3. PJBL Debrief

things are getting saucy at camp as the new activities director Quintus throws our halfbloods a new challenge that sure does sting!!!

The Sons of Apollo Love You!!

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SPEAKER_01 1:05

The invasion man. Zinn. What the Zin didn't? What the like a time glitch too? Yeah. Daedalus' time glitch? Time glitch? Yeah, the Daedalus.

SPEAKER_03 1:17

Because they literally just fell in, took two steps back, she found the symbol, and they got out. It was literally like a minute.

SPEAKER_01 1:24

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 1:26

They're saying an hour over now, the game is over.

SPEAKER_01 1:29

Yeah. The game so they've been missing for an hour, so that means there was probably even more time before they were gone missing.

SPEAKER_03 1:37

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 1:37

So what? The glitch.

SPEAKER_03 1:40

The glitch. The ten cent glitch.

SPEAKER_01 1:43

Ah, it's a blade.

SPEAKER_03 1:44

It's a blade. And yeah, that is concerning. Yeah, that's direct access to cam.

SPEAKER_01 1:53

That's concerned in case can Wernicus. Yeah. Because and that's like just like Clarice was saying, like what Luke is looking for, why they're in that cabby in the first place. Second place. Wow, dude. The scorpion things.

SPEAKER_03 2:08

Scorpionic.

SPEAKER_01 2:09

And uh nothing like uh an excuse for Abeth to be grabbing Percy's hands. Yeah, and that whole little nine to five on her going to hurt his table. Yes. Pretty taboo, Abeth.

SPEAKER_03 2:23

Taboo.

SPEAKER_01 2:24

Even after being mad. Even after being sad.

SPEAKER_03 2:29

Exactly.

SPEAKER_01 2:30

You turn into being glad.

SPEAKER_03 2:32

You turn it back.

SPEAKER_01 2:32

Coming over like a good squeeze on the arm never hurt nobody.

SPEAKER_03 2:36

Never hurt nobody. Alright, so let's run it back. We play tag with scorpions.

SPEAKER_01 2:41

Yeah, we'd be playing tag with some scorpions. We'd be playing tag with scorpions.

SPEAKER_03 2:44

Those were some nasty scorpions.

SPEAKER_01 2:45

They were gnarly. I wonder like how Clarice even really overcame them. Yeah. Because, you know, it took so much in a bee in a just a tag team. Who is Clarice tagged with? Oh, that uh Lee Finnegan? Oh, was it? Yeah, like an archer guy. Oh, okay. I mean, I'm sure we'll see. We'll find ourselves there. So we play tag with scorpions.

SPEAKER_03 3:09

So um a lot of experience. Okay, so he just finished that vision of Luke with the iris message. So now we're at the next morning excitement. Oh, because there's a draken. Draken.

SPEAKER_01 3:23

My gosh.

SPEAKER_03 3:24

At the border of camps looking for weakness, weak spots in the defenses.

SPEAKER_01 3:29

Oh my gosh. And yeah, this Lee Fletcher cat from Apollo. Yeah, he got a little gang of arches. That's pretty sweet. That's pretty sweet. That's cool. But he was warning, like, hey, it's still out there, mother French. Yeah. 20 arrows to the head. No, it did 30 feet long. So this thing is uh it's Katrina Dakon.

SPEAKER_03 3:51

But yeah, Chiron's like, everyone stay alert. This has happened before. It'll be fine.

SPEAKER_01 3:56

Um Quintus says it's gonna happen more frequently there.

SPEAKER_03 4:00

Yes, everyone's muttering, so it's like, dude, what are the nines? Everyone knew the rumors. Oh, Luke is planning to invade camp. So they don't know when it's gonna happen, but they're pretty sure it's gonna be this year.

SPEAKER_01 4:13

Yeah, Quintus says it's all the more reason to have war games, apparently. Right. So it's like we'll see how.

SPEAKER_03 4:20

Attendance is down, they've only got like 80 campers, which they used to have over a hundred when he first started. Some people joined Luke, some people have disappeared, so it's like, dude, things are going well wild. So yeah, good reason for war games.

