The ROME themed writing challenge.

Title: Snow
Characters: Octavia
Theme: Set VIII, 3: Niveus
Length: Under 1000
Warnings: Season 1 spoilers. Self-Injury.
Disclaimer: Not mine.

Link: Snow

Title: Cloak
Characters: Brutus/Antony
Theme: Set IX, Theme 5: Finis
Length: ~4,200 words
Warnings: Spoilers through Philippi. Graphic sex. References to pederasty.
Disclaimer: Neither ROME nor history belongs to me.

Link: Cloak

Title: One in the Same
Characters: Octavia (Octavia/Livia, Octavia/Octavian)
Theme: Set VIII, Theme 1: Familia
Spoilers: Through "Necessary Fiction"
Rating: R
Words: About 280
Summary: Octavia and Livia get to know one another.

One in the Same

Title: Across the Wine Dark Sea
Characters: Brutus, Cicero
Theme: Set IV, Theme 1: Discedere
Spoilers: Up through 1.06
Rating: PG
Words: 1030
Summary: After fleeing Italy, Cicero and Brutus confront an uncertain future - and unpleasant truths.

"This sight, and all its despair, was far too familiar."

Title: Creatrix
Characters: Brutus and Servilia
Theme: Set VIII, Theme 2: Sacrificia
Length: ~2,500 words
Timeframe: Stretches from before the series to 2x06.
Warnings: None.
Disclaimer: Neither ROME nor history belongs to me.

Summary: Servilia thinks about what went into creating the man her son has become.

Link: Creatrix

Title: As This Day Follows the Night
Characters: Brutus
Theme: Set IV, Theme 2: Culpa
Length: ~700 words
Timeframe: Set in 2x03 during the river scene.
Warnings: None.
Disclaimer: Neither ROME nor history belongs to me.

Link: As This Day Follows the Night

Title: The Typical Thing
Characters: Brutus/Antony
Theme: Set IX, Theme 1: Baisum
Length: ~900 words
Warnings: References to sex.
Disclaimer: Neither ROME nor history belongs to me.

Link: The Typical Thing

Title: The Bitter Boughs of January
Characters: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Tullia Ciceronis, Titus Pullo, Tiro
Theme: (Set VII, Theme 5: Umbra)
Disclaimer: To better understand this story, which involves the historical Cicero's daughter, you may want to read this excellent discussion of Tullia and her father. Story is set during Phillipi, with a flashback to three years prior.

( plunging into a dense and wild wood )

Comment here if you've finished a theme set. Include links to the five stories/chapters.

If this is your first time completing a theme set, please list your favorite character. I will use that character for your banner.

If you can no longer finish your claim, please comment here so that I can free it up for someone else.

Comment with any questions you have, and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

To make a claim:

1) Join the community. You will not yet be able to post, but once your request is accepted, I will give you posting access. If you have not joined when you comment, you will not receive your claim.
2) Check the claims list below to make sure your subject is not taken. Remember, a subject can only be taken by two different people for any one theme set. However, you can claim that subject in another theme set.
3) Comment to this post. Your request should look similar to this:

Username: babel
Subject: Brutus
Theme Set(s): Sets II and IX

4) Wait for my reply telling you that you are accepted. You will not be able to post to the community before that.

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Claims

Theme Set I
None.

Theme Set II
Marcus Agrippa - virginia_bell
Mark Antony - babel

Theme Set III
Gaius Julius Caesar and Marcus Junius Brutus - thelovehater
Marcus Junius Brutus - schadenkatze

Theme Set IV
Gaius Julius Caesar - blockycurvature
Marcus Junius Brutus - babel
Marcus Tullius Cicero - artyartie

Theme Set V
Mark Antony - kelpie667

Theme Set VI
Marcus Junius Brutus - thepiratequeen
Mark Antony - bofoddity

Theme Set VII
Marcus Junius Brutus - babel
Marcus Tullius Cicero - artyartie
The Voreni - alethiel_avalon

Theme Set VIII
Cleopatra and Gaius Julius Caesar - alethiel_avalon
Gaius Octavian - blockycurvature
Gaius Octavian - off_that_bridge
Lucius Vorenus - alexajohnson
Marcus Junius Brutus and Servilia of the Junii - babel
Octavia of the Julii - aphrodite_mine

Theme Set IX
Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo - thepiratequeen
Marcus Junius Brutus and Mark Antony - babel
Octavia of the Julii - blockycurvature

Theme Set X
Marcus Junius Brutus - alethiel_avalon