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| - |- BGCOLOR="#FFA500" !Tuning Out (pt.1) - Windurst Waters |- BGCOLOR="#FFEC8B" |Leepe-Hoppe: I wonder what happened? Where could she be? I guess it's fair justice for threatening me... Leepe-Hoppe: Ah, it's you! My adventuring friend! Perhaps to my worries an ear you could lend? Leepe-Hoppe: I finished the fork, then I handed it to, That Mithran sin hunter. She was pleased, I tell you. Leepe-Hoppe: She packed up the fork, and then left right away. I've not seen her since that most harrowing day. Leepe-Hoppe: Of course, that new fork has never been tested. I hope that it worked in the way she requested... Leepe-Hoppe: It's possible the Mithra has been trapped inside. I would just forget it. And oh, how I've tried! Leepe-Hoppe: But I can't leave a lady to such a grim fate. So I've called upon stalwart Ildy-Goldy the Great! Leepe-Hoppe: Do you know of our Ildy, the one and the only? He protects us on trips to the lands far, wild, and lonely! Leepe-Hoppe: With his fighting skills he's sure to compete, On a level that rivals the Mithra elite! Leepe-Hoppe: Plus, they both wear those creepy black helms. I'm sure that they've traveled in similar realms. Ildy-Goldy: Vhat vas that aboutaru creepy helms...? Leepe-Hoppe: Oh! Ildy-Goldy, have you made any progress? Have you found that formidable Mithra sin huntress? Ildy-Goldy: It is mostaru veird. I did speak vith several persons who had seen a dark-helmeted Mithra... Ildy-Goldy: The Rhinostery researchers in Beaucedine say she vas headed in the direction of Xarcabard. Leepe-Hoppe: Xarcabard? Why'd she go there? Fei'Yin is the spot for an avatar's lair. Ildy-Goldy: ... Vhen I vas still a student, I vonce read a thesis written by Professor Iru-Kuiru. Ildy-Goldy: It talked of the Mithran belief that a crystal of darkness exists in Xarcabard. Ildy-Goldy: Iru-Kuiru vas on friendly-viendly terms vith the Mithra of Kazham. Ildy-Goldy: It might be bestaru to try speaking vith them about this matter. Leepe-Hoppe: Now that you mention it, I'm fairly sure, Our sin hunter came from that southerly shore. Ildy-Goldy: Vell then, it's settled. Adventurer, come and meet me in Kazham. The chieftainness may have some answer-vanswers for us. Leepe-Hoppe: Don'taru forget to put safety first. Like poor Iru-Kuiru, try not to get cursed. Leepe-Hoppe: An allied expedition member was he. A researcher from our beloved Rhinostery. |- BGCOLOR="#FFA500" !Tuning Out (pt.1) - Kazham |- BGCOLOR="#FFEC8B" |Jakoh Wahcondalo: You say you're looking for a Mithran Tracker? Jakoh Wahcondalo: You're gonna have to be more specific. There're several sin hunters prowling arrround your continent right now. Jakoh Wahcondalo: All hell's brrreaking loose in our homeland. Jakoh Wahcondalo: For some rrreason, the Emptiness of legend has appeared, despite our constant battles with the beastmen... Jakoh Wahcondalo: But that's neither here nor there. Jakoh Wahcondalo: So which Tracker are you looking for? The one hunting dragons? The one hunting songs? Or the one hunting gods? Jakoh Wahcondalo: A Mithra wearing a black helm? Ah, you'd be looking for Shikaree Y, then. She's always rrrubbing people's fur the wrong way. Ildy-Goldy: Chieftainness Jakoh. That sin hunter vas headed for Xarcabard vith an untested Rhinostery tuning fork. Ildy-Goldy: Ve vish to track her down. Vhere is the crystal of darkness mentioned in the legends of the Mithra? Jakoh Wahcondalo: Why should I know a thing like that, Ildy-Goldy? Jakoh Wahcondalo: I just took over here as chieftainness. Why don't you dirrrect your questions to our old boss? Ildy-Goldy: Romaa Mihgo? Ve Tarutaru--or more specifically the Rhinostery--are not on the bestaru of terms vith your former chieftainness. Ildy-Goldy: It vas connected to the allied