Reading The Hidden Oracle: Chapter 21 (SPOILERS)
I gotta keep these posts short. They're starting to become essay-length.
I just realized that if the building that the Romans parleyed with the Greeks on belonged to Triumvirate Holdings, and Reyna was still in charge of the legion at that time, then that means Reyna was in league with Triumvirate. I don't like where this is going... I still have faith in her, but this makes things interesting...
"Moments later, I would be found dead with a knife in my back. That would be exciting!" Yes, it would! Murder mystery time! (Keep it short, I say. *Proceeds to record my thoughts on the smallest, unnecesary details*)
"four other Pythias--" "There is only one Pythia--you. Delphi is absolutely unique." "So these other four non-unique Oracles..." LMAO this whole multiple Oracles situation with Rachel is too funny.
So we now know the five Oracles: Rachel's Pythia of Delphi, the Grove of Dodona, Ella's Sibylline Books (written by Sybil of Cumae), the Oracle at Erythaea, and the Cave of Trophonius. Five Oracles for five books.
Wait, the hippie lady was Rhea? Wasn't Rhea chillin' in Rome with Tiberius lookin' like Audrey Hepburn? Annabeth and Percy met them when she was following the Mark of Athena. I guess that must be her Roman aspect.
"Emperor Theodosius ordered the last oak cut down in--" D'you think Theodosius might be one of the Triumvirate? Idk, he wasn't a result in the Read Riordan emperor quiz, though. Also, "Rhea has not been seen for millennia." Annabeth chatting it up with Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck:
Okay, so it turns out the Rhea Silvia and Tiberinus (not Tiberius) that Annabeth talked to have no relation to Rhea the goddess. They just have the same name. Lovely.
"write it down for posterity" POSTERITY (n.): all future generations of people
How is the Triumvirate trying to control the Oracles, anyway? Do they just point a gun at it and say, "Give me a good prophecy!" Idk how they're making it work. Magic, probs.
