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Chapter V: CI (with LXXXXVIIII, part 2, as a lead in)

by klio on 8 July 2021 at 11:30 pm
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  1. susan
    12 July 2021, 12:21 pm | # | Reply

    yay!

  2. David Watson
    20 July 2021, 8:50 am | # | Reply

    So what Does the medal say??

    • klio
      20 July 2021, 4:17 pm | # | Reply

      I was going to be all vague about it, but instead, I think I’ll have Felix go straight to show it to the resident polyglot (cousin Mus)…

  3. David Watson
    24 July 2021, 12:22 pm | # | Reply

    More, we wants more, Precious, doesn’t we???
    (not to mix metaphorical stories)

  4. FDChief
    31 July 2021, 10:25 am | # | Reply

    Felix’s expression in the last panel suggests he’s not buyin’ it…

    • klio
      31 July 2021, 10:28 am | # | Reply

      I’ve been working those Felix-y expressions and giving them more refinement, but he keeps using only two (“suspicious” and “smoochy”).

      • FDChief
        11 August 2021, 4:22 pm | # | Reply

        Given his recent experience I’m kind of surprised it’s not “suspicious” and “more suspicious”.

  5. CJG
    31 July 2021, 2:21 pm | # | Reply

    Knowing that Felix and Domitia got into hair-mussing shenanigans last panel makes the look the ornatrix is giving all the better. “SIGH. Damn men, don’t they know how much work goes into this?”

  6. Ed Myers
    5 August 2021, 5:40 pm | # | Reply

    Sssiiigghhhh…still no lunch for Felix. Well, not food, anyway.

  7. Jerry B.
    9 August 2021, 6:53 am | # | Reply

    Yeah. Even the dogs get fed before Felix.

  8. David Watson
    10 August 2021, 11:25 am | # | Reply

    Perhaps the lady prefers her partners to have a lean and hungry look. Et Tu? DRW

    • klio
      10 August 2021, 1:08 pm | # | Reply

      I suppose he could lose a few pounds. I sure could. I was thinking I should go back to swinging big swords at (un)suspecting people.

      • Greywolf the Wanderer
        23 December 2021, 3:23 pm | # | Reply

        there’s a lot to be said for swinging a great big sword about — does increase the breathing room, if nowt else.

        as for facial expressions, I expect that was one lesson Felix did absorb while still in the army — never volunteer information you aren’t forced to volunteer.

  9. Jenny
    13 August 2021, 2:32 am | # | Reply

    I’m confused – some stuff (A) happens and then more stuff (B) happens and then A happens again along with some other (racy stuff), and then B happens again and it doesn’t look like the other (racy) stuff happened as Domotia’s hair is back to perfect before she sees the servants.

    • klio
      13 August 2021, 11:53 am | # | Reply

      I think it’s confusing and needs a little more bridging in between. Problem is, the different parts were drawn so far apart in time, and at one point I’d been talked out of/talked myself out of going where the story (and history) were pushing me. Let me see if I can clarify with some art revisions, then I’ll quietly make the confusing art . . . disappear . . .

  10. David Watson
    18 August 2021, 5:39 pm | # | Reply

    Run for the Harbor! The Copiali Cypher is broken. Truths revealed!!

  11. susan
    20 August 2021, 2:51 pm | # | Reply

    Felix: but I haven’t eaten inover a year!

    • susan
      24 July 2023, 9:49 pm | # | Reply

      two years!

  12. David Watson
    22 August 2021, 12:24 pm | # | Reply

    Well it’s time for Felix to learn the modern joys of eating on the run! Just grab a doggie biscuit and haul outa there Felix mah man!

    • Shonkin
      3 October 2021, 6:45 pm | # | Reply

      Running away right after mussing Domitia’s hair? Wham bam? “Alas, Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned!”

      • Greywolf the Wanderer
        23 December 2021, 3:24 pm | # | Reply

        and that’s one woman you don’t want to have feeling scorned, especially if you want to keep your innards inside and your nethers out of the fire!! ;-P

  13. susan
    28 December 2021, 10:47 am | # | Reply

    nohtign to eat for Saturnalia.

  14. Jerry B.
    11 January 2022, 9:22 am | # | Reply

    Oh, boy!!!

    About time for the biannual update.

  15. David Watson
    15 March 2022, 9:58 am | # | Reply

    I keep checking, but nothing seems to be happening with clio.

  16. FDChief
    16 July 2022, 9:16 am | # | Reply

    Has Vesuvius finally gone extinct? There’s been nothing rumbling for well over a year now, so…

    • klio
      26 July 2022, 11:29 am | # | Reply

      Life really hit hard the past many many months. Vesuvius is still burning away—I hope something bubbles to the surface soon.

      • Greywolf the Wanderer
        4 August 2022, 6:21 pm | # | Reply

        Ave, Klio!! one hopes all is well with thee! whenever things do bubble up we shall be delighted to read them! in the meantime, may Bona Fortuna smile on you and yours.

        • klio
          21 August 2022, 5:13 pm | # | Reply

          Gratias tibi ago. I might still get the whole work/life/more-life/creativity balance figured out!

