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    The Tomb of the Augurs (main & right wall, Monterozzi necropolis, Tarquinia 520 BCE) depicts an elaborate ritual ceremony in which funerary games took place in honor of the dead. The entirety of this tomb consists of four walls, however, the artist(s) is unknown. The city of Tarquinia is one of the most powerful and prominent Etruscan centers known for its many fresco painted chamber tombs.0 An augur is a roman priest, however the Etruscan augur is an official who closely watches the game taking…

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    This room had nothing but photographs all around. They had a huge section of the wall that was compacted with different photographs of the same time period. As I moved across the wall and continued to walk I was hit in the face with a stunning, beautifully carved archway. This archway led into an itsy-bitsy chamber that was filled the shelves and glass. On the shelves were pieces…

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    CR-227: A Short Story

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    She stood at the foot of the bed admiring his lean, but muscular body and how his erect cock invited her in. She licked her lips as she slowly crept onto the bed, straddling his legs and running her hands up his thighs. When she finally reached his manhood, she allowed her hands to stroke his pelvis, being careful to only allow an occasional brush up against his shaft or sack. It was her turn to tease him, to get him back for what he done to her. She could tell he was frustrated because his…

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    The Attack of the Mutant Chicken Nuggets My story begins in a small rural town called Nowhere, Nebraska. It’s a mile from You Turned the Wrong Way, and right next to, You’re A Goner. Times are tough around these parts, people up and leaving and never to be seen around here again, and my guardian leaving for the Reserves every month. Leaving me with my crazy inventors I call my “Grandparents”. They are an older couple who’s taken care of me since… the accident. Well anyways this is the story of…

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    Still a bit drunk, he opens the door to the basement hesitantly. He takes the first step down the basement and the dull sound of the stairs echoed throughout the basement. To his surprise, the sound was exactly the same as he remembered. Dave was six years old the time he was moving to his new home. The family used to live in a boxed up and dark apartment. Now that his parents had earned enough, they decided to finally buy a home the family deserves. It was their very first home. The home was…

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    's nightmare. The silence and darkness in the Patrick house gave way to a blood red scene. The walls, the stairs, the beds, the rooms, everything around him were all painted in blood RED. What was going on here? The sound of thunder could be heard outside of the house. It was storming outside. With every flash of lightning, more of this area was revealed. Near his bed, a dismembered body. On his wall, a human sculpture. On his floor, a trail of blood leading to the living room. "Do you think…

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    the Shane Night Gallery. The gallery is set up with images lining the walls, some images are near the bottom, and resting backwards- their frames resting against the walls others rest on a shelf in the same manner. There is very little in the gallery besides art. The whole gallery has an antique and rustic feel. The flawed wood in the floor and the rough texture of the wooden paneling that runs along the walls, the brick wall that separates the gallery into two separate rooms and the antique…

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    Tokyo Persuasive Speech

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    Kami no Miyako. They just sit there waiting for the sewage water and scraps, the high dining of the wasteland. While the rich sit inside their fortress with an endless food source and pipes spanning out across the country. A genius lives inside those walls by the name of Sora Tanaka. He was the first man to successfully clone animals, they lived like any other animal not crippled and reduced to scientists keeping it alive. That's how they have…

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    Siege Diary

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    Day 4 I had breakfast in the morning and got ready for the day. I got my bow and arrows, and I went to the wall to observe and help defend. By the time I made it to the gatehouse, a messenger from the sieging army met up with the lord of the castle, and this messenger demanded an immediate surrender or else everyone in the castle will be killed. Obviously, the the mighty noble refused and sent the messenger back in dismay. Later, I entered the gatehouse, and I found Richard again. He asked me if…

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    of my house lies a large chuck of raw copper. Corroded with a green and white patina, from its years of oxidation, the parts that still keep their brown color show no shine, and large blobs stick out of the sides that once connected it to the cave wall. When I would play in that room, I always thought that it was just some decoration, and I never knew the story behind it. Until one day mw and my dad were sitting around a camp fire and my brothers were asking for a story. I was expecting him to…

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