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"and you still have not been able to stop this chicken act?" Carmello asked sarcastically, catching the gold he was thrown "must be an artful thief then!" he chuckled.

"For 2 stinking Roman legionaries you two are quite amusing" he flicked a golden coin at Cassius "I'm not all bad" he smirked.

Carmello placed the gold in Roman's care picking up the statue if Persephone not knowing it's inhabitant. It felt slightly heavier than before and... Is it smiling now?
He quickly excused the idea and continued "Where else have you seen such an intricate beauty such as this? "

"For a thief you are quite amusing and cheery. And a traumatic background, you sure you never question yourself that perhaps gods exist and that they enjoy watching you in pain. And helpless?" she said with a smile. She doesn't like one hogging the teasing or the unpleasantness.

Can would assume a feminine voice, and cause the statue to speak.
"You are fool to believe that such powerful beings do not exist. Who knows what will become of you now. Perhaps death, or maybe the gods will reward your bravery in defying them. Or maybe they will cause you to live in misery for the rest of your puny lives."
She said in a voice like acid. It was clear she held distaste for all mortals, though she couldn't do a thing about it while under Cynder's control.

"Thief ... if you think you'll frighten me with a statue act besides your chicken act, you have another thing coming. Cut it out!. Creepy as it is, it is equally absurd" scoffed Cassius frowning and poking at the statue holding Carmello responsible for the trickery too. "Using sorcery is never a good thing anyways" muttered Cassius disgusted.

"Captives that fall under Rome's might and power, get shackled and plucked out of their torn villages and ravaged cities and brought to Rome as slaves, to slaver away in many chores. Sometimes... some scallywags do escape their rightful masters and lower themselves to foul deeds like deceiving and thieving... you know.... So... what became of your master?" demanded Flavius

".. you just wait until I get back on duty. I will return with sword and chains at hand and within the hour you will neither have chicken nor statue" spat Cassius in a threatening matter of fact tone.

Carmello practically jumped out of skin at the talking idol. He dropped it and started to wipe his arms on his clothes as if be would catch something from it. Roman jumped and Bcawked out loud before running around Restia to hide.

"That is not of my doing. I do not posses that kind of evil power" he looked at it in disgust now standing besides Cassius and Flavius "how do i know this is not your doing?" he squinted at Cassius and Flavius accusingly, the blade he showed earlier appearing in his hand.

"The cheek of it! All foreign sorcerers bringing in all them curses against Rome say the same!" gasped Flavius exasperated

"You've been holding the statue the entire evening! and... you are the deceiving thief! How dare you accuse two honest soldiers of the imperial army of resorting to magical trickery and sorcery?" gasped Flavius in dismay

"To pound the likes of you, all I need it a good fist" scoffed Cassius highly offended, swinging at Carmello a very hard punch with every intention to knock him to the ground for the offensive accusations, if he managed to hit the thief

Flavius cringed at the gesture, blocking the move altogether, far more focused on the surroundings sure they'd get done for public disturbance on account of the assault. He looked at Carmello to see the outcome of short tempered Cassius deeds

"no harm done, no harm done, he was just... swatting flies... in the heat, this time a year... too many about" excused Flavius

(I guess continue).

Prodius smirked widely to see Cassius doing the unthinkable of beating up a common citizen out in the open. He came over with the legionnaires to question the altercation and seize Flavius and Cassius

"Tell me madamme... what can you tell of the events?" asked Prodius not interested in helping Cassius or Flavius in any way and far more keen to have them harmed than helped.

At this point, he knew Carmello to be quite the scallywag but would treat the man as if he were the utmost honorable citizen who had been assaulted openly, or attempted to in fact, in order to bring Flavius and Cassius downfall

"Oh my? I respect your decision to listen out on me" Restia said with a smile, "These two guards are such a gentlemen. They have been escorting me to the city from the road I was traveling on, as I was going to the wrong direction. The arrival to this beautiful city was pleasant, until this thief came along and took my money. And here we are at our current situation~. I do wish to whack this thief with my book but that would not be lady-like of me." For some odd reason she didn't have any accent when speaking of the language, but definitely a foreigner. If any, a European.

Prodius somewhat disappointed that the woman would back the two Roman soldiers that he was so keen to be rid of, using her words against the pair, though addressed her courteously.



"Madamme, these two citizens should not be presenting themselves as Roman soldiers or acting as such without their uniforms. It is a crime to impersonate authority figures, and to think they dared attack this Roman citizen in via Apia and damage this man's goods... That is a charge of public disorder and an additional charge of theft and vandalism" tut tutted Prodius disgusted glancing down at the broken statue

"I shall have these two culprits taken away at once... guards... arrest these two culprits" insisted Prodius, watching the legionnaires quickly come to surround and seize Flavius and Cassius.

