I'm losing this war. my camps have been taken over by Octavius's men and i have sent titinius to see exactly whats happening. Titinius has been captured and I fear i have made a horrible mistake sending my best friend to die. I'm going to tell Pindarus to come down from the mountain and fulfill my last wish. What I have foreseen is happening and I will not be brought into Rome and paraded through the streets. Pindarus will do my last request on this earth. I have given Pindarus my dagger to finish what I started so long ago. Brutus love me, farewell.
Cassius's Corner
Friday, May 20, 2011
Brutus and I met Antony and Octavius at Philippi. They were badmouthing us so we did the same. They called us traitors but Brutus defended us. Today is my birthday and I fear I'm going to die today. I've told Messala this and he told me not to believe it but I have seen the omens and i know death is coming. On the flag poles there was ravens and kites instead of eagles. these are signs of death and i fear our armies are going to lose this great battle. I shall fight regardless, Antony and Octavius may win but were not going down without a fight.
Brutus and I were debating strategies for battle. He wants to march to Philippi but I want to let Antony and Octavius's army come to us. But as usual Brutus gets his way and we're marching to Philippi to meet Antony and Octavius in battle tomorrow. I told Brutus goodnight and went off to rest until the morning. I don't see why Brutus has to have his way all the time i mean he's a man just like me yet he always undermines me and makes me out to be some kind of monster. Hopefully we'll do good in battle tomorrow.
Portia?
So this poet walks in to Brutus's tent and starts saying stuff about us being friends. I laughed at first but sent him away after a couple minutes. I brought up the fight to Brutus and he told me he's sick many of things and that Portia is dead. Brutus didn't think much of it but I took it as a shock. She killed herself for fear of Antony and Octavius. Brutus yelled at me for asking about her and then commanded Lucius to bring wine so i told Lucius to fill my cup. We then spoke of Antony and Octavius. I learned that they killed Cicero along with 70 other senators. Messala asked Brutus if he had heard anything from his wife as of late and I thought Brutus was going to go insane but he just said no. I can't believe Portia's dead.
The fight to end them all
Most noble brother you have done me wrong. Those were the first words out of my mouth when I saw Brutus. He didn't listen to my letters telling him to go easy on Lucius Pella. All Pella did was take a few bribes from the Sardians. I started to yell in front of the troops out of anger but Brutus said that we should settle this in his tent so the armies don't see their leaders fighting. He accused me of taking bribes. Can you believe that, Brutus accusing me of such a thing. The fight we had led into a huge argument and I almost lost Brutus for good. Then we apologized for losing our tempers and our friendship was restored. I was just scared Brutus was gonna hit me.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Sorry we killed Caesar, Antony..................Not
I'm still worried about Antony but Caesar's dead what's the worst that can happen now. I told Antony he will have a say in politics just as we do now. Antony seems pretty scared so i asked why he wanted to be with us and if we should depend on him or move on. Brutus told Antony he's allowed to speak at Caesars funeral and i really don't think it's a good idea. All Antony's gonna do is say why we're the bad guys. Then Brutus told me that he will make sure the people know Antony is only speaking because we have allowed it and he is not allowed to speak badly about us only of Caesar. I still don't like this idea of Marc Antony.
Caesar's done
We gave Caesar one last chance and he failed. Metellus Cimber asked for his brother to be recalled from exile and Caesar wouldn't even let poor Metellus finish his question. When Caesar said no Brutus asked this same thing and again Caesar said no. This is when Casca started to stab Caesar and the rest of us followed. Caesar muttered something right before he died I think it was "Et tu, Brute?". Caesar must've been in shock that even Brutus would do this to him. I sent someone to the pulpits to tell the people of the wonderful news that Caesar is dead.
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