User:Blood Ox/Dialogue/The Surge

Opening
"Jessamine Kaldwin's hands were all that was holding this city together.

With her dead, the city was a fast disintegrating web of guardsmen, Overseers, nobles, weepers… Maybe this was the world the Outsider was trying to show me all along.

For years, I'd held together a shadowy band of ex-mercenaries, street kids, and refugees through discipline and a bit of black magic, on the fringes of a city that ate up innocence and weakness.

''Maybe today was the end of that small world. I thought of Jessamine Kaldwin's hands shuddering as she lost her grip on life. Whatever doom was coming, I deserved it. My people didn't.''

Low Chaos
Billie Lurk appears before Daud as he enters his hideout:

Billie: "Daud, we've been attacked. Overseers are tearing the place apart, looking for you. They're holding our remaining men and their leader is in your chambers as we speak. If we take him out and free our men we can still drive the Overseers back.

Daud: "I want to know how the bastards found us in the first place."

High Chaos
A Whaler appears before Daud as he enters his hideout:

Whaler: "Master Daud, we've been attacked by overseers, the base is lost. The men are scattered, some captured by the overseers, and their leader is in your chambers as we speak. If we can regroup and take out their leader we can still drive them back.

Daud: "I want to know how the bastards found us in the first place."

What Hume's fellow Overseers think of his ambition
Two Overseers discuss Hume's actions in the ruined building outside behind the base:

Overseer 1: "Brother Hume took the initiative."

Overseer 2: "You mean he saw a chance for personal glory and acted prematurely."

Overseer 1: "Careful, your careless words will bring us both down."

Overseer 2: "You worry too much"

Another discussion between Overseers regarding Hume's ambition
Overseer 1: "Brother Hume's faster. He saw the chance and took it."

Overseer 2: "Shh! You never know who's listening."

Overseers discussing the Abbey banner outside the temporary HQ
Two Overseers, the second with a music box, discuss the banner with the Abbey symbol placed outside their temporary HQ:

Overseer 1: "Beautiful. But it's a provocation."

Overseer 2: "Our sisters from the Oracular Order advised it. The power of the Abbey must be visible to all."

Overseer 1: "Does Brother Hume plan to leave them there?"

Overseer 2: "Just for the day. After that... this place can fall apart on its own."

Hume on the current situation
A Music Box Overseer talks to Hume about the situation among their men:

Overseer: "Sir? If I could just say... the men aren't happy. The prisoners are secured, but the interrogations have been... unsettling. The ones that talk are worse than the ones who don't. And there's still no sign of Daud."

Hume: "We wait. Daud will show. Remind the men that they're Overseers of the Abbey. That Daud is an aging mercenary who has deluded his followers for years."

Overseer: "Yes, sir. I just hate the stink of this place. But you are right, of course."

Hume: "Inform the men, we'll wait for Daud to show. And call for a messenger, I have to get this letter of our victory to the Office of the High Overseer."

Overseer: "Yes sir. And congratulations on your victory."

Overseers theorize on Daud's plans of the Empress's murder
Two Overseers, the second one with a music box, discuss the drawings of Dunwall Tower found in Daud's chamber:

Overseer 1: "What does this all mean? Could Daud have been working with the former Lord Protector?"

Overseer 2: "What? Impossible, stop this nonsense, focus on the task at hand."

Overseer 1: "But sir, these drawings and maps appear to show the..."

Overseer 2: "Enough! We don't have time for useless speculation, Daud could be here any moment, we must be vigilant!"

Overseer 1: "Yes sir, of course, you are right."

Whaler interrogation training base
An Overseer interrogates a Whaler in the training room:


 * "This one's done. There isn't any fight left in him."
 * "No wonder they keep to the shadows. They're nothing in a standup fight."
 * "They'll remember us. The men who smashed Daud's assassins."
 * "What's wrong? Waiting fir the Outsider to help you?"
 * "When he regains consciousness we'll gut him. Slowly."
 * "Yes, yes."

Whaler interrogation behind Daud's base
An Overseer interrogates a Whaler in the ruined building behind Daud's base and eventually executes him:


 * "For the last time where is Daud."
 * "You're only moments from death."
 * "Talk or die scum, it's all the same to me."
 * "Tell me where he's hiding. Your life ends at the count of three."
 * "One... Two... Three... Fool."

Whaler mocked in the street below
An Overseer makes fun of a Whaler tied in the street below Daud's base:


 * "Thought you could just leap away did you?"
 * ""They who put their trust in the Outsider, grasp at water. And drown!" Litany, fourth day verse eleven."
 * "Are you enjoying the sounds of total defeat? It's music to my ears."
 * "Perhaps we should use you as bait, do you scum have that kind of loyalty?"
 * "I suppose not, it seems as if you've been left to die. Dead in the gutter of the Flooded District, how appropriate."

Whaler interrogation in the dead end off the main street
An Overseer interrogates a Whaler before executing him with a grenade:


 * "This is a waste. These ones never talk."
 * "Look at this! Are you paying attention? I'm going to pull the pin in a moment. No one will even know you were here."
 * "Just tell us where Daud's gone. If he's so great, I'm sure h'll kill us when we find him, so why not?"
 * "Last chance."
 * "Here it comes. Ward yourself!"
 * "I don't like to admit it, but I'm impressed. I've seen men die much worse. Women, too."
 * "Still. Write in the report that he begged for his life but didn't know anything. Looks better."

Tied up Whalers

 * "Cut the rope, my hands are tied."
 * "Cut me loose. I'm tied up."
 * "My hands are bound, untie me."

