The Ballad of Si-Mut and Gertha

The Ballad of Si-Mut and Gertha was a virtual representation of one of Bayek's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan through the Porable Animus HR-8.
==Description==
Bayek tracks down Si-Mut's lost treasure.
==Dialogue==
Outside Operum Tuorum Gemmam Castra, Bayek came across a man digging in the ground.
*Si-Mut: ... I remember, I remember, I can't remember! It's gone, lost, misplaced, hidden, sleeping, distraught, submerged. Gertha you have failed me.
The man travelled to another area to dig.
*Si-Mut: It's gone! Can you find it? It must be found, found, found... smiling like a hyena, great yellow teeth, then, snap! That's what I remember...
The man began digging the ground.
*Si-Mut: Nut, blue goddess of the sky and night, where is my treasure? Give it back, relinquish, unhand, bestow, bemoan, bemoan, bemoan...
Bayek approached the man.
*Bayek: I do not mean to bother you.
*Si-Mut: Be off with you! It's none of your business! Gertha has it well in hand. And I never spoke of treasure! Certainly not! But can you find it for me? I left it, I'm almost certain, somewhere. It must be here in my writings. I discard my writings as I travel, leaving scrolls as a trail of woe wherever I go. Read this one!
The man gave Bayek a scroll.
*Si-Mut: It's gone. Gone, gone, gone, gone like the moon and the sun, alas.Don't bother me until you find the treasure, you ungrateful wretch!Did you read the scroll? Have you found the treasure? Despite all her efforts, Gertha never could. Oh, woe! Woe to us all!
*Bayek: Where is this place you lived?
*Si-Mut: Where I lived! Yes, I remember now. A marvelous place near the coast, just south of here. My collection of art and pottery I've found is housed there. How could I have forgotten? Gertha decorated the library!
*Bayek: I will go take a look there for your treasure.
Bayek travelled to Si-Mut's home in Madiama Nome, situated near a coast. He found it to be overrun by a group of bandits.
*Bayek: This must be where Si-Mut lived.
Bayek sneaked into the bandit camp outside the cave and overheard a conversation between the bandits.
*Bandit 1: We've found a treasure trove here!
*Bandit 2: The crazy coot collected all this!
*Bandit 1: What if he comes back?
*Bandit 2: He ran off like his pants were aflame. We've seen the last of him.
Bayek eliminated the bandits and entered the cave. He found it to be full of treasures.
*Bayek: Si-Mut collected all these treasures? What could he have lost that compares to this? Surely there must be a clue here somewhere.
Bayek read a scroll on the ground.
*Bayek: "Rabid dogs?" He must mean hyenas.
Bayek left the cave and travelled to the hyena den situated southeast of the ruins.
*Bayek: I hate these cursed beasts.
He eliminated hyenas in the area. He came upon a sight of various corpses and a cart. He read a note on the ground.
:Mountain TradeWe've established with a tribe up in the mountains. It's good trade, but risky. There are wild animals up there...
*Bayek: Many did not survive these hyenas.
Bayek entered a cave and with a distinctive cave painting. He inspected it.
*Bayek: The goddess Nut. Goddess of sky and night.
He read a scroll on the ground nearby.
*Bayek: More writings of Si-Mut?
*Bayek: Si-Mut had quite an adventure. I will search for this bandit hideout.
Bayek travelled to the bandit hideout in Klysma Nome.
*Bayek: Ugh! What a foul odor! This must be the bog. He hid nearby.
Bayek sneaked into the camp and overheard a conversation between the bandits.
*Bandit 1: You could not help but admire him!
*Bandit 2: A knowledgeable man. His conversation jumped from topic to topic like a beautiful butterfly.
*Bandit 1: What was all that about a woman named Gertha?
*Bandit 2: Some sort of goddess by my understanding.
*Bandit 1: Yes. Yes. I believe you are right.
*Bandit 2: And then he hid in the cave of the ancient creatures! Astounding.
*Bandit 1: An extraordinary nomad.
Bayek eliminated the bandits and entered a small entrance in the wooden fences. He came upon a sight of a giant skeleton on the ground.
*Bayek: Bones of the ancient creatures. I have heard of such things, but did not believe the tales.
He found a scroll on the ground.
*Bayek: Of course. Si-Mut was here and left a scroll.
*Bayek: The flooded quarry? I will soon have visited all of Sinai.
Bayek travelled to the sunken quarry situated at the coast of Klysma Nome. He found Si-Mut at the quarry.
*Bayek: Si-Mut? What is he doing there?
Bayek approached Si-Mut.
*Si-Mut: About time! Gertha and I were worried you got lost!
*Bayek: I have been scrambling across the desert following a trail of your writings.
*Si-Mut: I know how to write?! That's wonderful, praise Amun! I remembered I clearly hid my treasure in a jar and sunk it here, in the Red Sea. In fact, I sank several, only one has the treasure. You'll have to find the right one.
*Bayek: Very well.
*Si-Mut: Gertha has been no help at all in this. Just swim around until you find it.It is a very clever hiding place, no?Have you found it? I'm very anxious to get it back.
Bayek dove into the water and investigated the jars in the sunken quarry. He found nothing but empty jars at first.
*Bayek: Empty!
He searched further out and retrieved a necklace from one of the jars.
*Bayek: What is this? The treasure?
Bayek resurfaced and talked to Si-Mut.
*Si-Mut: You found it! My flamingo foot, it brings me good fortune!
*Bayek: A flamingo foot? This is your treasure?
*Si-Mut: Come along with me. You are due a reward!
Bayek followed Si-Mut out of the quarry.
*Si-Mut: I must show this to Gertha. She has been singularly unhelpful. I'm not certain she even believes in the power of the foot.
They stopped walking at the sight of a camel.
*Si-Mut: Gertha! This kind neb (sir) has found my lucky talisman! You have been such a disappointment to me! Pretending to care about my treasure and all the while worrying only about your hump! Our friendship is over! I award you to this man. Perhaps you can be a better friend to him!
*Bayek: Uh. Thank you.
==Outcome==
Bayek helped Si-Mut to retrieve his lucky charm in the Underwater Quarry. He was gifted Gertha, an armored camel as a reward.
==References==
*Assassin's Creed: Origins – The Hidden Ones
Category:Memories of Bayek
Category:Memories relived using the Animus HR-8