SPEAKER_01 4:35

Um, that is the truth. Like, there's uh and that's like that uh shadow that has been cast over camp. There's this unrest. Yeah. Like we got drifts and everything. Right.

SPEAKER_03 4:49

But yeah, yeah, so we're into the war games and uh but yeah, we're gonna eat the food, so then they do the whole blessing. For the gods. To the gods. For the gods. They give their offerings, he gives Percy gives them some raisin toast and that little prayer to Poseidon, like, help help me.

SPEAKER_01 5:09

How are you saying? Nico and Luke and Grover. There is like what seems like a lot on his plate. Right. It's a big prayer plate.

SPEAKER_03 5:18

Big prayer plate.

SPEAKER_01 5:20

Grover kind of shows up.

SPEAKER_03 5:23

Yeah. Tyson gets all weirded out by Grover again. So strange.

SPEAKER_01 5:28

He goes Grover's looking pretty rough around the edges, too.

SPEAKER_03 5:31

Yeah. Yeah, post.

SPEAKER_01 5:34

Yeah, something about fish ponies. Yeah, and then he kind of just like disappears. Yeah. Once Grover shows up, Tyson derps out.

SPEAKER_03 5:42

And then yeah, Chiron comes in, um saying, uh, how did you sleep?

SPEAKER_01 5:51

Percy.

SPEAKER_03 5:52

Oh, yeah, and this whole thing, like he brings Grover over because he he thinks he said, I think you two might want to discuss matters, just like this whole Grover. It seems that Chiron wants Percy to convince Grover to do something. Which as we know now is going through the labyrinth. Going through the labyrinth. Um but Grover's very distraught about it. Abeth s comes in at this point and says it straight out like it's the labyrinth.

SPEAKER_01 6:25

It's the labyrinth, baby.

SPEAKER_03 6:26

And so, but it's always been the labyrinth, baby. Just this whole like, you know, it's weird that she's right next to him. Yeah, and I mean you're not supposed to be here. Yeah, this whole talk about the rules where it's like you're not supposed to sit with your other cabins during the meals, which is like, dude, I'm learning about all these rules on this.

SPEAKER_01 6:46

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_03 6:46

All these unspoken rules.

SPEAKER_01 6:47

I think I'd kind of heard that rule been tossed around before, but it had just nobody had ever dared bounce it over. Yeah. Of course, Abeth would be the challenger. Yeah. And I think that whole thing talking about like how, oh, Satyrs can kind of bounce around a little bit because they're not necessarily demi-bloods, but no way. If Mr. D would have done that, would have strangled Annabeth.

SPEAKER_03 7:13

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 7:13

Okay.

SPEAKER_03 7:14

If you would have been here. But he's not here. And Quintus seems to look and see, but doesn't really do anything. Yeah. So it's like, okay, so Abeth is running it like Grover's in trouble. Yeah, the labyrinth. The labyrinth is the solution. That's what Clarice and I have been investigating. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 7:30

So he's kind of like, what you mean the maze with the for the minotaur stuff back in the old days? Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 7:37

We get the placement. It used to be under the king's palace in Crete. He's like, so I'm guessing it's not there, it's probably in America somewhere.

SPEAKER_01 7:45

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 7:45

Which, of course, you know, we get a rundown how like everything kind of ended up since America is like the locust of power of civilization currently, then you know, all the ancient sites find their way here.

SPEAKER_01 8:00

And he's kind of saying, like, so what is it kind of uh in like a city? Yeah, under a building or something. Yeah, under a building.

SPEAKER_03 8:08

And she's like, no way, it's not gonna fit under a building. Um, he's thinking about Nico, he's like, is it part of the underworld? Maybe that. Like, no, but there could lead to places in the underworld. And how like that labyrinth has been growing for thousands of years. It's like a second skin under the mortal world. Second skin. Connecting everything together underground.

SPEAKER_01 8:33

You can get anywhere through the labyrinth. Cool. Second skin. If you don't get lost, so yeah. Grover sounds terrified of the labyrinth. He is.

