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

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.

[dorkwonder]

You've never run into a situation or know you're going into one where that won't be an option? [Like when a really angry, powerful, ancient guy kicks you through a window...]

[assassino]

Of course, but it's been almost fifteen years of running on rooftops and I haven't fucked it up yet, so I have few concerns.

Are you familiar with the city of Firenze?

[dorkwonder]

[Pauses, needing a second to realize that Firenze is Florence.] I am.

[assassino]

[Haha, loser.]

And you know the Duomo, then?

[dorkwonder]

Are you telling me you can run around that without any rope or other equipment?

[assassino]

With sturdy boots and good gloves, but yes.

[dorkwonder]

[Wants to call bullshit so badly, except his detective instincts tell him otherwise. He wouldn't put lying past Ezio, but he couldn't see Ezio lying about something like this, for one of two reasons. The first being he can tell Ezio takes pride in his skills, and the second would be because Ezio knows he could fact check with Steph. Ezio wouldn't want to give him that kind of ammunition to use against him.]

That's...impressive. [Responds begrudgingly, because it truly is impressive.]

[assassino]

Are you not capable of the same?

[dorkwonder]

[Ezio, you are such an ass.]

I have the skills I need to do whatever it is I have to do.

[Most of the time. Having gadgets sure helps.]

[assassino]

Good. We should race, sometime.

[Just so he can rub it in.]

What else did she say?

[dorkwonder]

You seem to think she has an awful lot of things to say about you.

[assassino]

She told me she would be talking to you about me. Surely she would have to explain a banker who can scale the Duomo bare-handed?

[dorkwonder]

Why don't you explain it to me? After all, it's usually better to get information straight from the source.