Editing Buried Secrets

{{Era|ACSH|Memories}}
{{Imageneed|''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''}}
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{{Memory Infobox
|name=Buried Secrets
|image=
|description=''Naoe and Rufino tracked Eamon and Nirmala to the mysterious cave in Wakasa.''
|appearance=''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''
|type=Featured Events {{c|Black Tides}}
|previous=[[Double-Crossed]]
|concurrent=
|next=
|source=[[Fujibayashi Naoe]] / [[Yasuke]]
|location=[[Japan]]
|date=1580s
}}
'''Buried Secrets''' was a virtual representation of one of [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] and [[Yasuke]]'s [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]], relived through the [[Animus|Animus EGO]].<ref name="ACSH">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''</ref>

==Description==
With Yasuke out of commission, Naoe and Rufino track down the Black Crosses to the entrance of a cave in Wakasa.

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==Dialogue==
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*'''Naoe:''' ''This "Observatory"—what do you think it is?''
*'''Rufino:''' ''I don’t know, but putting an observatory underground is strange, if you ask me.''
*'''Naoe:''' ''Perhaps it’s a code name for something else?''
*'''Rufino:''' ''Hm, I don’t think so... Templars are usually quite literal.''
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*'''Rufino:''' ''This is easy! You shinobis have such an easy job.''
*'''Naoe:''' ''Sitting at the Hideout is much more dangerous.''
*'''Rufino:''' ''Yes, well... Tomiko lives there.''
*'''Naoe:''' ''Good point.''
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*'''Rufino:''' ''This place is...''
*'''Naoe:''' ''Almost magical?''
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*'''Naoe:''' ''We have to get up there—can you manage that?''
*'''Rufino:''' ''What? All the way up there!?
*'''Naoe:''' ''If the old Black Cross could do it, so can you!''
*'''Rufino:''' ''Well... Ladies first.''
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*'''Naoe:''' ''There must be another one close by.''
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*'''Naoe:''' ''Come on, where is it...''
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*'''Rufino:''' ''You need to stand on that, uh... glowy... thing.''
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*'''Eamon:''' ''Hold this position.''
*'''Nirmala:''' ''Eamon...''
*'''Eamon:''' ''What?''
*'''Nirmala:''' ''When was the last time you ate something?''
*'''Eamon:''' ''Just... Stand guard here...''
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*'''Nirmala:''' ''I see you, Assassin!''
*'''Naoe:''' (frustrated) [grunts] <!-- Yes, one is with parenthesis and the other, brackets ->
*'''Rufino:''' ''Go ahead, I'll cover you.''
*'''Naoe:''' ''Got it.''
*'''Rufino:''' ''Still, be careful out there. Else I am terrified of what Yasuke will do to me.''
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*'''Nirmala:''' ''There you are.''
*'''Naoe:''' ''You can't hold me off forever.''
*'''Nirmala:''' ''Oh, I can't wait 'til you get here.''
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*'''Rufino:''' ''She's above you!''
*'''Naoe:''' ''Stay here. She's mine!''
*'''Rufino:''' ''Go! I'll provide cover fire!''
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*'''Rufino:''' ''Get ready. Go!''
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*'''Rufino:''' ''Hold on, I'm reloading!''
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*'''Rufino:''' ''Get ready to move... Now!''
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*'''Nirmala:''' ''Stay still, would you?''
*'''Naoe:''' ''Try again!''
*'''Nirmala:''' [growls]
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*'''Rufino:''' ''Naoe! Don't go in alone! Naoe!''
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*'''Naoe:''' ''Stand and fight, you coward!''
*'''Nirmala:''' ''I killed your friend. What chance do you have?''
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*'''Nirmala:''' ''How many more need to die before you learn?''
*'''Naoe:''' ''Two more. Starting with you!''
*'''Nirmala:''' [scoffs]
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*'''Naoe:''' ''You should never have come here!''
*'''Nirmala:''' ''You're starting to annoy me!''
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*'''Nirmala:''' ''Just you and me, Assassin!''
*'''Naoe:''' ''I'll make this quick.''
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*'''Nirmala:''' ''Take that!''
*'''Naoe:''' [scoffs] ''...that all you got?''
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*'''Nirmala:''' [grunts]
*'''Naoe:''' ''That was for Yasuke.''
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*'''Nirmala:''' ''Eamon! I could use your help here!''
*'''Naoe:''' ''He can't help you...''
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*'''Nirmala:''' ''Eamon? Have you found the Observatory?''
*'''Eamon:''' ''It's not here.''
*'''Nirmala:''' ''It has to be! The signs—''
*'''Eamon:''' ''It no longer matters! It seems our purpose here is to clean up a mess after all.''
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*'''Naoe:''' ''What were you looking for?''
*'''Nirmala:''' ''Nothing a dead woman will care about.''
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*'''Nirmala:''' ''Eamon—''
*'''Eamon:''' ''Focus!''
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*'''Naoe:''' [yells]
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*'''Eamon:''' ''Don't relent, Nirmala.''
*'''Nirmala:''' ''She's almost done.''
*'''Eamon:''' ''Fight!''
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*'''Nirmala:''' ''She's spent—we got her!''
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*'''Eamon:''' ''I did warn you not to put yourself in my way. Farewell, dear girl.''
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*'''Nirmala:''' ''He—he survived!? Looks like I get the pleasure of killing you after all...''
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*'''Yasuke:''' ''Not so fast, Templar.''
*'''Nirmala:''' ''Don't worry, you’re next.''
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*'''Eamon:''' ''Nirmala!''
