[ meanwhile, for all the searching Mercy plans on doing, Rachel's already seeking out Percy because- well, she thinks he's Percy. and she's got an idea about the riddle. it's not a great idea, and there's a very good chance Annabeth already came up with it and proved it wrong, but. well. she's trying. she might spew riddles and prophecies literally in her sleep back home, but that didn't mean she was actually any good at making sense of them here. she's trying though, she really is. taking what she knows and trying to piece it together. but anyway, she's finding Percy because she has an Idea, and that's what has her knocknocknocknocknocking on the door just across the hall from hers, checking their room first before she goes running around the mansion for no reason ]
gimme mercy! oh yeah uh backdated to day one