Editing Deadly Little Secrets

{{Era|Memories|ACOD}}
{{Memory Infobox
| image = ACOD Deadly Little Secrets - Minotaur Replica.png
| description = ''[[Kassandra]] knew two things: that [[Alkon (Atlantis)|Alkon]]'s parents were abducted, and they were locked away in an [[Isu]] laboratory. She had the key to get in, but her ultimate worry was how she would get out.''
| appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – ''[[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]''
| type = Main
| previous = [[Good From Far, Far From Good]]
| next = [[The Fate of Atlantis (memory)|The Fate of Atlantis]]
| source = [[Kassandra]]
| location = [[Garden of Kymopoleia]], [[Oikos of Atlantis]], [[Atlantis]]
| date = c. 422 BCE}}
'''Deadly Little Secrets''' was a virtual representation of one of [[Kassandra]]'s genetic memories, relived by [[Layla Hassan]] through the Portable [[Animus|Animus HR-8.5]].

==Description==
Kassandra entered the experimentation chamber to find out where the [[humans]] were taken.

==Dialogue==
Kassandra travelled to the [[Garden of Kymopoleia]], approaching the entrance to the chamber.
*'''Kassandra:''' ''This looks like the perfect place to hide missing humans. Locked. But I think I know what opens this.''
Kassandra took out the two disk fragments and put them together. She then placed the completed disk on a small pedestal on the left, unlocking the gate.
*'''Kassandra:''' ''The more complicated the key, the bigger the secret.''
Kassandra entered the vault and navigated her way through to a courtyard, which she found to be heavily guarded.
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Someone really doesn't want any visitors.''
[[File:ACOD Deadly Little Secrets - Kassandra Entering Laboratory.png|thumb|250px|Kassandra arriving at the laboratory]]
After sneaking through, she arrived at a testing room, where she came upon replicas of the mythical creatures she encountered in [[Greece]], including the [[Minotaur]], the [[Brontes|Cyclops]], the [[Writhing Dread]] and the [[Sphinx]].
*'''Kassandra:''' ''What... ''is'' this?''
She then turned around and found a tube containting numerous humanoid creatures.
*'''Kassandra:''' Maláka!
She then heard a voice talking to her.
*'''[[Aita]]:''' ''I've been waiting for you, Kassandra. Welcome to the birthplace of legends.''
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Who said that? Show yourself!''
*'''Aita:''' ''My name is Aita. I am a scientist. And in many ways these are my children.''
*'''Kassandra:''' ''You created the minotaur, the [[cyclops]], the writhing dread? They're monsters.''
*'''Aita:''' ''Are we not all monsters? Imperfect being striving towards our ultimate potential? Is that not why you are here?''

<tabber>
|-|I'm here to find missing humans.=
*'''Kassandra:''' ''I'm here because a [[Alkon (Atlantis)|little boy]]'s parents are missing, and all signs point to you.''
*'''Aita:''' ''How very human of you.''
|-|I'm here as Dikastes.=
*'''Kassandra:''' ''I'm here to judge Atlantis. And right now, things are not looking very good.''
*'''Aita:''' ''Look closer.''
</tabber>
Kassandra watched as the humanoid creatures disintegrated. She briefly examined the trapped creatures, either recollecting her own experience with them or listening to Aita.

(at the Cyclops jar)

* '''Kassandra''': Grant us the sight...
* '''Aita''': To protect our legacy.

(at the Gorgon jar)

* '''Kassandra''': She nearly turned me to stone! Even now I don't feel safe staring at her.

(at the Minotaur jar)

* '''Kassandra''': I still have nightmares from my time in the Labyrinth.

(at the Hecatonchires spawn jar)

* '''Kassandra''': What... or ''who'' are you?

(at the Adamant jar)

* '''Aita:'''

Once done, she proceeded further inside, fighting a group of the creatures along the way. Eventually, she reached another room.

