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| name = The Baker's Dilemma | | name = The Baker's Dilemma | ||
| description = ''[[Teta]] the baker has asked Bayek to rescue her [[Sasobek|taster]], for without his services, she can bake no more cakes. He was taken prisoner by city | | image = ACO The Baker's Dilemma 1.png | ||
| description = ''[[Teta]] the baker has asked [[Bayek]] to rescue her [[Sasobek|taster]], for without his services, she can bake no more cakes. He was taken prisoner by city [[guard]]s near the [[Memphis]] [[Memphites Barracks|garrison]].'' | |||
| appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' | | appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' | ||
| type = Side, Level 23 | | type = Side, Level 23 | ||
| previous = [[ | | previous = [[Mortem Romanum]] | ||
| next = [[ | | next = [[A Dream of Ashes]] | ||
| source = [[Bayek]] | | source = [[Bayek]] | ||
| location = [[Memphis]], [[ | | location = [[Memphis]], [[Ptolemaic Kingdom]] | ||
| date = 48 BCE}} | | date = 48 BCE}} | ||
'''The Baker's Dilemma''' was a virtual representation of one of [[Bayek]]'s genetic memories, relived by [[Layla Hassan]] through the Portable [[Animus|Animus HR-8]]. | '''The Baker's Dilemma''' was a virtual representation of one of [[Bayek]]'s genetic memories, relived by [[Layla Hassan]] through the Portable [[Animus|Animus HR-8]]. | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
A local [[Teta|baker]]'s [[Sasobek|taster]] has been imprisoned by the [[Ptolemy XIII|Ptolemies]] for non-payment of taxes. | A local [[Teta|baker]]'s [[Sasobek|taster]] has been imprisoned by the [[Ptolemy XIII|Ptolemies]] for non-payment of taxes. | ||
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==Dialogue== | ==Dialogue== | ||
Bayek travelled to one of the markets in [[Memphis]]. | Bayek travelled to one of the markets in [[Memphis]]. | ||
*'''Teta:''' ''Feastday breads! Fresh feastday breads! Breads in all shapes and sizes! Bread in the shape of the Double Crown! I curse Ahmes the fruit-seller, eater of his own shit. The finest bread in Memphis! Favorite bakery of [[Cleopatra]], the Queen! May the life and mind and memory of Ahmes the fruit-seller be forgotten. Coriander-seed bread! Date bread! Two loaves for the price of one on feastdays! May the liver and lungs and stomach of Ahmes the fruit-seller putrefy into ash. Feastday | *'''Teta:''' ''Feastday breads! Fresh feastday breads!<br />Breads in all shapes and sizes! Bread in the shape of the {{Wiki|Pschent|Double Crown}}!<br />(whispers) I curse [[Ahmes]] the fruit-seller, eater of his own shit.<br />The finest bread in Memphis! Favorite bakery of [[Cleopatra]], the Queen!<br />(whispers) May the life and mind and memory of Ahmes the fruit-seller be forgotten.<br />Coriander-seed bread! Date bread! Two loaves for the price of one on feastdays!<br />(whispers) May the {{Wiki|Canopic jar#Use and design|liver and lungs and stomach}} of Ahmes the fruit-seller putrefy into ash.<br />Feastday breads! Buy a fresh loaf for your sweetheard!<br />(whispers) May Ahmes the fruit-seller's {{Wiki|Ancient Egyptian conception of the soul#Ka (vital essence)|ka}} be deprived of nourishment in the grave.<br />Brighten your children's eyes with bread in the shape of a fish!<br />(whispers) May Ahmes the fruit-seller's heart be eaten by—'' | ||
Bayek approached the baker. | Bayek approached the baker. | ||
*'''Teta:''' ''Hello, friend! Bread for your sweetheart?'' | *'''Teta:''' ''Hello, friend! Bread for your sweetheart?'' | ||
[[File:ACO The Baker's Dilemma 2.png|thumb|250px|Bayek agreeing to help find the taster]] | |||
*'''Bayek:''' ''No, thank you. Why do you speak a curse under your breath?'' | *'''Bayek:''' ''No, thank you. Why do you speak a curse under your breath?'' | ||
*'''Teta:''' ''The magician who sold it to me said I must recite it two hundred times a day. Since I cannot recite while I sleep, I do it while work. Though it is hard to get any baking done without my taster!'' | *'''Teta:''' ''The magician who sold it to me said I must recite it two hundred times a day. Since I cannot recite while I sleep, I do it while work. Though it is hard to get any baking done without my taster!'' | ||
*'''Bayek:''' ''What happened to your taster?'' | *'''Bayek:''' ''What happened to your taster?'' | ||
