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[wises]

8/24: arrival

[ on the off chance you happen to be, like, swimming around above the base or something or flying in the air above the base or just chilling on a sandbar around there, guess what. you're treated to a teenaged demigod falling out of the sky and into the ocean. she shrieks a little as this happens because what the fuck what the fuck a stupid portal courtesy the gods is one thing but couldn't they at least -

no. what is annabeth thinking. of course the gods would not make certain she like, landed on her feet or something. of course she's just dumped into a fucking ocean why the fuck not.

if you happen to laugh or stare or anything she'll be grumpy about it after getting her bearings: ]

What are you looking at?

[ look. today is normal day in the life of annabeth chase but that doesn't mean she's Thrilled about being dumped onto a new planet mostly made of water. where is her dumb boyfriend when she needs him???

otherwise she can be found surrounded by stalkers who seem to want something shiny? she's looking very reluctant to part with the shiny objects on her, though. ]

No, you can't have these, my dad gave them to me. [ leave her earrings Alone. leave her dad's college ring Alone. also leave this dagger she has Alone, that's important too??? maybe you have a shiny object to sacrifice to the stalkers so annabeth can actually escape without hurting them? ]

8/24: base

[ okay. she's sopping wet when she finally makes it back so she can be found. drying off. but after that annabeth just pokes around, getting gradually more irritated by the layout of the base. why is this how things are. why are things ridiculous. who planned this shit.

she also does take the time to claim private room 16 because while she's used to and likes sharing a room, she's not sure she wants to share a room with strangers over her half-siblings. so she can be found doing that.

or, rather more prominently, she can be found claiming a work area in one of the labs, typing on a laptop with an odd symbol and a weird-ass keyboard. if you recognize ancient greek, you'll be able to understand the symbol and the keypad and what's on the screen, but otherwise that sure does look like a lot of squiggles. she seems to be documenting a map of the base, and glaring at it.

...but there's also the possibility of her glaring at her communicator in a rather confused fashion as she tries to read some of the text posts. ]

...clari...clarified... [ damnit ] I wonder if I can hook this up to the laptop somehow. I can't read this. [ greek demigod problem 19485406. she's muttering to herself rather than speaking to someone directly, but it's easy to overhear her. ]

8/25: architect

[ okay so like. the first thing of import annabeth did was apply to be Base Architect because she doesn't approve of most of the shenanigans going on and at least wants things to be organized re: the layout. she doesn't seem particularly inclined to organize the shenanigans going on otherwise but let her sort out the base itself. ]

Hello. This is Annabeth Chase - and I applied for a position on the crew: Architect. So, if you need assistance building anything please let me know. I've got plenty of experience and I think we can organize things a bit more than they otherwise have been.

[ read: stop putting shit wherever you feel like it HAVE A PLAN FIRST ]

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arrival

[sniptuck]

[ hajime had commandeered one of dirk's jetskis (he should have never taught her the joys of riding without lifejackets) (it's too late now) when she spots something falling out of the sky.

oh. no. it's a person.

unfortunately, hajime does not have her NOTE on her because she can't really risk losing it in the water, so she can't transform and catch annabeth. instead, she watches as the girl lands in the water. goodbye, annabeth.......... ]

Wow, that sure was a fall!

[wises]

[ rude??? hajime?? you could have been her heroine!

luckily annabeth is more than used to being her own hero. she treds water grumpily, mentally deciding percy seriously needs to be around from now on when she's dumped into an ocean. what is even the point of dating the son of poseidon if he isn't there for that! ...you know. besides like. being best friends and loving him and stuff.

the gods are testing her patience, but that is a usual thing the gods always do. so. ]

Some people have questionable ideas regarding good arrival methods.

[ hera. it was probably hera. fuck hera? ]

[sniptuck]

Oh, everyone has been arriving in really weird ways! This one girl showed up in the shower.

[ which is a lot safer than getting dumped into the ocean, even though in both cases you end up wet. ]

I arrived in a life pod that caught on fire, so. Welcome! It's nice to meet you.

