Photios's Pre-Tirement

Photios's Pre-Tirement was a virtual representation of one of Kassandra's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan through the Portable Animus HR-8.5.
==Description==
Kassandra met with Photios, an old friend from Kephallonia, in the Sanctuary of Delphi.
==Dialogue==
*Photios: Malaka! If it isn't the Eagle Bearer herself. You got big since Kephallonia!
The man shook hands with Kassandra.
*Kassandra: And you got old. Photios the Dog's Breath! Last time I saw you, I think I lit your ship on fire.
*Photios: My ship and my beard. These days, thankfully, I've semi-retired.
*Kassandra: Do people pay mercenaries here more than they did in Kephallonia.
*Photios: Course they do! Better than Markos, that's for sure.
*Kassandra: Everyone pays more than Markos. You're lucky I took all his crazy contracts.
*Photios: I was a learner—he's a rotten cheat! I only accept the easy stuff now. I'm working as a watchman this very moment. A cushy job... most days.
<tabber>
|-|I wish I could retire.=
*Kassandra: I could use a break myself.
*Photios: Some break this is! Today feels just like old times. The job got harder than anticipated.
|-|You're a mercenary until the end.=
*Kassandra: Once a mercenary, always a mercenary. It's a job you can never shake off.
*Photios: Right you are. I'm learning that all the more now. Trouble goes, then comes back twice.
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*Kassandra: Did something happen?
*Photios: A couple of priests ransacked this treasury. They took the sapphires offered by a Thrakian king, the bastards.
*Kassandra: Your employer won't like that.
*Photios: No, but you'll like this. Make an example of the thieves. You find them and the sapphires, and I'll pay you much better than you're used to in Kephallonia.
<tabber>
If sapphires have yet to be found.=
*Kassandra: All right. I'll help you, but...
*Photios: But what?
("Where did the priests go?")
*Kassandra: So, I'm hunting priests. Where do I start?
*Photios: Priests aren't used to thief business... They probably hid somewhere quiet. Check the caves west of here.
("How do you kow they were priests?")
*Kassandra: I wouldn't expect priests to be jewel thieves.
*Photios: They didn't take the drachmae or the silver. They knew those sapphires were the most valuable things here. That's priest knowledge.
("I'll find the priests.")
*Kassandra: Shouldn't be long before I find them.
Kassandra travelled west to the cave near the Sanctuary.
*Kassandra: This must be the cave Photios mentioned. Those priests came this way.
Kassandra entered the cave and found bandits inside. She killed the leader and discovered a corpse, recovering a note from it.
*Amyris's Note:Agreement in full. Treasury sapphires to be sold at no discount. Meet me at Desphina Fort for sale. —Amyris
*Kassandra: Here's one of the priests. But no sign of the sapphires.
Kassandra exited the cave through an opening and discovered Desphina Fort in the distance.
*Kassandra: Nice view. And there's the Desphina Fort to the south.
Kassandra travelled to the fort and discovered the sapphires hidden in a room with Ikaros' help. She infiltrated the fort and recovered it.
*Kassandra: Here they are. A bit of blood on them, but the sapphires still shine.
Kassandra left the fort and returned to Photios in the Sanctuary.
*Kassandra: Good news. Found the sapphires.
Kassandra handed the sapphires to Photios.
*Photios: Should I ask why they're bloody?
*Kassandra: The priests couldn't cut it as thieves.
(If the player chose "Never mind the reward.")
*Photios: You said you'd do it for free, but we both know that was horse shit. Here, take this.
*Kassandra: Chaire, old man.
(If the player chose "Make it worth my while.")
*Photios: If I were only a little bit younger, I might've tried to cheapen the reward a bit.
*Kassandra: Good thing you got old.
Photios provided something extra.
*Photios: Here's a little trinket from the treasury. No one will miss it.
*Kassandra: Let's hope not, or you'll send another mercenary after me. Goodbye Photios.
*Photios: If you ever see that dog Markos again, tell him you demand minimum wage!
|-|If sapphires are already acquired.=
*Kassandra: So, these sapphires are really valuable, right?
*Photios: You spawn of a salty slimeworm, you have them already, don't you? Hand them over. And don't you dare tell me I can't pay you.
Kassandra gave him the sapphires.
*Kassandra: Great to see you again, Photios. Savor your retirement.
*Photios: And you savor your youth! Don't become a washed-up seadog like me.
</tabber>
==Outcome==
Kassandra helped Photios recover the sapphires stolen from the treasury in the Sanctuary of Delphi.
==Behind the scenes==
If the player does not ask for a reward or if they have obtained the sapphires before starting the memory, Photios rewards a Sapphire Linothorax, a Rare breastplate. If they did ask for one, Photios rewards drachmae and a trade item. The quest rewards the same amount of XP regardless of this choice.
==Gallery==
ACOD Photios's Pre-Tirement 2.png|Kassandra's reunion with her old friend
ACOD Photios's Pre-Tirement 4.png|Kassandra finding the priest's body
==References==
*Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
Category:Memories of Kassandra
Category:Memories relived using the Animus HR-8.5
fr:La sinécure de Photios