Sons of Apollo
A reading of the Percy Jackson books written by Rick Riordan with exhilarating debriefs after each chapter.
Read by Panther Prakash and Dante Musa, the Sons of Apollo
Sons of Apollo
5. PJBL Debrief
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Percy's dreamin schemin leads to feelins at the peakin pond. Nico makes some ghastly alliances.
The Sons of Apollo Love You!!
The four of us, hello box. Oh my gosh. Tyson Tyson's gonna be useful down there. Dude, he's gonna be able to use it. I can already tell. He is gonna come in the clutch countless times. Yeah. It's a things. And how foolish I was to think this next chapter we were gonna go into the labyrinth like, no, a lot can happen before dawn.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, the pre-brint.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, the pre-dip. Wow. That little talk with Chiron. Of course Chiron knows. Of course Chiron has always got the nines on the fives on the nine by fives.
SPEAKER_05Yeah.
SPEAKER_07Oh wow. So here we go.
SPEAKER_05Nico buys happy meals for the dead.
SPEAKER_07And we saw that. It was wild how, like, so much of this chapter was premonitions and glimpses into other things. Yeah. So many scouts going on, little feelers. Right. That dream, dude. Prophecies and dreams and visions. Dreams and visions. That saltwater fountain. Percy got a little bold by cracking it, but he always falls aside. Yeah.
SPEAKER_02Wild, dude.
unknownYeah.
SPEAKER_07Holy mo. Things are brewing. Yeah. The happy meals for the dead. What a what a summoning that was.
SPEAKER_02Right.
SPEAKER_07Nico's soapunk rock.
SPEAKER_02Soap rock.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, and it really does toss us right in, just like at least I get a good night's sleep before the quest, right?
SPEAKER_05Yeah, because he had just said bye to Abeth. She told him to go prep for the quest because they're leaving at dawn.
SPEAKER_06Yeah.
SPEAKER_05So this is his night before the quest. And yeah, right into, of course, a dream. This time we're on the Princess Andromeda.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, the Andromeda.
SPEAKER_05And we're looking at Luke. And uh he's kind of looking like a Greek god.
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_05All of a sudden. He's just like kneeling on the coffee, just like in his white outfit with his cape and just this Himatian? This cape he's wearing?
SPEAKER_07Yeah, Himatian, anyone? A little kind of cape that flowed down his shoulder. Yeah, what is he? Just knelt there, looking epic as fudge. What did it does say timeless? Yeah. Oh my gosh. And so he's that's the truth. The last time we've seen Luke, he was a broken form on a cliffside. Right. Or the other side. Assumed to be dead by all intents and purposes. He's looking better than ever now, apparently. Yeah. Almost too healthy.
SPEAKER_05But yeah, he's talking about how the spies report success, namely that Camp Halfblood is sending a quest into the labyrinth. So it's like, oh, interesting. So they already know, like, this seems to be a part of their plan was getting Camp Half-Blood to go into the labyrinth.
SPEAKER_01That is wild.
SPEAKER_05Is what Percy at the end, you know, was kind of reminiscing on of like, whoa, they already knew this was happening. Like, who's the spy? Yeah, who is the Quintus? Quintus? He's the one that I'm the most fishy about.
SPEAKER_06Yeah, he's always just over there with like a sprout of wheatgrass in his teeth watching.
SPEAKER_07Interesting. I'm not gonna vote. I'm not gonna vote. I'm not weighing in. I'm just a fly on the wall. Yeah. I'm just reporting back to my elders now.
SPEAKER_05But yeah, now we got Kronos talking.
SPEAKER_07Kronos, dang. To see Kronos again. Oh my gosh. How it's like not a voice, but just something that pierces your mind like a dagger, freezing with cruelty.
SPEAKER_05He's talking about how once they have the means to navigate, he's gonna lead the vanguard himself. So it seems like he's really reforming. The reforming process is going very well.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, he's pushing the foreign. And Luke is a little bit hesitant too, like, oh perhaps Krios or Hyperion should lead, but no, he's just pushing. I will lead. Don't you sweat it, boy. I'm leading this mind.
