User:Blood Ox/Dialogue/A Captain of Industry

Opening monologue
"For six months the city writhed and changed. For six months I tried to forget what I'd done to the Empress and her little girl.

But there was no forgetting.

''I needed to find my next move, but all I had was that name: Delilah. Who was she? A threat or an ally?''

''Word came from my second in command, Billie Lurk. In a house built on secrets, Lurk was especially good at uncovering them.''

There was a ship called The Delilah that hunted whales for Bundry Rothwild, a former deck hand who'd made good.

Now he owned a slaughterhouse and he ran his workers like a prison gang.

''A ship named Delilah – it could be a coincidence, but it's not. In Dunwall, things are always tangled up like a bag of snakes."''

Meeting with Billie
"Daud, you're here. I got bored, so I started without you. It turns out we're here on the perfect day. There's a strike at the plant.

''And it's no wonder. Rothwild runs this place like a prison. The stupid workers can't even get in without a time card. When the strike started the butchers confiscated all the cards they could find.''

''They've given the City Watch free rein to use force. If you ever wondered why I wanted to get out of the slums, here's your answer.''

''There'll be other ways in, I'm sure of it. You don't mind if I tag along, right? Just to keep an old man safe.''

''One last thing. I found something for you; I know you collect these.''

I'll be on the rooftops 'til you need me."

A worker wants his time card back
A Rothwild laborer argues with a City Watch Officer and a Rothwild butcher.

Officer: "Go on! Get off the property or we'll lock you up, too."

Worker: "You have to give me back my time card. I can't get back in! You had no right to take it."

Butcher: "Try and get past me and I'll see you swinging from a meat hook."

Officer: "Go home, mister. Orders are to confiscate those cards. No exceptions."

Worker: "I hope you die weeping, all of you! I hope the plague gets you!"

Idle Rothwild Laborer

 * "It's no use asking me anything. They've got my time card. I can't even get in to pick up my things. Anyone who knows anything's locked up down by the docks. I should have been with them."
 * "How'm I going to get in to work without my time card?"
 * "I used to have friends among the butchers. What happened to this place?"
 * "I heard Rothwild has a special "negotiation" chair for anyone who refuses to sign. Bastard."
 * "If I had any guts I'd get Abigail out myself. She's worth ten of the rest of us."
 * "Rothwild's losing money every moment. He'll crack."

Billie on the rooftop
"There's a man out on the river watching the place. If I weren't so young and pure of heart, I'd suggest he's up to no good."

Billie in Granny's room
"They used to tell stories about a woman in the slums who did work like this. Granny Rags. They said she was a hundred years old."

Billie on the platform above the factory's entrance
"The slaughterhouse Butchers are locking workers in the pump control station by the docks. If you could get in there, I bet the workers would tell you just about anything you wanted to know."

The man on the boat
Daud finds a Dunwall Citizen on a boat near the Rothwild Slaughterhouse.

Citizen: "You're… you're.."

Daud: "Daud."

Citizen: "Daud! Shit I hope you ain't here for me. I'm just a little fish in a big pond."

Daud: "I want to know about a ship. The Delilah."

Citizen: "Yeah… I heard of it. Listen. Maybe we can help each other out. I work for a very rich man who's keen on seeing Rothwild's business go belly up. This whole business with the strike? Our doing. We got a mole on the inside: lady pretending to run the labor crews. A real talent. She could lie straight to the High Overseer's face and get away with it. We were supposed to meet up last night. I been spying on the place all day waiting to hear word, only I haven't seen or heard a peep. I was about to shove off. If you're here to make a little mayhem anyway, maybe you could find her? If she's still alive she'd be able to get you everything you need to know about that ship, no question. And a substantial reward besides. Her name's Abigail Ames."

Idle lines:
 * "I tried sneaking by the sewers. The run-off tunnels under the slaughterhouse. Almost had my nuts fried off. Lord Ramsey'll have my head if this doesn't work."
 * "I almost feel bad for the workers. Course, if things work out, the best ones'll have a place at Ramsey's Slaughterhouse, no question."
 * "Abigail will get you what you need. You'll see. Assuming Rothwild hasn't gutted her."

An Officer and a butcher discuss the oil production
Officer: "You've had your fun, butcher. When does the oil start to flow again?"

