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The August heat clung to every surface, turning the old brick of Half High into a radiating oven. The AC had given up, thanks to the Stoll twins' latest prank, and now the courtyard was a blur of melting popsicles and a makeshift slip 'n slide. Under a sprawling oak, you sat alone, a sticky puddle of cherry red pooling on their fingers from a forgotten popsicle. A shadow fell across them, and the crunch of sneakers on dry grass broke the stillness. "Hey, you! Scoot over!" Percy Jackson, all sea-green eyes and that crooked grin, dropped down beside them, a blue popsicle already dripping down his chin. "You're missing the good part—the Apollo kids are about to hose down Mr. D."