Snippet #4911

Vittoria had been talking with some boring aristocrats and was falling asleep when she finally spotted Spurius across the room. He was clean and had new fine robes on. He looked pretty good for just being in a fight with a full grown dragon and the aristocrats seemed to agree. She was hardly paying any attention to them but watched Spurius out of the corner of her eye. He would glance over at her with a thoughtless eye. She knew what he was attempting to do and she fell for it knowingly. She left the group of old men talking of bets and muscle vs brain. She had heard enough of it and walked over to Spurius. She had a glass of wine in one hand and a few grapes in the other. She looked him up and down. "You clean up well gladiator but do not think that i don't know you have been wanting a conversation with me tonight. "

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Caesar made his way to his daughter Aurelia. The sun had gone down and candles were being lit all through the hall. The way the flames danced on the pillars made everything seem more sinful. People began sliding into corners lovingly or passing out on stairs. This was his favorite part of the feasts, the enjoyable part. the night was young and the entertainment was not over. Standing in front of the feast table he turned to the room.

"My fellow Romans, I give you a night to remember." As he had made his brief introduction of things to come fire performers entered the hall. Fire fans, twirlers, and swallowers filled the room. Fallowed by performing animals. Much more lively and exotic music. Belly dancers and more. It felt like the room had reached several degrees hotter and several men and women loosened or lost part of there robes. No one had experienced this kind of feast. It was more like a wild celebration showing all the cultural things Caesar had brought back from the lands he had concurred.

Caesar let the upper part of his robe fall, allowing only his lower half to be covered. The heat made him feel a little ill but he would not show his weakness. He reached his daughter Aurelia and sat beside her. "How are you enjoying yourself child?" She was not very impressive to him but she was his daughter and would be married off all the same as the others. That was all she was good for.