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0,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_00","The deputy postmoogle has a letter requiring delivery to a dashing band of players."
1,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_01","The deputy postmoogle has entrusted you with a missive from an Ul'dahn merchant to the renowned Gridanian minstrel troupe, the Homunculi. Deliver the letter to their leader, Augustiniel, at the Greatloam Growery, where they are wont to rehearse."
2,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_02","Augustiniel rejoices upon receiving the letter, explaining that his band has found the patron that they have been seeking to fund their long-sought musical tour of Eorzea. The joyous moment is interrupted by Maisenta of Black Rabbit Traders, the Homunculi's long-standing patron, who is most distressed to hear that her beloved band will be breaking their partnership and seeking sponsorship elsewhere. Sensing something amiss with the Ul'dahn trader's offer, she solicits your aid. Rendezvous with her out of earshot beneath the bridge near the Leatherworkers' Guild."
3,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_03","You rendezvous with Maisenta under the bridge. Reiterating her misgivings, she enlists you to canvass the markets for any rumors that may shed light on disreputable dealings by Ul'dahn merchants."
4,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_04","The three merchants you questioned spoke freely of rumors regarding the attacks on Black Rabbit supply wagons. One merchant went so far as to imply that the Ul'dahns were behind the attacks, while another─while harboring no such suspicions of misdeeds─observed that Rishushu has been known to submit reports to her homeland. Return to the rendezvous point beneath the bridge and share your findings with Maisenta."
5,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_05","The information you have gleaned seems to have confirmed Maisenta's suspicions, as she entreats your aid in carrying out a plan to bring the perpetrators to justice. Take the document she has prepared as part of this stratagem and deliver it to the self-styled “independent” merchant Rishushu at the Ebony Stalls."
6,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_06","Rishushu takes quite an interest in the documents you provided, even promising you a share of the profits they will presumably bring her. Has this exchange gone according to Maisenta's plans? Report to the Black Rabbit consignor at the rendezvous point beneath the bridge and see what comes next."
7,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_07","With your report further confirming Maisenta's suspicions, she is then visited upon by an associate of Rishushu's, who has been successfully persuaded to pilfer a few documents from his employer's books. All together, the documents point strongly to a connection between Rishushu and the disreputable Baert Trading Company, which has hired brigands to further their shady agenda. Fearing that lives and valued cargo are at stake, she urges you to make for the road southwest of the White Wolf Gate in the Central Shroud, that a potential ambush might be averted."
8,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_08","You successfully dispatch the brigands and acquire a bill that stands as incontrovertible proof of the involvement of the Baert Trading Company. Deliver it to Maisenta at her place of business in the Knot."
9,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_09","Maisenta is overjoyed, as your efforts have afforded her with the evidence she needs to confront Rishushu and, in the process, win her beloved minstrel troupe back to her side once and for all. Hurry to the Gridanian airship landing and present the shifty trader with the incriminating documentation."
10,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_10","Caught red-handed with evidence of her wrongdoings, Rishushu repents. Though she swears that she was not complicit in the attacks on the Black Rabbit supply wagons, she acknowledges that her single-minded pursuit of profit caused her to turn a blind eye to the underside of her chosen partners, obstructing Maisenta's efforts at honest trade and putting innocent lives at stake. Maisenta, ever willing to make a deal, offers to look the other way in exchange for Rishushu's promise that she will meddle with neither the Homunculi nor Black Rabbit Traders' business again. Observing their patron's ruthless relentlessness in achieving her aims, the honey-tongued bards are quick to change their tune and sing Maisenta's praises. With a revitalized Black Rabbit Traders backing them, their long-awaited realm-wide debut is doubtless close at hand."
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24,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_00","Deliver the letter to Augustiniel in Gridania."
25,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_01","Speak with Maisenta outside the Leatherworkers' Guild."
26,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_02","Gather information from merchants at the markets."
27,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_03","Speak with Maisenta outside the Leatherworkers' Guild."
28,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_04","Deliver the Black Rabbit Traders receipt to Rishushu."
29,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_05","Speak with Maisenta outside the Leatherworkers' Guild."
30,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_06","Dispatch outlaws southwest of the White Wolf Gate and obtain evidence of conspiracy."
31,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_07","Deliver the Baert Trading Company bill to Maisenta at the Knot."
32,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_08","Present evidence to Rishushu at the airship landing in Gridania."
33,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_09",""
34,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_10",""
35,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_11",""
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40,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_16",""
41,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_17",""
42,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_18",""
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48,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_LETTERMOOGLE_000_000","If it isn't my favorite assistant, kupo! Brace yourself, for today I've a task for you that will have all the fair maidens in Gridania green with envy! This letter in my paw is addressed to none other than the Homunculi!"