"If they were in active duty by any circumstance, the charge of impersonation would be dropped and a graver charge placed for daring to fail to wear their imperial armour whilst on duty as all active soldiers are expected to. Such disrespect to the military ranks shall be punished most severely" frowned Prodius watching Cassius jaw dropped

"Oi.. it is not our fault we were robbed in the night?!" protested Cassius getting jabbed by Flavius

"Shut up!" hissed Flavius wincing at the confession that they had failed to watch over the armour, got robbed during the night instead of taking turns watching as Romans were supposed to and a longer trail of failings and charges flowing from that

Prodius smirked with a horrid smile "Seems the Fates have spoken against you then... the armour must be found else it will be considered theft against the emperor and a charge of endangering his safety. Any thug could be misusing the armour to infiltrate the army after all." cautioned and warned Prodius in a deeper frown

"What?! What does an old hag, a childish girl and a spiteful woman spinning yarn all day and bickering among themselves have anything to do with the thieves?!" complained Cassius taking a jibe at the fates as a by the by causing Flavius to cringe further

"Cassius, shut up! That's an order!" barked Flavius loosing his temper knowing very well how devoted to the gods Prodius was and how awfully wrong he would take such dismissive commentry.



"Sorry... sorry..." mumbled Cassius pursing his lips, letting the roman soldiers chain them up and drag them away to Caesar's presence, seems things could most definitely turn out worse and ugly than they had so far, how much worse, that remained to be seen.

Prodius turned to Restia and Carmello

"You two are witnesses of the crimes, you are encouraged and welcomed to join us as we deliver these two at Caesar's presence" invited Prodius "I have no doubt these two warriors think themselves the gods of the arena... and we shall take them to their realm of deadly sand, to stand judgement, right away" assured Prodius waving the hand for the battalion to march forth

"Ah~ Well this is an unexpected turn of events" she said as she continued it to a thought. What to do~. After all this is going to Caesar's presence. Let's see where this goes. "Then if you do not mind, I wish to go." And wonder what kind of troubles will I get myself into~. "After all, this is Caesar we are talking about."

Can would grin to herself as she watched the following events. The darker, more evil half of Cynder was glad to see this, and the situation offered many ways to achieve her goal. She left the statue as a shadow upon the ground, and attached herself to the shadow of the more talkative of the two nonbelievers.

((OOC ... Cynder... would Caesar know/notice you a goddess? or would you pass concealed/unnoticed?))

Certainly, this is Caesar , our imperator, whom we are speaking of. He is a most just judge, and will definitely want to hear all what you have to speak of concerning these two, during their trial and questioning.

Flavius tightened his fists at the reminder of it all

"See... what else could go wrong? Seems bad luck has certainly struck us down" murmured Flavius at Cassius walking away at the clanky sounds of the chains

"If Luck existed, as a goddess per se, I would have either bribed her or beaten her, not sure if I would find her irritating or appealing at this point..." countered Cassius watching Flavius blink in disbelief.

Prodius was more than comfortable and confident walking through the imperial palace that rose higher than any other building and almost rivalled the temples. It was clear he often trailed through the lavish marble floors and magnificent sculptures enough times to barely take notice of the lavishness and opulence of the buildings where Caesar had taken residence at.

"Come, come... this way... madamme... the men on the hand... are going straight to the arena... well below." explained Prodius watching the guards drag the two unfortunate down the steps that would lead them to the dungeons and through those to the arena itself.

(The rper no longer exist)

She followed them along the way before they split, "Hm? So I don't get to take the scenic route with the two? That's a shame....I was wondering what lies below.....what else but a dungeon?" she said with a smile, "But if you so insist."

((Which is a shame, since i wanted a troubling goddess rper))

( one adorable Mute kid and his kitten coming up)


Echo yawned and climbed out from under the tarp covered crate along with a little black Kitten who hopped into the boys Sholder. Echo pulled out a small tathed back that held two leather bound books. With the bag and his Kitten Echo headed to find some food.

Flavius smiled broadly at the comment

"The scenic route is above the ground, madamme, where you get to enjoy the lavish shrines and beautiful mosaics that adorn the statues of our protective gods... beneath the ground, there is naught but certain injury and death" assured in a tone of certainty his hand waving at the sculptures that were well decorated and adorned with flowers

"Come, come along... you are sure to witness an eventful evening" invited Flavius making his way to the emperor's presence, his eyes catching sight of Echo and motioning for the guards to fetch that youth

((assuming you mean Echo))


Echo squeeked as one of the guards roughly grabbed his arm and brought him to the Falvius. The young blond boy stared blankly at the man with his teal eyes. His black kitten was still clinging to his sholder.

"Ah~ Well I do guess that is fine" Restia said as she was hurried to above.

((Welcome to being hurried together))

Flavius frowned at Echo

"Parchments are very valuable... which temple did you steal these from?" demanded Flavius, for all writings came from scribes who worked at the temples or directly for the emperor.

"Surely you know stealing sacred writings carries a most hefty penalty?" questioned Flavius sternly

Echo blinks at him confused and since his pen was in his pocket he took it out and wrote on his arm - I didn't seal them, I bought them, I'm mute writing is my only way to communicate-