The two killers are once more lurking the streets of Rome they see that Publius Pulcher was executed that very day as they walk past the Tullianium they smile for the senate is doing their own task for them soon enough the Senate will execute all their own men. The two figures break off at the foot of Mons Palatinus with one of them climbing the Hill and the other heading for the gates of Rome. He is leaving the city but whatever could he be leaving it for. He goes through the gate there are many people going to and fro he will not be remembered by the watch or by anyone. He slips into the army camp just outside of Rome. This is no ordinary camp; it is the camp of Pompey Magnus the most powerful man in all of Rome and the finest military mind in Rome. His death will make things much easier for Catiline and thus one of his men will do anything to accomplish the task of killing the Butcher Boy. The man is wearing his old military uniform there are some many Legates in Rome it is impossible to remember all of them so he makes it through the watch unchallenged. He walks to the tent of Pompey were Pompey is entertaining some people with a dramatic re-enactment of the great siege of Jerusalem and of his entry into the Great Temple of the Jewish Faith. The others have become clearly quite bored by the whole affair as Pompey was never one to be humble. One by one they wish Pompey good night and depart. With Pompey all alone it is time for the assassin to strike. The assassin pulls out his blade walks behind Pompey and decapitates him with a single strike of his blade. The assassin then sleeks away like a cat back to his own bedchamber.
Winston Hughes (Pompey Magnus) is dead
Meanwhile on the Mons Palatinus the other assassin is readying for his own bloody business. He enters the house and unlike the other house that he saw this one displays the great wealth of its individual however there are some key differences. This house contains not fine artwork or sculpture but it contains manuscripts from the greatest minds in the entire world. This house is a library to knowledge itself. The assassin creeps past the busts of the great men of Athens and Rome to the study where he sees a collection of speeches written by the man himself Quintus Hortensius Hortalus plus his work on history. Hortensius is a great friend of Cicero and his death will upset Cicero very much this is why he will die. For if the assassin cannot strike at Cicero he will strike at all the allies of Cicero. The assassin pulls out a cord of rope raps it around Hortensius’s neck and strangles him.
Askthepizzaguy (Quintus Hortensius Hortalus) is dead
The next morning the Senators arrives to see more notes up on the Senate Walls
“Trust the voices."
Cicero gets up he is clearly shaken Hortensius was a good friend of his. He was the best kind of friend the type who always kept you on your toes for his you were slightly off with your oration he would pounce. Cicero gets up says a few words and opens the Senate up once more for debate.
Day Three Begins
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