>>709646
Yes, let's.

Start of Update SamEmpower 2016/03/17(Thu)22:31 No. 710040 ID: db4c30
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Aurelius: "Actually I think will."

Emperor Hadrian: "Excellent, I shall have the litter bearers informed of where to take you. And I understand that you have been to the slave market this afternoon and made a few purchases?"

Aurelius: "Yes four of them."

Emperor Hadrian: "Ah, then you should have them get to work on preparing the home for when you return from the banquet tonight."

Aurelius: "Yes my thoughts exactly. After all, idle hands make bad servants."

Emperor Hadrian: "Indeed. Then I shall see you tonight at the banquet. Farewell Aurelius."

Aurelius: "Until we meet again, Emperor Hadrian."

SamEmpower 2016/03/17(Thu)22:33 No. 710041 ID: db4c30
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As we departed from the Coliseum I still hear the people chanting both Caesar and Aurelius at the same time. The further we get from the Coliseum the less the chanting I hear, but it is nonetheless encouraging to know that I am so openly accepted by Rome and her people. Now I just got to make sure that I don't lose that trust and respect, when I get a chance to start thinking about all the ways that I can improve the standing of the Roman Empire. I have to make sure that their armies stay strong, their economy stays healthy, and that they aren't socially shunned by the rest of the world. I also got to make sure that we don't fall to scientifically behind the other three empires that are competing for this world. It's a good thing I'm technically immortal or I would be dying from the stress right now.

SamEmpower 2016/03/17(Thu)22:34 No. 710042 ID: db4c30
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By the way, have I mentioned yet how I love how comfortable this thing is?

Praetorian 1: "we have arrived my Lord."

SamEmpower 2016/03/17(Thu)22:35 No. 710043 ID: db4c30
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looks like this is going to be my new home. It doesn't look like it's anything to special as far as Domuses go. It's a single floor building with two tabernae (storefront rooms), which is pretty standard.

Aurelius: "all right, let's see what's inside. You two can stay out here while me and my servants take a look."

Praetorian 1: "yes my Lord."

SamEmpower 2016/03/17(Thu)22:36 No. 710044 ID: db4c30
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Stepping inside, One thought comes to mind, the guy who owned this house last really did enjoy the finer things. The outside looks relatively plain but inside is magnificent. I don't see a single chip tile or loose brick anywhere, all the tile and marble in here is finely polished. There's even a statue of Fortuna, Goddess of fortune and luck in the Impluvium (indoor pond).

End of Update SamEmpower 2016/03/17(Thu)22:44 No. 710046 ID: db4c30
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I should probably take a look around and see what the departed senator has left behind. Where should I start?

1.-2. Tabernae: storefront rooms that open out onto the street and are usually rent out.

3.-6. & 11.-13. Cubiculum: small rooms that usually functioned as bedrooms but were sometimes converted into private meeting rooms, libraries, storerooms, etc.

7. & 15. Triclinium: Dinning rooms.

8. Tablinum: Office/Study, usually where the familial and financial records were stored and worked on.

9. Culina: kitchen.

10. Peristylium: Open air colonnaded garden.

15. Exedra: Garden room usually used for formal entertainments and lavish dinner parties.

Business first: Head straight for the Tablinum and check if there are any documents left.

check the kitchen

>>710275
In the interest of breaking the tie I'll agree with this.

Start of Update SamEmpower 2016/04/07(Thu)18:03 No. 714583 ID: c8e27c
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Aurelius: Right, business before pleasure. Entering the Tablinum, I immediately notice the large table in the center with a few scrolls on it. It seems to have a small storage area under it for additional scrolls, much like the shelves to my right. There also seems to be a bust of the departed Senator here, or maybe it's of one of his ancestors. Well, I should get an idea of what the Senator had his hands in financially if I am to maintain a steady income. Oh, looks like Itet had a similar idea.

Itet: "Oh! Pardon me my lord, I should have known you would have wished to see to the finances first." She steps back from the table and pushes away the open large scroll. It looks like there is another smaller open scroll on the table, as well as several bellow the table in some of the nooks.