SPEAKER_05One more heart to join the army, and that'll be sufficient. Interesting. Then he can rise from fully from Tartarus.
SPEAKER_07Dang, so he just needs one more. Oh my gosh. And yeah, but the form.
SPEAKER_05The form. Yeah, what the what the what the form? The form? Show me your sword. He pulls out backbiter, which as we know is this dastardly weapon.
SPEAKER_07It's got that nasty bronze end. Yes, celestial bronze and steel.
SPEAKER_05End steel. Mortals and steel. Yeah, it goes both ways. It goes both ways. It's a byblade. Yeah. It's a byblade if I ever sell.
SPEAKER_07It's a bide blade. By blade eel.
SPEAKER_05But he's like, yo, you pledge yourself, you took the sword as proof. Mm-hmm. Um. So it's pretty much just reminding him, like, yo, I'm big daddy here, Luke. Like, you wanted power, you wanted to avenge yourself. Like, I'm giving you all that.
SPEAKER_07I'm the one that gave it to you, boy. Yeah, exactly.
SPEAKER_05We're gonna move forward. Half blood's gonna be reduced. Then we're gonna march on Olympus. Yes. We gotta get the strike force ready. This bargain. As soon as the bargain is done, we should.
SPEAKER_07Oh yeah, what is this bargain?
SPEAKER_05Bargain.
SPEAKER_07Oh my gosh.
SPEAKER_05And then there's a knock. We got some Draconae coming in.
SPEAKER_07Oh, foof.
SPEAKER_05Pretty hot.
SPEAKER_07Yeah.
SPEAKER_05And then Kelly. Kelly. Impushe anyone?
SPEAKER_07Impoha.
SPEAKER_05Impush anyone.
SPEAKER_07It's coming in also. Seductive. It is interesting. Well, I guess Draconae is what is that? Acented the way it like some monsters are. Because in the type on the print. Because imposha. Impushe is always like slant. The words are always what italicized? Italicized, yeah. Okay, that's an italiciz. Yeah. I like how they italicize that. Yeah. Impuhec.
SPEAKER_05Yeah. I think any uh any Greek word, I guess.
SPEAKER_07Any of the m because minotaur wasn't. But imposh.
SPEAKER_05Because I think minotaur is now part of the English diction. Oh, okay. But something like chitin or the hemation. Oh yeah, Hemeha.
SPEAKER_07Oh, Hameha. Because they all know. Yeah, exactly, because it's that little slant stuff.
SPEAKER_05Yeah. Okay. Splantation.
SPEAKER_07So I know, yeah. So an Ampuche, Kelly. And that's the whole thing. The last week saw of Ampuche Kelly was Impluche Kelly.
SPEAKER_05She got Impohjack.
SPEAKER_07Exploshak. Explosion.
SPEAKER_05So yeah, she is back in beta.
SPEAKER_07And she's looking good.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, wearing a red dress, zinging.
SPEAKER_07And she is trying to zing fin dink on Luke. Yeah, she's really working on like a massage big. I am angry though. He is all business.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, he's like, yo, tell me what you have to report. Otherwise, get the what.
SPEAKER_07Apparently, Luke used to be fun to hang around.
SPEAKER_05Right.
SPEAKER_07But yeah, talking about.
SPEAKER_04Yes.
SPEAKER_05So she must have eaten someone.
SPEAKER_07Oh gosh. And I wonder if Luke bore witness to it.
SPEAKER_05But he's like, yo, what do you got? She's like, advanced team is ready, we can leave. But that's when she's like, oh. You fool Luke. Can you not sense the presence? Yeah, there's a presence. Someone's watching us.
SPEAKER_07Kelly is powerful, man.
SPEAKER_05Just like that, she goes full hamp.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, and like lunges right where Percy is.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, makes eye contact with him and just ZAT! And just like that, he's awake. Yeah.
