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    There was something about the Renaissance that was both incredibly overwhelming as well as painfully familiar.
    In many ways, it felt like home. In other ways, it was nothing like Desmond had expected it to be.

    The Animus was not entirely accurate in its depiction of the time. It left some things out and changed others but it was definitely close enough for Desmond to get by. Rome was very different from how it was in Desmond’s time but the layout was mostly the same as were the larger buildings like the Colosseum and the Vatican.

    It made Desmond believe everything had all been a bad dream. That he was still underneath Villa Auditore, hiding from the Templars while spending countless hours inside the Animus. Only when he got out of the Temple and got to the surface did he realise that this was not the case. This was not just Heavy Bleeding, like Desmond experienced the past few weeks, this was real. Terrified at the implications, Desmond did what he had been taught to do best.

    He hid.

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    Desmond had only been planning on visiting Rome.
    He only wanted a small glimpse of the city– of the man who had changed Desmond’s view on life and made him believe it was worth living. Then he would leave and try to deal with the concept of being in the past by himself. But Desmond had never been that lucky. Things never went that easy for him.
    Of course he would lose his journal somewhere in Rome, and of course that journal would end up in the hands of Ezio fucking Auditore.

    Because that was simply Desmond’s luck.

     

    Or, Desmond discovers his ability to draw due to the Bleeding Effect and keeps a journal. A journal which, through some unlikely coincidences, ends up in Ezio’s possession. Things unravel from there.

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    Based on a headcanon by @assassinating-my-thoughts on Tumblr

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    Formerly named ‘Guardian Angel Out Of Time’
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    Desmond just watched at first.

    It had taken days to realise where he was, or rather, when he was. Desmond was half convinced he was in a coma or a long-lasting Bleeding episode at first. But it was not the Bleeding Effect, nor did Desmond seem to be in another coma.

    He was not in the Animus, but in real world Renaissance Florence.

    By the time Desmond finally seemed to snap out of his daze, he stumbled upon the Piazza della Signoria where a large crowd was gathered.

    He recognised this scene, though the last time he saw it, he had arrived on the opposite side of the piazza. The last time he had been watching through the eyes of Ezio.

    Watching the crowd move, Desmond found himself stopping a nearby woman, “Scusi, signora, but would you happen to know today's date?”

    “December 29th.”

    Desmond’s eyes were wide in disbelief. “And the year?”

    “1476.”

    December 29th, 1476.

    The day the Auditore family was executed.
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    Or Desmond proves to be increasingly impulsive and Isu Tech seems to hold a grudge against him.

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    28 Jun 2026

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    Airachnid's disloyalty cannot be allowed to persist, especially not with an asset as volatile as Orion Pax aboard the Nemesis. She must be dealt with quickly. Thankfully, Megatron has just the mechs for the job.

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    An AU in which "Crossfire" is set much sooner; Orion Pax is still aboard the Nemesis and we see Knockout fall apart from the perspective of someone who wants nothing more than to make everything okay.

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    21 Jun 2026

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    In which Knock Out, a broke cosmetic surgeon working in a lowly district in Kaon, meets Breakdown, a sweet, shy Decepticon guard captain who also happens to be the mech of his dreams.

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