Aurelius: "It's quite alright Itet, but I will trust you haven't disturbed anything in this room."

Itet: "Of course not my lord." She gives a small but humble bow.

Aurelius: "Now, let us see what we have here."

End of Update SamEmpower 2016/04/07(Thu)18:04 No. 714584 ID: c8e27c
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Aurelius: It looks like the scroll is indicating that the senator had been renting out the Tabernea out front to a specific vineyard for the past few years, One that he owned. It also looks like he was getting a lot of money from it, like more than he should have been. I wonder how.

(Dice1d20 -5 for weak economic knowledge)

rolled 13 - 5 = 8

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>>714584
I can think of a few reasons for this to happen. Either he's lying about where the money's coming from in order to launder it, like for example the vineyeard is a front for illegal activity... or he's lying about the profits in order to encourage investment in the vineyard or something.

Start of Update SamEmpower 2016/04/07(Thu)20:02 No. 714620 ID: c8e27c
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>>714585
Aurelius: Hmm... Economics was never my strong suit, but it seems that the senator might have made false claims of financial succes to incourage investments. Or he could have owned the vineyard under an alias so he could force the merchants to pay out of their paychecks, thus they would only get paid half as much with fewer complaints. Either way it is hard to tell so I can't replicate his financial success. Oh well, lets see the other scroll.

End of Update SamEmpower 2016/04/07(Thu)20:07 No. 714621 ID: c8e27c
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Aurelius: Oh! Its the deed to the vineyard mentioned in the other scroll. Great! Now I have a reliable income. That is assuming it wasn't auctioned off yet. OK, what should I do next? Should I Look at more finance scrolls to get a better idea of how much the vineyard will earn me, Leave and go look through another room for more sweet loot, or get to know Itet for a while?

I think you should get to know her, I mean she could could mess with you and your recorces if you give her crap. So lets give her a good reason not to

>>714631
Yeah, good idea.

Why not get to know her by/while working on the scrolls with her?

Start of Update SamEmpower 2016/04/09(Sat)20:46 No. 715348 ID: c8e27c
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Aurelius: good idea.

Itet: "I'll leave you to your work then my lord." She starts toward the doorway behind her, but then stops when I speak up.

Aurelius:" Actually, If you have a moment I would like to talk to you."

Itet: "uh...of course my lord. Why do you wish to talk to me though?"

Aurelius: "I want to get to know you better, and I wanted some company while I went through these financial records. Speaking of which, could you hand me the other financial records stored below?"

Itet: "Ah. Yes my lord" she reached below the table and grabbed three large scrolls. "If it would not be to much to ask questions of my own."

Aurelius: "That seems fair, so tell me about yourself."

Itet: "I'm not sure what it is you want to know, I am 32 years old and have been a slave most of my life. I don't think there is much you would be interested in outside of that."

Aurelius: "How about your life before now? You must have been in the service of a few other lords if you've been a slave for most of your life."

Itet: "Well, yes. I Had three master before you."

SamEmpower 2016/04/09(Sat)20:52 No. 715354 ID: c8e27c
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Aurelius: " Well lets start by hearing of your life under your first master."

Itet: She seems somewhat reluctant but not entirety opposed to this. "It was somewhat demanding, he was the son of a rich merchant from the provinces in Anatolia. He wasn't looking for a servant as much as he was looking for a plaything. Something to toy with and look at, it wasn't until he came of age and his father started entrusting him with the family business that he started to play around with me less and less."

Aurelius: "He sounds like a spoiled brat, What happened after that?"

Itet: "Eventually their business failed and I had to be sold. I was sold to a merchant in Greece for a few months. It was physical demanding but to terrible, I did manage to see much of the empire after all."

Aurelius: "Sounds exciting, being able to see the far stretches of the Mediterranean. What happened after that?"

