8. PJBL Debrief

Wild Dreams and time at Geryons ranch of tricky surprises!!

The Sons of Apollo Love You!!

Transcript

SPEAKER_01 0:42

That was thick and rich, my gosh. That was a hunt? That was the juice floor. That was juice. My gosh, so many different levels that we had there. Yeah. This uh creature, Garyon. Garyon. What the three sets of shoulders? Four armpits? Yeah. Anyone? It's so wild. I would I'd love to look up some fan art to try to really understand.

SPEAKER_03 1:15

Yeah, because I almost imagine like uh okay, so you got the three torsos, right? Three torsos.

SPEAKER_01 1:21

Yeah, three torsos, but one head.

SPEAKER_03 1:23

Yeah, one head, and then the arms on the sides, but then like, is it like an armpit seam in between?

SPEAKER_01 1:33

Yeah, that's kind of what it seemed like was there's like a little bit of a space because it did say four armpits. Yeah. So it's like you got that the middle torso, and then those other torsos hanging, but then it it still connects to one pair of legs.

SPEAKER_02 1:47

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 1:48

So it's almost like it's got the Gary's rocking this like little like slit vague. Yeah, the space between. Yeah, the space between the space between tears, Gary and craft. Yeah. What a creature, what a monster. And to think he's like uh he's like an arms dealer. Yeah, he's essentially an arms dealer. Yeah, he's just like trading in these wild, exotic, deadly, mythological creatures. Those chicken or no rooster or horse flying rooster horse. Whatever thing, kackle, or decalaculus. Oh my goodness.

SPEAKER_03 2:30

Yeah, those are crazy. Yeah, some of those the description of those creatures was like really trippy. I was just trying to force myself to say each word. Because I was like, what is this? My brain was trying to like put an image together and was like, whoa. Because it was a horse on the front, but rooster legs on the back.

SPEAKER_01 2:53

Totally, like enlarged rooster, because that's what kind of for a second when you when it first described it, I was like, How are we dealing with this like size proportion wise? But then that notion of like, okay, the back side is like a massive rooster with those rooster legs, chicken legs, claws, and then like a big rooster tail, but then the wings, too. So it's kind of like a Pegasus rooster, and it's gallop hop thing.

SPEAKER_03 3:21

Like, I was trying to like imagine that was like that's a weird, like yeah.

SPEAKER_01 3:25

What what the creatures? Triple G ranch, triple G ranch full of mistress now, those giant scorpions.

SPEAKER_03 3:33

Do you know what the G's stand for yet?

SPEAKER_01 3:35

I wonder.

SPEAKER_03 3:36

Garyans, yeah, gone, goo goo, gaga.

SPEAKER_01 3:41

Gary's goo ga.

SPEAKER_03 3:43

Gary's goo goo gaga.

SPEAKER_01 3:46

But and that's wild to think that uh he dealt with Quintus's the scorpions that they got for that little battle thing that was going down.

SPEAKER_03 3:55

Very interesting. Wild time Quintus sounds like someone that would be hanging around that.

SPEAKER_01 4:02

Yeah, exactly. He's a man of triple tree ranch. I was thinking about that when we were using Quintus's name. Yeah, it's just triple tree ranch top. I was trying to go like a little bit higher pitched with Darren or something. Getting extra tar heel, spittoon, pink and dinky. That was fun though. That was fun. Dang, so the thing.

SPEAKER_03 4:29

Yeah, because then we even had Daedalus. Yeah, exactly.

SPEAKER_01 4:32

Daedon Dream.

SPEAKER_03 4:34

That was wild too. That was a wild dream. Exactly. I felt like I visualized it way too well.

SPEAKER_01 4:43

Uh-huh. He really did paint the picture. I could almost like smell the salty spray. Freaking Icarus taking it to the limits.

SPEAKER_00 4:52

You fool! Ooh, Icarus.

SPEAKER_01 4:55

No.

SPEAKER_00 4:57

Too close to the sun.

SPEAKER_01 4:58

Too close to the sun. He just got he's trying to test the limits. I trust your machines. Oh wait, it's bad. Dude, Ted, do it later. Exactly. This is the same thing. Get home the time. Yeah, escape. Poor fool.

SPEAKER_03 5:18

That final scene was so like his arms held out uselessly. Something like that. It's like, oh god. So terrible.

SPEAKER_01 5:29

Oh, and to think poor Papa Daidles gotta freaking just watch it all go down. Yeah, exactly. Uh Daidles, you bradles. Yeah, what an adventure. Chapter 8. We visit the Demon Dude Ranch. And it even leaves us on a cliffhanger thing. Yeah. So much to revisit. Because what, like it pretty much it ends with them have just escaped campe at Alcatraz. Yes. And they're like finally just happy to be back in their lab.

SPEAKER_03 6:03

They broke Briares out.

SPEAKER_01 6:04

Hundred-handed fool. Hundred-handed fool. Come on. Come on. Put a little pep in your step.

SPEAKER_02 6:11

Put a little pep in your step.

SPEAKER_01 6:12

Take some cold brew and let the sun shine. You know? Come on, Briar's.

SPEAKER_03 6:17

But yeah, they're just gone out, and so they're in the they're in the labyrinth.

SPEAKER_01 6:22

Yeah, so we're back in this labyrinth in this room of like what almost look like mechanical waterfalls. Because it's describing like these huge pipes tumbling water into this pit that is just like this pit just goes into nothing. This is kind of almost just what seems like a causeway. We're taking a little break because we got Briar is just slumped up against the wall.

SPEAKER_03 6:42

Yeah, and he's really just like mope moped town.

SPEAKER_01 6:46

He is the mippity mope bobin, dude. Mip bope. Somebody pooped on his birthday cake.

SPEAKER_03 6:53

This pit goes straight to Tartar. So you jump to safety trouble.

SPEAKER_01 6:58

Come on. Yeah, Annabeth's trying to like pep him up a little bit. Like, you just come back to camp, join our little adventure. We'll bring you along to the whole thing. You'll help us prepare. You've fought Titans before. You know about this. Like you defeated them, kind of. Come on. Briar's is not feeling it though.

