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The Flea of Cyrene was a virtual representation of Bayek's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan through the Portable Animus HR-8.

Description[]

Bayek impresses the young Esiocles and his rapscallion street gang with more and more daring leaps from Cyrene's landmarks. And a legend is born.

Dialogue[]

While in Cyrene, Bayek visited the Temple of Zeus. He climbed up the columns to the statue at the very top. He heard a voice from below.

  • Esiocles: Whoah! What's that man doing up there?

Bayek leapt from the statue into a pool of water below.

  • Esiocles: Mister, mister! Over here!
ACO The Flea of Cyrene 1

Esiocles offering to bring Bayek on a tour around the city, in exchange for feats of leaping down from the top of the building

Bayek approached the child.

  • Esiocles: That was the greatest thing I ever witnessed and I once saw a snake swallow a cat whole!
  • Bayek: A cat really? And who are you?
  • Esiocles: Esiocles, but all my friends call me Esio.
  • Bayek: Well Esio, I am Bayek.
  • Esiocles: How did you do that? Are you magic? Will you leap some more for me and my friends? I can tell you about my home, the most amazing city of Cyrene as we go?
  • Bayek: How can I refuse such a gracious offer? Lead the way, Esio.

Bayek followed Esiocles as the child went off to wander around the city.

  • Esiocles: Me and my gang will give you the grand tour, Bayek.
  • Bayek: You have a gang?
  • Esiocles: Yes, I'm the most important child in Cyrene.
  • Bayek: I can see that, Esio.
ACO The Flea of Cyrene 2

Bayek following Eioscles to the bathhhouse

  • Esiocles: Let's go to the baths. It's where people walk around naked being scraped and scratched and rubbed with oils. I hate getting my hair wet, don't you Bayek?
  • Bayek: It is why I shaved it off, Esio. And washing behind the ears I bet?
  • Esiocles: Ha! yes! Some fancy Roman from the Citadel built it...
    Vi... Vitru... well anyway he spent ten thousand drachma on a floor made of little squares. All that for somewhere you wash! When I grow up, I am going to have a wife who'll never make me wash.
  • Bayek: Wives like that are hard to find, Esio.

They arrived at the bathhouse. Several children joined Esiocles and Bayek.

  • Esiocles: Could you jump from up there?
  • Child: The top of the Baths?! That's a death sentence!
  • Bayek: Sure, Esio, I could do that with my eyes closed.
  • Esiocles: Come on everyone, come see Bayek fly!
  • Child 1: No-one can climb that high... can they?

Bayek climbed up the bathhouse.

  • Esiocles: See! Didn't I tell you he was brave?
  • Child 2: Oh my days, what if he falls?
  • Esiocles: He's stickier than a lizard on a rock.
  • Child 3: Yay, yeah! Whoohoo! Look at him go.
  • Child 2: Jump! Jump, Bayek. We're watching! Go!
  • Child 1: Go on! Anytime now! Jump!

Bayek jumped down into a haystack. He got out. The children were amazed.

  • Esiocles: Some of those scaredy cats thought you would miss the cart, but I never doubted you.
  • Bayek: I was not sure myself, Esio. So where's next?
ACO The Flea of Cyrene 4

Bayek following Esiocles and the children to the Temple of Apollo

Bayek followed Esiocles and the children.

  • Esiocles: You're Egyptian right? My father says you don't worship the same gods as we Greeks.
  • Bayek: We have some in common. Like Serapis.
  • Esiocles: Oh yes, Serapis. I've heard of him. Apollo is all Greek and my favorite. He likes poetry, music, wine and all that kind of stuff.
    But I like him because he has a bow and arrow and likes to hunt. Do you like to hunt, Bayek?
  • Bayek: I do, I used to hunt with my boy, Esio.
  • Esiocles: If you jump from his Temple there, then maybe he will be watching from Mount Olympus and reward me with my own bow and arrow so I can hunt rabbits in the woods!
  • Bayek: I would like to see that.

They reached the entrance of the Apollonion of Cyrene.

  • Esiocles: This is it! Isn't Apollo marvelous?

They reached the courtyard. More children joined the group.

