Preludes & Intrigues

Preludes & Intrigues
Region:	Hub
Zone:	No Data
Start Location:	Faction HQ
Start Coords:	No Data
Given by:	Automatic Assignment
Type:	Story
Requires:	The Venetian Agenda (Mission)
Reward:	199,480 Experience Experience
Repeatable:	No
Game Version:	TSW
Added in:	Update 1.9

The call just came in. Tokyo is open. All the secret societies will be converging on that horror-haunted city. But you have to take a slight detour first.

Dialogue

Introduction

Dragon

A group of monks are standing around the dragon watching him, Bong Cha is trying to look over their shoulders to see what he is doing

Bong Cha: Why won't you let me see? I am the Voice.

Bong Cha: Is this about the Connected? Takeru?

Bong Cha turns around and talks to you

Bong Cha: There are anomalies in the system.

Bong Cha: Have you been contacted?

Bong Cha: "What's in a name?"

Bong Cha: Does this mean anything to you?

Bong Cha: Never mind.

Bong Cha: Tokyo has never made sense in any model.

Bong Cha: It was unpredictable, it was chaotic

Bong Cha: and the repercussions were felt around the world.

Bong Cha: If I didn't know better,

Bong Cha: I'd suspect the Dragon.

Bong Cha: Our entire model relies on those initial variables.

Bong Cha: We know the what the when and the where.

Bong Cha: What we need now are the who and the why.

The dragon hands something to Bong Cha

Bong Cha: We had allies in Tokyo before the explosion.

Bong Cha: A branch of the Yakuza with a racket in Pachinko machines.

Bong Cha: You might be able to use their help.

Bong Cha: Three is a lucky number for members of the Dragon.

Bong Cha hands a Pachinko ball to you

Bong Cha: There is a system forming in Venice.

Bong Cha: Initial conditions suggest that if it plays out as expected,

Bong Cha: everything in The Secret World will change.

Bong Cha: You are quickly becoming our favourite variable.

Bong Cha: Go to Venice, on your way to Tokyo.

Bong Cha: Everything can change.

Bong Cha: Everything will change.

Illuminati

Kirsten Geary: Shred any current action plans, deep six your To-Do list, and burn your goal tree.

Kirsten Geary: All eyes to the stage, and the show is Tokyo.

Kirsten Geary: But I need you to make a little detour on the way.

Kirsten Geary: see there is this spot I can't reach on my Shit List that's just itching for some red ink.

Kirsten Geary: Venice.

Kirsten Geary: We spit a lot of industrial grade acid snark at the Council of Venice.

Kirsten Geary: We joke about how out of touch they are.

Kirsten Geary: But that is only because it's true.

Kirsten Geary: They're still playing the X-Files cover-up games to keep the muggles in the dark.

Kirsten Geary: The Illuminati know better. This is the age of information.

Kirsten Geary: Stealth is not about hiding; it's about inundating.

Kirsten Geary: We leak the truth. Then we leak whole zettabytes of other junk.

Kirsten Geary: Opposing data. Similar data. Nonsense data. Ad nauseam.

Kirsten Geary: Mesmerism by cat memes. Hypnotised.

Kirsten Geary: Apathy for the win.

Kirsten Geary: (chuckles)

Kirsten Geary: The human brain has only so much bandwidth.

Kirsten Geary: Critical thought can actually O.D. on input.

Kirsten Geary: Bury the ultimate secret of the universe in the shallow grave of the 5th page of a Google search...

Kirsten Geary: and no one will ever find it.

Kirsten Geary: Cover-ups are so passé.

Kirsten Geary: We deal in paradigm construction.

Kirsten Geary: When the most powerful of us shed this cramping mortal coil, we'll ascend as zeitgeists.

Kirsten Geary: paying attention?

Kirsten Geary: Because I'm giving you the teacher's edition of the playbook.

Kirsten Geary: In the industry we like to call this "grooming" or "vetting."

Kirsten Geary: End tangent.

Kirsten Geary: Back to point.

