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Test Drive Meme

That's right! A test drive meme! This meme serves several purpsoes!

- Test drive a new muse! -- If you are considering apping a new character to Ruby City, you can comment with them here to try their voice out. Others (currently played characters and other potential characters) can respond. The same deal as usual. Post ICly. Your character can be newly arrived, or you can treat the thread as though they've been in the city for a long while. It's up to you!

- Test drive DreamWidth! -- We realize DreamWidth is new, so feel free to jump in, even with your current RC characters to start a thread and get accustomed to how DreamWidth feels to RP on. But please remember, any interaction from this meme will not count towards in-game CR. What happens in memes stays in memes.

- Stop the withdrawal! -- We anticipate that the move will slow down posting between our announcement of moving and the opening of the DreamWidth communities. So if you need your fix of your RC characters, toss 'em here for fun and games.

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[He seemed surprised by something, though Ezio didn't know what. Looking over Feliciano, he noted the odd manner of dress and tilted his head. What kind of clothes were those? No armor or any sort, so he wasn't a warrior it seemed... When the other Italian finally spoke, the words seemed rather off, like a foreigner trying to say them. It was Italian, but it looked like he was having trouble saying some of the words.]

Ruby City? I have not heard of such a city in Italia. [His boots thumped soundly on the platform as he stepped across and off of it onto the street before it. Just Feliciano Vargas? He supposed there was no noble house he came from like himself. Perhaps there were no noble houses in this city, which was probably true at the state of the architecture around him.] I am Ezio Auditore da Firenze. Son of Giovanni Auditore, who was a well-known banker. Perhaps you have heard of him?

I need to return home, back to Firenze immediately. I had work I must tend to and I have no time to waste here.

[Oh goodness, but it hurt... He hadn't expected it to hurt like this. Feliciano smiled slightly, but it was a wistful smile.]

I know of the great families of Firenze, but I don't know them as well as I should...

[His heart stung at the unwelcome reminder. On the rare occasions he mused about the childhood that had been denied to him, he mourned the lost chance of growing up with his brother and the damage their forced separation had caused their brotherly bond. That was depressing enough, without contemplating the full extent of their birthright having been denied to them, growing up in foreign lands as servants to greater powers than themselves. They had been raised well and lovingly, him more well and Romano more lovingly, but they had been denied the chance to live on their own land and know their people as nations should.]

You are far from home, Ezio Auditore da Firenze. What I'm going to tell you will be hard to believe for you. I don't blame you if you don't believe me. You have been kidnapped from your home and taken to a faraway place. I'm a captive, too. Our captors, they keep us locked up in this city, no way to escape, no explanation why.

[Ezio watched him carefully, and relaxed a little bit. Feliciano didn't appear to be a Templar and from another quick glance around what he could see of the city, there were none of their flags in sight. Looking back at the other Italian, he noted the slight change in face. The news that he was told was a bit of a shock.]

Kidnapped? By whom? [Maybe this was a Templar trick. They had managed to outdo the Assassins after all and taken Ezio out of the country. But why that and not kill him? He could just easily return back to Florence and continue his work. Uncle Mario and Claudia would worry sick about him...]

Can I get back if I take this...this thing? [He gestured at the smoking train behind him, who's doors at this point had shut.]

[Well, he had taken this surprisingly well. Feliciano was quite pleased and truly, proud, of his Italian countryman. Chances were he wouldn't react that calmly if Feli told him about fantastical creatures and strangers from different times and planets locked up here, but he had no intention to do that right away.

He tilted his head to the side and pursed his lips as he inspected the train, humming softly all the while.]

I don't know... I've never tried it. I was told there is no way to escape the city, but I don't know if anyone has tried to get back onto the train. That is what it's called, a train. But I don't think our captors would be happy about an escape attempt. They're cruel.

[But his mind was racing, even if he looked cool and collected on the outside. The Templars were running freely in Italy and he was stuck here. Who would keep them in line? His revenge for his father and brothers would never come to pass...how could he avenge them here? Ezio gritted his teeth hard, hands curling into fists at his sides.]

I cannot stay here. I have business I must attend to back in Firenze! [Forget the train now, there was no way back?] There must be a way back - if this contraption brought me here it can take me back! Or if that is somehow not possible, it should be possible to get over the walls!

Test Drive Meme!

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If I do anything with him, I might have to play him as further through the game.