Is this thing on?
Smacks recorder
Eh, whatever.
Clears throat
My name is Jerry Hartley. I'm a resident of the city of Rapture in this the year 1956. I'm a scientist employed by Fontaine Furturistics, and have been for some time now. I've had no reason until now to start doing these audio log things, but I'm concerned for the direction this culture has taken, scientifically.
It started off with the introduction of plasmids—allowing people to essentially genetically change their DNA and do things that—well, things the human body was never meant to do. "The next step in evolution."
And people didn't question it for a second.
The plasmids depend on the consumption of Adam, so the Little Sisters were developed to gather the Adam. And again, no one seemed concerned as to where these little girls came from.
Now, we've realized that these little girls—if you could call them that—need protectors. Talk has begun about a "Big Daddy" program. Who knows what they're gonna have us cooking up in the lab, but God help whoever is unfortunate enough to become the subjects.
I'll record more as the situation develops.
I'm not sure how much more I can stand, but I also hate to think what will happen if I say something, let alone up and quit.
Eh, I suppose I'll cross that bridge when I get there.
Fumbles with machine
Now how do I turn this damn thi—
Click
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I don't know how well I'll keep up with this, honestly. This story is inspired by the saying "Who is John Galt?" from the book Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. If you don't know, this book is actually the inspiration from which Andrew Ryan derives his philosophy. I'm quite a big fan of the book personally, and I thought it would be neat to be able to tie the game to the book even more, in my own way. Emjoy!