<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=65247.msg2933308#msg2933308">Quote from: Dizzied on 13-04-2010, 00:28:37</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Valeria grimmaces.  "Well, Marcellis, I think we both know that the loser of that bout will need quite alot of training before he can hold his own in the pits.  The winner, on the other hand, seems to know what he's doing, though he's no gladiator yet.  I agree that the pits would be an excellent way to sharpen his edges...and he looks vicious enough to give the crowd a nice show.  If you want him to start making a name for himself early,  then the pits are the place to start."  Valeria urges Marcellis.  She tries to ignore Isabel, hoping she'll stay out of the discussion.  <br/><br/><br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Unfortunately the hope does not prevail.  As Isabel still pressed the issue with Marcellis.<br/><br/><em>"Give her the one that can not hold his bodily functions.   If you must entertain such dealings.  He is of no worth and would be of no risk in loss."</em>As she prompts him towards the poor sorry sod that had not only thrown up but also peed himself before joining in the mere exhibition with the other.<br/><br/>Marcellis;<em>"What good would that do,  he would likely die.  No real value in it.  Yes risk is involved, but if he has a measure of worth then the risk taken shall be of great reward and it shall serve him and us well."</em><br/><br/>His response shows you that he had listened and heard your own.   As he argues with Isabel.   As it can be seen the spar around each other.  In this it showed the power that Isabel holds to question as no woman of mortal standing in her place would.   Yet despite this Marcellis remains strong and does not readily fall in line.   Valeria and Domina would learn a lot from this by play between the two.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=65247.msg2934678#msg2934678">Quote from: Dragoondawg25 on 13-04-2010, 08:13:14</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Varius would make his way back to his cell where a bowl of water was placed out for washing himself.  He would grab a small rag and begin washing off his body as he tossed his loincloth to the side.  His methods of showering were not like that of the ladies and lords of the house.  He was confined to that of washing from a small bowl with water in it and a mat laid out for a bed.  He huffed lightly as he washed back his face a bit and washed the dirt from his body.  Taking the bowl he would toss back the water over his body and cooling off his face.  Setting the bowl down he would go and shake his hair out some and place his loincloth back on before going to lay down upon the mat with his arms behind his head.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Actually to Varius surprise, it is not a bowl of water.   He is led to a bathing chamber room that is within the ludus.    Perhaps before being purchased for the ludus.   It is how he was afforded to clean himself.   So the baths that all of the prospects and gladiators now gather to clean themselves.  Is a bathing room with a pool of water.<br/><br/>