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by Weasel 10/17/2014, 11:39 amJake walked to the riverbed as quickly as he could. He realized that his cohort was having practice with formations and strategies which he hated. He hated it with a burning passion. He took his deck of cards out of his pocket and started to shuffle them as he sat down on the riverbed.He sat and started to zone out as he twirled and shuffled each card.
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Chilling by the River.
Weasel- Junior Member
Number of posts : 240
Age : 25
Registration date : 2012-04-24
Morgan Landry- High Queen of Narnia
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Registration date : 2011-12-31
Deserters and rule-breakers were not tolerated in the Twelfth Legion, and generally did not exist due to the sharp punishments that were inflicted. If you missed troop review, for example, you could be stuffed in a bag with weasels and tossed into the Little Tiber, something that wasn't exactly comfortable. You could also be fustuarium-ed which basically meant being clubbed unconscious. Back in Antique days, it was to the death, but fortunately that wasn't the case anymore. Still, you could have severe problems for a couple of weeks and were allowed medicine only after the first seven days.
Tiberia had been with two of her Cohort's barracks to formation and strategy lesson, and today it included flying the giant golden eagles of the legion. However, after the centurio did the roll-call it turned out one legionnaire was missing: Jake, the son of Trivia. Tiberia was sent to go and fetch him because she was a legacy of Neptune and could be spared for the training because seriously, who needs a legacy of Neptune.
After having checked the Infirmary, she flew her golden eagle over the military compound, gazing down at the perfectly symmetrical white Cohort barracks, the baths, the praetors's houses, the spiked trenches, everything. Her dark brown velvet hair flew behind her, bound into a messy braid, and she shielded her eyes from the sunlight with her hand. Only then did she spot the familiar figure near the Little Tiber.
Her eagle angled its wings and swooped down right next to him, ripping at the shore with its giant brown claws. Tiberia jumped down from its back, dressed in her purple Camp Jupiter shirt and navy blue high-waist jeans, combat boots at her feet. Her Imperial gold helmet was on her head and her gladius at her side. She had mascara and green eyeliner, emphasizing the deep blue color of her eyes and had some blush on her mocha-brown skin.
"Jake," she said. "Where have you been? The lesson's about to start."
Tiberia had been with two of her Cohort's barracks to formation and strategy lesson, and today it included flying the giant golden eagles of the legion. However, after the centurio did the roll-call it turned out one legionnaire was missing: Jake, the son of Trivia. Tiberia was sent to go and fetch him because she was a legacy of Neptune and could be spared for the training because seriously, who needs a legacy of Neptune.
After having checked the Infirmary, she flew her golden eagle over the military compound, gazing down at the perfectly symmetrical white Cohort barracks, the baths, the praetors's houses, the spiked trenches, everything. Her dark brown velvet hair flew behind her, bound into a messy braid, and she shielded her eyes from the sunlight with her hand. Only then did she spot the familiar figure near the Little Tiber.
Her eagle angled its wings and swooped down right next to him, ripping at the shore with its giant brown claws. Tiberia jumped down from its back, dressed in her purple Camp Jupiter shirt and navy blue high-waist jeans, combat boots at her feet. Her Imperial gold helmet was on her head and her gladius at her side. She had mascara and green eyeliner, emphasizing the deep blue color of her eyes and had some blush on her mocha-brown skin.
"Jake," she said. "Where have you been? The lesson's about to start."
Weasel- Junior Member
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Jake turns and notices the blue eyed legionnaire standing near him. He sees the giant eagle and gets a bit imitated. I mean it's a giant eagle. He sighs and stands up. "Well you got me." He says sarcastically. He really wasn't in the mood to train or have to deal with anyone. He looks at her and asks "Why do I have to go to training, it's the worst" Hes doing his best to buy time so that he might be able to escape. He looks around and notices two trees each 5 feet apart from each other. He may be able to shadow travel twice to the trees and escape. He could deal with the consequences later.
Morgan Landry- High Queen of Narnia
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"... Because this is the Legion?" Tiberia said. Over her violet shirt, she had a kind of leather breastplate that covered her from neckline to the bottom of her ribcage, with several spaces in which she could sheathe knives or other handy devices. "You know that if you keep breaking the rules, you'll be banished at best. We don't take kindly to those who don't respect the Legion, Divios. You really want Reyna to have you flogged or shoved into a sack full of snakes and tossed in the Little Tiber, just because you're too lazy to learn how to survive out there?" she added with something like mockery in her tone.
