#making malik suffer is my jam (affectionately)

[teecupangel]

Submitted by the wonderful @fanworldbuildingfun:

What a lovely bunch of chill Desmond ideas… Would be a shame if someone just... Spilled some anxiety on it

But really, we always presume that Desmond will be able to slip beneath the notice of Assassins and/or Templars whenever he ends up in the past. And fair, we have a reason for it – if he managed to do it in present time, with so many more things to avoid, past should be a no brainer, right?

But consider also this: in present time, the only person we have who is noted to be able to use Eagle vision for any meaningful length of time, is Desmond himself. Other than that, an argument can be made for Clay (which we can’t exactly prove, with his death). Gavin Banks was taxed by its use. Templars were entirely shameful with their 3.5 seconds. Point is – it feels like the Purge took out a lot of proficient Eagle Vision users. And that, should have played well into Desmond’s ability to stay hidden.

If Desmond falls into any time where Assassins have more or less stable presence, it means a higher concentration of people with Eagle Vision

So imagine Desmond trying to go incognito, but utterly failing as the has oodles of Novices and Assassin’s flocking in his general vicinity. Because something way too shiny and gold suddenly appeared in their territory. Wherever Desmond goes, there is always a blue shadow somewhere in the corner of his eyes

Meanwhile Assassins, at witnessing the bright gold in their territory for the first time:

“Is it a target?”

“Is it a treasure? Please be treasure”

“What’s so important?”

“Dear God / Allah / Gods I’m blinded. BLINDED!”

Que trying to drag Desmond to the nearest Bureau / Safe house and find out how to stop him to be so shiny because it’s distracting their operations.

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Teecup addition:

I mean, if you say it like that, my first thought will be the Levantine Brotherhood.

Of course, Ezio's recruits could count too and the Hidden Ones during Basim's time would probably count as well. (unless they're ones who prefer having an actual Eagle be their 'sight')

But just imagine...

Desmond not understanding why all these Assassins always seem to find him?

Was he that bad in hiding?

Did something give him away?

So he keeps running away and they keep chasing him.

It's an endless cycle...

Until...

Altaïr chased him all over Jerusalem and finally caught him by jumping on him, accidentally breaking the wooden ceiling below them.

Later that day, Malik sees Altaïr dragging Desmond by his hood, both of them drenched in the food they had fallen into.

He just... plops Desmond in front of Malik and tell him that this is his problem now.

Before leaving, food drenched robes and all.

Malik stares at Desmond with a frown.

And Desmond just sheepishly grins at him.

TL;DR:

Altaïr drops Desmond into the Jerusalem bureau, making it Malik's problem, so he stops lighting up the city like a goddamn lighthouse that all Assassins want to check out because they're all magpies for shiny gold.