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| | location = [[Winchester|Wincestre]], [[Hampshire|Hamtunscire]], [[Wessex]] | | | location = [[Winchester|Wincestre]], [[Hampshire|Hamtunscire]], [[Wessex]] |
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| '''Romeo and Aethelflaed''' was a virtual representation of one of [[Eivor Varinsdottir]]'s [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]], relived by [[Layla Hassan]] through the [[Animus|Portable Animus HR-8.5]]. | | '''Romeo and Aethelflaed''' was a virtual representation of one of [[Eivor Varinsdottir]]'s [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]], relived by [[Layla Hassan]] in 2020 through the [[Animus|Portable Animus HR-8.5]]. |
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| ==Dialogue== | | ==Dialogue== |
| Eivor found a boy atop an observation tower. | | Eivor stepped onto the grounds of [[The Nun's Minster]] and observed a boy atop an the scaffolding attached to the minster's roof, while another group of children looked on. |
| *'''[[Esobert]]:''' ''I'm going to do it! You see if I don't. I'm just screwing my courage to the sticky place.'' | | *'''Eivor:''' ''What is that boy doing all the way up there?'' |
| | *'''Anglo-Saxon Child (Boy 1):''' ''Jump, little flea! Jump, flea! Jump!'' |
| | *'''Anglo-Saxon Child (Girl 1):''' ''Stop it, you grubkin. If he falls, [[Christianity|God]] will punish you.'' |
| | *'''Anglo-Saxon Child (Boy 2):''' ''Go on, Esobert! It's yours for the taking!'' |
| | *'''Anglo-Saxon Child (Girl 2):''' ''He's so brave! Like a young King [[Alfred the Great|Aelfred]]!'' |
| | *'''Anglo-Saxon Child (Girl 1):''' ''He's going to fall. O, my days, I can't look.'' |
| | *'''Anglo-Saxon Child (Boy 2): ''He'll crack his head like a fresh hen's egg!'' |
| | Eivor climbed up, hearing the boy declare his intentions. |
| | *'''[[Esobert]]:''' ''I'm going to do it! You see if I don't. I'm just screwing my courage to the sticky place.<br>O, it is high. Why is it so high? If I die, tell [[Æthelflæd|her]] I think only of her.<br>I will show her I love her! Or die trying!'' |
| | Atop the roof, Eivor found a letter he had written. |
| | {{IUNote |
| | |Title=Tearstained Letter |
| | |Text=Æthelflæd, your eyes are like<br>A pool of rainy water<br><br>Deep<br><br>And your hair is like my favorite [[goat]]'s beard<br><br>When I saw you<br>Walking in the square<br>My heart hurt as bad as when I got the toothache<br />From chewing on a rotten turnip<br><br>I love you<br>Do you love me?<br>Please respond Yes or No<br><br>Yours forever, Esobert |
| | }} |
| Eivor approached the boy. | | Eivor approached the boy. |
| *'''Eivor:''' ''What are you doing all the way up here?'' | | *'''Eivor:''' ''What are you doing all the way up here?'' |
| *'''Esobert:''' ''Don't try and stop me. I will get that flower ... and then she'll see how much I love her.'' | | *'''Esobert:''' ''Don't try and stop me. I will get that flower... and then she'll see how much I love her.'' |
| *'''Eivor:''' ''A brave choice, little fellow.'' | | *'''Eivor:''' ''A brave choice, little fellow.'' |
| *'''Esobert:''' ''Even if I get smashed on the ground like an ... an ... overripe plum... I am just getting my breath back. The climb was hard. I'm girding my erm ... loins...'' | | *'''Esobert:''' ''Even if I get smashed on the ground like an... an... overripe plum... I am just getting my breath back. The climb was hard. I'm girding my erm... loins...'' |
| *'''Eivor:''' ''Loins, eh? Or I could get it for you? I would hate to see such a ferocious flame snuffed out.'' | | *'''Eivor:''' ''Loins, eh? Or I could get it for you? I would hate to see such a ferocious flame snuffed out.'' |
| *'''Esobert:''' ''I mean, if you insist. But I could get it if I wanted to. Just so you know.'' | | *'''Esobert:''' ''I mean, if you insist. But I could get it if I wanted to. Just so you know.'' |
| Eivor then used the zipline, but missed the flower arch. | | Eivor observed on her target on the oak tree's branch while Esobert climbed down, then she used the zipline. |
| **'''Anglo-Saxon Child 1:''' ''She missed, the stranger missed! That could've been Esobert's mangled noggin.'' | | <tabber> |
| **'''Anglo-Saxon Child 2:''' ''What a terrible show, boo, boo...!''