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Jake smirked a bit looked at her closely. She was prepared for battle and he was not. She happened to have armor, and all he had was his purple Camp Jupiter t-shirt and black cargo shorts. He had his deck of cards in his pocket with his knife in the other, but he didn't want to take the chance. "I can't take off this time?" He asked patiently. He readied his hand on his cards and looked closely at the tree. The tree had a big branch that he could use as a landing pad in case he could escape. Let's just hope Reyna won't kill him from skipping practice again.
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"No, you can't," Tiberia replied with a tone that indicated he had no choice. "Divios, this isn't a leisure camp where you can chill out, this is the Twelfth Legion Fulminata. Look, I don't know if you're realizing, but I'm trying to help you right here. I could be gone by now to our centurion and he'd have you publicly flogged for your insubordination, you know that. Just come with me now, you'll get perhaps one or two baton hits across your shoulders but that will be it."
The Arabic girl looked at him, Roman discipline readable on her face, in her pose and in her attitude. She was a soldier and determined to bring honor to her Cohort, which included bringing people like Jake back into the right path. Tiberia frowned down at him, her eagle ruffling its wheat-colored feathers behind her.
The Arabic girl looked at him, Roman discipline readable on her face, in her pose and in her attitude. She was a soldier and determined to bring honor to her Cohort, which included bringing people like Jake back into the right path. Tiberia frowned down at him, her eagle ruffling its wheat-colored feathers behind her.
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Jake thought about that phrase for a second. She was not determined to step down from a fight. She wanted her cohort to be perfect. She liked balance and peace. Jake kinda wish he knew what that is like. With the life he has, watching his only family turn into a mania. He felt focused right now. He could deal with a beating. He wanted to test him self for a real threat. He took his shirt off and closed his eyes. His back was a light red because of his newly printed tattoo. He felt calmer with his shirt off for some odd reason. He quickly looked up at Tiberia and hooked a card onto the shirt. He threw the shirt at her face by using the card and shadow-traveled the the nearest trees branch.
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Tiberia rose her eyebrows as he took his shirt off. Was he trying to impress her or pull some weird tactic?
It turned out to be the latter. He threw the shirt into her face and when she had brushed it off, he had disappeared.
Tiberia sighed. Loudly. And kicked his shirt into the Little Tiber, along with the Imperial Gold card she hadn't seen was in there too. Her eagle cawed.
Fine, if he wanted to play that game... The granddaughter of Neptune weighed her options. She could go back to the centurion and tell him Jake kept from coming to practice, which would lead to his public flogging or another punishment of the sort. The downside to that would be that she'd be labelled incompetent by her superiors, because if she wasn't able to bring a son of Trivia to practice, what was she able to, right?
Her other option was to continue this ridiculous hide-and-seek game with this kid, which might lead to her humiliation. But she'd rather take the option where she'd risk humiliation rather than when she'd face it inevitably.
"How childish are you?" she asks as she spots him in his tree. "Don't you see? Ah, forget it. You probably won't get it anyway. See you at the flogging," the Roman legionnaire says and climbs back on her eagle.
It turned out to be the latter. He threw the shirt into her face and when she had brushed it off, he had disappeared.
Tiberia sighed. Loudly. And kicked his shirt into the Little Tiber, along with the Imperial Gold card she hadn't seen was in there too. Her eagle cawed.
Fine, if he wanted to play that game... The granddaughter of Neptune weighed her options. She could go back to the centurion and tell him Jake kept from coming to practice, which would lead to his public flogging or another punishment of the sort. The downside to that would be that she'd be labelled incompetent by her superiors, because if she wasn't able to bring a son of Trivia to practice, what was she able to, right?
Her other option was to continue this ridiculous hide-and-seek game with this kid, which might lead to her humiliation. But she'd rather take the option where she'd risk humiliation rather than when she'd face it inevitably.
"How childish are you?" she asks as she spots him in his tree. "Don't you see? Ah, forget it. You probably won't get it anyway. See you at the flogging," the Roman legionnaire says and climbs back on her eagle.
