Grin and Bear It

Grin and Bear It was a virtual representation of one of Kassandra's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan in 2018 through the Portable Animus HR-8.5.
==Description==
Kassandra met Iola, an injured woman, within the Sanctuary of Apollo on Delos and learned she had been attacked by a bear, though there was more to the story than just a raging animal.
==Dialogue==
Kassandra found a woman near the Sanctuary of Apollo and saw she was wounded. She knelt down to talk to her.
*Kassandra: You're bleeding. A lot.
Iola looked at her with worry.
*Iola: Come to turn me in to the priests?
*Kassandra: Depends what you've done.
*Iola: Don't know if anyone told you, but it's illegal to die on this gods-forsaken island.
*Kassandra: So I've been told.
*Iola: Shame nobody told the beast roaming around. Drachmae to the one who kills it.
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|-|If the bear had not been killed=
(Accept – "I'll kill the beast.")
*Kassandra: If you're paying, I'll hunt and kill this beast for you.
*Iola: You're not the first hunter to tell me that... But I still have all my drachmae.
(If "What type of beast is it?" is chosen.)
*Kassandra: I've hunted many beasts. What am I hunting this time?
*Iola: I'd call it a bear, but I'd be lying. This creature is Artemis's nightmare.
(If "Where can I find it?" is chosen.)
*Kassandra: Where's the beast now?
*Iola: Got as far way from that thing as I could. You'll find it north of here, near the coast. Just follow the trail of bodies—the bloodier the mess, the closer you are.
(If "Where are you from?" is chosen.)
*Kassandra: You're not from around here, are you?
*Iola: Came through Arkadia, but Korinthia is my home.
(Leave – "Time to go hunting.")
*Kassandra: I'll find the beast and kill it. Try not to bleed out before I return.
Kassandra left Iola and made her way north to the beach where the bear had set up its den. Kassandra engaged the bear in combat and defeated it after a lengthy battle.
*Kassandra: You were a mighty beast. But you did not belong here.
Kassandra decided to investigate the beach and spotted several corpses, one which was torn to shreds.
*Kassandra: A corpse. This one's had his guts ripped out—a feast for the birds.
She found a bloody handprint near the corpse.
*Kassandra: A bloody handprint. Hasn't been here long.
She followed the flotsam between the rocks and found a shipwreck.
*Kassandra: A shipwreck. Might explain how that bear got to Delos.
She waded into the water towards the bulk of the shipwreck and found a journal.
Kassandra completed her investigation and decided to leave.
*Kassandra: There's nothing left to find here. I should return to the woman.
Kassandra returned to Iola.
*Iola: You're alive. And the monster?
|-|If the bear was already killed=
*Kassandra: You wouldn't be talking about the giant bear down by the beach, would you?
*Iola: You saw the beast, and you still live?
*Kassandra: That bear wasn't from this world. The vicious pet of some angry god. I sent him back to his owner.
*Iola: I don't know who you are, warrior, but take this. You've earned it. Now go, let me bleed in peace.
Iola tossed her coin pouch and Kassandra left her to her bleeding.
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==Outcome==
Kassandra dealt with the Arkadian bear that ran aground on Delos and the smuggler who had inadvertently brought it to Delos.
==Trivia==
*Demanding more money from Iola, which then results in having to kill her, actually yields less drachmae than agreeing to keep her actions secret.
*If Iola is spared, she will show up at the end of the memory "A Night to Remember" talking to Barnabas, at which point she can be recruited to join the crew of the Adrestia. This does not seem to be the case if the memory has already progressed to the "wrap up the celebration" objective before this quest is completed. Iola will appear at the celebration if she is alive, but the dialogue with Barnabas defaults to the departure conversation and skips the conversation with Iola, preventing her from being recruited.
**If the player did not fully investigate Iola's role in the bear coming to Delos and had instead killed the bear before accepting the quest, the dialogue at the celebration assumes they do know Iola's part in the smuggling.
**If "A Night to Remember" was completed prior to completing the quest, Iola can still be recruited by demanding money from her, then knocking her out instead of killing her.
*If this quest is completed before "Goddess of the Hunt", it will be the subject of the story that the hero tells Kyra while they drink together on the beach. They will reference Iola's fate.
==Gallery==
ACOd-Iolasitting.jpg|Iola closeup
ACOd-Iolabody.jpg|Iola at her campsite within the Sanctuary of Apollo
ACOD Grin and Bear It 1.png|Kassandra finding an injured Iola
ACOD Grin and Bear It 2.png|Iola offering Kassandra drachmae to kill the bear
ACOD Grin and Bear It 5.png|Kassandra attacking the bear
ACOD Grin and Bear It 8.png|Kassandra agreeing to help Iola
==References==
*Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
Category:Memories of Kassandra
Category:Memories relived using the Animus HR-8.5