| | |-|Landed on the branch= |
| <!-- you need to get the flower to progress, so this bit was optional -->
| | Eivor landed on the tree branch and plucked a flower from it. |
| Eivor landed on the arch and plucked a flower from it.
| | *'''Anglo-Saxon Child (Boy 2):''' ''Saints alive! Did you see that? [[Christianity|God]] sent Esobert an angel!'' |
| *'''Anglo-Saxon Child 1:''' ''Saints alive! Did you see that? God sent Esobert an angel!'' | | *'''Anglo-Saxon Child (Girl 1):''' ''Is it over? Did he fall? God's buttered crumpets, I never told him I loved him.'' |
| *'''Anglo-Saxon Child 3:''' ''Is it over? Did he fall? God's buttered crumpets, I never told him I loved him.'' | | *'''Anglo-Saxon Child (Boy 2):''' ''That stranger got it for him. Oi, that's cheating!'' |
| Eivor approached Esobert. | | |-|Missed the branch= |
| | *'''Anglo-Saxon Child (Boy 1):''' ''She missed, the stranger missed! That could've been Esobert's mangled noggin.'' |
| | *'''Anglo-Saxon Child (Boy 2):''' ''What a terrible show, boo, boo...!'' |
| | Eivor climbed back up and tried again. |
| | </tabber> |
| | With the flower in hand, Eivor approached Esobert. |
| *'''Esobert:''' ''If I'd known it was that easy...'' | | *'''Esobert:''' ''If I'd known it was that easy...'' |
| *'''Eivor:''' ''you'd have done it yourself. Risked life and limb. But great men know the value of a champion.'' | | *'''Eivor:''' ''You'd have done it yourself. Risked life and limb. But great men know the value of a champion.'' |
| She handed him the flower. | | She handed him the flower. |
| *'''Eivor:''' ''What will you do with such a treasure?'' | | *'''Eivor:''' ''What will you do with such a treasure?'' |
| Esobert pointed to girl. | | Esobert pointed to girl. |
| *'''Esobert:''' ''It is for her. It is all for her, so she will finally notice me.'' | | *'''Esobert:''' ''It is for her. It is all for her, so she will finally notice me.'' |
| He breathed in and approached the girl and her mother. He gave the flower to the girl. | | He breathed in and approached the girl and her [[Ealhswith|mother]]. He gave the flower to the girl. |
| *'''Ealhswith:''' ''Aethelflaed? What do you say to the sweet boy?'' | | *'''Ealhswith:''' ''Æthelflæd? What do you say to the sweet boy?'' |
| *'''Aethelflaed:''' ''Thank you for the flower. It is very beautiful.'' | | *'''Æthelflæd:''' ''Thank you for the flower. It is very beautiful.'' |
| *'''Esobert:''' ''Now we are bethrothed, and I will grow up to be a great king and you will be my fair lady.'' | | *'''Esobert:''' ''Now we are bethrothed, and I will grow up to be a great king and you will be my fair lady.'' |
| *'''Ealhswith:''' ''What say you, daughter? Do you think him a worthy suitor? He risked so much to declare his love. I will tell my husband, the king, you claim our daughter's hand. When you are a bit older of course. Come dearest.'' | | *'''Ealhswith:''' ''What say you, daughter? Do you think him a worthy suitor? He risked so much to declare his love. I will tell my husband, the king, you claim our daughter's hand. When you are a bit older of course. Come dearest.'' |
| The queen and princess left, and Esobert rejoined his friends. | | The queen and princess left, and Esobert rejoined his friends. |
