Italia 1908

[Tanthalas]

Players
  Pubilus Rutilius Rufus
  Quintus Servilius Capeio

Location: Capeio Residence Rome

Setting: 2:45 pm November 15th

Servant: sir a Mr. Rufus is here to see you.

Capeio: Send him in.

Servant: Immediately sir.

Capeio: Publius what mission has your master sent you here for today.

Publius: I am here not on business of the emperor but on business of my own Capeio.

Capeio: Is that so well be out with it what has the old leopard decided to change his spots.

Publius: nothing so grand as that, I have come to ask for your daughter.

Capeio: NEVER will I allow my Daughter to marry a NEW MAN, I would sooner be DEAD.

Publius: That my friend can be arranged, my Dignitas is no less than your own.  What will be your choice Pistols or swords?

Capeio: what your challenging me to a Duel?

Publius: why yes I believe I just did, sunset then?

Capeio: you think me mad, I would stand as much chance against you as some green recruit.

Publius: Less likely the recruit would have some training in use of his chosen weapon, I take it you refuse my challenge then.

Capeio: Refuse is a strong word, let us say I prefer to offer another challenge.  I will ask my daughter if she will consent to marry you, I know she had to be forced to serve as your aid so im sure of the answer.

Publius (grinning evilly) I can accept that offer.

[Tanthalas]

Players
  Gaius Marius (Emperor of all Italia)
  Lucius Cornelius Sulla (referred to as Sulla)

Location: Imperial Palace Rome
Setting: 12:30 PM December 1st Personal Study of Gaius Marius

Marius: so Brother In-law to what do I owe the honor of this visit?

Sulla: my lord I have brought 1 bit of monumental news and one of rather mundane news.

Marius: well let's have the mundane first and save the surprise for second.

Sulla: yes my lord, I have brought the final Plans for Arabicus.

Marius: (looking over the Plans) Can we do this? She seams rather small for a ship so powerful

Sulla: the Engineers assure me it can be built my lord.

Marius Most outstanding, if this is the mundane news I am extremely excited about the Monumental item.

Sulla: as you should be my lord.  This morning we successfully flew one of the generation 2 aircraft off of Armenius.

Marius: I thought we were long off from being capable to do that? Catapults or some such wasn't it?

Sulla yes my lord that's what the engineers are calling them, this was a free flight no assistance my lord and that isn't all we managed to successfully land the plane on the same deck rigged over her aft turret.

Marius: will this be of any use to us militarily my friend?

Sulla not as of yet my lord we barely manage to loft the 250 pound bomb from a ground station at this point, perhaps if we had more powerful engines it would.

Marius: it was my understanding that we had the most powerful engine for these aircraft in the world.

Sulla: we do my lord, the triple W is among the best anyone is building at this moment, and however our engineers are working to develop a more powerful version.

Marius: well keep me posted old friend, is there anything else?

Sulla: not at this time my lord.

Marius: Very well, I will return to the planning for this dammed wedding then