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*'''Naoe:''' ''Face it, Templar. You're simply outclassed.''
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*'''Eamon:''' ''No!''
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*'''Eamon:''' ''I'm here, child...''
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*'''Eamon:''' ''What have you done?!''
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*'''Yasuke:''' ''Can you fight?''
*'''Naoe:''' ''Can you?''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''We can take him down together.''
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*'''Eamon:''' ''By the Father of Understanding, I will drown you in your own blood!''
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*'''Yasuke:''' ''Keep going, Naoe!''
*'''Naoe:''' [effort]
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*'''Yasuke:''' ''Together now!''
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*'''Eamon:''' [yells]
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*'''Naoe:''' ''Almost there.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''Keep pushing!''
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*'''Yasuke:''' ''Are you all right?''
*'''Naoe:''' ''I'm fine! Don't stop!''
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*'''Eamon:''' [screams] ''No!''
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*'''Eamon:''' ''I am so sorry, my child... Twelve years I've sailed the world with Nirmala... She was as close to a daughter as I ever had... Now she lies, her potential... unrealized. Dead at the blade of a would-be Assassin who knows nothing of their creed, and a warrior who brushes off mortal wounds like... You are one of them, aren't you.''
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*'''Yasuke:''' ''This belongs to me.'' [effort]
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*'''Naoe:''' ''What's this?''
*'''Eamon:''' ''Something [[Kassandra|she]] left behind.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''The woman from the statue.''
*'''Naoe:''' ''Kassandra.''
*'''Eamon:''' ''Spoke to you, did she? She does that. It is a consolation prize.''
*'''Naoe:''' ''If this place isn't the Observatory, then what is it? What have you found back there?''
*'''Eamon:''' [sighs] ''One of the pillars that holds up the world.''
*'''Naoe:''' ''And you did not retrieve it?''
*'''Eamon:''' ''Retrieve it!? Perhaps it was meant to be touched by your hands rather than mine.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''Good. One less bit of power for Templars to claim as their own.''
*'''Eamon:''' ''We do not seek power for ourselves, but rather for humanity's sake. To ensure mankind's dominion over a world that was never ours to begin with!''
*'''Naoe:''' ''This is why Templars are after the imperial regalia – because they thought they held ancient powers that would gain them control over Japan.''
*'''Eamon:''' ''Nuno Caro was a fool. Had these objects been true Pieces of Eden, a Black Cross would have been tasked with their retrieval...''
*'''Naoe:''' ''Templars, Black Cross—you fail all the same.''
*'''Eamon:''' ''I pity you, Fujibayashi Naoe... You've stumbled into a war that’s been waged since before recorded time. Fought across a world that’s even bigger than you could imagine. And this buried place is just a glimpse of the horrible, beautiful secrets that lie just beneath the skin of the world... If you could only know what I know... you would... see...''
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*'''Rufino:''' ''What is that?''
*'''Naoe:''' ''The pillar that holds up the world. It's... beautiful.''
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*'''Yasuke:''' ''Do not touch it! I cannot explain, but something deep inside me says that there is danger here.''
*'''Naoe:''' ''Kassandra wrote that such places were never meant for mortals. It’s probably best not to touch what we do not understand.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''We need to leave this place.''
*'''Naoe:''' ''Very well.''
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*'''Yasukane:''' ''He's dead. He's dead. I know it.''
*'''Kinu:''' ''I thought he was invincible?''
*'''Yasukane:''' ''He is! He's just... Did you see how big that sword was?''
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*'''Kinu:''' ''Miss Naoe! Miss Naoe! Miss... Hello.''
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*'''Yasukane:''' ''You are back, great samurai, sir—and completely alive, too!''
*'''Yasuke:''' [laughs] ''Mostly alive. Thank you for helping me get here, my friends.''
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*'''Naoe:''' ''What are you thinking?''
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*'''Yasukane:''' ''It'll be closed forever!''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''Exactly. The Templars will never find it.  No one will.''
*'''Yasukane:''' ''Good thing we got most of the treasures out of there.''
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*'''Naoe:''' ''Oh no – wait...''
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*'''Kinu:''' ''Oh that's pretty!''
*'''Naoe:''' ''Maybe I should've left it in there.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''Hm...''
*'''Naoe:''' ''You have an idea?''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''What better way to keep it out of the Templars' hands than to pass it on to their mortal enemies?''
*'''Naoe:''' ''You think we should contact the Brotherhood of Assassins. Maybe. Maybe one day we'll seek them out. Wherever they are.''
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*'''MOD:''' ''Hello? Can you hear me? If you're looking for more action, I've designed a special little something, just for you. Look for the floaty Animus bits above a mountain in Yamato. That's where you'll find me.''
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==Outcome==
Yasuke, Naoe and Rufino defeated the two Black Crosses, uncovered one of the [[Seismic Temple|pillars of the world]], and sealed the cave, preventing the Templars from ever reaching it again.

==References==
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[[Category:Memories of Fujibayashi Naoe]]
[[Category:Memories of Yasuke]]
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