*'''Teta:''' ''Gods blast the regime! They arrested him for not paying the tax on spices! And now I am out of cinnamon!'' | *'''Teta:''' ''Gods blast the [[Ptolemaic dynasty|regime]]! They arrested him for not paying the tax on spices! And now I am out of cinnamon!'' | ||
*'''Bayek:''' ''Looks like you need more than a magician.'' | *'''Bayek:''' ''Looks like you need more than a magician.'' | ||
Bayek set out to find Teta's taster. | Bayek set out to find Teta's taster. | ||
*'''Bayek:''' ''The regime presses even a poor baker so hard? Helping her would be a strike against Ptolemy, however small. And her bread smells delicious.'' | *'''Bayek:''' ''The regime presses even a poor baker so hard? Helping her would be a strike against Ptolemy, however small. And her bread smells delicious.'' | ||
With [[Senu]]'s help, Bayek found | [[File:ACO The Baker's Dilemma 3.png|thumb|250px|Bayek following the carriage]] | ||
With [[Senu]]'s help, Bayek found the man in a cage on a carriage, in transit. | |||
*'''Bayek:''' ''Could that be the man the baker is looking for?'' | *'''Bayek:''' ''Could that be the man the baker is looking for?'' | ||
He approached the carriage. | He approached the carriage. | ||
*'''Bayek:''' ''You are the taster?'' | *'''Bayek:''' ''You are the taster?'' | ||
*'''Sasobek:''' ''Yes, I am he.'' | *'''Sasobek:''' ''Yes, I am he.'' | ||
Bayek | Bayek rescued the man and carried him out of the cage. | ||
*'''Bayek:''' ''Teta the baker asked me to bring you to her.'' | *'''Bayek:''' ''Teta the baker asked me to bring you to her.'' | ||
*'''Sasobek:''' ''My beautiful Teta! Now I can see her face again before I die. I am weak with hunger and with love. Will you carry me to Teta?'' | *'''Sasobek:''' ''My beautiful Teta! Now I can see her face again before I die. I am weak with hunger and with love. Will you carry me to Teta?'' | ||
*'''Bayek:''' ''If I must.'' | *'''Bayek:''' ''If I must.'' | ||
[[File:ACO The Baker's Dilemma 5.png|thumb|250px|Bayek carrying Sasobek back to Teta]] | |||
Bayek carried Sasobek on his back. | Bayek carried Sasobek on his back. | ||
*'''Bayek:''' ''Can you walk?'' | *'''Bayek:''' ''Can you walk?'' | ||
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*'''Sasobek:''' ''I have not yet been brave enough to confess my love for her! Also, I am a wanted man.'' | *'''Sasobek:''' ''I have not yet been brave enough to confess my love for her! Also, I am a wanted man.'' | ||
*'''Bayek:''' ''I can see that. You did not pay your taxes.'' | *'''Bayek:''' ''I can see that. You did not pay your taxes.'' | ||
*'''Sasobek:''' ''It has nothing to do with taxes! I'll tell you everything when we get back to Teta. Teta, beautiful Teta... Her face is like the sun! Teta, my love, I am coming to you!'' | *'''Sasobek:''' ''It has nothing to do with taxes! I'll tell you everything when we get back to Teta. Teta, beautiful Teta... Her face is like the [[sun]]! Teta, my love, I am coming to you!'' | ||
Bayek carried Sasobek to the market. | Bayek carried Sasobek to the market. | ||
*'''Sasobek:''' ''Hurry! Not much further until I can see my love again!'' | *'''Sasobek:''' ''Hurry! Not much further until I can see my love again!'' | ||
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*'''Teta:''' ''You brought back my taster!'' | *'''Teta:''' ''You brought back my taster!'' | ||
Bayek put Sasobek down. | Bayek put Sasobek down. | ||
[[File:ACO The Baker's Dilemma 6.png|thumb|250px|Bayek learning of the attempt to poison Taimhotep]] | |||
*'''Bayek:''' ''This man has something to tell you.'' | *'''Bayek:''' ''This man has something to tell you.'' | ||
*'''Teta:''' ''Well?'' | *'''Teta:''' ''Well?'' | ||
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*'''Teta:''' ''What?!'' | *'''Teta:''' ''What?!'' | ||
*'''Bayek:''' ''What?'' | *'''Bayek:''' ''What?'' | ||
*'''Sasobek:''' ''Lady Taimhotep loves our cakes and bread. For five years, we have delivered them | *'''Sasobek:''' ''Lady Taimhotep loves our cakes and bread. For five years, we have delivered them to the [[Temple of Ptah|Great Temple]]. But yesterday, I overheard a guard say that this week's cakes had been poisoned!'' | ||
*'''Bayek:''' ''Have they been delivered?'' | *'''Bayek:''' ''Have they been delivered?'' | ||
