Detention, Early Saturday Morning

[bigdamnprincipal]

Zoe had hoped that she'd be able to get through the rest of semester without having to deal with anyone getting detention, but, as usual, some of the boys had to ruin things by fighting in class.

Instead of doing it in private like sane individuals, of course. Grace was definitely going to learn better than that when she got older.

She'd left havdwavey messages for Percy and Nico to meet her in the school's cafeteria, and was glad when both of them showed up, bright and early as requested. Apparently, they still had a few braincells left in their heads. "All right, come with me," she said, leading them back into the kitchen, and pointing to the dirty pots, dishes, and silverware stacked all over the counters. "These are the dishes from the school's Thanksgiving dinner. When they are all clean, you may leave. If I find even one dish broken, we will do this all over again next weekend. If there is bloodshed, we will do this all over again next weekend. Are we clear?"

She turned and left without waiting for an answer, perfectly certain that she had been clear. Plus, the smell of the two day old food was a little overwhelming, and she wasn't going to stick around in that kitchen any longer than she had to.

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Re: Clean the Dishes

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"Hey, just a suggestion," Percy said, making a face. "I could still lock the door and add a nice icy patch in front of it. That'd give us some time if the principal decided to show up."

Re: Clean the Dishes

[deaths-demigod.livejournal.com]

"Now that we could use," Nico agreed, thinking if they had warning, he could send the scrubbing soldiers back to the Underworld and close up the hole before anyone could break through ice. "Go for it, Pers."

Re: Clean the Dishes

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"Okay," Percy said, taking one last look at the shoulders before opening the kitchen door. It didn't take long for him to create some saltwater out of thin air and then to harden it into an icy, thick patch that settled in front of the door.

Then, Percy closed the door and locked it. "Okay, we should be good till we finish up, at least."

Re: Clean the Dishes

[deaths-demigod.livejournal.com]

"And you can defrost it just as fast, right?" Nico checked, giving a yawn. He was going to sleep well after this.

Re: Clean the Dishes

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"Just takes some hot water," Percy assured him, leaning against the door and watching the soldiers do their thing. "You all right? Need a sandwich or something?"

Re: Clean the Dishes

[deaths-demigod.livejournal.com]

"You make sandwiches, too?" Nico dropped to the floor to sit and retain some energy, completely ready to be impressed.

Re: Clean the Dishes

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"No, but I can make one so you don't pass out in the kitchen leaving me to both clean up and fill this freaking hole with water. Then, I'd have to explain the new pool in the kitchen."

Percy didn't think the principal would really buy that.

Re: Clean the Dishes

[deaths-demigod.livejournal.com]

"What kind?" Yes, now was the time for Nico to be picky.

Re: Clean the Dishes

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"What kind of sandwich?" Percy asked. "I don't know, whatever I can find. I'm not a menu."

Re: Clean the Dishes

[deaths-demigod.livejournal.com]

"Fine," Nico made the mistake of physically waving him off to make a sandwich. A mistake because one of the Confederate guys took it as part of his instruction and slammed a plate he was drying a little too hard on the counter.

Re: Clean the Dishes

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

The plate didn't break but it did crack and Nico glared at the soldier and the partially broken plate before looking back at Nico.

"Nice."

Re: Clean the Dishes

[deaths-demigod.livejournal.com]

"What do you expect when I'm working with guys who've been dead for over a hundred years? It's not like I'm perfect, here," Nico pointed out, having the soldier hide the cracked plate at the bottom of a stack. "No one will notice until we're long gone," he assured his cousin.

Re: Clean the Dishes

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"Fine, fine," Percy replied, trying to dig around in the cabinets to find something that he could make a sandwich with. "You like peanut butter? Crunchy?"

Re: Clean the Dishes

[deaths-demigod.livejournal.com]

"Crunchy's the best," Nico nodded, knowing his peanut butter needs. "Assuming you're capable of spreading it without ripping the bread to shreds."

Re: Clean the Dishes

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"I can spread peanut butter on bread," Percy said, rolling his eyes. "You really think it's that hard? It's not."

Re: Clean the Dishes

[deaths-demigod.livejournal.com]

"How do I know if you've got basic skills," Nico reminded him with a roll of his eyes. "You have a mom and stuff to do things for you."

He was momentarily distracted by the thought that it'd be hella cool to see if he could get the guys to hum something entertaining while they worked. Nico'd never tried noises before, but they grunted during battle, so there was always the chance...

Re: Clean the Dishes

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I got a mom and she got jerked around by a freaking jerk to protect me," he muttered, digging out some bread so he could make Nico a sandwich. "I feel like I gotta make up a lot to her. Light peanut butter or a lot?"

Re: Clean the Dishes

[deaths-demigod.livejournal.com]

"Lots, thanks. Not the Blofis guy, right?" That guy had kicked some serious monster ass, after all. Nico wouldn't mind him around for a fight. "The one before?"

Re: Clean the Dishes

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"The one before, yeah. Gabe," he said, spreading the peanut butter thickly on the bread. "He was a grade A jerk. Bigger than Luke even."

Re: Clean the Dishes

[deaths-demigod.livejournal.com]

"Luke's not such a jerk - oh, you mean like, home Luke?" Nico was starting to hate that there were others.

And that he'd helped bring about the fall of his own Luke without getting to know the guy.

Re: Clean the Dishes

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"No, I mean this Luke too," Percy joked, adding even more peanut butter before finally sticking a piece of bread on top of it. "This Luke's a jerk too but in different ways. He's a jerk in an entertaining ways."

Re: Clean the Dishes

[deaths-demigod.livejournal.com]

Nico felt like Grover, wanting to cry out 'fooooood' when he saw what looked like a complete sandwich. "I would say something, but I really want you to hand me that first."

His undead dudes were nearing the end of their work, but it was getting sloppier with Nico's lack of focus.

Re: Clean the Dishes

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"They're not gonna try and eat the plates if you eat this, right?" Percy asked before he passed the sandwich to Nico.

Re: Clean the Dishes

[deaths-demigod.livejournal.com]

"No, but I can have them attack you if you don't give me that," Nico warned. Only half-kidding.

Re: Clean the Dishes

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"You act like I haven't fought off these guys before," Percy said but did hand the sandwich over. "I could take them."