The Ides of March

March 14, 44 BC

Cassius: Tomorrow is the day. Everyone knows their position.

Brutus: I still don't feel right about this

Cassius: You're the one who said the Republic is dying

Brutus: I said it was SICK. There's a difference between medicine and murder.

Cassius: He declared himself dictator for LIFE. What medicine fixes that.

Brutus: Fine. I'm in. But we do it cleanly.

Cassius: Agreed. Senate meeting at the Theatre of Pompey.

Casca: I'll strike first so nobody chickens out

Cassius: That's... oddly brave of you Casca

Casca: I've been practicing on melons

Brutus: Please stop sharing details

March 15, 44 BC — Morning

Cassius: PROBLEM. Caesar might not come to the Senate today. His wife had nightmares about his death.

Brutus: You're joking

Cassius: Calpurnia literally dreamed he was murdered. She's begging him to stay home.

Casca: That's creepy

Brutus: It's a coincidence. Someone go convince him to come.

Cassius: I sent Decimus. He's going to tell Caesar that the Senate plans to offer him a crown today.

Brutus: Will that work?

Cassius: It's Caesar. Of course it will work. The man cannot resist a crown.

Late Morning

Cassius: He's coming. Decimus got him.

Cassius: Told him ignoring the Senate because of his wife's bad dreams would make him look weak

Brutus: That actually worked?

Cassius: He practically sprinted out the door😂

Casca: He's entering the theatre now

Casca: Someone just handed him a scroll warning about the plot

Brutus: WHAT

Casca: He didn't read it. Just rolled it up and kept walking.

Brutus: This man's survival instincts are nonexistent

Cassius: Ok everyone in position. When Tillius Cimber grabs his toga, that's the signal.

One hour later

Cassius: It's done.

Brutus: I know. I was there.

Casca: He looked right at you at the end, Brutus

Brutus: I know.

Cassius: We need to address the people. Right now. Tell them this was for the Republic.

Brutus: Agreed. I'll speak at the forum.

Cassius: One more thing. Mark Antony wants to speak at Caesar's funeral.

Brutus: That's fine. He's harmless.

Cassius: Brutus. He's Caesar's right hand. We should not let him speak.

Brutus: If we silence him it looks like tyranny. The whole point is we're NOT tyrants.

Cassius: I have a very bad feeling about this

Brutus: Noted. Overruled.

After Antony's funeral speech

Casca: So the crowd is rioting

Casca: They're burning things

Casca: They're specifically looking for us

Cassius: BRUTUS

Brutus: Ok in hindsight

Cassius: IN HINDSIGHT???

Brutus: The Antony thing may have been a miscalculation

Cassius: A MISCALCULATION. He turned the entire city against us in ONE SPEECH.

Casca: They just killed a poet because his name was Cinna and that's also the name of one of us

Casca: A POET. Wrong guy entirely.

Brutus: We should leave Rome.

Cassius: YOU THINK?😂