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[seventeenth]

So, I'm back. I guess? [Desmond still sounds -- and looks -- a little dazed.] I didn't realize the bracelets were that important. I'll have to keep that in mind.

[He grins, a little, his confidence returning.] So... what did I miss? Did this turn out to be a surreal fever dream while I was out of it, by any chance?

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[seventeenth]

[Desmond nods, unsurprised by the news about Malik. Malik could never just let things sit, after all. He does have a smirk when Ezio mentions Altaïr, however.]

Altaïr won't be able to stand not being in the middle of things, if he's acting the way you say he is. He'll come around.

[sicarius]

After consistent banter that will be ignored, perhaps. I doubt he will want to do any missions given to him by-

[For a second, Ezio pauses mid-sentence, gears turning in his head, a very familiar grin slowly creeping on his face.

Someone just came up with an idea. A very, very, very, very trollish one. He turns back to Desmond and keeps that grin on his face, explaining what he just thought of.]

Desmond, how well does Altaïr respond to challenges of his skill at this point?

[Challenging the Great Altaïr with a mission that looks normal, but is purposely for trolling? Oh hell yes.]

[seventeenth]

[That grin... that grin spells trouble. Desmond blinks at the sudden question. Challenges of skill...?] Uh... angrily? He thinks they're beneath him, but he won't turn them down. [At least, that's what Desmond recalls. He gives Ezio an odd look, though he thinks he knows what the Italian man is getting at.]

Why?

[sicarius]

Va bene, that is what I needed to know.

[He isn't dismissive, and he knows Desmond should be able to pick this up from him, so he simply shrugs.]

I am simply thinking of a challenge he could not refuse, and for us to have a little fun at the same time.

[seventeenth]

Well, whatever it is you've got planned, count me in. [It sounds... interesting, to say the least.]