THE ATLANTIC EXPRESS
(Daddy gets to the Atlantic Express. After the water is drained, Tenenbaum contacts with him.)
Tenenbaum: Ah, Herr Delta… you arrive, as the little ones said you would. Come upstairs to the ticket booth, and I will offer what I know of you.
(On the way, Daddy meets a splicer, but he runs away.)
Tenenbaum: Now, most who survive are like this. Splicers. They are drug addicts, vicious animals.
(Daddy comes to Train Workshop 6A. After dealing with some splicers, he hears the voice of Sofia Lamb from the loudspeakers.)
Sofia Lamb: This is Dr. Sofia Lamb. Andrew Ryan is dead, but the tyrant dwells within this walls. Remember, we reject the gene. We reject the self. We reject the tyrant.
(On a desk in the office room Daddy finds a diary.)
[Diary: The Great Chain Rattles]
Andrew Ryan: I am told that the people grow tense and isolated in the absence of the sun. Now… they clamor for a psychiatrist. Do they miss the state censor, I wonder? Wartime seizure of private assets? Or the Cheka police, vanishing them in the night? Regardless, this Lamb woman is said to be the foremost practitioner in her "field." Fine. If she can quiet the rattling of the great chain's weakest links… I will leave her to it.
(Daddy finds a room outside the gate and yanks the switch. The door to the room is locked, the light turns off, several TVs turns on, and on the screen we see Dr. Lamb.)
Lamb: I know you. That symbol on your hand marks you a dead man. Ten years, Subject Delta, since I watched you put a gun to your head -- and pull the trigger.
Lamb: But take heart… Out of your pain, Paradise was born.
Lamb: I don't know how you survived, but your suffering is over now. These men will ease your
burden.
Lamb: Please understand that like all I have done, this… is an act of love.
Tenenbaum: It is Sofia Lamb! She has found you!
(Daddy fight the splicers sent by Dr. Lamb, but the floor cannot hold him and he falls to the lower level in the water. After a while, Tenenbaum contacts him over the radio.)
Tenenbaum: Now you know of the enemy we share. Sofia Lamb. The camera in your helmet allows me to watch through your eyes -- and help you to fight her.
(Reaching the Administrative Storage Daddy stumbles on security camera.)
Tenenbaum: Careful! Security cameras belong to Lamb. But, if you are clever, they can be made to serve you.
(Near Jet-Postal, our Daddy has another glimpse, but this time we understand that this isn’t a memory, it is a kind of connection.)
Eleanor: Father… it's me, Eleanor. I know you're awake in there I can feel it. Mother won't be able to… to toy with you like that, ever again.
Eleanor: This Plasmid is for you… if I'm right, you can use it now! Please… find me.
(Daddy pick up a new plasmid – Telekinesis, Daddy goes to Pumping Station and using his new plasmid to take a new diary.)
[Diary: Mr. Tape Recorder]
Eleanor Lamb: Hello Mr. Diary. Want to play? "Actually, I'm quite busy right now, miss Eleanor. Maybe later." Well, all right. But do you mind if I take you apart while I wait? I promise I'll put you back together! "Wait! You can't do thaaaat… noooo… waaaaiiiit, wait Eleaaanoooorrrr…" (clattering)
(Returning to Jet Postal Daddy finds a diary.)
[Diary: Just a Fad]
Prentice Mill: There would be no Rapture without me. No city without the Atlantic Express. Ryan took his first grand tour on my flagship coach! But these days, personal bathyspheres are all the rage. My rails only connect the oldest parts of Rapture now, and the city's just… just left me behind. Plenty of cash in the bank, though. This private vehicle craze will blow over soon.
(Daddy goes to Tran Workshop 6B and explores it.)
[Diary: What Happened to the People?]
Mark Meltzer: These… people are hooked on some kind of genetic wonder-drug called ADAM. I've read the word "Splicers" scribbled on walls like a warning. One of them… cornered me, and Christ, his face -- I had a gun, but I choked -- and then out of nowhere we both heard this… singing, and he took off like hell on wheels. It sounded like a kid -- a little girl! Cindy's alive… I know it in my gut.
(Daddy explores the Railway Cafe.)
[Diary: Ryan vs Lamb: Reality]
Ryan: White is not black, Doctor Lamb -- down is not up, and straw is not gold. Look around you. Rapture is no miracle -- it is a product of reason, impossible unless one and one are two, and A equates to A.
