Okay here me out: the fam visits old castles (like mediaeval ruins and stuff) purely to see the happiness on Percy's face when she explains the historical architecture techniques used. Idk if the EE world would have many castles but for the sake of seeing Percy happy, they do
The first time wasn’t planned; the family was passing what looked like an abandoned castle on the road and Percy got so excited that Ramsey suggested pulling over to check it out
Turns out they gave tours of the place, so despite Percy’s protests (“but it wasn’t on the schedule!”) the fam all decided to go on one
Percy knew more than the tour guide about the building process itself, and was so happy and excited the whole time she was stimming and bouncing on her feet w/out realizing it
Well, obviously that became VERY important knowledge for the rest of the fam, particularly Ramsey, who started planning out trips to other historical sites on vacations just to see Percy light up
Now they visit castles or other huge structures whenever they’re nearby
The kids are actually pretty fond of the tours, too; Giovanni thinks there’s nothing cooler than “sneaking around” “haunted ruins” and Sylvie loves to learn about the historical aspect of all the buildings
Indus ALSO gets great joy from such tours, and he carries Mera and Molly on his shoulders the whole way so they don’t have to walk
Zora messes with the tour guides for fun cuz she’s bored. When Percy inquires how she could possibly be bored, she shocks everyone by going into depth about the people who built the castle and lived there and corruption and yadda yadda yadda
“But hey! Nao they’re sellin’ fudge cuz o’ the tours, so ah can’t complain.”