SPEAKER_03 8:45

So yeah, he's like, uh, Abeth is really trying to push it, like, yo, there's gotta be a way. She's really into this labyrinth thing. Clarice did it, he's like barely, and this other guy has driven insane. So what's this about Clarice and a crazy guy? Yeah. Um last year. Oh, that was the mission that Clarice went on last year. Yeah. At the end of the book where she was all like beat up from. Okay, so he she went on a mission for Chiron. Um, that's where she finds Chris Rodriguez, who was a camper that yeah, that's Chris Rodriguez camp. Yeah, he's from Hermes Cabin. Um, he had abandoned camp and joined the Titan Army. So last year he just appears in Phoenix, Arizona, near Clarissa's mom, and he's talking about string. He's all blipped out in 120-degree weather, which is like, dude, we are currently in June in Phoenix, Arizona, and it is roasting.

SPEAKER_01 9:48

Yeah, the roastings have begun, and they're just gonna continue.

SPEAKER_03 9:52

And he's in full Greek armour.

SPEAKER_01 9:54

Just rambling down.

SPEAKER_03 9:55

Talking about string, string, string theory, the string, the string. So, of course, they're like, what's this about string? He's like, Okay, he's been driven completely in Saint Clarice brought him to mom's house to rehabilitate him. Um, Chiron came out, tried to interview him, but all they could get out was that Luke's men have been exploring the labyrinth.

SPEAKER_01 10:17

Yeah. So and uh, which is kind of like oh interesting concepts. Why would they? But it it kind of gets down to like, oh, they're trying to look for maybe some ins in the world.

SPEAKER_03 10:29

Right, yeah. Why are they exploring? We're not sure. That's why Clarice went to look. Um, Chiron kept things hush. Oh, yeah, and she's also Abet is really interested because of course it's architectural and nitrogen.

SPEAKER_02 10:43

You were talking about the architectural contractual Daedalus was a genius. He's so smart.

SPEAKER_03 10:51

But yeah, that's the nine is like if Luke can figure out how to navigate the labyrinth, then he can move around very easily.

SPEAKER_01 10:58

Yeah. Grover's more terrified about the horrible traps and everything. The monsters. And then Annabeth's talking about this area ne streng. The string. So in the old days it guided Theseath out of the maze was this navigation instrument of some kind. Diatalus' own. And and that's the thing Chris was muttering about the strings. The thrangs, yes. So the strings. So maybe Luke is looking for the thrangs.

SPEAKER_03 11:26

So that he can successfully navigate the labyrinth. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 11:30

Um and that's where it's like maybe invade camp through the maze, but you know, that doesn't make any sense what she was saying here, because at least what she thought was that the closest entrance to the labyrinth was in Manhattan. Right. Because that's where Clarice found it.

SPEAKER_03 11:49

Yeah, ultimately she doesn't really understand exactly what Luke's planning.

SPEAKER_01 11:54

Yeah, but that is the truth, is like the the ma the labyrinth is so dangerous.

SPEAKER_03 11:59

Right.

SPEAKER_01 12:00

Just like the thing. But that's the truth, is like this maze, this labyrinth could be the key to Grover's problem.

SPEAKER_03 12:07

Right. So we think Pan's underground, it's like maybe that's why he's been impossible to find. Interesting. Satyrs hate going underground, Grover says.

SPEAKER_01 12:16

Yeah, no flowers, no sunshine. That's an issue. That's an issue for satyrs, you know, they're natural creatures.

SPEAKER_03 12:23

But Abeth, labyrinth can lead you almost anywhere, reads your thoughts, designed to fool you. But if you can make it work for you, it could take you to the wild god. The wild god. Grover is just like really not into it, though. He's so terrified.

SPEAKER_01 12:39

Abeth says it could be your last chance.

SPEAKER_03 12:41

She's really trying to push it. Um, basically, like, yo, you got a week, boy, so you gotta figure something out. A week, that's a tight timeline up in this mother friend. And everyone, of course, is looking at them like, dude, why is Abeth sitting over there? What are they? And then that's when Quintus is like gives kind of this like come on, close it up, girl.

SPEAKER_01 13:02

Yeah, come on, wrap up job, now.

SPEAKER_03 13:04

So she says, we'll talk later, and she again drives it home, like, yo, Percy, convince Grover, please.