Butcher: "It's all fixed, chief. We got their time cards rounded up, and now we got their mouthy leader."

Officer: "So you know, the Regent doesn't give a shit who wins your little labor dispute. The Regent cares about the whale oil coming out on schedule."

Butcher: "He'll get what he needs. Just keep the strikers in line."

Discussing Sokolov's Arc Mines
An officer discuss their acquisition of Sokolov's latest weapon with a colleague when the latter enters the storage building.

Officer 1: "Arc mines! The latest from Sokolov's twisted mind. We're the first ones to get them."

Officer 2: "How do they work?"

Officer 1: "Well obviously you... Actually I'm not sure."

Officer 2: "Let's lay a few out. Striker's gotta hit one sooner or later."

A butcher's offer
A butcher talks to the detained workers.

Butcher: "You ought to thank us. Sign the contract and you'll be back at work tomorrow."

Worker: "Two thirds pay, and with good men and women dead? We aren't signing anything without talking to Abigail."

Butcher: "What's wrong with you people? There's folks in Dunwall begging to do your job for half your pay."

Leaving the room

Butcher: "Why did I have to lose that time card today. There's got to be somebody I can blame this on."

Daud approaching locked up Rothwild Laborer 1
Laborer: "They won't let you in without a time card. But if you get us out of here you can take mine. I'm not coming back."

If Daud has a time card

Daud: "I already have a time card."

Laborer: "Oh. I guess you got no real reason to help us then."

Locked up Rothwild Laborer 1, idle
If Daud doesn't have the key

Laborer: "The key to the gate is in the break room across the yard from here."

If Daud has the key


 * "Open the gate. Please."

If Daud has no time card
 * "That butcher was sayin' Rothwild made a chair for us who won't sign. Some kind of torture device. I think he WAS just trying to intimidate us."
 * "We're not lazy! We didn't have a choice, they were starving us."
 * "Tell Rothwild we ain't shirking, we just want a fair deal."

Locked up Rothwild Laborer 2, idle

 * "Rescued by the assassin. They'll never believe it."
 * "I'm going to teach my son the sword now. It's the only way."
 * "When you see Rothwild don't hesitate. He did all this."
 * "Thank you sir!"
 * "You won't catch me on strike again, no sir. I'm done."
 * "Abigail's stil inside somewhere."

Rothwild Laborer 1, cell opened

 * "We still need to get past that wall of light contraption they put up. If you can shut it off, we can slip past the City Watch when the time is right."

Rothwild Laborer 1, escape
Rothwild Laborer: "Is the wall of light down?"

Answering "Not yet."

Daud: "Not yet."

Laborer: "We can wait. You've all we've got."

Answering "[Lie]Yes." or "Yes."

Daud: "You're free to go. Make your way out of this place."

If Daud doesn't have a time card

Laborer: "Here's the card, sir. I hope you burn this palce to the ground. If you see a woman named Abigail Ames she'll know what to do. She's a smart cookie."

If Daud has already a time card

Rothwild Laborer: "Thank you! Guess you took what you came for. Just, if you see Abigail Ames, tell her we still believe in her."

Freed Rothwild Laborer 1, idle

 * "Best of luck, sir. You're one of the good ones."
 * "We used the run-off tunnels to sneak in and out. But's all plague rats now. Disgusting."
 * "I hope Rothwild gets what's coming to him. He used to be poor, scrappin' on the streets, so he should know better."

Freed up Rothwild Laborer 2, idle

 * "Solidarity. That's what Abigail keeps sayin'. But I don't know what I'll do if Rothwild puts me in that damn chair."
 * "Rothwild can't do without us! No workers, no profit."
 * "Three men killed on the job, just in the last month. We were right to do this, whatever happens."
 * "Tell Rothwild we ain't shirking, we just want a fair deal."
 * "This ain't right."
 * "Does anyone still have their time card?"

Overseers interrogate Billie
An Overseer interrogates Billie while she is subdued by a music box.


 * "We're not done yet, assassin. What about the shrines. Tell me about the blood rituals you perform there. Where did you learn such profane practice?"
 * "No poison tooth, this time. No suicide needles. You're going to stay and chat with us."
 * "My brothers and I can keep this up, can you? Just one secret, and we'll ease up."
 * "You've got long fingers, delicate. Almost like a woman's. I bet they break easy."
 * "That looks like it hurts."