(Crowd murmur, tense, some agreement)
Lamb: And yet… alone, each man is a prisoner to bias. Dream, delusion, or the pain of a phantom limb -- to one man, they are as real as rain. Reality is consensus… and the people are losing faith. Take a walk Andrew. It is raining in Rapture… and you have simply chosen not to notice.
(Angry half - cheering in agreement)
(Daddy returns to Train Workshop 6B and tries to pass into the next section, however one of the splicers inserts the iron pipe into the gears and a huge door blocks his way.)
Tenenbaum: Ach, Sofia Lamb is using the splicers against you… most Big Daddies are like her slaves, guarding the Little Ones… but someone has awakened you…
(Daddy easily removes the pipe with telekinesis.)
Lamb: I know of your bond with Eleanor, Delta. To save yourself, you will come for her.
Lamb: But Eleanor has a destiny… one you cannot share.
Lamb: There is no place for you in Paradise.
(Daddy goes further. In the Control Room, he finds a diary.)
[Diary: Know the Best]
Sofia Lamb: In ethical psychiatry, we must account for the role of evolution. Depression, fits of panic, sexual pathos -- all responses to ancient selection pressure. The irony is that this theory is why Ryan's people invited me here. They mistake my study of natural law for the worship of competition. Remember, Eleanor -- one must know the beast before it can be slain.
(Reaching the Switching Hub, Daddy notices the cubes rolling off the steps. Having climbed the stairs, he again meets the Big Sister.)
Tenenbaum: Quickly… Head for the elevator!
(Daddy kills several splicers and goes into the elevator.)
Tenenbaum: Now… here is what the children tell me…
Tenenbaum: You are a very Old Big Daddy… bonded for life to a single Little One. When you are apart for too long, your body begins to shut down. Like a coma. As long as the girl is in Rapture, you are trapped here as well.
Tenenbaum: The name of your Little One is Eleanor Lamb. Daughter of Sofia. She is kept at Fontaine Futuristics, on the other side of the city. You must go there and save her… before it is too late.
(Daddy comes out of the elevator. Going to the Manager's Office, he finds a diary.)
[Diary: Improving on Suchong's Work]
Gilbert Alexander: Doctor Suchong's death was a nasty blow to the Protector program, but I'm gradually settling into his role, picking up the slack that his carelessness left behind. We are gaining steam again, but I'm not satisfied. Yes, the "Big Daddy" defends the girl… but he is programmed only for the fight, like a sheepdog who wanders off unless a wolf is tearing at his flock. When no aggressor is present, he regards his Little Sister as he might a common houseplant. We need something more, something stronger: an unbreakable physiological bond.
(Going to the Train Station, Daddy kills several splicers and finds the Ticket Booth.)
Tenenbaum: Here. In the ticket booth. Press the button so we can speak face to face.
(Daddy presses the button and the blinds on the booth rise. We meet Dr. Brigid Tenenbaum in person.)
Tenenbaum: You see? This is why I must fight Sofia Lamb. She is using the new Little Ones for… for something… and I have returned to rescue them.
Tenenbaum: If I do not, more children will die for my sins and the Rapture nightmare will repeat forever.
Tenenbaum: Now, we must talk of -
(Speech of Dr. Tenenbaum interrupts the voice of Sophia Lamb from the TV and loudspeakers.)
Lamb: Citizens Of Rapture: This is Subject Delta. Behind that mask hides an enemy Of the people without soul or sympathy.
Lamb: It is a beast apart and as Family. we must tear out its jaw and drive it back into the sea!
(The siren turns on.)
Brigid Tenenbaum: Lamb will take this place apart to find you please hold back the splicers until we escape!
(Daddy kills the splicers.)
Tenenbaum: Thank you. Now… I must leave you, and I am sorry for this. But there are others I must help before the city drowns. This man – Sinclair… he is an ally, and will guide you to Eleanor. Goodbye, Herr Delta… and good luck.
Sinclair: Well, look at you… a bona fide knight in armor - complete with iron horse. The name's Augustus Sinclair, sport. Esquire.
Sinclair: Ol’ Tenenbaum an' I share an interest in the ol' Fontaine buildin' - the very same place you'll find Eleanor Lamb.
(Daddy search the station and finds another diary.)
[Diary: The Situation]
Brigid Tenenbaum: Sofia Lamb has taken Rapture, and is responsible for stealing children from the surface. Her Splicers destroyed my submersible and forced me to run. But the ticket booth here is secure… and though I cannot trust him, Sinclair is a valuable ally. I have already rescued a few of the new Little Ones from Lamb. They all want to know how we will get home. I wish I had the right words for them.
(Daddy gets on the train and goes to Ryan Amusements.)
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