Radio Messages
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This is a list of radio messages the player hears when moving through Rapture. They were transcribed by BrettM of the Bioshock forums.
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[edit] Radio Messages
[edit] Welcome Center / Medical Pavilion
1. Atlas - Move to higher ground
I don't know how you survived that plane crash, but I've never been one to question providence. I'm Atlas, and I aim to keep you alive. Now keep on moving ... we're gonna have to get you to higher ground.
2. Atlas - Leave the bathysphere
Take a deep breath and step out of the bathysphere. I won't leave you twisting in the wind.
3. Atlas - Draw her out
We're gonna need to draw her out of hiding. But you're gonna have to trust me.
4. Atlas - Smile for the camera
Just a bit further ... how do you like that, sister?
5. Atlas - Find a weapon
Now, would you kindly find a crowbar or something? Bloody splicers sealed Johnny in before they ... goddamn splicers.
6. Atlas - Genetic code rewritten
Steady now! Your genetic code is being rewritten -- just hold on and everything will be fine!
7. Atlas - You all right?
You all right, boyo? First time plasmid's a real kick from a mule. But ... there's nothing like a fistful of lightning, now is there?
8. Atlas - Run out of EVE [Use all EVE without opening door]
Looks like you've run out of EVE, the juice that powers all your plasmids. I'll send you some backup in the pneumo tube.
9. Atlas - Tapped out again? [Use all EVE again without opening door]
You all tapped out again? All right, sending you some more EVE in the pneumo
10. Atlas - One-two punch
Splicer! Give 'em the combo: zap 'em then whack 'em. One-two punch! Remember, the one-two punch!
11. Atlas - Go to Neptune's Bounty
Listen - I've got a family. I need to get them out of here. But the splicers have cut me off from them. If you can reach them in Neptune's Bounty, then maybe, just maybe ... I know you must feel like the unluckiest man in the world right now, but you're the only hope I'll ever see my wife and child again. Go to Neptune's Bounty ... find my family ... please.
12. Atlas - Overdoing plasmids
Plasmids changed everything. They destroyed our bodies, our minds. We couldn't handle it. Best friends butchering one another, babies strangled in cribs. The whole city went to hell.
13. Atlas - Electrobolt in water
If you spot a splicer in the water, hit 'em with the Electrobolt.
14. Atlas - Lower weapon
Careful now ... Would you kindly lower that weapon for a minute?
15. Atlas - Little Sisters
You think that's a child down there? Don't be fooled. She's a Little Sister now. Somebody went and turned a sweet baby girl into a monster. Whatever you thought about right and wrong on the surface, well, that don't count for much down in Rapture. Those Little Sisters, they carry ADAM - the genetic material that keeps the wheels of Rapture turning. everybody wants it; everybody needs it.
That's the Big Daddy. She gathers ADAM, he keeps her safe.
17. Atlas - Andrew Ryan
It's Ryan! Goddamn Andrew Ryan! He found us! Dammit! He's shut off all access to Neptune. There's another way to get there ... head to Medical! What are you waiting for? Go!
18. Atlas - Override exit
Ah, Christ! You're trapped! Gonna try to override the exit from here!
19. Atlas - Get out of there!
I got it! Get out of there! Get out now!!!
20. Atlas - Keep a low profile
Now you've met Andrew Ryan, the bloody king of Rapture. Now find your way to emergency access.
21. Atlas - Doctor Steinman
If you want to use the emergency access, you'll be needing Dr. Steinman's key. He's the one what runs this place. But I don't expect him to hand it to you out of the milk of human kindness. Steinman ain't that kind, and frankly, I'm not even sure he's still human.
22. Atlas - Rattled the monkey cage
Now you've rattled the monkey cage. Here they come.
23. Atlas - Watch out for Steinman
You keep an eye peeled for Steinman. The daft bastard's set up shop in the surgery wing. You wanna find him, just follow the blood.
24. Atlas - Shorting out machines
Remember, all them machines will short out right and proper if you hit them with Electrobolt!
25. Atlas - Security Cameras
Security Cameras. I can hear the infernal things all around you. Ryan's eyes and ears.
26. Atlas - All roads lead to Ryan
All roads in Rapture lead to Ryan. The security, the splicers, the Big Daddies, the Little Sisters: he pumps some kind of chemical scent in the air, pheromones they call it, makes them all dance to his tune.
27. Atlas - Find a way to surgery
You'll have to find some way to get through to surgery ... and Steinman. Chin up, now. The Lord hates a quitter.
28. Atlas - Catch explosives?
I can hear that splicer sounding off like it's the 4th of July. Explosives are hard to come by down here, but if you get your hands on one of them telekinesis plasmids, you could catch the damn firebombs and toss it right back in his gob ... or anything else that might be standing in your way.
29. Atlas - Back to emergency access
You all right? It was time somebody took care of that sick bastard. Make sure you get the key off Steinman and head back to emergency access. I'm working my way to the back side of Port Neptune meself. We'll get there soon enough.
30. Atlas - Tunnel collapse
Sounds like another tunnel collapse. Welcome to Rapture, the world's fastest growing pile of junk.
It's a little one ... Here's your chance to get some ADAM.
32. Tenenbaum - Path of the righteous [Rescue]
The path of the righteous is not always easy, yes? The reward will become clear in time. Be patient.
33. Atlas - Played for a sap [Rescue]
Tenenbaum's playing you for a sap. Those things may look like wee little girls, but looks don't make it so. You'll need all the ADAM you can get to survive.
34. Atlas - You did the right thing [Harvest]
That ADAM should do the trick. You did the right thing. Just remember: them things aren't people no more. And it's Dr. Tenenbaum they've got to thank for it.
35. Tenenbaum - How can do this? [Harvest]
How can you do this thing? To a child? But there are other Little Ones who have need of your help... will you be as cruel to them?
If you cross paths with another of them Gatherer's Garden machines, make sure you pick up a new plasmid or two. That's if the price ain't too dear, of course.
37. Atlas - Ready for Big Daddy
You're ready now. It's time to take on one of them Big Daddies. It won't be easy, but it's the only way to get to the Little Sisters ... and the ADAM they carry.
38. Atlas - Got Ryan's attention
Are you almost back to emergency access? Come through as soon as you get there. You got Ryan's eye now. You won't hear him coming, but he'll be there before you know it.
