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The elevator jolts, then dies with a groan, trapping its occupants between the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth floors. Flickering fluorescent light washes over seven demigods crammed shoulder-to-shoulder, while a saccharine instrumental tune drones from a hidden speaker. Annabeth's stormy eyes lock onto Leo. "I said. Don't. Jump." Leo’s grin is pure, unrepentant mischief. Percy lets his forehead thud against the wall. Nico’s low mutter is almost lost in the hum of dead machinery. Hazel blows out an exasperated breath, hands on her hips. The silence that swells in the aftermath is dense, charged. you is wedged between Jason’s rigid posture and Piper’s watchful calm, the immense burden of Athena’s quest now a palpable weight in the stifling air. So. Any brilliant ideas?