SamEmpower 2016/04/09(Sat)20:57 No. 715358 ID: c8e27c
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Itet: "It was during his travles through the pourts of southern Italica that I was eventualy bought by a govenor in Paestum." She pauses for a moment befor speaking again." "...He... he was a truely cruel man. Their was no day that I or the other slaves did not fear his wrath, we were only ever hopeful that he would get more slaves so that the rest of us would be spared his wrath over the smallest of miss steps. It was twice as terrifying for me as.... he was fond of me. " She is having trouble continuing.

Aurelius: "you don't need to say any more of him if it causes you pain."

Itet: "No. It is better to remember the pain so it can be avoided the second time." she seems to be holding strong despite the obvious pain of remembering. "He had done many cruel things, not one of them I will forget. Especially the loss of my child." Wait What?!

>>715358

Oh. Oh dear.

End of Update SamEmpower 2016/04/09(Sat)21:00 No. 715362 ID: c8e27c
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Itet: " He had forced upon me a child with what he claimed to be affection, A child I had planed to raise despite being born under a cruel man." her eyes start to well up with tears. "But after the birth of my daughter, Aneksi, the Governor learned of his son's death in a minor skirmish in the north. From that day forward his wrath was twice as fearsome and terrible, and I knew my daughter would not survive in his house. I brought her to a merchant who had shown me kindness and begged for him to raise her. ...To this day I still pray to Mut and Isis that I made the right choice."

Aurelius: "... I'm so sorry."

Itet: She quickly wipes away her tears. "Now it is your turn to answer one of my questions. What you and the Emperor said, were you actually approached by a divine being, are we truly in a new world, and is your life really tied to Rome?"

Aurelius: "...." I can't think straight after that bomb shell. What do you guys think, should I explain everything to her or should I omit a few truths?

We cannot afford to hide our nature from the people we champion. Tell her everything she is willing to hear.

Tell her what you said is true. No need to elaborate further, and you can claim it's privileged information.

Correct, we shall tell her the trut

Have we been omitting anything so far? I guess the fact that we're from the future isn't public knowledge, but if she's going to be our subordinate for any significant amount of time then I see no reason why she shouldn't know. Tell her the complete truth, but refer to the Magistrati as gods, for the sake of not sounding like a heretic.

>>715362
Do not mention the future part yet (just say you can't yet tell everything) but acknowledge the truth if what you said in the colosseum.

Start of Update SamEmpower 2016/04/10(Sun)18:00 No. 715663 ID: 6f4821
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Aurelius: "Actualy yes, What you and the others heard at the Colloseum is true, The Empire of Rome is in a new world, I did get approached by one of the divine beings of this world, and she did tie my life to the fate of Rome."

Itet: "...Incredible."

Aurelius: "You OK?"

Itet: "Yes, but Could you explain a few more things to me? I don't want to make false assumptions."

Aurelius: "Sure, I'll tell you what I can."

SamEmpower 2016/04/10(Sun)18:08 No. 715668 ID: 6f4821
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20 minuets of talking and looking through Financial Records later
(Predicted monthly income: 400-700 denarii)

Itet: "...I see. But their is one thing that I am having trouble comprehending ."

Aurelius: "Yes what is it?"

Itet: "WHY are you so kind to me and the others? You treat us as equals so readily, the last person who showed me any kindness like that was the merchant's son, but unlike him you seem to be genuine in how you treat us."

Aurelius: "If you must know, where I am from, the act of slavery has been a dead concept for at least 2 hundred years."

Itet: She then started to stare at me like a mother who thinks her child is lying. "Really? If it is a dead concept then why purchase slaves yourself?"

Aurelius: "It was better than letting the four of you be bought by possibly cruel people. I would have trouble sleeping at night if I simply walked by the four of you without doing something, anything to help. After all, doing nothing to stop that is as good as committing to such cruelty in the first place."

SamEmpower 2016/04/10(Sun)18:10 No. 715672 ID: 6f4821
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Itet: Her face starts to relax. "You are a strange man my lord Aurelius, but you are genuinely kind. And now I will say the one thing I never thought I would ever say so long as I lived." She gives a slight bow before saying- "Thank you for buying me."