39. Atlas - Come to Port Neptune
I don't know how you managed it, but you did. Come through to Port Neptune now. I'm looking forward to shaking your hand.
[edit] Neptune's Bounty / Smuggler's Hideout
01. Atlas - Andrew Ryan's company
Now you've had the pleasure of Andrew Ryan's company. He's the one who built this place, and he's the one who run it into the ground. Nobody knows exactly what happened. Maybe he went mad. Maybe the power got to him. Maybe he decided he just didn't like people. Whichever way you slice it, good men died.
Me family's in a submarine hidden in the foundation of Fontaine Fisheries. I'll meet you there.
02. Peach Wilkins - Find a research camera
Atlas radioed on ahead. Says you were looking for an invite to the fisheries. Nuts, I say. But, if'n you heads up to the wharf master's office and find ol' Peach a research camera, maybe I could manage an invite.
03. Peach Wilkins - What was that?
What was that?
04. Peach Wilkins - You are ****ed
My friend, you are ****ed.
05. Peach Wilkins - Sending something fierce
You hold tightly. I'm sending something fierce to watch your back.
06. Peach Wilkins - Look on conveyor
That one's too tough for you. Look on the conveyor belt, you'll find something to keep you alive. Now go get that camera and then snapshots of those that crawls on the ceiling. Then I'll let you into the fisheries.
07. Peach Wilkins - Ain't turning my eye
Just remember, sonny friend: I smell an ounce of Fontaine on you, and I'll have you in a box! Atlas gives you the vouch, but I ain't turning my eye just on his say so!
08. Atlas - Jumping at ghosts
Grown man, jumping at ghosts. Fontaine's dead and everybody knows it. In the ground for months, and half the place still jumping at his shadow. Christ, even Ryan. You never mind all that. We got work to do.
09. Atlas - Where to get camera
Seems like ol' Peach knows where to find a research camera. He seems a decent enough sort. No doubt he'll wait until after you've done his errands to stick a shiv in your belly.
10. Atlas - The research camera
The research camera looks just like one you'd see topside. According to this magazine article I scrounged up, it can also 'analyze genetic information, parse biological structures,' and lots of other five-dollar words.
11. Peach Wilkins - Got the camera
Good, you got the camera. Now get me some snap snaps on those spider splicers! And don't come back down here 'til you got my research!
12. Atlas - Take pictures for Peach
You have the research camera? Good. Guess it's time to get to work for ol' Peachy. Take the man's pictures and let's get the hell out of this place.
13. Peach Wilkins - Bring Peach pictures
Now you ever bringing old Peach them snappies? Or are you just sight seein'?
14. Atlas - Back to Fontaine's
Sounds like that should about do it. Head on back to Fontaine Fisheries when you're ready, would you kindly?
15. Atlas - In your debt
The thought of my wife and child hiding in that filthy submarine makes me blood boil. Help me get them to safety and I'll be in your debt for life.
16. Atlas - First date
I took me wife on our first date to this place. You must think I’m a fool, taking a fine lady to a dump like this, but you don’t know me Moira. Give her a string of pearls and a silk gown, and she’ll dance a waltz. Give her a sea shanty and a bottle of rum, and she’ll drink a pirate under the table.
17. Tenenbaum - Kindness to little ones [Rescue gift]
You have shown kindness to my little ones, but are you really a friend to us? Regardless, a little one brings you a gift to demonstrate our appreciation.
Me wife, Moira -- she's a right pain in the neck. But she's a beauty and she means the world to me. I can't help but feel God's punishing me for bringing her and Patrick to this place. I thought this would be a better life for us. Can you imagine a bigger fool than that?
19. Peach Wilkins - Come on in
They sure go down easy once you research them up right. Come on in and show us those snappy snappies.
20. Peach Wilkins - Wait just a minute
The wharf rat didn't get himself et. You got something for me and my crew, or are you just looking to get criticized? You set here a spell. I needs to put on some coffee. Maybe puts on silverware and the like.
21. Atlas - Watch out for Peach
Before you head into the fisheries, a word to the wise. Ol' Peachy seems about as straight as a dog's hind leg. You keep your eyes open.
22. Peach Wilkins - Put weapons in the pneumo
Nobody walks into my swampy carrying the heat. Put your weapons in the pneumo, and then I'll let you in.
23. Atlas - Can't take away plasmids
If that's his price, you're gonna have to pay it. But he can't very well take your plasmids away, now can he?
24. Peach Wilkins - Fontaine and the Devil
Now, I bet when your boss wiggled out of Hell, he done told the Devil he'd be right back, and the Devil said "Sure thing, Mr. Fontaine. I'll hold you a spot." Ryan promised Fontaine was dust, and now here you are, doing his dirty. I guess that makes Ryan a bum and you a -
25. Atlas - Sub bay entrance hidden
The submarine bay was only used by smugglers and thieves. More than likely the entrance will be hidden, better to keep the coppers off the scent.
26. Atlas - Smooth sailing
You got it! Should be smooth sailing from here. I'll meet you up ahead.
27. Atlas - Right outside
I'm right outside the submarine bay, but I can't get in. I'll need you for that. My family can't be more than a hundred yards away.
28. Atlas - Time to shake hands
Hit the switch up there in the control booth and let me in. I think it's time to shake hands and get acquainted.
29. Andrew Ryan - Had your fun
You've had your fun, but enough is enough. If you press that button, you'll learn what it means to truly be my enemy.
30. Atlas - Hear my family? [Approach sub before using switch]
Can you hear me family in the sub? Are they making any noise at all?
31. Atlas - Dark in the booth
You blow a fuse up there? Can't see a damned thing in that booth. Give me a tick and I'll get you out of there. Moira! Can you hear me in there, darling?
32. Andrew Ryan - Watch him die
So dark in here. If only your friend could look up and see you. Maybe you could warn him. If only you could do something ... anything ... except just stand here and watch him die.
34. Atlas - Get family and regroup
They're everywhere! I can't hold 'em, got to fall back. Get me family out and we'll regroup as soon as we can!
35. Atlas - Get out!
Get out if you can! Get out and we'll regroup!
The sub! Noooo!
37. Andrew Ryan - Like an assassin
You ooze in like an assassin and then you try to sneak out like a thief. You're no CIA spook. Who are you? Why have you come here?
There's two ways to deal with a mystery: uncover it or eliminate it.
38. Atlas - Get to Arcadia
Get out! Get out and get to Arcadia! Jesus Christ...
