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Who: Ezio Auditore da Firenze and OPEN!
What: Exploring!
When: Early Monday morning.
Where: In the city.
Rating: PG, just to be safe. Ezio is trouble.


Ezio strode with wicked confidence, dark eyes taking in as much as possible. He'd gotten up at dawn and already found the highest point in the city to climb it and scope the area, ultimately having to climb down with no convenient bale or cart of hay to throw himself off into. It was annoying but he was sure there'd be other places to hide in.

Keeping his hood up, he'd considered taking to the rooftops, but down here he could get a feel for the city and the people within. It was pointless to keep out of the way when he wanted to get used to the atmosphere. Thankfully, he didn't stick out horribly with such odd people lining the streets.

Of course, it would only be a matter of moments before he found the floor too dull and chose to run across the rooftops.

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[ino]

She shrugged. "It's not that strange, I do it all the time. It's much faster that way." Which ... she really did. It was so much easier to climb the wall or walk the rooftops than walk on the ground, especially if you were in a hurry. She found herself wondering, now, exactly what type of career the two of them shared to make use of that so frequently. Or maybe that was just how their people behaved? You never could tell, with Paradisa.

Nice save, there, Ezio, especially with the slender comment! She relaxed a little at that, quickening her pace to match his. "Yeah, yeah. The castle's not that far."

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He smirked to himself, glad the situation had passed by easily enough, though he'd be sure not to tease her even slightly about the amount of food there was ever again. Some women were able to brush off playful comments, others required just a little warmth after getting offended over statements that had been spoken without much consideration. Mostly, Ezio was willing to compliment a woman, flirt with any that were at least old enough and perhaps one day find a woman as good as Christina or Catarina to settle down with.

"How interesting, to find another person who uses such unconventional means to get around." It was at least a relief to know he and Altair wouldn't be considered odd just for that and end up singled out too massively. The last thing Assassins needed was notoriety.

[ino]

Fortunately for Ezio, as easily as Ino was offended by comments about the food she was eating and her weight, she was almost just as easily smoothed over with a few well placed compliments. And while she was capable of brushing off teasing and the like, they had only just met, and she had yet to gauge just how serious this guy was (though he seemed like the playful type).

"It's normal for the people from my village," she said, before glancing up. "Would you prefer that way, then? Or do you think it might be too hard to hold my things, then?" A bit of a smirk accompanied that last question; a bit of a playful taunt never hurt anyone, after all.

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"If you would prefer me to drop all your food then, by all means, we can take to the rooftops," he commented lightly, giving her an amused look and continuing towards the castle. He was sure once he was actually up there he'd be fine but he was rather heavy built and that required two hands to get him onto a roof.

"I'm sure it is easy for you to do it that way but I am an old man," he insisted, though his tone suggested he was joking. He was old but he hadn't quite yet decided he was too old for anything, except perhaps running around sleeping with everything that batted an eyelash at him. Maybe.

Content to let the conversation turn into the plethora of jokes and taunts, he headed towards the castle, stepping aside to allow her to walk inside first.

[ino]

She let out a little laugh, anyways -- it was true, he did seem a bit .... fatherly, in a way, to her. Old enough to complain about being old, anyways. (Maybe it was the beard.) She wondered briefly if he knew that physical aging stopped while in Paradisa.

"Giving up already? I'm sure it's not that bad."

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"I said nothing about giving up. It is probably just better I do not climb buildings with bags of food." He laughed lightly at the thought of even trying it. Even in his younger days, he wasn't good at carrying things and climbing. He'd always, without fail, drop whatever he was carrying.

Stepping inside the castle, he paused for a moment. "Would you rather continue to your room alone, Ino?" He knew all the doors had name plates but there was such a thing as allowing a woman her privacy. If she was alright with him bringing the bag to her room, he would, but he didn't want to offend her by simply following her to her room.

[ino]

"You said you were getting too old for that sort of thing," she explained, but let it slide, as it was only a joke. She blinked in surprise at his next request, though - she'd never really considered her room a particularly private place, and she didn't know much about customs in worlds where there was a great divide between where women and men were allowed to go. So she just shrugged.

"Up to you. I can carry it, if your arms are getting tired."

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"Too old for some things, like carrying bags of food on rooftops," he commented amusedly, though he was more amused by her expression at his words. Was it that strange? He supposed certain places had different ways of doing things and maybe he was saying something she wasn't used to hearing.

"I can carry it, I just would not wish to intrude on your vita privata." She was a young woman, after all.

[ino]

"Vita privata?" She repeated, before recognizing a bit of what he was saying. "Oh, you mean my private space? You don't have to worry about that, it's not really like that." Ino waved a hand dismissively, turning to head towards the elevator. Hopefully Ezio had tried the thing out before, otherwise he was about to be in for quite a shock.

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"Si, your... privacy," he agreed, though that she insisted it was no issue was fine by him. Following her, he paused outside the doors of the elevator, staring quite curiously. What was that tiny room for? She definitely couldn't be living in there.

Following her inside, he paused, looking around, unable to help his entirely curious gaze.

[ino]

It was a good thing Ino had no ill intentions towards him; after all, it would have been rather easy to simply get rid of him, trapped in a tiny room like that. Elevators - they could be so potentially dangerous!

But instead, she pushed the button marked "11", and glanced over at him as the elevator doors closed and began its trek upwards. That, too, was a look she recognized.

"Never been in one of these before, huh?"

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Ezio shook his head slightly, looking around the small room they were in, a little disturbed by it when it started to move.

"We do not have these... things in my world," he answered her, though he was comfortable with it only a few moments later, deciding it was likely far more convenient than the stairs and perhaps he'd use it more often. He could tell the numbers corresponded with floors, at least.

Once the doors opened, he waited for her to step out first, following as she led the way to her room.

[ino]

"It's called an elevator," she explained as they headed upwards. "It's much quicker than the stairs to go up to the higher floors in the castle."

Everything else seemed pretty self-explanatory, though, and he seemed more comfortable with it once they went up a little higher, so she didn't continue with that thought. Instead, she stepped out of the elevator once they reached her floor, and quickly found her room, moving to unlock the door and hold it open for him, gesturing towards the counter.

The room was (perhaps surprisingly, considering her appearance) very much mature and elegant, all things considered. Simple furniture, a deep purple dominating the room. However, the wall opposite the door was difficult to miss - it was almost completely covered in photographs, most featuring Ino with her friends or family members. She paid no attention to it at the moment, though, just moving towards the kitchenette area once he let himself in.