Reading The Dark Prophecy: Chapter 30 (SPOILERS)
"setting up trip wires and motion-sensor alarms . . . I used to flirt with them shamelessly, but I never went further than that." I'm sure that greatly reassures the Hunters, who I'm sure have never had any bad experiences with other male gods and have no reason to worry about the one who flirts with them the most potentially changing his mind one day and deciding to take advantage of their vulnerable sleeping state. No, I'm sure they're just paranoid. /s
"ẹlọmìíràn--one of the others." Have we stumbled upon yet another pantheon? Yoruba are from around West Africa. This could legitimately be a whole other pantheon. "I am also a graduate accounting student at Indiana University." Very applicable to the situation. What do you mean that's not useful information? This is stuff we need to know!
"Not a gladiator. I only fight on weekends for money." Oh, so it's his part-time job. Puts him through college. I have a feeling he won't mind looking for a different job after this.
"My name is actually Olujime." And ebook Olujime's nickname is actually Jimmy. The more trivia you know. "I was getting very tired of spelling out Papadopoulos." At what point does Apollo have to write his name down? This is deffo Rick Riordan projecting here. He's regretting picking this name for him.
"'Your girlfriend. Yes. Will you excuse me?' I fled." Very subtle, very subtle. Wow. You could not have had a worse reaction. I'm impressed, genuinely.
"Besides, he was much too old for me" Right, I forget he's in a 16-17 year old form. "or young, depending on how you looked at it." If Olujime's too young, then why did he want to flirt with Chiara and Damien? Pick an angle to look at it from and stick with it. Gods are way too used to their shapeshifting abilities.
"until I stumbled upon a small library . . . the old-fashioned kind without books, just scrolls stacked in cubbies." I immediately feel like the Waystation definitely sensed this place could help him and sent him there. "Now she was a smart melomakarona." MELOMAKARONA (n.): an egg-shaped Greek dessert made mainly from flour, olive oil, and honey. A traditional dessert prepared primarily during the Christmas holiday season. They are also known as finikia
^ Hypatia, ladies and gentlemen.
"VERILY, THY LEVELS OF STUPID ASTOUND ME." "Have you ever wondered . . . why you have no friends?" LMAO he's so fed up with this screaming little shit.
"you two intend to remain at the Waystation." They do? They don't want to go back to camp? Is this permanent or are they just waiting until the Triumvirate threat is over before they go back to CHB? "The furtive glances?" FURTIVE (adj.): attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive "And she can teach you to regain your magic." Oh yeah, that. "Josephine reminds me so much of my mom." Awwwwwwwww. Yes, stay with them.
"A car? . . . Oh, I can hook you up with one of those!" Oh no.