49,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_LETTERMOOGLE_000_001","You are familiar with the Homunculi, yes? The traveling troupe of troubadours, renowned for stirring the seeds of passion the realm over? Ever since their recent performance in Gridania, their popularity has gone through the roof, kupo!"
50,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_LETTERMOOGLE_000_002","Why, I've handled hundreds of fan letters in the past fortnight alone─kupo-oh? This particular epistle appears to be from a trader in Ul'dah. A matter of business, mayhap?"
51,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_LETTERMOOGLE_000_003","All the more reason that it must be delivered to Gridania with haste! You will find the band and its leader, Augustiniel, rehearsing for their next performance at the Greatloam Growery."
52,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_LETTERMOOGLE_000_005","The Homunculi have an exclusive contract with Gridania's Black Rabbit Traders. What dealings could they possibly have with a merchant of Ul'dah?"
53,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_LETTERMOOGLE_000_006","In any event, you will find the band and its leader, Augustiniel, rehearsing for their next performance at the Greatloam Growery. Pray deliver the message with all speed, kupo!"
54,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_010","This lilting melody I've composed is guaranteed to melt the heart of any maiden who hears it─mark my words."
55,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_010","Would you mind treading a bit more quietly? We are creating works of musical genius here, if you haven't noticed."
56,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_010","Well, if it isn't my friend from Hatching-tide! Just couldn't keep away, could you? 'Tis a common affliction among my admirers─of which you are but one, needless to say. If you've come seeking my autograph, I ask that you return when our rehearsal is done."
57,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_100_010","I am Augustiniel, vocalist and leader of the Homunculi, a lyrical genius the likes of which this realm has ne'er before seen. And you, no doubt, are one of my innumerable fans. If you've come seeking my autograph, I ask that you return when our rehearsal is done."
58,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_011","A letter? Don't tell me─you've taken on a second career as a messenger <If(PlayerParameter(4))>girl<Else/>boy</If> that you might afford tickets to our next performance! Most admirable, friend, most admirable indeed."
59,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_012","Has our new contract arrived, perchance? I am ever so looking forward to sharing our gift of music with Eorzeans the realm over."
60,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_013","Our ballads and lays shall sweep the land, and a new chapter in the legend of the Homunculi will be writ! That said, it is a touch...bittersweet. It is only through Maisenta's patronage that we stand where we are today."
61,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_014","Did I hear my name? What might I do for you today, Augustiniel? Looking to procure new garb for your next performance, mayhap?"
62,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_015","My darling Maisenta! Just the lady we were hoping to see. The Homunculi have a most important announcement to make, and I felt you should be the first to know."
63,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_016","To put it simply, we are taking our show on the highroad. The Homunculi have made arrangements for a musical tour that will span from the peaks of Coerthas to Thanalan!"
64,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_017","Why, our long-sought dream, realized at last! I truly could not be happier for you. Needless to say, as your patrons, Black Rabbit Traders will gladly provide you with the funds for this momentous undertaking."
65,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_018","That said, recent events have thinned our coffers some. But worry not! I shall return and meet with my superiors immediately. I can promise you that you will be able to depart within the next moon."
66,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_019","The sentiment is welcome, my darling, but that will not be necessary. A trader from Ul'dah has promised us all the gil we need. We leave on the morrow."
67,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_020","I'm afraid there is another rub. Our new backers desire to be the sole and singular patrons of the Homunculi. Our relationship with Black Rabbit Traders has been a mutually beneficial one, but I fear that it must come to an end."
68,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_021","Wh-What!? You cannot mean this!"
69,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_022","Maisenta, my dear. We are forever in your debt for all that you have done for us, and yet, you must understand. The gift we would share with the realm is too great to tarry here any longer."
70,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_023","Parting is always such sweet sorrow, and yet, the pain would only be greater were we to linger on. We will treasure the memories we have made forever, but the road calls us onward."
71,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_024","As ever, the words flow from your lips like honey. Very well─if this is the choice you have made, who am I to stand in your way? I say only this─this tour of yours had best be the greatest show Eorzea has ever seen. As your first and foremost admirer, I will settle for nothing less!"
72,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_025","It will be all that and more. You have my word, my dear."
73,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_026","(Adventurer...I would have a word with you. Meet me beneath the bridge by the Leatherworkers' Guild, and speak to no one of our conversation.)"
74,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_029","'Twas Maisenta herself who first proposed the idea of sharing the gift of song with the realm. The decision was a painful one, but business is business."
75,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_029","Once again, I leave a girl in tears. My fair features, my gift of music─'twould seem my blessings are also my curse..."
76,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_029","<sniff> ...It's been some time since I've written a sorrowful refrain, but suddenly I feel the inspiration striking me."
