Post by arianna on Mar 29, 2017 10:30:30 GMT -6
03/29/17-[09:18:18] )
~arianna~
-i belong to the Mistress of House Flavius Augustus-
| Handmaiden |
~ Pompeii, RPO ~
-[ You are in the fragrant garden among the flowers ]-
Everyone: The Domina had left early to head into the City, and i found myself standing at the portico looking down the gravelled road that led to the Gates of Pompeii, hoping to see Her litter or perhaps something or someone i recognized....the simple feminine toga i wore fluttered softly in the mild Mediterranean wind coming in off the Bay and i could smell the salt in the air, mixed with the pungent smell of grape and olive...eyes drifted down the slope away from the City and back towards where the Villa was, seeing the olive groves, the dozens upon dozens of trees, their silvery green leaves sparkling as the wind raped over them, panning my gaze eastward i looked out upon the neatly arranged rows of grapevines...the Maestro had planned this well, the climate and soil here were perfect for growing the fruit needed to make the vino and i could see several slaves working in amongst the green foliage, their taskMaestro keeping a vigilant eye upon them from horseback..
~arianna~
-i belong to the Mistress of House Flavius Augustus-
| Handmaiden |
~ Pompeii, RPO ~
-[ You are in the fragrant garden among the flowers ]-
Everyone: i moved my gaze westward once more, over the roadway to where dozens of slaves were busy tending to the fields for the spring sowing of wheat and barley, it was enough to feed those that lived and worked at the Villa, sometimes there was a little more to sell, but most of the grain was brought in from Egypt, Rome's bread basket she had heard it called....and she daydreamed of travelling down the large river Nile upon a barge, gliding past the huge monuments to the Gods she had heard stories of, and read in the scrolls, the Maestro had ensured my education was nothing but the best, and i was glad for it, having a purpose other than that of a brothel slut or one of those down in the fields toiling away...my talents would be wasted in both extremes...i knew my worth, the Domina and her Father knew my worth...and i was gladder for it
~arianna~
-i belong to the Mistress of House Flavius Augustus-
| Handmaiden |
~ Pompeii, RPO ~
-[ You are in the fragrant garden among the flowers ]-
Everyone: hearing a noise and turning to the sound of sandalled feet..seeing an elderly Man enter the garden area and move towards me ....''salve atronicus, you seem well this day" smiling as He looked to me and smiled, several teeth having gone missing as the Man that tended to the Main portico entrance looked to me "salve to You as well arianna, how fares the Domina's handmaid this day, seems no rain for yet another day"..."benne zio, benne, and si, it does not look like rain again'...casting my gaze skyward to only see blue and the occasional puffy little cloud....rain would be needed for the seeds and for the grapes...Domina would have fits if the crop did not come in bountiful
~arianna~
-i belong to the Mistress of House Flavius Augustus-
| Handmaiden |
~ Pompeii, RPO ~
-[ You are in the fragrant garden among the flowers ]-
Everyone: The Domina had left early to head into the City, and i found myself standing at the portico looking down the gravelled road that led to the Gates of Pompeii, hoping to see Her litter or perhaps something or someone i recognized....the simple feminine toga i wore fluttered softly in the mild Mediterranean wind coming in off the Bay and i could smell the salt in the air, mixed with the pungent smell of grape and olive...eyes drifted down the slope away from the City and back towards where the Villa was, seeing the olive groves, the dozens upon dozens of trees, their silvery green leaves sparkling as the wind raped over them, panning my gaze eastward i looked out upon the neatly arranged rows of grapevines...the Maestro had planned this well, the climate and soil here were perfect for growing the fruit needed to make the vino and i could see several slaves working in amongst the green foliage, their taskMaestro keeping a vigilant eye upon them from horseback..
~arianna~
-i belong to the Mistress of House Flavius Augustus-
| Handmaiden |
~ Pompeii, RPO ~
-[ You are in the fragrant garden among the flowers ]-
Everyone: i moved my gaze westward once more, over the roadway to where dozens of slaves were busy tending to the fields for the spring sowing of wheat and barley, it was enough to feed those that lived and worked at the Villa, sometimes there was a little more to sell, but most of the grain was brought in from Egypt, Rome's bread basket she had heard it called....and she daydreamed of travelling down the large river Nile upon a barge, gliding past the huge monuments to the Gods she had heard stories of, and read in the scrolls, the Maestro had ensured my education was nothing but the best, and i was glad for it, having a purpose other than that of a brothel slut or one of those down in the fields toiling away...my talents would be wasted in both extremes...i knew my worth, the Domina and her Father knew my worth...and i was gladder for it
~arianna~
-i belong to the Mistress of House Flavius Augustus-
| Handmaiden |
~ Pompeii, RPO ~
-[ You are in the fragrant garden among the flowers ]-
Everyone: hearing a noise and turning to the sound of sandalled feet..seeing an elderly Man enter the garden area and move towards me ....''salve atronicus, you seem well this day" smiling as He looked to me and smiled, several teeth having gone missing as the Man that tended to the Main portico entrance looked to me "salve to You as well arianna, how fares the Domina's handmaid this day, seems no rain for yet another day"..."benne zio, benne, and si, it does not look like rain again'...casting my gaze skyward to only see blue and the occasional puffy little cloud....rain would be needed for the seeds and for the grapes...Domina would have fits if the crop did not come in bountiful