SCENE TWELVE

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INT. DORM ROOM -MORNING

An angry PERCY is shoving his clothes into a blue suitcase. Two other boys sit on a bottom bunk, full suitcases sitting by their feet. The room is mostly clean now. Clothes are picked up, beds are undressed, but books and rubbish still litter the floor.

BOY 1: I'm going to Switzerland!

BOY 2: For real?

BOY 1: Yeah! We're going hiking.

BOY 2: Hiking? Ick. I'm too lazy for that. Me—I'm going on a cruise to Caribea.

BOY 1: Caribbean, you mean?

BOY 2: Yeah, that!

BOY 1 (looks up at PERCY): What are you doin' Jackson?

PERCY (still packing): Going back to the city.

BOY 1: Oh. That's cool.

BOYS continue talking, but their voices sound far away.

PERCY (mumbling): Yeah, cool. Summer jobs as a dog walker or postman are so cool...