Reyna and Jason: The Praetor's of New Rome - Sacrifice

Can We Stop LOSING EACH OTHER!?

"Okay so he shouted, 'STUPID', right. And then KABOOM! Lighting shot down from the sky. Then it hit here, burned some of my vines, which wasn't cool TBH. But it's cool, he turned off the fires. Then he went inside the shed for reasons? IDK, maybe he wanted to give me a haircut? Anyways, there was this door with a triangle and then he touched it and it went 'WHOA I'M A BLUE DOOR'. It opened and then like a dumb guy from horror movies he walked in to go 'Man what's going on with this door?', y'know? Anyway the door CLOSED AND THEN DISAPPEARED!"

Sam yawned. "Did you just unironically say "TBH" and "IDK" in a sentence? Because if you did...... that's dope. I respect that. Words do be long sometimes."

"What happened next?" I asked the nymph of the garden of Bacchus, ignoring Sam.

The nymph, who was trying very hard not to fall, shrugged. "IDK, TBH. He just disappeared and then I went to bed. Want some Kool Aid!? Wink wink."

And then she disappeared in a puff of purple mist, leaving a sweet grape aroma behind.

Sam shrugged and yawned again. "We should be proud we got her to talk at all, the nymphs in the garden of Bacchus are usually the opposite of helpful."

I turned to Sam. "Your being a little too calm for..... Hey wake up!"

I slapped his face a few times. "Wake up! Jason is missing and your snoozing!?"

Sam took a step back and rubbed his eyes. "Look I'm sorry I couldn't sleep in like the rest of you. Unfortunately, even on weekends, I have to be up early. Because Praetor or whatever."

"YES YOU DO!" Terminus, god of borders, yelled as he appeared suddenly next to us.

The old god was panicked, he looked around, examining every detail of his surroundings atop of his pedestal. Since learning about the Labyrinth's ability to create random entrances within New Rome, Terminus had freaked out. He examined every inch of New Rome, paranoid of intruders attempting to cross our borders.

"Foolish Greek Inventors!" He said. "Leave it to a GREEK to create something as lawless and chaotic as the labyrinth. No respect for BOUNDARIES!"

Sam coughed. "Yo Terminus, that's a little racist, don't you think?"

Terminus made a motion as if he tried swiping at Sam. Humoring him, Sam pretended to back away, after a ten second delay. "I'm a god, I can be as racist as I want!"

Sam gave him a side eye. "Your going to start making bold statements like that, border god? Especially to me, a Mexican. Because if you continue, I'm going to start throwing the M word around."

Terminus took a deep breath. "You wouldn't dare call me a 'minor' god."

Sam crossed his arms. "Bet."

They stared at each other for a solid thirty seconds. Terminus sighed loudly. "I'm sorry Sam, I'm just frustrated. Gods shouldn't be racist either."

Sam nodded his head. "That's right and being frustrated is not an excuse. Now take that negative energy somewhere else or I'll report you."

Terminus turned to leave, but then stopped himself. "No wait! I found another entrance near main square in the New Rome! We can find Jason through there!"

"Thank you!" I exclaimed. "C'mon, we need to find Gwen and get moving. Every second we waste could be another hour of torture for Jason down there."

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"Max what has gotten into you lately!? Why would you tell him that!?"

Sam and I walked into the sword fighting arena as Gwen and Max argued in its center. Max wore a golden breastplate over a red shirt and black sweatpants. Usually his outfit would violate uniform policy, but since it was a weekend and we were technically off duty, he could wear what he wanted.