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Who: Caterina and Ezio
What: Talkin' 'bout dramuz
When: Day 120
Where: Somewhere on the street. At first.
Rating: PG-13, mostly 'cause it's Caterina and Ezio. Nothing rude planned.

[As much fun as Caterina had being Ezio for a couple days, she's glad to be back in her own body. Even if it was a little stiff from that bar fight Ezio got into last night. Idiot.

Anyway, she's out enjoying the gorgeous day, walking down the street and not really paying attention to the people around her. Probably not the smartest move, but whatever.]

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[These past two days have been rather hilarious in Ezio's book. Swapping bodies, getting into bar fights, and just enjoying things differently is a good change of pace to what he'd been facing.

Now that everything has gone back to normal, however... try as he might, he can't ignore what he has caused this past week. The argument in Needle In A Haystack, his refusal to talk to Claudia when he discovered the bordello, and now a fight with Ichigo that had truly scared the boy. It was a mess, he was a mess, and now there wasn't much else to do except pick up the pieces and keep moving.

Sometimes he wonders if his entire life is meant to be filled with his mistakes, and the consequences that happen because of them.

Finding Caterina on the street isn't difficult, but out of all the Assassins and allies, she's the least informed, and therefore the best for advice on this situation. Or, well, so he thinks. Niccolò has obviously already chosen sides, so to go to him when it was clear from his messages that all he would receive would be lectures, would not be helpful to him.

So, in the middle of a crowd, Ezio makes his way towards Caterina, and gently placing his hand on her arm, lets her know he's there.]

Ho bisogno di parlare con voi.

[He doesn't speak above the crowd, but it is instantly noticeable that what he wants to talk about is important. He can only hope she'll pick up on it quick enough.]

[The hand on her arm is enough to get her attention, and Ezio's tone is more than enough to alert her to the seriousness of whatever he wants to talk about. So she saves her playful comeback about not wanting to associate with a man who gets well-bred young ladies into bar fights for another time and nods.]

Certo.

[The fact that she agrees quickly is good- he needs to speak with her now, and the sooner he can, the better. There's an unused room in an abandoned building not too far off from where they are, so he heads that direction, wasting no time.

Once inside, he simply leans against a wall and waits, arms crossed and looking rather serious for his usually positive demeanor.]

[Caterina follows him, moving perhaps more quickly in her heels than one would expect of anyone. She enters the building shortly after him and raises her eyebrow.]

Che cos'è, Ezio?

[Ezio switches into Italian, rather than speak in a language others can easily listen in on, sighing in the process.]

Caterina, how well do you know of the recent events between Claudia and I?

Ah.

[She lets out a breath that isn't quite a sigh.]

I do not know very much, only that you, Claudia, and Niccolò are... at odds.

Then there is much to tell you.

[A pause, and Ezio considers how to best word everything that's happened.]

When Niccolò had arrived here, in Asgard, he met with me to discuss my unwillingness to hear about the future. It was something I did not want to know about, as you remember, and we argued over it. However, he convinced me in the end. [You should know Niccolò has a way with words, Caterina, as do you.] Claudia heard of this, and grew furious. To her, I had chosen someone from the Order over family, since I did not want to hear it from her, even when it came to Mario. As of now, she does not consider me her brother.

[He paces, if only a little, gesturing along the way.]

Then Claudia opened Rose Blush. You can imagine my reaction to my own sister running a bordello. [He simply stops, looking back at Caterina, and looks a bit indignant. What he's annoyed at is hard to tell.] It did not end well.

And to make matters worse, in my own pride I have scared off another who I did not mean to. [And he's not happy about it- it shows in his face. If anything, he didn't want to do that to Ichigo, and now, everything is a mess.]

[Caterina listens to all of this intently, saying nothing, barely expressing any emotion at all apart from slightly pursed lips. When Ezio finishes, she nods curtly.]

I see.

Then what am I to do.

[He's asking because he's torn between apologizing and not apologizing. On one end, his pride is at stake, and all that comes with it, if he does. On the other, his sister and also the respect of another whom he considers like a brother will never be won back, if he doesn't.]

[She ponders this, considering him as she does so.]

What about her creating Rose Blush upsets you?

Rose Blush is a brothel. Claudia is its madame.

[PLEASE SAY YOU KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING, CATERINA.]

[Oh, she knows.]

I want to hear you say it, Ezio.

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