[edit] Arcadia / Farmer's Market
01. Atlas - Heartless bastard
Moira ... Patrick ... Ain't that just like Ryan. Waits until we're almost out, and then he pulls the string! We'll find the bastard! We'll find him and we'll TEAR HIS HEART OUT!!
02. Andrew Ryan - A Hun at Rome's gates
I came to this place to build the impossible. You came to rob what you could never build. A Hun, gaping at the gates of Rome. Even the air you breath is sponged from my account. Well, breath deep ... so later you may remember the taste.
03. Atlas - Get to Rolling Hills
You get to the bathysphere in Rolling Hills. That'll take you straight to the devil himself. And then all debts will be paid in full.
04. Atlas - Want to see sunlight [Hang around "Atlas Lives" posters]
You might hear things about me, see my name about. Think what you will. There was a time when I cared about politics, but it's just an excuse men use to kill one another. I'm done with all that. I just want to see the sunlight again.
05. Atlas - Rolling Hills ahead
Rolling Hills is over yonder, and the bathysphere station is as well. And then straight on to Ryan.
06. Andrew Ryan - Planting Arcadia
On the surface, I once bought a forest. The Parasites claimed that the land belonged to God, and demanded that I establish a public park there. Why? So the rabble could stand slack-jawed under the canopy and pretend that it was paradise earned. When Congress moved to nationalize my forest, I burnt it to the ground. God did not plant the seeds of this Arcadia, I did.
07. Atlas - Ryan killed Arcadia
This isn't right ... I'm gonna need you to listen to me. I'm no sort of botanist, but I think Ryan has just killed Arcadia. The man's put something foul into the air. Bottom of the ocean, boyo. All the oxygen comes from the trees. No trees, no oxygen. Give me a spell to think.
Ryan's woman in Arcadia is an old betty named Langford. An okay sort, but not above doing a dirty job for a dollar. If she's still kicking around, I'm sure she's gonna want to save her trees. After all, she planted the damn things.
09. Atlas - Locked in [Approach Rapture Metro gate after lockdown]
Damn city's built to not let anyone out in the event of this kind of emergency. Either we get those trees back, or you're a permanent resident.
10. Atlas - A yard ahead
Every time we get a yard ahead, Ryan goes and moves the goal line down to the other side of the field.
11. Atlas - [Farmer's Market]
[Arcadia]'s a big place, but mostly rural. If you're looking for something in particular, I'd start at the Farmer's Market.
12. Tenenbaum - Saved the little ones [Rescue gift]
Even in the gathering dark, you light a candle. You have saved the little ones when you might have shown your cruelty. I'm sending something your way to demonstrate our thanks.
Why do they wear those masks? Maybe there's a part of them that remembers how they used to be, how they used to look. And they're ashamed.
14. Atlas - All components
Do you have all the components for the Lazarus Vector yet? If you do, best head to a crafting station. Then head back to Langford's lab and put the whole witches brew in the mister. That should clear this fog right up.
15. Atlas - Craft Lazarus Vector [Delay in going to a U-Invent station]
Would you kindly get this thing crafted already? Air's only getting thinner down here.
16. Atlas - Go use misting control
From the sounds of that U-Invent, I'm guessing you're the proud papa of a brand new Lazarus Vector. Now drop the Vector into a gadget called the Central Misting Control. Then we'll be cooking with gas.
17. Andrew Ryan - Go to sleep
Don't fight the inevitable. You'll run out of oxygen soon, and then you'll just go to sleep.
18. Atlas - How long for Vector?
Ah, listen to that damn thing gurgle and crank. How long is it going to take?
19. Andrew Ryan - A lesson
It seems Julie's death didn't provide a clear enough lesson to you. Perhaps this will suffice.
20. Atlas - Seal lab door
Ryan's got your number. No doubt he'll be sending company. Best to head back to the lab entrance and seal her up. Might be the only way to keep the splicers out.
21. Atlas - Care package
I've sent you a wee package through the pneumo. It's not much, but every little bit counts.
22. Atlas - Door sealed
Did you get that door closed? Good. That should buy some time.
23. Atlas - Here they come
Oh, Christ. Here they come.
24. Atlas - Waiting for Vector
For Christ's sake, how long is that damn vector gonna take to cook?
25. Atlas - Vector halfway done
You're about halfway there. Keep your hand on the throttle. Ryan's skin jobs aren't the type to get complacent.
26. Atlas - Vector ready
What was that? Is the vector ready? What are you waiting for? Hit the damn switch!
27. Atlas - Next stop, Ryan's house
Well done, lad. Take a deep breath and enjoy it, and then head over to Rolling Hills and get the bathysphere. Next stop is Ryan's house. It's time for blood.
28. Andrew Ryan - The proper poison
Why are you so resistant to the traditional methods of separating a man from his soul? You're not CIA, are you ... you belong to Atlas, the one roach I can't seem to exterminate. Don't worry. I just need time to find the proper poison.
[edit] Fort Frolic
01. Atlas - Bathysphere ahead
You're almost there. The sphere to Ryan is on up ahead.
02. Atlas - Sander Cohen
Ryan's handed the keys to Fort Frolic over to a guy named Sander Cohen. Cohen's an artist, says some. He's a Section Eight, says I. I've seen all kinds of cutthroats, freaks, and hard cases in my life, but Cohen, he's a real lunatic, a dyed-in-the-wool psychopath ...
03. Sander Cohen - That's better
Ah, that's better. Atlas, Ryan, Atlas, Ryan, duh duh duh, duh duh duh. Time was you could get something decent on the radio. The artist has a duty to seduce the ear and delight the spirit, so say goodbye to those two blowhards, and hello to an evening with Sander Cohen!
04. Sander Cohen - A sign of life
Now, I haven't seen a sign of real life down here in months. Let's see if you're just another Johnny-come-lately, or maybe something more delicious.
05. Sander Cohen - Nicely done
Nicely done. Where did you study?
06. Sander Cohen - Come to Fleet Hall
Ohhhh, I can smell the malt vinegar in this one. I've waited so long for something tasty to come to this little burg, but all that pass are yokels and rubes.
Where are my manners? Come in, come in! Sander Cohen awaits you, at the Fleet Hall!
07. Sander Cohen - Welcome!
WELCOME - to - Fort Frolic!
08. Sander Cohen - Jamming Atlas and Ryan
No need to thank me for jamming the transmission of those boors Atlas and Ryan. Let them have their squabble. The artist, yes, the artist, knows there is richer earth to till.
