「BONUS CHAPTER 001. Buford bond 」

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LEO VALDEZ. LET THE
CHAOS BEGIN !

"I DID it!" cackled leo with glee, the camera blinked slightly, and leo bent down to the height of buford the table, a mischievous little elf-like smile on his face. he stumbled over, tapping cherry's shoulder.

she lifted her head up, looking to him as she finished potting the sunflower in the engine room, "what is it?"

"i got buford the software!" he responded happily, "the recording software! know he can take videos and shit! isn't that great?" he gave her a full grin- teeth and all as he took her hand and began to playfully swing her round- the engine room's humming and whirring muted by the delightful laughter from cherry.

"congrats, elf boy!" she responded happily, bending down to buffords height as it moved around her, showing the small grease stains on her back (now doubt from leo after poking her) along with the mud stains on her jeans (she likes planting!). "what are you planning to do with it?"

"with what?"

"the recording software, obviously," she sighed. she stared at leo for a moment before she let out a gasp, "leo!"

"what?"

"i know that face!" she spoke, pointing earnestly at him, "you're up to something!"

"no i'm not," he spoke, lying casually as an easy grin came on his face, "i don't know where you got that idea from."

"oh you are so up to something," she pouted, crossing her arms like a tantrumed four-year-old, "you're up to something, leo- tell me!"

he grinned at her, his whole face brightening as he walked around her. he laughed- one that sounded like a mix between an evil bond villains laugh and just a normal laugh. he stared at her for a few seconds too long before a smile slipped to his face, "why- cherry adams, where is the fun in that? i can't simply tell you-"

"why you little-"

"it spoils all my fun!" he argued gleefully, "now-" he turned back to bufford, the smile never leaving his face, "buford- my man- er... table. my pride and joy-"

"is he your kid?"

"-go wreak havoc as i programmed you to," grinned leo, he turned back to cherry, "i hope we can add this into the orientation video at camp- man that'd be a blast! what if... gods- a documentary! i'm gonna be one hot-shot, big-shot when this is all done!" he stared back at cherry, puffing out his chest, "i'm gonna win an award!"

"for insanity?"

he snorted, "shut up."

buford scuttled away.

RECORDING SUBJECT
IN QUESTION: ANNABETH
CHASE, DAUGHTER OF
ATHENA, SIXTEEN.

TOPIC OF RECORDING:
COMMUNICATION.

"HOW IS it back at camp?" she asked to the mist formation of val's face, smiling back at her, "is everybody okay? anything bad?"

"babe," he chuckled, a fiery blush spreading to annabeth's cheeks- causing val to laugh even more, "awe- are you blushing?"

"shut up!" she grumbled, "i'm trying to ask you a serious question- and you're not answering!" she pouted before sighing, "it's been so boring here- we're sailing across the atlantic now- and literally nothing is happening. no monsters- no new drama... unless you count leo and barbie pranking jason-"

"oo, how'd that happen?"

"jello- shaving cream, feathers, glue-" annabeth wrinkled her nose, "very weird and stinky and downright disgusting."

"sounds like some good entertainment."

"tino!"

val simply laughed, tilting his head back as he did, "alright! alright! and to answer your question- things are actually doing okay at camp. apart from the whole... i dunno- fear of war? we're doing okay. your siblings are doing just fine, by the way- because i know you're still be worried even if malcolm iris messages you- and my cabins doing okay too- we all are."

"speaking of which," smiled annabeth, a teasing tone placed in her voice as she continued, "how's royalty treating you, cabin councillor?"

it was val's turn to blush. he shook his head, an embarrassed look on his face, "shut up."

she let out a laugh, glad everybody was above deck.

"...it's good," he mumbled shyly after a few moments, "although- when... when you guys get back, i'm definitely gonna be handing it back to piper and barb. leadership is fucking stressful, beth. it sucks ass."

"i'm sure it does," she laughed, "but we'll... we'll be back soon."

she knew she was lying, but to see the smile on her boyfriends face made it worth it. even if there was a bittersweet note to their conversation, even if annabeth chase had no idea if she'd even be able to get back to her boyfriend.

RECORDING SUBJECT
IN QUESTION: BARBIE
ALLEN, DAUGHTER OF
APHRODITE, SEVENTEEN.

TOPIC OF RECORDING:
PERCY JACKSON AND
PIPER MCLEAN

"BARBIE TELL piper to stop chasing me!" panted percy as he opened the door to the sewing room, looking around before scrambling to hide behind barbie as she finished sewing a seam, "she's scary!"

"what did you do this time?" she sighed.

"nothing! i just said... i said something- and then she tried to give me some sort of talk- blackmail? no idea- she's scary," percy shuddered.

"that's my sister," she shrugged simply, "i'm sure what you said wasn't too bad." she narrowed her eyes, "what did you say?"

"i said maybe i liked-"

"where is he?" screeched piper suddenly bursting open again, a slightly disheveled  piper standing in the doorway, panting as she looked around frantically, "where is that kelp bitch?!"

"kelp bitch?" mused barbie, keeping her cool, kicking percy as if to say you owe me one, "that's a new one. should i add it to our collective names for percy?"

"where is he?"

"why sister dearest i have no idea what things you speak of," she said blandly.

"where is he?"

"is this a thriller movie?" snorted barbie, "look pipes- percy isn't here- he ran in for a second and then ran out a second afterwards. he's probably above deck, cowering and fearing for his life right now-" she got jabbed in the leg- as if to say, hey! which proved her point, "so yeah- perhaps check somewhere else."

piper narrowed her eyes, "... if you're sure- fine. but all i'm saying is he better watch himself or i might let something slip."

