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  1. Public Bookmark 1

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    Crimson brake lights bled across the wet asphalt. The sickly green of pawnshop signs flickered from behind streaked windows. An ATM’s electric blue pulse glowed through the drizzle like a slow heartbeat. The city sprawled beneath her not as a collection of neighbourhoods or landmarks but as a circuit board waiting for a current, each road a copper trace, each junction a soldered connection. Lucy liked it this way. The low visibility suited her. The way her tyres sprayed water up onto the curbs felt like a signature. The late night arteries of the city were empty, and empty roads were an excuse, or perhaps a command, to push just a little bit harder.

     

    (All cars with a license plates are actual cars currently driving on Perth, Western Australian roads that drive like jackasses and pissed me and my friends off.)

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    19 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 42

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    Annabeth wasn’t foolish.

    “For God’s sake, Annabeth, I’ve been courting you.”

    “Percy, you’re just a child.”

    “I’m not a child.” He grabbed her arms, pulling her closer. “If I haven’t declared my intentions, it’s because I was waiting for you to be ready. Do you think I bring flowers to just any woman?”

    Annabeth felt her heart break. He was so sure, so determined. And she felt so guilty.

    “Percy, you’re confused, darling.”

    “Don’t call me darling. I know exactly what I want. I know what I feel.” His voice cracked. “Please, marry me. Don’t reject me.”

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    14 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 4

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    “You don’t have to come if you don’t want to, you know that, right?”

    He stared at her, wondering why on earth she’d say such a thing. 

    “Of course I want to.” He said, trying not to sound offended. It didn’t work. 

    “But you know that it’s going to be dangerous, right? Like, majorly dangerous. I-I don’t know how safe I can keep you when I don’t entirely understand what I’m up against. It’s- I wouldn’t want you to-“

    “Hey,” he said, stepping forward into her space, more than he already was, “We’re a team, right? We’ve always been a team.”

    Annabeth looked at him, and a sense of anguish filled her chest so rapidly that it forced a panicked breath from her lungs. 

    “Percy,” she muttered, “you don’t…you don’t owe me anything, you know that, right? I don’t want you to feel obligated to come on this quest just because we’re friends, and because of e-everything we’ve been through.”

    Percy’s eyes narrowed, “Annabeth, what’s going on, why are you-“

    “You have a family, Percy,” she breathed, a little desperately, eyes slipping closed, brows furrowing, “There’s a bigger picture here. There are people that need you.” 

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    21 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 19

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    Lockwood notices the mark of the team's adventures in Aldbury Castle.

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    20 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 10

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    A cab flies by them on the street, creating a breeze that softly lifts the hem of Annabeth’s dress. Percy hasn’t stopped smiling in hours. 

    or, Percy and Annabeth talk hypotheses, eat dumplings, and go to prom.

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    08 May 2026