second splice // video (day)
[The video feed runs for a few seconds while Jack, still not sure how to operate it, fumbles with the PORTAL. He's outside, in front of some building, and the ocean can be heard over the feed. He also looks tense, even more so when he realizes the PORTAL is finally recording.]
Listen. I heard... Someone told me that Rapture was-that it was here. Under the sea. But it's... [He pauses, shivers, takes a deep breath; on closer look, he's absolutely drenched, and looks less tense and more like his nerves are completely shot.] It's not here-the bathysphere, there's no bathysphere. I looked, I can't even dream one up-it's not here.
Is there another way to get down there? Please, I- [He shivers again, his tone growing desperate.] I have to know. Please.
Listen. I heard... Someone told me that Rapture was-that it was here. Under the sea. But it's... [He pauses, shivers, takes a deep breath; on closer look, he's absolutely drenched, and looks less tense and more like his nerves are completely shot.] It's not here-the bathysphere, there's no bathysphere. I looked, I can't even dream one up-it's not here.
Is there another way to get down there? Please, I- [He shivers again, his tone growing desperate.] I have to know. Please.