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August 25, 2003
Scribble scribble scribble V.
Consider Scipio.
Around and just after the Civil War, it became popular for emancipated slave families to name their male kids after ancient Roman figures of note. Why? Jesus, who knows. Like all fads, though, it eventually fell out of favor... but Scipio's family never stopped. Which explains Scip's Uncle Jupiter, cousins Nero and Augustus, and nephew Constantine.
Scipio himself is named after the general that flattened Carthage after the third Punic War. His name's properly pronounced "SIP-ee-oh", But "SKIP-ee-oh's" a little easier to get by with. Problem is, most folks want to turn it into "Skippy." Undignified.
That problem kinda fixed itself when he broke six and a half feet.
Scip's a nice enough guy, but... well... exhausting. He alphabetizes his canned goods, and thinks everything imaginable is a carcinogen. He likes to pick at lint that's not there. And I won't even bother trying to explain where he got that chicken. It's just too stupid to recount.
But you've got to admit, not too many guys can wear a black suede kilt with a gila monster sporran and get away with it.
Scipio lives with Epiphany. He's buddies with Gene, Ben, Sonny, and Reagan. He doesn't know Lorne, Eli, Bloom, or the Elliots. His mother is Astrid. She scares him.
Posted by Spike at August 25, 2003 12:22 PM
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