Kirsten Geary: Making the Council the brunt of all hilarity might have instilled the wrong attitude of underestimating them.

Kirsten Geary: That's a bad habit to get into.

Kirsten Geary: Word in the shadows is that someone has been stalling us from getting to Tokyo.

Kirsten Geary: Nanoseconds cost us.

Kirsten Geary: Something is rotten in Venice.

Kirsten Geary: Get there.

Kirsten Geary: Yesterday.Then get to Tokyo the day before that.

Kirsten Geary: Do or get done.

Kirsten Geary: This is starting to feel like we're getting done.

Kirsten Geary: By the fucking Council.

Kirsten Geary: We at the old firm of Eye, Heart, & Pyramid are never done.

Kirsten Geary: Pass it on.

Templar

Richard Sonnac: For some time now, I have groomed the new face of the Templars.

Richard Sonnac: All that preparation has led to a single point.

Richard Sonnac: Today is that day of days.

Richard Sonnac: Today, may old eyes, judging eyes, will scrutinise me.

Richard Sonnac: And still I stand confident in my choice.

Richard Sonnac: You have made me proud.

Richard Sonnac: And now I must ask more of you than any soul should be asked.

Richard Sonnac: Today I ask you to step into the breach, into Tokyo.

Richard Sonnac: Before the tragedy of the bomb, we liaised with a group there, the Jingu.

Richard Sonnac: They are a secretive clan of samurai, with a sense of honour, order and tradition that is copacetic with our own.

Richard Sonnac: Contact the Jingu, if you can, if there are any left.

Richard Sonnac: I do so miss...

Richard Sonnac: corresponding with Gozen.

Richard Sonnac: I will not gloss over what is about to happen with false cheer or saccharine platitudes.

Richard Sonnac: You are about to enter pandemonium.

Richard Sonnac: You are about to enter Hell. You be Dante. And I'll be Virgil.

Richard Sonnac: And I will see you on the other side.

Richard Sonnac: But first...

Richard Sonnac: But first, I need you to make a slight detour.

Richard Sonnac: It has come to my attention that someone has been stalling us from entering Tokyo.

Richard Sonnac: Something stinks of betrayal. Something rots in Venice.

Richard Sonnac: The Council is not just ineffectual, now they are corrupt.

Richard Sonnac: Well, I say enough, enough, and more than enough.

Richard Sonnac: The Secret World needs to hear us roar!

Richard Sonnac: Go to Venice. Illumine this skulduggery.

Richard Sonnac: Remind everyone that the Templars do not suffer treachery without redress.

Richard Sonnac: We are not so neglectful as to leave cancers longing for the kiss and the hiss of the heated blade.

Journal Entries

• Tier 1: Events are aligned, and you can hear Tokyo calling, but your superiors want a face chat first.
  • Speak to your faction handler

• Tier2: There is a malefactor in The Council. Before entering Tokyo, you must visit Venice.
  • Travel to Venice
  • Go to Arturo's Office

Rewards

• 199,480 Experience total
  • 99,740 XP upon completion of Tier 1
  • 99,740 XP upon report
• 10,000 Pax Romana upon report
• 2 Sequin of Sunrise upon report

Report

Dragon

There will be eyes in the walls. There will be a sad effigy. You will have to decide between execution or tactical forgiveness. Enjoy your stay in Venice.

Illuminati

Are you there yet? Have you talked to Arturo yet? I want answers. Yesterday. All the angry cliches.

KG

Templar

Something is rotten in Venice. Proceed with caution. Find the malefactor. Then proceed with frightening zeal.

R. Sonnac

Walkthrough

There are 2 tiers to this mission.

Tier 1/2

• Speak to your faction handler

Tier 2/2

• Travel to Venice
  • Go to the The Sunken Library
• Go to Arturo's Office
  • Marked on your map, Arturo Castiglione's office

Other Information

• This mission is given automatically upon completion of The Venetian Agenda
• Upon completion of this mission, Venice Sinking is automatically given

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