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[heloise]

Ezio and Stephanie
Dearest friends, there is one I would have you meet.


[ Warm meals and plentiful wine, he said, so she has arranged for them all to be laid out on the drapes-turned-picnic-sheet set up by the orchards, with apple trees overhead. Roasted meats, grapes and pears, bread and the finest wine.

Lucrezia would have music as well if she could, but the ghosts would not oblige. So she just hums a random song, not quite in tune, and begins a little dance meant for a couple.

She laughs. ]

You would let me dance alone, brother?

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the prelude to ezio and stephanie getting third wheeled

[secondchances]

Oh, is there? Doesn't happen to rhyme with--[what does Cesare rhyme with? Whoops. Oh well, Steph's in a better place since Tim's back, so she's all for being silly right now.]

... okay, forget that. We get to meet Cesare, right?

NEVER CARS NEED FOUR WHEELS

[heloise]

[ She giggles, giddier than usual if that's possible. ]

I thought the day would never come.

[secondchances]

I nearly fell out of my seat when I realized who I was talking to. You must be pretty happy, huh?

[It does cross her mind that this could be Very Bad, since she hasn't gotten a chance to talk to Ezio to see how he's approaching this, but he totally wouldn't do anything with Lucrezia around.

Steph hopes, anyway.]

[heloise]

Did he frighten you? [ That is a possibility. ]

I am the happiest. The purple dress proved potent.

[secondchances]

Nah. Just surprised me. I was worried about freaking him out, to be honest. Y'know, with all the modern stuff.

That's great. So, how's this gonna happen?

[heloise]

I told him about flying, so he may demand an explanation from you. [ She can help explain and demonstrate the refrigerators, at least? ]

We are by the orchards.

[assassino]

[All things considered, Ezio is doing okay. Tense like a rubber band and almost antsy to meet Cesare Borgia, sure, but he's not climbing up the walls. Surely a son of the Borgia family would know more about his father's business, but then again, there was no particular reaction to the name "Auditore." Was he playing along, or did he genuinely not know? Did Rodrigo not speak of the Auditore name? Most of their conflict happened before Cesare was even born, but...

Well.

Casual as fuck:]

We'll be there soon, then.

[secondchances]

[Steph thinks about filtering to Ezio or pulling him aside before going, but she'll give him the benefit of the doubt. She'll just keep an eye on him.]

Yup. Can't wait.

[assassino]

[Lol you might regret that, Stephanie.]

Should we bring anything? Wine, delicacies, gifts?

[secondchances]

[Story of her life..........]

Oh, so it's gonna be a party. I'll bring something sugary and bad for us.

[heloise]

Donuts and candies!

[assassino]

We have donuts in Toscana in our time, we just call them bomboloni.

aaand threadjack into action as you wish! <3

[heloise]

Perhaps we will compare how it has advanced over the centuries.

[abelard]

[Cesare is just watching Lucrezia, smiling and drinking some wine.]

Can you both dance and hum, sis? Have the people from the future not created instruments that play themselves yet?

[heloise]

[ She laughs and stops the humming though not the dancing, making fancy hand gestures in the air~ and cuing him to come in. ]

You must ask Stephanie, brother. And I can hum and dance though I can never dance for two.

[abelard]

[Cesare finally gives in, standing up to join his sister for a dance.]

Perhaps you should practice. [Teasing :') ]

[heloise]

[ She grins when he finally yields, letting him step into the makeshift rhythm. ]

I would if I have need of it.

[abelard]

[And so they dance!]

Ah, so I see I was replaced in my absence.

[heloise]

[ Yeaaah circling each other with hands not touching because this is all very proper! ]

Only in your absence.

[abelard]

Then you'll be breaking a heart.

[heloise]

[ She smiles to herself and trains her eyes on their hands. ]

Better theirs than yours.

[abelard]

[But he looks right at her!]

I cannot disagree.

[heloise]

[ She giggles and twirls away from him, making up the moves as she goes though the tune is still an old one. ]

[abelard]

[Cesare just tries to match her made-up dance moves, which is only slightly harder than regular dancing.]

[heloise]

[ She can't tell if she's the one making up the dance or if he is. ]

On second thought.