SPEAKER_07And then that's sworn the fangs were just an inch from his trut.
SPEAKER_05But yeah, that's uh now we're in his room. Oh yeah, he's like, I gotta tell Abeth. But then that's when he sees, like, again, this fountain is glowing. It seems to be almost humming. Yeah. Like summoning him.
SPEAKER_07So hum sum drummening. And um this time it's like that was a lot of info from the dream, but yeah, we're just getting pulled right into this. It's crazy how they back-to-back this.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, but yeah, he's you know, remembering last time he saw Nico through the vision, so this time he was like, okay, show me Nico again. And interesting that he didn't even have to throw a coin in, almost like some other god higher up than Iris is running this call right now. Iris' management? Iris' management.
SPEAKER_07God management?
SPEAKER_05But yeah, we we get a vision of Nico. He's in a graveyard at night.
SPEAKER_07Um digging this hole. Yeah. Or what we think is people.
SPEAKER_05And then yeah, he's just crouched, and of course, he's got a Walmart bag next to the house.
SPEAKER_07Crouch next to a Walmart. What's more punk rock? Is it deep enough yet? He's asking.
SPEAKER_05He's talking to this ghost again. This ghost. Um, the ghost is almost there. There's unnecessary. I oh, so it seems like he's trying to summon someone. He's like, This is unnecessary, my lord. You have me for advice.
SPEAKER_06Yes.
SPEAKER_05And he's like, I want a second opinion. And that's when we find out that these people digging a skeletals.
SPEAKER_07Yes. He's summoning a skeletal army. Yeah, he uses these skeletal relatives at his will.
SPEAKER_05Yeah.
SPEAKER_07So he has them dig it up.
SPEAKER_05He tells them thank you. And then they collapse into the pile of bones. Yeah. And this is when he does this ritual. Oh my god. Talk about punk rock. Just pours out the cokes into the temptants.
SPEAKER_02What does he say? Let them remember.
SPEAKER_05But yeah, we got a 12-pack of Cokes and a McDonald's happy meal as the offering to summon this dead.
SPEAKER_07What does he bust out even more Cokes and uh two more happy meals too?
SPEAKER_05Yeah, like a 12 pack and the oh yeah, two 12 pack and three more. Oh, so yeah, two 12 packs and four happy meals in two.
SPEAKER_07Oh my gosh. He's just summoning. He is piling it on.
SPEAKER_05This uh this ghost is really trying to like dissuade him from the game.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, he's like, oh, it's usually not the thing we used. He's like, Mother French, I'm the son of the dead. Yeah, I know this.
SPEAKER_05I got this. But yeah, things start to bubble and foam in there.
SPEAKER_07Oof.
SPEAKER_05Everything starts to get pretty wild. It's almost like all these spirits start to appear around from the gravestones, and it's like even this ghost is like, oh, there are too many. Yes, it is too many. You cannot handle them personally. You don't know your power. And Nico, of course, is just like he's running these things. I got this.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, it's like this.
SPEAKER_07Who's that this corn for short sword? That's a little short. It's like a dagger blade. Right. Um made of solid black metal.
SPEAKER_02Uh black metal. Like the color of my heart. Yeah.
SPEAKER_07Like I it's almost like I picture like obsidian. Well, does it say like solid black? Not even doesn't talk about a glinting, so yeah, like iron. So metal. Iron, maybe? Uh. And he what what commands them one at a time. Yeah. And then a single figure just floats forward and kind of just starts to like Greek outfit.
SPEAKER_05He asks who the guy is, and this man is kind of like, he seems like he's kind of like in that liminal space where he's like, Yeah, he's half half voice.
SPEAKER_07Half in, half out, kind of a thing.
SPEAKER_05And but we find out this guy's name is Theseus. Yeah.
SPEAKER_07Which person's like his voice was like crumbling paper.
SPEAKER_05Yeah.