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Jake laughed a bit and looked at Tiberia. He thought about the consequences that she might have to deal with for not capturing him. He hated being a son of a minor god. He hated having to deal with that fact that no one thought of him as a strong warrior just because of the fact that he was born under some witch. He started to get real angry and this fact and accidentally let the rage take him over.He pulled a card and sent it directly towards Tiberia's cheek, not thinking of the consequences that could unfold.
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Tiberia was about to have her eagle fly up when something sharp hit her cheek and she let out a cry of pain. Something golden fell to the ground and she felt hot blood on her cheek. It was cut to the bone. The daughter of Neptune looked at the sticky red liquid on her hand in unbelieving surprise then turned to look at him before gazing at her feet. The Imperial Gold card laid in the grass, stained in her blood.
Imperial Gold wounds took long to heal, she knew that, but she also knew it would drain her physically and mentally. She got off her eagle and went to the Little Tiber, gathering some water in her hands then washing her wound with it, praying to Neptune to heal her. Salt water always healed her but river water... it didn't always happen.
Imperial Gold wounds took long to heal, she knew that, but she also knew it would drain her physically and mentally. She got off her eagle and went to the Little Tiber, gathering some water in her hands then washing her wound with it, praying to Neptune to heal her. Salt water always healed her but river water... it didn't always happen.
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Jake looked at the girl wide eyed and jumped down from the tree. What did he just do! Why did he do it. He cursed to himself and stumbled running to her. He didn't always succumb to rage, why did it have to happen now. He grabbed his shirt from the shallow riverbed and squatted next to her. He didn't know what to say so he just ripped his sleeve and tried to clean the cut on her cheek.
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Tiberia slapped him away. "Leave me be," she said. "I'm not a pathetic wimp who runs away at the first cut."
She cleaned the wound herself then looked at Jake. "Do you like being publicly humiliated? Do you like having a crowd of people look at you and laugh at your pain?"
She cleaned the wound herself then looked at Jake. "Do you like being publicly humiliated? Do you like having a crowd of people look at you and laugh at your pain?"
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Jake quickly calmed down after the strange situation. He hated having feelings. Why did he have to get so angry and hot headed so quickly. He looked at the girl and went quickly back to his calm demeanor. At this point, he didn't really care if he got flogged or not. He just wanted to stop hurting people or anyone. Why did he have to be born as someone whose job is to hurt anything. He just wants to go back to a normal life, even though that will never happen.
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The boy didn't reply, which Tiberia took as a no.
"Well, if you want to avoid that, you come with me now. The centurion will probably not hit you." She took the reins of her eagle and sat on it, holding her hand out at Jake.
"Well, if you want to avoid that, you come with me now. The centurion will probably not hit you." She took the reins of her eagle and sat on it, holding her hand out at Jake.
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Jake sighed and took her hand. he looked at the two cards that were thrown at Tiberia and summoned them back into his deck. He looked at Tiberia and smiled after shuffling the deck and putting it back into his pocket. "Hey....... by any chance do you have an extra shirt" He says staring at the torn shirt on the floor.
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"I could lend you one of my strapless tops, I'm sure you'd look fantabulous in it," Tiberia told him, leading his hand behind her so he'd get the message and climb on the eagle.
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Jake sighed and looked at the girls cheek. It was really bad. He hoped it wouldn't get any worse and that the centurion would't hurt him more for inflicting the injury to her. He thought he might be able to lighten the mood by accepting Tiberia's offer. "Sounds great.." He says climbing on the back of the eagle. He felt a little awkward holding onto the girl he just cut. Maybe he could just hold onto some feathers really tightly.
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Tiberia kicked her eagle's side and the giant bird rose into the sky with a huge woosh of his golden wings. Tiberia's hair flew behind her and she made the eagle make for the Third Cohort barracks, where she dropped Jake off.
"Get a shirt and your armor, I'm waiting for you here," she told him.
"Get a shirt and your armor, I'm waiting for you here," she told him.
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Jake hopped off the eagle and ran into the barracks. He looked at the ground and instantly threw up. He hated flying.Jake looked around and explored a bit. He found a crate with a punch of brand new, fresh printed Camp Jupiter shirts. He picks one up and puts it one. He grabs a set of armor and puts on a chest plate reluctantly.
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