2nd Codex [Video] || Night; Tenaka || Fear Event

[livethecreed]

[The PORTAL clicks on to show Altaïr's apartment for a few moments before it shifts over to the streets of Masyaf. Altaïr appears to be standing on a street riddled with bodies, all dressed in the familiar robes of the assassins. He blinks rapidly as if coming out of a daze and his reaction is immediate

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[flensing]

[The assassin's robes frighten her, they remind her of the cult garb worn by those who had kidnapped her, locked her beneath the earth and tortured her. But he is not the only one to suffer of hallucinations and she has wept over a beloved's dead body, she won't leave anyone to it.]

Monsieur?

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[livethecreed]

[Altaïr continues to clutch onto Malik's body even as he hears the voice coming from nowhere. It takes several moments, but he does come to realize that there is nothing and no one for the voice to be coming from and so he raises his head.

A quick glancing search confirms to him that no one is there and he turns back to Malik, lifting a hand to close the eyes of his best friend. He mutters a quick prayer under his breath to a God he doesn't believe in, knowing that Malik had.]

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[flensing]

[She shuts up, for the moment. No, she doesn't believe in God either anymore, but she wouldn't interrupt him either way. She waits before she tries again,]

Your fears are being used against you.

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[livethecreed]

[Okay, this voice is really persistent. So he's going to look around a bit more carefully. If this is trick being played on him then he will destroy whoever dared to intrude on his grief.]

Show yourself! Or are you afraid to face me now that I am aware? [Because obviously Promenade was had been an illusion brought on by the Apple]

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[flensing]

I am speaking from the portal.

[She admits that immediately.]

You are in Promenade.

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[livethecreed]

That is not possible. I am home. Promenade was simply a delusion. A hallucination created by that traitor.

[For someone so smart he's being a real bonehead at the moment. You may have to resort to some extreme measures to get him out of this... Or try and get his brain working again]

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[flensing]

My name is Anna Assaoui. I am in Promenade now, you are somewhere in the city as well.

[It's all right, she understands. She had cared for a delusional woman for many years.]

...Which house did you live in?

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[livethecreed]

Why do you insist on torturing me? Is this not enough? To know that I failed? That I was unable to resist the call of the Apple?

[He stops speaking for several minutes and simply breathes through the anger and pain currently attempting to overwhelm him.]

Fine. If you wish me to play along with this delusion. I was in House 5.

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[flensing]

[She watches him warily, listening to his anger. She knows she has no right to hear what he's saying.]

House 5. I am going to come to find you.

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[livethecreed]

Do as you wish. I do not care. [Which isn't precisely true. He'll just stab you if he deems you a threat.]

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[flensing]

[Only a little bit of a threat, since she doesn't go anywhere without her shotgun... But she probably won't shoot you with it, man. She drives her her car through the streets of Promenade, slow going with so many people roaming them in a panic, but she'll make it there eventually. She'll even break down his door, if she has to. It wouldn't be the first time. Not a fun task for such a small young woman, but she takes helping others very seriously.]

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[livethecreed]

[By the time he hears her coming up the hallway Lucy has already gone. He's sitting on his couch, back in his right mind and embarrassed by how he acted. That had not been something he wanted all of Promenade to see and his actions had been those of an idiot, not of a Master Assassin.]

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[flensing]

[She peaks inside curiously, but he seems calmer already.]

Hello?

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[livethecreed]

[Lucy had already been and gone by the time Anna peeked her head in and Altaïr was lucid again.

He was sitting on the couch, head in his hands, but her voice had him looking up.]

You are one of the ones who spoke to me during the hallucination? I apologize if I scared you.

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[flensing]

[She is relieved that he is calmer, and it keeps her from lifting the shotgun from her back.]

Not frightened, just worried. I am glad to see you have been purged of it.

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[livethecreed]

[A slight, sarcastic smile crosses his lips]

As am I. It was not a pleasant experience.

You may come in if you wish. I promise I am in my right mind. [He gestures towards the chair sitting next to the couch. It's close enough to where they can speak normally, but far enough to where if he slips back into the delusion she would be able to escape.]