Billie freed from the Overseers
"Thank you.

Let's go, I'm worried they sent for the hounds."

Outside the factory's entrance
High Chaos, slaughterhouse not sabotaged, three officers are regrouping to search the area. Officer: "Spread out, there's been word of a ruckus. Not details yet."

If the slaughterhouse was sabotaged, an officer runs to a butcher.

Officer: "Run! It's the witches' curse!"

Butcher: "Stupid. The pipes are all blowing, just get out!"

Officer: "We should have paid."

Billie, End of mission
Billie:
 * Rothwild interrogated and packed in a crate: "I'm still trying to figure out why you let the Empress's bodyguard go. And now Rothwild's snug in a box. What's got into you?"
 * If the slaughterhouse was sabotaged: "Is anything bothering you, Daud? I've seen you kill a man without ruffling his hair. You took out the whole neighborhood."
 * Rothwild or Ames left conscious on the chair or killed after interrogation: "A pleasure to watch you work. Feels like there's always more to learn about pain."

Billie: "Barrister Timsh lives up in the Legal District. I know it pretty well. From what I hear, the Timsh family is practically at war with itself. Talk to his niece Thalia if you can. I should probably tag along when you go. Crazy rich people are buying up a lot of that Sokolov security technology these days. Keeps the weepers and looters out. I might be useful."

Billie: "Ready to go?"

If choosing Stay

Daud:
 * ➤ Stay: "Not yet!"
 * ➤ Leave: "Let's go."

Billie's reconnaissance
Billie appears at any entrance Daud takes.

"Rothwild's got a stubborn reputation. I doubt asking him nicely is going to work. We'll have to find a more persuasive means of getting what you want out of him.

''He's probably close to his office. We should start from there."''

Intimidation
Two butchers, one with cleaver and one with a buzz-saw, try to scare a laborer and accidentally kill him. This conversation occurs in the shipping room if Daud entered the slaughterhouse through the main entrance or the delivery entrance, or in oil extraction room if he entered through the sewer.

Butcher 1: "Hey, have you been in the chair already?"

Laborer: "Yes. But I signed right away. Mr. Rothwild didn't even have to turn it on."

Butcher 2: "I don't believe you."

Laborer: "No, it's true!"

Butcher 1: "Is he calling you a liar?"

Butcher 2: "That's what it sounds like. I'm gonna teach you to respect me."

Laborer: "Aiiieeeee!!!"

Butcher 2: "That went a little deep. It was only supposed to scare him. Oops."

Butcher 1: "Well, he did look scared. Just at the end there."

Butcher 2: "Break's over, looks like."

Butcher 1: "When's this day going to end?"

Rothwild Laborer if saved, idle

 * "Rothwild has a chair in the meat locker. He uses it to control the workers there."
 * "It's... it's you isn't. Thank you... I think."
 * "If you're here to cause Rothwild pain, go on inside. Don't hold back."
 * "Don't feel bad, they were pigs. I only wish you'd done more."
 * "You aren't afraid of anything, are you?"
 * "The butchers have met their match in someone like you."
 * "I was never here, understand? I can't get in any more trouble."

Billie finding the live cargo box
"Hmmm. Marked for shipment to the most distant point of the Empire. And fitted for live cargo, too.

''Survivable, if they had a fast ship. I wonder who this was meant for.''

You box somebody in that thing and they won't be back in town for months."

Billie finding the interrogation chair
"I know what this is: A makeshift interrogation chair. Rothwild must be using it to coerce employees."

Billie, between the Killing Floor and the Meat Locker
"Careful! They're armored in front, but no so tough in back."

Billie, between the Killing Floor and Shipping or Meat Locker and Refinery
"Daud? I spotted a makeshift interrogation room in the meat locker. it might be useful to you, considering our mission here."

Billie, on a platform in front of the whale
"The power system in there looks like it will put down that whale in an instant. I almost think you should. I know they're just beats, but still."

Butchers discussing Sokolov's involvement at Rothwild
Two butchers, the first one with a buzz-saw, are discussing in the canteen when approached from the killing floor.

Butcher 1: "Who left all that trash out on the killing floor?"

Butcher 2: "That's Sokolov's stuff. You didn't touch it did you?"