*'''Kassandra:''' ''[[Damades]]? [[Rhene]]? Are you here?''
*'''Rhene:''' ''Over here! We're here!''
[[File:ACOD Deadly Little Secrets - Captive Humans.png|thumb|250px|Kassandra finding the human captives]]
Kassandra found them and numerous other humans held behind a barrier.
*'''Damades:''' ''Please help us.''
(If [[Lyra]] survives in the memory [[In Dreams]])
*'''Lyra:''' Dikastes''! You're here.''
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Lyra? What are you doing here?''
*'''Lyra:''' ''They came for me in the night. I'll never be safe.''
(else)
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Don't worry, I'm getting everyone out of here.''
[[File:ACOD Deadly Little Secrets - Aita Arrival.png|thumb|250px|Aita arrived]]
An individual approached Kassandra.
*'''Aita:''' ''Didn't anyone teach you it's cruel to lie?''
*'''Kassandra:''' ''What? What's cruel is abducting and experimenting on these people.''
*'''Aita:''' ''Without sacrifice, there can be no progress. Without experimentation, there can be no perfection.''
*'''Kassandra:''' ''You're breaking [[Poseidon]]'s law.''
*'''Aita:''' ''I am advancing knowledge for the betterment of [[Atlantis]]. Poseidon's lack of vision keeps us in darkness. But we are close. So very close.''

<tabber>
|-|Humans are not rats.=
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Humans are not animals to be caged and tortured.''
*'''Aita:''' ''We [[Project Anthropos|created]] them to serve us. That is their sole purpose.''
|-|You're bringing war to Atlantis.=
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Atlantis is on the brink of war because of [[Isu]] who think like you.''
*'''Aita:''' ''Which is why we are properly arming ourselves.''
|-|Knowledge shouldn't involve suffering.=
*'''Kassandra:''' ''The smartest people I've met don't resort to violence.''
*'''Aita:''' ''Did you not nearly raze [[Elysium]] to the ground in the pursuit of knowledge?''
</tabber>
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Let these people go.''
*'''Aita:''' ''It's too late for them. [[Project Olympos]] has already begun. [[Lyra|One human]] escaped before the transformation was complete and lives were lost. This ''won't'' happen again. Surely you understand.''
<tabber>
|-|If Lyra lived=
Aita looked at Lyra, who look down.
|-|If Lyra died=
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Lyra. She took her own life after what you did to her.''
</tabber>
*'''Aita:''' ''So, you've seen the beast she becomes.''
*'''Kassandra:''' ''I'm getting these people out of here.''
*'''Aita:''' ''But... don't you want to know what's behind this door?''
<tabber>
|-|Tell me what's behind the door.=
*'''Kassandra:''' ''All right, I'll play. Tell me.''
*'''Aita:''' ''Why tell you when I could show you? Just know to enter the chamber is to forfeit their lives. You cannot have both.''
|-|I don't care what's behind the door.=
*'''Kassandra:''' ''I won't play your little games. I'm getting these people out of here.''
*'''Aita:''' ''So, you would choose to let your small-minded morality hinder your progress.''
</tabber>
*'''Kassandra:''' ''What if I just killed you, set these people free, and broke through your stupid door?''
[[File:ACOD Deadly Little Secrets - Kassandra Tossing Spear.png|thumb|250px|Kassandra throwing her spear]]
Aita smiled. Kassandra threw her [[Spear of Leonidas|Spear]] at him. However, the spear simply phased through and dropped to the ground. Aita laughed.
*'''Aita:''' ''You can't kill me, Kassandra.''
Aita began levitating. Kassandra walked over to her spear and stomped on it to flip it up to her waiting hand.
*'''Aita:''' ''I can see you're struggling. What if I told you the greatest achievement in Atlantis is behind that door? And that we owe that achievement to you?''
*'''Kassandra:''' ''What are you talking about?''
*'''Aita:''' ''Through there is a path to immortality. For you. For us. Embrace your legacy—forget these miserable humans. Abandon morality, and the answers to all your questions are just beyond that door.''
*'''Rhene:''' ''Please! Save us or we'll die.''
Aita angrily phased through the barrier, threatening Rhene.
*'''Aita:''' ''You will be reborn!''
He returned to Kassandra.
*'''Aita:''' ''Don't you want to know why you're really here? Free the people and this door will remain closed to you forever. Pass through, however, and it will lock behind you—these rats will be mine. What will it be, ''Dikastes,'' their lives, or your destiny?''