*'''Sasobek:''' ''I... I don't know. They'd be in the [[Memphites Barracks|garrison]], if not.'' | *'''Sasobek:''' ''I... I don't know. They'd be in the [[Memphites Barracks|garrison]], if not.'' | ||
*'''Bayek:''' ''Then I will have to move quickly.'' | *'''Bayek:''' ''Then I will have to move quickly.'' | ||
Bayek turned to leave. Teta and Sasobek continued to converse. | |||
*'''Teta:''' ''This... This is all too much for me.'' | *'''Teta:''' ''This... This is all too much for me.'' | ||
*'''Sasobek:''' ''Would you like to sit down?'' | *'''Sasobek:''' ''Would you like to sit down?'' | ||
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*'''Sasobek:''' ''Of course, love.'' | *'''Sasobek:''' ''Of course, love.'' | ||
*'''Teta:''' ''Hush!'' | *'''Teta:''' ''Hush!'' | ||
Bayek travelled to the Memphites Barracks, where the cakes | [[File:ACO The Baker's Dilemma 8.png|thumb|250px|Bayek finding the cakes]] | ||
Bayek travelled to the Memphites Barracks, where the cakes were held. He discovered several stashes of cakes in the main hall. | |||
*'''Bayek:''' ''A basket of cakes. I got here in time. Now to make sure they will not poison anyone.'' | *'''Bayek:''' ''A basket of cakes. I got here in time. Now to make sure they will not poison anyone.'' | ||
Bayek destroyed the baskets and headed to another room, where he discovered the rest of the baskets. | Bayek destroyed the baskets and headed to another room, where he discovered the rest of the baskets. | ||
*'''Bayek:''' ''Another basket of cakes. These need to be destroyed too. I should check to see | *'''Bayek:''' ''Another basket of cakes. These need to be destroyed too. I should check to see if there are any others.'' | ||
Bayek destroyed the baskets. | Bayek destroyed the baskets. | ||
*'''Bayek:''' ''That is the last of the cakes. Taimhotep is safe now. | *'''Bayek:''' ''That is the last of the cakes. Taimhotep is safe now.'' | ||
If Bayek returns to the couple at the market. | |||
*'''Bayek:''' ''I found the cakes and destroyed them.'' | |||
*'''Teta:''' ''The lady Taimhotep is safe.'' | |||
*'''Bayek:''' ''And what about you?'' | |||
*'''Teta:''' ''We will go to the High Priest and tell him of this plot. He is a kind man. He will understand we meant his wife no harm.'' | |||
*'''Sasobek:''' ''Medjay... This terrible situation has brought about one good result.'' | |||
*'''Teta:''' ''In the {{Wiki|Flooding of the Nile|Season of Flooding}}, we will be married!'' | |||
*'''Bayek:''' ''Happy news! May you both prosper.'' | |||
If Bayek approaches Ahmes. | |||
*'''Man''' ''She sells bread, I sell fruit. There is no reason for competition. I have heard Teta cursing me, but so far my liver seems fine. I do not know why Teta hates me so much.'' | |||
==Outcome== | ==Outcome== | ||
Bayek helped the baker to rescue her taster. He discovered a plot to poison Taimhotep and was able to | Bayek helped the baker to rescue her taster. He discovered a plot to poison Taimhotep and was able to prevent it. | ||
== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery position="center" widths="180" captionalign="center"> | |||
ACO The Baker's Dilemma 4.png|Bayek on the carriage carrying Sasobek | |||
ACO The Baker's Dilemma 7.png|Bayek infiltrating the barracks | |||
</gallery> | |||
==References== | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' | ||
{{ACOMemories}} | {{ACOMemories}} | ||
<!--Interwiki links--> | |||
<!--[fr:Dilemme pâtissier]--> | |||
[[Category:Memories of Bayek]] | [[Category:Memories of Bayek]] | ||
[[Category:Memories relived using the Animus HR-8]] | [[Category:Memories relived using the Animus HR-8]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:40, 25 May 2026
The Baker's Dilemma was a virtual representation of one of Bayek's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan through the Portable Animus HR-8.
Description[edit | edit source]
A local baker's taster has been imprisoned by the Ptolemies for non-payment of taxes.
Dialogue[edit | edit source]
Bayek travelled to one of the markets in Memphis.
- Teta: Feastday breads! Fresh feastday breads!
Breads in all shapes and sizes! Bread in the shape of the Double Crown!
(whispers) I curse Ahmes the fruit-seller, eater of his own shit.
The finest bread in Memphis! Favorite bakery of Cleopatra, the Queen!
(whispers) May the life and mind and memory of Ahmes the fruit-seller be forgotten.