SPEAKER_01 13:10

Drives it home with a nice arm squeeze. Arm squeeze. It's a nice arm squeeze.

SPEAKER_03 13:15

But yeah, Grove's like, I can't do it. I'm just gonna lose it all. I'm not gonna be back a puppet.

SPEAKER_02 13:20

I'm gonna start a puppet theater. He doesn't want to start.

SPEAKER_03 13:23

I mean, it's not a bad life, but he's like, yo, Percy, you've seen me underground. Like, do you think I could do this? Uh and of course we're talking about the Cyclops cave.

SPEAKER_01 13:36

Yeah, and how he's never really thrived underground. Yeah. And and that whole thing about like how Cyclops give him the creeps, too.

SPEAKER_03 13:46

Right.

SPEAKER_01 13:46

You know, how Grover tried to hide it, but they can tell there's like a mutual. Yeah. Because that empathy link, right? He could feel how he could feel.

SPEAKER_03 13:57

Yeah. So, but yeah, Grover's like, I gotta go. Juniper's waiting, so he leaves. And then Quintus kind of gives him this nod, like, good everything's according going according to plan, it seems. Just like, wait, when did we get in the cahoots, Quintus?

SPEAKER_01 14:13

Since when are we giving each other nods across the todds?

SPEAKER_03 14:16

But yeah, now we go see Blackjack, homie blackjack, homie blackjack. Love him. We're giving him some sugar cubes. And he's like, yo, you got any quests coming up? Just be ready to fly, boss.

SPEAKER_01 14:28

Yeah, take me to the scaz, boss. He says, No, dude, we're kind of going underground, is what it's looking like.

SPEAKER_03 14:35

And he's like, Boss, don't do it. You're crazy, man. You end up in the glue factory.

SPEAKER_01 14:40

Uh huh. But he's, I mean, he knows he's like, that's where I'm going, Blackjack, but I love you. It's kind of just like a visit. It's a nice visit. He loves his buddy boss.

SPEAKER_03 14:49

I love blackjack, yeah. But yeah, it's like, we might not see blackjack for a while.

SPEAKER_01 14:54

Yeah, that's the truth. Some other campers come in, he's like, eh, that's that.

SPEAKER_03 14:59

But after dinner, they all get suited up. Um, they're getting ready for the the game. Quintus gets them all around. He's suited and booted. Yes, he's looking too. He's looking ready. So yeah, we got teams of two, and the goal is to get the gold laurels without dying. They're wrapped in a silk package, tied to the back of these monsters, these six monsters that he quartered in. Only one of them has the correct laurels, so they basically gotta like hunt the monsters until they find the correct laws.

SPEAKER_01 15:31

Yeah, you gotta sift through the packages.

SPEAKER_03 15:34

So they get partnered up, and partners that we got.

SPEAKER_01 15:39

Um they don't get to choose. Quintus is on this nine.

SPEAKER_03 15:42

Right. So we got Beckendorf and Selena, the Soul Brothers, Clarice and Lee Fletcher, yep.

SPEAKER_01 15:49

Um that's a good combo right there. The the close combat in the far range. Right, Percy and Abh. Percy and Abed.

SPEAKER_03 15:56

Hey, hey. So that's cool. And then we got Grover and Tyson, which is like, oh no. Okay. Must be a mistake, but Quintus is like, nope. These are the teams, two minutes to prepare. So they all get ready.

SPEAKER_01 16:09

Tyson and Grover are both pretty nervous about this. About each other, yeah. So yeah, it's like we gotta get ready. Don't worry about it, Abeth says.

SPEAKER_03 16:18

They get into the woods, um, it's kind of towards sunset, there's still some light out. Uh Abeth.

SPEAKER_01 16:25

They're kind of like following a monster's trail, is what it looks like.

SPEAKER_03 16:28

Right. They're going through, Stall Brothers are clomping through.

SPEAKER_01 16:33

They can hear him clompity clomp, clomping.

SPEAKER_03 16:35

They go up to this ledge, and that's when Abeth is like Yeah, that little, oh, this is where we stopped looking for Nico, man. Yeah, which is Roth.