  17. Jerry B.
    21 August 2022, 1:14 pm | # | Reply

    The faithful keep checking, hoping there is a flood of story behind the dam.

    • klio
      21 August 2022, 5:09 pm | # | Reply

      There might very well be… (cue mysterious music)

      • FDChief
        7 November 2022, 8:42 pm | # | Reply

        Or…not. I keep dropping by to see if the lights are still on. But it seems like nobody’s home.

        • klio
          25 November 2022, 1:12 pm | # | Reply

          Well . . . I’m home, but actually turning the lights on has been hard . . .

  18. Typeminer
    25 November 2022, 8:54 am | # | Reply

    Hi Klio! Past 3 years have been hell on everybody. Hope we all find better times soon. We’d all love to see more of your Romans!

    • klio
      25 November 2022, 1:12 pm | # | Reply

      Thank you so much for the good wishes—same back to you. I was recently at World Fantasy Con in New Orleans and got so much lovely encouragement to pick the story back up again, advice for starting up in a way that won’t get me burned out trying to rev up again all at once. I really appreciate everyone who’s read the story!

  19. Jerry B.
    6 February 2023, 9:42 pm | # | Reply

    Please give us some hope that there will be some more SPQR Blues or put us out of our misery.

  20. FDChief
    24 February 2023, 3:20 pm | # | Reply

    So…are we done here? I’ll be sad…but not shocked; things have gone far too long to suspect anything else.

    Are you planning anything different? Elsewhere? Or is the whole “graphic art” over?

    Even just a brief “goodbye” note would help…

    • klio
      24 February 2023, 7:32 pm | # | Reply

      I very much want to continue and have more story to tell, but not until I’m sure I can continue regularly and not stop in mid-stride again…

      • FDChief
        12 March 2023, 1:18 pm | # | Reply

        Mkay. Sorry to hear that life is messing with you in the art sense.

        You’ve crafted a hell of a story here, and we’ll support your efforts (to the point of paying if you want to take this over to Patreon or a similar site – speaking for myself, I get a “labor of love” but they call it “labor” because it’s work and that’s what you get paid for…).

        • klio
          15 March 2023, 4:22 pm | # | Reply

          Thank you—I very much appreciate knowing that you’ve enjoyed the story and want more of it. I got a little art done today, and although it wasn’t Romans, it did help me feel like I have some creative oomph beginning to refill the tank.

          And I’ll let folks know if I get back up and running with Patreon 🙂

          • Greywolf the Wanderer
            23 March 2023, 8:27 pm | # | Reply

            ave, Klio!

            huzzah for new work, of whatever nature! bet it felt good, too. woo hoo!

  21. susan mudgett
    12 March 2023, 11:01 pm | # | Reply

    I’d rather have srpq interrustus than wait till you’re ready tonot stop.

    • klio
      15 March 2023, 4:17 pm | # | Reply

      Thanks—and a Happy Ides to you. Happy? Well, depends on your point of view, I suppose! 🙂

  22. FDChief
    7 June 2023, 10:53 am | # | Reply

    So…how are things looking? Feeling more gas in the tank? No?

    • klio
      9 July 2023, 12:33 pm | # | Reply

      Trickle by trickle…

  23. FDChief
    19 December 2023, 7:39 pm | # | Reply

    Time for the semi-annual check in! How’s it going? Any tickling of ambition to move the story here along..?

    • klio
      2 January 2024, 9:49 am | # | Reply

      My personal situation has changed with the new year. It’s a possibility.

      I hope all is well with you and the new year will be a good one for you.

      • FDChief
        16 January 2024, 6:30 pm | # | Reply

        Good to hear! That things have changed (presumably) for the better for you, that is. As far as the Blues, well…still hopeful.

  24. Jenny
    1 January 2024, 4:57 am | # | Reply

    Happy New year

    • klio
      2 January 2024, 9:48 am | # | Reply

      Happy New Year. The millennia just speed past, don’t they…

  25. Jerry B.
    2 January 2024, 8:59 am | # | Reply

    My New Year’s resolution was not to check this site anymore. Lasted about as long as most do.

    • klio
      2 January 2024, 9:47 am | # | Reply

      My New Year’s resolution is to try to continue the story. I hope that my resolution will stick.

  26. susan mudgett
    20 January 2024, 2:25 pm | # | Reply

    Felix considers eatign one of the dogs. raw.

    • klio
      8 February 2024, 9:57 am | # | Reply

      LOL. They’re so small, though. Just a morsel.

  27. susan mudgett
    24 March 2024, 6:22 pm | # | Reply

    Felix faints from starvation.

  28. Jenny
    6 July 2024, 4:11 am | # | Reply

    It’s a sign!
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-06/mt-etna-and-stromboli-volcanoes-erupt-over-italy/104066220

  29. FDChief
    15 December 2024, 9:46 pm | # | Reply

    So…another year. Another…anything? No?

    • klio
      16 December 2024, 10:32 am | # | Reply

      Um.
      Well, this is embarrassing.
      Maybe I always intended to restart in ’25, because it’s such a nice even number.
      XXV.
      Regardless, I do hope you have happy holidays this year.

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