expedition. Iru-Kuiru of the Rhinostery hired Yow Rabntah as an adventurer, and the tragedy that followed drove a vedge betweeen us and the Mithra of Kazham... Jakoh Wahcondalo: I have the same kind of prrroblems when it comes to Romaa. I had a run-in with her daughter, Nanaa Mihgo. Jakoh Wahcondalo: But Romaa still recognized my strength when it came to choosing a new chieftainness. She doesn't let her emotions interfere with important matters. Jakoh Wahcondalo: You two are trying to help Shikaree Y, rrright? Jakoh Wahcondalo: Be honest in your apprrroach and she'll tell you what you need to know. Romaa's probably mellowed out in her old age. Ildy-Goldy: Thank you for your advice. Ve vill see what Romaa Mihgo has to say. |- BGCOLOR="#FFA500" !Tuning Out (pt.2) - Kazham |- BGCOLOR="#FFEC8B" |Ildy-Goldy: Former Chieftainness Romaa Mihgo. I am Ildy-Goldy, an adventurer of the Rhinostery. This is Player name. Ildy-Goldy: Ve are looking for a Mithran Tracker who visited Vindurst. Ildy-Goldy: This Mithran Tracker traveled to the Northlands bearing a tuning fork of the Rhinostery. She has failed to return. Ildy-Goldy: This new model of tuning fork vas designed to resonate with the protocrystals of the great beings. Ildy-Goldy: However, this fork is vildly more powerful than the previous models. Its reliability has not been tested and, frankly-vankly, ve are rather vorried. Ildy-Goldy: Ve suspectaru the sin hunter has been unable to leave the crystal of darkness... Romaa Mihgo: Your worry is misplaced. Romaa Mihgo: Having a bunch of Tarutaru concerned for her welfare would be an insult worse than death for a trrracker. Romaa Mihgo: While it is trrrue that a tracker's senses are dulled in the Northlands, she's not some kitten to lose her way in the snow. Ildy-Goldy: But if she never returns, this situation vill escalate into a crime the Rhinostery mustaru answer to, correct? Ildy-Goldy: The allied expedition is a case-vase in pointaru. Ildy-Goldy: The Rhinostery is still haunted by the tragedy that befell Yow Rabntah after she vas employed by Iru-Kuiru. Ildy-Goldy: You expelled all of our researchers from your town and closed the gates of Kazham. Romaa Mihgo: ... Ildy-Goldy: I am sorry. I did not come here to open old vounds. Ve do not vish for conflictaru. Ildy-Goldy: Ve do not vant to jeopardize the ties that have been repaired betveen Kazham and the Rhinostery. Ildy-Goldy: Perhaps our renewed peace is not something you vish for... Romaa Mihgo: There are times when conflict is necessary... Ildy-Goldy: ! Romaa Mihgo: Rrrather than wandering in circles, endlessly repeating the same tired arguments... There are times when victory or defeat can prrrovide a clear answer. Romaa Mihgo: My time in the sun has ended... Romaa Mihgo: The Rhinostery has changed, as well. New members like you will shoulder the rrresponsibilities of this age, and forge new ties... Romaa Mihgo: But me... I'm an old-fashioned kinda girl. Romaa Mihgo: This impasse will be decided by victory or defeat. If your strength prrroves victorious, I will answer your request. Ildy-Goldy: I understand. It is the Mithran vay to bow to strength. I vill bring you the victory you demand. Romaa Mihgo: Good. Go to the waterfall in the east of the Yuhtunga Jungle. Romaa Mihgo: If you throw a pebble into the falls, a monster will appear. Your task is to defeat the crrreature and return here alive. Romaa Mihgo: Player name... You will watch the battle from a hill overlooking the waterfall. Romaa Mihgo: You will see that he doesn't employ the help of other adventurers, or use any other devious tactics... Ildy-Goldy: I vill not cheat. I vill single-handedly defeataru any creature you send me against! Ildy-Goldy: Let's go, Player name. Find a high place in the east of Yuhtunga from vhere you can