In Dreams

In Dreams was a virtual representation of one of Kassandra's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan in 2018 through the Portable Animus HR-8.5.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis
==Description==
Kassandra found Atlanteans accosting a human woman, accusing her of being a murderer.
==Dialogue==
Kassandra found a crowd of people jeering at a kneeling woman.
*Female Atlantean: That's the murderer!
*Lyra: Murderer? I didn't do it!
*Male Atlantean: Stop her before she kills again!
*Lyra: Leave me alone!
Kassandra stopped the woman's two aggressors and the crowd fled. She then talked to the woman.
*Kassandra: Want to tell me what that was all about?
*Lyra: No. I'll be fine.
She looked up and realized who she was talking to.
*Lyra: Dikastes! You can make this all go away. My name is Lyra. And you're...you. You've helped so many people! You're amazing and wonderful and powerful and...and...you're here!
<tabber>
|-|You're very kind.=
*Kassandra: Thank you. That's nice of you.
*Lyra: You deserve all the praise and more!
|-|Enough compliments.=
*Kassandra: Enough. I don't like...whatever it is you're doing.
*Lyra: Forgive me! It's just that your being here confirms all the legends. You're real! To be face to face with you right now, it's—
She cut herself off.
*Lyra: Sorry.
</tabber>
*Kassandra: They called you a murderer. You don't seem the type, but as Dikastes, I have to be sure.
*Lyra: They're sure I'm responsible for what happened to that poor family. They said it's like the other murders. But... I couldn't live with myself, I swear! Please. Clear my name.
(If "Where were you when it happened?" was chosen.)
*Kassandra: Where were you when the family was murdered?
*Lyra: If it happened last night like they said, I was here trying to sleep. Although, lately it's been restless, filled with strange dreams. It's always the same one, over and over.
*Kassandra: Were you alone?
*Lyra: Well, yes. I’ve been so tired lately I decided to stay in.
(If "How many times has this happened?" was chosen)
*Kassandra: You said something about other murders.
*Lyra: This was the third time. I just don't understand why they'd blame me. I don't have the stomach to do... that.
(Leave – "I'll find out who murdered the family.")
*Kassandra: I'll find out what really happened. Just point me in the direction of the attack.
*Lyra: Just down the road, not too far from here.
*Kassandra: If I were you, I'd hide until I return.
*Lyra: Good idea. Thank you! You truly are a great Dikastes.
Lyra hurried off while Kassandra went to investigate the crime scene. There, in front of a house, she found the bloody corpses of a father, mother, and daughter, with two Isu soldiers forming a perimeter against a crowd of onlookers. She questioned a male witness.
*Witness: The great Dikastes! What did I do to deserve a visit?
*Kassandra: I'm looking into the attack that happened nearby last night.
*Witness: Ah, of course. I thought that was meant to be handled already.
*Kassandra: You mean the mob harassing that woman?
*Witness: I've said enough.
<tabber>
|-|Help me catch the murderer.=
*Kassandra: I understand your hesitation, but I'm trying to get to the bottom of this. I'll make sure whoever—or whatever—did this is punished.
|-|I'm the Dikastes. Tell me.=
*Kassandra: I'm the Dikastes, remember? Trust me, people who don't tell me what I want to know end up regretting their silence.
</tabber>
*Witness: You've already met the guilty one.
*Kassandra: Lyra? You agree with the mob.
*Witness: Of course I do! I'm the one who told them it was her! I saw her last night—bloody, and in a frenzy.
*Kassandra: It was dark. How do you know it was her?
*Witness: I know what I saw!
He stormed off.
*Witness: I told you what I know. It was Lyra I saw.
Kassandra questioned a female witness.
*Witness: Is this about what happened last night?
*Kassandra: How'd you know?
*Witness: It's all everyone's talking about. And, if the Dikastes is here, you must be looking into it.
*Kassandra: If you saw or heard anything, I need to know.
*Witness: I saw it from the distance. Heard it too... Its howl will never leave my mind.
*Kassandra: You saw a wolf?
*Witness: "Beast" is more like it. If you see it, run!
*Kassandra: I’ll be careful.
Kassandra investigated some bloody prints leading away from the daughter's corpse. Nearest the body were animal pawprints, then they changed to human handprints, and finally to human footprints.
*Kassandra: The footprints tracked the blood out of the house. Whoever murdered them left this way.
She investigated the body.
*Kassandra: These aren't stab wounds... they're claw marks.
She investigated a scrap of bloodied cloth dropped just outside the front door.
*Kassandra: This bloodied cloth doesn't match the mother or daughter's robes. It must have come off the murderer.
She stood up, having concluded her investigation.
*Kassandra: I should return to Lyra and let her know what I found.
She went up some stairs to meet Lyra.
*Lyra: Well? Did you find out what happened?
*Kassandra: The evidence I found was... conflicting.
*Lyra: Tell me.
*Kassandra: Two people saw what happened. One woman heard a wolf howling. But a man said he saw you, covered in blood and leaving the family's house.
*Lyra: He's lying!
*Kassandra: Or mistaken. It was dark, so it could have been anyone. There's more. The killing blows weren't made by a weapon.
*Lyra: Then by what?
*Kassandra: It almost looked like... claw marks. And then there was this piece of cloth. It didn't match the clothes of anyone there.
