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Chapter V: LXX

by klio on 12 February 2017 at 6:00 pm
Chapter: chapter V
Characters: Antonia Felicia, Damon, Felix, Irenaeus, Iusta, Leah Aurora, Persephone, Urbana
Location: Domus Antonia, Roma Urbs
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Discussion (12) ¬

  1. zenmom
    13 February 2017, 1:10 pm | # | Reply

    I love the “squirmy baby” pose in panel 4.

    • klio
      14 February 2017, 10:03 am | # | Reply

      She has officially reached “let’s see you try to swaddle me now!” stage 😀

  2. Typeminer
    13 February 2017, 8:22 pm | # | Reply

    No mistaking Damon for Mus in panel 3! Obviously a younger, lankier guy.

    • CJG
      14 February 2017, 6:25 am | # | Reply

      Plus I don’t think Mus is in the habit of putting toddlers in headlocks. Aurora and Felicia are gonna grow up badass.

      • klio
        14 February 2017, 10:07 am | # | Reply

        Nope, Mus was usually the one IN the headlock 🙂

  3. Jerry B.
    15 February 2017, 8:57 am | # | Reply

    And now…

    The mystery of the missing dialog!

    (Or is it just me?)

    • klio
      15 February 2017, 10:27 am | # | Reply

      Oh my. Forgot to turn the text layer back on when I resaved the file. Fixing it now!

      • Jerry B.
        16 February 2017, 8:17 am | # | Reply

        Actually, it was pretty cool without the balloons. Lets your imagination fill in the narrative.

        BTW, interesting that the Ford extended warranty ad I see on this page shows toy Roman legionaries wielding wrenches and other tools rather than gladii.

  4. Nams
    15 February 2017, 11:57 am | # | Reply

    I love Iusta settling into her role as Matron / Mother of the House / Roman Lady or whatever you’d call it (apologies, I have absolutely no knowledge about proper Roman titles and roles etc.)
    but it also makes me worried that now it’ll all get into trouble again and she’ll have to watch her life fall into disarray AGAIN so soon. 🙁
    I just love Iusta.

    • klio
      27 February 2017, 10:39 am | # | Reply

      Sorry it took me so long to approve your comment! I thought I already had. You shouldn’t have any delay in commenting after this.

      Maybe we should call her Mrs. Mus? (I don’t think that’s actually the correct title 🙂 ) Iusta would be materfamilias for Mus’s household/children/slaves (in the looser imperial-era sense of the word), but she’s not materfamilias while living with Felix, since they aren’t even “common law” husband and wife (setting aside the whole she’s-not-actually-a-widow part). But we can call her Matron–she’s a matrona (married woman with the respect that accords), and also the household’s domina/mistress over the slaves and hired help.

      She has a decent home, a strapping fella with a good salary, a houseful of happy (sometimes grouchy) kids, a small but competent staff, and agreeable tenants. What could go wrong? (Answer: everything…but no spoilers.)

  5. Larry
    15 February 2017, 2:58 pm | # | Reply

    Don’t fret Iusta. You are her mother.

  6. FDChief
    17 February 2017, 9:44 am | # | Reply

    Ah, the joys of young-parent-hood. The look on Iusta’s face is perfect; she’s obviously been there done that enough to know that it’s gonna be a while and some work before anyone “settles”…

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