see the battle at the vaterfall. |- BGCOLOR="#FFA500" !Tuning Out (pt.1) - Yuhtunga Jungle |- BGCOLOR="#FFEC8B" |Ildy-Goldy: Player name! Can you hear me!? Ildy-Goldy: I vill throw a pebble into the vaterfall now. It vill be a short battle, I promise you! Ildy-Goldy: !? Ildy-Goldy: Vait! This vasn't supposed to happen! |- BGCOLOR="#FFA500" !Tuning Out (pt.2) - Yuhtunga Jungle |- BGCOLOR="#FFEC8B" |Ildy-Goldy: I apologize, it vas a long path to the top. Ildy-Goldy: But you seem to have things under control. Did you defeat the beasty-veasts yourself? Ildy-Goldy: Phew. Vhat an exciting day, hey? I'm glad you know your vay around a battle. Ildy-Goldy: Now, ve return to the home of Romaa Mihgo! I have a word or two for that vily feline! |- BGCOLOR="#FFA500" !Tuning Out (pt.3) - Kazham |- BGCOLOR="#FFEC8B" |Ildy-Goldy: Romaa Mihgo! Ve have returned victorious! Ildy-Goldy: You underestimated Player name's strength. You have the answer you asked for. Romaa Mihgo: Hmm, so you survived my trial. Romaa Mihgo: Your failure to rrreach your companion's side in time does not speak highly of your ability, Ildy-Goldy... Romaa Mihgo: However, I will recognize this adventurer's victory. Ildy-Goldy: Hurrah! You did it, Player name! Romaa Mihgo: To business... You wanted to know where to find Shikaree Y? Ildy-Goldy: Yes. Ildy-Goldy: Justaru as a great crystal of fire lies hidden in the Yuhtunga Jungle, a crystal of darkness supposedly exists in the Northlands. Ildy-Goldy: Ve are certain this dark protocrystal vas the sin hunter's destination. Romaa Mihgo: Your instincts were correct. According to the legends, the god that slumbers within that crystal is the closest to waking... Romaa Mihgo: Our legends say that in the ancient past, the deity within the crystal of darkness awoke... Ildy-Goldy: Vone of the sleeping gods--vone of the great beings--vas avake!? Romaa Mihgo: It is said that the deity was led again into slumber by the light of a certain box. Romaa Mihgo: However, the sleep of this divinity is shallow, and he will answer the questions of those who appear before him... Ildy-Goldy: I see. And the tracker vent to speak vith this god? Romaa Mihgo: That is likely the case... Romaa Mihgo: But the rrresting place of this god is unknown to me. Romaa Mihgo: In Norg, there are old tales among the pirrrates that tell of an unusual box... Romaa Mihgo: These tales are surely known to Kamui, the aged officer that attends Gilgamesh. Romaa Mihgo: If you give the guard at the door a bunch of habanero peppers, a serving of black curry, and a mutton tortilla, you should be allowed to ask a few questions. Ildy-Goldy: Thank you. Ve vill talk to this "Kamui." Romaa Mihgo: One last thing. I wouldn't pursue the sin hunter too far... Romaa Mihgo: Mithran Trackers live for the hunt, but they do not aprrreciate being hunted. If you find she is safe and well, you would be wise to leave her be... |- BGCOLOR="#FFA500" !Tuning Out (pt.1) - Norg |- BGCOLOR="#FFEC8B" |Comitiolus: How'd you know to bring somethin' like this? Old Kamui just loves spicy foods. Comitiolus: Wait here. I'll go get him for you. Ildy-Goldy: , good vork on obtaining the bunch of habanero peppers and the other foods. Ildy-Goldy: I vill listen to vhat this Kamui has to say along vith you. Kamui: Sorry to keep you waiting. I was informed you brought me some tasty gifts. Kamui: How did you come by these items? You must be involved in the Tavnazian affairs that Gilgamesh mentioned. Kamui: In which case, I will give you my full cooperation. Tavnazia is my homeland. We lived in the marquisate when Lugalbanda was our leader. Ildy-Goldy: You are from Tavnazia? Ve have come here from Kazham after consulting vith the former chieftainness, Romaa Mihgo. Ildy-Goldy: Ve vish to hear the tale about a glowing box. The