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|description=''Naoe and Yasuke offer to help Rufino in his mission to take down a sinister, secretive organization.''
|description = ''[[Fujibayashi Naoe|Naoe]] and [[Yasuke]] offer to help [[Rufino]] in his mission to take down a [[Seta River Killers|sinister, secretive organization]].''
'''A Critical Encounter''' 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>
'''A Critical Encounter''' 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]] – [[Story Drops]]''</ref>
==Description==
==Description==
Naoe and Yasuke encounter an intruder at Tomiko's homestead.
Naoe and Yasuke encountered an [[Rufino|intruder]] at [[Tomiko]]'s [[Tomiko's Homestead|homestead]].
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==Dialogue==
==Dialogue==
*'''Yasuke:''' ''Who is that? Someone hiding.''
While at the hideout, Naoe and Yasuke found someone hiding a large rock by the river.
*'''Rufino:''' ''What has happened here?''<!-For this and the following two lines, Rufino is marked as "Intruder". For better flow, he's correctly named on all lines--
*'''Naoe / Yasuke:''' ''Who is that? Someone hiding.''
[]
*'''Rufino:''' ''What has happened here?''
Naoe and Yasuke confronted the intruder, who came out of hiding putting his hands up.
*'''Rufino:''' ''Before you say anything, I wasn't lurking.''
*'''Rufino:''' ''Before you say anything, I wasn't lurking.''
*'''Naoe:''' ''Not very well, no.''
*'''Naoe:''' ''Not very well, no.''
The intruder lowered his hands.
*'''Rufino:''' ''This place was a farmstead once. Now it seems she has taken to adopting strays.''
*'''Rufino:''' ''This place was a farmstead once. Now it seems she has taken to adopting strays.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''You have been here before.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''You have been here before.''
[]
Tomiko came up from behind.
*'''Tomiko:''' ''He has. A long time ago.''
*'''Tomiko:''' ''He has. A long time ago.''
*'''Rufino:''' ''Tomiko. Are you going to introduce me?''
*'''Rufino:''' ''Tomiko. Are you going to introduce me?''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''If you are a friend of Tomiko's, then you are welcome here.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''If you are a friend of Tomiko's, then you are welcome here.''
*'''Rufino:''' ''Best tell them who I am, Tomiko, assuming you remember.''
*'''Rufino:''' ''Best tell them who I am, Tomiko, assuming you remember.''
*'''Tomiko:''' ''I told you once of a battle that turned these fields to ash. Rufino here and his companions are the only reason I did not suffer the same fate. He saved both me and Heiji.''
Tomiko gave Tomiko a hug unannounced, surprising her.
*'''Tomiko:''' ''I told you once of a battle that turned these fields to ash. Rufino here and his companions are the only reason I did not suffer the same fate. He saved both me and [[Heiji]].''
*'''Rufino:''' ''Little Heiji? Is he well?''
*'''Rufino:''' ''Little Heiji? Is he well?''
*'''Tomiko:''' ''Not so little anymore.''
*'''Tomiko:''' ''Not so little anymore.''
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*'''Yasuke:''' ''Adaptation means survival... for a stray.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''Adaptation means survival... for a stray.''
*'''Rufino:''' ''In a strange land, all strays are brothers.''
*'''Rufino:''' ''In a strange land, all strays are brothers.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''Come, you can tell us your tale as we share sake.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''Come, you can tell us your tale as we share [[sake]].''
*'''Tomiko:''' ''My sake?''
*'''Tomiko:''' ''My sake?''
[]
The group headed to the outside of the ''hiroma'', conversing over sake.
*'''Rufino:''' ''I was born in Portugal, brought to these islands on the winds of greed and then abandoned on the streets. I was just a child. But eventually I found a friend. Ermigo. Together we made this place our home.''
