So this is the requested flashback, although it doesn't cover the meeting. It does, however cover Octavian's lucky underwear fiasco. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I eez not owning anyzing.
A very smelly Octavian stormed into the principia making all of Reyna's papers flutter to the ground. Argentum and Aurum rose and growled at the auger. The ADHD part of Reyna thought about how much auger sounded like ogre.
"Reyna! We need to have a Senate meeting!"
Reyna got up and started gathering up her paperwork. "Octavian, couldn't you have knocked? Besides, why in the name of-"
She stopped and stifled a laugh when she saw Octavian. "Holy Jupiter! What happened to you?"
His toga was torn and his blond hair was a mess. Not to mention that he was covered in what looked like- and Reyna hoped dearly it wasn't- elephant waste.
"It's a long and humiliating story."
"Well, if we're to have a Senate meeting about it, I must hear it first. Pull up a chair."
"Well, I…
I was walking through New Rome to buy myself some coffee from Bombilo. I heard a commotion behind me and turned around. Without a warning, Hannibal came charging down the street! And guess what? Hanging from one of his tusks was my lucky underwear! They were blue with little teddy bears on them."
Reyna finally cracked up. Octavian glared at her until she finished. "Sorry. You have lucky underwear?"
"Anyways…
Well I had to run after Hannibal of course! I couldn't let him take my underwear! So by the time Hannibal stopped running, he was in front of that hair accessories place. You know, that one by Apollo's fountain? I figured out that Hannibal had only stopped for those whathchamacallits… schrunchies!
Yeah, he stopped for the schrunchies. Apparently, he thought they were edible. So I, being the clever man I am, went in and bought about twelve scrunchies. But when I got out of the store, Hannibal was- he was using the bathroom in the middle of the road. I held out the scrunchies, expecting to get back my underwear. But instead, Hannibal took away the scrunchies. He then kicked me into the pile of poop and he continued on his way through New Rome. I didn't even get my underwear back!"
Reyna was wiping tears from her eyes, but not because Octavian's tale had moved her. "Do we honestly need a meeting for this?"
"Of course we do!"
Just then, Bobby ran in carrying something in a Ziploc baggie. It looked vaguely blue. "Um…Octavian? I think these are yours…"
Octavian got up and hugged Bobby. "My underwear!"
Bobby was screaming out of horror. As for Reyna, well she was practically having a laughing seizure. Now if only stuff like this happened everyday…
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-Pen