Aurelius:"..Your welcome, though I am not sure that the others will share your gratefulness, especially not the Germanic woman, Odila."

Itet: "Yes it is clear that she has only been a slave for a short time, she still has a rebellious spark to her." We both shared a chuckle for a moment.

End of Update SamEmpower 2016/04/10(Sun)18:12 No. 715676 ID: 6f4821
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Aurelius: "Speaking of which where is she?"

Itet: "I think I saw her enter the Cubiculum closest to the Exedra."

Aurelius: Why do I not like the sound of that?

>>715676
Let's go check on her. Ask if she has any requests.

>>715668
Not that dead. American Corporations and Federal Institutions have been occupying small city-states and island nations for about a century, reaping the benefits of rare / cost-effective resources while leaving the local civilians at the mercy of low-media capitalist slumhood.

But hey, there's a serious difference between (A) mashing someone to the ground with your boot because you recognize their potential and how they can steal your future (pissed off or not), and (B) outright denying their existence as a sentient being while burning them to death for sport.

So yeah. Progress.

>>715676
Maybe you should deal with this now. If you set fair wages, give a reasonable price for her slave deed (500-750 denarii?), and send her on free-reign missions (give her orders but let her handle how she completes them) she might relent for her time as your slave.

Start of Update SamEmpower 2016/04/26(Tue)17:24 No. 719356 ID: 97fde2
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Aurelius: "Re-store those scrolls Itet. I need to talk with Odila before she does something rash."

Itet: "Yes Lord Aurelius."

SamEmpower 2016/04/26(Tue)17:25 No. 719358 ID: 97fde2
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Aurelius: The room is darker than the others, I passed by. Mostly due to the fact that it doesn't have a window. From what I can see it seems like this Cubiculum was converted into a storeroom. It's not to dark but I don't see Odila. "Odila, I want to talk with you."

No response...

Looks like I'll have to search through the shadows to find her.

End of Update SamEmpower 2016/04/26(Tue)17:26 No. 719359 ID: 97fde2
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Aurelius: hmm. still no sign of her. Itet did say it was this room right?

Aurelius: "Odila, are you in here?"

(Dice1d20 -3 for darkened environment)

rolled 1 - 3 = -2

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>>719359
Don't forget to look up.

>>719374
WELP

Aw fuck yeah, getting murdered by our slaves! At least this'll help us get used to dying, at the rate we're going it'll be a very useful skill.

It'll prove we mean business, too. Hopefully our guards have been informed about our immortality?

Start of Update SamEmpower 2016/04/26(Tue)22:54 No. 719419 ID: 97fde2
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Aurelius: "Murder who-now?"

SamEmpower 2016/04/26(Tue)22:54 No. 719420 ID: 97fde2
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Aurelius: -smash-"Ahg!"

DUCK!

SamEmpower 2016/04/26(Tue)22:55 No. 719422 ID: 97fde2
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Aurelius: "Ugh." Oh their she is! "What In heaven's name are you doing Odila!"

Odila: "I will not be your slave! Don't try and trick me! I saw through your lies at the Colosseum, just like I say through your lies at the marketplace!" She grabs the nearby sword in the large pot.

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Odila: "I would Die before serving a dog of Rome!"

Aurelius: Crap now I have to fight her while trying to talk her down! That blow to the head still left me dizzy so any suggestions would be appreciated!

I guess, just get stabbed, ASAP?

Hopefully the 'you stabbed me, but I am definitely not dead' trick will work on Odila as well as it did on Hadrian.

>>719423
Well, a quick way to end this would be to tell her to stab you through the heart after asking her to let you take off your shirt... but it sounds like you'd rather fight.

Your regenerative blessing should dispel the dizziness very quickly, so just steady yourself against the doorframe and grab your sword. Fight defensively, tell her you'd rather not get blood on your clothes again and getting stabbed is painful anyway. Tell her you are not from Rome anyway. Not this Rome. If she wants to change things here she couldn't pick a better person to talk to about it.