SPEAKER_03 7:16

Not feeling it.

SPEAKER_01 7:16

Nothing to help. What about your brothers? Tyson asks. Like, oh, maybe some other mountain men? Maybe some other hundred 300 hands. 300 hands, anyone? Let's let's get them all together. But then he's getting into like how, oh, they're faded. Yeah. Oh.

SPEAKER_03 7:34

Which then, yeah, we kind of get into that like notion of faded persecution. What does that mean? Faded. Grover explains like that how even immortality has its limits when like immortal beings get forgotten, they just kind of fade.

SPEAKER_01 7:50

Yeah, that is an interesting concept. And how he was kind of looking at him, like thinking about Pan.

SPEAKER_03 7:55

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 7:56

Because you know, that was one of the questions. Has Pan just totally disappeared? Right. And then Apollo was talking about like Helios. Yeah. And then that time that Medusa was even mentioning her sister, or Gorgon's sisters. But that's the truth, is that like, oh, maybe if they're not being remembered, then they just disappear. Kind of got a little bit like, I guess we can understand why Briaras is a little bit mopey. Yeah. Thousands and thousands of years old and just alone.

SPEAKER_00 8:26

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 8:27

Poor Briares. So now he's even trying to like just bail on him is pretty much what he's saying. I must go. Tyson is really pushing it though, like, yo, we need your help. Kronos' army is coming. You are strong. Like, help us. And then even like Percy, well, because he's pretty much just trying to walk away at this point. Percy pulls him aside. He's like, dude, we need you.

SPEAKER_02 8:55

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 8:55

He gives him the whole rundown about Luke and the invasion of the camp. And Deadless's works the whole 99 Kronos' fucking gold coffin. And he's like, I can't help. I don't have any finger guns to win this game. How dare you pull that out on Percy? Like, he's trying to keep it right.

SPEAKER_03 9:16

And then, yeah, that's when Percy's like, yeah, I think it's really like not that mortals not believing in gods is what makes them fate, but the gods themselves not believing.

SPEAKER_01 9:31

If you give up on yourself, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 9:34

But yeah, and he just like goes into full shame mode, runs away, Briares does.

SPEAKER_01 9:40

Tyson's Yeah, he's just lost into the shadows. Yeah. That's interesting.

SPEAKER_03 9:44

And um, so Grover's trying to encourage Tyson. Um, but yeah, Tyson's pretty heartbroken because this was like his hero. Yeah, exactly. Like whole image has now been shattered.

SPEAKER_01 9:56

Totally. He's just a big bummer. It's wild to think that's just he's gone. I wonder if we'll see more of BR is exactly. Hopefully you freaking turn that frown upside down.

SPEAKER_03 10:05

Exactly, Briar boy. But yeah, Abeth is like, you know what, let's just find a place to camp for the night.

SPEAKER_01 10:11

Totally.

SPEAKER_03 10:11

You can figure this out so that they go and find a spot.

SPEAKER_01 10:14

Almost looks like a Greek tomb.

SPEAKER_03 10:16

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 10:17

An older part of the maze. Because I guess that's what we're we're still looking for.

SPEAKER_03 10:22

For the oldest part of the maze, right? Because Daedalus was the one that made this labyrinth.

SPEAKER_01 10:29

Yeah. Yeah, exactly. He's the creator.

SPEAKER_03 10:31

So technically that would be the oldest part of the labyrinth, which was his workshop.

SPEAKER_01 10:35

Mm-hmm. Because maybe it all started from there and then it just started weaving the tapestry. Yeah. I wonder when it did get to that point where it's like, this labyrinth is a living entity now. Yes, it's it's gotta be on my own inputs. Mm-hmm. It's become sentient. Yeah. So again, now we're kind of just trying to get some rest and stuff. Grover, it looks like passed out. They do do that thing where it's like, how do we even know when it's a morning?

SPEAKER_03 11:01

Right.

SPEAKER_01 11:01

It's an interesting concept. It's like they're in a casino.

SPEAKER_03 11:03

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 11:07

But uh it looks like Grover eats some hay. He's passed out. Tyson's tinkering. He's a nice little tinkerer. He's really bumming.

SPEAKER_03 11:15

He's just bumming really.

SPEAKER_01 11:16

Yeah, he is bumming hard. So Percy goes over to talk to him. He's kind of saying, like, hey, I'm sorry I lost the shield. Yeah. Because I think he like hucked it at campaign. Right. Bright as a thing. So he did it to save his life and everything. Tyson's just bumming on this Briaras. Yeah. Could help me. And uh just saying, like, oh, he's just scared. Hopefully he'll get over this. Percy's always looking on the ladder side, dude. Always a believer. But uh Tyson's pretty much given up on his heroes, what it's looking like.

SPEAKER_03 11:49

He's not important anymore. That's all.

SPEAKER_01 11:54

Just like that. And then I mean he rolls over and passes out. And then Percy's still restless as they come, so he goes to hang out with A Bethlehem. A little watch.

SPEAKER_03 12:06

Hey, shit. Are they on fire? No. They're just hanging out.

SPEAKER_01 12:09

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 12:10

Um, but yeah, sits next to her, they're talking. Um, he's asking how she's doing. Because she's leading this quest.

SPEAKER_01 12:18

Yeah, exactly. It's wow. And um, yeah, just trying to chip her up, a little like, we'll get there, we'll find it. And then she kind of starts to get a little bit dark uh dark, you know.

SPEAKER_03 12:32

Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 12:33

It is well, it's like, you know.

SPEAKER_03 12:34

We're talking about, yeah, Perse's just kind of observing him, observing her. Um talking about how, oh yeah, she saved Luke and Thalia.

SPEAKER_01 12:46

She is crafty, like she's always found a way. She's got in in the yeah, she's got guts, but she's just saying this this quest like has no logic to it. Yes. That there's not necessarily like an A to B if we can walk from New York to Calibloods in a day or even in like a moment. And it's like space just isn't the same in the maze. Yeah. Totally.

SPEAKER_03 13:14

Doesn't make sense.

