Numbskull

Day 3

Even though I was not physically there, I still felt the pain.

Lisbon. Thousands of lives lost just like that.

I'm not Shay, I know I'm not, but I still feel like I have just personally slaughtered thousands of innocent people yesterday. It's not a good feeling. Maybe I should continue going through the memories, see what Shay would do after being betrayed by the Assassins.

The Color of Right

A Long Walk and a Short Drop

Circumstances

Keep Your Friends Close

Stretching an arm across my desk, I picked up my communicator and flipped through its files. There was this Abstergo Entertainment Emergency Manual I had never taken notice of before. I clicked on it, scrolling through to get a sense of whatever it was.

Abstergo Industries VIPs are to be obeyed without question or hesitation. Failure to do so will result in disciplinary actions and possible termination.

Are you going to ask me to slaughter a whole city? I didn't do it in reality but that experience in the Animus was enough.

In the case of network corruption, it is your duty as an Abstergo employee to safeguard not only your data, but the data of your friends and colleagues.

The data is as important as you are.

So if the data isn't important I'm not important too? Disappointing. This could be a whole comedy series for my neurons, 'I react to reading my company's emergency manual'.

From time to time, you may wake up from an Animus session in unfamiliar surroundings. In such drastic cases, it is likely you are being investigated as a security risk, and we have placed you in the bunker for your protection while we run background checks on you.

For a moment, I just stared at the screen. Is there anything they don't know? The communicator and earpiece feel intruding enough. What are things that they don't know? My question book? That's one...

Hooded sweatshirts of any kind are not permitted within the building. If you see any individual wearing a hood of any kind, report them to security immediately. Should the weather be unpleasant, we strongly recommend the use of umbrellas.

Anyone displaying an overt fondness for the colour grey should also be treated with suspicion.

They must be insane to ban hoodies like that. Hoodies are the epitome of comfortable wear and should never be mistreated like that — maybe I am exaggerating. The grey must be some kind of superstition or cult related happenings. Why is everything I think about and do related to cults these days? Templars vs Assassins... Who will win.

Overexposure to the Animus may result in something called the "Bleeding Effect" where reality becomes indistinguishable from the genetic memories in which you immerse yourself daily. It is possible that the emergency or obstacle you are facing is not there in reality.For example: If you see a fire, take steps to ensure the fire is real before you act. QUICKLY and carefully, touch the fire.

So I'm supposed to put my hands into fire for confirmation... Nice to know you might just kill us all, with an Emergency Manual might I add.

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I then just continued reading the manual and found another document, the Employee Passport, to have a good laugh at. It effectively took my mind off Shay.