iv λ knowledge

[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

[assassino]

[Sorry, Ezio is really distracted by something, suddenly. He sounds eager and panicked rolled into one, because something just struck him.]

If he is the serpent of Eden, then it is real... and I have a very important question for him. Perhaps one that you can answer, as well, though I am not familiar with any Aziraphale...

[thwarting]

[His tone takes on a quite huffy sound, rather annoyed he never seemed to make it into the bible - with the exception of that one edited copy.]

I was there as well, you know. I was the Guardian of the East Gate, had a flaming sword and everything.

[assassino]

[Hastily] My apologies.

The Tree of Knowledge, and the apple that tempted Eve -- what happened to the tree afterwards? Were there other apples on the tree?

[thwarting]

Hm, let me see... there were definitely more apples, I always thought it looked quite a fruitful tree.

[He pauses for a moment, waiting for appreciation for his amazing pun.]

[assassino]

[He feels almost panicked, heart pounding in his chest so hard he feels like it might burst.]

So it was plentiful! But tell me: is there any chance at all that someone may have taken the excess before God banished Adam and Eve, or that the apples left Eden and passed to Earth?

[thwarting]

It's possible, I suppose.

[He doesn't see why he's asking, any apples that had survived would be long rotted by now.]

[assassino]

[Oh god. On his end, he's clutching the neck of the bag containing the Apple like it could vanish at any moment. Is that what he's holding?]

Would this Crowley know more about the apples worked? How they gave Adam and Eve knowledge?

[thwarting]

I don't think so, his expertise was never the apple. More the temptation, to be honest.

[assassino]

[Resolving to try anyway.]

Is there anyone here who could?

[thwarting]

I'm afraid I would have said Crowley and myself were your best bet, I don't believe anyone else here has been to Eden.

[assassino]

I understand. Thank you.

[thwarting]

Not at all a problem, dear boy.

[assassino]

[Bullshit about Borgia aside, he's suddenly hopeful. If he can figure out the Apple, he can still win.]

Should I be careful, talking to Crowley, given who he is?

[thwarting]

Oh no, he's quite harmless really.

[There was a pause. It was one of those pauses that was loaded with guilt, as the implications of careless words sank in - the sort of pause that was usually accompanied by a swear word or breaking pottery.]

--I mean fearsome. Quite fearsome.

[assassino]

[Curiously]

Harmless?

[thwarting]

No... No, I'm quite sure I said fearsome.

[assassino]

[Wondering how far he could push the envelope with Crowley, then.]

I see.

[thwarting]

One shouldn't tangle with a demon, it's... very dangerous.

[assassino]

Well, you said it yourself. "Fearsome."

[thwarting]

...Quite.

[He really ballsed that up, didn't he?]

[assassino]

Thank you, again.

[thwarting]

Not at all, it's always a pleasure to pass on knowledge.

Aziraphale

[assassino]

[Back, some times later... after talking to Crowley again.]

I have more questions!

Mr. Auditore

[thwarting]

Hm?

Oh yes, how may I help?

Aziraphale

[assassino]

In 1488, Rodrigo Borgia came into the possession of an "Apple" that he claims to be a "Piece of Eden"... I know he will attempt to use it for some evil end. He claims it is important for the coming of a Prophet, to use used to open a "Vault", and it has something to do with a "Floating City".

Do you know what any of that means?