SPEAKER_01 13:15

Because she really does feel like sense of stuff. Totally. I think she's like, she feels like she's lost control a little bit. She she admits to Perse. I have no clue where we're going. Pearce is obviously gonna spice it up a little bit. Yeah, you know, god, to have a friend like Percy, you know.

SPEAKER_03 13:32

He's a good guy to have on his side.

SPEAKER_01 13:34

He's good. Brings up uh Cersei's Island. Oh yeah. It was so great when Pearce became a guinea pig. That was so cute.

SPEAKER_03 13:42

So cute. Waterland. Just kind of just flirting, getting her kind of. Yeah, just smoke in there a little bit, tickle her a little bit. And then that's when uh she asks, What did hair mean when she said you knew the way to get through the maze? Interesting.

SPEAKER_01 14:00

Yeah, because she did kind of just put that on purse, but purse has never had an idea. Right. Maybe there I'm sure there's something hidden, but right now we really have no idea.

SPEAKER_03 14:10

So he says, I don't know. She's like, You tell me if you did, and he's like, Maybe. And then he brings up last line of the prophecy. Maybe you told me the last line of that prophecy, yeah. Come on, girl, maybe we will share and share alike. And she, of course, is just terrified of the edge. She's like, Oh god, no, not the prophecy. Now you're in the dark.

SPEAKER_01 14:29

Oh my gosh, yeah. Because this is the prophecy she was given right before they went on this quest. Yeah, and she's withholding. Come on, girl.

SPEAKER_03 14:36

Come on, girl.

SPEAKER_01 14:37

You can't be withholding prophecies.

SPEAKER_03 14:39

How are they supposed to help you?

SPEAKER_01 14:40

Mm-hmm. So they're kind of just kind of chilling there in the darkness, hearing the cricks and crones, the labyrinth. Right. Thinking about Nico a little bit. Because he's had some visions of Nico, and then kind of dawns on him. Nico is down here. Definitely down here. Yeah. Disappeared from camp. That's how he's found the labyrinth, and now he's just delving so deep into it, all the way into the underworld. And I feel like he's coming after me. Nico's coming for my soul. Because that was that last vision, right? Kind of a little bit quiet on that. Abeth can't really respond quite, but if you're right, uh and she just won't tell him about what's going on with this project. She's withholding heavy right now. It's like, come on, girl, we gotta work together. And she really is just looking bedraggled. Percy says straight up, like, I ain't never seen her this tired. Yeah. So Percy's like, yo, I'll take first watch. Come on.

SPEAKER_02 15:44

You go to sleep.

SPEAKER_01 15:45

Take some naps. And then it kind of just says immediately, okay, now it's when it's my turn to sleep. I have a dream.

SPEAKER_03 15:51

And that's when he has this.

SPEAKER_01 15:53

Bada boom, we're back in the workshop. Right.

SPEAKER_03 15:56

You got Dayless working. Looks like Dayless, the boy, which you know is Icarus, and then Dayless. They're hammering away, working at this forge. He's working the billows.

SPEAKER_01 16:07

Um there's like a hot pipe that almost goes down into the floor, and then the little manhole cover.

SPEAKER_03 16:15

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 16:16

They can tell it's day, which is kind of an interesting concept of um that the labyrinth's open to the skies. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Long shadows being cast. Oh gosh, such a cruel place, the labyrinth.

SPEAKER_03 16:30

But yeah, old man, he's bent over. He's working on like what looks like chain mail, fitting it all together. He says it's done, and then that's when he picks it up, and we see that it's these huge 20-foot wings. Oh my gosh, so epic. When they're stretched out, he's like attached to this frame.

SPEAKER_01 16:48

Yeah, you can see this till uh two sets.

SPEAKER_03 16:51

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 16:52

So looks like he's made this blend and everything. Yeah, these things are sweet. How like it's intricate, little each feather. Little feathers, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 17:02

Casting what metal feathers caught the light and flashed 30 different shades of gold. That would look so sick.

SPEAKER_01 17:08

Let's go to Dails. He knows that's a pimp suit.

SPEAKER_03 17:10

Kind of a cool like art sculpture project. Daedalus's wings, Icarus' wings. Yeah, reflective feathers, reflective brass feathers. Super cool. But yeah, home uh Icarus runs over, father Eugene.

SPEAKER_01 17:26

Yeah, always juicing them up. Oh, we know Icarus believes in his father's too.

SPEAKER_03 17:31

Um yeah, they suit each other up. Um uh old man puts it onto Icarus first, uh and then Jabir.

SPEAKER_01 17:40

This fastening is kind of interesting, like almost using this like hot wax. Yes.

SPEAKER_03 17:45

So what are they kind of like wearing this vest of sorts and uh they're using like a hot wax gun to like seal different points, it seems. It's a wax compound should hold for hours, but he says Dawis says we have to applore avoid flying too high or too low.

SPEAKER_01 18:04

She's gonna wet the wax seals and and he is saying that we're supposed to let this wax set.

SPEAKER_03 18:10

Right.

SPEAKER_01 18:11

So he's like, these wings are in there on the test trial, things are finicky. Right. And but of course, Igris is like, in the sense he would loosen them. I know we've talked about, but it's like straight up, we can't be too careful. Right. He is just saying, like, I believe in your inventions.

SPEAKER_03 18:28

We're the smartest dad ever.

SPEAKER_01 18:31

Nobody could be ever as smart as you. But he's like, Man, we gotta let these wings set properly.

SPEAKER_03 18:38

But yeah, they're getting them set up. He's kind of uh fumbling around daedless, but Icarus is like, Don't worry, dad, we got time, but that's when we hear the hoo!

SPEAKER_01 18:48

Yeah, coonchakalaka.

SPEAKER_03 18:51

And just like that, we got people outside trying to break in, so now homeboys are like trying to work as fast as well. Wax is dripping out everywhere.

SPEAKER_01 19:02

Yeah, boom-bity boom. Now there's a crack in the door.

SPEAKER_03 19:06

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 19:07

So the clock is ticking in a big way here.

