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Oct. 6th, 2015 07:27 pm{from here}
Sinric lead Hannibal out of a doorway and into the warm light of spring afternoon. He cranes to look up, following the line of the wall and the buildings. "We're in the right place. The bath should be just through there."
He points to a alley that leads out the road and the grand entrance to the bath houses. "It is small by some standards. Only large enough for thirty or forty people. Many of the greater baths have closed for the cost to keep them is very high and many wealthy households have smaller bathes of their own."
Sinric lead Hannibal out of a doorway and into the warm light of spring afternoon. He cranes to look up, following the line of the wall and the buildings. "We're in the right place. The bath should be just through there."
He points to a alley that leads out the road and the grand entrance to the bath houses. "It is small by some standards. Only large enough for thirty or forty people. Many of the greater baths have closed for the cost to keep them is very high and many wealthy households have smaller bathes of their own."
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Date: 2015-10-07 10:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-10-07 11:52 pm (UTC)Not that Sinric asks that aloud. That he can find out for himself later. For now he simply enjoys the setting sun at his back.
"Then one day perhaps I will see their harbour for myself. As you see my city now - as a traveller and collector of experiences."
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Date: 2015-10-08 12:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-10-08 12:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-10-08 12:10 am (UTC)He bends to kiss Sinric again.
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Date: 2015-10-08 12:18 am (UTC)What he is doing is treason here - to have taken a lover without his master's consent, to be absent from the palace without leave. For all Constantine's kindness and love, Sinric is outside the rule of law in this.
Pushing that from his thoughts, he breaks the kiss and leads Hannibal down the stairs.
The entry hall of the bath is large and majestic, retaining all the glory of its pre-Christian art in the sculpted figures that line each wall of the domed room.
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Date: 2015-10-08 06:00 pm (UTC)He takes a deep breath.
"It reminds me of a hammam, but there is a subtle difference," he says. "Thank you for bringing me."
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Date: 2015-10-08 08:37 pm (UTC)A Nubian girl greets them, her skin onyx black and lightly oiled to shine. She bows to them and smiles, a little mechanically.
Sinric requests entrance for two and use of a private area in the palestra. He paid her with two bronze 40 nummus. With a slight of hand visable only to anyone really watching, he slipped her a third coin, meant as a tip and an understanding between slaves.
Her smile turned genuine for a moment and she bowed. "This way, sirs." She guides them into the apodyterium, fetching them each a clean linen towel, showing the clothing niche intended as their locker.
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Date: 2015-10-08 08:47 pm (UTC)He's taking off his cloak already, and opening his belt.
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Date: 2015-10-08 08:54 pm (UTC)He sheds his own clothes and gestures Hannibal to a stone table, fetching a pot of oil and a scraper.
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Date: 2015-10-08 09:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-10-08 09:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-10-08 09:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-10-08 09:55 pm (UTC)Unself-conscious in his nakedness, Sinric sings softly as he works the oil in.
Other men enter, not paying the pair much attention as they chatter in Greek. Other than a brief and open admiration of Sinric's exposed form.
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Date: 2015-10-08 10:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-10-08 10:28 pm (UTC)He adds a little more oil and starts to work with the scraper, his touch even and firm. The blade removes dirt, dead skin, oil and hair in swift, easy strokes.
He works right up to Hannibal's crotch, his touch professional but intimate in this open, exposed place.
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Date: 2015-10-08 10:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-10-08 10:42 pm (UTC)He touches Hannibal's shoulder lightly, catching the doctor's eye. Part of him wants to ask but he knows now is not the time. "Let me know if my touch causes you any discomfort, please?"
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Date: 2015-10-08 11:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-10-08 11:32 pm (UTC)More men come in, laughing loudly. Like the other men, they start to oil and scrape themselves down.
One of the calls to Sinric in Greek, brash and loud. "Hurry up with him, boy! You can do me next."
Sinric's hand tightens minutely on Hannibal's shoulder as he turns to address the man, his voice even and controlled. "My apologies, sir. I do not belong to this house. If you would like assistance cleansing, I'm sure the staff here will help you."
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Date: 2015-10-08 11:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-10-08 11:52 pm (UTC)Sinric ignores the man, focusing his attentions on Hannibal's arms and shoulders, blocking the brand from the man's view.
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Date: 2015-10-09 11:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-10-09 11:16 am (UTC)The man and his friends make their own preparations, still muttering and casing lewd looks at Sinric's naked form.
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Date: 2015-10-09 11:18 am (UTC)He smiles up at Sinric.
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