SPEAKER_07Oh my gosh. Yeah, he's well, yeah, but the Theseus.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, the Theseus. He's the guy that fought Minetwa.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, the original One.
SPEAKER_05But this guy looks pretty like again, he just looks ghost form. Yeah, probably.
SPEAKER_07But he's kind of young and strung.
SPEAKER_05Yeah.
SPEAKER_07How he's not like big and buff, you'd think that this guy that fought it. Right. And it's a young kid almost, is what he looks like.
SPEAKER_05But yeah, Nico, of course, is asking, like, he's trying to figure out how I can bring my sister back. That's really what the guy is about. All about Theseus is like, don't try. He's Nico's like, tell me. These says his stepfather died because he thought that Theseus was dead in the labyrinth. Wanted to bring him back, but I could not. Oh.
SPEAKER_03So then this ghost is like, My lord, the soul exchange, ask him about it.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, what is this ghost pushing on this soul exchange? Because he's yeah, he's that seems like from the beginning he's been about this like, this is the way I've heard it done.
SPEAKER_03You just gotta exchange a soul for a soul. And I've got an idea for someone.
SPEAKER_07But it seems like he has an agenda. He really does.
SPEAKER_05Agendas on agendas. But then that's when this ghost, Theseus, hears the ghost voice and is like, I know that voice. Who is that specter?
SPEAKER_03And the ghost, of course, is like, don't ask any questions, just answer. Answer his questions.
SPEAKER_05And it seems like Thesssius is really like, dude, I know who you are. I just don't know like your name, but I know you.
SPEAKER_07Yeah. And he's kind of just like, um, I want to know about my sister.
SPEAKER_05Yeah.
SPEAKER_07That's really what Nico.
SPEAKER_05Well, the quest of the labyrinth helped me bring her back. Um, and Theseus, he finally looks back at Nico, but he's really, it seemed like he was stuck on this. Yeah, he was. So I'm curious about this ghost king guy.
SPEAKER_07Who is this ghost king? Yeah. Yeah, because it was talking about this ghost king, and I don't know if we exactly know who this ghost is that's following around Nico. He's not necessarily identified himself.
SPEAKER_06Right.
SPEAKER_07Instead of just like, I'm a servant to you, my lord. But who is he? And then we know, yeah. Right. So there's some questions here.
SPEAKER_04So but yeah, ask him if it's true about the exchange of souls. The Theseus does say it is, but he still wants to go back to who that guy talking was.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, exactly.
SPEAKER_05Anyways, Nico's like, I want to see my sister. Where is she? Oh, that's when Theseus talks about this, like, dude, he's coming. What like you're he sensed your summons, he's coming. So it must be that Nico's like power of summoning all the dead calls.
SPEAKER_07Yes, some other dead. Yeah. Some other like entity. Yeah, exactly.
SPEAKER_05Seems like because everything starts to like kind of go crazy, the vision goes crazy. Yeah. And then he straight up has to like.
SPEAKER_07I did want to kind of point out that there was something kind of cute about that thing beyond the string that um saw me through like the love of a mortal girl was one thing that Theseus was sharing.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, the string was only part of the answer.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_05So it seems like love, because we know everyone's kind of looking for Ariadne's string right now. Because that's the known guide to keep you from getting lost in the labyrinth. But it seems like Theseus is like, that's only part of the solution.
SPEAKER_07Yeah.
SPEAKER_05You need love.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, love is gonna guide you through. That's cool. That's cool, and especially to know the heartbeats we got going into the heartbeats on heartbeats. Yeah, we got heartbeats on fart beats right now. But yeah, and just not trusting this ghost though, because every time we're starting, like Thesssius seems like he's got some good opinions, and that's why Nico brought him out of the dirt in the first place.
SPEAKER_05But yeah, yeah, now that image goes crazy, crunkling us to stop it.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, exactly.
