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[milesawayfrom]

[ The video feed turns on, showing the familiar hallways of the hospital. The newcomer hasn't quite realized that his phone has just made a butt-video-call. Instead he's stumbling around the hallway, using the wall as a guide to hold up his weight. ]

Aliunde? What kind of name is that? It's as bad as Abstergo. [ He's muttering to himself, not

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[isnotforsale]

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Wow, you...suck.

[Best first impression. Ever.]

[milesawayfrom]

Yeah? Well, I don't see you trying to jump out of a window.

[ Desmond shoots her a glare before pulling himself up. ]

[isnotforsale]

I have jumped out of a window before. And I landed on my feet. Not my face.

[She's very aware he didn't land on his face. But still.]

[milesawayfrom]

Good for you. Hope you didn't break your ankles when you landed. That'd mess up the whole story.

[ Glare. Glare. Glare. ]

[alltenfingers]

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[Ezio knows that face. It's a form of his own face, in a way, and he has seen it only once but he couldn't mistake it. It's burned into his memory just as Desmond's name is, and his eyes are wide under the hood he has covering them.]

Desmond! [He's not even sure how he can quite figure this out but this is an opportunity neither of them has had before.] Do not move, I will be there in a moment.

[And the video cuts as Ezio heads up onto the roof of his home, via the window, and runs across the rooftops to get to his descendent. Dropping down nearby, he rushes over, to help him.]

Are you hurt?

[milesawayfrom]

...Ezio?

[ Before he can really get a real question out, the video has been cut. Desmond blinks a few times. Right, he's officially dazed. He thought he was out of the Animus. Or maybe he's still suffering from the Bleeding Effect and seeing ghosts. Or, maybe, he's just gone full blown crazy like Subject 16 and he's going to start painting the walls with bloody and drawing crazy ass symbols everywhere.

Maybe that was why he was in the hospital? They did a crap job of securing him down if that's the case.

Desmond half turns, still on the ground as Ezio rushes over. He just blinks a few times, simply staring.

Come on, Desmond. Use your words. That brain is good for something else other than wise cracks and bar tending. ]

I'm officially crazy now. [ Alright, maybe not. ]

[alltenfingers]

[Ezio gets down to his knees beside the younger man, trying to see if he's wounded. He highly doubts he is but it's worth checking anyway. As Desmond speaks, he lets out the faintest laugh, eventually getting back to his feet and offering a hand.]

Si, that is likely. [Once Desmond is ready to be pulled up, Ezio supports him, not quite sure what to do now.] Why did you throw yourself out of the window, Desmond?

[he has a billion questions but they can wait for now.]

[milesawayfrom]

[ Desmond eyes the hand, then looks up at Ezio. He's trying to get around the fact that Ezio is standing there in front of him. Without being transparent like the ghosts that ran around the Auditore Villa or the Colosseum Vault. Funny thing is? None of this seems familiar inside the Animus, if that's where he is.

Abstergo. Animus. Aliunde. What is it with 'A' names? ]

Thanks for that. [ Being called crazy by Ezio Audtiore. He can say he's done almost everything now. He finally reaches up and takes Ezio's hand, half expecting his to pass through Ezio's. Which doesn't happen and he's pulled up. ]

I was trying to get out without anyone knowing. My little buddy here ruined that before the unexpected fall did. [ Piece of crap phone. ]

[finalheavens]

Not the... best first impression, is it? [She could be alluding to your 'graceful' fall, Desmond, or to Aliunde in particular. Who knows.] Need help?

[milesawayfrom]

I know it's hard to believe, but I've made worse impressions than this. [ Like how he met Lucy. God, he was such a prick. ]

[finalheavens]

We all make mistakes. But we can't just go jumping out of windows, though. The city isn't the safest place at the moment.

[milesawayfrom]

I can handle myself just fine. [ Just not after he's been, well, out of it. For a few days. ] What's not safe about it? Besides the fact that I have no damn idea how I got here.

[lilgreasemonkey]

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Are ya all right? What'd ya do that for? They let ya out the door just fine without any fuss.

[milesawayfrom]

Look. The last time I had any experience with anything like a hospital? They kept me prisoner. I think I get a bit of leeway for wanting to jump out a damn window.

[lilgreasemonkey]

[ Whoa okay mister. She raises a hand up. Bad topic, bad topic. She gets it. ] First window ya saw seemed just right? 's good it wasn't higher. That hospital's pretty big.

[milesawayfrom]

It's sort of... an acquired taste. [ He's not about to come out and say he's an assassin. ]

[getsometreasure]

[Action, since they're both new?]

[ Nate saw the guy jump. And as cool as that looked, it also looked liked it hurt. He jogged up closer, ready to offer a hand or something. ] Hey! You alright there?

[ A pause, as he waves his communicator around.] Yeah, I'm not digging this whole "new phone" thing either...

[milesawayfrom]

[ Action works fine! ]

[ Desmond looks up at Nate, already in the process of picking himself up. His body is stiff, but that's not really going to stop him. ] Yeah, I'm fine. It looked worse than it was. I've had worse.

[ Well, he's relived memories of worse. ] I've never had the need for one. Do they always turn on their own?

[getsometreasure]

[ Nate chuckles, more out of the awkwardness of this entire thing than anything else.

Then he looks at his own phone, with a slight scowl. ] Dunno if that what they always do. All I'm saying is that nothing comes free.

Eh. So you've been dumped into this place too, huh?

[ He extends a hand.] Hi. I'm Nathan Drake.

[milesawayfrom]

You've got a point. I don't trust anything they give us. Especially this credit card. [ He doesn't like the idea of being traced. Especially when he's in a foreign world. ]

Looks like it. Here I thought that kidnapping wasn't really a hobby. [ Desmond raises his hand and takes Nathan's, giving it a good shake. Stupid stiff body. Should he give out his name? ] Desmond.