31 Chapter 31 New Camp Director (1/2)
After the farewell they had with Chiron, a conch was blown that was heard throughout the camp. It was pretty late already meaning it was time for dinner. Once outside they were able to see the campers come out from their cabins, first ones being the ones from Athena. They were 10 boys and 10 girls with blonde hair and grey eyes, they were all Annabeths half-siblings. Annabeth said she wanted to go say hi to her siblings and excused herself, saying she'll meet up with us later.
Next was Clarisse who had one armed being held up in a sling, and had a nasty looking cut on her cheek. She was leading her siblings to dinner. Soon all the cabins mixed in: Demeter, Apollo, Aphrodite, Dionysus. The dryads separated themselves from the trees, the Satyrs came out of the woods, and the Naiads came up from the canoe lake.
Once the last cabin came in, being the Hermes cabin which was also the biggest, Lucian led Percy and Tyson into the pavilion and sitting in their usual table after getting their food. There were a few murmurs ringing out throughout the tables, as they stared at Tyson. ”Who invited that?” One of the kids from the Apollo table said, without bothering to watch how loud his voice was. Lucian and Percy both turn to glare at the direction of the voice but they couldn't find who it was that said it. When they were about to sit down at their usual table, they heard a voice come from the head table.
”Well, well, if it isn't the camps 'prince' and Peter Johnson. My millennium is complete.” Lucian couldn't care less about this useless god, but he seems to grind Percy's gears. ”Percy Jackson...sir.” Percy gritted his teeth and spat out in a tone that said 'I have told you a million times!'
As Mr. D was responding to Percy, Lucian looked at the seat next to Mr. D and found the man he truly dosen't like. The man was pale and horribly thin, almost breakable. He was wearing a threadbare orange prisoners jumpsuit, on the top left of the jump suit near his heart was a number that read 0001. He had bags under his eyes so dark they looked blue, to pair that off he had horrible grey short hair that looked like it had been cut by a blind person. Whenever Lucian looked at the mans eyes, he always felt like the guy was always restless, and always wanted something. He also had a particular evil look in his eye.
That's right, he's our new Activities director. When we first met, we didn't exactly hit it off. ”Im Tantalus. On special assignment here untill, well, untill my lord Dionysus decides otherwise.” This guy is a real piece of shit in my opinion. He likes to mess with the people he doesn't like and likes to scare the little ones. Nobody here at camp really likes the guy.
I honestly couldn't be bothered to listen to the guy anymore, so I started to focus on my eating. Although I was brought out of my food devouring state when I saw Tantuls try to drink some rootbeer out of his mug, only to have it scoot away from his grasp. No matter how much he tried, he couldn't get a hold of the drink. He also tried to eat some of the food on his plate, but it did the same as the cup of rootbeer and slid off the table. ”Blast!” Tantulus cursed out in hatred.
When I saw this comical scene, I couldn't help but to burst out laughing. No one else was laughing other than me, so I stood out. Tantulus being angry already at not being able to consume anything, took his anger out on me. ”What the hell are you laughing at 'PRINCE'?” I dont understand why he says the word prince like if it was an insult, it was more like complimenting me in a hateful way.
”I'm laughing at you obviously. You must be really thirsty and hungry for not being able to consume anything for thousands of years.” I said as I take a drink from my Doctor Pepper. Tantulus clenched his fist angrily, as he eyed my Doctor Pepper enviously.
Some of you may ask why me and him dont get along, and that's something very simple to answer. The first day he got here, he acted like there was nothing wrong. He acted like a monarch, punishing those who disobeyed. Whenever Thalia was brought up, he would blow past it and say that there is absolutely nothing wrong, then proceed to punish the person who spoke up. After the first few days everyone learned not to go against him, but I was having none of that shit. Anytime I found an opportunity to spite him, I would take it. He grew to hate me because I was the only one who dare to press his buttons.
Tantulus took a deep breath and smirked. ”You know, I do think there is a problem with the camp.” He said. ”Yeah, Thalias tree.” I cut him off, but he acted confused. ”Nothing is wrong with the tree.” He said in a tone asking for someone to tell him otherwise. ”I guess you must be blind then.” No one else will challenge him, but I sure as hell will. Tantulus smirked and continued. ”I think that employing a monster to the camp is very dangerous. Monsters are ment to be killed, killed by the heros we train here in this camp. I think she needs to be slain.”