09. Sander Cohen - Test all my disciples
For example, I test you, little moth, but for a reason. I test all my disciples. Some shine like galaxies, and some ... some burn like a moth at the flame! Come now, into my home.
10. Sander Cohen - Meet with the public? [Go to projection booth]
Could you possibly think I would meet with my public now? When I'm preparing? Unbelievable!
11. Sander Cohen - Quicker than hoped [Kill Fitzpatrick]
Oh, that was quicker than I hoped.
12. Sander Cohen - Burden of the artist
Come down now, little moth. Life ... death ... the burden of the artist is to capture!
13. Sander Cohen - Take Fitzpatrick picture
See young Fitzpatrick here on the stage. Use your camera. Take him as he is now, so I may remember him.
14. Sander Cohen - Can't hold that pose [Delay taking picture]
What are you waiting for? Fitzpatrick can't hold that pose forever!
15. Sander Cohen - Place Fitzpatrick picture
And now you've got Fitzpatrick caught in his moment of glory. It seems you've got the eye of the shutterbug, little moth! Now head to the atrium and place his photograph in my masterpiece. And so our collaboration commences.
16. Sander Cohen - Nice jump
What an outstanding display of athleticism!
17. Sander Cohen - Part of my masterpiece
I know why you've come, little moth. You've your own canvas. One you'll paint with the blood of a man I once loved.
Yes, I'll send you to Ryan. But first you must be part of my masterpiece. Go to the atrium. Hurry now. My muse is a fickle ***** with a very short attention span.
18. Sander Cohen - Not allowed backstage [Approach gate to Poseidon Plaza]
Nobody allowed backstage prior to showtime, little moth. Fidgety, fidgety, fidgety, fidgety ...
19. Sander Cohen - Touch the quadtych
Do you see it? When I am dust, this is what they'll point to! My quadtych! My masterpiece. Go ahead. Don't be afraid. Touch it.
20. Sander Cohen - Creating the quadtych
Yes, and there's Fitzpatrick, freed of his own kinks and defects. And here's the glorious news: this is just the moment of conception! Out in this place there are three men, all former disciples of mine, all connected by a common thread ... betrayal. Find them, little moth, and immortalize their mortality in my quadtych. Go. Once they've been sent to their reward, you shall go to yours ... and to Ryan.
21. Sander Cohen - Poseidon Plaza door open
The door to Poseidon Plaza is now open for you, my moth.
22. Sander Cohen - Draw back the curtain
Allow me to draw back the curtain ...
23. Sander Cohen - Finnegan's location
You'll find Finnegan in cold storage. I discovered him in Marseilles in 1937. He admired my painting, I admired his ... carriage. He was the first of my disciples to bite the hand. Kill him any way you fancy, but I'd prefer it if you could involve burning in some fashion.
24. Sander Cohen - Take Finnegan's picture
That was bracing. Take a photo of him and place it in the quadtych. I'm feeling full, like an expectant momma!
25. Sander Cohen - Put picture in frame
Yes, now put the picture in the frame! Let's see what we've got here.
26. Sander Cohen - Coming together
It's coming together ... yes ... but there will always be doubters. You don't doubt me, do you? I could never stomach doubters.
27. Sander Cohen - Better this way
He was a nasty one ... and my favorite. But I think I like him better this way. Take his damn photo, chop chop!
28. Sander Cohen - Taking lives
You flutter all around the Fort, taking life as you go. You're not a moth, you're an angel. I've never painted an angel ... maybe I should.
29. Sander Cohen - Screw all you doubters
That's three of four ... what's that look? You don't like it, do you? I don't need to be judged by you ... by anyone! Screw you! Screw all you ****ing doubters! Here's what I say to all of you!!
30. Sander Cohen - Sorry for outburst
I'm sorry for that outburst. You'll have to forgive an old fool his artistic temperament. The birth is so close now. The labor pains can blur the judgement and drive the passions of even the finest spirits.
31. Sander Cohen - Take Rodriguez picture
He was a lout, but he was vigorous. Get the photo before he completely dries up.
32. Tenenbaum - Demonstrating gratitude [Rescue gift]
The little ones have never had anyone to look to, except for me ... and I am not much to speak of. You give them hope, and for this I am grateful. I'll send something to demonstrate that gratitude.
33. Atlas - On to Hephaestus
What happened to you? I've been trying to raise you for a dog's age.
Never mind. Would you kindly leg it over to the 'sphere and get on down to Hephaestus? It's time to settle up with Ryan.
[edit] Hephaestus / Control
Watch yourself. Ryan's stirring. We best keep to our knitting.
02. Atlas - Time to run the table
It's time to either run the table or go home empty. Ryan's got the genetic key to Rapture. We get that from him and we get out of this hellhole. We don't, then you and I are ghosts.
Now, would you kindly head to Ryan's office and kill the son of a *****? It's time to finish this.
04. Andrew Ryan - Cohen lost his touch
I see Cohen's lost his touch. If you knew him when ... when he used to believe in the work, in the struggle. And now, he rots in that never-land, waiting for someone to come and tell him he's still got it. I suppose that's why he let you live.
05. Andrew Ryan - You can taste it
You can taste it, can't you? Andrew Ryan!
06. Andrew Ryan - A worm sees God
A worm looks up and sees the face of God! But look around ... it's a regular convention of worms in here. They all had mothers, fathers, people who loved them. They got married, ****ed their wives. What makes you think you're any different?
I haven't chosen a spot for you on the wall yet. Let me know if you have a preference.
07. Andrew Ryan - Wasted Effort [Shoot at magnetic locks on Ryan's door]
Oh, do fire away! That's bound to succeed this time. To think of the effort that was put into creating you ... how little they got for their money!
08. Andrew Ryan - Mozart for a tree frog
How like all parasites who ever tried to walk in stolen shoes. I'd explain the science that renders what you're trying to do impossible, but that would be like playing Mozart for a tree frog.
9. Andrew Ryan - Rapture will thrive
Rapture is coming back to life. Even now, can't you hear the breath returning to her lungs? The shops reopening, the schools humming with the thoughts of young minds? My city will live. My city will thrive. And, when that day comes, we'll use your tombstone for paving tiles.
10. Andrew Ryan - Termite at Versailles
Imagine the will it took to create a place like this. And what have you built? Nothing. You can only loot and break. You're not a man, you're just a termite at Versailles.
