asgardmeridiem | [closed] 'sassin bondin' times

Who: Asgard Brotherhood
What: rooftop dinnertimes
When: afternoon/evening 505 (after all 'sassins have voted on Satan)
Where: Needle roof!
Rating: PG-13

[ After speaking to the gods, Desmond headed back to the Needle for a beer, which he took up to the rooftop. It's a mild day in Asgard, overcast but not raining. He's leaning against the chimney when Connor finds him -- the novice was swinging by to speak to the masters, not wanting to have this conversation over the bracelets -- but Desmond offers him a beer and he puts more serious matters on hold to sit beside his comrade.

Maybe the others had the same idea to swing by the bureau, or just heard them from the shop downstairs, or maybe a couple beers in one of these boys sent you a message to come by. Point is, eventually there's a whole bunch of 'sassins up on the roof of Needle in a Haystack, and it's dinnertime. Let's family bbq. ]

(( you can thread finding them/being invited or hanging out at dinner or both, it's a free for all! ))

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There's feeding yourself and then there's cooking something perfectly and... whatever he did with those spices. Huge difference.

True enough. [Ah, grandfatherly pride in his descendant's skills.] I take it you simply feed yourself.

Yeah. But I never really had the opportunity to learn. Maybe if we ever get off rations, Desmond would teach me.

He might. Desmond is very generous with his time and energy.

He offered tonight, I just didn't want to mess up.

Making mistakes is the only way to learn.

[Though, it would be a shame to waste some of these burgers.]

Rations.

This gathering is hardly an efficient use of rations. And we have stores.

[But he chuckles and raises one shoulder in a shrug.]

Still, point.

You've got a point, too... [ A glance around says that everyone's eaten something by now. ] I think I'll take him up on it. But you'd better have a fire extinguisher around here.

What is that?

[The words describe the concept clearly, but Altaïr can think of several things that would serve as fire extuinguishers, and Connor obviously means something specific.]

It's a red canister with a hose on it... you know what, a bucket of water's probably fine.

Ah. I'm sure we can keep things from getting out of hand.

I was joking. Mostly. I don't think I'll set the roof on fire.

But you're not certain.

Is anything ever really certain?

Nothing is true.

Everything is permitted.

...

This really isn't the right context, huh? Sounds like you're saying I can burn the place down.

That is not the exact meaning of the creed, no.

Where does the creed stand on arson?

[ ...oh no. It's fractions of a second before his expression falls. He takes a long drink and says, ] Don't answer that.

[He actually does have an answer, but he understands immediately why Connor doesn't want to hear it.]

It does condone learning in all forms—including cooking, I suppose.

[ TOO LATE ]

...I really miss him. This would have been great for him, you know.

[ At least he doesn't sound too sad. Just thoughtful, a quiet sort of acceptance that can never be happy, but isn't the personal grief it used to be. ]

I gave it some thought, while he was still here. Truthfully, I saw something of myself in him.

[Pyro had been the exact sort of person the Creed could do some good for, the same way re-learning its meaning had been good for Altaïr after Solomon's Temple—and yet, not the same.]

But he was not ready.

[ Connor nods, looking almost guilty now. Pyro wasn't ready and he'd tried -- really tried -- to help speed that along, to support him so he could stabilize. Maybe if he'd been a better friend, John would still be in Asgard. Maybe he'd be part of the family. ]

I know. I'm glad you saw it, too, though.

It wasn't easy to get to know his true self. I like to think I did to some degree.

[He wishes he had been able to do more.]

Whatever happens in his world, I hope that he is better for the time spent here. Whether or not he remembers it.

If you saw it? You did. [ Siiiiigh. ] I wish he hadn't gone back to that at all. But I feel that way about a few people.

[ The involuntary glance towards Alastair is more obvious than he realizes. ]

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