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[secondchances]

Sometimes I see people doing this about "future" stuff they learn about, but I think it's time to shake it up a bit. I feel like I've accidentally taken a history class. Not complaining, of course. I didn't pay attention in school.

[Written:]

Things I've Learned About the Renaissance (in the past ~10 months):
- Wine is preferred over water (it tastes BAD and you can't convince me otherwise)
- Getting dressed takes forever because you have to put on layers, sleeves, and tie things. Zippers probably brought people to tears when they were invented. Not just because of accidentally zipping up bits.
- Various Italian words, mostly inappropriate and/or used to hit on people
- Dances are weird and make me a little dizzy
- Fresh pasta is a thing
- Showing too much skin is Very Bad and makes big brother unhappy [So gone!] Pants for women = weird!
- Bankers are just as boring as they are in my time
- Don't call da Vinci "da Vinci" because that is wrong
- Popes can have the cutest daughters
- Medicine is pretty much leeches and opium
- Cardinals are not all old men with wrinkles
- "Italy" isn't really a thing yet, just a bunch of city-states (or something? I forgot. Sorry!)
- Something about chaperones... dating is complicated
- Insert more stuff I should remember

[Tap tap. This is Steph not talking about nightmares or crazy cats or bumps to the head or depressing things that have occurred in the past 30-something days.]

Comments

[assassino]

You are so strange to me, dolcezza.

But it is a good sort of strange.

[secondchances]

More like the best sort of strange, thankyouverymuch.

[assassino]

[He chuckles.]

I will agree to that.

[secondchances]

Also, you're strange too. So there. [Pbbbt. She stuck her tongue out at the journal.]

[Ezio]

And, os a side note: Lucrezia's awake, if you haven't noticed. A few years older and a mother, too. Just thought you should know, in case you thought she was still out or something.

[assassino]

I am not strange! I am eccentric.

[Stephanie]

[Oh, this topic. Lovely.]

I know. We spoke. She's rather... feisty.

[heloise]

[ This does get her giggling (': ]

You have learned all the most important things.

[secondchances]

[Giggles, YES. Totally worth the cramped hand.]

Learned from the very best.

[heloise]

[ By which she means the Borgia siblings. ]

Golden forks are the thing now.

[secondchances]

[Not mentioning Ezio, not with her mood...]

Literal golden forks?

[easily]

Though I do not know what this Renaissance is I must admit it is strange seeing women wearing pants here.

[secondchances]

It's sort of a broad period of time in Earth's history when lots of things flourished and got awesome. I guess it's around the... 15th century? I get my old centuries mixed up.

But, hey! Pants are awesome. There's a reason a lot of women wear them.

[easily]

Ah. It must be another one of those periods past my time. It is hard, keeping track.

I always envied my brothers, being allowed to wear them. They seem to give much more freedom.

[secondchances]

Past your--wow, then you're from way way back.

[luthored]

That's quite a list.

[secondchances]

Right? [Ooooh, hey. It's been a while.]

That's like, two semesters of stuff.

[luthored]

[ Yeah, you have no idea. ]

Maybe it's time to cover a different subject.

[secondchances]

But there's still so much to learn.

[samson]

[he scribbles an addition to this list because Molotov told him about it and it's hilarious.]

-Vegetable sheep

[secondchances]

[HA HA HA, she laughs.]

Oh, good catch! I forgot that one. That's the most important thing I've learned about.

[samson]

Right? I'm surprised you forgot. I know my life will never be the same.

[secondchances]

Thank you, Ezio. It's what he'll be remembered for.

[nihilo]

Gutenberg's press, though your list sounds localised.

[secondchances]

Printing press? I'm not much of a history person, really.

[nihilo]

Yes. Did you learn all this from David?

[secondchances]

David who?