One evening after a particularly stressful day, Charles accidentally locks Spado out of the house during a thunderstorm. Since his master can't hear him over the obnoxiously loud thunder and everyone else is already asleep, Spado decides to seek shelter elsewhere for the night, and in doing so runs across a pack of wolves, who, instead of eating him, lead him to Connor, who apparently acts as their babysitter for the pups while they're out hunting. Connor recognizes Charles' dog, but can't bring himself to hate the creature just for belonging to a Templar. So he takes care of Spado for the night, grooms, cleans and even snuggles with him, and in the morning returns him nice and neat (and well fed) to the doorstep from which he came.
Charles is of course happy his dog was not hurt and apologizes (aka spoils the shit out of Spado) before taking off again. Spado slips out of the house and returns to Connor to wait out Charles' absence. Connor is confused, but takes care of the little creature that now follows him like he's Charles. When Charles returns, Spado heads back home.
After a while, Charles begins to hear that Spado goes missing whenever he's out, and realizes that every time he comes back home, Spado is perfectly happy. No unclean coat, no wounds, no hungry belly. He realizes that someone is taking care of Spado when he escapes -- the only question is who? He follows his dog the next time he escapes, and is shocked to find no other but his worst enemy taking loving care of Spado -- almost as loving as Charles would.
Reaction? Denial. 100% denial. Right up until Spado spots him and takes him by the hem of his pants and literally drags him over to meet Connor, because Connor gives excellent belly rubs, and so does Charles and they both love him which means they should be friends, right? A sort-of agreement is eventually put into place, where Templar and Assassin work together to keep Spado happy -- not easy to do when you're mortal enemies.
Points
+100 - If Spado becomes part of the wolves 'pack' -- and gets taken care of with the rest of the wolf pups. Charles does not approve once he finds out; Connor thinks its cute.
+500 - If during his time with Connor, Spado will attack anyone that looks down or says the wrong thing to him, and will even valiantly leap into battle with him, despite his opponent being many times larger than he.
+1000 and a cookie - Charles is writing to Haytham, who warns him that Connor can be surprising at times. Charles responds that 'nothing the savage could do would ever surprise him'. This is right before he finds out Connor is taking care of his dog.
+5000 - If at some point along the way, Charles and Connor become actual friends, and don't realize it until they cross paths during a fight with their respective novices and act completely civil to one another, even wishing each other luck before a fight, which pretty much scares the crap out of both sides, because holy hell they're actually being NICE.
+All of my love, and the interwebz - Haytham finds out about their impromptu arrangement and informs Charles that if he hurts a hair on Connor's head while the peace 'treaty' is in place, Haytham will personally disembowel him, because a true gentleman honors all arrangements, no matter who they're with. Connor is embarrassed, and Charles somewhat insulted, because he likes Connor -- not as much as Haytham, but he still likes the kid.
Friend making, Spado style!
Charles is of course happy his dog was not hurt and apologizes (aka spoils the shit out of Spado) before taking off again. Spado slips out of the house and returns to Connor to wait out Charles' absence. Connor is confused, but takes care of the little creature that now follows him like he's Charles. When Charles returns, Spado heads back home.
After a while, Charles begins to hear that Spado goes missing whenever he's out, and realizes that every time he comes back home, Spado is perfectly happy. No unclean coat, no wounds, no hungry belly. He realizes that someone is taking care of Spado when he escapes -- the only question is who? He follows his dog the next time he escapes, and is shocked to find no other but his worst enemy taking loving care of Spado -- almost as loving as Charles would.
Reaction? Denial. 100% denial. Right up until Spado spots him and takes him by the hem of his pants and literally drags him over to meet Connor, because Connor gives excellent belly rubs, and so does Charles and they both love him which means they should be friends, right? A sort-of agreement is eventually put into place, where Templar and Assassin work together to keep Spado happy -- not easy to do when you're mortal enemies.
Points
+100 - If Spado becomes part of the wolves 'pack' -- and gets taken care of with the rest of the wolf pups. Charles does not approve once he finds out; Connor thinks its cute.
+500 - If during his time with Connor, Spado will attack anyone that looks down or says the wrong thing to him, and will even valiantly leap into battle with him, despite his opponent being many times larger than he.
+1000 and a cookie - Charles is writing to Haytham, who warns him that Connor can be surprising at times. Charles responds that 'nothing the savage could do would ever surprise him'. This is right before he finds out Connor is taking care of his dog.
+5000 - If at some point along the way, Charles and Connor become actual friends, and don't realize it until they cross paths during a fight with their respective novices and act completely civil to one another, even wishing each other luck before a fight, which pretty much scares the crap out of both sides, because holy hell they're actually being NICE.
+All of my love, and the interwebz - Haytham finds out about their impromptu arrangement and informs Charles that if he hurts a hair on Connor's head while the peace 'treaty' is in place, Haytham will personally disembowel him, because a true gentleman honors all arrangements, no matter who they're with. Connor is embarrassed, and Charles somewhat insulted, because he likes Connor -- not as much as Haytham, but he still likes the kid.