  • Child 1: It's impossible, right?
  • Child 2: He swoops through the air, like an eagle.
  • Esiocles: We are all watching.
  • Child 1: I can't watch! Tell me when it's over.
  • Child 2: He's so brave! Have you ever seen someone so brave?
  • Esiocles: And I am the one who found him.
  • Child 3: I know, Esio. This is the best of days.
  • Esiocles: Make Apollo proud, Bayek!
ACO The Flea of Cyrene 5

Bayek leaping from the Temple of Apollo

Bayek climbed up the columns and reached the rooftops of the temple. He jumped down from the statue into a pool of water and then got out.

  • Esiocles: Apollo is sure to reward me now!
  • Child 1: You did it, you did it!
  • Child 2: Our friend Bayek does the impossible!
  • Esiocles: Let's go to the next jump!
    I have one last leap in mind for you, Bayek. Are you ready for your greatest challenge?
  • Bayek: Well that depends! Do you think I can do it?
  • Esiocles: I believe you can do anything, Bayek.

Bayek followed Esiocles and the children.

  • Child 1: I'm glad we joined Esio's gang, this is unbelievable.
  • Esiocles: Wait until I tell my sister about today!
    She used to play with me all the time, but now all she does is moon over that magistrate Diocles. And his stupid, floppy hair.

They reached a tower of the Roman Akropolis overlooking the pond.

  • Bayek: Well, you did promise a challenge, Esio!
  • Esiocles: Nobody is allowed up there except the Romans. But you look like you can handle a few measly bucket heads. Are you ready, Bayek? I present the Acropolis. Don't let the Romans see you!
  • Child 1: Hera mother of gods! It's too high!
  • Child 2: Go on jump Bayek, jump from the tower!
  • Esiocles: I know you can do it! Don't think about the watery depths!
  • Child 3: No! No! I heard the Romans keep a kraken in there!
  • Esiocles: Bayek can take on a kraken, can't you, Bayek?
ACO The Flea of Cyrene 6

Bayek leaping from the akropolis tower

Bayek climbed up the Akropolis tower and reached the rooftop. He leaped off the tower, diving into the pond below.

  • Child 1: Can't you jump some more, Bayek? Please? It's my birthday!
  • Child 2: Liar! That was last month!
  • Esiocles: Stop crowding him. Stop crowding. He's not your slave. He is an important man with important things to do.
  • Child 1: Farewell Bayek. Come back when I'm older and we'll get married.
  • Child 2: Do you think with practice we could leap like that?
ACO The Flea of Cyrene 7

Esiocles bestowing Bayek the title of "the flea of Cyrene"

Bayek got out the pond and spoke to Esio.

  • Esiocles: I won't forget this day Bayek. We should honor it. I officially name you the flea of Cyrene.
  • Bayek: I will treasure it. Goodbye Esio, stay out of trouble.
  • Esiocles: I can't promise, but I will try, for you, Great Flea. I hope you get to hunt with your son again soon!
  • Bayek: So do I, Esio.

If Bayek spoke again with Esio, he would say the following.

  • Esiocles: Flea! I told my sister about you and she forgot all about Diocles! Look everyone! It's the Flea of Cyrene.

Outcome[]

Bayek impressed Esiocles and the other children by leaping off the Temple of Zeus, the Roman Baths, Apollonion of Cyrene, and Akropolis tower.

References[]

