#mostly i find the idea of 10 year old nico not realizing he is eating more weed than most adults can tolerate DAILY very funny

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I had a shower thought the other day about how Nico is actually a massive stoner who has been self medicating with weed brownies/gummies since the lotus casino.

the lotus flowers never seemed to have as much of an affect on him and bianca, but there was this boy who had a room on the same floor as them who would bake all the time and share. bianca didn't like the taste but Nico found that it was SO much easier to sleep after he ate some, and he felt way more situated in his head and less like his thoughts were bouncing everywhere 24/7.

little 10 year old Nico di Angelo housing a plate of brownies before going to kick ass on the DDR floor.....

But then I also was thinking: Grover is also a pothead. He has a secret hidden part of the forest where he grows (Chiron and DIonysus absolutely know about it but they also know Grover will just Move Somewhere Else if they bring it up so they don't bother) and he likes to bake for the over-18 campers whenever they ask. I think this is also how he gets a lot of information from students when he's on the hunt for a demigod to protect - sell them some weed in return for information about any new kids that seem out of the norm.

Culminates into: Percy keeping a stash of Grover's Very Fucking Potent brownies around. Nico finds them (nose like a bloodhound for drugs of all sorts) and eats like three. Percy finds out and immediately begins to panic because Nico is Too Small to have that much and should by all accounts be losing his shit.

Meanwhile Nico is very peacefully cleaning his own cabin, attending to chores around camp, helping out with classes and seeming very sober for someone who consumed enough tainted baked goods to ground a pegasus.

Percy tracks Grover down and asks what the typical dosage for a full brownie is and Grover is like. "Uhm. Please don't tell me you ate a full one again?"

"No, but I think Nico ate three of them at once."

"???? UH????"

Cuts back to Nico knitting quietly in the corner of the infirmary, keeping an eye on the rowdier patients while Will deals with an emergency across camp.

I just find the idea of Nico self-medicating for so long VERY amusing, especially when combined with my headcanon that Jason likes pot for similar reasons (helps insomnia, mellows him out, makes life easier to maneuver).

I also have a headcanon that Leo CANNOT smoke or partake under any circumstances because he's the most anxious motherfucker alive. The same reason Annabeth can't either; anything that does ANYTHING to their mental capabilities scares the shit out of them to the point they have panic attacks and therefore the brainiacs are not allowed near the stash.