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[mansuetus]

[ Lucrezia is at the Space Bar, a glass of wine in hand. Pensive, she sips from it once and then again, quiet for a moment. She has been planning this for a time and yet.

And yet. ]

The Borgia family came from Spain to Rome. The father of the family, known as Rodrigo Borgia, has become Pope Alexander Sextus, elected to carry God's will and rule over Rome and the Papal States. He has a wife, beautiful and clever, Vanozza, whom the ladies of Rome, in their foolishness, dislike. Four children he has and all he brought to Rome, Juan Borgia who commands the armies of Rome, Cesare Borgia who took the red robes of the cardinal, Lucrezia Borgia who became Lucrezia Sforza of Pesaro and Gioffre Borgia, the youngest, who married Sancia of Naples. Their crest is the Borgia Bull.

[ and why is she telling all of this, well. ]

Yet there are some on this ship who knows more of me and mine than I do. The history remembers the Borgias, parents and children alike.

I would hear from those who know of my family. I would hear what their books tell.

[ a heavy burden, she asks to carry and yet. ]

I know that those tales might not be accurate to my own Rome and my own family and yet I wish to hear them still, if you would humor me.

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[wolfinthesnow]

Are you a bull, then, Lucrezia?

[certainproclivity]

They are not altogether pleasant stories, Signorina.

[But those stories are pretty much why he's so enamored with her. WHAT IF HE NEEDED TO POISON SOMEONE.]

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[backwardscompatible]

You want spoilers.

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[northerner]

It seems a dangerous thing, my lady, asking after the future.

[cl_cl_claudius]

I c-cannot fault you for asking such questions, Lucrezia. It is courageous. [ More so than Claudius himself has been able to be, tbh. ] But I beg you will not take any answers too much to heart, for good or for ill.

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[ringbearer]

The future can be a heavy thing to bear, especially when you haven't reached it yet -- accomplished what you could in the now beforehand.

[ it's said a bit grimly. it's one thing to know a quest is finished, another to see it done. ]

Miss Lucrezia, wasn't it? I think it a brave thing you ask, though it might cause you harm.

[mansuetus]

[ A chuckle before she makes a face. ]

A Borgia, Jon Snow. I do not believe I look or act much of a bull. Perhaps my brother Juan. He is more hot tempered than I.

[mansuetus]

I much doubt anyone's story is built upon only pleasant stories and Rome is not a pleasant place at times. I would hear them still.

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[mansuetus]

Would the stories spoil something for me, River Song?

[ look how she doesn't quite get it, River. ]

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[mansuetus]

A dangerous thing.

[ she agrees, some would say foolish. She wonders if Cesare would ask. Would he care to know what became of him or will he say it doesn't matter. ]

But I cannot ignore it further. History remembers my family, my Lord. I wish to know how.

[mansuetus]

I will try. But I fear that I do not know how to do that, not to take them to heart. If they are of my family, how will I do that?

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[mansuetus]

That it is why it is brave, is it not? If the risk did not exist then it would not be bravery to ask.

[ she hums for a moment. ]

I held my questions for many weeks but I fear my curiosity has finally triumphed.

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[northerner]

Even if your story ends in tragedy and ruin, Lucrezia? Would you still know then?

[wolfinthesnow]

They call Robb the young wolf.

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[skindeep]

My father was a history professor. Times like this, I wish he was on board.

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[backwardscompatible]

It's best if people know as little as possible about what's going to happen to them in the future.

[cl_cl_claudius]

Remember that history is composed largely of half-truths and suppositions. I say this as an historian myself. I have known the wicked to carry spotless reputations and good men to die in calumny. Whatever you may hear will be at best third hand, recalled from tales in books. You may hear malicious rumors put about by enemies, or even flattery meant to cozen the powerful.

I do not say that it shall all be false - you may learn something to your future advantage. But I suggest you take whatever you hear as you would a prophecy - tricksome, and apt to make you twist your actions towards its fulfillment.

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[ryuuzaki]

I'm not completely sure you want to hear this, Lucrezia. I can't say that I know a lot about it. History isn't my specialty.

[mansuetus]

Are not all of House Stark wolves, Jon?

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[mansuetus]

Why? It would not matter here. I would go back to Rome without remembering anything I heard on this ship.

Do you know of me, River Song?

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[mansuetus]

[ she thinks about it for a single moment, just one. ]

Yes. Yes I think I would know it still. Sometimes I think being a Borgia spells tragedy and ruin for me and mine as it is. Rome is a cruel place and its games are secret and hidden.

[mansuetus]

[ a thing to think about, he gives her and she ponders his words for a moment before nodding her head. ]

There are rumors and gossip and slander about my family already. If they wrote this than it is truly not true. Lies of men and women with wicked hearts and wicked tongues.

[ and lucrezia would cut them out if she could. ]

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[mansuetus]

Did you ever care for history, Noah?

[ so odd that he looks so much like someone else on the ship but she easily tells them apart. ]

[mansuetus]

If I did not wish to hear, I would not have asked. Whatever you know of me and mine would be of value, signore.

[ a beat. ]

I am not afraid.

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[ringbearer]

[ he knows a thing about that, and his voice turns a touch rueful. ]
No, I suppose it wouldn't.

[ still, frodo worries. the weight of the future is heavy to many. ]

..What do you think? Of what you've come to know?