SPEAKER_03 19:10

And yeah, they still need time for this wax to like seal, to like set.

SPEAKER_01 19:15

So that little part where Deadless even burns his boy with the wax. Yeah. He winced, but did not cry out. Did not cry out.

SPEAKER_03 19:26

But yeah, and then so they get to get it finished. Um uh Acres is about to get the manhole open when the doors crash through with this bronze battery.

SPEAKER_01 19:39

Yeah, that was coup. And then in walks in that king with the cruel pointed beard, yeah, spear-shaped beard, Minos.

SPEAKER_03 19:46

Two guards with him, Minos. So yeah.

SPEAKER_01 19:51

That scene where they just come crashing in, Deadless and the sun, just like frozen with the golden wings, like, ah-a.

SPEAKER_03 20:02

So he's like, where you guys go and they're like, We're leaving Minos. And uh, so yeah, he's like, Oh, I was surprised to see how far you got on this project. Um, making this joke about like, oh, you guys look like metal chickens, we should make metal chicken soup.

SPEAKER_01 20:18

Oh my gosh. And uh those dumb gods getting a chuckle out of it too. How dare they?

SPEAKER_03 20:24

Right. But yeah, now he's got on this like you let my daughter escape, you drove my wife to madness, you killed my monster, maybe the laughing stock of the Mediterranean. Dang. Did let's wreck this guy's life. Exactly.

SPEAKER_01 20:39

Defamation up in this mother nation.

SPEAKER_03 20:41

Defamation. Um, but just then Igrus takes the wax gun and just blast the guards in the face with hot wax. Oh goodness. Oh, the hot wax extrusion. So yeah, they pry open the manhole, they jump out of the vent, um, and yeah, they're carried by the updraft by the wings. It works. Uh guards yelling to shoot them, they're trying to they don't have any bows.

SPEAKER_01 21:14

Shoot them! One guy throws this on. I'm like, oh here you go, Minos. This cat really is the laughing stock of the Mediterranean.

SPEAKER_03 21:25

Freaking Minos. But yeah, and just like that, they zoom, they're flying, flying above the city. Igorus is laughing, he's having a great day.

SPEAKER_00 21:34

Father! You did it!

SPEAKER_03 21:35

He did just going crazy blood drunk.

SPEAKER_01 21:41

I just remember, like, even from the jump, everybody knows the story of Igorus. Yeah, so to be like, oh my gosh, Igorus, just every little thing he's saying, just on his way to his own device.

SPEAKER_03 21:56

It's like, dude.

SPEAKER_01 21:58

But it kind of really does get. You like a whole nother, like dang dude, it was just a boy. You're just a boy, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 22:04

Just freaking out. And they're trying to escape.

SPEAKER_01 22:06

Mm-hmm. Uh, but yeah, so right from the jump, Icarus is excited. Datos is like, be careful, boy.

SPEAKER_03 22:15

He does the thing where he he goes as high as an eagle's path, then he dives down to the ocean and nose-dives up at the last minute. Skimmy a sandal. So it's like you literally just did the two things dad told you not to do.

SPEAKER_01 22:29

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 22:29

You flew up close to the sun, and now you went down close to the water to get the wax wet. And this wax isn't even set.

SPEAKER_01 22:36

Yeah, exactly. You fool. He just wanted his little moment.

SPEAKER_03 22:40

Yeah, and then you just keep like, son, we cannot, please, we can. And Chris is just like, Mama, I trust your legions.

SPEAKER_02 22:49

I trust you, Father.

SPEAKER_01 22:51

You have a genius, Mama. Oh my goodness.

SPEAKER_03 22:55

And then, yeah, that's when we get that first like yes, exactly. And they're like miles out from Crete over the deep ocean.

SPEAKER_01 23:04

So they got a ways to go. Yeah, this is not the time for things to be going. Not the time. And it's kind of like a chain reaction once one feather goes plink, pink, plink, plink, plink, plink. Yeah, so beautifully described.

SPEAKER_03 23:18

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 23:18

Honestly. And uh and just that nine. He's trying to tell him, like, extend your wings, boy.

SPEAKER_03 23:24

Yeah, glide. Like, don't, you know, don't flap. You're gonna make it worse, but he just flaps even harder, and then that's when you know so heinous. All that's left is just a boy in a harness and a white tunic, his arms extended in a useless attempt to glide.

SPEAKER_01 23:42

A young crumb. Just straight like so. Dang, Chris. Yeah, that's that's kind of an unsettling dream, though.

SPEAKER_03 23:58

And yeah, he wakes up straight from that feeling like he's falling.

SPEAKER_01 24:02

In the darkness of the labyrinth, the constant moan.

SPEAKER_02 24:06

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 24:07

And that's interesting how like he's getting these dreams, these little flashes of what's going on. He's connected to Daedal. And maybe that's like something that Hera's talking about. You know how to get that.

SPEAKER_03 24:17

Yeah, exactly.

SPEAKER_01 24:18

Just gotta tap into your Daedalus. You got a connection. You got a Daedalus Dangalus.

SPEAKER_02 24:22

Daedalus Dangalus.

SPEAKER_01 24:24

But yeah, he just wakes still hearing the anguished cry, calling his son's name. Ah, his only joy. Dang. Yeah, that's an unsettling one. Yeah. But we move on. But yeah, because we got this nice little labyrinth. It's gonna cheer us up. Yeah. No morning in the maze.

SPEAKER_03 24:43

Yeah. So we have a little breakfast. He doesn't tell anyone about the dream. Um, the tunnels start to change from like the older style to almost like these beams, almost like a mine.

SPEAKER_01 24:55

Like a little gold mine, actually.

SPEAKER_03 24:56

That makes Abeth frustrated because she's like, we should be going to an older part of the tunnel. This seems like it's newer.

SPEAKER_01 25:02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 25:03

Um They're talking about this root cave with stalactites.

SPEAKER_01 25:08

Oh.

SPEAKER_03 25:08

Rover says it smells like the underworld.