[wises]

[ like, she's not surprised the gods are being Rude to everyone else, too. is...this girl a demigod? she seems okay with weird shit. that's like sign 1 of being a demigod. ]

I'll count my blessings, then. [ re: at least she wasn't in a thing that caught on fire. she's used to falling. falling is...eh. ] I'm Annabeth Chase. Nice to meet you, too.

[ she...supposes? since she's not on the warpath looking for percy (who she thinks is safe at camp) annabeth can be polite. ish. ]

8/25

[gnasher]

[that's a brisk, clear tone; his head perks up at it instantly, because he's highly receptive to people talking about plans and organization (and also because its in his head and he doesn't really have a choice in listening)]

[have a calm, interested response;]

I didn't realise this crew had positions.

[he highly doubts that is a thing, but it's a beautiful dream]

Either way, the last building project made it pretty clear we could use an architect. Or just someone who understands shapes and dimensions a little bit. -- Nice to meet you. Rin Matsuoka.

[wises]

Apparently you can apply for them via URSULA.

[ annabeth filled out an entire application okay she's a science crew member and goddamnit she's going to sort the base out. architecture-wise. ]

Nice to meet you, Rin. I've actually held an architecture position before, so I do have the experience necessary. If you'd like to help out, let me know.

[gnasher]

I'll have to check that out.

[maybe there was some hope for structure around here after all -- physically, at least]

I'm always up for working on the base. I've been diving to salvage the materials for new structures, mostly, though what happens to them after is kind of... not something I've been following.

[he sounds a little embarrassed now, like Annabeth walked into his hamster tube house and there was... a bunch of people sleeping in hallways and a really nonsensical looking jumble of new rooms]

8/24

[splinten]

[AS SHE BATTLES WITH THE COMMUNICATOR, Dirk is here because he has a problem and the problem is every goddamned project on the entire base.]

Do you need it to converted visual to audio?

[He can do that. He assumes this is the problem because 'can only read Ancient Greek well' did not occur to him as a possible reason.]

[wises]

[ well guess what annabeth is taking over all the architecture/base building problems suck it dirk.

she doesn't quite startle, but she does glance over at dirk. he will probably appreciate her bright orange t-shirt that says "camp half-blood" on it (whatever that is) with a pegasus underneath. tres chic. otherwise it's easy to tell annabeth spends a lot of time outdoors from her tan, and also that she probably gets into fights more than is usual for a teenaged girl because like most demigods she has some battle scars.

those details seem like they would be relevant to dirk, so there they are. ]

I guess that would be one method, but if I can get this network on my laptop instead, I might be able to read it better. I haven't really done something like that without someone from cabin nine before...

[ hephaestus kids are helpful? ]

I'm dyslexic unless it's, you know, Ancient Greek.

[ ...

dirk strider has no right to think this is weird. tbh. ]

[splinten]

[You know what, I refuse to decide whether or not Dirk has any kind of scars. Who knows. Dirk is tragically back into that suit that Dave told him is nice, and that's the end of description that is here.

He really likes her shirt and he wants to ask about it on the grounds that orange and also ponies are the best thing in the world, but then Annabeth says 'dyslexic unless it's Ancient Greek.'

Yeah that's weird. He has every right, don't even bring up the Gift of Gab it's still weird.]

Hm. I might need a little guidance on the Ancient Greek side, but I should be able to do the hook-up.

arrival (i hope this is ok, i can edit if not!)

[trainees]

[ luckily for annabeth, peter's chilling on the sandbar when she falls out of the sky. look, he misses land, ok? and the sandbar is the closest he can get without needing to take a sub.

in any case, she's a bit further out for him to catch, but that's fine because that's what his webbing is for. a string of some vaguely sticky substance wraps around her torso while she's still in midair before she's tugged sharply into peter's arms. ]

Whoa! Sorry. You okay?

