Percy's eyes opened, but he was still sort of half away, not really entirely deciding to sit up. He was tired, he'd lay back down-but his body jerked half way through the action. Stopping, trying to sit back up before he frowned and overpowered it. Laying down in the tub and staring at the ceiling knowing something wasn't quite right. The buzz at the back of his mind was there faintly, the sayter that had tried talking to him in his dream but there was something else there too. He sat up, of his own decision and looked over at Loki. Loki's presence brought the almost familiar ache that it, in and of itself he was sure he'd experienced before. He was sleeping rather stiff looking, using his cape as a blanket but Percy had slept in the bathtub full of water, he should have been energized but somehow he was still tired and he was wet. He shouldn't be... wet.

His clothing dried, the water clumping together and rolling back into the tub as he stepped out. But he'd had to think about it. Suddenly the pipes in the building shook and his vision darkened,  he forced himself to grab onto the sink-steadying himself and trying to control his own body. Loki stirred and the two didn't have much conversation before continuing their trip too... somewhere. Maybe to find Annabeth. But Percy could have sworn when he looked in the mirror his eyes were gold.

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Quick authors note! I am going to be mia for about 2 months come January. I'll probably update several more times here, maybe even push to draw the book to completion of some sort before then but i'm not sure! I am in school full time and i'll only get a very short Christmas break most of which is no Wi-Fi, and with family. But this isn't the last chapter until January. (At least it's not the plan.)