Butcher 1: "The inventor guy? What's he doing here?"

Butcher 2: "Natural philosopher. He ain't here now. Comes down some night to study the whales. Where the oil come from."

Butcher 1: "Why does he have to go taking everything apart? The whales are the mystery of our time."

Butcher 2: "Are you joking? We've got the arc pylons now. We've got walls of light. We'll have the plague cured in no time!"

Butcher 1: "I miss the old days. That cursed bastard Corvo changed everything."

Butchers discussing Abigail's fate
Same butchers as previously, but when approaching the canteen from the refinery.

Butcher 1: "Why didn't we just kill her? Drop her into the cannery, no one ever knows."

Butcher 2: "You don't think. Bundry knows she'd be a martyr."

Butcher 1: "A what?"

Butcher 2: "Like the Empress. She's dead but they put her face on posters forever. They still care about her"

Butcher 1: "So what are you going to do?"

Butcher 2: "I'm not doing anything. But Mr. Rothwild has her in his office right now. He'll work things out."

Butcher 1: "I hope you're right. But if she mouths off to me, she's whalemeat."

Butchers discussing the strike
Two butchers, the second one with a buzz-saw, discuss the strike outside the meat locker.

Butcher 1: "So, what do those idiots want, anyway?"

Butcher 2: "They think they don't get treated fairly. Because they can get fired for refusing to do dangerous work."

Butcher 1: "What? What dangerous work? We're the ones that do the dirty stuff around here. Maybe WE need to be organizing."

Butcher 2: "Hey, that's not funny. You say that again, even as a joke, and you're whale meat."

Butcher 1: "Yeah, sure... I'm just sayin'..."

Butcher 2: "Stop listening in on that Abigail Ames' tricky talk. She'll corrupt you."

Butcher 1: "No, no, my head's clear. I know which side my bread's buttered on. I'll be glad when we get the order to get rid of her. It's only a matter of time."

Rothwild's generosity
Bundry Rothwild questions Abigail Ames.

Rothwild: "You were working for Ramsey. how long? How much does he know by now?"

Ames: "Ramsey? No, this is about the workers. This is about fair pay and safe conditions."

Rothwild: "Don't bother. You're not the first of his moles I've caught. What happened, Abigail? I trusted you. Extra elixir rations, bags of coin as bonuses. But you are about to see that my generosity is counterbalanced by a very inhumane side."

Ames: "Mister Rothwild – Bundry…"

Rothwild: "Don't call me that. That privilege is lost to you."

Ames: "You don't know Ramsey. When he comes for me, he'll kill you. He'll gut you like the street filth you are, and feed you to the rats."

Rothwild: "Ahh, now it comes out. No one is coming. I've broken your strike, and my butchers are the finest fighters in Dunwall. Miss Ames, you're about to find out a few things I learned when I was a gaffer. I can do things that don't even hurt at first. This conversation is going to last a long, long time."

Rothwild: "You're going to fight me, I can tell. This is going to be fun."

Daud asking Rothwild politely, Ames conscious
Rothwild: "What? How did you get in there?"

Rothwild: "You're Daud, right? What are you doing here? Who hired you?"

Daud: "I'm here for information about The Delilah."

Rothwild: "Who hired you? Are you here from the Regent?"

Ames: "Maybe he's here to put you in that special chair, Rothwild."

Rothwild: "Kill him and I'll tell you all about Delilah. And pay you, as well."

Rothwild: "Quiet!"

Rothwild: "Shut up!"

Rothwild, fleeing
"She is giving you very bad advice. You won't be taking me alive."

Ames idle, Rothwild fleeing

 * "Kill him Daud!"
 * "Cut him down!"

Daud asking Rothwild politely, Ames taken out
Rothwild: "What? How did you get in there?"

Rothwild: "You're Daud, right? Who hired you? Was it the Regent?"

Daud: "No one did."

Rothwild: "Was it the Regent? Tell me. You'd better have a reason."

Daud: "I'm here for answers about The Delilah."

Rothwild: "That's your mistake."

Ames, when taking Rothwild out in front of her

 * "You?"

Rothwild, after taking out Abigail

 * "What? Who's responsible for this?"

Abigail, after taking out Rothwild

 * "Who did that? Hello?"
 * "Is anyone there?"
 * "I'm Abigail Ames. I'm not a friend of Rothwild."
 * "Who's there? Come out, I can't possibly hurt you."