11. Andrew Ryan - Who was that?
Before the final rat has eaten the last gram of you, Rapture will have returned. I will lead a parade. "Who was that," they'll say, as they point to the sad shape hanging on my wall. "Who was that?"
12. Andrew Ryan - A miracle
A man builds a city at the bottom of the sea. That's a marvel. Another man happens to be on a plane that crash lands on the same city in the middle of the ocean. Why, that sounds more like ... a miracle.
13. Tenenbaum - Light of the world [Rescue gift]
I've seen such terrible things. And done worse myself. Thank you for reminding me that the light of the world has not yet been snuffed out. I'm sending a little one to help you on your way.
14. Atlas - Take bomb to core
Does it look like a real bomb? It better. You got to put it on the core past Geothermal Control, and we'll see if these needlenoses knew what the hell they were talking about.
15. Atlas - Ocean retaking Rapture
Looks like the ocean's got an itch to retake this corner of Rapture. This happened right after the start of the war. Read about it in the papers. Head on in. I'll see what I can dig up to help.
16. Atlas - Redirect valve
I'm no engineer, but if I read these plans right, you can channel that magma flow using the redirect valve. It'll boil off that water right quick, and you'll be able to reach the core. But Ryan's sure to take notice -- might want to set up a perimeter, just to be certain.
17. Andrew Ryan - Better a quick death
Will these creatures kill you? Even I don't know. As you drag me closer to the abyss, you pull yourself right along with me. I offer you a quick death, parasite. It will be preferable to what you will learn if you win.
18. Atlas - Continue to core
Are they all dead? Hope so. Best be heading on to the core.
19. Andrew Ryan - Nostalgia
So far away from your family, from your friends, from everything you ever loved. But, for some reason you like it here. You feel something you can't quite put your finger on. Think about it for a second and maybe the word will come to you: nostalgia.
20. Andrew Ryan - Atlas's reward
What did Atlas offer you? A piece of my plundered city? Mark my words: your only reward will be a knife in the back.
21. Atlas - Throw circuit breaker
Christ, what a racket you're making down there. If you've surged the core, then there's only one more task to be done. Head on back to Ryan's gate and throw the circuit breaker. That'll let you right into his place.
22. Andrew Ryan - Nothing but ashes
Though my physical defenses fall, you'll not defeat me. My strength is not in steel and fire, but in my intellect and will. You hear me, Atlas?! Andrew Ryan offers you nothing but ashes!
23. Andrew Ryan - All that matters to me
In the end, all that matters to me ... is me. And all that matters to you ... is you. It is the nature of things.
24. Andrew Ryan - Waste of Money Hahaha. Waste of money. (???)
25. Andrew Ryan - A time to destroy
Even in the book of lies, sometimes you find truth. There is indeed a season for all things. And now that I see you flesh-to-flesh and blood-to-blood, I know I cannot raise my hand against you. But know this: you are my greatest disappointment.
Does your master hear me? Atlas!? You can kill me, but you will never have my city! My strength is not in steel and fire! That is what the parasites will never understand. A season for all things: a time to live, and a time to die. A time to build, and a time ... to destroy!
Come now, my child. There is one final thing to discuss.
25. Atlas - Self destruct
What?! Ryan's set the core to self destruct! This is different than what you did, he's got a mind to take down the whole damned city! Get in there and whack the chump before the whole joint blows!
26. Atlas - Override self destruct
Hurry now, grab Ryan's genetic key! Now would you kindly put it in that goddamn machine?
27. Atlas - Frank Fontaine
Nice work, boyo! (Laughter)
It's time to end this little masquerade. There ain't no Atlas, kid. Never was. Fella in my line a work takes on a variety of aliases. Hell, once I was even a chinaman for six months. But, you've been a sport, so I guess I owe you a little honesty. The name's Frank Fontaine.
28. Frank Fontaine - Say hi to Ryan
I gotta say, I had a lotta business partners in my life, but you ... 'Course the fact that you were genetically conditioned to bark like a cocker spaniel when I said 'Would you kindly' might have had something to do with it, but still ...
Now as soon as that machine finishes processing the genetic key you just fished off Ryan, I'm gonna run Rapture, tits to toes. You been a pal, but you know what they say: never mix business with friendship. Thanks for everything, kid. Don't forget to say hi to Ryan for me.
[edit] Olympus Heights / Apollo Square
01. Tenenbaum - Welcome back
Welcome back, child. Welcome to the city where you were born.
02. Tenenbaum - Angry at Fontaine
You are angry at Fontaine, yes? Now you know the truth. You are his tool, brought back to Rapture to save him.
03. Tenenbaum - I owe you a debt [LS rescued instead of harvested]
You have saved many of my little ones. I owe you a debt.
04. Tenenbaum - Redeem yourself [LS harvested instead of rescued]
You have committed many sins, but perhaps you can find some redemption.
05. Tenenbaum - Mind control weakened
While you sleep, I undo some of Fontaine's mental conditioning. His control is no longer complete, but he can still pull some very unpleasant strings.
06. Tenenbaum - Go to Suchong's flat
We made your mind with many locks and keys. Fontaine has most of those keys, but not all. Suchong designed your mind, taught Fontaine to control you. You might find answers in Suchong's flat in Mercury Suites.
07. Frank Fontaine - Go get stepped on
And now you've got hooked up with Tenenbaum, huh, kid? She's a regular Mother Goose. All right, fun's fun, kid, but now ... go get stepped on by a Big Daddy, Would you kindly?
08. Frank Fontaine - Huh?
Huh? I says, Would you kindly go get stepped on by a Big Daddy?
09. Frank Fontaine - Code Yellow
Ah. Seems like Mother Goose has been playing around in your egg salad. If you won't dance to that tune, I got others. 'Code Yellow'.
10. Frank Fontaine - A stubborn muscle
I just told your brain to tell your heart to stop beating. Not right off the bat, mind you. The heart's a stubborn muscle. But, not that stubborn.
11. Tenenbaum - Out of his hands
Once you are free of Fontaine's control, then you can have your revenge, and we can keep my little ones out of his filthy hands.
12. Frank Fontaine - I hope they make it quick
That's it, kid. You're busto. My new friends will catch up with you soon. Ah, kid ... I hope they make it quick.