chieftainness said that you mightaru know of such a story. Kamui: You speak of the treasure of Tavnazia--the "baptismal vessel"? Kamui: Do you, too, seek the power of the magicite...? Ildy-Goldy: Magicite? No, ve did not come to ask about that cursed-vursed rock. Ildy-Goldy: Ve are looking for a crystal of darkness said to lie somevhere in the Northlands. Do you know anything of this legend? Kamui: A crystal of darkness... This must be related to the tale of a soldier who found the baptismal vessel in those frozen lands. Kamui: The story takes place in the time when King Ranperre ruled the Kingdom of San d'Oria... Kamui: A horde of Orcs once sailed from the northern continent to attempt a landing on Quon. Kamui: The Uleguerand Range, north of Xarcabard, would become the staging point for the Orcish Campaign. Kamui: To halt this invasion, the Tavnazian Navy took to the seas while King Ranperre led an army overland... Kamui: The snowy plains ran red with uncounted bloody skirmishes fought in the defense of Quon. Kamui: In the midst of the vicious battle, a San d'Orian soldier slipped and fell into a crevasse. Kamui: As he wandered in search of an exit from the winding tunnels, the soldier noticed an ephemeral voice calling to him. Kamui: The soldier began walking in the direction of the voice, and eventually stumbled upon an unexpected sight. Right before him lay a frozen lake, glowing with an eerie light... Ildy-Goldy: And then vhat happened? Kamui: It is said that the soldier was addressed by the voice of a god, but none know of the words that passed between them. Kamui: The story ends with the soldier returning from the Northlands bearing a mysterious box. This box was to become a holy relic of the Tavnazian Cathredral. Ildy-Goldy: A frozen lake in the Uleguerand Range, beyond the land of Xarcabard... Kamui: Now that I think about it, thirty years ago there was a Mithra who went in search of the lake after hearing this tale. She was unsuccessful. Kamui: Apparently she joined an allied expedition for her journey to the Northlands... Ildy-Goldy: Yow Rabntah vas looking for the frozen lake!? Kamui: Yes, but her experiences in that evil land twisted her soul. Kamui: Her return to Kazham sparked an intertribal conflict that cost many Mithra their lives. Kamui: After this incident, Romaa Mihgo became chieftainness, and her rule caused other problems between Kazham and Norg. But looking back, that was probably unavoidable. Kamui: Ah, I've veered from our original discussion. Ildy-Goldy: No, not at all. This has been mostaru informative, thank you. Ildy-Goldy: According to Kamui's story, Yow Rabntah joined the allied expedition of her own free vill. Ildy-Goldy: Vas Romaa Mihgo not avare of this fact? Ildy-Goldy: Hmm. The Uleguerand Range is not a place to visitaru lightly. Ildy-Goldy: Let us call upon the Rhinostery adventurers in the Northlands for help! Ildy-Goldy: , meet me at the tower on the Beaucedine Glacier vhere my Rhinostery peers are located. Until then! |- BGCOLOR="#FFA500" !Tuning Out (pt.1) - Beaucedine Glacier |- BGCOLOR="#FFEC8B" |Torino-Samarino: What do you mean, you can'taru find that Mithra? Potete: You would think someone wearing that much black would be easy to find in all this white... Leigon-Moigon: Waitaru! A helmed figure approaches! Ildy-Goldy: Leigon-Moigon, you also vear a helmet, remember? Ildy-Goldy: I have discovered vhere that sin hunter vas heading. This is going to be trickier than ve thought. Ildy-Goldy: The Mithra vas looking for a frozen lake that exists somevhere in the Uleguerand Range... Torino-Samarino: Whoa! Even we Rhinostery adventurers have never set foot in that place! Potete: Justaru getting through to Xarcabard is crazy-wazy enough! Traveling beyond that is absolutaru madness! Ildy-Goldy: The