The sun has raised over Pompeii one more time gracing her beauty farther more, the shopkeeper CAIUS CATO AVITUS has just opened shop waiting on his early customers. He is a proud man a retired Centurion from the legendary 13th legion and from a long line of condiment producers for 150 years now well known through Italy for their fish sauce Garum (Garum derives from garon "garos" or garus which was used as a fish paste or savory spread.) today's special is Minestra Povera di Farro A.KA. "Poor man's soup" (Farro) is the original grain from which all others derive).

JULIA FELIX a wealthy woman, she is shopping this morning, it was uncommon for a Nobel women to do their own shopping in antiquities, this was a job for the slaves. However, she has decided to select the roasted birds herself for this afternoon's celebration … not knowing this would be the last time that she will walk on the streets of Pompeii ever so lighthearted. By noon, Mount Vesuvius has erupted and she will have to accept her appointment with destiny.