Imagine My Surprise

Imagine My Surprise was a virtual representation of one of Edward Kenway's genetic memories, relived by a research analyst at Abstergo Entertainment through the Animus.
==Description==
Edward traveled to Kingston to learn more about the Sage's location.
==Dialogue==
*Adéwalé: Stealing a fishing schooner single handed? Damned canny, captain.
*Edward: As is taking back my brig from this pillock. Once again, I thank you both.
*Kidd: This billy-huff didn't last two months with your ship before he came limping back to Nassau. Took the pardon straight away.
*Rackham: I had to, lads! That Rogers was on to me from the first.
*Adéwalé: Hold your tongue, Rackham!
*Kidd: So what now? Still chasing your elusive fortune?
*Edward: Aye. And I'm close. I've heard the Sage is sailing out of Kingston on a ship called the Princess.
*Kidd: Put your ambition to better use, Kenway. Find the Sage with US.
*Edward: I've no stomach for you and your mystics, Mary. I want a taste of the good life. An easy life.
*Kidd: No one honest has an easy life, Edward. And it's aching for one that causes the most pain. All right, Rackham. Back to retirement.
Edward sailed to Kingston.
*Edward: What news Adé?
*Adéwalé: This bahjohn works for the Royal African Company. Tell him what you told me.
*Slaver: I haven't seen the Princess for eight weeks or more. Meaning she may soon be back.
*Adéwalé: What else?
*Slaver: I thought this buck belonged to the other men who was asking about the Princess this morning so I told him that-
*Edward: What other men?
*Slaver: Haughty sailor in plain rags. And a gent with a scar just here.
*Edward: Where have they got to?
*Slaver: Staying just 'round the corner, they said.
*Adéwalé: I grow tired of chasing these fantasies of yours, Edward. As does the crew.
*Edward: Hang in there, man. We're getting close.
Edward located Benjamin Hornigold and Woodes Rogers.
*Rogers: Have you alerted the men? We're short on time.
*Hornigold: Aye, there'll be two soldiers waiting for us at the crossroads.
*Rogers: Very good.
*Hornigold: If you don't mind me asking, Sir. What's the meaning behind these blood samples we're taking?
*Rogers: Torres tells me that blood is required for the Observatory to properly function.
*Hornigold: How do you mean, sir?
*Rogers: If one wishes to use the Observatory to, say... spy on King George, then one would require a drop of the king's blood to do so. In other words, a small sample of blood gives us access to a man's everyday life.
*Hornigold: Does Torres mean to spy on me then? For I've just given him a sample of my blood.
*Rogers: As have I, Captain Hornigold. As will all Templars. It is a measure of insurance.
*Hornigold: And trust, I reckon.
*Rogers: Yes, but fear not. Torres has shipped our samples to a Templar safehouse in Rio de Janeiro. We will not be the Observatory's first objects, I assure you.
*Hornigold: Aye, sir. I suppose it's a small price to pay for what the Templars have given me in return.
*Rogers: Precisely.
*Hornigold: Governor, when you hunted pirates in Madagascar, what methods worked best?
*Rogers: I believe it was my charisma that persuaded them. Violence and threats should always be a last resort. In Madagascar, I offered those pirates a choice... take a pardon and return to England penniless but free men, or be hanged by the neck until dead.
*Hornigold: Just as you did in Nassau.
*Rogers: Precisely. A pity Commodore Chamberlaine did not live to see my thorough success.
*Hornigold: It's not like you to gloat, Rogers.
*Rogers: We all deserve a moment, don't we?
The men met with Laureano Torres.
*Rogers: Grand Master! Welcome.
*Torres: (Good evening.) What have you learned?
*Rogers: The Princess was taken by pirates six weeks ago. And so far as we know, the Sage Roberts was still aboard.
*Torres: Very good. It is something, no? And what measures are we taking to recover the Princess from these pirates?
*Rogers: Captain Hornigold has dispatched some of his best men to ensure the Sage's capture.
*Torres: Hm. What of the Sage's present location. Do we know?
*Rogers: Africa, your excellency.
*Torres: Africa? By God, the winds do not favor that route.
*Rogers: I concur, Grand Master. I should have sailed there myself. One of my slave galleys would be more than capable of making a swift journey.
*Torres: Slave Galley? Captain, I asked you to divest yourself of that sick institution.
*Rogers: I fail to see the difference between enslaving some men and all men. Our aim is to steer the entire course of civilization, is it not?
*Torres: A body enslaved inspires the mind to revolt. But enslave a man's mind, and his body will follow on naturally. Efficiently.
*Rogers: A fair point, Grand Master.
*Torres: Eh, remind me... where in Africa are we looking?
*Hornigold: Príncipe, Sir. A small island.
*Rogers: We've sent two of our best men. Burgess and Cockram. Privateers with fast ships and firm hearts.
Hornigold spotted the Jackdaw anchored in the harbor and called out to Edward.
*Hornigold: Edward Kenway! Imagine my surprise at seeing your Jackdaw anchored there. Have you heard all you came to hear? Will you now go rescue the Sage from our clutching hands?
*Edward: A pox on you, traitor! You sold us down river!
*Hornigold: Because I found a better path! The Templars know order. Discipline. Structure. But you never could fathom these subtleties. Goodbye, old friend! You were a soldier once! When you fought for something real. Something beyond yourself!
Edward escaped the guards and left the area.
==Outcome==
Edward learned that Bartholomew Roberts could be found on Príncipe.
==Gallery==
Imagine My Surprise 8.png|Rackham being held captive by Mary and Edward
Imagine My Surprise 9.png|Adéwalé taking Rackham away
Imagine My Surprise 10.png|Mary discussing the Sage with Edward
Imagine My Surprise 1.png|A slaver sharing information with Edward
Imagine My Surprise 2.png|Adéwalé arguing with Edward
Imagine My Surprise 3.png|Edward sabotaging an alarm bell
==References==
*Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Category:Memories of Edward Kenway
Category:Memories relived using the Animus Omega