>>719423
Store expensive clothes on shelf (make sure to turn back on rebellious slave when doing so), then confiscate sword if not embedded in torso. Grab blade with hands if necessary.

Oh stop it, you're being ridiculous. Even if you could kill me you'd still be screwing yourself over by doing so. If you really didn't want to serve a roman you would be making an escape attempt right now. We can talk this out, I don't actually expect much from you, so you can tell me what you want for yourself and I can probably give it to you.

She's unlikely to listen to any of this of course, so you'd best try to keep from getting blood on your toga.

>>719423
Alternately: Tell her if she doesn't want to live here, she can go and get lost among the city's vagrants, beggars and prostitutes. You said you wouldn't keep them against their will, after all.

The sword stays here, though. It's not hers.

>>719452
this sounds cool, we should say this.

Single Update SamEmpower 2016/05/17(Tue)19:22 No. 724076 ID: b5dead
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Aurelius: "Firstly! I may be a son of Rome, but it is a Rome far removed from the one you know!" Ow, I think some of the pot got lodged in the back of my skull!

Aurelius: "Secondly! Stop being Ridiculous! Even if you could kill me, The Praetorian Guard would hunt you down the moment you step outside!"The damn piece of porcelain is messing with my nerves, I can't open my left eye!

Aurelius: "If you wish for freedom then leave, I'm not stopping you! But know that your fate will be to live among the city's vagrants, beggars and prostitutes! That is assuming you don't end up back at the slave market! But if you really want true freedom, Freedom to decide what you want for yourself, Then stand by me and I swear you will never be shackled again!"

Persuaded?
(Dice1d20 -2 for injury, + 5 for slight silver tongue)

rolled 20 + 3 = 23

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>>724076
Alright let's see how that goes.

rolled 10 - 2 = 8

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I DOUBT IT, AURELIUS. I DOUBT IT VERY MUCH.

>>724080
Well alright then.

Don't forget to ask her to remove the piece of jar from your head.

Single Update SamEmpower 2016/06/03(Fri)20:41 No. 727673 ID: 4cb314
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Odila: She seems to have calmed down a little, not enough to drop the sword and forget about killing me mind you, but enough to at least entertain this line of conversation a little longer. "You say we are free and yet you bought us, we have been dragged from the places we called home and yet you claim to want freedom for us?! The others might buy into your polished words but I don't! I have known to much loss to fall for such false promises, especially from a Roman!" Damn this Shard! I can't think straight! Should I continue with trying to pacify her (she mentioned loss?) or just skip to the getting stabbed bit! (Though I doubt it would totally defuse the situation.)

Hit her with this: "Part of having freedom includes the ability to define what you think freedom IS. I never said you were fully, completely free. None of us are, not while three other factions are planning to rape, pillage, and otherwise conquer us into submission. I've given you a rank, orders, and tools to complete them. It's up to you to determine what they mean, how you want to carry them out, and IF you want to carry them out."

>>727673
Buying you was the best way to get you out of the market.

All I'm saying is you can either leave and get lost, or live here on condition of not being a load. I have a job to do for the empire, and as long as I fulfill it there will be food and shelter for all those who live in this house.

That can include you if you're willing not to hamper the others.

I don't care whether or not you believe me. I have laid down the facts, you can believe them or not, you'll only be effecting your self. I am offering you an opportunity here, it's your choice, take it or leave it.

>>727761
(try tugging that shard out of your head while saying this, it's kinda annoying)

Start of Update SamEmpower 2016/06/05(Sun)18:09 No. 728051 ID: 605e98
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Aurelius: "Part of having freedom includes the ability to define what you think freedom IS. I never said you were fully, completely free. None of us are, not while three other factions are planning to rape, pillage, and otherwise conquer us into submission. I've given you a rank, orders, and tools to complete them. It's up to you to determine what they mean, how you want to carry them out, and IF you want to carry them out." Think I found the shard, just.... gotta...