Abigail Ames after spotting Daud, Rothwild unconscious, idle

 * "I know you. Daud. You're the Knife of Dunwall."
 * "He's still breathing. I assumed that's on purpose."
 * "I'd finish him, if I were you."
 * "Don't underestimate him. If he wakes up you'll have an enemy for life."
 * "Are you being virtuous? Don't tell me you've never killed a helpless man before."
 * "It's your decision. You've been warned."

Abigail Ames after spotting Daud, Rothwild dead, idle

 * "I know you. Daud. You're the Knife of Dunwall."
 * "Oh, my. He wasn't expecting that, was he? The pig."
 * "You're Daud, aren't you? It's an honor to meet you."
 * "You're Daud, aren't you? It's an unexpected turn, meeting you here."
 * "What do you need? I owe you a good turn. And at the risk of seeming forward, we might have some common interests."

Daud asking Abigail politely
Ames: "Well, Daud? What do you want with me?"

Daud: "I'm not here for you. I'm here to learn about a ship called The Delilah."

Ames: "Did the Lord Regent send you? That old fool, Hiram Burrows."

Ames: "I know all about The Delilah. All of it. And I can give you exactly what you want."

Daud: "Please do."

Ames: "Not so fast. I need something from you in exchange."

Daud: "That's what I though. What?"

Ames: "We're both professionals, Mr. Daud. I was hired to get these gutless workers striking, which I did very nicely. And then destroy the slaughter house itself. That's where I got caught, and that's where I need your help."

Daud: "How?"

Ames: "The whale oil in those tanks out there is enough to destroy this entire place, the important bits, especially. Just open all the valves at once to let the oil start flowing. The pressure will go out of control and... boom."

Daud: "What about the people inside?"

Ames: "Growing a conscience? The factory workers are already out. My boss will hire them on, in better conditions than they'd ever see here. Not the butchers, though. They can die screaming for all I care."

Daud: "Don't try and con me."

Ames: "Wouldn't dream of it. Here's the key. Don't get caught. You take care of the slaughterhouse and I tell you everything I know about The Delilah."

Daud: "You know... I could put you in Rothwild's interrogation chair myself. Why should I bargain with you?"

Ames: "Because it's a long and messy solution, and I'm gambling you're not the kind of man who lieks that. Make a deal with me. And I can tell you what you want, and pay you for your trouble."

Abigail Ames afterwards, idle

 * "The Empress should have hired you to protect her. We'd be living in a different world now."
 * "The way you fight, the things you can do... You could change the Empire, if you set your mind to it. I wonder why you never did."
 * "I've watched butchers work for years, and I thought they were the most dangerous men in the city. But they aren't, are they?"

If Rothwild fled


 * "They'll start looking for you as soon as they notice an open valve, so move fast."
 * "This is the part you're good at, right? Not being seen?"

After leaving Abigail and an unconscious Rothwild alone, idle

 * "Daud? I'm afraid Mr. Rothwild's… no longer with us."
 * "Maybe you were to rough on him. Or he had a bad heart." Or he has a screwdriver sunk in his neck
 * "Accidents happen all the time." At least he didn't fell on his scissors
 * "This isn't a problem, is it? Did you need him for anything?"

Daud and Abigail, after sabotaging the factory
Daud: "It's done. Time is short. Now, about The Delilah."

Ames: "You're sailing in murky waters, assassin. Now they say that ship ship was sold to Rothwild cheap by one of his business partners, a Barrister Arnold Timsh. They'd planned to sell a portion of the whale oil on the black market, instead of giving it to the Lord Regent. Treason. Would that be why you're here?"

Daud: "My reasons are my own. The black market doesn't concern me."

Ames: "Interesting. Because that's only half the story. Arnold Timsh sold that ship to Rothwild because he was afraid of its namesake. Timsh fell in love with a painter named Delilah. It was the scandal of the season, that shrunken old lecher acting like a giddy schoolboy over a nobody, a former serving girl from Dunwall Tower."

Daud: "Let me guess: it didn't end well."

Ames: "It never does, but there's a mystery to this one. Something happened that frightened him very much. He dropped her overnight and sold the ship for a quarter of what it's worth. And Barrister Timsh is not a man who scares easy. If you want to know more you'll have to ask yourself, but I very much doubt he'll tell you."

