Time to get branded

[toobitter]

Who: Reyna + Romans (and anyone who wants to watch?)
What: Get another bar added to your SPQR tattoo!!!
Where: The Arena. Because that's about as Roman as it could get here.
When: October 18.

Reyna gave the message to the Romans at morning training. The next bar for the Legionnaires in their years of service to New Rome... It was, like for the Greek campers and their beads on their necklaces, a big deal for Romans.

And so this afternoon, Reyna sat in the Arena in her ceremonial toga, dogs on either side of her. It would be time for the branding ceremony soon enough, to honor the Gods, their ancestors and all those who served the Legion before them... And to earn their new bar. For those on Probatio to get theirs and to be one of the few actual Roman things left in their control. If there are Greeks or Magicians that want to witness the ceremony, Reyna will not turn them away, glad to share a part of their culture with everyone else.

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[excusing]

[ The tattoo is one of things about being a Roman that makes Heather feel like a bonafide badass. She once wanted a tiny shamrock, as a symbol of the necklace she gave away once upon a time. This year marks her full third year as a Legionnaire and, frankly, she couldn't be prouder. This was one a girl who lacked ambition, now building a renewed sense of duty to her fallen Leigon.

She comes dressed in her more respectable SPQR shirt, hardly cut except for the more opened collar. For ceremonial purposes, the only jewelry she has is the dagger ring and the only weapon at her side is the spear she inherited from her grandfather. (Surely Venus will understand leaving the shield behind just this once. She honors her mother daily - it's the war part of her heritage Heather tends to skim over.)

Lifting a finger, she swipes a spot of lipstick from under her lip and stands tall, shoulders back. ]