When Annabeth steps out from the castle, her first thought is if she can just backtrack. Maybe, maybe, if she can get back through the castle and back through that maid room, she can figure out what brought her here. How to take it back, because school is starting up for her soon. And as much as she'd like to be whisked away on some new quest by the gods, this is a little inconvenient. Plus, she was supposed to Iris message Percy later tonight, and if she doesn't get back...
Of course, these thoughts are then put on the back-burner by what looks like a festival of some kind? The stalls make her think of state fairs when she was a child, back in Virginia, but the people and the things they're selling are so different it's not even worth it. People brush by her without a thought and it's all Annabeth can do to avoid being trampled. Maybe, she thinks, if she can get someone from this festival to talk to her, she can figure out a way back home. It is this thought that sends her off - her head held high, her eyes turned forward, and that pieces of paper still clutched in her hand. Get answers and then get back home. That's the goal, here.
annabeth chase || percy jackson and the olympians
Of course, these thoughts are then put on the back-burner by what looks like a festival of some kind? The stalls make her think of state fairs when she was a child, back in Virginia, but the people and the things they're selling are so different it's not even worth it. People brush by her without a thought and it's all Annabeth can do to avoid being trampled. Maybe, she thinks, if she can get someone from this festival to talk to her, she can figure out a way back home. It is this thought that sends her off - her head held high, her eyes turned forward, and that pieces of paper still clutched in her hand. Get answers and then get back home. That's the goal, here.