Billie prepping the interrogation room
I'll make sure you get to enjoy this."

Daud interrogating Rothwild
Rothwild: "What do you want to know that's worth crossing a man like me?"

Daud: "I want to know about a ship named Delilah. What's behind the name?"

Rothwild: "Choke on your own spit."

First shot

Rothwild: "Argh!"

Daud: "Who is Delilah?"

Rothwild: "Ha! Think I'll give up a friend at the first tickle? That's the kind of thing I pay your sister for, down at the Golden Cat."

Daud: "We'll feed you through your own factory. See if we can get oil of your blubber."

Second shot

Rothwild: "Ahhh! You know your work, I'll give you that. We can talk this out. Like businessmen."

Daud: "Why did you name it Delilah?"

Rothwild: "What do you care? And it wasn't me, the previous owner named it, after some sweetheart of his, a painter. Now piss off."

Third shot

Rothwild: "Aieeee!"

Daud: "Who was the previous owner?"

Rothwild: "Barrister Timsh! All right? He told me the story. Delilah was a woman he knew Grew up working in Dunwall Tower. Got kicked out and became a painter. Had funny airs, like proud. She caught his eye, but it was worse than that. He couldn't think of anything else, just her. She wormed his mind somehow. He built that ship for her and a lot more. Gave her half his fortune. Then he got scared. Came to me afraid. A man like that, afraid! He wanted to dump the ship and I needed a business partner, so we made a deal. Meant to change the name. Wish I'd done it."

Electrocuting Rothwild a fourth time
Rothwild: "Aieee! You better throw that switch again! If you leave me alive in this chair I'll be comin' after you! You hear me? I'll see you flayed alive!"

Daud interrogating Ames
Ames: "What happened? Where am I? Oh..."

Daud: "I think you know where you are."

Ames: "I've seen this thing used. I know how to resist."

First shot

Ames: "Ahhh! That was worse than I thought it would be."

Daud: "Tell me about Delilah."

Ames: "If I tell you, you'll just kill le. Or leave me here."

Second shot

Ames: "Argh! What's the matter? Didn't think I could stand up to you?"

Daud: "I need to know the significance of Delilah."

Ames: "You should have asked Rothwild when you had the chance."

Third shot

Ames: "Ahhh! Alright! Enough! listen. This is what they told me. There was supposed to be a plan. They said Rothwild was diverting ten percent of oil he harvested. Cheating the Lord Regent of the product. But he wasn't doing it alone. He had a partner who sold him the ship. The Delilah."

Daud: "Who is this partner? And why did he name it Delilah?"

Ames: "Barrister Arnold Timsh. Why do you want to know this? You don't care about the oil at all, do you? This is about the name."

Daud: "Tell me about Delilah."

Ames: "She's the real story. Delilah used to be a kitchen apprentice in the Empress's court. At Dunwall Tower. But she got sacked for something. Later, Sokolov spotted her talent as a painter, made her part of his circle. She met Timsh, and... enthralled him. An old bastard like that, he was helpless. He named the ship for her. She took him for all he had, almost. But it ended."

Daud: "How? Why?"

Ames: "Delilah had some kind of hold on him. They said he was obsessed. Then terrified. No one knows why."

Billie, after interrogating Ames
''I hope that was satisfying. Here, I found the room key, when you're ready to go."''

Electrocuting Ames a fourth time
Ames: "Eeeee! Please. I can't take another. I don't deserve to die."

Daud: "You're no innocent. None of you are."

Billie, after getting the information
"I guess we're done here. I'll meet you outside."

If Rothwild was interrogated

"Sir? Earlier I spotted crates bound for the most remote corner of the Empire. Might be worth stuffing him in one, just to tie things off. He doesn't seem the type to forgive. Off course--why go through all the trouble, when a blade to the neck would accomplish the same thing?"

Rothwild after being interrogated, idle

 * "It's not even me that named it. I bought the ship with that name!"
 * "The Delilah's out at sea now. What do you care?"

At shipping if the slaughterhouse was sabotaged
Three butchers, one with a buzz-saw, regroup in the room.

"This doesn't look right. Make the rounds and holler if you see anything. Someone's been muckin' about, I know it."