SPEAKER_01 25:11

Ooh, and then we see that thing dug, that little thingy. It's like a half-chewed cheeseburger floating in brown carbonated muck. That's like Nico's summoning.

SPEAKER_03 25:21

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 25:22

Digging the hole with the Coca-Cola and a cheeseburger.

SPEAKER_03 25:25

He loves that.

SPEAKER_01 25:25

That's his That's his go-to. Yeah, even Tyson.

SPEAKER_03 25:30

So now we know we gotta find uh Nico. Yeah, yeah. And that's when Pearce just like books it. He just takes off.

SPEAKER_00 25:38

He's here, I can smell him.

SPEAKER_03 25:39

Yeah, he's just going down the tunnel. They they're running, and now they're under the Yeah, and now there's some light. Yeah, you can see light, which Grover points out as a cattle guard, so they like look up, they see a cow up there.

SPEAKER_01 25:54

Yeah, that bright red cherry-colored cow. Yes. Who knew cows came in that couple? Interesting. But yeah, that categorical Grover's little nine on like, if you had hooves, mister, you would know what a cattle got.

SPEAKER_03 26:09

Um, but yeah, now we're talking about like Hara had mentioned something about a ranch, so maybe we should go check. Maybe Nico's there. Um, how do we get out? Tyson.

SPEAKER_01 26:20

Bop bang! Bop bang. It's good to have a cycloptic buddy on stage. Yeah, exactly.

SPEAKER_03 26:26

And yeah, so he pops out the bars and they go through. Um, and they're on a ranch and they can see all these cherry-colored cows.

SPEAKER_01 26:34

Yeah, the rolling hills. That sounds like a beautiful scene.

SPEAKER_03 26:36

It's a gorgeous scene.

SPEAKER_01 26:38

Trees, cacti, and boulders and red cows. Annabeth, of course, always there, the encyclopedia. The red cattle. The cattle of the sun. Sacred to Apollo. Hmm. And that's it's interesting. Holy cows, like how? Because I know in Indian culture, like cows are like a certain breed of cattle, is kept very sacred. Right. Like Brahmin, are they called Brahmin cattle?

SPEAKER_03 27:02

Yeah, or just yeah, all cows.

SPEAKER_01 27:04

Mmm. All powerful. So apparently Apollo's on that nine, too. And then uh they're trying to listen, and then in the distance they hear this bang dog. This dog shows up, and it's not one dog, it's well, it is one dog, but it's two-headed one dog. Kind of like a greyhound y vibe.

SPEAKER_03 27:22

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 27:22

That sounds dastardly. Because nothing like a dog's bite. You know, that's the business end. And it's got it's doing overtime. Two business.

SPEAKER_03 27:30

Uh what's in it? Grover tries to communicate with it to know if that's when this big guy comes out.

SPEAKER_01 27:39

Kind of like an older guy. He almost looks like uh like biker Santa.

SPEAKER_03 27:44

Yeah, biker Santa.

SPEAKER_01 27:45

Like almost like redneck-y. Yeah. Father time.

SPEAKER_03 27:48

Yeah, father time went rednecked and got totally jacked. That's hilarious. I kept thinking about there's this guy on Facebook, his name is Gunny. But he's like this like super jacked vet.

SPEAKER_01 28:00

Nice.

unknown 28:01

Uh but yeah.

SPEAKER_03 28:02

Cut off, flexing hard. Looks pretty badass.

SPEAKER_01 28:06

Don't mess with ticks.

SPEAKER_03 28:08

Yeah. He's got a wooden club the size of a nuclear warhead with six-inch spikes. That's pretty raw. He calls this dog Orthis. Orthis comes to him, and uh.

SPEAKER_01 28:20

He's wondering, like, oh, you guys cattle rustlers now.

unknown 28:23

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 28:24

Uh and he can call it right from the nine that they're half bloods.

SPEAKER_03 28:28

Right.

SPEAKER_01 28:28

And Annabeth kind of just like, yo, calling it like it is, I'm daughter of Athena. This is Percy of Poseidon, and we got Grover and Tyson, and he knows he's a Cyclops. And then that's where he kind of admits, like, I am a demigod mess.

SPEAKER_03 28:43

I'm a demiblood.

SPEAKER_01 28:44

Mm-hmm. Blood to blood.

SPEAKER_03 28:46

Euryterian? I know. Eury Euryan? Eurydean? Eurythrum.

SPEAKER_01 28:53

Eurythrian? Eurythrian? Uh, Eurythrin. Eurycian. Yeah, so but he's son of Ares, yeah, like you were saying.

SPEAKER_03 29:02

And uh interesting cat. You came out of the labyrinth like the other one, so that's when Persis is like, oh, you're talking about Nico?

SPEAKER_01 29:09

He's just saying, oh, we get a bunch of visitors from the labyrinth. And that nine, not many ever leave. Uh-oh. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 29:16

And that's when he does this thing where he like kind of gets close and gets quiet, and he's like, yo, God. I'm gonna say this one. I'm only gonna say this once. You guys should get back in that maze.

SPEAKER_01 29:26

Go back to the lab. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 29:29

But of course, A but's like, we're not leaving until we see this other demigod.

SPEAKER_01 29:33

This other because and then she's talking about Mika.

SPEAKER_03 29:36

Yeah. Okay. So he's like, Alright, well, I gotta take you to the bus. Um, and yeah, they he walks them over.

SPEAKER_01 29:44

Yeah, they don't really feel like hostages. It's a little bit friendly, it's almost like a tour.

SPEAKER_03 29:48

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 29:49

Uh, because you know, we're keeping the dog at bay. They're walking down this dirt path, it's hot. Yeah, it's hickma.

SPEAKER_03 29:56

Heat shimmering off the ground, insects are buzzing.

SPEAKER_01 29:59

Um there, and this is where they see that first uh kind of crazy exotic animal, a fire-breathing horses.

SPEAKER_03 30:06

Yeah, the fire-breathing horses with the asbestos uh pen.

SPEAKER_01 30:10

Ooh.

SPEAKER_03 30:10

That's pretty wild.

SPEAKER_01 30:12

Pen bestis?

