xxxv λ musing

[assassino]

[All things considered, Ezio has had a busy day, but now he's out and about. He's hit up a dozen or so stores in town, mostly for painting frames and books, and perhaps you've see him running errands.


Later, however, he will be sitting down at his desk to scrawl out:]

I seldom write in this journal. I think that is funny; for every boy who knows how to write, three sit without education, and here I squander my gifts and ignore books. My sister does more writing than I do, and her talent is a rarity amongst women!

It has been more than a year since I have arrived –– closer, still, to thirteen months -- and each day I learn new things about the future, history, science, and even the human body. I do not think many days have passed in the past four hundred that saw me sitting idle and failing to learn!

Yet still, when I spoke to a young woman the other week, she was hard-pressed to believe that I would return to my time, forsaking the knowledge and science and hygiene of the future. I prefer the conventions of my time, and my culture, and I have work to do. So, I wonder, then...

How many of you would go home with another, to their time instead of yours?

I'm going to miss plumbing. I think that is what you call it –– "plumbing." Even after all this time, sometimes it is fun to turn on the "tap" simply to marvel at its convenience. It is a wonder there is so much water about without the streets being flooded like the canals of Venezia.

And I have such good memories of the miracles of showers, with thanks to some of the beautiful women in this castle.

E. Auditore.

Comments

Tim

[assassino]

[Chuckle.]

I suppose I can find time for that when I am not busy with my lady friends.

Ezio.

[dorkwonder]

Isn't that counterproductive to settling down?

Tim

[assassino]

No. I do not mean to get married and have children –– I merely mean to stop bedding every woman I meet.

Ezio.

[dorkwonder]

That...yeah, that is a good idea.

Tim

[assassino]

[He just chuckles. :') Ah... future people...]

Do not worry, you need not lecture me on any dangers involved. Stephanie has long since seen to that.

[He knows who you are... Tim.]

Ezio.

[dorkwonder]

[There are those who call him Alvin. Then there are some who call him...Tim.]

Good, sounds like someone had to.

[p.s. don't go creeping around Steph, Ezio.]

Tim

[assassino]

[This kid is a total dick.]

If you think so little of me already, curiosity would have me ask what you think of the women who go to bed with me.

Ezio.

[dorkwonder]

[Smirks behind the book.]

Hey, all I said was it sounded like someone had to help you with slowing down. You are the very one who was just saying you needed to stop bedding so many women.

Tim

[assassino]

I have found future men seem to think less of women than I do, that is all.

Ezio.

[dorkwonder]

I'm not one of them. [At least he tries not to be. Tim can't exactly claim moral grounds on the treatment of women back home, because he can admit he's made some bad mistakes in the past.]

Tim

[assassino]

Suit yourself.

[Ezio shrugs, on his end. Might as well get down to business.]

So what has Stephanie told you about me?

Ezio.

[dorkwonder]

A few things. She mentioned banking.

Tim

[assassino]

What else?

Ezio.

[dorkwonder]

What else do you think she would have mentioned?

Tim

[assassino]

Come now, it is rude to avoid questions.

Ezio.

[dorkwonder]

I already answered one of yours. Where's the harm in answering one for me?

Tim

[assassino]

I suppose you have been told that she and I are not sleeping together.

this icon was uploaded just for you, Ezio.

[dorkwonder]

I don't need anyone to tell me that to know it didn't happen.

HAHAHAH i love it

[assassino]

[Ezio just laughs.]

I'm surprised you let her go.

[dorkwonder]

[Not even going there with this guy.]

Any other questions?

[assassino]

I am just jesting with you, Tim, you need not be so sour.

What else did she say?

[dorkwonder]

You like scaling rooftops.

[assassino]

That is true. I do not use ropes like Stephanie, either.

[dorkwonder]

Do you use anything at all as a backup? [Mildly curious.]

[assassino]

No. If I fall, I just make sure I have something to grab onto or land on.