SPEAKER_05And uh that's when he kind of jumps out and then slashes the fountain and pretty much it seems like goes into a catatonic state. You know, he slumps to the floor and is just like that's where Tyson finds him in the morning, still just like staring.
SPEAKER_07The shattered remains of the saltwater fountain.
SPEAKER_04Yeah.
SPEAKER_07What an interesting image.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, but yeah, they all meet up at Zeus's. Yeah, we all meet up at Zeus's Fist at dawn. Oh, but that's right where the crack is. They're all packed up. Um, he's got all his gear. Thank God he's got nectar and ambrosia.
SPEAKER_05Should have learned from the last book.
SPEAKER_07Oh my gosh. He's got some extra batteries too. Okay, good morning.
SPEAKER_05Juniper and Grover there.
SPEAKER_07He's got his magic shield.
SPEAKER_05Yep, she's really, you know, nervous about Grover going in. Grover is dressed up in human wear, because we don't know what we're gonna encounter.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, you never know if you're because it's like the labyrinth seems like it's like bounces in and out. Right. It's gonna be so what a ride this labyrinth is gonna be.
SPEAKER_04Chiron, Quintus, and Mrs. O'Leary and the other campers are there to send him off.
SPEAKER_05Um, Beckendorf and the crew are pretty much setting up defenses because Chiron's like, I want this entrance watched at all times.
SPEAKER_07Smart idea. So it's kind of like feels like a disjointed farewell because there's like a lot of like hustle and bustle and stuff going on.
SPEAKER_05And about situated, yeah. She looks at Percy, says it looks terrible.
SPEAKER_07Terrible. Killed a water fountain. Yeah, I've been slumping. Killed a water fountain. He doesn't really get time to explain because Chiron trots over and everything.
SPEAKER_05And that's when he kind of has this like if you should tell Chiron about the dream or not, which he decides to smart.
SPEAKER_07No, which was smart for sure.
SPEAKER_05He kind of takes Chiron away from everybody and then tells him about the dream of Luke and Kronos.
SPEAKER_07Yeah.
SPEAKER_05And Chiron's like, yo, I kind of saw this happening.
SPEAKER_07Yep. I feared that this would happen. Yeah, against Kronos, no chance. We would have no chance. No chance in a fight against Kronos.
SPEAKER_05Against my father, Kronos. Oh my gosh, yeah.
SPEAKER_07Which is kind of interesting how it touches on that. That's not something you'd go and admit. He doesn't say that often. Yeah, exactly. But he's starting to, you know, goodness gracious. He's a brave center. Um but this whole what do you mean by a bargain thing? What do you know about this bargain?
SPEAKER_05Yes, this bargain. Not sure.
SPEAKER_07Maybe something with Daedalus, yeah. That whole thing about reforming, the body reformed, because uh Daedalus is he's makes, he does a lot more than just the maze, is what it kind of gets into. Right. That he created automatons and all these crazy things, and how we uh because it was saying like before the very first time when we saw him in the gold coffin, how um Luke was when he when Luke was talking about raising Kronos is it was like little pieces of him appearing in the coffin every time somebody new joined the cause, and how like that's what it would take to get him completely risen is all these people coming in these different pieces. But what it said, they would make Kronos a new body worthy of the forges of her faith.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, but yeah, so it seems like Daedalus that might be the main reason they're trying to strike a deal with Daedalus is to have him make Kronos a new form, which would be crazy. So ultimately we gotta get to Daedalus first, and uh that is exactly what we gotta do. And then Chiron's like this whole nine of the last this last soul joining their cause, which it's like who is this light? Seems like this person is in the decisions right now. Could it be Chris Rodriguez? But I thought he already joined the cause.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, yeah, exactly. You know, but um I wonder if it's like Daedalus, if they're talking about if they could get that guy on, that soul. Could be, but I think they need I thought it mainly demi bloods about Nico too.
SPEAKER_05Or he's saying that he didn't mention Nico being a son of Hades.
SPEAKER_07Yeah.