SPEAKER_03 30:13

Penbestus, they're eating their food is on fire, the ground is smoking.

SPEAKER_01 30:17

Oh gosh. They look and there's like a continual flame and smoke pouring out of their noses.

SPEAKER_03 30:22

Yeah. Um, and what are these for?

SPEAKER_01 30:27

Um, just for some clients. Apollo, Diomedes, and we haven't met Diomedes yet.

SPEAKER_03 30:32

We haven't even heard of Diomedes.

SPEAKER_01 30:33

I don't think I don't know if we've heard of Diomedes.

SPEAKER_03 30:35

I don't even know who Diomedes is. I don't know Dios either. He's a minogad.

SPEAKER_01 30:39

Yeah, just a little minogat. God of Dios.

SPEAKER_03 30:42

Yeah, and he's like, and others, like who? More questions. Okay. So then they come out, they see this big ranch house, white stone, wood, big windows.

SPEAKER_01 30:52

Oh, Abeth's saying it looks like a Frank Lloyd, right?

SPEAKER_03 30:55

We know about Frank Lloyd.

SPEAKER_01 30:56

Yeah, out in Arizona. We gotta, he's got his own boulevard.

SPEAKER_03 30:59

Yeah, that's right. We love it.

SPEAKER_01 31:01

He's a very famous architect, and that's what makes me because Frank Lloyd was very known for like incorporating the natural into the structure. So I'm sure this was a very beautiful home.

SPEAKER_03 31:11

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 31:13

Some architectural things. Some architectural things just looks like a place where demigods can get into some serious trouble.

SPEAKER_03 31:19

Uh Eurishan sign, don't break the rules, no fighting, no weapons, don't make any comments about the bosses. We know why now.

SPEAKER_01 31:27

Yeah, now we know why. But before we can really even respond, there's a new voice. Welcome to Chiple Ju Ranch. And this is where it kind of gets into this man. He has a normal head, kind of some slick back hair, little puncil mustache. Already has an incredulous smile on his face. Just like this guy is up to no good.

SPEAKER_03 31:48

Definitely like an evil smile, not like a friendly smile.

SPEAKER_01 31:52

Don't trust that mustache, I say.

SPEAKER_03 31:54

And that's when you see they see the body. The bodies. The bodies. The three bodies. The three-body problem.

SPEAKER_01 32:04

Oh my gosh. Yeah, okay, so his neck connected to the middle chest like normal, but he had two more chests. One to either side, connected at the shoulders with a few inches in between. So his left arm grew. Okay, so he's still only got two arms.

SPEAKER_03 32:21

Yeah, on the sides, but the middles are like these like pit slits almost.

SPEAKER_01 32:26

Pit slits. But it feels like but it does say there are a few inches in between each torso.

SPEAKER_02 32:31

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 32:33

All connected into one enormous torso. So it's like connected at the bottom and the top, maybe? Like up by the neck and then down. Yeah, because it says it's like connected at the shoulders. So it's one head coming over. Kunda, grunda.

SPEAKER_02 32:47

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 32:47

Garyion.

SPEAKER_02 32:48

Gary.

SPEAKER_01 32:49

And it's funny how he had all the uh those three little western shirts on. Yeah. And that is the truth. Like, how did somebody must have sewn that dang shirt onto him? Yeah. Because you can't just put on a shirt like that. Yeah. No way.

SPEAKER_03 33:02

Yeah. But yeah, so then uh say hello to Mr.

SPEAKER_01 33:08

Garyan.

SPEAKER_03 33:09

We got Garyan.

SPEAKER_01 33:10

Right from the jump, Percy's like, hey, uh, nice chests.

SPEAKER_03 33:17

Have a nice ranch.

SPEAKER_01 33:18

Gindel Rindle.

SPEAKER_03 33:20

So buddy. Um and uh that's when Nico comes out.

SPEAKER_01 33:25

Nico comes walking out right from the jump.

SPEAKER_03 33:27

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 33:28

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_03 33:29

He freezes as soon as he sees them, draws his sword. Of course, he's pissed. Gary's like, yo, you gotta put that away. I'm not gonna have my guests killing each other. Stygian. Of course, like Nico's, yeah, he is extremely mad. Um yeah. They're going back and forth. Man's wearing three shirts. Nico, they let my sister die. They're here to kill me. Okay. Like, dude, Nico, we're not here to kill you. And that's important.

SPEAKER_01 33:59

How dare you be bringing up Bianca right out, like right out the gate.

SPEAKER_03 34:02

Six seconds. Six minutes you're gonna say you're gonna bring up Bianca.

SPEAKER_01 34:06

Oh, come on.

SPEAKER_03 34:07

You fool. Of course, Nico's like, don't even speak her name.

SPEAKER_01 34:11

Don't speak her name. It's so fun doing Nico's voice. I know. It's so good to see him back.

SPEAKER_03 34:25

I like wonder. I'm just curious, like, obviously, in the future, say when we get to Heroes of Olympus, his voice is gonna be older.

SPEAKER_01 34:35

Yeah, yeah, exactly.

SPEAKER_03 34:36

And so it's gonna be fun to like age his because right now it's still like whiny, but it's also like I feel like there's like an edge on it, too.

SPEAKER_01 34:46

He's punk rock. He's punk rock. I mean, he's what all of maybe eight or nine, but yeah, nobody's as emo as this kid.

SPEAKER_03 34:54

He puts the eight in blink 182.

SPEAKER_01 34:56

Yeah, exactly. I miss you.

SPEAKER_02 35:01

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 35:02

So, but yeah, no, he's pissed. But pretty much Gary and is just like, yo, guys, yeah, we're not gonna be having a fight. Gary knows these cats' names right off the gap.

SPEAKER_00 35:13

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_01 35:14

He makes it his business to be informed. Because he's saying, like, hey guys, we're not fighting. Annabeth, I know all you guys, I know your little story, your little sword. And Nico, just put your sword away. This is not gonna work.

SPEAKER_03 35:28

We're looking at Nico, and he's looking pretty slim, he's looking pale. Percy's wondering when's the last time he's eaten. He looks dusty, he just looks angry. He's too young to look so angry.

