Unexpectedly, the Proconsul takes the Tribune by surprise and reveals himself to be an honest man, after all!it doesn't seem to have been a great time to be a Roman, especially not one into 'skullduggery':
I really don't think "Oh dear" quite covers it, in this circumstance.
With you, old boy!!!In need to sit down now, and have a drink! Something strong!
Well, it's the sort of thing "they" would say, isn't it? Shouldn't go around believing "them" all the time, especially when "they" are so bent that they'd crucify a couple of respectable Roman girls. (Perhaps, before he kills everyone in the town, and consigns the Proconsul's parts most private to a Rutland tree, daddy could stop talking for a moment and get the girls down, eh?)
What are you suggesting? Daughter against daughter? Josephine crucified, to get even with Cassia's crucifixion?
Haha, I strongly considered heading that last post with 'Darth Vader moment'!Oh yes! I think I remember this part...!
Although I don't remember a character called General Riffraff...
But this is an excellent performance by a slightly stunned Cassia - and a superb close up of her, complete with suitably dishevelled hair.
A somewhat embarrassing reunion for Cassia - and also for her Dad, if he's forgotten the hacksaw and pliers! Notwithstanding the practicalities, I think they need a moment of father-daughter bonding after such an evidently long time. This resurrection thing is becoming quite popular by the look of it...
Fantastic plotting, twisting and skull-digging, Wragg!
Considering the last evolution : it does not seem necessary anymore!
Well, I suspect that even if Cassia has issues with her absentee father, she'll be happy to be off the cross. I hope they take Jasmine down as well. I suspect the Tribune is at least partially hoping the Proconsul will try something, in a sort of "Make my day!" sort of way.
Well, I suspect that even if Cassia has issues with her absentee father, she'll be happy to be off the cross. I hope they take Jasmine down as well. I suspect the Tribune is at least partially hoping the Proconsul will try something, in a sort of "Make my day!" sort of way.
Very effective use of close-up shots to move the action along. Riveting stuff here.
Also, it's worth considering that you may be one of the only people at CF to ever manip images of people being removed from the cross.
I fear that it will be as painful if not more so than being attached to the cross!
Always loved that one!
I fear that it will be as painful if not more so than being attached to the cross!
It be a good ending if Cassia, and if possible Jasmine and her two slaves, actually get saved by Cassia's father, are removed from their crosses, and are still alive at the end of the story, but something's telling this sounds too good to be true and something very different will happen instead.
Well, Valerie is lurking around somewhere with her helpful potion, but how far that goes is anyone's guess. We are all in Wragg's capable hands now.I suppose, the Tribune has an engineers and a medical section among his troops, to carry out the order in the best possible way for Cassia?
Josephus says he intervened with Titus for two of his acquaintances who were crucified. They were take down and "given the best of care". One died, but one did not. In Marius Zebo's story "Ameilia's Crucifixion" (which I think is on this site), the protagonist is taken down (after more than a day, which seems to me a little far-fetched). So, there is precedent.