13. Frank Fontaine - A big investment
I don't like this any more than you do, kid. But you gotta understand where I'm coming from. I've got twelve years down here. Big investment. A man can't walk away from a long con like that.
14. Frank Fontaine - Won't make a difference
Kills me to turn my fist to you, but business is business. Don't let it get you down. Won't make a difference when this whole place is fish food.
15. Frank Fontaine - Breaks the heart
Hate to see you this way, kid. Hell, I was there when you were born. You ever have a dog you gotta put down? Breaks your heart.
16. Frank Fontaine - Ryan's flesh and blood
Ryan's flesh and blood. Why'd I go to the trouble? Otherwise you'd have been cut in two by the first security bot you crossed paths with. But not Ryan. He made it so his security would recognize his genetic structure. With half his genes, you ain't immune, but you got just enough to throw them metallic mooks off their game.
17. Frank Fontaine - More than leprechauns
That Tenenbaum ain't what you think. Florence Nightengale, huh? That'll all come crashing down 'fore you can say 'canned tomatoes'. I've seen good bunco, and I've seen great bunco. But, when you waltz through Rapture and World War Two without even a scratch? You got more than leprechauns watching over you.
18. Frank Fontaine - The ultimate score
ADAM's the ultimate score, kid. No more grifts. No more scams. A monopoly on ADAM makes Standard Oil look like the Piggly Wiggly. All that's left is burying the bodies ... and, when they're already six miles under the Atlantic, you got one helluva head start!
19. Frank Fontaine - Some kind of hero?
You think you're some kind of hero? I ordered you up from Suchong like a Chinese dinner: a little from column A, a little from column B. What do you plan on going back to? Your fake family? Your phony dreams? Putting you out of your misery will be the nicest thing anyone's ever done for you.
20. Frank Fontaine - Charity angle
Made Ryan good and mad when I started playing the charity angle. Fontaine's Home for the Poor. 'Fore I knew it, I was calling myself Atlas and leading an army.
Ryan and his precious Rapture. You don't have to build a city to make people worship you ... just make the chumps believe they're worth a nickle.
21. Sander Cohen - Hear your wings
I hear your wings flapping in my home ... flip flap flip flap flip flap. Come into the light, little moth, come in.
22. Sander Cohen - Stay if you wish
I see you're still testing your wings, little moth. Stay and enjoy the dance if you wish ... but don't dare rattle their rhythm!
23. Sander Cohen - Coming down
WHEN will you learn to take instruction? I'm coming down there, little moth! Coming down to teach you to dance.
24. Tenenbaum - Some goodies [Rescue gift]
ADAM improved every aspect of man, except his character. Perhaps there is a plasmid that can grow the spirit. Perhaps in your DNA this secret lies. I've sent a little one with some goodies to help ease your burden.
25. Tenenbaum - A gift [Rescue gift]
What can I really do for these little ones? I am tainted by sins. But you, perhaps you unlock a future for them that I cannot even imagine. A little one heads your way with a gift. Please, be careful.
[The following messages will be mixed with those listed above.]
The message selection for the search for Lot 192 depends on the order in which the three main flats are visited and which of the two doses is taken first. No dose can be obtained until after Suchong's "Mind Control Antidote" diary has been found. Prior to that, all doses will be labeled "Mysterious Chemical".
The flat in which the message occurs and the sequence of visits that trigger it are noted in brackets after the message title. S= Suchong, T= Tenenbaum, F=Fontaine. Note there is no message in Tenenbaum's flat for sequence S-F-T.
26. Fontaine - Not so quick [Attempt to use metro before cure complete]
Not so quick, kid. I still got enough of a leash on that brain of yours to keep you from getting any closer to my roost.
27. Tenenbaum - Find Lot 192 [S: S-T-F, S-F-T]
I knew there was something to that. Always secrets with Suchong, always secrets. He must have this Lot 192 in his labs near Apollo Square. But, I once in secret stole a dose and brought it to my flat on the second floor. I never knew what it was for, but I figured if that bastard was doing something in the shadows, on this I keep my eye.
28. Tenenbaum - Suchong's secrets [S: T-S-F]
Always secrets when with Suchong, always secrets. He must have this Lot 192 in his labs near Apollo Square. I once stole a dose and brought it to my flat on the second floor, but those apes would have taken it back to Fontaine's penthouse upstairs. I never knew what Lot 192 was for, but if Suchong was doing something in secret, on this I keep my eye.
29. Tenenbaum - Drug at Suchong's flat [S: T-F-S, F-S-T, F-T-S]
Now hold there for a moment ... there is that drug again. Did we not see that at Fontaine's flat? We'll find some at Suchong's lab as well.
30. Tenenbaum - Samples in penthouse [T: S-T-F, F-S-T]
Look at my home, torn apart by Fontaine and his pigs. No doubt he had the samples of Lot 192 taken to his penthouse. Entrance is in lobby, but the damn thing is always locked. You will not believe me, but there was a time when this place was all so beautiful ...
31. Frank Fontaine - Tossed Tenenbaum's roost [T: S-T-F, F-S-T]
What do you take me for, some kind of mental incompetant? We tossed Mother Goose's roost the moment she decided to grow a conscience. You won't find nothing here, kid, 'cept maybe her memories. And trust me on this: you don't want 'em.
32. Tenenbaum - Home torn apart [T: T-S-F, T-F-S, F-T-S]
Look at my home, torn apart by Fontaine and his pigs. Why? Who knows, but I am sure there is answer in Suchong's flat. You will not believe me, but there was a time when this was all so beautiful ...
33. Tenenbaum - Saved the children [Elevator to penthouse: Any sequence]
They say to save one life is to save the world entire. I made a place for the children here, but it is you who are their savior. Will you stop here, or will you deliver them from this terrible city at long last?
34. Tenenbaum - Blood on your hands [Elevator to penthouse, LS harvested]
So many innocents, and their blood is on your hands. I, too, know this shame. How will we ever account for our sins? But we must now set all of this aside. There is work to be done.
35. Frank Fontaine - Give me a smart mark [F: Any sequence]
I'm gonna miss this place. Rapture was a candy store for a guy like me. Guys who thought they knew it all. Dames who thought they'd SEEN it all. Give me a smart mark over a dumb one every time.
36. Tenenbaum - Survey the damage [ Lot 192 first dose, either location ]
Yes! The compound is taking hold. The effects of the mental suggestion are now gone, but there will certainly be side effects.
