Sorry Blonde, what you just said about the house and the ludus, about the great man's ambitions and about the slaves and fighters, that's all far too bare-bones to be useful at this point in the opening of the game. Too<em>general</em>- because the lanista couple is formally in control of the house we need a bit more detail here. Show, don't tell - don't dictate a dry report to us or to the readers but weave things into the story.<br/><br/><br/>At this point, the gladiators can't even get out of the gladiator barracks section - the cellar part and maybe the training arena - of the buildings. They would normally be locked in, or under guards in some other way. So they can't really initiate a lot except between themselves which isn't the point (none of them is into gay sex, it's even a hard limit with the German). And if Baersun, Lydia or Amethyst tried to get something going single-handedly. we as writers would probably encounter accusations of godmodding or interference somewhere soon, because so far we haven't seen any of what the lanista couple are planning in detail or how they normally run the house. We'd have to guess - and perhaps make some hints of how the couple reacted. I've already spelled this out in a pm to you and I know The Last Standing has too, so it's nothing new here: We don't need a whole lot of scripted events but we do need some idea of how the house functions and<em>what</em>Magnus and his wife are planning for later in the day and the next few days.