*'''Rufino:''' ''I was born in [[Portugal]], brought to these islands on the winds of greed and then abandoned on the streets. I was just a child. But eventually I found a friend. [[Ermigo]]. Together we made this place our home.''
*'''Tomiko:''' ''So? What trouble have you stirred up that you feel the need to call in a life debt?''
*'''Tomiko:''' ''So? What trouble have you stirred up that you feel the need to call in a life debt?''
*'''Rufino:''' [sighs] ''Ermigo and I have been working for the Portuguese. Translating, mostly. But when one of our contacts turned up dead, I investigated. I discovered that someone - a group I think - is plotting to kill locals and replace them with strangers. And their targets aren't daimyo or taxmen. They are just kindly merchants, wise fishermen, generous cooks.''
*'''Rufino:''' (sighs) ''Ermigo and I have been working for the [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]]. Translating, mostly. But when one of our contacts turned up dead, I investigated. I discovered that [[Gaspar (Templar)|someone]]—a [[Templars|group]] I think—is plotting to kill locals and replace them with strangers. And their targets aren't [[daimyō]] or taxmen. They are just kindly merchants, wise fishermen, generous cooks.''
*'''Naoe:''' ''Why target such people?''
*'''Naoe:''' ''Why target such people?''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''What better way to kill a community than to cut out its heart?''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''What better way to kill a community than to cut out its heart?''
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*'''Tomiko:''' ''They'll help or I'll kick them out. Let's see how much of my sake you give away when you're sleeping with wild pigs. Now, go. It sounds like you have a ship to find.''
*'''Tomiko:''' ''They'll help or I'll kick them out. Let's see how much of my sake you give away when you're sleeping with wild pigs. Now, go. It sounds like you have a ship to find.''
*'''Rufino:''' ''She hasn't changed.''
*'''Rufino:''' ''She hasn't changed.''
[]
Naoe and Yasuke left the hideout and headed to the waters southwest of [[Sakai]]. There, they found and boarded the ''{{Wiki|atakebune}}'' Rufino had informed them of.
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|-|Naoe=
*'''Naoe:''' ''I've never seen a ship like this. Like a floating castle.''
Naoe found a research cache outside the building and destroyed it.
*'''Naoe:''' ''That's one cache down.''
*'''Naoe:''' ''That's one cache down.''
[]
Naoe navigated around and destroyed another cache.
*'''Naoe:''' ''Another destroyed.''
*'''Naoe:''' ''Another destroyed.''
[]
Naoe headed upstairs and destroyed the last cache.
*'''Naoe:''' ''Done. I should find Rufino. He said he'd meet me here.''
*'''Naoe:''' ''Done. I should find Rufino. He said he'd meet me here.''
[]
Naoe headed back down and found Rufino fighting against a [[mercenary]].
*'''Rufino:''' ''Uh, a little help, shinobi?''
*'''Rufino:''' ''Uh, a little help, shinobi?''
[]
Naoe helped Rufino to fight back.
*'''Naoe:''' ''You're a pretty good shot.''
*'''Rufino:''' ''You should see me with a bow.''
The two defeated the mercenary.
|-|Yasuke=
</tabber>
From his body, Rufino recovered a scroll. Yasuke joined the two shortly after.
*'''Yasuke:''' ''What is that?''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''What is that?''
*'''Rufino:''' ''We destroyed their research, but some of the kill contracts have already gone out. I should have acted more quickly.''
*'''Rufino:''' ''We destroyed their research, but some of the kill contracts have already gone out. I should have acted more quickly.''
[]
As Rufino read through the scroll, Naoe found herself unable to read it.
*'''Naoe:''' ''So this... makes sense to you?''
*'''Naoe:''' ''So this... makes sense to you?''
*'''Rufino:''' ''These people communicate in code, shield themselves with monikers. This list... civilian targets. It says proof of kills are shown to an overseer? And then they report to... "The Architect."''
