254 A.D. -- Rome<br />
Quintilla hurried<br />
through a dark street on a moonless night in July.  The noise of<br />
Rome, the busiest city on earth, was constantly wrapped around her<br />
until distance peeled it away from her layer by layer.  It was not<br />
until she had arrived at the appointed meeting place did she realize<br />
how quiet the city had truly become.  As she hurried towards the<br />
Tempus Fugit inn, she became accutely aware of how alone she was. <br />
Though the silence terrified her, she carried on until at last sh