quarantacinque || video
Jan. 28th, 2011 11:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
[The video is dark when the device turns on. Giovanni removes his hand a moment later but the device isn't entirely facing him and the picture is skewed at an odd angle. There is the usual rubble of the worse parts of the town in the background.
The brown bundle off to the side moves slightly and it becomes apparent the shape is that of a man hunched over. It's still hard to distinguish much.]
...sed libera nos a malo.
[The figure coughs violently.]
...libera nos a malo. Avrei...
...
Così è stato questo inferno tutto il tempo? [He begins to laugh harshly and then breaks into more coughing...and what can barely be heard to sound like heartbroken sobbing intermixed.]
[[Note: Giovanni has just come back from a canon update. He has just lived through his death. He is weeping for his dead sonswho are not dead here but that is besides the point. He is in his normal clothes--aka, not the assassin's robes--and there is a rather nasty red mark around his neck from where the noose hung him that will be seen in some replies.
tl;dr: He's back from a disappearance of his own.]]
[[Translations: ...and deliver us from evil.
...deliver us from evil. I would have...
So was this hell all along?]]
The brown bundle off to the side moves slightly and it becomes apparent the shape is that of a man hunched over. It's still hard to distinguish much.]
...sed libera nos a malo.
[The figure coughs violently.]
...libera nos a malo. Avrei...
...
Così è stato questo inferno tutto il tempo? [He begins to laugh harshly and then breaks into more coughing...and what can barely be heard to sound like heartbroken sobbing intermixed.]
[[Note: Giovanni has just come back from a canon update. He has just lived through his death. He is weeping for his dead sons
tl;dr: He's back from a disappearance of his own.]]
[[Translations: ...and deliver us from evil.
...deliver us from evil. I would have...
So was this hell all along?]]
[video]
Date: 2011-01-29 08:22 am (UTC)Stay put. It will hardly take me time to get back.
[And changing tactics.] ...Please do as I ask. It would please me, cara, that you remain where it is safe.
[video]
Date: 2011-01-29 08:30 am (UTC)Do you direct me as one of the Order then, Padre? For that is what I am. You cannot deny that it is a waste for me to assist in finding and protecting you. The beasts here are many and hungry in these winter months. My blade is just as strong and sharp as that of my brothers.
[Voice]
Date: 2011-01-29 08:31 am (UTC)[...]
And I think I owe you a few things.
[video]
Date: 2011-01-29 08:38 am (UTC)The rest of the matter--the fact that she is his daughter and when she learned to fight--will remain for another time.]
I do not need protection. Not from your brothers and not from you. If I didn't know they would not be as stubborn as I at their age--I would not have them here at all.
I know my way back, and I am capable of dodging a few beasts.
Stay put. That is an order, not a request.
[Voice]
Date: 2011-01-29 08:44 am (UTC)[It's hard to keep the smugness out of his voice even now of all times--but he can't help but to smile just a bit.]
I have to say I am not so adverse to being brought back here myself.
We will speak more later, Seifer. I look forward to it.
[video]
Date: 2011-01-29 08:55 am (UTC)As you command. I trust your judgment.
[ Claudia bows her head in acceptance even as she smooths her expression, setting pain and disappointment aside. ]
I will see you soon, mio Padre. Be cautious.
[video]
Date: 2011-01-29 09:04 am (UTC)[He smiles suddenly and leans towards the communicator conspiratorially.]
For you, anything cara. I look forward to it. [And, implied, seeing this supposed skill you've developed in his absence.]
[video]
Date: 2011-01-29 09:08 am (UTC)It is not for your sense of caution that I am concerned, Padre.
no subject
Date: 2011-01-29 03:43 pm (UTC)... will you be alright? What happened?
(shaky) italian.
Date: 2011-01-29 04:58 pm (UTC)[ video ]
Date: 2011-01-29 09:21 pm (UTC)It's.. probably better to get inside. Do you need help?
/drops in on this
Date: 2011-01-30 01:09 am (UTC)Sorry about that loves. Took me a bit to get down here. [She laughed a bit, brushing her hair out of her face while looking over Giovanni.] Hey, cowboy, how are you holding up?
/arrives on the late bus
Date: 2011-01-30 06:32 am (UTC)[The sound that emitted from her love was so foreign to her ears that it causes her heart to skip a beat and threaten to cease beating all together. Her eyes scan over his entire body to be sure that he had no bodily injures... that is until she saw the distinct red mark that bruised against his neck. The air was literally knocked right out of her and it took her a moment to recover before speaking again.]
I... I will call on your sons to find you. Just stay where you are...
italian.
Date: 2011-01-31 12:11 am (UTC)But I will be better now.
[ video ]
Date: 2011-01-31 12:13 am (UTC)[He takes a few deep breaths before replying.]
I believe I have some on the way already.
italian.
Date: 2011-01-31 12:13 am (UTC)italian.
Date: 2011-01-31 12:16 am (UTC)italian.
Date: 2011-01-31 12:16 am (UTC)<3
Date: 2011-01-31 12:25 am (UTC)I'm sorry you had to come out here, but so sorry to see you in person. [He tries to stand without the wall and, after a moment of uncertainty, manages to remove his hand and stand on his own. He pockets the communicator and looks around at the surroundings.] But I think it would be best if we leave as quickly as possible now.
[Voice]
Date: 2011-01-31 01:38 am (UTC)[...] Right. Welcome back Giovanni.
[HANGING UP BEFORE YOU CAN TRAMPLE ON HIS PRIDE ANYMORE...]
italian.
Date: 2011-01-31 09:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-31 09:20 am (UTC)[He looks at the communicator and takes another moment to lock his slipping sanity away before replying. He has to keep reminding himself that this isn't a dream...or hell...or... maybe it is but he can't let it matter. He has to be strong.]
Maria... mia amore...
no subject
Date: 2011-01-31 04:55 pm (UTC)I am here, Giovanni. I promise you that I am here...
[She couldn't help the tears that fell down her cheeks. He needed her. He needed his family.]
Qualunque cosa accada io ti amerò per sempre... Noi tutti ti amo tanto.
((Translation|No matter what happens, I will always love you... We all love you so much.))
italian.
Date: 2011-01-31 06:46 pm (UTC)[ video ]
Date: 2011-01-31 10:00 pm (UTC)That's good. ... You never know with the monsters out here.
Did you.. go home?