*'''Rufino:''' ''These people communicate in code, shield themselves with monikers. This list... civilian targets. It says proof of kills are shown to an overseer? And then they report to... "[[Gaspar (Templar)|The Architect]]."''
*'''Naoe:''' ''How do you know their code?''
*'''Naoe:''' ''How do you know their code?''
*'''Rufino:''' ''Early in my investigation, I found a cipher. I just hadn't seen the other side of it.''
*'''Rufino:''' ''Early in my investigation, I found a cipher. I just hadn't seen the other side of it.''
[]
Yasuke approached the two and took a look at the scroll.
Yasuke
*'''Yasuke:''' ''This symbol. There is no mistaking it. It is not part of their code.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''This symbol. There is no mistaking it. It is not part of their code.''
*'''Rufino:''' ''The cross in red? Yes, I... think it's meant to reference their leader. Are you familiar?''
*'''Rufino:''' ''The cross in red? Yes, I... think it's meant to reference their leader. Are you familiar?''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''The Templar Order.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''The Templar Order.''
*'''Naoe:''' ''Yasuke...''
*'''Naoe:''' ''Yasuke...''
*'''Yasuke:''' [sighs]
*'''Yasuke:''' (sighs)
*'''Rufino:''' ''Who are they?''
*'''Rufino:''' ''Who are they?''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''Schemers. Murderers. A rot that must be burned out wherever it takes hold.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''Schemers. Murderers. A rot that must be burned out wherever it takes hold.''
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*'''Yasuke:''' ''Your heart is in the right place. Of course - innocents first. But then... this "Architect" and everyone associated with him will pay.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''Your heart is in the right place. Of course - innocents first. But then... this "Architect" and everyone associated with him will pay.''
*'''Rufino:''' ''All right. Meet me at Tomiko's if you find anything.''
*'''Rufino:''' ''All right. Meet me at Tomiko's if you find anything.''
{{IUNote|Title=Contractor's Kill Assignment|Text=Contractor,<br><br>When you are done witht the ferryman, bring his bloodied sash to me at the bamboo cutting camp as proof of death. You may do what you like with the corpse, but I might suggest leaving it as food for the fish.<br><br> - The Builder}}-->
{{IUNote|Title=Contractor's Kill Assignment|Text=Contractor,<br><br>When you are done witht the ferryman, bring his bloodied sash to me at the bamboo cutting camp as proof of death. You may do what you like with the corpse, but I might suggest leaving it as food for the fish.<br><br>– [[Builder (Seta River Killers)|The Builder]]}}
==Outcome==
==Outcome==
Yasuke and Naoe uncover a Templar plot to destabilize the local communities.
Yasuke and Naoe uncovered a Templar plot to destabilize the local communities.
==References==
==References==
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While at the hideout, Naoe and Yasuke found someone hiding a large rock by the river.
Naoe / Yasuke:Who is that? Someone hiding.
Rufino:What has happened here?
Naoe and Yasuke confronted the intruder, who came out of hiding putting his hands up.
Rufino:Before you say anything, I wasn't lurking.
Naoe:Not very well, no.
The intruder lowered his hands.
Rufino:This place was a farmstead once. Now it seems she has taken to adopting strays.
Yasuke:You have been here before.
Tomiko came up from behind.
Tomiko:He has. A long time ago.
Rufino:Tomiko. Are you going to introduce me?
Yasuke:If you are a friend of Tomiko's, then you are welcome here.
Rufino:Best tell them who I am, Tomiko, assuming you remember.
Tomiko gave Tomiko a hug unannounced, surprising her.
Tomiko:I told you once of a battle that turned these fields to ash. Rufino here and his companions are the only reason I did not suffer the same fate. He saved both me and Heiji.
Rufino:Little Heiji? Is he well?
Tomiko:Not so little anymore.
Naoe:So, Rufino? Why are you here?
Rufino:I need... people I can trust.
Tomiko:I trust these two with my life. This is Fujibayashi Naoe. And he goes by Yasuke.
