Using the Ol' Noggins
Using the Ol' Noggins was a virtual representation of one of Arno Dorian's genetic memories, relived by a Helix initiate through the Helix Navigator.
Description[edit | edit source]
Arno met Marie Tussaud, who tasked him with recovering the severed heads of three prominent figures.
Dialogue[edit | edit source]
- Tussaud: I am Madame Tussaud. I'm adept at making wax figures and death masks. I promised the Assembly I would make masks of famous victims of the guillotine. It's grisly, but it was the only way to get out of prison! And now, someone has stolen the heads I was given! Could you please find them for me?
Arno spoke to one of Tussaud's assistants.
- Assistant 1: A friend found out something you might find important. She sent me this letter.
Arno read the letter.
- Letter: Chère Madame,
I have learned that a certain politican, flushed with pride in his role over-throwing the Girondins, has procured the head of Jacques-Pierre Brissot, recently stolen from you. He works near the Conciergerie.
- Your devoted friend.
Arno spoke to another of the assistants.
- Assistant 2: Rumor has it that a soldier who guards Sainte-Chapelle wanted the head of Olympe de Gouges. He was in love with her from afar.
Arno spoke to another of the assistants.
- Assistant 3: The judge at the Palais de Justice who condemned Jacques Hébert apparently wanted Hébert's head as a trophy.
Arno retrieved the head of Jacques Hébert. If he stole a key from LeNôtre, he would find a letter on Lemaitre.
- Letter: "M. Lemaitre,
I have retrieved the package. Fear not, I have hidden both our objects within the walls of the Conciergerie, each locked within a chest. I possess the single key that opens them both.
--LeNôtre"
If Arno stole the key from Lemaitre, he would find a letter on LeNôtre.
- Letter: "Captain LeNôtre,
I have purchased both heads from our friend. They are kept in chests in the Conciergerie. I have the single key that opens them both.
-- M. Lemaitre"
He then infiltrated the Conciergerie. There, he recovered the heads of Olympe de Gouges and Jacques Pierre Brissot, before returning to Tussaud.
- Tussaud: You have them! I can make the death masks and be safe. Oh! What a world in which we live!
Outcome[edit | edit source]
Arno recovered the heads for Tussaud, allowing her to keep her promise to the Assembly.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
Marie referred herself by her married name, but she was married in October 1795, after the end of the National Assembly, which is referred in this memory.