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