Rufino:Just Yasuke? I don't meet many foreigners who bear Japanese names.
Yasuke:Adaptation means survival... for a stray.
Rufino:In a strange land, all strays are brothers.
Yasuke:Come, you can tell us your tale as we share sake.
Tomiko:My sake?
The group headed to the outside of the hiroma, conversing over sake.
Rufino:I was born in Portugal, brought to these islands on the winds of greed and then abandoned on the streets. I was just a child. But eventually I found a friend. Ermigo. Together we made this place our home.
Tomiko:So? What trouble have you stirred up that you feel the need to call in a life debt?
Rufino: (sighs) Ermigo and I have been working for the Portuguese. Translating, mostly. But when one of our contacts turned up dead, I investigated. I discovered that someone—a group I think—is plotting to kill locals and replace them with strangers. And their targets aren't daimyō or taxmen. They are just kindly merchants, wise fishermen, generous cooks.
Naoe:Why target such people?
Yasuke:What better way to kill a community than to cut out its heart?
Naoe:So, we stop them. How?
Rufino:They have a ship. The group's research on potential targets is there - names, locations... If we destroy their research...
Yasuke:They cannot kill those they cannot find.
Rufino:I would be deeply in your debt if you were to help these people.
Tomiko:No debt required. These two will help.
Naoe:Tomiko!
Tomiko:They'll help or I'll kick them out. Let's see how much of my sake you give away when you're sleeping with wild pigs. Now, go. It sounds like you have a ship to find.
Rufino:She hasn't changed.
Naoe and Yasuke left the hideout and headed to the waters southwest of Sakai. There, they found and boarded the atakebune Rufino had informed them of.
Naoe:I've never seen a ship like this. Like a floating castle.
Naoe found a research cache outside the building and destroyed it.
Naoe:That's one cache down.
Naoe navigated around and destroyed another cache.
Naoe:Another destroyed.
Naoe headed upstairs and destroyed the last cache.
Naoe:Done. I should find Rufino. He said he'd meet me here.
Naoe headed back down and found Rufino fighting against a mercenary.
Rufino:Uh, a little help, shinobi?
Naoe helped Rufino to fight back.
Naoe:You're a pretty good shot.
Rufino:You should see me with a bow.
The two defeated the mercenary.
From his body, Rufino recovered a scroll. Yasuke joined the two shortly after.
Yasuke:What is that?
Rufino:We destroyed their research, but some of the kill contracts have already gone out. I should have acted more quickly.
As Rufino read through the scroll, Naoe found herself unable to read it.
Naoe:So this... makes sense to you?
Rufino:These people communicate in code, shield themselves with monikers. This list... civilian targets. It says proof of kills are shown to an overseer? And then they report to... "The Architect."
Naoe:How do you know their code?
Rufino:Early in my investigation, I found a cipher. I just hadn't seen the other side of it.
Yasuke approached the two and took a look at the scroll.
Yasuke:This symbol. There is no mistaking it. It is not part of their code.
Rufino:The cross in red? Yes, I... think it's meant to reference their leader. Are you familiar?
Yasuke:The Templar Order.
Naoe:Yasuke...
Yasuke: (sighs)
Rufino:Who are they?
Yasuke:Schemers. Murderers. A rot that must be burned out wherever it takes hold.
Naoe:Then that's what we'll do. Cut our way through the killers, find their overseers, and track down this "Architect."
Rufino:But you'll save the civilians first, yes?
Yasuke:Your heart is in the right place. Of course - innocents first. But then... this "Architect" and everyone associated with him will pay.
Rufino:All right. Meet me at Tomiko's if you find anything.
Contractor's Kill Assignment
Contractor,
When you are done witht the ferryman, bring his bloodied sash to me at the bamboo cutting camp as proof of death. You may do what you like with the corpse, but I might suggest leaving it as food for the fish.
