#we can have the apple be the trigger for their soul to connect with desmond

[teecupangel]

Oh god I’m sorry I’ve been obsessed with Yu-gi-oh! lately but the thought wouldn’t leave me alone, so consider: Desmond as Yugi and Altair (or any one of his ancestors, really) as the Spirit of the Puzzle

When you think about it, the Bleeding Effect is kinda like a possession of some kind, only the subject is being possessed by the memories he is watching and these possessions don’t truly have a ‘conscience’ of their own.

So, we can do this in canon and make the memory of Altaïr touching the Apple be the trigger that gave Altaïr a conscience in Desmond’s mind.

Or so that’s what Shaun theorized after he learned of Desmond’s split personality when Lucy got Desmond out and they went to the Rome hideout.

But…

That’s not what happens.

Because Altaïr doesn’t just have a separate conscience to Desmond.

He remembers everything.

Up to his death.

And the trigger was touching the Apple, yes…

But it only made Altaïr see Desmond as he watched Altaïr’s memories.

And it wasn’t the Altaïr of 1191 that saw Desmond.

No.

It was the old lonely man taking his final breath in a dark empty library underneath the only place he ever called his home.

He felt Desmond’s warmth and, as his eyes slowly closed, he felt his very soul escape his body.

And find comfort inside Desmond.

Everyone might think Desmond’s Bleeding Effect was unique thanks to his 100% synchronization rate with Altaïr.

But no.

Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad was dead.

And he had possessed his descendant.

… but it wasn’t like anyone was going to believe them.

And Desmond… didn’t really feel like explaining it to anyone.

Right now, he wasn’t even sure if he could trust the Assassins around him.

Altaïr felt something was off.

Especially about that woman by the name Lucy Stillman.

And between these strangers and the ghost whose memories he watched and felt like his own?

It was clear which one he would trust.