<tabber>
|-|I will go through the door.=
*'''Kassandra:''' ''I'm sorry.''
*'''Rhene:''' ''No! Please!''
*'''Damades:''' ''Don't leave!''
Kassandra went through the door, discovering multiple clones of herself.
[[File:ACOD_-_Deadly_Little_Secrets_-_clones.png|thumb|240px|Kassandra discovering clones of herself]]
*'''Kassandra:''' ''What? No... impossible.''
Aita spoke to Kassandra through voice as she looked through the clones.
*'''Aita:''' ''You. It was always you. Human. Isu. Perfection. The Isu blood coursing through your human body makes you the perfect vessel. It has endowed you with their resilience, and our consciousness. More so than any of my creations, you are what Project Olympos was always meant to be. The ultimate weapon.' Imagine if we controlled an army of you—the inevitable [[Human-Isu War|war]] between the humans and the Isu would be over in a heartbeat.''
{{#tag:tabber|
Not if I destroy your army.=
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Not if I cut down every last one of these things.''
*'''Aita:''' ''Don't waste your energy. We can always create more.''
{{!}}-{{!}}
This "Army" is pathetic.=
*'''Kassandra:''' ''These "vessels" are empty. Your project has failed. And soon, you will be dead.''
*'''Aita:''' ''Entertaining to the end.''
}}
*'''Kassandra:''' ''These experiments have gone too far. Poseidon's going to hear about this.''
|-|I will save these people.=
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Fuck your door. I promised a little boy I'd bring his parents home, and that's exactly what I'm going to do.''
Kassandra moved towards the barrier while Aita sighed in disappointment.
*'''Aita:''' ''Very disappointing. No matter. if there are two things Atlantis has in ample supply, it is adamant and humans.''
[[File:ACOD Deadly Little Secrets - Kassandra Release Barrier.png|thumb|250px|Kassandra freeing the humans]]
Kassandra removed a power source on a pedestal near the barrier, deactivating it.
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Come on, let's get out of here.''
*'''Damades:''' ''Thank you, ''Dikastes.
*'''Rhene:''' ''I'll get to see Alkon again.''
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Hurry!''
[[File:ACOD Deadly Little Secrets - Kassandra Damades Rhene.png|thumb|250px|Damades and Rhene outside the chamber]]
The human captives escaped the chamber. As Kassandra directed the humans, a [[Juno|figure]] looked at her alongside Aita, before disappearing through the door. Kassandra then followed the humans outside.
*'''Rhene:''' ''How can we ever repay you?''
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Tell your son if an Isu ever calls him a rat again, ''Dikastes'' Kassandra will deal with them personally.''
Rhene and Damades left.
*'''Kassandra:''' ''Poseidon lied to me. They've been experimenting on humans this whole time.''
</tabber>

==Outcome==
Kassandra discovered that human experimentations had been performed despite a law passed by [[Poseidon]] to ban experimentations.

==Trivia==
*In the chamber, numerous stone figures could be found which resembled the ''{{Wiki|Vitruvian Man}}'' drawing made by [[Leonardo da Vinci]].

==Gallery==
<gallery position="center" widths="180" captionalign="center">
ACOD Deadly Little Secrets - Chamber Gate.png|Kassandra at the chamber gate
ACOD Deadly Little Secrets - Chamber Key.png|Key to the chamber
ACOD FoA JoA Vitruvian Man.jpg|The "Vitruvian Man" models
ACOD Deadly Little Secrets - Kassandra Entering.png|Kassandra entering the chamber
ACOD Deadly Little Secrets - Cyclops Replica.png|Cyclops
ACOD Deadly Little Secrets - Sphinx Replica.png|Sphinx
ACOD Deadly Little Secrets - Vessels.png|Experiment vessels
</gallery>

==References==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – ''[[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]''

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