37. Tenenbaum - Need another dose [ Lot 192 first dose, either location ]
Lot 192 has reorganized your entire plasmid structure. I should have known you would need a larger dosage. You'll have to locate another dosage to fully remove the effects.
38. Tenenbaum - To Suchong's lab [ Lot 192 first dose from penthouse ]
Gut. Now go and find Suchong's lab in Artemis Suites. In there no doubt there will be more of this Lot 192.
39. Tenenbaum - Head to Mercury Suites [ Lot 192 first dose from lab ]
Gut. Now go and pick up the trail in Mercury Suites. No doubt there we will find more of this Lot 192.
40. Tenenbaum - Making do [ Lot 192 first dose, at a Gatherer's Garden ]
It is too dangerous to re-engineer your plasmids in the state Fontaine has put you in. You'll just have to make do with what you have.
41. Tenenbaum - Freed from drugs [ Lot 192 second dose, either location ]
Now you are having freedom. Suchong's drugs should have no hold on you. Take the bathysphere to Point Prometheus. It is time for this matter to be settled.
42. Frank Fontaine - Broke the mind control
You broke the spell?! But layin' all your chips on Mother Goose -- it's not like you never been double-crossed before, you know what I'm sayin'?
Hoof it to Point Prometheus. We'll discuss this like men. You, me, a submarine topside, and more ADAM than you could possibly imagine.
[edit] Point Prometheus
What is this you wait for? Go and get this idiot!
02. Tenenbaum - Find dead Big Daddy
Scheisse! You let him get away! I need a moment for thinking.
Ah! Ach, of course! This will be no problem. Find a Big Daddy and search his body. I would suggest you to be finding a dead one.
03. Tenenbaum - Token of appreciation [Rescue gift]
It's a wounded world, is it not? How can I thank you for this kindness? I send another little one with a token of our appreciation.
Fontaine Taunts]
The following messages will be mixed with those from Tenenbaum as you search for the items needed to disguise yourself as a Big Daddy.
04. Frank Fontaine - Your legacy
You pushed me too far, kid. When you're cold and stiff, I'm going over to Mother Goose's house, and I'm going to take it apart, piece-by-piece and brat-by-brat. Consider it your legacy.
05. Frank Fontaine - Playing a bad hand
You're playing a bad hand, kid! You're just too spliced to smell it! Roll on back to Mother Goose now, or everything's gonna go busto!
06. Frank Fontaine - Coulda run the table
Shame things turned out this way, kid. You and me coulda run the table in this place. Now there's nothing left for you but a long, cold nothing.
07. Frank Fontaine - Ryan's busted dream
Look around you, kid. You think two-bit heroics count for a fig in this pit? You're staring down the puke stain of Ryan's busted dream. You think there's something worth saving down here? Then you deserve to gargle with the rest of these scrubs.
08. Frank Fontaine - The Frankenstein parade
You think turning yourself into one of those tin men is a two-way street? The Kraut's holding auditions for the Frankenstein parade, and you're first in line!
09. Frank Fontaine - Hooks in you
Has Mother Goose really got her hooks into you. You can knock Ryan all you want, but the old man was bingo on one point of fact: you won't even walk till somebody says 'go'!
10. Frank Fontaine - You should thank me
You know, you should be THANKING me! I brought you here! I showed you who you are! Nobody never told you nothing but lies till I come along.
11. Frank Fontaine - Rapture's a mausoleum
Look around you! There's nothing to save! Rapture's a mausoleum, a god damn cemetary funhouse. And you and the Kraut is just ghosts. Just a matter of time till you realize it.
12. Frank Fontaine - Nothing but tears
I'd turn tail if I were you, kid. Ain't nothin' here for you but tears.
13. Frank Fontaine - Tin suit
I've got Rapture now! I've got the ADAM now! You think that tin suit's even half enough to put the scare in me?
14. Frank Fontaine - Poor bastard
Where you gonna go? Your life? Your family? They're a fairy tale, kid. No more real than something you read about in the Saturday Evening Post. Poor bastard. A motherless freak whipped up in a half-baked science experiment.
[Becoming a Big Daddy]
The selection of messages received in each area will depend on the order in which the labs are explored and the items acquired. The introductory messages are always the same, however.
[Introduction to quest]
15. Tenenbaum - Becoming a Big Daddy
You see the suit control system? Sehr gut. Get it. That is step one of turning you into one of those disgusting Big Daddies. The only way to get through that door Fontaine went through is to have a little one open it for you. And they'll only trust you if you look like, sound like, and even smell like one of those big, stinking brutes.
16. Tenenbaum - Where are you going? [Approach vent or leave area]
Where do you think you're going? You need to become a Big Daddy before you are able to draw out the little ones.
[Lab introductions]
17. Tenenbaum - Need pheromones [Little Wonders]
We bred little ones to imprint to certain smells, the pheromones. But this is not like putting on aftershave. You'll need three industrial applications of this stuff, and then the little ones will be drawn to you like a bee to honey. You will have to gather three pheromones here, so that you smell disgusting, just like a Big Daddy.
18. Tenenbaum - Awful stink [Little Wonders: First dose of pheromones]
I can only be glad I am nowhere near you and that awful stink. Why the little ones are drawn to the smell of those pheromones is beyond anything I can understand.
19. Tenenbaum - Voicebox in plasmid labs [Optimized Eugenics]
Here is where you be finding the voicebox to have sound like one of those Big Daddies. Repulsive creatures.
20. Tenenbaum - Protector labs Failsafe Armored Escorts
After Ryan takes this place, here is where they build their filthy golems, their Frankensteins. Find the pieces of the suit. Guide the little ones.
21. Tenenbaum - Where are the boots? [Failsafe Candidate Conversion]
The boots! I was sure the boots would be here! Scheisse!
22. Tenenbaum - Bodysuit here [Failsafe Suit Assembly]
This is where you find bodysuit.
[Select from among the following messages]
Message choice if item acquired first / second / third / fourth. When the fifth item is acquired, the sequence ends with message 41.
Pheromones: 23 / 23 or 34 / 23, 31, or 34 / 32, 34, or 40 Voicebox: 24 / 24 or 34 / 24, 30, or 34 / 33, 34, or 40 Torso: 25 / 25, 38, or 39 / 25, 27, 38, or 39 / 32, 33, 38, or 39 Helmet: 26 / 26, 36, or 39 / 26, 27, 36, or 39 / 32, 33, 36, or 39 Boots: 28 or 29 / 28, 29, 35, or 37 / 27, 28, 29, 35, or 37 / 32, 33, 35, or 37
23. Tenenbaum - Find suit and voicebox
Is good start. Now you need only to find the bodysuit and the voicebox from the other labs and you will be a proper brute. Get moving.