"...oookay," barbie spoke, "nice visit pipes, have fun."

and with that, piper walked away.

a few seconds later, percy peeped his head from his hiding place, "she gone?"

"yeah- she is. you can come back up now, coward," she teased, moving aside the fabric as she moved the chair back, percy standing up and dusting himself off.

"i am not a coward!" he gasped, "i have rightful reasons to be fearful of piper! do you not remember two days ago? when jason and leo pranked her? i've never seen such anger..."

"hell hath no fury for a piper mclean who wants vengeance," she shrugged, "it's an aphrodite thing."

"i'll say..." he mumbled, "so what you working on? ... can i help?"

"nah," she spoke, shaking her head, "i'm gonna call it a day with the sewing..." she narrowed her eyes, "and anyways if i remember correctly- with a rules in place, you shouldn't be here right now!"

"awe c'mon!" he pouted, waving his hands, "we are totally friends! totally friends! totally, totally, totally frie-"

"you know you can't just manifest that," barbie spoke, rolling her eyes, bitterly adding to herself, especially since i lov- "anyways," she spoke, interrupted her own train of thought, "get out. i'm going above deck."

"and i'm coming? i'm going to get get killed by piper."

"well maybe you shouldn't have said what you said. what was it- something about liking something?"

"cheesecake," he simply shrugged, "i'm a new yorker, we love cheesecake- said the vegan stuff wasn't as good."

"it's literally the same."

percy gasped, "how dare you?!"

RECORDING SUBJECT
IN QUESTION: CHERRY
ADAMS, DAUGHTER OF
DEMETER, FIFTEEN.

TOPIC OF RECORDING:
PRANKING WITH JASON
GRACE ON LEO VALDEZ

"YOU THINK this will work?" jason wondered, "i mean... without majorly fucking up the ship and sending leo into baby rage?"

"baby rage?" cherry repeated, frowning, "leo baby rages? when was this a thing? and- since when was baby rage a thing?"

"he doesn't do it to you," jason mumbled like a jealous child, "but that's because he- nevermind. the point is- are you sure this won't just royally screw up everything and we sink into the sea and die?"

"since when where you mister negative?" teased cherry, "relax- i spoke to annabeth about it. she's like... 99.9.... a lot of nine's sure that it's gonna be okay."

jason stared at her, as if she were mad. he was dressed in track bottoms and a white t-shirt, looking at her as if she were mad (perhaps she was it. side affects), "the more time you spend with leo the more you act like him- it's scary cherry."

"and is that a bad thing?" she challenged, her hands on her hip, "is that a bad thing jason?"

"nope," he responded quickly, "nope. nope. nope."

"good," she laughed, "now let's get pranking."

it took a while, and at some point, they had to get annabeth to help them. but after half an hour of piper occupying leo (cherry bribed her, she doesn't regret it either), they had finished rebooting festus with a little chip that annabeth had helped them program and install. it was a simple thing- and if leo really wanted it to be taken out he could simply do so. that's what was so funny about the prank- nobody would really know until leo started directing the ship. cherry burst into giggles thinking about it, genuinely surprised she'd managed to pull it off. once annabeth had finished, she looked back at the two of them, as if they were disappointing her.

"good luck," annabeth said, "let's hope leo doesn't baby rage."

"he won't," grinned cherry, "it's more of a present than a prank!"

"tell that to the seriously questionable bits of code i had to write," annabeth responded blankly, "now if you guys need me- i'll be pestering barbie in the sewing room."

"as you should," nodded jason, as if that sounded like a good idea, "don't let her attack you."

annabeth snorted, "jason i basically grew up with barbie- that's not gonna happen."

(spoiler alert: it did)

it was a day later when leo noticed. he'd wanted to do some sort of fancy schematic thing, and he needed a certain software to do so. he tapped on his wii controller, speaking loudly into it as jason and cherry looked at each other, as if to say let it begin.

"initiate sector c21," leo repeated for the twentieth time, huffing in annoyance. "...access denied? again?!"

"huh," hazel spoke, standing beside jason and cherry, "what's up with leo?"

"trying to initiate something fancy," shrugged cherry, "access denied."

"hmm," nodded hazel before saying, looking at the two of them with a raised brow, "and i don't suppose any of you two have an idea who did such a thing?"

"not a clue," the two of them responded.

"thought as much," hazel nodded, "well- have fun, i'll be below deck making food."

"we have magic plates for that," jason frowned.

"no magic plate can replicate my gumbo," she said simply, "i'll save you guys some- don't worry." and then, she walked away.

it was about ten minutes later when leo realised he was being pranked. so far, his wii had started blasting 'under the sea' along with sea shanties every time he tried to speak- along with a rendition of 'wap' but in the voice of jarvis. it was about two hours later when leo was still persistently trying, and all of the crew had now come above deck, each enjoying a lovely bowl of hazel's homemade gumbo that tasted devine.

"gods dammit what's wrong with this?" leo pouted, stomping his foot as his clothes started to smoke.

"leo if you set fire to your clothes," barbie began, "i will throw you off deck."

"have fun with that," he spoke, tapping a few buttons before the introduction theme to spongebob-square-pants started to play. the crew turned to each other, before laughing loudly.

"does it have karate kid on there?" coach hedge yelled, "man- that would be good!"

"it's not working!" pouted leo, "is... is this a prank?"

nobody answered. which was actually more of an answer.

nobody laughed for about three seconds- and then cherry burst out into laughter, followed by jason and annabeth and literally everybody else.

"you guys!" complained leo, "seriously?!"

rosie speaks !

hello there lol— i
mean this is rlly small
and shit but i'm excited
to get onto the next book
so yeah :)) have fun !!

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