Assassin's Creed: Origins memories
Main Quests
The Heron Assassination - Homecoming - The Oasis - The False Oracle - May Amun Walk Beside You - Aya - Gennadios the Phylakitai - End of the Snake - Egypt's Medjay - The Scarab's Sting - The Scarab's Lies - Pompeius Magnus - The Hyena - The Lizard's Mask - The Lizard's Face - The Crocodile's Scales - The Crocodile's Jaws - Way of the Gabiniani - Aya: Blade of the Goddess - The Battle of the Nile - The Aftermath - The Final Weighing - Last of the Medjay - Fall of an Empire, Rise of Another - Birth of the Creed
Side Quests
Special
A Gift from the Gods - Incoming Threat - Here Comes a New Challenger - Phylakes' Prey - Lights Among the Dunes - Secrets of the First Pyramids
Siwa
Gear Up - Family Reunion - Water Rats - Hideaway - Striking the Anvil - The Healer - Prisoners in the Temple - Bayek's Promise
Lake Mareotis
Hidden Tax - The Book of the Dead - Ambush in the Temple - Ulterior Votive - Lady of Slaughter - Birthright - Taste of her Sting
Alexandria
The Accidental Philosopher - The Last Bodyguard - Higher Education - Serapis Unites - A Tithe By Any Other Name - The Shifty Scribe - The Odyssey - Wrath of the Poets - Symposiasts - Phylakitai in the Eye - Cat's Cradle
Kanopos
Old Times - Wild Ride - Blue Hooligans - The Weasel - The Hungry River
Sap-Meh Nome
In Protest - Thick Skin - Fair Trade
Sapi-Res Nome
Conflicts of Interest - Smoke Over Water - All Eyes on Us - Lost Happiness - Abuse of Power - The Tax Master - The Ostrich - New Kid in Town - Worker's Lament - The Old Library
Giza
The Planetarium - Precious Bonds - What's Yours Is Mine - A Gift from the Gods
Memphis
A Dream of Ashes - Blood in the Water - Odor Most Foul - Children of the Streets - Taimhotep's Song - The Baker's Dilemma - Mortem Romanum
Saqqara Nome
Rites of Anubis - First Blood - When Night Falls - A Rebel Alliance
Faiyum
Murder in the Temple - Feeding Faiyum - Curse of Wadjet - Rebel Strike - The Bride - Sobek's Gold - Forging Siwa - The Sickness - Fires of Dionysias - Demons in the Desert
Faiyum Oasis
The Champion - The Man Beast - Sobek's Tears - The Jaws of Sobek - Bad Faith - Shadya's Rest - Fighting for Faiyum
Herakleion Nome
Recon Work - Loose Cargo - Reunion - Predator to Prey
Uab Nome
Seven Farmers
Atef-Pehu Nome
The Matriarch
Green Mountains
Unseeing Eyes - One Bad Apple - The Good Roman - Playing with Fire - Taking Liberty - Halo of the Huntress - Carpe Diem - Shadows of Apollo
Marmarica
His Secret Service
Kyrenaika
The Flea of Cyrene - The Lure of Glory - The Mousetrap - Founding Father - Pax Romana - Cat and Mouse - Absolute Power - Are You Not Entertained? - The Smugglers of Cyrene - Dead in the Water - My Brother for a Horse - Here Comes a New Challenger
Isolated Desert
Plight of the Rebels
Event Quests
Antique Trafficking - Bandit Raid - Control Nuisance - Gather Materials - Lost and Found - Missing Worker - Stolen Goods - Recover the Merchandise
DLC
Ambush At Sea - Secrets of the First Pyramids
The Hidden Ones
Main Quests
The Hidden Ones - The Land of Turquoise - Where the Slaves Die - The Walls of the Ruler - The Setting Sun - No Chains Too Thick - Sic Semper Tyrannis - The Greater Good
Side Quests
Klysma Nome
Rise of Shaqilat - Howls of the Dead - The Ballad of Si-Mut and Gertha - The Killer Shadow - Shadows of the Scarab
Madiama Nome
Respect Thy Brother
Arsinoe Nome
Shards from a Star
The Curse of the Pharaohs
Main Quests
The Curse of the Pharaohs - No Honor Amongst Thebes - The Lady of Grace - Cleansing Rite - Something Rotten - Soured Libations - Aten Rising - The Heretic - Blood in the Water - The King of Kings - A Pharaoh's Shadow - A Pharaoh's Heart and Name - A Pharaoh's Hemset - A Pharaoh's Ka
Side Quests
Thebes
The Theban Triad - Master of the Secret Things - Perchance to Dream
Theban Necropolis
Burnt Offerings - A Sister's Vow - Idol Hands - Drowned Tools - A Motherless Child - Unfair Trade
Thebes Nome
Crocodile Tears - National Treasures
Yebu Nome
Losers Weepers - Fish Out Of Water - Laid to Rest
Aaru
Love or Duty
Aten
Gods or Creed - The Cat - The Ibis - The Hawk
Heb Sed
Follower or Leader
Duat
Shield or Blade - A Necessary Evil - Khepri's Amulet - The God's Spark
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