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<blockquote data-quote="Orichalcum" data-source="post: 2026128" data-attributes="member: 3722"><p><strong>Alea Iacta VIII: Under Mud, Over Sea Chp. 5: My So-Called Philosopher</strong></p><p></p><p>Going back down the hallway, away from the gigantic snake, we stop to investigate a number of small side rooms along the back wall, which mostly seem to be bedrooms. They appear to have been quickly searched, but Llyr and Wena are certain they can do a better job. After Samur burrows into the mud, seeking anything interesting, the strange crystalline creature eventually locates a leather scroll case which had been carefully tied underneath the bottom cushions of one of the bedroom couches. After Wena clears the mud off of the case, she carefully opens it, pulling out a long scroll of parchment, and begins to read:</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Annales of Calpurnia Pisa, 817 A.U.C.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">PRIVATE & PERSONAL:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I will flog any slaves who dare to read this!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>Nones of Quinctilis: </strong> </span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Pater says I should stop my lessons with Epicharmus. First, he said it wasn’t proper for a young woman to know so much philosophy. Then, he said Epicharmus was corrupting me, which he certainly isn’t; I don’t think Epicharmus even sleeps with slaves anymore – he’s too dedicated to living purely and in harmony with nature. But Pater says now that he was wrong to hire so many philosophers, that they aren’t to be trusted, that they make you think differently. He gave Mater and me these amber bracelets to wear, at the Floralia. He says that they’ll stop Epicharmus from influencing me, but I don’t see how, when he still lives here and talks to us at dinner and afterwards....</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>Kalends of July: </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Pater has sent Epicharmus away, as well as all the other philosophers, turning them out of the house without even a guest-gift. He’s even threatening to start destroying the scrolls, but I think he’ll probably just sell some of them.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>Kalends of August: </strong>Pater says I am not to go into the lower library anymore without telling him. He fears that the philosophers will bribe the slaves to sneak into the house and steal the valuable scrolls, so he has moved all the rarest ones to the Cave, and set up some sort of guards against the philosophers there, probably one of his favorite word or number games. He has started wearing his new amber necklace even to go to sleep, Mater says.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"> It is Mater’s birthday in a few days; I need to decide on a present for her. She says that she will ask her genius for another child. It would be nice to have a brother – less pressure to marry soon. I will turn fourteen in September, and Pater says that he should arrange my betrothal on my birthday. As long as it isn’t to one of the Vettii brothers, I think I can bear it; I know that they are ridiculously wealthy, but they are crude, and their father was a slave. I wish I could marry Epicharmus.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong> Ides of August: </strong> Epicharmus came by the house and tried to tell Mater and me that we should leave the house and go back to Roma, that there are dangerous portents in the sky and earth. Epicharmus knows much natural science, and I was worried, but Mater scorned the thought of returning to Roma in this heat. Then Pater arrived, and threw Epicharmus out of the house, warning him never to set foot here again.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong> Day After the Ides of Augustus: </strong>There is a strange smell of sulphur in the air, and there was a small earthquake today. The aqueduct is running low.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>Two days after the Ides: </strong>The sky is dark, and there are fires coming from the mountain. Pater has summoned his yacht from Misenum, and we are to go down to the 4th terrace, by the beach, to wait for it. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Orichalcum, post: 2026128, member: 3722"] [b]Alea Iacta VIII: Under Mud, Over Sea Chp. 5: My So-Called Philosopher[/b] Going back down the hallway, away from the gigantic snake, we stop to investigate a number of small side rooms along the back wall, which mostly seem to be bedrooms. They appear to have been quickly searched, but Llyr and Wena are certain they can do a better job. After Samur burrows into the mud, seeking anything interesting, the strange crystalline creature eventually locates a leather scroll case which had been carefully tied underneath the bottom cushions of one of the bedroom couches. After Wena clears the mud off of the case, she carefully opens it, pulling out a long scroll of parchment, and begins to read: [FONT=Verdana] Annales of Calpurnia Pisa, 817 A.U.C. PRIVATE & PERSONAL: I will flog any slaves who dare to read this! [B]Nones of Quinctilis: [/B] Pater says I should stop my lessons with Epicharmus. First, he said it wasn’t proper for a young woman to know so much philosophy. Then, he said Epicharmus was corrupting me, which he certainly isn’t; I don’t think Epicharmus even sleeps with slaves anymore – he’s too dedicated to living purely and in harmony with nature. But Pater says now that he was wrong to hire so many philosophers, that they aren’t to be trusted, that they make you think differently. He gave Mater and me these amber bracelets to wear, at the Floralia. He says that they’ll stop Epicharmus from influencing me, but I don’t see how, when he still lives here and talks to us at dinner and afterwards.... [B]Kalends of July: [/B] Pater has sent Epicharmus away, as well as all the other philosophers, turning them out of the house without even a guest-gift. He’s even threatening to start destroying the scrolls, but I think he’ll probably just sell some of them. [B]Kalends of August: [/B]Pater says I am not to go into the lower library anymore without telling him. He fears that the philosophers will bribe the slaves to sneak into the house and steal the valuable scrolls, so he has moved all the rarest ones to the Cave, and set up some sort of guards against the philosophers there, probably one of his favorite word or number games. He has started wearing his new amber necklace even to go to sleep, Mater says. It is Mater’s birthday in a few days; I need to decide on a present for her. She says that she will ask her genius for another child. It would be nice to have a brother – less pressure to marry soon. I will turn fourteen in September, and Pater says that he should arrange my betrothal on my birthday. As long as it isn’t to one of the Vettii brothers, I think I can bear it; I know that they are ridiculously wealthy, but they are crude, and their father was a slave. I wish I could marry Epicharmus. [B] Ides of August: [/B] Epicharmus came by the house and tried to tell Mater and me that we should leave the house and go back to Roma, that there are dangerous portents in the sky and earth. Epicharmus knows much natural science, and I was worried, but Mater scorned the thought of returning to Roma in this heat. Then Pater arrived, and threw Epicharmus out of the house, warning him never to set foot here again. [B] Day After the Ides of Augustus: [/B]There is a strange smell of sulphur in the air, and there was a small earthquake today. The aqueduct is running low. [B]Two days after the Ides: [/B]The sky is dark, and there are fires coming from the mountain. Pater has summoned his yacht from Misenum, and we are to go down to the 4th terrace, by the beach, to wait for it. [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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