SPEAKER_01 35:39

Yeah, he's been spending way too much time in the crags and crevices. So when he likes hanging out with a ghost buddy.

SPEAKER_03 35:45

Yeah. Telling Percy, if you come any closer, I'll summon help. And uh Percy's like, I know, I know you will. Um, like the ones that take you around zoos. It's got longhorns, cowbell.

SPEAKER_01 36:05

Oh kitty trains, so cute, cowhide pattern.

SPEAKER_03 36:08

We got Nico in the back, um, with Eurishan next to him, and we got Garien driving with Orthus up front, and then all of the rest of us, Abed, Tyson, Grover, and Purse.

SPEAKER_01 36:22

Yeah, posted right in the middle. So we're taking a look at seems very excited about his exotic variety.

SPEAKER_03 36:28

He loves showing off his little ranch, it seems.

SPEAKER_01 36:32

Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_03 36:33

That's when we get these hippolytons. Hippolytrons.

SPEAKER_01 36:38

Hippolectrions. And that's what these it's like a rooster meets a horse.

SPEAKER_03 36:44

Yeah, pretty much a rooster meets a horse.

SPEAKER_01 36:47

Cock colt.

SPEAKER_03 36:48

Cockcolt. Rooster ponies.

SPEAKER_01 36:51

Uh rooster ponies.

SPEAKER_03 36:52

They lay eggs once a year.

SPEAKER_01 36:54

And how they just jam them for the omelets? Scrandolous. Yeah, Avet's all like, ah, that's horrible.

SPEAKER_03 37:00

And he's like, Well, you haven't tasted the omelets, girl.

SPEAKER_01 37:03

You haven't tasted the omelets, and gold is gold down there. Oh my gosh. So of course it doesn't please grover either.

SPEAKER_03 37:10

Yeah, now we see the fire breathing horses talking about. Start speaking about this war. Bread for war. Grover's like, what war? What war?

SPEAKER_01 37:19

Uh, you know, whatever kind of war may be coming, it may not be coming.

SPEAKER_03 37:23

Yeah, and then we switch to the red cows. Um blah blah blah. Paula's too busy, so we take he subcontracts it to us.

SPEAKER_01 37:32

Oh my gosh. Um, and what are they using for? Meat. Meat is what we do.

SPEAKER_03 37:38

Killing sacred cows for hamburger meat.

SPEAKER_01 37:40

Uh, that is against ancient laws, if I've ever heard it. Grover is infuriated.

SPEAKER_03 37:47

Yeah, but he's like, oh, if Apollo carried, I'm sure it'd tell us.

SPEAKER_01 37:51

If he knew. If he knew. We keeping it on the and then Nico's kind of just like, what about our business?

SPEAKER_03 37:58

We got business to discuss, Gary. And then he's like, ah, good time. Now let's look at some more exotic game. This one is the giant scorpions. Ah. And that's when Pearce is like, oh, the scorpions from camp, Triple G Ranch. You're the one that gave this to Quintus. Yeah. And that whole thing where he's like, Quintus. Shark Brear, muscular swords.

SPEAKER_01 38:24

Yeah. Never heard of them. Never heard of freaking jive bird. Oh my gosh. Um, and then they come in these oh, the prize staples?

SPEAKER_03 38:34

Dude, so sad. Just all these horses.

SPEAKER_01 38:38

Oh my god. In the muck. In the muck in the min.

SPEAKER_03 38:41

In the muck in the min.

SPEAKER_01 38:43

The nastiest of dens.

SPEAKER_03 38:46

It's terrible.

SPEAKER_01 38:47

Oh my gosh. Yeah, they're just trudging around in thousands of years of fecal.

SPEAKER_03 38:53

And it looks like these belong to Aegeus, but he uh but they watch over them for a small monthly fee, dude. That's so sad.

SPEAKER_01 39:02

Lots of poop. And that's because I guess it's just like since they're flesh-eating horses.

SPEAKER_03 39:08

Um supposedly they like these conditions.

SPEAKER_01 39:13

But he is saying you're way too cheap to have them even be clean.

SPEAKER_03 39:16

That's what Eurishan was saying, yeah. It's a little challenging to clean. Okay, yeah, which kind of sets us up for what's gonna come up with the bargain. How many, okay? So people who pay for great pay a lot for flesh eating horses, great garbage disposals. Um you're a monster, Avet, decides.

SPEAKER_01 39:40

Yep. And Gary's like, oh, what gave it away? The fact that I have three bodies.

SPEAKER_03 39:44

My three body problems. You gotta let him go.

SPEAKER_01 39:49

Bada boo.

SPEAKER_03 39:50

Avet's like, you work for Kronos, dude.

SPEAKER_01 39:53

Uh-huh. No doubt he's been working for Kronos.

SPEAKER_03 39:55

He's like, dude, I work for anyone with gold.

SPEAKER_01 39:58

That three where he shrugs. Yeah. It's like the wave. Um be cool to see him like dance, you know, do that.

SPEAKER_03 40:08

But yeah, they get out. But that's the truth.

SPEAKER_01 40:10

He's working for anyone with gold.

SPEAKER_03 40:12

Yeah. The bastard. They go towards the stables. Um Nico rushes up, like, yo, I'm here for business. What the heck? Gary's like, yo, you'll get your deal, man. Just chill.

SPEAKER_01 40:26

Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_03 40:27

Uh he's like, Mina, the ghost told me.

SPEAKER_01 40:30

Oh, the ghost.

SPEAKER_03 40:31

Guide us to the soul we need. And then that's when Purse's like, wait. I thought you wanted my soul. I was the soul you wanted. Nico's like, what are you talking about? Soul sucks, dog.

SPEAKER_01 40:44

Your soul's not even worth one penny compared to Bianca's soul.

SPEAKER_03 40:48

Bianca.

SPEAKER_01 40:50

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_03 40:50

So it's like, oh, okay, that's what he's looking for. Um, they're asking about the ghost friend.

SPEAKER_01 40:56

Oh, like, where's the ghost? He's like, I doesn't like to come out when it's daylight.