She held it up for Lyra to see.
* Lyra: That's... that's mine. How did it get there? Someone wants me to look like I was responsible. Tell me the truth, Dikastes.
<tabber>
|-|You killed them.=
*Kassandra: Drop the act. You killed them.
*Lyra: You're not serious. What about how they died? I don't have claws.
*Kassandra: The marks could have been from animals that smelled the bodies and came to feed.
*Lyra: But, the howl—
*Kassandra: Means nothing except there was a wolf nearby.
*Lyra: You were supposed to prove I was innocent! Do you know what they do to human murderers? They send them to the Arena! I won't let you take me.
She shoved Kassandra away and left.
*Kassandra: I need to go after Lyra before she hurts someone else.
|-|A beast killed them.=
*Kassandra: Whether it was a wolf or something else, it's clear it wasn't you.
*Lyra: Of course it wasn't! But, why would someone make it seem like I'm the murderer?
*Kassandra: We'll figure that out together. After I kill the beast.
*Lyra: You're going to kill it?
*Kassandra: What other choice is there? Do you want another mob after you?
*Lyra: No, of course not. I've just always hated the killing of animals.
*Kassandra: If I don't kill it now, it will kill someone later.
*Lyra: I have a friend who can keep me safe while you end this.
She left.
*Kassandra: I need to find the beast and kill it before it grows bloodthirsty again.
</tabber>Kassandra climbed to the rooftop garden of the Polyorophos Gardens and found a wolf feasting on a body. The beast attacked her.
*Kassandra: This is no ordinary wolf.
After the fight, Kassandra defeated the beast. There was a flash of light.
*Kassandra: Maláka. Lyra...
Lyra sat up from where the wolf's body was just laying, covered in blood and clutching her head in confusion. She saw Kassandra with the Spear of Leonidas out and scrambled to her feet, eyeing the Dikastes warily. Kassandra sheathed her spear and turned away rubbing her temples while Lyra looked at her bloody hands in horror.
*Lyra: It was me... What am I?
*Kassandra: I've seen this before. A Minotaur, a cyclops, a Gorgon... All were humans possessed by powerful Isu devices. The only way I could stop them was by killing them.
Lyra backed away, frightened.
* Kassandra: But you're able to change back. Somehow, you're different.
Lyra shook her head and turned away.
* Lyra: I don't remember coming here. Or why.
* Kassandra: If I had to guess, that side of you knew it was caught. Maybe it thought coming out here was the only choice it had.
* Lyra: That side of me. I’ve had dreams lately of being in a bright room… tied down… pain throughout my body… But now, I think that all really happened.
She began walking away along the rooftop.
* Lyra: I did kill them, then. I don't remember it, but it was me, wasn't it?
Kassandra just nodded silently. Lyra continued walking towards the edge of the roof.
* Lyra: If you knew you would harm people again, and you could never control yourself… never stop… would you?
* Kassandra: Would I what?
Lyra reached the railing along the edge of the roof and looked down to the street far below.
* Lyra: Jump?
<tabber>
|-|I don't know what I'd do.=
*Kassandra: If I lost control of myself and knew I'd never get it back, I'm not sure what I'd do.
*Lyra: I thought so. This is the only way. If I'm to die, I want to be the one to decide when that happens.
*Kassandra: You don't need to do this.
*Lyra: The choice was made for me. I can't go on after what I've done. And what I'd likely do again.
She sighed in defeat.
*Lyra: Thank you. For everything.
She quickly climbed onto the railing. Kassandra ran towards her with her arm stretched out, but it was too late. Lyra stepped off the railing and fell down to the street. Kassandra gasped and turned away as screams were heard from the street.
*Kassandra: She didn't deserve this. Whatever was done to her wasn't her fault.
|-|I would never jump.=
*Kassandra: Of course I wouldn't!
*Kassandra: It's only one part of you. It's not all of you. I know what it's like to be part human, and part something else. Trust me, you can live with this burden.
*Lyra: I'm not as strong as you are.
*Kassandra: Look at yourself. Yes you are. You're stronger than you think.
She walked up next to Lyra.
*Kassandra: Plus, I've been thrown off a cliff before. I wouldn't recommend it.
Lyra chuckled.
*Lyra: But you're still here.
*Kassandra: I am. And you are too.
She put her arm around Lyra and walked her away from the edge.
*Lyra: You're right. Now that I know what's inside of me, I can do something about it, and I know who can help! Thank you.
She left Kassandra. Kassandra sighed in relief.
*Kassandra: I hope she'll be okay.
</tabber>
* Aletheia: Isu technology can and will change whoever isn't strong enough to command it. That explains your own aggression, Layla.
* Layla: I'm still me. I'm not as weak as you think I am.
==Outcome==
Kassandra investigated a family's murder that Lyra had been accused of, only to learn that Lyra was a werewolf and had killed them while in animal form.
==Gallery==
ACOD FoA JoA In Dreams - Murder Scene.jpg|The scene of the killing
ACOD FoA JoA In Dreams - Wolf.jpg|The wolf at the garden
ACOD FoA JoA In Dreams - Lyra Dead.jpg|Lyra's corpse on the floor
==References==
*Assassin's Creed: Odyssey' The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis
Category:Memories of Kassandra
Category:Memories relived using the Animus HR-8.5