paradisa | ℒℒ 39

[Ezio Auditore]

So, I was thinking... This may sound ridiculous.

[ Shut up she isn't flustered ahem ahem. ]

We got to know each other so well in Paris, but I didn't really get you anything for Christmas, and I feel like I should have, considering nobody would have gotten their presents if not for you.

So why don't I make you some lunch sometime? Any day is fine, since I work evenings. If you like, we can go horseback riding and have a picnic. There's a large tree not too far out that's...surprisingly warm.

[/Ezio Auditore]

[Lilah Morgan]

How's the house hunt going?

[ If all's been according to plan, then terribly. But Lana can't be controlling everything so she has to check and see. It's a casual enough question, right? Especially when the person asking was supposed to be the one 'recommending' you... ]

[/Lilah Morgan]

[Tess Mercer]

I'd like to meet, and talk. Something I wish I had done more the last time you were here. What day are you free?

[ No she isn't asking if Tess wants to talk. That isn't even an option, honey. ]

[/Tess Mercer]

[Ray Stantz & Jet]

I wanted to thank the both of you properly for helping me back at Libet. I know I wasn't really aware of what was going on when I eventually woke up, so...

Thank you. And if there's anything I can do to pay you back, let me know.

[/Ray Stantz & Jet]

[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce]

I got a new toy.

[/Wesley Wyndam-Pryce]

I'll be honest and say that Friday really lived up to its reputation, didn't it? I heard a lot of people got creeped out, but I didn't hear about anything serious happening. At least I hope that's right.

It would help if people checked in and let me know they're okay.

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[ And of course that's not something she was really thinking of at the time she said it. Ew how does she break it to him. ]

They do. They...understood there was a better way to advance. But alchemy did help pave the road for today's science.

And what is this "better way?"

You really want to get into how chemistry has progressed?

Is it complicated?

It can be. Not as much if you start from the basics. But your building blocks were obviously different from mine.

And you were instructed in chemistry? [God, people know everything in the future.]

It's a standard part of schooling. It's definitely not my specialty, though. If you really want to know about how far chemistry can go...

[ She's about to suggest The Doctor, but then thinks that might make poor Ezio's brain explode. Ray? ...Maybe she should stick to more normal or modern science. ]

I can find you some documentaries, if you're actually interested. But you really struck me as more of an art lover in Paris.

[He's so curious.]

Stephanie showed me a documentary about Leonardo. It was interesting. Perhaps a documentary on chemistry would be interesting, as well.

[He's amused, though, because he doesn't really have much appreciation for art. He just buys it. And knows a lot about it because of his stupid awesome friend.]

[ Which actually leads into her next question pretty well. DON'T WORRY SHE'S GETTING THERE. ]

I was going to ask how much your friendship with him affected your appreciation of art. You seemed animated about your opinions, but they were less...of what I would have heard from another art student.

I met Leonardo when I was seventeen, back when my mother used to nag me about taking up some artistic pursuit as a creative outlet... which I never did. Back then, I thought that art was boring, and Leonardo's art looked no different than any other that lined the halls of our family's villa.

I suppose, when we became friends and I spent more time in his workshop, or some time when we travelled from Firenze to Venezia together, I learned more about art and its purpose beyond just splashing paint around. And there was still my mother -- seeing as we lost all her favourite pieces with the villa in Firenze, I thought to replace them, so I buy paintings often and ship them back to Monteriggioni. When you spend a lot of money on a piece, it needs to be worth it, you know? That takes a certain amount of know-how.

Truth be told, I prefer Leonardo's inventions to his art. I suspect if he had the chance to give up art entirely in favour of inventions, he might have done it. That... and, ah, I know many of the models. It is hard to be impressed with most artwork when you know many of them are failed attempts to capture the model's beauty.

[ Awww he was doing it for his mom? ]

It's too bad you can't see his inventions here again.

Why wouldn't I see his inventions?

I mean, in person... Unless you wish for them.

[Ah, but bella, he has some here 8)]

There would be no need. Most of them have likely been replaced by versions of the same thing from your time, and I must admit, your flying machines look much more comfortable than his are.

[ SHAME ON YOU ~~LET HER SEE~~ ]

Probably, but it's all commercialized now. I think it's the flawless blend of art and science that made his works so interesting. You don't see it often enough.

[Someday, dolcezza, when he can trust you with knowing he's an Assassin oxoxoxox]

Few people would call his inventions art, Lana. [Listen to him roll that name with that accent.] Especially not given what he is working on in my time. His war machines... if any of them are brought to life, they'll change the face of war forever.

[ IT'S SO DISTRACTING. Seriously the way he says her name would just sound really wrong if an American said it that way. But the topic has enough gravity to keep her focus.

Also Ezio the face of war was changed forever with a certain bomb. You have nothing ~~EVERYTHING~~ to fear. ]

I didn't mean to imply anything disrespectful.

[Anyone can appreciate their name being butchered when it's done by that suave, deep Italian voice. Pleasantly:]

I did not take it as such, signora.

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