SPEAKER_05But oh yeah, but if he was trying to turn Nico.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, if Kronos knows, it's interesting to know what Kronos knows.
SPEAKER_05But um So he's like, yo, I gotta find Nico myself. Yes.
SPEAKER_07I'm not gonna tell Chiron, I'm gonna do this myself. Yeah. But um, and then he tells him about the quintessential. Yeah.
SPEAKER_05Just like what Juniper had said about him sneaking around the entrance.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, and Chiron fires back like, no joke. No joke. I've been tracking him.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, it didn't surprise me. Person's like, what do you mean it didn't surprise you? It's like, boy, you think I don't notice that this guy dropped in out of nowhere and said he's Just the new sword master. Like, I've got my eye on him. Like it's and he gives this nine of like sometimes it's better to keep your enemies or the people you're suspicious about close so you can know what they're up to. Keep an eye on them. Yeah, I'm just smart.
SPEAKER_07Friends close and the enemies closest. Yeah, exactly. That's some wise Centaurian knowledge. Who knows?
SPEAKER_05But yeah, Abet rolls up, you know, Percy, we ready.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, exactly. Like we ready. And he slips his hand into his pocket and feels the stingy and whistle of the ice whistle.
SPEAKER_05Ice whistle.
SPEAKER_07It's like, alright, uh, but Quintus is watching him.
SPEAKER_05Interesting. They say goodbye.
SPEAKER_07And then that whole thing about like our spies report success, Luke had said. The same day we decided to send a quest, Luke had known about it. Very same day. Yeah, no.
SPEAKER_05But yeah, off they go. Tyson, Grover are waiting at the rocks. A Beth and Percy approach.
SPEAKER_07Chiron wishes them well. Chiron. Gives him that little and good hunting.
SPEAKER_05Yep.
SPEAKER_07Happy hunting.
SPEAKER_05Goodbye, Sunshine. Hello, Rocks. And the four of them go into Dundages.
SPEAKER_07Doondalini. We dive in.
SPEAKER_05We dive in.
SPEAKER_07And just like that, here, here on out, we're freaking riding. Chapter six. We are in just like that, six chapters in. Battle of the we're dipped in full-blown quest. And that's the whole thing is like still not knowing the nine on all these little the prophecy.
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_07That it got left kind of wide open. Nico, I feel like we'll be running into him. We've been seeing. And it's interesting the. Yeah. Uh Luke. All reformed, looking all Zeused up and rooshed up. Zeussian. Contusian.
SPEAKER_05Things are brewing, but we're like, I think we're, it feels like we're officially, we've officially started.
SPEAKER_07We are underway. Chapter six. Chapter six. What I think I saw 93 pages in. Nice. We chew through some source. We really do. And I am.
SPEAKER_05Down, down, down, down, down, down, down.
SPEAKER_07We in the labyrinth, baby.
SPEAKER_05We in the labyrinth. So I'm very excited to see. Will we find Penn?
unknownYes.
SPEAKER_07Will we find Daedalus? Oh, yes, exactly. How we have like a little side quest on side quest.
SPEAKER_05Will we run into losing loses ghost?
SPEAKER_07Yeah. Who's the ghost? Aryadni string, anyone? Will we see more of Th C E's? Th C E's? Anyone? The crumpling paperman. Crumbling Paperman?
SPEAKER_05Will the dog load rides? Who's the soul? Yeah, yeah. This is the balance. What's this bargain?
SPEAKER_07Yeah, exactly.
SPEAKER_05The bargain.
unknownHmm.
SPEAKER_07A deal. Kronos. Will he reform? Hmm. Questions. Questions. Answers. And we plunge into darkness. But we're together. We're together. We're four strong right now. And it's a strong team. Yeah. It's a strong team.
SPEAKER_05And we got our heartbeats.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, we got our heartbeats. We got our little trials to beat. Reads to beat. Yeah.
SPEAKER_05Re-read. Re-read. Re-read babies. Alright, well. Well live. See you. See you there.