SPEAKER_03 41:00

So he's around somewhere. And then that's when he mentions the name Minos. Arian does. And then that's when Perse is like, oh Minos, like the king in the dream.

SPEAKER_01 41:12

You hanging out with that evil king, Nico? Come on, man. That's the guy giving you advice. Yeah. She's like, none of your business. Yeah. Percy, what do you mean things are getting difficult?

SPEAKER_03 41:25

Yeah. Now here's the thing, Nico. Can't call you Nico. He's like, no. You see, Nico. So yeah, Luke's giving good money. And so bit him bop.

SPEAKER_01 41:38

He's gonna He kind of dives right into it, like, I'm gonna go ahead and sell you to Luke. Pretty much. Right quick. That's how it's working out now.

SPEAKER_03 41:45

As I was working out. We're gonna secure Nico first, and then y'all are gonna go after.

SPEAKER_01 41:52

Um he kind of just sticks Orthos on Percy all of a sudden. Percy's trying to help. He's got a two-headed dog to his throat. And uh yeah, he's pretty much just saying, yo, Eurishin, go ahead, secure Nico. And he does pretty much say, like, you guys can be left to go. We'll sell this guy, but you guys will be good.

SPEAKER_02 42:14

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 42:15

Somebody's paid me to give you safe pathage.

SPEAKER_02 42:18

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 42:19

Which is kind of interesting, but it doesn't include Mr. D'Angelo in his Stygian iron. Right. Every time it brings up that Stygian blade.

SPEAKER_02 42:27

Stygian blade. So cool.

SPEAKER_01 42:29

So cool. Some metal. Yeah, does it because does it talk about like why? Because how it's like, oh, don't even touch that. Yeah. Does it almost like suck your soul out of you?

SPEAKER_03 42:39

Something like that, like it definitely destroys. I don't know. It doesn't work just on anything. Monsters, demi bloods, humans alike.

SPEAKER_01 42:49

Ah, it crosses over. Kind of like a backbiter. Yeah, a little backbiter. Maybe like a poisoned backbiter. Yeah. So bad to the bone. But yeah, paid by whom? What do you mean somebody paid you to give us passage? And uh. And that's when um Percy's kind of like, yo, you're a businessman. Let's make a deal. Percy's always coming in with these kind of like making deals with monsters. He's such a pro at that.

SPEAKER_03 43:19

Yeah. But yeah, that's when he's like, uh, you know, what you've got nothing. Percy's like, yo, I can clean. Oh, that's when Euristian's like, you could have me clean the stables. And that's when Percy's like, oh, done. I can do it.

SPEAKER_01 43:34

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 43:34

Perfect. If I clean the stables, then um or if I fail, then you get all of us. You can treat trade all of us to Luke for gold. And then if I succeed, you let all of us go, including Nico. Yeah. Nico's like, Don't, I don't need your favors. Don't give me any favors. Nico. Percy. I know, right? And that's when Garen's like, dude, these haven't been cleaned in a thousand years.

SPEAKER_01 43:57

These are some nasty stuff. Stables. Yeah. He's like, so what do you got to lose then? You know, if I die, then the stables don't get clean. It's all the same, and you get some half bloods. I wonder how much you've been paid or what it's worth to you, but let's do it. So it's a good deal for him. He's down.

SPEAKER_03 44:15

He's down.

SPEAKER_01 44:16

But and then he pretty much takes all the other people up to the lodge, and then it's just Percy left.

SPEAKER_03 44:22

And pretty much he's got till sundown.

SPEAKER_01 44:24

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 44:25

Sunset, no later.

SPEAKER_01 44:28

There is that moment where it's like Abeth and Percy kind of lock eyes. It's like, you know what she's doing? What are you doing? Percy's like, I always figure it out, baby.

SPEAKER_00 44:36

I got you, baby.

SPEAKER_01 44:37

Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_00 44:38

Baby, I got you.

SPEAKER_01 44:39

And then uh, so even um Nico gets hauled away, so it's just Percy and a field of cow shit or flesh-eating whore. I can only imagine how bad that smells. It's gotta be blanky. So what we gonna do? How you gonna do this? How you gonna do this, Paris? And you know, because it's like he's a he's a powerful, he can control water and stuff. He's gonna control the liquid content. Can he control any liquid?

SPEAKER_02 45:11

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 45:13

But then come on, Paris. All right, what you got for us? But you know what? He always figures something out.

SPEAKER_03 45:17

Yeah, you know what I'm supposed to do? Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_01 45:19

So what an interesting little arc. I feel like this uh, and I've kind of mentioned it a few times, like these little each chapter is like a little episode in a new kind of area. Yeah. It's like mini, mini episode that's going on, and then we dive back into the labyrinth. So interesting times. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 45:37

Very interesting times.

SPEAKER_01 45:39

Yeah, and interesting creatures and beasts. Yeah. Oh my gosh. So I wonder, is Rick making some of this stuff up? Is this all lore? Exactly.

SPEAKER_03 45:48

How much is yeah, what about those hippolocrats? Yeah, hippolytic's critrons?

SPEAKER_01 45:53

We'll have to look that hippocratron up. And um, because I wonder if it talks about who Garyon. We could look up that cat. Oh, yeah, who's Garyon? Yeah, because he's supposed to be like a monster we know. Right. He painted a lot of vivid pictures in chapter. A lot of pictures.

SPEAKER_02 46:12

Excited.

SPEAKER_01 46:13

And uh yeah, Percy's gonna clean some po we've been in tighter pickles than just having to clean up some points. Exactly. You know. These these monsters are penned in. And oh, perks of Poseidon, father of horses.

SPEAKER_02 46:27

Right. And he can, you know, manipulate liquids. Maybe he can manipulate the liquid content of the feces and strike a deal with the horses.

SPEAKER_01 46:39

Strike a deal with some horses. We believe in you. We believe in you perks. It's good to see Nico back on the scene, too.

SPEAKER_02 46:49

Go.

SPEAKER_00 46:51

What's it we're off in chapter nine, John?