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1957
MID-ATLANTIC
The cool waters of the sea crashed against the steel of the ship. Two men looking at the sea, the sunlight adding a beautiful shine to the water. A man rested inside a room, blonde hair rested on his head as he stirred in his sleep, remembering the reason he had chosen this type of career
Hiroki got out of his bed, sweat rolling down his head as he remembered the day he found the audio logs, the voices of those he trusted and loved. His mom Kaede, his sister, Kanako, his childhood friend, Ayumu, and his girlfriend, Nao. They betrayed him and left him for an American they barely knew. But that was back when he was seventeen in 1953, he had the rest of his life to live.
He looked over everything, his dive suit ready, its oxygen tanks full. Stepping out he approached the diving bell, the men having it ready by the time he stepped out "Well, there he is." Said a tall fat one. The shorter one chimed in "Well? Get in the bell, your time here is limited after all." He said.
Doing as told Hiroki stepped into the bell as it began to lower. "Who is this joker anyway?" Asked the short one "He can hear you." "Oh." Hiroki didn't mind their banter. he easily understood why they wanted to know why he would go to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean for.
They continued to chat away, talk about things like water pressure and how the water was cold. He knew that, he didn't spend his time as a deep sea explorer to not know information like that. Soon enough he heard the bell land on the ocean floor, the depth making the ocean appear dark. He stepped out, the cool water engulfing him.
He walked along the ocean floor, the sand beneath his feet being left with a print of his suits boot. He continued his walk until he eventually stumbled across a city? No that wasn't a right, a city couldn't exist down here, but he was seeing it, the silhouette of people walking and living clear as well. "Holy smokes!" Spoke the man that was watching from Hiroki's suit camera.
Hiroki watched as circular submarines past by him, going to the city in view. He stared in awe, until the awe was replaced by horror as two capsule like objects quickly zoomed past him, heading to the boat that had brought him here "Torpedos in the water! Get ready to-" the man couldn't finish as their attempt to move away failed.
Hiroki watched as the boat exploded. His diving bell no longer connected as it began to fall, the shockwave pushing him off the cliff. He tried to hold on to the wire that connected him to his bell but like the boat, it failed. Hiroki couldn't scream, he felt himself falling down until eventually hitting the ocean floor with a thud.
RAPTURE
PERSEPHONE
SOME TIME AFTER HIROKI'S ARRIVAL
Hiroki gazed out of his cell, the trench below his only sight, aside from the occasional fish that would swim by. Hiroki had thought his discovery in Rapture would have been for the best. The people loved him, they had given him the name 'Johnny Topside' he was a celebrate to them.
Then Ryan came, he had sent his secret police after him, and no matter how hard Hiroki tried to explain how he wasn't a spy or that he wasn't sent by the government no difference was made, Ryan had him arrested.
He heard rumors that he was sold to be tested on for some sort of program, he could only wonder what it was he was sold
1958
The iron golem walked with heavy steps, his goal a simple vent on the wall that he knocked on with heavy strikes. Soon the sound of someone crawling was heard as a girl popped out "Look daddy. It's you!" She said holding a makeshift doll of him.
He picked her up, plaving her to the ground as she wrapped her hand around his finger, pulling him towards the path she wanted. "Let's go out to play daddy!" She said as the golem looked out the window, its own reflection in view. Soon enough she let go of him as he walked behind her. Catching up he saw her stabbing into the corpse, ADAM being sucked out.
Drinking the ADAM she wiped it from her upper lip as she giggled before sniffing the air "more angels daddy! This way!" She said as she ran off, the golem walking behind. He walked past the people who stepped back, cautious of him. His slow walk soon turned into a run as he heard the girl scream "daddy!"
Wasting no time he rushed towards her location, looking down the railing as he saw splicers surrounding the girl he lived to protect. Jumping over the railing he landed on one of the splicers as he looked over them all "You want some big guy?" Asked a splicer as he injected the ADAM into his arm, striking the golem with electricity.
The golem grunted as he revved up his drill "the bigger they are, the harder they-" before the splicer could finish the golem plunged its drill into the splicers guts, his scream music to the golem. Turning to the other splicer thr golem wasted no time, striking with enough force to snap the woman's neck.
Turning to the final splicer the golem smacked him, knocking him to the ground as he attempted to drill into the man's gut, only for said man to roll away in time and hit him with a plasmid that rendered him immovable. "He's perfectly safe now." Said a woman as the golem looked eyes with her.
"This is not your daughter, do you understand?" She asked the golem as she held the girl he had been protecting. "Her name is Eleanor and she is mine." She added as the golem could only stay still "now, kneel. Please." She commanded, an order he couldn't refuse.
"Remove your helmet." She instructed, which he did. As he did the golem felt an odd sense, an inner voice "how must I look like?" It sounded familiar, was it his own? He couldn't dwel on the thought any longer as she pulled out a gun, offering it to the golem "take the pistol, and place it against your head." She order. The golem shook as he grabbed said weapon, he didn't want to, but he couldn't deny the order.
The pistols metalic barrel felt cold against his deformed head, a few strands of golden locks remained, but that wasn't important, he looked eyes with the girl he was protecting, Eleanor. He tried to speak, but no words or noises could come out.
"Fire." Commanded the woman as the golems eyes widened "look away!" Said the inner voice again before the deafening sound of the gun firing was heard.
"Daddy!"