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Visions of the Animus
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Introduction:
Dr. Warren Vidic marched across the corridor that led to the laboratory, each step laced with a sense of purpose and punctuated by a high-pitched squeak as shoe soles grinded against the polished white floor; a large group of employees were struggling to keep pace with the man, their own footfalls failing to mask the fact that they were nervous to even walk in the shadow of such an enigmatic figure.
The personal tour was the culmination of their induction to the Animus Project, a full-day’s pay for a series of briefings on health and safety, the code of conduct and various other trivial rules to abide by; the excitement of finally getting to grips with the Research and Development Division’s pride and joy made the last few hours of administrative torture more tolerable.
The group stopped, having been led into the largest laboratory in the Milanese headquarters of Abstergo Industries; it was a vast room that would have struggled to fit onto a football pitch, filled from wall-to-wall with technological wonders that all but the most fortunate of the company’s staff would never see.
“Animi, as far as the eye can see!”
The doctor swivelled around to face his audience, a wicked grin visible even among his greying, unshaven beard; it was evident that he was proud of everything that his department had achieved over the course of the last year, despite the rumours of rebellious test subjects and the loss of his favourite researcher.
“Our engineers have spent countless hours perfecting this top secret, state-of-the-art facility in order to house our most ambitious project to date!”
Vidic turned around once more, and began to lead the group past row after row of cubicles, his hands gesturing from left-to-right as he explained just how much effort had been ploughed into the project, all in the name of exploring the past to secure a safer world for future generations.
The new subjects were ushered into one of the larger cubicles, where they finally had their first encounter with the Animus; it resembled a bed of sorts, sleek and sophisticated, with a chrome finish and a series of azure blue lights that gave the machine an almost otherworldly glow.
A man lay on the machine; his eyes were closed as though he was immersed in eternal slumber, though his visage told a different story as it occasionally wrinkled into a horrific grimace. A glass panel was curved over the subject’s head, with a series of words and images rapidly flickering across it; the observing scientist sat nearby took notes every so often, sipping from a mug of black coffee in the meantime.
“Your first time in the Animus will be disorienting, a few of you will panic, yes”, Warren continued, noting the mixed looks of concern, disgust and anxiety on the faces of his audience;
“you will be eased into the project gently, where your goal will be to find the VIP among your numbers and desynchronise them.”
He left the cubicle with his now rapt audience in tow, before gesturing for some nearby researchers to direct the new subjects to their own cubicles; if there was one thing that Warren didn’t like, it was these tours dragging out longer than usual, it was far more important to get to work as soon as possible.
“So, any questions?”
There was silence for what seemed like an eternity, before the gentle humming of active Animi in nearby cubicles broke the tense atmosphere; Vidic clapped his hands eagerly, he’d won this round.
“Good... then let’s begin!”
Visions of the Animus [Reference Material]
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