This article is about the book character. You may be looking for the character from the film series.
| “ | Hey, man. Bad vibes. I got a game happening. | ” |
–Darrin to Percy in The Lightning Thief. | ||
Darrin is a male human who was born in 1964. In 1977, at the age of thirteen, he became unknowingly trapped inside the Lotus Hotel and Casino. Since then, he has aged only two weeks, while three decades have passed in the outside world.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians[]
The Lightning Thief[]
While slowly becoming trapped inside the Lotus Hotel and Casino, Percy Jackson starts to suspect something is wrong. His first major clue appears in the form of Darrin, a young man playing a game of VR sharpshooters. When Percy tries to talk to him, Darrin comments that he has been at the casino for about two weeks, and the games just keep getting better. During their conversation, Darrin uses the out-of-date slang word "groovy", and he has never heard the word "sick" being used to describe something cool.
When Percy gets suspicious and starts asking him more questions, Darrin becomes bored and turns his attention back to the game. When Percy asks him what year it is in real life, Darrin is forced to think about it and replies that it is 1977, instead of 2005. After that, he completely shuts out Percy and goes back to playing his game.
Appearance[]
Darrin wears bell-bottom jeans and a red T-shirt with black piping. His hair is permed and gelled "like a New Jersey girl's on homecoming night." Percy describes him as looking like "some Elvis impersonator's son."
Personality[]
Darrin is mostly laid back and seems to only care about video games, which is most likely a result of the addictive nature of the Lotus Hotel. He tends to avoid anyone he gets "bad vibes" from and will shut them out if they interrupt his games.
Trivia[]
- In Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Darrin is older and has been trapped in the hotel since 1971, unlike in the book.