sharpasafawkes | (no subject)

*that surprises this face out of him*

Excuse me?

The other Cesare went more than a little mad before his death.

Edited 2011-04-23 17:40 (UTC)

I see.

*cleaning things up gives the opportunity to consider this*

[Tryyyying out the soup a little hesitantly.]

It's not terrible, I'll give you that. The soup I mean.

Edited 2011-04-23 19:10 (UTC)

*tries a little out of the pot, slight face*

What happened?

It needs cream instead the next time, but it could be a lot worse, trust me.

Before or after Rodrigo poisoned him? Because there's a lot either way.

Start with before.

The form of it that won't go on for hours is that cesare's forces ended up being whittled away. Also a few of his allies ending up in a bad situation didn't help I bet.

*sitting down* We have time.

By that point the Baron de Valois had been killed. In addition Juan, the cousin not the brother... had, well, gone the way of the other Juan. In short, Cesare was out of aid, funds, and control in his own city.

...Listen if you don't want to hear this, I'd be glad to stop.

*there is a slight edge to his tone that will probably remain throughout this conversation, although it's not exactly directed at Shaun*

Keep going. I want to hear the specifics.

That's the problem, there's only so much I can say without getting the order all in a fit about it. I can say that some of the ones he hired were rubbish choices when it came to matters like sanity and morals.

*...okay, so this edge is directed at Shaun*

Then tell me as much as you can.

I am, thanks. If you like, I can start up on what your other self was making his sister do... though it wasn't one sided by any means. It seems being posessive and having a quick temper's a family trait.

Tell me.

...you're serious.

Right, well, it wasn't as bad as some people liked to start rumors about, but he did use her to butter people up when he couldn't use force on them, not that I've got a problem about how he forced Leonardo da Vinci to work for him, oh no.

Also he had this nasty habit of trying to murder anyone who got cozy with her... at least if they couldn't be useful. Also then there's that time he strangled her.

-um, but he was fairly mad by then.

Why did he try to strangle her?

He thought she'd gone and betrayed him.

...

I see.

What else can you tell me?

Truth is, she hadn't. In fact this story would be quite a bit shorter if she hadn't come in.

Why did he think she had?

Because she knew Rodrigo took something Cesare needed.

What did he take?

I'll give you a guess, it's rather obvious.

*nods* I won't make you say it.

What year was this?