MrWorkingTitle 2016/06/05(Sun)18:10 No. 728052 ID: 605e98
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Aurelius: "AGH!" Got it! "I don't care whether or not you believe me. I have laid down the facts,Buying you was the best way to get you out of the market, I have a job to do for the empire, and as long as I fulfill it there will be food and shelter for all those who live in this house. You can believe in these facts or not, you'll only be effecting your self. I am offering you an opportunity. What I'm saying is you can either leave and get lost, or live here and take more of a hold over your life then you would anywhere else in the Empire!"

End of Update MrWorkingTitle 2016/06/05(Sun)18:12 No. 728053 ID: 605e98
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Aurelius: "It's your choice, take it or leave it!"

Persuaded?
(1d20 +2 for un-inhibited brain +3 for show of bad-assery +5 for slight Silver tongue)

rolled 16 + 10 = 26

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Bonus points FTW

Start of Update MrWorkingTitle 2016/06/07(Tue)13:09 No. 728310 ID: 024d8b
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Aurelius: Huh?

Odila: A look of terror has spread across her face. She is shaking like a leaf in a tornado before she finally speaks,"T-t-t-t-that. T-that s-s-should have k-k-killed you!"

Aurelius: A quick glance at the shard reveals it to be roughly 4 inches long with nearly three inches coated in blood.

MrWorkingTitle 2016/06/07(Tue)13:11 No. 728311 ID: 024d8b
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Aurelius: Oh jeez. Here we go. "Yes I am conditionally immortal. I have said this already at the Colosseum. And it is as true as every other word I have said to you."

Odila: "..." She is completely paralyzed. Though it's hard to tell if it's from seeing me survive a death blow or from realizing that I meant what I said.

Aurelius: "Odila."

Odila: "!!!"

Aurelius: "Drop. The. Sword."

MrWorkingTitle 2016/06/07(Tue)13:11 No. 728312 ID: 024d8b
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-clang-

MrWorkingTitle 2016/06/07(Tue)13:11 No. 728313 ID: 024d8b
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Aurelius: uh-oh "Wait-wait-Odila!"

MrWorkingTitle 2016/06/07(Tue)13:12 No. 728314 ID: 024d8b
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Aurelius: crap "Itet, could you find Baltair and come here with him please."

Itet: "of course, my lord"

MrWorkingTitle 2016/06/07(Tue)13:14 No. 728315 ID: 024d8b
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Itet: "What is it Lord Aurel-" I point her towards Odila before she finishes her thought. "Oh my! My Lord, What Happened?"

Aurelius: "Odila found out how truthful I was about My conditional Immortality and passed out from the shock. Both of you find her a bed to rest on. And Itet, keep an eye on her until she wakes up will you ?"

Itet: "Yes, of course my lord."

Aurelius: Well that was quite the can of worms, and one I will have to re-visit later I'm afraid. Now what? Should I look around, check out another room, or should I do some other third thing?

(forgot to add that to the last panel)

Doodle on her face.

Check the villa blueprints. See if you can find a discrepancy or two.

SamEmpower 2016/06/07(Tue)15:53 No. 728355 ID: 024d8b
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>>728325
I don't see any discrepancies, this is actually pretty standard as far as Roman homes go, the only oddity I see is that the Exedra (15) and the neighboring Triclinium (14) are in the wrong places. So should I look at another room or look around in the one I'm already in?

1. Tabernae: storefront rooms that open out onto the street and are usually rent out.

2. Tabernae

3. Cubiculum: small rooms that usually functioned as bedrooms but were sometimes converted into private meeting rooms, libraries, storerooms, etc.

4. Cubiculum

5. Cubiculum

6. Cubiculum

7. Triclinium: Dinning room.

8. Tablinum: Office/Study, usually where the familial and financial records were stored and worked on.

9. Culina: kitchen.

10. Peristylium: Open air colonnaded garden.

11. Cubiculum

12. Cubiculum

13. Cubiculum: I am here!

14. Triclinium

15. Exedra: Garden room usually used for formal entertainments and lavish dinner parties.

I'm thinking flamethrowers in rooms 3-6 and four turrets in room 10, if we can research the technology in this campaign.

