third memory sequence // DICTATED & ACTION

[seventeenth]

[ DICTATED ]

So what's the best place to hit up if I wanna go for a swim around here?

[ ACTION ]

[Meanwhile, out and about in the city, Desmond is engaging himself with a nice, long run through the city -- and over it rooftops, as well. He can be found pretty much anywhere but the castle today, down on the streets like a normal person as often as he up on the rooftops like some sort of wayward ninja.]

[He doesn't have his hoodie on for once, having finally traded it in for a plain white t-shirt.]

Comments

[assassino]

[Ezio watches his descendant curiously, having never seen him moving about "in the field", if you will. He's curious, to say the least, and he spends the moment Desmond takes making his way over to make note of how he moves.

Ezio waves back, and grins when he gets close enough.]

Salve, Desmond. How are you?

[seventeenth]

[The watching doesn't strike Desmond as particularly odd; Ezio is an Assassin, after all. Knowing their surroundings is sort of Thing with the Assassins.]

I'm alright. Glad that summer's here. [Though he feels weird and naked without his hoodie, right now.] You?

[assassino]

[He nods.]

Getting by. I'm glad that summer is here as well -- winter in Paradisa is an awful business.

[seventeenth]

To cold for your taste, I take it?

[assassino]

Much too cold. Have you spent a winter in Tuscany, or in Venice? It only gets so cold up in the mountains. Most years, Venice does not even see much in the way of snow. When I arrived here, I was shocked to find I could dive into it.

[seventeenth]

[Desmond laughs at the mental image. He can just imagine...] Next time you should try taking a leap of faith into a snowdrift.

[assassino]

[He laughs, almost incredulously.]

And be stuck in that cold? I don't think so.

[seventeenth]

The best part is trying to dig yourself out afterwards.

[assassino]

I am guessing America is snowy, then?

[seventeenth]

Parts of it are, but it's a pretty big country. New York gets snow every year, but some states don't get it at all.

[assassino]

I must admit, I still have not gotten around to looking at America on a map. I do not exactly know where those things lie.

[seventeenth]

They're pretty far apart. It takes... I dunno, probably over a month to walk from New York to Texas.

[assassino]

I don't think that is too far. It took Leonardo and I just over a month to go from Florence to Venice by carriage.

[seventeenth]

[Desmond nods.] I think it's also got to do with the climate. New York is on the ocean but Texas is mostly desert.

[assassino]

That would certainly change things. It was strange enough, going between Florence and Venice... in Florence, we never had to worry about flooding. [Grin.]

[seventeenth]

I don't think anywhere has to worry about flooding, compared to Venice. Did you know the city is actually sinking?

[assassino]

[Eyebrow raise.]

It's sinking?

[seventeenth]

Right into the swamp.

[assassino]

Well... that's disappointing to hear. I suppose it cannot be saved, either.

[seventeenth]

It's still hanging in there come 2012, at least. [Of course, then another globe-spanning disaster might come along and knock it, and the rest of Italy, over anyway.]

[assassino]

So it will survive that long, at least. What of Monteriggioni?

[seventeenth]

Also still there. There are people still living in the city, but villa is just a historical site, now.

[assassino]

[That's so pleasing to hear, Ezio practically beams at the news.]

Good. It is sad that my ancestors do not live there, but the fact that it stands at all is good.

[seventeenth]

[Ezio's kind of charming when he's so happy. Desmond grins in response.] The Sanctuary held up well, too.

[assassino]

Well, I did not think that would have been found. [He stands up.] I imagine you've visited?