- Kassandra: I am.
- Beggar: Yes, you are. Many whispers of your deeds, misthios. Many whispers. Many secrets, too... about the rebel girl.
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"M" for Murder
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"M" for Murder was a virtual representation of one of Kassandra's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan through the Portable Animus HR-8.5.
Description
A mysterious beggar sent Kassandra to an old abandoned house to uncover the truth about Kyra, the fearless rebel leader everyone thought they knew.
Dialogue
Kassandra walked through Mykonos City when a beggar called out to her in a whisper.
- Beggar: Psst. Misthios! You, with the eagle. Over here.
She stopped to speak to the beggar.
- Kassandra: What's with all the whispering?
- Beggar: Shh! If the soldiers hear us, they'll kill me. You're the misthios working for Kyra and the rebels, yes?
- Kassandra: Who I work for is none of your business, stranger.
- Beggar: Secrets are being kept from you, misthios. Maybe you don't know who you really work for.
- Kassandra: Who's Kyra?
- Kassandra: If you know something, spit it out.
- Beggar: If the soldiers see me, they'll kill me. Apollo knows they already tried. There's a house near the market, been boarded up for ages. Sneaky sneak your way in. We'll talk later.
The beggar ran off.
- Kassandra: Strange. I should find the house, see what this beggar has to say.
Kassandra made her way down to the market. She found a boarded up house.
- Kassandra: House is boarded up. Must be the place.
She entered the house from the lower levels and began to investigate, starting with the bloody footprints.
- Kassandra: Bloody footprints. A child's... Must have been hiding in that chest.
She inspected the skeleton the footprints led away from.
- Kassandra: This woman was killed. Left in the open without dignity. An Athenian spear tip broke off in her ribs.
She checked the papyrus on the table.
- Kassandra: A note was left behind. A warning from Podarkes. He was paying this woman to keep quiet. About what?
Finally, she went upstairs and inspected the wooden dolls.
- Kassandra: Wooden dolls - a mother and child. One engraved with the letter "M," and the other, "K."
She pondered the clues she had collected.
- Kassandra: Nothing else to find here. I need to speak with that strange woman.
Having completed the investigation, Kassandra left the abandoned home and returned to the beggar.
- Beggar: And what did the misthios find?
- Kassandra: A body... a woman. She was killed by an Athenian spear.
- Beggar: This is all?
- Kassandra: There was a letter from Podarkes - said he'd kill them both if she broke her silence. Both.
- Kassandra: Why kill a child? Unless... it was his.
- Beggar: Shh! They could be listening. Now, tell me, quietly, what else did you find?
- Kassandra: The dolls. Engraved with the letter "K" and "M." "M" is for mater.
- Kassandra: You asked who I worked for. The little doll with the "K"...
- Kassandra: The child was Kyra.
- Beggar: Yes, yes. Which means...
- Kassandra: Kyra's skills with the blade started young.
- Beggar: And you're Kyra's hope for the rebellion? Gods help us all!
- Kassandra: What?
- Beggar: Unbelievable! If the child belonged to Podarkes, and the child is Kyra, then that would make...
- Kassandra: By Zeus! Podarkes is Kyra's pater!
The beggar clapped sarcastically.
- Beggar: Very wise, misthios. Very wise indeed.
- Kassandra: By the gods! Podarkes is Kyra's pater!
- Beggar: Very wise, misthios. Very wise indeed!
- Kassandra: The dust in there gave me a headache. Just tell me.
- Beggar: And you're Kyra's hope for the rebellion? Gods help us all! If the child belonged to Podarkes, and the child is Kyra, then that would make...
- Beggar: Unbelievable! Podarkes is Kyra's pater, misthios! Her pater!
- Kassandra: Of course!
- Beggar: Not very wise, are you, misthios?
- Kassandra: Kyra needs to know.
- Beggar: She'll never believe you. Never. Her whole life, she hunts the man who sent Athenians to kill her mater in front of her terrified eyes. But the gods spared little Kyra. She escaped.
(If players asked "How do you know so much?")
- Kassandra: How do you know so much?
- Beggar: I was there, misthios. I protected the little one. The Athenians were so busy trying to kill me, Kyra slipped right past their blades.
(If players asked "Why were you there?")
- Kassandra: You were involved in this...
- Beggar: My name was Otonia. I was a servant for Podarkes.
- Kassandra: What?
- Beggar: Night after night, Kyra's mater came to the house - little one wanted to meet her pater. Podarkes made me send her away. But she kept coming. So Podarkes sent me to her house with a note.
- Kassandra: The warning.
- Beggar: She didn't listen. Podarkes sent me back to her house, this time with Athenian soldiers.
(Leave - "I must find proof.")
- Kassandra: Kyra needs to know Podarkes is her father. But I won't confront her until I have proof.
- Beggar: The woman came to Podarkes's house one night, begged me to give him the doll Kyra made for him.
- Kassandra: If Podarkes had it, he might have kept it somewhere.
- Beggar: Only the gods would know.
- Kassandra: I will find this doll.
The beggar woman took her leave.
- Beggar: Now the misthios knows who she works for. The rebels should know too.
Kassandra thought about where the doll could be.
- Kassandra: If Podarkes hid that doll somewhere in his house, I'm going to find it.
With the help of Ikaros, she scanned the house and determined the doll was in the upper bedchamber.
- Kassandra: There's the doll.
Kassandra infiltrated the house and claimed the wooden doll from a discreet corner of Podarkes's bedchamber.
- Kassandra: Podarkes kept the doll Kyra made for him. She engraved it with the letter "P"... for pater.
Kassandra exited the house before anyone spotted her.
- Kassandra: Could Kyra have known all along?
- Kassandra: The rebels deserve the truth as well. But blood is everything to some people. They could abandon her if they knew Podarkes was her father.
Kassandra made her way back to the Porphyrion Cave to confront Kyra with the truth. Seeing she was not present, she asked the rebels where she was.
- Kassandra: Where's Kyra?
- [soldier] She's -
Kyra appeared from the side.
- Kyra: Miss me already, misthios?
- Kassandra:
- Kassandra: What I have to say is for you alone.
- Kyra: Okay.
Kyra took her to her makeshift office in the back of the cave. The rebels looked at each but shrugged it off.
- Kassandra: There's no easy way to say this. Podarkes is your father.
Kyra laughed.
- Kyra: What kind of joke is this?
Kassandra presented the doll, and Kyra recognized it in an instant. She took an emotional swing at Kassandra and missed.
- Kyra: Maláka, I will kill you where you stand!
- Kyra: Where did you find this?
Outcome
Kassandra learned the truth about Kyra's familial ties to Podarkes. She either revealed this information to Kyra alone and protected her secret, or outed her before the rebels and undermined their trust in her.
Trivia
- This quest is required to advance to A Night to Remember, the final quest of the Mykonos campaign. The other two are Hades, Meet Podarkes and Call to Arms.
- The outcome of this quest has no effect on Kyra's dialogue with the player in other quests on her path, but the final choice is mentioned on several occasions during 'A Night to Remember.'
Gallery
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The abandoned house's exterior -
The interior -
Dianthe's skeleton inside -
The dolls -
The doll engraved with 'P'
