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Now, I could do this day to day, but that would be very, very boring, so I shall do it montage style just because I can –insert IDGAF icon-
The next three or four months were nothing but challenge upon challenge for Hali. Along with learning to master basic assassin techniques (which she mastered with ease), learning to use a hidden blade, and the challenge learning the creed and applying it, she was attempting to learn the Italian language as quickly as possible. Ezio was vastly impressed with her progress. Though she learned a bit slower than his other apprentices, she retained things much better and applied them with equal velocity. It did help that he gave her private Italian lessons to learn the language.
By July (she had arrived about March) she was speaking and understanding Italian well enough to be out and about on her own. She had a hard time with people that spoke to fast, especially people in a panic, but she managed well enough to be sent on simple missions like deliveries and reconnaissance (recon).
Ezio soon discovered her assassin specialty- espionage. This girl was the perfect spy. She was quiet, nimble and had basically mastered the art of hiding in plain sight. Even an expert assassin such as Ezio had a somewhat difficult time finding her when she went into what had been dubbed "spy-mode".
She was also a fairly indirect killer. She killed from behind or with other methods, in which Ezio learned of another specialty of hers- plants. Hali knew which plants were safe to eat and which were deadly. She also knew how to mix healthy ones to MAKE them deadly. Ezio once saw her consume a poisonous plant and nearly had a heart attack- thinking she was committing suicide for some reason, until she revealed a little talent she had- knowing how to eat poisonous plants without being effected. Ezio was vastly impressed. Le Volpe heard of this, and asked her if she would be willing to share her method. But she shook her head saying that it was a skill that took years to build up and perfect. Too valuable to pass on to just anyone.
Now the hidden blade was a challenge to learn to use. Hali was used to daggers, holding one in her hand and striking quickly. But the hidden blade freed her hand for more use, which threw her off because she didn't know how to use the free hand while at the same time taking advantage of her new weapon. It also took her a while to learn to retract and unsheathe the blade on command – in other words, she has stabbed other apprentices on accident. They all lived, but they kept their distance. When she did in fact get the hang of it, missions became a snap.
Now, on the subject of friends, Hali could only boast one that could count – Christiano. Christiano had been training with Ezio for years, and was as capable an assassin as any of the other apprentices- though he was better than they due to his experience. He saw that Hali needed a friend, and in her transitional stage of learning Italian he was the only person able to speak a sort of mix of the languages. This helped Hali a great deal and she was ever-grateful to him. They talked mostly about training, and what they enjoyed in their free time. Christiano always claimed that he spent his time free-running, but Hali followed him one time and found that he never left the brothel and was having a "good time" with the courtesans. Hali found it hard to talk to him after that due to total awkwardness. The other apprentices were also boys, and they were all either disgusted that she was a girl, or genuinely scared of her and her ability. There was one boy though, he wasn't usually around and didn't get along with many of the other boys due to a strange hobby of his, but that's for later.
July in Rome was terribly hot- often reaching 80. Hali spent most of her time in her room, reading some papers from Signore Da-Vinci and training once the sky turned red and the weather cooled. That particular day, there was a knock on her door "chi è? (who is it?)" she asked- looking at the door
"Christiano, may i come in?" he asked from behind the door
"Entri, Prego (come in, please)" she sat up and put the papers on her desk. Christiano came in and smiled
"Signore Ezio has a mission for you today, Hali" he said "tonight - according to sources – a templar knight will be coming to town to converse with the Borgia, and you have to make sure he doesnt make it" He watched as her face lit up
"You mean that this shall be my first assassination? Stai scherzando! (You are kidding!)" she exclaimed happily and practically jumped off of the bed
"i am not. You must get to the north gate immediately after dinner. You cannot miss this one, Hali. This isn't a package- Signore Ezio told me to tell you" He said much calmer than the jumpy, exstatic girl before him. She nodde egarly and ran to the dining hall to eat dinner. She wouldn't have time to train today! She had a mission! Her first, REAL mission! Hali was jumping with joy! But after eating dinner early, she took a breath and calmed down
She was certainly excited, but she realized that she had to calm herself- else risking the success of her mission. Hali equipped herself and set out from the roof. She free-ran to the northern gate of Roma (she had begun to call it that because that is what everyone else called it.). she then waited at the top of the gate for her target. During sit- down lessons with Ezio and the other apprentices, he had taught them how to identify a templar from others in both the way they acted and dressed.
She analyzed an on-comer from afar on his horse. After careful consideration, she scaled the wall out of his view and walked along the path in the near-darkness. She didn't see the other assassin in the area that was helping a snake with its eggs in a brush nearby. Hali pulled up her hood as she approached the Templar. she came alongside his horse, and in a swift move, grabbed him and flung him off, causing the horse to neigh loudly and trot off in surprise. The man was certainly caught off guard, but was not as incapable as Hali figured that he would be and took out a small dagger from its sheathe. He lunged right at her and she dodged swiftly. She kicked him in his back to bring him to his knees, but Hali was novice at fighting in such darkness. The templar was up before she could plunge her hidden blade into his neck and narrowly missed hers. Hali jumped back "Merda! (shit!)" she exclaimed as she fought with the much bigger man. Hali size was both a blessing and a curse. She was loosing. She had to get out of this, fast.
Then suddenly, the man stopped. He was trembling and fell to his knees. When he did, she saw who had helped her. A fellow assassin. She took a breath and finished the job- stabbing the man in the neck. She removed her hood and looked up at the man that had helped her "grazie mille (thank you very much)" she said gratefully. The man held up a hand and then removed his hood. He was one of the apprentices!
"Don't worry about it" he said in natural Italian. "I'm guessing that was your first mission?" he asked, motioning her to follow him back to the headquarters. Hali hung her head in shame
"Yes. I underestimated my opponent" she sighed deeply. "Signore will be disappointed with me" she thought aloud.
"non ti preoccupare (don't worry)" he said as a form of comfort "i'm sure Signore will not be too mad, so long as the mission is done."
"grazie..." she went to call him by name but stopped. She didnt KNOW his name
"Valenti. Bello Valenti" he introduced himself as they walked though the silent streets.
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