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*'''Leonardo:''' ''What seems to be the trouble?'' | *'''Leonardo:''' ''What seems to be the trouble?'' | ||
*'''Guard:''' ''A witness claims to | *'''Guard:''' ''A witness claims to have seen you consorting with an enemy of the city.'' | ||
*'''Leonardo:''' ''What? Me? Consorting? Prepostorous!'' | *'''Leonardo:''' ''What? Me? Consorting? Prepostorous!'' | ||
*'''Guard:''' ''When was the last time you saw or spoke with Ezio Auditore?'' | *'''Guard:''' ''When was the last time you saw or spoke with Ezio Auditore?'' | ||
Revision as of 07:22, 9 November 2011
Ace Up My Sleeve is a memory in Assassin's Creed II.
Description
After teaching Ezio the necessary skills to survive, Paola suggests he use the blade his father had left him to assassinate the Gonfaloniere. Since it was broken, Paola tells Ezio to bring the pieces to Leonardo da Vinci.
Dialogue
The Friend
Ezio knocks on Leonardo's workshop door.
- Leonardo: Oh! Ezio Auditore! I... I didn't expect to see you again. What with all that's happened... Ah! Where are my manners! Welcome back! Now, how can I be of service?
- Ezio: I was hoping you could repair something of mine.
- Leonardo: Of course! Come! This way.
He leads Ezio to a table, and clears it.
- Leonardo: Ah, che pasticcio... Tutto il santo giorno che cerco... (Oh, what a mess.. I've spent the whole day looking for...) Let me clear a space. All right, lets see it!
Ezio hands him the broken blade and bracer.
- Leonardo: Fascinating... I don't know, Ezio. Despite its age, the construction is rather advanced. I've never seen anything quite like it. I'm afraid, there's not much I can do without the original plans. Mi dispiace. (I'm sorry.)
Ezio reaches out to take the blade, when Leonardo notices the old parchment.
- Leonardo: Wait, wait, wait!
He opens it.
- Ezio: What are you doing?
- Leonardo: The contents of this page are encrypted! But if my theory is correct... Based on these sketches it may very well...
- Ezio: It may very well what?
- Leonardo: Please, sit!
- Ezio: Leonardo?
- Leonardo: Shhhh!
Obediently, Ezio sits on a chair while Leonardo decodes the page.
- Leonardo: Remarkable! If we transpose the letters and then select every third...
The Commitment
After some time, Leonardo wakes Ezio and show him the repaired bracer.
- Leonardo: There. It's finished!
- Ezio: Hmm? What's finished?
- Leonardo: The blade! I managed to decode that parchment of yours. It showed me exactly what to do.
Ezio reaches for the bracer, but Leonardo holds it away. He then picks up a butcher's knife.
- Leonardo: Now all that's left is to remove your ring finger.
- Ezio: Really?
- Leonardo: I'm sorry, but this is how it must be done. The blade is designed to ensure the commitment of whoever wields it.
- Ezio: Bene. (Fine.) Do it quickly.
He places his finger on the table, but jumps as Leonardo brings down the knife, and only hits the table.
- Leonardo: I was only having fun, Ezio! Though the blade once required a sacrifice, it's been modified. You can keep your finger.
Ezio slips the bracer onto his arm, and a blade hidden within it slides out.
- Ezio: Incredible...
- Leonardo: Yes it is! Tell me: Do you have other pages like this?
- Ezio: I'm sorry, only the one.
- Leonardo: Listen, if you ever do happen across another one of these, please bring it to me.
- Ezio: You have my word. And thank you for fixing this. It-
They are interrupted by a loud banging on the door.
- Guard: By order of the Florentine guard: Open this door!
- Leonardo: Eh, just a moment. (to Ezio) Wait here!
Leonardo leaves Ezio behind to answer the door.
- Guard: Are you Leonardo da Vinci?
- Leonardo: Sì. (Yes.) How may I be of service?
- Guard: I need you to answer some questions.
- Leonardo: Certainly.
The guard leads Leonardo to the courtyard beside his workshop.
- Leonardo: What seems to be the trouble?
- Guard: A witness claims to have seen you consorting with an enemy of the city.
- Leonardo: What? Me? Consorting? Prepostorous!
- Guard: When was the last time you saw or spoke with Ezio Auditore?
- Leonardo: Who?
- Guard: Non fare il finto tonto. (Don't play dumb with me.) We know you were close with the family. Hmm.
He throws Leonardo to the ground and kicks him several times.
- Guard: Perhaps this will help to clear your head?
Ready to talk?
What about now?
Tell me what I want to know and we will end this.
Had enough yet?
Unable to watch Leonardo being treated this way, Ezio moves in and assassinates the guard.
- Leonardo: Grazie, (Thank you,) Ezio!
- Ezio: Sorry about that.
- Leonardo: Eh, I've grown accustomed to their abuses.
- Ezio: What of the body?
- Leonardo: Bring it inside and put it with the others.
- Ezio: Others?
- Leonardo: The city gives them to me. For research.
Ezio carries the dead guard into Leonardo's workshop and places it in a corner.
- Leonardo: See? Like it never happened!
- Ezio: Thank you, Leonardo - for everything.
- Leonardo: Any time! And remember, if you find more of those strange pages, bring them to me. Should they contain new designs, I will upgrade your blade as well!
- Ezio: Of course. Now I really should be getting back to Paola...
- Leonardo: Porgile i miei omaggi! (Send her my regards!)
Outcome
Leonardo fixes Giovanni's hidden blade for Ezio. Ezio learns how to use the blade to assassinate.
Trivia
- This memory is the only time in Assassin's Creed II where you can explore the interior of Leonardo's workshop.
Gallery
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Design of the Hidden Blade in the Codex Page.
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Leonardo being questioned by a guard about Ezio.
