is working on. He'll wait until he seems to have hit a good stopping point, or at least has paused, before he approaches. This kid doesn't look to be much older than perhaps 16, but he suspects that they have a surprising amount of talent.

So, he comments: ]

Not half bad.

[morsecodes]

[Even if Leo doesn't really know many people here yet, it's been weirdly comforting to see so many people coming through and working in the workshop. It felt a little like home, honestly. You know, minus the gods and the magic and all that. Still, working on stuff keeps his hands busy and his mind off bad thoughts, so here he is, still fiddling around with stuff.

He's got a pile of gizmos and gadgets next to him that he still has to figure out what they can do, plus his newly completed miniature of his trireme from back home.

But this time he's building something with intention: A one push collapsible tent.

He didn't realize Ranger was watching him so closely until he approached and spoke up. Leo pushed his chair back, using his foot to prop it up on the back two legs.]

Think so? I dunno, I feel like it needs a little more ~pizzazz~ [please for the love of all the gods do not give him anymore ideas, he's already considering a disco ball or maybe fireworks---]

[rearranger]

[ If he doesn't know what all of the gadgets are intended to do, he's at least impressed by the speed that they were assembled. The tent looks to be quite useful, too. Ranger supposes that would be one alternative to staying in the dorm rooms - not that he tends to do so himself, having no need for sleep.

He rocks back on his heels, humming thoughtfully as he considers that. ]

Yeah, I guess you're right, ahaha! You gotta add a person touch to it, otherwise it's just sorta boring! How much d'ya think you can fit in there?

[ sorry gods, he's only capable of being a bad influence. ]