Not a Magic 8 Ball

[waterproofed]

[if anyone is familiar with Percy's voice, they will notice that he sounds younger as he speaks to the journal today]

Hey, book. Do you know where my mom is?

[he shakes it but nothing happens. Next he decides to bang it on his desk. Aside from getting Magikarp agitated, nothing happens]

This thing isn't working!

Comments

[waterproofed]

Female voice?

[signedlefthanded]

It's Violet.

[waterproofed]

Oh. ... Hi, Violet.

[signedlefthanded]

Why do you sound like... [You haven't hit puberty, yet] Are twelve?

[waterproofed]

'Cause I am.

[signedlefthanded]

Where are you?

[waterproofed]

In a room with a giant fish. Which isn't even the weirdest thing that's happened to me lately.

[signedlefthanded]

In your room? Look, you're probably in the castle still. Did you eat? Do you need anything? Do you remember this place?

[She cares too much for him to just let him handle this on his own. She has a younger brother.]

I'm coming to you.

[waterproofed]

I'm okay, I just need to find my mom. I had a bad dream about her and... I just wanna make sure she's okay.

[signedlefthanded]

She's not here, Percy. She's back home. If it means anything I'm pretty sure she's okay. You never mentioned anything happening to her.

[waterproofed]

No, she... there was a storm, and our car got smashed up. [this is upsetting okay]

[signedlefthanded]

It's okay, Percy. You talk about your mom all the time. You've never mentioned that. I think she's okay.

[waterproofed]

'Course I talk about her. She's awesome. [he wouldn't waste his breath talking about Smelly Gabe]

[signedlefthanded]

So you've told me. We're close friends, Percy. You and I.

[waterproofed]

...Yeah, sure.

[signedlefthanded]

You do know where you are, right?

[waterproofed]

Sure. It's the Fields of Asphodel with a kitchen. The other kid told me.

[signedlefthanded]

[...what?]

Not exactly. It's called Paradisa. The older you lives here.

[waterproofed]

"Older me"? Not sure what you mean. There's just me.

[signedlefthanded]

The you I know is eighteen. He's older than I am.

[waterproofed]

Eighteen?! [little boy voice cracks]

Maybe I got knocked harder than I thought...

[signedlefthanded]

It's the castle. It does stuff like that. One time I hallucinated blood. You made sure I was okay.

[waterproofed]

Oh. I gotta be honest, this is a little over my head. And it's weird talking to a book.

[signedlefthanded]

I told you I could come to you. Help you figure this out.

[waterproofed]

Uhhh. Okay, I guess.