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[assassino]

[Ezio is about to bust out the most intense filter work of his life. He has never done a complicated filter before, and he needs to do this right.]


----- Inventors, technology experts, mechanics, but barring those who seek power -----

[he clears his throat, then in that thick Italian accent:]

Hello... my name is Ezio Auditore, and I seek an inventor or mechanic or... esperto of some kind. I have obtained an object of great importance, but I do not know what it does, or what it is capable of.

But I need someone I can trust, someone with the right... sensitivities for this object.





-----Historians and Religious people, barring Lucrezia Borgia -----

[Still more thick Italian accent:]

I seek information about Pope Alexander VI.


-----


[And, with that done, you can find him in the kitchen, contemplating the microwave.]

Comments

Technology Man

[assassino]

So if I showed you a machine, you could tell me what its purpose is?

Ezio Auditore

[noblefive]

Not promising anything, but I can give it a shot

Technology Man

[assassino]

Va bene. What is your name?

Ezio Auditore

[noblefive]

Noble Five. Or just Jorge, if you prefer.

You got anywhere in mind for this sensitive show-off of goods?

Jorge

[assassino]

[Hesitant]

Wait -– I need to be sure.

What would you say about it if I told you it gives off an aura of some sort? I have touched many of your "modern" machines and none have radiated such a thing.

Ezio Auditore

[noblefive]

I'm pretty sure I'll be fine. I've seen some things in my time, an aura ain't gonna bother me.

Jorge

[assassino]

What kind of technology are you accustomed to working with, Jorge?

[noblefive]

Mostly weapons, Powered armour, stuff like that. No harm in taking a look, is there.

[A pause] And you have my word that I won't breathe a word of this to anyone you don't want me to.

[That bit was added on the end]

[assassino]

Secrecy is of utmost importance.

[He's hoping the filter worked and eliminated anyone looking for power, but he knows he can't have covered all his bases. He pauses, considering this; this man is used to working with weapons.]

What I have does not look like a weapon, but given its original owner, it's possible.

Let me find my friend, and then I will give you a place where we can meet.

[noblefive]

Of course. Whenever you're ready.

[A slight sigh]

Ain't like I've got a lot to do, anyway.

[assassino]

[He's a-hunting for Stephanie... and his sister.]

You find this place boring?

[noblefive]

Well, I've not been here that long, sir. It's... Definately slower than my world, that's for sure.

[By now, he'd already have been sent out on another op if he was home.]

[assassino]

It is slower than mine, as well, but it is full of things I have never seen, so I have been kept very busy. What year are you from?

[noblefive]

I was taken from August 14th, 2552. I was in orbit of the UNSC Planet Reach.

[There's a pause] Then I woke up here.

[assassino]

That is over a thousand years from my time... I have no idea what that is.

[noblefive]

Over a thousand years? Really?

Wow...

[assassino]

1488, yes.

I imagine we are like the old world Romans or Greeks to you.

[noblefive]

Probably. I haven't paid much attention to history.

[It wasn't necessary.]

[assassino]

Is it not taught, in your time?

[noblefive]

It wasn't necessary for me to learn that stuff.

[He knew about historical battles, sure. Because when you train your child supersoldiers you want them to learn from the past, too.]

[assassino]

I suppose not. Those things can be left to scholars.

[noblefive]

Yeah, I was made to fight, everything else was just a distraction.

[Was that a bit of regret, there?]

[assassino]

[Pause.]

Does it bother you that you were not given a choice?

[noblefive]

It did. But, I've been at this too long to care any more.

[assassino]

And that seems sadder still, to be driven to apathy from a lack of choice.