Rhinostery's research vill take us there eventually. Should ve call Minister Rukususu...? Leigon-Moigon: Minister Rukususu has been allergic to Mithra ever since that incidentaru with Iru-Kuiru. Torino-Samarino: It's not just that. The Rhinostery has been having troubles with Kazham for decades. Torino-Samarino: It's only since Jakoh Wahcondalo became chieftainness that things have returned to normal. Potete: Maybe we should leave this game of cat and mouse to the Mithra. Potete: This is their faultaru in the first place. That sin hunter forcing the Rhinostery to make an irregular tuning fork, after all... Torino-Samarino: Researchers from all over the place have complained about their treatmentaru at the paws of that madwoman. Leigon-Moigon: That's rightaru! And someone should take that helm away from her! She's a black mark on all my helmet-wearing brethren! ???: What's that about my helmet, sugarpie? Ildy-Goldy: Shikaree Y! You're okay! Shikaree Y: So sorry. I seem to have had your little hearts all aflutter. Shikaree Y: I heard the tale from the Mithra in Kazham. Apparently some helmeted Tarutaru was rrruning around telling everybody I had died. Leigon-Moigon: (It wasn't me!) Ildy-Goldy: That tuning fork had never been tested. You're free to risk your life in any vay you see fit, but I vill not have the Rhinostery blamed for your death. Shikaree Y: You know, I was never able to use it. Ildy-Goldy: Vhat!? Leigon-Moigon: (It wasn't our fault!) Ildy-Goldy: It vas defective? Shikaree Y: No, nothing like that. It had nothing to do with the protocrystal. Shikaree Y: Some power prrrevented me from reaching the lake. Ildy-Goldy: And your questions for the sleeping gods? Shikaree Y: Surely you've figured it out, pumpkin? I wasn't able to meet them. Shikaree Y: I followed your trail to Norg where I heard some fascinating news. Shikaree Y: The old guy must've told you that someone was asking about magicite... Shikaree Y: This person has been making all sorts of inquiries in Norg and the Tenshodo. You don't happen to have any details on this, do you? Ildy-Goldy: Now that you mention it, Kamui started talking about magicite vhen ve asked for the tale of the baptismal vessel. Ildy-Goldy: I don't know if it's true or not, but rumors say that the stones being collected by the beastmen were called... Shikaree Y: Magicite. Fairly weak versions, as far as my rrresearch goes. Shikaree Y: The stone I am interested in is far stronger and calls the darkness within you... I am speaking of black magicite. Shikaree Y: And when you mention black magicite, it means you're talking about the "Star of Tavnazia." Ildy-Goldy: ...? Shikaree Y: Oh, bother. I seem to have said too much. Shikaree Y: Why don't you forget I said anything? If you feel you can't forget, I'll be happy to beat you until you can't remember a thing. Ildy-Goldy: !? Ildy-Goldy: Vhat vas that all about? Ildy-Goldy: Black magicite? The darkness vithin...? Ildy-Goldy: , thank you for assisting me vith my duties. It has been a pleasure. Please take this as compensation for all your hard vork, including the trouble you vent through acquiring the gifts for Kamui. Torino-Samarino: Wow! Potete: Nice! Leigon-Moigon: You can buy a new helmet with that! Ildy-Goldy: You three, keep Minister Rukususu safe from harm. I bid you farevell. |- BGCOLOR="#FFA500" !Tuning Out - Dialogue- Windurst Waters (South) |- BGCOLOR="#FFEC8B" |Leepe-Hoppe: The triumphant adventurer returns from his quest! Ildy told us you passed every trial and test! Leepe-Hoppe: As thanks for your help in this troublesome case, Here's a helmet that sells at incredible pace! Leepe-Hoppe: I've made it so it can be warn by we mages! It's sending the milliner into red rages! Obtained: Cache-nez. |}
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