That which kneels a tyrant. Numbers favour Messalina.
( This much is plain. If the choices are three, and the closest opposition is posed by a woman dead, demonic or dancing liberally across ethics and mores — so be it. Caius Justus makes weapon of men and sorcery best untouched. Between them, an usurper is better suited in kinship than a lord of lies.
And yes, white of his eyes nacreous and bright, and an animal ferocity dormant, and he stares, unyielding. There is a different truth, a demerit that the men who mill and wander the steps alongside them might consider an attractive show of Messalina's ambition. The steel and wit to produce her crown. A general's strategy. )
She is not... guileless. ( A nod, sharp and cutting, to where Maximus Faustus keeps court, laughing and idle, with a congregation of newly attracted spectators. Bees and the honey poisoned. )
no subject
That which kneels a tyrant. Numbers favour Messalina.
( This much is plain. If the choices are three, and the closest opposition is posed by a woman dead, demonic or dancing liberally across ethics and mores — so be it. Caius Justus makes weapon of men and sorcery best untouched. Between them, an usurper is better suited in kinship than a lord of lies.
And yes, white of his eyes nacreous and bright, and an animal ferocity dormant, and he stares, unyielding. There is a different truth, a demerit that the men who mill and wander the steps alongside them might consider an attractive show of Messalina's ambition. The steel and wit to produce her crown. A general's strategy. )
She is not... guileless. ( A nod, sharp and cutting, to where Maximus Faustus keeps court, laughing and idle, with a congregation of newly attracted spectators. Bees and the honey poisoned. )