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So You Say You Want a Revolution: Week 13, Period 3

The class had been notified to meet in the Danger Shop, and that was where they found Aly who was looking slightly gleeful as she made sure the final settings were correct. Once everyone had come in, she turned to clasp her hands in front of her and greet the students.

"Good day, everyone. We're talking about explosions today. Mostly because I like them, but also because they an be a great strategic weapon in a street fight. We won't have time to cover all types of explosives - there's another class for that this term - but I very quickly want to mention pipe bombs and molotov cocktails - two types of improvised explosives that you can pretty much make anywhere. They are both nice bombs, but they're a bit sloppy. They're street weapons more than tactical weapons, and they can't necessarily be directed towards strategic goals."

"This isn't to say that there isn't a place for that type of weapon. In a revolution, you use any weapon you can get your hands upon. But unless you're planning on simply erecting barricades in the streets and never moving beyond that - and that rarely works as an overall strategy - you're going to have to move to a more strategic outlook."

"We did this twice while fighting in the Copper Isles. The first time," a shadow and then a look of triumph crossed Aly's face quickly, "we destroyed the Rajmuat slave docks. It was a message to the King and to his Spymaster - that they couldn't stop us and they couldn't continue to profit off the labour of slaves. The second time, the capital's armory was blown up to distract the soldiers for a bit while we set up for the endgame. Strategic use of explosives - they're a means to an end. Not the end itself."

"What I've done today is given each group a structure to decide how to destroy. We're not focusing on the actuality of the explosives this time. Let's assume that you have an co-conspirator who can handle the making of the bombs. What I want you to do is decide where to place them and discuss the possible problems with destroying these bridges and forts and the possible issues that may arise while attacking them."

"If you have someone in your group who has the magic to deal with the situation, that's fine. You can use that, but I'd like you also to look at the problem without magic."

"After you've made your plan, the Danger Shop has all these structures programmed in. You can choose where to want to place your devices and see how big an explosion you can make."

"Questions? Ideas? Worries?"

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"Which other TA?" he asked. Yeah, he could play dumb if he wanted. "The tiny blonde one is cute."

Nico rolled his eyes. "Oh yeah, bet she reminds you of Annabeth."

"Dude, Annabeth's like eleven," Luke said, wrinkling up his nose.

Nico remembered her as a bit older than that. Besides, how old was this Percy? "What, you don't like 'em younger?"

That just sounded wrong coming out of Nico's mouth.

Nico was such a creeper.

"I don't mind younger--" Might've been a glance in Percy's direction at that. "--but I'd prefer it if they've hit puberty."

It was still beyond weird to Nico that the two of them got along so...well.

"Well, all these guys are hitting their 20s when I'm from so it's a little different here." Nico was usually the younger one, after all.

"That's pretty screwed up," Luke said, shaking his head. "Not that I can talk. I'm supposed to be almost 19 in my universe...I wonder if I'll age rapidly as soon as I step foot there..."

That'd be terrifying.

"Ooh, you could match Percy with the gray hair!" Not that he wouldn't eventually anyway...

"Shut up, no I won't," Luke said, running a hand though his hair like it already started happening or something. "I'd just get taller or something. 19 is not that old."

At least he'd keep telling himself that, anyway.

Maybe it was a good thing his vain ass wouldn't make it past 23.

"You're saying that to an eighty year old, you know," Nico teased. He looked damn good for his age. "Think Fandom would really cause that to happen?"

"Yes. This island hates everybody," Luke said. "If it hasn't done anything terrible to you, just wait. It will."

"How terrible are we talking?" A day of forced honesty he could deal with.

"Well that day I couldn't lie was bad. And I didn't particularly like being a girl," Luke said. "But I'd say the worst was when this vortex thingy transported me to this underwater city where I had to kill people because they were trying to kill me."

"Oh great, remind me of being a girl!" Nico had really effectively blocked that from his mind until today. "Wait, wait, you had to kill humans?"

"Yeah. I mean...there was something wrong with them," he said, like that made it better. "But they were still mortal."

And funnily enough, after killing the first one Luke didn't feel much about killing the others.

That really didn't sound good. Or positive for Luke's future. "That's...wow. I could live without getting sent anywhere more insane than the Underworld."

"It was bad. That place...when I got there I pretty much landed on top of a dead body," Luke said. "And I'm not much for water in the first place, so being in a city that was completely underwater was bad. I like the air. Flying. Any place where I can make a quick exit."

Which made sense considering who his father and grandfather were.

"Underwater? Sounds like someone else's Elysium. So you're trapped underwater with murderous humans...why?" This really was lacking in the sense department for Nico.

"Something went weird with the island's mechanical stuff? I don't know, I'm no son of Hephaestus," Luke said, shrugging. "A bunch of people got sent to different places because of it and we couldn't get back until the stuff was fixed."

"Freaky," Nico said, still a little confused. "Maybe going to camp for break wouldn't be a bad idea." Miss out on the next strange thing.

"Do you hang out at camp a lot?" Luke asked.

"Sometimes. I end up getting sent off a lot and I chill in the Underworld a bit," Nico told him, figuring it was harmless to share.

Luke thought it was kind of weird that Nico liked hanging out in the Underworld, but he couldn't really see him fitting in at camp either. "So do you stay in cabin eleven? Or does Percy let you bunk with him or something since there's room?"

He never understood why Hades didn't get at least a ceremonial cabin like Hera did.

"Um," Nico didn't know how to gauge the importance of his cabin situation at camp. "I mostly stay on my own. Percy's got Tyson and all. Trust that I will be installing an entertainment system like yours when I get back."

"Yeah, I don't understand half of that," Luke said. "I mean, I understand, but I don't know who Tyson is or how you have a place of your own."

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