Freed Whalers

 * "Okay. I'll watch for your sign."
 * "I'll survive *cough* I'll await your signal."
 * "Thank you. I'll wait for your word."

Humes engaging Daud in combat

 * "It's you."
 * "I thought your victims never saw you. So much for the legend."
 * "I thought the great Daud was a master assassin. Spinning his webs, worshiping at accursed shrines."
 * "All it took was one mistake and you're finished. As the Litany says, There are forces outside the world we know, and he that consorts with them shall be put to the sword."
 * "The infamous heretic Daud, taken out by the most clever Overseer Leonard Hume... Ho, I'll be in line for High Overseer when they see what I've done here!"

Overseer at their temporary HQ
An Overseer with a pistol patrolling their temporary HQ tries to figure where the Whalers hid their treasures:


 * "Nothing here. The legendary Assassins owned nothing but copper wire and crossbow bolts."
 * "They lived here for years, killing and stashing treasures. These buildings are probably riddled with trap doors and false walls."
 * "Perhaps their treasures are hidden away in secret vaults somewhere in these ruins."
 * "Vaults... The commerce building would be a good place to look then."
 * "Let's make our way over there if we can."

Daud finding the Overseers' attack map

 * "This map shows a coordinated sweep of the Flooded District, but the Overseers here didn't stick to the plan. Someone must have tipped them off."

Finishing off the remaining Overseers
In low chaos, Billie appears to get instructions from Daud:

Billie: "Give the word, sir. What's our next move?"

"Kill the remaining Overseers."

Daud: "Cut them down."

"Capture the remaining Overseers."

Daud: "Capture as many as you can. Their plans are ruined."

In high chaos, a Whaler appears to get instructions from Daud:

Whaler: "What is your will?"

"Kill the remaining Overseers."

Daud: "Cut them down."

"Capture the remaining Overseers."

Daud: "Capture as many as you can. Their plans are ruined."

Regardless of choice:

Whaler: "Master Daud."

Billie reporting to Daud at the end of the mission
Low chaos, Billie was present during the whole mission:

Daud: Give me a report.

If Hume was neutralized:

Billie: "We'll take the Overseer who led the attack and find out what else he knows as soon as he's conscious."

If Hume was killed:

Billie: "That fool Overseer who led the attack against us is dead."

Regardless of choices:

Billie: "It seems the Overseers are marching into the Flooded District. Planning a massive assault against us. This Overseer Hume went against orders and attacked early."

If Daud saved all 4 captive Whalers:

Billie: "Our men, the ones you freed, were able to route the remaining zealots. This place belongs to us again."

If Daud failed to save at least 1 captive Whaler and had to take out the 8 Musical Overseers instead:

Billie: "As for his men--they're ruined. If there were any survivors they've fled with their tails between their legs."

Regardless of choices:

Daud: "How did the cursed Overseers find us?"

Billie: "It's my fault. I told Delilah where we were hidden. She wanted me to turn on you, but I can't go through with it."

Daud: "You did this."

Delilah: "Stupid child. All you had to do was cut his throat."

Daud: "He deserves better. I was an idiot to listen to you."

Delilah: "So that's your choice then. Daud, her betrayal would have been the sweetest, but either way the Brigmore Witches will be your end. You should have forgotten my name the day you heard it."

Billie: "I think it was always understood between us that I'd see my moment and take your place. I moved too early. You weren't weak, like I thought. I'm only sorry I didn't pick a better ally. Delilah made contact with the Overseers. I thought, between the three of us we'd have you dead to rights."

Delilah: "We can blame the zealots for that. Overseer Hume was too quick to move."

Billie: "My life is yours. Kill me or let me live. If it even matters to you."

Delilah: "Touching and pathetic. If I see either of you again I'll tear out your stone cold hearts and walk in your skin."

"Spare Billie Lurk."

Daud: "I forgive you. Get out of here. Leave the city. Leave my sight, Billie. I give you your life."

A Whaler reporting to Daud at the end of the mission and the end twist
High chaos, a Whaler reports the situation before Billie and Delilah appear:

Daud: Give me a report.

If Hume was neutralized:

Whaler: "The Overseer leader will be questioned when he regains consciousness."

If Hume was killed:

Whaler: "The Overseer leader is dead. We gave his body to the River Krusts."

If Daud saved all 4 captive Whalers:

Whaler: "After you freed our men, they routed the remaining Overseers. We control the commerce building again."

If Daud failed to save at least 1 captive Whaler and had to take out the 8 Musical Overseers instead:

Whaler: "His forces were utterly destroyed. Any survivors have fled."

Regardless of choices:

Whaler: "They were planning a larger assault, but this group of Overseers attacked early, without the others from the Abbey."

Daud: "Where's Lurk?"

Billie: "I'm here. I was held up. The Overseers had us trapped. They've... Oh... You."

Delilah: "Yes, me. Everything is falling into place, though I'd hoped the Overseers would be capable of finishing you up in one try. Overseer Hume was just a little too ambitious. Fortunately, I still have one card left to play. Lurk?"

Billie: "Sorry Daud, but you knew this was coming, even if you didn't think it was so soon. You've been slipping, ever since the Empress died. It's my time now."

Delilah: "You little empire's fallen to bits. Your men are dead in the streets, and our dark-eyed friend has lost interest in helping you."

Billie: "Quiet, Delilah. You're right, but I'm going to show respect. Daud? Blades out. We'll do this properly."

Billie after the fight
"I knew it would come to this, Daud. It's our nature."