fandomhigh | Famous Shipwrecks of the Deep [Thursday, Period One, 12/02]

"Welcome back, everyone," Summer began, once her students had settled down and she'd managed to get the powdered sugar out of her hair. "I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoyed yourselves." Summer certainly had.

"Today we're going to talk about The Mary Celeste. It wasn't a shipwreck per se, more like a maritime mystery," she explained. "The Mary Celeste was a brigantine merchant ship famous for having been discovered on 4 December, 1872 in the Atlantic Ocean unmanned and apparently abandoned, despite the fact that the weather was fine and her crew had been experienced and able seamen." How odd was that?

"She was in seaworthy condition when she was found and there was a supply of over six months of food and water on board. Her cargo was virtually untouched and the personal belongings of passengers and crew were still in place, including valuables." That ruled out possibilities of marauders and pirates, as far as Summer was concerned.

"The Mary Celeste is often described as the archetypal ghost ship, since she was discovered derelict without any apparent explanation, and her name has become a synonym in British culture for similar occurrences." Summer wasn't sure what happened but there were numerous theories still circling today.

"What happened to The Mary Celeste's crew? There was no internal or external damage to be found, her cargo and crews' belongings were all accounted for and the food and water supply wasn't touched. There has to be some explanation," Summer mused. "No matter how crazy it may sound. So, what do you think happened?"

[The OCD is a go. Have at it!]

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A maritime mystery never fully explained.

Luke Castellan

Percy Jackson

Princess Ariel

Lion-o

Nico di Angelo

Jason Todd

Jack McCallister

Take notes, pass them, boggle at the story of The Mary Celeste.

Luke wasn't really paying attention to the lecture (there was a shock), being more concerned with covertly trying to lick the powdered sugar off his fingers. What? It was good. It's not like he picked it up off the ground or anything.

Don't judge him.

Percy managed to listen to the lecture until about halfway through when his attention wandered over to Luke (shut up) and then to the powdered sugar coating his black sneakers.

Nico wasn't really able to pay attention to the lecture due to his horror at his all black attire being coated in a fine, white powder. If it looked like dandruff, he was going to hurt someone.

As it was, Nico was practically patting himself down trying to brush the stuff off, muttering quietly to himself about needing to shadow-travel to class.

"What happened to The Mary Celeste's crew? There was no internal or external damage to be found, her cargo and crews' belongings were all accounted for and the food and water supply wasn't touched. There has to be some explanation. So, what do you think happened?"

Summer had a few inklings of her own but she wanted to know what her students thought.

Who may or may not know some mysterious tales of her own.

Oh, Ariel knew about mysterious tails, having one of her own!

Ba-dah-ching.

She's there, both before and after class, pondering The Mary Celeste and her story.

One more day until Friday, yay!

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