Turn the stalls into window display cases with model airplanes and wax fruits. Get the investors interested so you can get started on upgrading Rome.

>>728355
Inventory continues. Time to check which cubiculi contain what (bedroom, storeroom, etc.), and then check the state of the tabernae (have they been completely vacated or is there evidence that the vineyard's salesman still renting them and waiting for the house to be open anew).

Also, check the sleeping arrangements/hygiene features/etc.,

>>728356
I doubt we'll be able to get that far technologically until the war is long over. Besides, I don't really see much need to fortify our home, it's already inside the city and the only important person living in it happens to be immortal.

>>728485
This. Then we can get to work on "inventing" some stuff, or at least making the preparations to "invent" some stuff.

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>>728356
Aurelius: ....OK...That's kinda outside of my capabilities at the moment, and sorta pointless seeing as Rome is in no real threat of being attacked at the moment. But, yes I can see how having one of the two store fronts filled with models and designs that people can invest in would make for a productive means of "modernizing" Rome. And It might be a good idea to convert one of these Cubiculum into a small workshop for making these designs, the one I'm in right now could work seeing as now that I really look at it, it's kinda barren. Just a few empty pots and dusty bookcases, and there is a single chest in here but it is locked. I also found a small bit of cloth to clean up the large patch of blood that covered the back of my head. It sounds like Itet and Baltair managed to find Odila a bed in the neighboring Cubiculum.

>>728485
As for your question of Hygiene features in here, their are none. Most Roman cities are dotted with public latrines and have bathhouses near the center of the city. (Might be another thing to work on later.)

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>>728485
>>728569

Aurelius: But that is for another time, for now lets see the Tabernae!

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Aurelius: It looks like Aberdaal had the same idea, and it also looks like you were right, the vineyard's salesman is waiting to open the Tabernae along with someone else who is unloading the nearby Cart full of wine and grapes, guess he has yet to hear that the Senator passed away. Well guess its time he found out.

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Aurelius: "Ah, Aberdaal, what is going on?"

Aberdaal: "Ah! My lord Aurelius, I was just asking why this man what his business here is."

Vineyard Salesman: "Greetings lord Aurelius, I am here to discuss business with Senator, Cyprian Decimus Cornelius. Is he in at the moment?"

Aurelius: "I am sorry to say that he has passed away not that long ago."

Vineyard Salesman: "What?!"

Aurelius: "I am sorry that you have to be so lately informed of this, but I have been gifted this home and all that lies within by Emperor Hadrian himself, and that includes the Tabernae."

Vineyard Salesman: "What a grim day, now I will have to find work elsewhere."

Aurelius: "Actually..."

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Aurelius: pulling out the dead to the Vineyard, "....As of now you simply have a new employer!"

Vineyard Salesman: "OH! The deed to the Vineyard! Splendid, then shall we retire to the Tablinium so that we may discuss the work that needs to be done?"

Aurelius: Should we retire to the Tablinum? Or should we discuss business while they set up the Tabernae for the day?

> Grave Vineyard Trading Contract
Oh DOODY. SO much stuff you can do with a small, water-saturated fruit:

Raisins
Vinegar
Ethanol
Ointment

... You know what, just get to work on developing faster-fermenting wines.

retire to the Tablinum

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Back in the Tablinum a few minuets later...



Aurelius: "So then, the Vineyard is is built mostly with wine in mind?"

Vineyard Salesman: "Yes, but we also deal in vinegar. And occasionally ointments."

Aurelius: "How much wine do we have stored away at this time?"

Vineyard Salesman: "We have enough of our more highly prized, sweet white wine to last until the next harvest, but we have more that twice as much red wine stored away. So we won't really need to sell the white wine yet; especially since, though it is fully matured, it is only a year away from the best age for it."

