paradisa | iv λ knowledge

Entry tags:

ezio auditore da firenze

iv λ knowledge

[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.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Very well. Pope Alexander VI existed long before Armageddon. He was a patron of the arts as well as a controversial figure. Little is known about him in my day and age.

And when is your day and age?

I live in the year 3064 A.D.

[The fuck.]

Well, that would explain it, then. Your people are not very good historians.

Our world barely survived Armageddon. It is a wonder we even have his name.

I have never heard of "Armageddon" before. What is it?

It was the result of nuclear warfare. The lands burned and its people with it.

Nuclear?

A kind of weapon developed many centuries before my time. It only unleashes pure destruction. The earth does not recover from its use.

You can attack the earth directly? Why would anyone wish to destroy what we need to live on?

My ancestors were fools. They didn't think of the long term consequences of their actions. They truly thought destroying enemies at any cost was viable option.

That's disappointing for humanity.

Undoubtedly. May I ask what time you come from?

1488, madonna.

I see. That is why you wished to know what becomes of him?

Yes. It is in my future, I suppose.

Then everything my subordinate told you is accurate. [Up to the point where she could follow it anyways. A beat.]

I apologize for the nickname. He has an odd way of expressing affection.

[No apology for playing dumb. She has her own (child) Pope to protect even if he is not here to be protected by her.]

I don't know what an "Italian Stallion" is beyond the obvious, so it hasn't bothered me.

What is your name, madonna?

It is best we leave it that way. [She does not want to explain how even as a married man Abel half flirted with men he perceived as "manly."]

My name is Caterina Sforza.