Ficlet: I Aurelians (Angelus)
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still_grrrTitle I Aurelians
Author Bruttimabuoni
Rating PG
Word Count 380
Prompt 123 (Rome)
Characters/Pairing (if any) Angelus, reference to James and Elizabeth
A/N: I seem to be writing a Fanged Four series for this month. Will try to keep it up. Warning: if you’re easily troubled by blasphemy, please steer clear – Angelus is feeling mocking.
Angelus’s first epistle to the new Aurelians
Chapter 1 (Greeting): Verse 1
Dear James and Elizabeth. I love a casual blasphemy, don’t you?
Chapter 1: Verse 2
We find ourselves in a bit of trouble and are getting out of the Midi speedily. We are taking ship for Lubeck in hopes of shaking off our pursuer.
Chapter 1: Verse 3
We couldn’t wait for you, so suggest you have some fun alone for a while and we’ll meet again in Vienna in December.
Chapter 2 (Instruction): Verse 1
Meantime, go to Rome. You’ll love it. A fresh young couple like yourselves need to spend some time getting an urban polish.
Chapter 2: Verse 2
And I’m afraid Darla won’t tolerate bumpkins in her entourage much longer. You’ll go to Rome, or you’ll never join us again.
Chapter 2: Verse 3
A warning: Rome is full of churches. You’ll find it an inconvenience, but little more. The city is packed with people; they can’t all find sanctuary at once.
Chapter 2: Verse 4
I recommend hour of the passeggiata, hard by the Colosseum, where they are sluggish with content and easily become disoriented in the broken circles of ancient masonry.
Chapter 2: Verse 5
Better still, if your victims flee for the nearest church from there (and they will), go after. It is perfect. It has a secret weakness; a pagan temple underlies the holy surface.
Chapter 2: Verse 6
You’ll find the crucifix has little power when you’re in the Mithraeum, where novices drowned in bulls’ blood. A little medieval piety hasn’t scoured away such gory ancient power.
Chapter 3 (Edification): Verse 1
Rome has its bonuses too. That aura of holiness doesn’t hide a suppurating corruption and decadence which I think you’ll enjoy. The place has grown old and stale.
Chapter 3: Verse 2
The glory of the ancients is all around, half-buried, burnt for lime in futile efforts to save said glory. The all-conquering city has been conquered since forever ago.
Chapter 3: Verse 3
You can stand on the spot where prating Peter preached and where he died, crucified head-down in agony. Have a drink for me, in his memory.
Chapter 3: Verse 4
The greatness of Rome is interwoven with its failures and losses. The present city lives amid its past. And dies.
Chapter 4 (Temptation): Verse 1
Oh, and Rome is full of nuns. Enough said.
~~~
Author Bruttimabuoni
Rating PG
Word Count 380
Prompt 123 (Rome)
Characters/Pairing (if any) Angelus, reference to James and Elizabeth
A/N: I seem to be writing a Fanged Four series for this month. Will try to keep it up. Warning: if you’re easily troubled by blasphemy, please steer clear – Angelus is feeling mocking.
Angelus’s first epistle to the new Aurelians
Chapter 1 (Greeting): Verse 1
Dear James and Elizabeth. I love a casual blasphemy, don’t you?
Chapter 1: Verse 2
We find ourselves in a bit of trouble and are getting out of the Midi speedily. We are taking ship for Lubeck in hopes of shaking off our pursuer.
Chapter 1: Verse 3
We couldn’t wait for you, so suggest you have some fun alone for a while and we’ll meet again in Vienna in December.
Chapter 2 (Instruction): Verse 1
Meantime, go to Rome. You’ll love it. A fresh young couple like yourselves need to spend some time getting an urban polish.
Chapter 2: Verse 2
And I’m afraid Darla won’t tolerate bumpkins in her entourage much longer. You’ll go to Rome, or you’ll never join us again.
Chapter 2: Verse 3
A warning: Rome is full of churches. You’ll find it an inconvenience, but little more. The city is packed with people; they can’t all find sanctuary at once.
Chapter 2: Verse 4
I recommend hour of the passeggiata, hard by the Colosseum, where they are sluggish with content and easily become disoriented in the broken circles of ancient masonry.
Chapter 2: Verse 5
Better still, if your victims flee for the nearest church from there (and they will), go after. It is perfect. It has a secret weakness; a pagan temple underlies the holy surface.
Chapter 2: Verse 6
You’ll find the crucifix has little power when you’re in the Mithraeum, where novices drowned in bulls’ blood. A little medieval piety hasn’t scoured away such gory ancient power.
Chapter 3 (Edification): Verse 1
Rome has its bonuses too. That aura of holiness doesn’t hide a suppurating corruption and decadence which I think you’ll enjoy. The place has grown old and stale.
Chapter 3: Verse 2
The glory of the ancients is all around, half-buried, burnt for lime in futile efforts to save said glory. The all-conquering city has been conquered since forever ago.
Chapter 3: Verse 3
You can stand on the spot where prating Peter preached and where he died, crucified head-down in agony. Have a drink for me, in his memory.
Chapter 3: Verse 4
The greatness of Rome is interwoven with its failures and losses. The present city lives amid its past. And dies.
Chapter 4 (Temptation): Verse 1
Oh, and Rome is full of nuns. Enough said.
~~~
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