Aurelius: "Good, now how have we done as far as this month's sales go?"

Vineyard Salesman: "Not very well actually, normally we would sell close to 130 Amphora (Ancient Roman equivalent to wine barrels) each month, but we barely sold more than 40 this month. With all the rumors of the strange things happening at the frontiers, many believed it to be an ill omen, so we only earned close to 210 denarii."

-210 Denarii acquired-

Aurelius: "Well those ideas will soon change. For now continue to sell the Red wine."

Vineyard Salesman: "As you wish, my Lord"

Aurelius: Alright, before I send him away, is there anything else I am missing?

Before you leave, try to teach the merchants how to make better wine with different conditions.

I'm not sure introducing soda is a good idea, but it's your choice.

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Aurelius: ....UH.

(Dice1d20 for Scientific History Knowledge)

rolled 11 = 11

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Well they can start with NOT PUTTING LEAD IN IT.

rolled 18 = 18

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Internet said screwcap > cork.

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>>738243

Aurelius: Yeah. Sorry I'm more of a connoisseur of fine wines. I taste wine, I'm no expert on modern means of how to properly make wine.

Aurelius: I do see your point in excluding lead from the process all together though.

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Aurelius: "One more thing, is any lead used in the wine making done at the Vineyard?"

Vineyard Salesman: "Lead? Yes, actually we occasionally use it as a sweetener in some of the Wine that comes out to bitter-"

Aurelius: "Well, that ends today. From now, on no lead is to be used in any of the wine." This statement puzzles both Aberdaal and the salesman.

Vineyard Salesman: "Uh. Very well, it shall be done. May I ask why?"

Aurelius: "To put it simply, lead is one of the least healthiest things to put in your body. Despite what many would say."

Vineyard Salesman: "I'm not entirely sure of what you mean, but I will have faith in your judgement. Now if you will excuse me my lord; the sun has set, the 11th hour (5 pm) is passing, and I must return to the Tabernae."

Aurelius: Wait, the 11th hour is passing?

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Aurelius: "Ack!"

Aberdaal: "I-Is Everything alright my lord"

Aurelius: "The Emperor's Banquet is about to start soon! I need to leave! Aberdaal, See this man out and start preparing dinner for the rest of the house!" I am already making a bee-line for the front door!

Aberdaal: "But my lord, the food stores are empty!"

>>738347
What really, give them some money to buy some food then.

Then COOK something! You have wine, trade it for food and start a few dishes that use alcohol steaming!

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Aurelius: "Fine! Take this money and see to dinner for the others! I will be returning later tonight!"

-100 Dennarii removed-

Aberdaal: "Ah! Right away my lord!"

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Aurelius: I hope I don't get there to late, but at least I will be relaxed when I arrive.

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Aurelius: Ah The Imperial palace! it is even more magnificent at night.

Servant: "Lord Aurelius?"

Aurelius: "Yes?"

Servant: "...this way my lord."

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Aurelius: The Banquet hall is overflowing with talk and music and the smell of delicious food. All over I see huddles of senators and military leaders both young and old all chatting away over plans and proposals to "make Rome even greater!" I'm going to have to choose my friends wisely here, unless I want to get stabbed..... again. In any case, I need to work the political scene of Rome if progress is to be made. The question now is, where should I start?

>>738369
I'd say start with the merchants, they will be the best early spies and we know what they're interested in: Profit.

But first, if Emperor Hadrian is here, duly greet him before you wander off to meet the crowd.

See if you can find anyone you recognize, by name or otherwise, to be trustworthy, moral, honorable, and reasonable. If such an individual can be found they'd be the obvious place to start with making connections. Avoid anyone with too many selfish interests, we aren't skilled enough to manipulate them properly and they may see the change we represent as a threat to their interests. This goes double for merchants, given our weak economics. You're new here and are the obvious center of attention, people are likely to approach you on their own, be cordial to them, and answer any question they may ask, but don't make any agreements or promises with anyone.