open RP, Octavian: o tempora, o mores!
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Octavian had seen a sign-up sheet for a Valentine's Day event. The Encyclopedia Britannica had become Octavian's best friend, and resorting to this work, he learned that some crazy cult had swept the globe, become the dominant cultural force in the West, and co-opted perfectly good holidays. His familiar Lupercalia had become a celebration ostensibly to honor some Christian 'bishop'.
This led him to ponder many things. Over his solitary light dinner in the Great Hall, he ruminated:
How could an obscure religious fringe group based on quasi-cannibalistic rites grow to such power?
Should he sign up for this Valentine thing, in order to become more familiar with new practices, or should he abstain to show disapproval?
Would it be at all feasible to procure for his friend and sometime employee Titus Pullo a wench with whom to celebrate the Lupercalia? Pullo had mentioned before the disappointing lack of prostitutes at Hogwarts. What had he said was the modern term? Ah, yes. Spice Girls. Octavian would have to see about procuring a Spice Girl for his friend. Pullo deserved it!
This led him to ponder many things. Over his solitary light dinner in the Great Hall, he ruminated:
How could an obscure religious fringe group based on quasi-cannibalistic rites grow to such power?
Should he sign up for this Valentine thing, in order to become more familiar with new practices, or should he abstain to show disapproval?
Would it be at all feasible to procure for his friend and sometime employee Titus Pullo a wench with whom to celebrate the Lupercalia? Pullo had mentioned before the disappointing lack of prostitutes at Hogwarts. What had he said was the modern term? Ah, yes. Spice Girls. Octavian would have to see about procuring a Spice Girl for his friend. Pullo deserved it!
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Date: 2008-02-03 01:18 am (UTC)Ladies and gents, it's Maia, coming back from a long workout and magically not sweaty at all except where it would highlight her features. Black sports top, and black jogging bottoms, black trainers...et voila. Her hair was even in a plait, which she's undoing. She sits opposite him without asking.
'You look like you're ruminating. What on?'
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Date: 2008-02-03 01:22 am (UTC)HBO's versionthe truth!); "and also I think of the upcoming holiday."no subject
Date: 2008-02-03 01:24 am (UTC)Then, if she could, Maia would be turning a little rosy. 'Oh. Valentine's Day.' She completely falls for that sort of commercialised stuff.
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Date: 2008-02-03 01:32 am (UTC)Like anyone understands the reason.
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Date: 2008-02-03 01:37 am (UTC)"The Lupercalia had little to do with love. It was concerned with fertility. Love is not necessary for the conception of children." But such musings will likely bore Maia, he thinks -- even if she did inquire as to the subject of his ruminations. He changes the subject slightly. "A friend of mine would like to have a whore, and I would like to find one for him."
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Date: 2008-02-03 01:40 am (UTC)However, some things don't change. Maia tilts her head, eyes turning orange for a second, and sparkling. 'Oh yeah? What a friend you are. Can I help?'
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Date: 2008-02-03 10:55 am (UTC)'Maybe.'
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Date: 2008-02-03 11:02 pm (UTC)He sets down his dinner roll and leans back a little from the table, regarding Maia with cool hauteur, that flicker of amusement flaring high enough to tug the corners of his mouth into an answering smirk.
"That isn't much of an answer." He's daring her to tell him more.
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Date: 2008-02-03 11:13 pm (UTC)'What do you think of whores, Octavian?' The question is direct; Maia doesn't mince her words, and her eyes are unreadable. If he approves, or if he says he does and she doesn't think he's lying, she may as well offer herself. Maybe he'll be impressed. If not, well, Scotland's hardly paradise. There are bound to be prostitutes somewhere in the place.
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Date: 2008-02-04 02:46 pm (UTC)Nor are the concurrent tracks of this conversation: one on the surface, the other running cold and swift and hidden as the Aqua Appia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_Appia). (Yes, Octavian likens flirtation to aqueducts. Aqueducts are fascinating.)
"I think they serve a necessary civic function," he says. "Soldiers require them."
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Date: 2008-02-04 05:01 pm (UTC)'I meant,' she adds casually, 'That you're probably going to have to talk to them if you want one for your friend. Just wanted to make sure you weren't going to insult them so badly they refused to turn up.'
Totally. The next bite of the apple is elegant and smooth, though her eyes do not lift from him.
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Date: 2008-02-05 01:58 am (UTC)"Most planets are not as wild. My grandmother is an expert at procuring suitable servants.". She took a bite of her bread. "But this does not help us find a prostitute for your friend."
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Date: 2008-02-08 03:44 am (UTC)"The Encyclopedia Britannica did not give the necessary information," he admitted.
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Date: 2008-02-10 06:43 am (UTC)"It would have to be a sign Pullo could not see."
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