[wises]

[ is it "luckily" or is it unluckily, though. the thing about children of athena is this: they are terrified of spiders usually, because spiders hate them. it's the whole thing with arachne holding a grudge against athena forever.

so while she appreciates being caught somehow, she knows that vaguely sticky substance. annabeth has had lots of experience getting caught in spiderwebs. one even dragged her into the pits of tartarus.

accordingly she freezes and then bursts into motion trying to get the sticky substance off lmao sorry if she smacks you on accident while she panics, peter. who even is this guy? a son of arachne or something? do those exist??? ]

Oh my gods. [ ew ew ew ew ew ]

[trainees]

Oh my god, [ is also what he says?? while dodging her hands and arms and other limbs. maybe he should have given her a proper warning? but she was falling? this is what he gets for trying to help.

he does, at least, get that she is trying to remove his webbing. so he grabs the web and tugs it apart, ripping it in half and pulling the remains away from her clothing. ]

Okay, okay. You're good, it's off.

architect

[grimdeity]

[ this sounds like a new voice. rose likes this one, this one sounds like a sensible person. which is just so. rare. around here. even rose doesn't count as someone sensible. ]

I hope you aren't expecting pay for your position, I doubt URUSLA has much funding. What sort of organization do you intend to bring to our humble little base?

[ don't touch the magister's observatory. ]

[wises]

I'm used to working unpaid as an architect. The work itself counts as pay in this case, however.

[ because it. will be. so much more organized. ]

Moving the units around so there's some order is the first of all - a residential wing rather than residences wherever. I also think something less hamster-esque wouldn't be a bad idea.

[grimdeity]

Mhm, yes I suppose so. The base is a tad bit difficult to navigate.

[ for. other people. rose probably vaguely uses seer nonsense to keep from getting lost. idk how but. ]

That would be a splendid idea. Though, I believe some people are still sleeping wherever-- not in rooms, I mean. I don't know if anyone is still sleeping in random observatories or hallways, but it's something to note. The actual rooms are a fairly recent addition.

[ they had a farm before they had bedrooms ]

Architect

[kidslovewhales]

[A gruff male voice responds.]

Jotaro Kujo. Biologist. We could use some large tanks for storing live specimens. The current facilities are insufficient. Preferably somewhere adjacent to the labs.

[wises]

[ annabeth quickly adjusts her plans on her tablet. two specimens rooms should do for now, right? ]

All right. Is there anything else in your current set up you need expanded?

[kidslovewhales]

Well, I've noticed that the eyewash stations are improperly spaced - there should be one to each pair of benches. And the storage rooms are inconvenient; you have to cross several busy corridors, which is frustrating when you're carrying sensitive equipment. Oh, and we could use a morgue.

Architect

[lightbulbvampire]

[Kanaya's voice sounds relieved as she responds to the telepathy announcement.]

It is a massive relief to hear that we have an Architect now. While my species does hold architecture as culturally important, it is still wonderful to have an trained one on base. My name is Kanaya Maryam and if there is anything I can do to assist you, then let me know.

[Seriously, we need leadership around base.]

[wises]

Your species?

[ She doesn't sound shocked or surprised but it's nice to know who, or what, she's speaking to. ]

If you would be interested in helping me rearrange things, I'm absolutely going to need the manpower. Or womanpower, in this case.

[lightbulbvampire]

I'm surprised you have not seen any of us around yet.


[The horns and skin are pretty distinctive.]

There are three of us here. Me, Karkat, and Feferi. We are Trolls, although Feferi is a Sea Troll and I am a Rainbow Drinker.

[And Karkat is a mutant, but that is not her place to tell.]

telepathy

[splasher]

Hello, Annabeth! It's great to finally have someone who knows about building! I can help you with building things if you like, or moving around materials you may need.

Name's Makoto. ...I'm guessing you arrived recently, so it's nice to meet you.

[wises]

Just yesterday, as a matter of fact. And any help at all would be appreciated. We need a lot of it...from collecting materials to moving things around and the construction itself. Whatever you feel you would be best at, you are more than welcome to do.

[splasher]

My friend Rin usually goes collecting materials and he lets me know when he gets back from those expeditions so I can help him move them around afterwards. I'm not an expert in construction necessarily, but I'm good at following instructions and in manual work.

Have you talked with him yet? Or I could tell him about this, too. Oh-- my other friend, Haru, he's very good at decoration, and he'll help with manual work if [...there's an incentive or he's forced to it] I ask him.