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

[secondchances]

Definitely. Guess that means you're settling in, uh--dealingly?

[seventeenth]

More of less. I'm still not really used to the whole... [He gestures vaguely at his surroundings.] ... exploding marshmallows, fire-breathing dogs, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves-ishness of this place yet.

[secondchances]

You weren't a princess, were you?

[seventeenth]

Trust me, you would have heard Shaun's laughter all over the city if I was a princess.

[secondchances]

British guy, right? He laughs?

[seventeenth]

At me? All the time.

[secondchances]

Do we need a bullying intervention thing here?

[seventeenth]

[Desmond laughs a little.] Nah, he's not that bad. He's just sort of inherently cranky.

[secondchances]

Ah, I know that type. [Though she's free of Cranky, as of late.]

So, is he another... researcher or whatever? Investigating journals?

[seventeenth]

Yup. He's not in charge, but he knows the most out of us.

[secondchances]

That must be quite an ass[--ASSIN!!]ignment.

[seventeenth]

And we have quite the nerd to go along with it. If you ever wanna here one of his lectures, just tell him I said that.

[secondchances]

One of the perks of Paradisa is escaping most lectures. If I have any questions about our Italian buddies, I think I'll turn to you and avoid calling out history nerds.

[seventeenth]

I'd say I don't really compare in the knowledge department, but considering how much he likes to talk... [Well, Desmond picked up a few things along the way.]

[secondchances]

Better than me, I'm sure. Last time I took history was in high school, and who really listens to that? Now I'm hanging out with the daughter of the pope and people who are in famous paintings. It's nuts.

[seventeenth]

[Desmond blinks, his smile fading.] The Pope's daughter?

[secondchances]

[Ooooh, she doesn't like that.]

Yeah?

[seventeenth]

[Think fast, Desmond!] So are we talking Alexander VI or Julius II? Cause there are a lot of Popes with kids.

[secondchances]

[Think fast, Steph!]

Umm--I don't know! I don't think we got that specific.

[seventeenth]

Well, what's her name?

[secondchances]

[Fffffff she's so confused. Ezio seemed to trust Desmond, but WHY DIDN'T HE MENTION LUCREZIA? Was she missing something? Did it just not come up?

She hopes she won't regret this.]

Lucrezia?

[seventeenth]

[Desmond blinks again.] Lucrezia Borgia?

[secondchances]

Yep. That's the one, unless there happen to be more. Which there could be, I have no idea. Me and history, ha ha...

[seventeenth]

Huh. [...] Huh. That's crazy. She's really here?

[secondchances]

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