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[secondchances]

Hi. I have this sneaking suspicion that I missed a lot, seeing as it's now January and I think I was kidnapped. So much for my little get together for the new year.

[There's a few metallic clatters here, one of them is drawn out as a ring spins to a slow stop on her desk.]

I also seem to have way more Renaissance-style jewelry than I remember, and that doesn't bode well. Uh, Lucrezia...?

There seems to be a lack of mass confusion, so I'm guessing it was only a few of us that... what? Got stuck in a--I don't even know what that was, really.

Sooooo. Care to fill me in? Anyone? Please tell me I wasn't turned into an old woman or something and just don't remember that.

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Stephanie

[assassino]

[Serious tone.]

We must talk.

Ezio

[secondchances]

[A filter and a serious tone. Crap.]

Oh, no. What else did I do, aside from mug people and hurt feelings?

Stephanie

[assassino]

[DEAD FUCKING SERIOUS.]

You gave me your blessing to kill Cesare.

Ezio

[secondchances]

[Silence. And then:]

I HOPE YOU FOUND SOMETHING OFF ABOUT THAT!

[Oh, god. Cesare better not be dead. Ezio better have known something was wrong with her.]

Stephanie

[assassino]

I did. You think I would not question such a sudden change of heart?

Ezio

[secondchances]

I don't know, I have someone close to me hurt over the crap I said to her. I have no freakin' clue what happened. A loss of sanity, it sounds like, but--[what the FUCK]

I'd never do that. I'd never do any of these things I'm hearing about.

Stephanie

[assassino]

Well, you did.

You also wanted me to hurt Lucrezia.

Ezio

[secondchances]

[That sends a chill down her spine.]

I wouldn't--

That wasn't me. I'd never ask you, or anyone else, to hurt her. Not in a million years.

[She feels like a broken record.]

Stephanie

[assassino]

Well, you did.

Ezio

[secondchances]

Please, stop saying that.

I'm sorry you had to deal with... with whatever that was. [Sorry, no blessing to kill Cesare from this girl.] I don't know what to say to any of this.

Stephanie

[assassino]

[A sigh, and a scowl.]

I made a promise to you that I would not kill him, but I do not like being teased.

Ezio

[secondchances]

I'm sorry.

[She'll go crawl into a hole now and hope that was the worst of it. Though she can't imagine much that's worse than that.]

Stephanie

[assassino]

[Pause.]

Where are you?

Ezio

[secondchances]

[Also a pause.]

My room. I think I have a good portion of Lucrezia's jewelery here, so I'm making sure I've got it all collected in one spot.

[In plastic baggies :( ]

Stephanie

[assassino]

[Heading to her.]

Well, perhaps we can return them by leaving them with Cesare's body, so that Lucrezia will be accused.

Ezio

[secondchances]

[WHAT...]

Please don't tell me I said that. I already feel queasy.

Stephanie

[assassino]

It was a stupid plan, I dissuaded you.

But more seriously, you owe Lana an apology. You broke into her restaurant.

Ezio

[secondchances]

[A muffled groan.]

I went all out, didn't I. I'll apologize.

Stephanie

[assassino]

You certainly did.

[He'll be knocking on her door soon.]

Ezio

[secondchances]

[She hates it when Ezio is unhappy with her, and even more so when it wasn't really her fault.

She sighs and opens the door.]

Hi.

Stephanie

[assassino]

Hello.

[Agh, what the hell. He opens his arms for a hug.]

Ezio

[secondchances]

[She hesitates for a second, then buries her face into his shoulder in a hug.]

I swear I'm not a psychopath.

Stephanie

[assassino]

[He puts his arms around her.]

I know. It was the castle.

Ezio

[secondchances]

[She slumps against him.]

And I swear those weren't some deep dark desires, either. It was just--not me. Not at all.

Stephanie

[assassino]

Where did it come from, then?

[he runs his fingers through her hair, gently.]