SPEAKER_01 16:43

Yeah, that's the truth.

SPEAKER_03 16:45

But yeah.

SPEAKER_01 16:46

That time when they, you know, were looking for Nico after the abandonments and the after he went super hard pond.

SPEAKER_03 16:52

Yeah, Brew after he went supernova. Black metal, black Sabbath.

SPEAKER_01 16:57

Yeah, black hole sun.

SPEAKER_03 16:58

Black hole sun. But yeah, and so then that's when he's like, yo, I saw him last night in this message, yes. Kind of gives her the nine, and she's like, yo, that's not good that he's summoning the dead. Yeah. This ghost, he seems kind of nefarious. Yeah, it's like she's like, Yeah, they've kind of got their own agendas of revenge.

SPEAKER_01 17:18

They give bad advice.

SPEAKER_03 17:20

That's where Purse is like, yo, he's coming from me. I know it. And so she's like, Yo, we gotta do this labyrinth.

SPEAKER_01 17:26

Yeah, the labyrinth is the answer.

SPEAKER_03 17:28

We're still wondering, like, who did who sent this iris message? Because Nico obviously didn't.

SPEAKER_01 17:33

Yeah, exactly.

SPEAKER_03 17:35

So, but then that's when we hear the snap.

SPEAKER_01 17:38

Uh, that's not the Stowe Brothers, dude. So they draw swords.

SPEAKER_03 17:45

They're at Zeus's fist, they're looking around. It seems like there's noises everywhere. And then that's when someone right behind them says, Hi. And it's Juniper. Little June. She's so cute.

SPEAKER_01 17:57

She is. So that's cool to think she's like connected to this June tree that's right.

SPEAKER_03 18:03

Dude, makes me think of uh Mama June on your prime. Yeah, exactly. Literally.

SPEAKER_01 18:08

Oh my goodness, mommy's yeah.

SPEAKER_03 18:10

She's living in the tree, Juniper duh. Uh-huh. So, but yeah, she's pretty much just like very distraught about Grover. Yeah. Just because she really feels a lot of empathy for her man. It's like he's been trying so hard.

SPEAKER_02 18:25

And that whole nine on like, is she seeing somebody else? Is he seeing another tree? I think I saw her him have a crush on a blueberry bush once. Yeah, oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_03 18:36

And so Abet's really trying to comfort her, like, no, no, it's just he's really stressed about this circumstance.

SPEAKER_01 18:42

But like that, he can't go underground.

SPEAKER_03 18:44

Yes, Juniper's like, please don't let him go underground. And Abet's like, it might be the only way.

SPEAKER_00 18:50

Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_03 18:50

And we just got nowhere to start. And it seems like Juniper knows. She's like, Well about that. And then boom. We got a schundalini hide. She disappears. And then we got these giant scorpions coming in.

SPEAKER_01 19:05

They are just, yeah. They got the silk package. Well, it's one at first, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 19:09

Yeah, one at first. So they're gonna, you know, they're like, all right, we're gonna double team it, girl. You got the invisibility hat. Yeah. I'll take point. We got this, and then that's when doot dot, two more come out. Doot doot doot. So now we got three. It's like, wait, what, half the monsters again? Scorpius? Scorpius?

SPEAKER_01 19:29

How's that and like how's that gonna happen that half the monsters in here are gonna all triple team? Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 19:36

But yeah, they go back towards the boulders, they can't they don't have enough time to climb. So they're trying to like scramble around, parry around.

SPEAKER_01 19:45

Scramble bamble.

SPEAKER_03 19:46

They're going along the boulders, the scorpions are following them, they're slashing.

SPEAKER_01 19:51

It's kind of talking like how you can't really get offensive with this thing, because if you come in close, it gets you with the pinchers. If you try to like go out far, it gets you with the stingers. It's eerie wear. It's eerieware.

SPEAKER_03 20:06

But yeah, they're kind of scrambling around trying to figure it out, and that's when he finds the crack crevice. And he's like, dude, something about it. And so Beth, go in the crack, and so she goes for it, and then that's when she squeezes and almost like straight falls.