24. Tenenbaum - Find suit and pheromones
One down, two steps to go. Now you need only to be finding the bodysuit and the pheromones from the other labs. What you wait for, engraved invitation?
25. Tenenbaum - Find helmet and boots
Das is gut! We sill make disgusting Frankenstein out of you yet. There is helmet and pair of boots and we will be, how you say, in business.
26. Tenenbaum - Find bodysuit and boots
Ja. It makes a good start. Now you go to find a bodysuit und a pair of boots.
27. Tenenbaum - Pheromones and voicebox
We are getting somewhere. Now we will find some pheromones for you und a voicebox. Let us go now, we have got the work to do.
28. Tenenbaum - Why are the boots here? [Suchong boots diary not yet found]
Was ist los? Why are these boots here? They should be in Failsafe Armored Escorts. Ach, no matter. Take them, take them.
29. Tenenbaum - Find bodysuit and helmet [Suchong boots diary already found]
Ach! You'll make terrible racket, but it's start. Now you will have need of bodysuit und helmet.
30. Tenenbaum - Find boots and pheromones
Gut. Now it is time to locate some pheromones to change your smell, and you will also need to locate those boots.
31. Tenenbaum - Find boots and voicebox
Gut. Now you'll need to modify your voice and find a pair of boots for yourself.
32. Tenenbaum - Find voicebox
Look at you! We will make Big Daddy out of you yet, I think. There is only one piece missing: The Voicebox Modification Machine in Optimized Eugenics.
33. Tenenbaum - Find pheromones
Look at you! We will make Big Daddy out of you yet, I think. There is only one piece missing: the pheromones. Go to the Little Wonders Educational Facility.
34. Tenenbaum - Find bodysuit
Ah! Look at you! We will make Big Daddy out of you yet, I think. There is only one piece missing: the bodysuit. Go to Failsafe Armored Escorts.
35. Tenenbaum - Find bodysuit
Boots und helmet. You must go back to Failsafe Armored Escorts and find bodysuit now. Schnell. There is no time to waste.
36. Tenenbaum - Find bodysuit
Und so, all we need now is bodysuit.
37. Tenenbaum - Find helmet
Boots and bodysuit. You must go back to Failsafe Armored Escorts und find helmet. Now. Schnell, there is no time to waste.
38. Tenenbaum - Find helmet
Wunderbar. All you need now is helmet.
39. Tenenbaum - Find boots
Ah, look at you. You look just the same as those ... Ah, what things we have done ... what things. Now the boots.
40. Tenenbaum - Need to find boots
Good. I hear the squawk of the voice box and I can only imagine how you must smell with those awful pheromones. Once you find those Frankenstein boots, you will be ready.
41. Tenenbaum - Go to Gatherer vent
Yes, now this is a Big Daddy. Are you ready? Now go to the Little Sister vent by the Proving Grounds.
[edit] Proving Ground
1. Tenenbaum - Get Gatherer from vent
You need to bring them out of hiding, and then they'll let you in the door. Go on, hit the vent with your wrench.
2. Tenenbaum - Hit vent with wrench [Delay hitting vent]
Was ist this you wait for? Go on, hit the vent with your wrench.
3. Tenenbaum - Mein kleines maedchen
Und bitte. It would mean very much to me if you will be gentle with the girls. Mein kleines maedchen.
4. Tenenbaum - Must protect little ones
The little ones will lead you to Fontaine, but you must protect them.
5. Frank Fontaine - A long road
That's it, kid. It's been a long road. You don't even remember most of it. Put you on a sub when you were just a sprout.
6. Frank Fontaine - Moira and Patrick
I really wound you up with that wife and child bit: "Oh, me poor Moira. Ah, me wee baby Patrick." Maybe one day I'll get me a real family. They play well with the suckers.
7. Tenenbaum - Lingering conditioning
Ach, look at them. Even though they are physically free of the need to gather, Suchong's mental conditioning still holds them to their terrible task. For sins such as this we can never atone.
8. Tenenbaum - Protect the little ones!
You must protect the little ones! They are no longer infused with ADAM. They are as vulnerable as any child!
9. Tenenbaum - Call another little one [Lost first LS]
If a little one falls, you can call for another at a vent. But to lose even one is a sin.
10. Tenenbaum - Splicer attack!
Watch out! For certain their harvesting will draw the attention of the splicers!
11. Fontaine - ???
Don't know what I was thinkin'. Never spliced up once the whole time I was down here in this aquarium. Figured it was bad to mix business with pleasure, but WHOOO! Forget all the nose candy and floor polish I been wastin' time with! THIS stuff is the mothers milk!
12. Tenenbaum - Opening the doors
Only the little ones can open these doors. You must protect them.
13. Tenenbaum - More splicers!
Hurry! The harvesting will draw the attention of the splicers!
14. Tenenbaum - Lost her [Lost second LS]
No! You have lost her!
15. Tenenbaum - Summon another little one [Lost second LS]
Find a vent and summon another little one.
16. Tenenbaum - Better to be with you
Better for the girls to be with you. Better with you than alone, alone in the crawling darkness.
17. Frank Fontaine - Need more
Hah! That might be enough for the working scrubs and the pencil pushers, but I need more, more. I want to splice 'till there ain't nothing left to splice with!
18. Tenenbaum - Fontaine is near
Fontaine is nearby. You are reaching close now.
19. Tenenbaum - Draining Fontaine
There, you must use the needle of the Little Sister to drain Fontaine of his ADAM. It is the only way to defeat him.
20. Tenenbaum - Ready for Fontaine
Fontaine waits above. There will be no going back from here. Make sure you are ready to face him before moving on.
21. Frank Fontaine - Ain't strictly business
I remember when me and the Kraut put you in that sub. You were no more than two. You were my ace in the hole, but you were also the closest thing I ever had to a son. And that's why this hurts. Betrayal, kid. Life ain't strictly business.
22. Tenenbaum - Use needle on Fontaine
Go! Go now! Hit him with the needle!
23. Tenenbaum - What are you waiting for?
What are you waiting for?! Hit him with the needle!