Coriander-seed bread! Date bread! Two loaves for the price of one on feastdays!
(whispers) May the liver and lungs and stomach of Ahmes the fruit-seller putrefy into ash.
Feastday breads! Buy a fresh loaf for your sweetheard!
(whispers) May Ahmes the fruit-seller's ka be deprived of nourishment in the grave.
Brighten your children's eyes with bread in the shape of a fish!
(whispers) May Ahmes the fruit-seller's heart be eaten by—
Bayek approached the baker.
- Teta: Hello, friend! Bread for your sweetheart?
- Bayek: No, thank you. Why do you speak a curse under your breath?
- Teta: The magician who sold it to me said I must recite it two hundred times a day. Since I cannot recite while I sleep, I do it while work. Though it is hard to get any baking done without my taster!
- Bayek: What happened to your taster?
- Teta: Gods blast the regime! They arrested him for not paying the tax on spices! And now I am out of cinnamon!
- Bayek: Looks like you need more than a magician.
Bayek set out to find Teta's taster.
- Bayek: The regime presses even a poor baker so hard? Helping her would be a strike against Ptolemy, however small. And her bread smells delicious.
With Senu's help, Bayek found the man in a cage on a carriage, in transit.
- Bayek: Could that be the man the baker is looking for?
He approached the carriage.
- Bayek: You are the taster?
- Sasobek: Yes, I am he.
Bayek rescued the man and carried him out of the cage.
- Bayek: Teta the baker asked me to bring you to her.
- Sasobek: My beautiful Teta! Now I can see her face again before I die. I am weak with hunger and with love. Will you carry me to Teta?
- Bayek: If I must.
Bayek carried Sasobek on his back.
- Bayek: Can you walk?
- Sasobek: I am too weak even to stand!
- Bayek: Really?
- Sasobek: My strength comes from the beautiful Teta!
- Bayek: Does she know you feel this way about her?
- Sasobek: I have not yet been brave enough to confess my love for her! Also, I am a wanted man.
- Bayek: I can see that. You did not pay your taxes.
- Sasobek: It has nothing to do with taxes! I'll tell you everything when we get back to Teta. Teta, beautiful Teta... Her face is like the sun! Teta, my love, I am coming to you!
Bayek carried Sasobek to the market.
- Sasobek: Hurry! Not much further until I can see my love again!
- Bayek: This man is heavy. Too good at his job, I suppose.
Bayek carried Sasobek back to Teta.
- Sasobek: Teta!
- Teta: You brought back my taster!
Bayek put Sasobek down.
- Bayek: This man has something to tell you.
- Teta: Well?
- Sasobek: Teta, I love you!
- Teta: What?
- Sasobek: And I uncovered a plot to poison the lady Taimhotep, beloved of the High Priest!
- Teta: What?!
- Bayek: What?
- Sasobek: Lady Taimhotep loves our cakes and bread. For five years, we have delivered them to the Great Temple. But yesterday, I overheard a guard say that this week's cakes had been poisoned!
- Bayek: Have they been delivered?
- Sasobek: I... I don't know. They'd be in the garrison, if not.
- Bayek: Then I will have to move quickly.
Bayek turned to leave. Teta and Sasobek continued to converse.
- Teta: This... This is all too much for me.
- Sasobek: Would you like to sit down?
- Teta: No! I need to think.
- Sasobek: Of course, love.
- Teta: Hush!
Bayek travelled to the Memphites Barracks, where the cakes were held. He discovered several stashes of cakes in the main hall.
- Bayek: A basket of cakes. I got here in time. Now to make sure they will not poison anyone.
Bayek destroyed the baskets and headed to another room, where he discovered the rest of the baskets.
- Bayek: Another basket of cakes. These need to be destroyed too. I should check to see if there are any others.
Bayek destroyed the baskets.
- Bayek: That is the last of the cakes. Taimhotep is safe now.
If Bayek returns to the couple at the market.
- Bayek: I found the cakes and destroyed them.
- Teta: The lady Taimhotep is safe.
- Bayek: And what about you?
- Teta: We will go to the High Priest and tell him of this plot. He is a kind man. He will understand we meant his wife no harm.
- Sasobek: Medjay... This terrible situation has brought about one good result.
- Teta: In the Season of Flooding, we will be married!
- Bayek: Happy news! May you both prosper.
If Bayek approaches Ahmes.
- Man She sells bread, I sell fruit. There is no reason for competition. I have heard Teta cursing me, but so far my liver seems fine. I do not know why Teta hates me so much.
Outcome[edit | edit source]
Bayek helped the baker to rescue her taster. He discovered a plot to poison Taimhotep and was able to prevent it.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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Bayek on the carriage carrying Sasobek -
Bayek infiltrating the barracks
