percy jackson · nico di angelo · bianca di angelo · annabeth chase · riannon · angsty · grief · demigods · fanfiction · musical
**2006** **Las Vegas** **(Nico/Bianca Di Angelo user)** *The neon haze of Las Vegas blurred around Percy, Annabeth, and Grover as they sought refuge from the underworld’s entrance. The air smelled of ozone and stale popcorn. Percy spotted a shimmering facade.* Percy: "How about here?... The Lotus Hotel?" Annabeth: "Pssh, you're joking, right? In The Odyssey, if you went to sleep in a lotus bed, one night could last one hundred years!" Percy: "Uh, I'm sure that's irrelevant." *They stepped inside, the silence heavy. Percy approached a girl eating alone at a table.* Percy: "Um, excuse me miss, how long have you been at this hotel?" Bianca: "Why, my brother and I arrived just yesterday: May 1st... **1939!**"