| *'''Anglo-Saxon Child 1:''' ''Noah's holy cattle! You actually gave a flower to the princess!'' | | *'''Anglo-Saxon Child (Boy 2):''' ''{{Wiki|Noah}}'s holy [[cattle]]! You actually gave a flower to the princess!'' |
| *'''Esobert:''' ''And now we are bethrothed.'' | | *'''Esobert:''' ''And now we are bethrothed.'' |
| *'''Anglo-Saxon Child 1:''' ''Takes more than that. There's holding hands and grunting. And then sometimes praying... "O, God! O, God!"'' | | *'''Anglo-Saxon Child (Girl 2):''' ''Takes more than that. There's holding hands and grunting. And then sometimes praying... "O, God! O, God!"'' |
| *'''Esobert:''' ''King Esobert the first. The Flea of Wincestre!'' | | *'''Esobert:''' ''King Esobert the first. The Flea of [[Winchester|Wincestre]]!'' |
| *'''Anglo-Saxon Child:''' ''All hail the Lord of the Saxons. Esobert the Flea!'' | | *'''Anglo-Saxon Child (Boy 2):''' ''All hail the Lord of the Saxons. Esobert the Flea!'' |
| Nearby, Eivor found two letters from Esobert to Aethelflaed. | | Nearby, Eivor found another letter from Esobert to Æthelflæd. |
| :'''Heartfelt Love Poem'''<br />''I am so lucky in love, blessed by the baby Jesus to have seen you from afar<br />Did you see me? I was wearing my best shoes<br /><br />I hope one day you will be beside me<br /><br />Together in love<br />Starlight to my moon<br />Bee to my honey<br /><br />I have been struck by the horse and cart of love<br />Might I die if you do not look at me?<br /><br />Yes''
| | {{IUNote |
| :'''Tearstained Letter'''<br />Aethelflaed, your eyes are like<br />A pool of rainy water<br /><br />Deep<br /><br />And your hair is like my favorite goat's beard<br /><br />When I saw you<br />Walking in the square<br />My heart hurt as bad as when I got the toothache<br />From chewing on a rotten turnip<br /><br />I love you<br />Do you love me?<br />Please respond Yes or No<br /><br />Yours forever, Esobert''
| | |Title=Heartfelt Love Poem |
| | |Text=I am so lucky in love, blessed by the baby [[Jesus of Nazareth|Jesus]] to have seen you from afar<br>Did you see me? I was wearing my best shoes<br><br>I hope one day you will be beside me<br><br>Together in love<br>Starlight to my moon<br>Bee to my honey<br><br>I have been struck by the [[horse]] and cart of love<br>Might I die if you do not look at me?<br><br>Yes<br><br> |
| | }} |
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| ==Outcome== | | ==Outcome== |
| Eivor acquired the flowers and gave them to the boy, who presented them to his crush. | | Eivor acquired the flowers and gave them to the boy, who presented them to his crush. |
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| | ==Behind the scenes== |
| | It is possible to reach the branch containing the flower from the rooftops on the opposite side of the tree, then climbing over the top of the tree's trunk. If done this way, the dialogue is treated the same as if Eivor used the zipline successfully. |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| *''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' | | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' |
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| {{ACVMemories}} | | {{ACVMemories}} |
| [[Category:Memories of Eivor Varinsdottir]] | | [[Category:Memories of Eivor Varinsdottir]] |
| [[Category:Memories relived using the Animus HR-8.5]] | | [[Category:Memories relived using the Animus HR-8.5]] |