SPEAKER_01 20:22

Yeah. It's like a black hole, like something pulls her almost.

SPEAKER_03 20:27

Just well, yeah, it seems like she like pretty much falls and then grabs him.

SPEAKER_01 20:34

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 20:34

And then pulls him in as she falls in. And then reaches out.

SPEAKER_01 20:40

And that's wild to think it was such a tight crevice, but then.

SPEAKER_03 20:43

Well, it almost makes it makes me think that it was like maybe like a illusion.

SPEAKER_01 20:48

Yeah, like a portal.

SPEAKER_03 20:49

Yeah, like once they got through the first part of the crack, then they just fall into the but now we're blurred in the ground. It's like that hole closes up and they're on the floor. It's like wet, cold, bumpy stone floor.

SPEAKER_01 21:05

We lift rip tight up to kind of see a glow, but it's just so dark. Even Abeth is just like, well, where are we? Percy's trying to keep it a little light, safe from scorpions, but he's low-key freaking freaking.

SPEAKER_03 21:21

But yeah, this cave, we don't know what it is. Yeah. Looks like uh he's like thinks maybe it's a long room, and she's like, No, this is a corridor. And then he's like, Oh, yeah, it is like a subway. Yeah. But older, she's like, he wants to start going going forward, but of course, Abet's like, yo, don't move. Like, we gotta find the exit first. Yeah, we gotta strengthen the it seems like she knows what's going on, like where they're at, and it's like we need to figure out how to get out. That's number one priority, or we will be lost. So they take a couple steps back, she kind of feels around, and um, and then that. That's when she finds this. Oh, yeah, that's when they hold hands. Little hands.

SPEAKER_01 22:04

So cute. A little little high-end helm.

SPEAKER_03 22:07

Yeah, they take two steps back and she finds this triangle. She's looking for the Marcidatalus. And then it grows glows blue. That's when the roof opens up. They can see the sky. And a ladder comes out.

SPEAKER_01 22:21

She did it pretty quick, honestly. Yeah. Because I mean, she knew from the jump, like, we gotta get this thing finished.

SPEAKER_03 22:28

She knew like we were in the we're in the labyrinth. Yeah. And we gotta danger zone. So but yeah, we got Tyson's voice calling them. They climbed their way out. And that's when Yeah, we got Clarice. They're like, yo, where have you guys been? It's only been a few minutes. And they're like, yo, you've been gone for an hour.

SPEAKER_01 22:47

A whole hour in the hole. So but yeah. And said like the game is ended, too. Right. It's all checked out.

SPEAKER_03 22:54

We would have won, but a Cyclops sat on me. Interesting.

SPEAKER_01 22:58

It looks like Grover and Tyson didn't make good amends from their tie together.

SPEAKER_03 23:04

Clarice won. She's wearing the golden laurels. Okay. But she's interested about this hole.

SPEAKER_01 23:09

Yeah, she's not really rubbing it in too much. This is like a new side of Clarice. Exactly. I kind of enjoy this side. Yes, Clarice.

SPEAKER_03 23:16

She's like, you found it, didn't you? And A Beth's like, yeah, we did. She's like, okay, this confirms.

SPEAKER_01 23:21

We did. We found it.

SPEAKER_03 23:23

But tonight's not the right time to talk about this. Everyone back to the cabins.

SPEAKER_01 23:27

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 23:27

Past curfew. And as they're walking off, Clarice is like, yo, this is explains what Luke is after.

SPEAKER_01 23:33

Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 23:34

And Perse is like, what do you mean? And then that's when we get, of course, Abeth, like, yo, entrance to the labyrinth, straight route to the heart of camp.

SPEAKER_01 23:44

Bada freaking bloom.

SPEAKER_03 23:46

So it seems like we've kind of got ourselves a quest as far as I don't know if we're actually going to get a straight out prophecy. But right now, the terms of like the objective are pretty clear. We gotta like explore the labyrinth because A, we've gotta stop Luke and his army from figuring out that route or at least get out ahead of him.

SPEAKER_01 24:08

Yeah. Secure it in some way.

