IC: Fourth Wall Event

[maleborgia]

(Continues for any/all Fourth Wall threads!)

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[foundjuanting.livejournal.com]

When people leave, do they know when their time comes?

[maleborgia]

Some do. I believe some are just as unaware as they were when they arrived.

[foundjuanting.livejournal.com]

... Come brother, let's take a ride to the edge of this place.

[maleborgia]

...All right. *leading the way to the stables*

[foundjuanting.livejournal.com]

[being surprisingly quiet today]

What does a legacy mean to you?

[maleborgia]

In terms of our family, you mean? It's what we will be remembered for.

[foundjuanting.livejournal.com]

How important is that to you, or does your destiny outweigh the family's?

[maleborgia]

The two are intimately linked. To speak of my own legacy is to speak of our family's. I may have more control over my own, but I rely on the family to shape it.

[foundjuanting.livejournal.com]

But were it come down to the basic matter, does the Borgia name hold more value, or the happiness of the family members themselves?

[maleborgia]

... *struggling with this a bit because he knows what the correct answer is here, but his goals :< *

Their happiness, I suppose. But there should be a way to obtain both.

[foundjuanting.livejournal.com]

One's already been done, it's just up to you to figure out how to to the other, and me too, I suppose.

[heading inside to the stables and getting his horse ready, making sure everything's in the saddlebags that should be.]

[maleborgia]

When you return, what will you do?

[foundjuanting.livejournal.com]

[mounting up, and waiting for Cesare]

Try to set a better course, I suppose. I would have my family get a better end.

[maleborgia]

*Romulus get, exiting*

And how would you do that?

[foundjuanting.livejournal.com]

I have no idea, though I know it means less indulging in the local entertainment. The things I do for all of you.

[maleborgia]

If you can pull it off, it will be worth it in the end.

[foundjuanting.livejournal.com]

I know.


Brother, do not concern yourself with the family name. We have already gained a far greater legacy than father ever planned.

[maleborgia]

*not looking at him*

It could be greater still.

[foundjuanting.livejournal.com]

How? Our family line now runs in the veins of kings and nobles, a far-off lineage of Borgia ruling the earth and in the world of entertainment. Our enemies can not change that, and they'd curse for years at the taint they won't be able to scrub clean from the very blood of their descendants. We have defeated them by making them a part of us, and what is more, our name carries even greater recognition than Orsini or Sforza. They wanted to make all the world forget our name, and they have failed spectacularly.

[maleborgia]

*quiet for a bit, thinking about this*

Would we be so well remembered if we were not infamous? *head shake* And yet...

It is unusual to see you so serious.

[foundjuanting.livejournal.com]

Perhaps not, perhaps we should stay so infamous then and care more about each other than our image.

...And I am leaving, brother. Surely you know this by now.

[maleborgia]

I do. Hopefully you will be able to make the changes that are necessary to fix or avoid some of our mistakes.

[foundjuanting.livejournal.com]

... And I hope you find a life that pleases you. Do not be so concerned about fate, find what pleases you and take some happiness from this world. You should not be an old man at your age.

[maleborgia]

*short laugh* If you ever have the opportunity to visit me in the Pisa I know, I promise I will show you a good time. I am not quite an old man yet.

[foundjuanting.livejournal.com]

Are you sure? You talk like one, and worry as much as father.