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Dagger to the Heart was a virtual representation of one of Kassandra's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan through the Portable Animus HR-8.5.
Description[]
Kassandra investigated the theater in Chalkis City on Agapios's request.
Dialogue[]
As Kassandra approached the theater, she overheard a couple arguing.
- Idyia: I won’t let you do something this stupid!
- Prexileos: That Dagger sympathizer has to die! He'll keep making us do his dirty work if I don't stop him.
- Idyia: They'll just do it all the same!
Kassandra approached the couple.
- Idyia: Killing him won't solve anything, Prexileos!
- Prexileos: But we can't just sit here and let him do this to us, Idyia! To the children!
- Idyia: You think I don't have their wellbeing in mind?!
- Prexileos: Well, you certainly aren't acting like it.
- Idyia: How dare you!
- Kassandra: Enough, you two!
(Accept – I'll help you.)
- Kassandra: Deal. I will take care of your problem.
- Prexileos: There's a man from The Dagger. He approached us one day to help them spread their agenda. We don't care about The Dagger, but we needed the extra income.
- Idyia: He wanted us and the children to spread the message of The Dagger in the theater and on the streets.
- Kassandra: Sounds like a fair trade.
(Accept – I'll deal with him.)
- Kassandra: I'll deal with the man. Just make sure you pay up.
- Prexileos: If you need anything else or forget where to find the Dagger man, speak to us again.
(If "How will I get to this man?" was chosen.)
- Kassandra: This Dagger man, where will I find him?
- Prexileos: He lives in the biggest house in town. There are many guards there, so be careful.
(If "How many children do you have?" was chosen.)
- Kassandra: You are... prolific creatures. Eros would be proud.
- Idyia: W-what are you saying?!
- Prexileos: These kids aren't really ours. They're orphans.
- Idyia: We just started taking them in one at a time. And—
- Prexileos: Look at us now, one big happy family. And... I can't wait for it to expand again.
- Idyia: Idiot. Don't make it sound weird.
(Leave – That's all.)
- Kassandra: I've got all I need. I'll deal with the man.
- Idyia: Remember—no killing. No blood.
- Prexileos: Go now, misthios, do what you must. Thank you.
Kassandra left the theater and located the man. As she approached him, she could hear him talk to himself.
- The Smuggler: I can't keep doing this... But I have to! I have to do this. For family. Yes, that's right. For family.
He noticed her.
Kassandra eliminated killed the man.
- Kassandra: He didn't look too dangerous...
- Kassandra: Your head off your shoulders.
- The Smuggler: Guards! To me, at once!
A fight ensued. Kassandra killed the Smuggler, only to hear a child's voice ring out as they ran into the scene.
- Child: Pater, we're home! Pater? Pater! Mater, come quick!
- Woman: My love? No!
Kassandra left the premises.
- Kassandra: He was just another man doing right by his family. Too bad he mixed with the wrong people.
Kassandra returned to the theater to find The Dagger's thugs threatening Idyia and Prexileos.
- Thug: You think you can take The Dagger on, theatre man?
- Idyia: No! Stop hitting him!
- Thug: I'll hit him as much as I like! You sent a misthios after one of ours? Mess with The Dagger and get stabbed.
- Prexileos: Stop... Please.
- Thug: You'll entertain me till the misthios returns, my friend. You best hope she gets here soon.
- Prexileos: Misthios! I've sent the children away. Make sure this Dagger maláka doesn't get to—
The Dagger thug interrupted Prexileos with a swift kick.
- Thug: Shut up! We'll find every last one of your precious kids. They'll fetch a good price.
He laughed.
- Kassandra: Release them this instant.
- Thug: I'll let them go—After I've made a few cuts.
- Kassandra: Maláka
The thug laughed once again.
- Kassandra: If you laid a finger on her—
The thug ignored her and continued laughing.
- Kassandra: Curse you.
- Thug: I'm a man that likes a little drama. So let's make this interesting. You, misthios, seem to have a flair for the dramatic, and we are in a theater after all. So let's have you decide how this play will.. play out.
- Kassandra: Get to the point.
- Thug: Someone's got to die here today.
- Kassandra: Easy, that's you.
- Thug: Try, and these two will have their throats slit before you even reach me.
- Prexileos: Don't do anything rash, misthios!
- Kassandra: Idyia. Let her live.
- Thug: She was my choice too. Are you sure—
- Prexileos: Go to Skyros, misthios! What Agapios seeks, you'll learn everything! About The Dagger, about Ne—
One of the thugs kills Prexileos.
- Idyia: No! What have you done?! No! Prexileos! Prexileos, answer me!
- Thug: Whew, that was a close one. Couldn't risk this little man running his mouth on more than he should have.
- Kassandra: You couldn't even let them say goodbye? I'll wipe that grin off your—
- Thug: Well, now you've heard something we wish you really hadn't. And you've been so cooperative too! Such a shame. A shame, I tell you! But it's time for the hero to die now. Kill the misthios.
Both Prexileos and Idyia were slain. Kassandra drew her weapons and eliminated the remaining Dagger members.
- Kassandra: I won't let your dying words go to waste. Agapios will know about Skyros, and I will avenge the both of you.
One of the thugs killed Idyia.
- Prexileos: No! What have you done?! No, no, no, no, no. Idyia, my love...
- Thug: Stupid girl. Spoiling my fun...
- Kassandra: You couldn't even let them say goodbye? I'll wipe that grin off your—
- Thug: Well, now you've heard something we wish you really hadn't. And you've been so cooperative too! Such a shame. A shame, I tell you! But it's time for the hero to die now. Kill the misthios.
- Thug: There! Kill the meddling misthios and these lovebirds!
Kassandra approached the thugs and attacked them. Idyia and Prexileos broke free from their cuffs and tried to attack the thugs, who quickly targeted Prexileos.
- Idyia: Are you okay, Prexileos? Did they—
- Prexileos: I'm fine, my love. I'm fine. Tell the misthios... Tell the misthios everything Agapios wants to know.
Kassandra approached Idyia.
- Idyia: They killed him! They killed him, misthios.
- Kassandra: You have my word. I will see to it they lie dead at my feet.
- Idyia: Good. Avenge us, misthios—us all all those who suffer in Euboea because of them.
Outcome[]
Kassandra learned the Dagger operated out of Skyros, narrowing down the location of their leader. She also eliminated the thugs. Depending on her actions, she may be able to save both Idyia and Prexileos, only one of them, or neither.
Behind the scenes[]
Idyia's dialogue changes slightly depending on whether or not Prexileos is saved. To save both of them, players can circle around the back of the theater and ambush the enemy, entirely bypassing the dialogue choice to kill one parent and spare the other. Saving both of them in this scenario is entirely dependent on gameplay, and so difficulty settings may work against the player and affect the outcome.
The dialog triggers around 30 meters from the target. If players enter within that radius before attacking, even with the Rush Assassination ability, the dialog will trigger. However, in this counter-ambush scenario, Idyia cannot be killed, so prioritizing the guard(s) attacking Prexileos should also help keep them both alive. Oddly, the thugs do not immediately detect the player, even when ambushed. Rush Assassination or even the Overpowered Bow Strike can thus be used to eliminate many of them, and if any are left, they can be finished quickly in melee combat.