SPEAKER_03 24:10

Right. And B, we've gotta like it might be the only way to find Pan in time for Grover before he loses his license. So it's like a two for one. And of course, A Beth is invested because it's architecture.

SPEAKER_01 24:25

Architecturally sound, architecturally flawlessness. And that is so cool. It just well, it makes me think of David Bowie's labyrinth, you know? Exactly. Jim Henson's, as it were.

SPEAKER_03 24:37

Might have to rewatch it now.

SPEAKER_01 24:40

Magic dance. Yeah. It's cool, and it's just wild to think um in all the times it's never been found, and now it's topical. We're kind of talking about it. And that's where maybe the magic of the labyrinth comes in the way it forms and like it was talking like it thinks with you. Yeah. Or it's listening to what you're thinking. It's a magical place. Day list. Day list. Daily coo guy. Cool guy, daily. Day little cou guy. Cool koo is uh yeah, we got to see a little more of uh quam tails. Yeah, fun time. Okay, so everything's cool. And what was kind of interesting is we didn't even really see it was like a little ad uh adventure. We see the scorpions ching ting.

SPEAKER_03 25:34

Yeah. And then we said we didn't even really see we still don't have any kind of like it feels like still waiting for the shoe to drop. Mm-hmm. It's like there's just this suspense, and like usually there's like an explosion of all out war or battle or something crazy happening. It's like, ah, we're getting closer, but what the hook gonna be?

SPEAKER_01 25:56

Yeah, exactly. Every time like the fight with uh the Impu Hang. And it just well, it did explode into flames, but it kind of just like.

SPEAKER_03 26:07

Yeah, we kind of don't I feel like we don't know what our like antagonist of this book is yet. It's like of course Kronos is always lurking in the background, he's the guy behind all this. Yeah, but like who like is the enemy the minotaur? Is the enemy Yeah, the minotaur?

SPEAKER_01 26:27

Who? Yeah, because we're in the labyrinth, minotaur. This is the Quintus.

SPEAKER_03 26:32

Quintus seems fishy to me, but I don't know why.

SPEAKER_01 26:36

Exactly. There's like I was saying earlier, he seems like Cantalus to me. Yeah, exactly.

SPEAKER_03 26:42

But it's like, where did you come out of what do you mean you're just suddenly the new sword teacher and you're really good at it?

SPEAKER_01 26:48

Yeah, and you don't sweat? Sword, sweatless sword teacher? Swin? Demi blood? Yeah, uh 50-year-old demod. 50-year-old demiblood? Okay. Uh hellhounds, Harold, Razor, Hellhounds.

SPEAKER_03 27:04

Yeah, but these connections with these scorpions you got, too.

SPEAKER_01 27:07

Yeah, exactly. Order, scorpions, exotic creatures. It's got connections to that triple G ranch. Interesting things afoot. Yeah. And now we got this op yeah, this opening. So there's lots of things afoot. A lot of things afoot. Yeah, a lot of different things afoot. Yeah. It's like Grove, you're gonna have to get in the ground, buddy. Right. We can do this together, you know. And there's a lot of different openings. It seems like this uh it's a magical app. So that was a cool little shout out to Phoenix.

SPEAKER_03 27:48

Yeah, Phoenix A Z. You're feeling it right now.

SPEAKER_01 27:51

Yeah, exactly. The roasteries.

SPEAKER_03 27:53

The roasteries are real.

SPEAKER_01 27:55

The three that I said. But it's cool in the evenings to just be straight popped out, like ambient. 90.

SPEAKER_03 28:05

Right. If that is a good life.

SPEAKER_01 28:11

Well, yeah, that's chapter three. Yeah, a little chapter three for you and me.

SPEAKER_03 28:16

For you and me. You got a little two for today.

SPEAKER_01 28:18

Yeah, a little double dips, dude. Yeah, good times. I'm I'm excited to see where this one's. Yeah, like we were talking a lot of I mean, Rio just knows how to like leave you wanting more. Right. You just want to keep it just at like the fountain never runs dry. Right. Nothing like thick sauce chapters in. But we're pretty deep. I think we're already in 60 pages.

SPEAKER_03 28:54

Alright, well, we'll see you guys in Jebus.