77,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_029","There is something amiss about all this. I would discuss the matter further, but not here─meet me beneath the bridge by the Leatherworkers' Guild."
78,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_030","Thank you for coming, adventurer─let us delve straight into the matter at hand. You know that I serve as consignor of Black Rabbit Traders, yes?"
79,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_031","It is a profession which is about as glamorous as it sounds─which is to say, not very. There was a time when I entertained the thought of leaving it in search of a more fulfilling line of work. Then, one day, I happened upon <Emphasis>them</Emphasis>."
80,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_032","Their music was enchanting, and their countenances even more so. But the garb they wore─my dearly departed great-grandmother wouldn't be caught dead in those garish rags!"
81,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_033","And so I proposed an offer: Black Rabbit Traders would clothe the Homunculi in our finest garb, and pay a sum sufficient to keep their instruments in good fettle. In return, their performances would serve to promote our wares."
82,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_034","It was a relationship that exceeded the wildest expectations of all involved. Gridanians flocked to their performances, and business at Black Rabbit Traders burgeoned. It was a dream come true for all of us. A dream I thought would last forever..."
83,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_035","But I assure you this is no self-centered grudge─this sudden offer is most troubling. For all our successes, the profits the Homunculi have brought us would barely amount to a clink in the coffers of any wealthy Ul'dahn trader. No, I smell something amiss."
84,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_036","I would ask your expertise in investigating the matter. Walk the markets of Gridania and listen to the word on the street. Should you hear of any shady dealings, return here and share them with me."
85,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_038","This offer that the Homunculi have received─I am certain that something is amiss. Walk the markets of Gridania and listen to the word on the street. Should you hear of any shady dealings, return here and share them with me."
86,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_039","How fare you in the task we discussed? Should you uncover any information, seek me out at the location we last met."
87,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_PARSEMONTRET_000_040","Any <Emphasis>news</Emphasis>? Do you take Parsemontret, master of the markets, for a common rumormonger!? And to compound the insult, you come bearing not even a single eel pie. Oh, very well... I shall deign to answer, if for no other reason than that you seem unlike to leave my sight until I do."
88,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_PARSEMONTRET_000_041","All the talk about the markets of late has been of the attacks on the Black Rabbit supply wagons─as you might have heard for yourself if you had a pair of working ears."
89,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_PARSEMONTRET_000_042","With the damage visited by the Calamity upon the land and its natural resources, trade has been slow to recover in Gridania these past five years. It's only with the wares brought in by traveling merchants from Ul'dah that these markets have been able to sustain this level of activity."
90,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_PARSEMONTRET_000_043","The only local operation that has been able to bring in a steady profit is Black Rabbit Traders, what with their purchasing of items from adventurers and Maisenta's recent efforts to employ that band of honey-tongued bards in publicizing her product. Perhaps they've enjoyed a bit <Emphasis>too</Emphasis> much success for others' liking?"
91,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_PARSEMONTRET_000_045","All the talk about the markets of late has been of the attacks on the Black Rabbit supply wagons─as you might have heard for yourself if you had a pair of working ears."
92,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MARCQUELORT_000_040","Rumors, you say? Surprised you haven't heard 'em yourself. Can't take more than two steps these days without hearing of another attack on a Black Rabbit supply wagon."
93,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MARCQUELORT_000_041","I've got my own theories as to the perpetrators, mind you. And they start with a certain Ul'dahn wench who I reckon ain't too happy about her rival's recent successes. "
94,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MARCQUELORT_000_042","Evidence? Let's just call it instinct. I wouldn't trust an Ul'dahn half as far as I could throw one."
95,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MARCQUELORT_000_045","I've got my own theories as to the perpetrators, mind you. And they start with a certain Ul'dahn wench who I reckon ain't too happy to see her main rival raking in the gil."
96,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MARCQUELORT_000_046","Evidence? Let's just call it instinct. I wouldn't trust an Ul'dahn half as far as I could throw one."
97,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_HADREFORT_000_040","Whoever could be behind these unpardonable crimes...? What crimes, you say? Why, I speak of the vicious attacks on Black Rabbit supply wagons, of course. I'm surprised you've not heard─the tales are so terrifying as to keep the bravest merchant up at night."
98,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_HADREFORT_000_041","My brother Marcquelort, stubborn as he is, is convinced that the Ul'dahns are pulling the strings. I, however, believe we should be wary against letting our prejudices color our views."
99,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_HADREFORT_000_042","Take Rishushu, for one. While many merchants think only of profit, she has spared no effort in studying Gridanian culture and trade, filing regular reports to Ul'dah on the transactions made at these markets."
100,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_HADREFORT_000_043","As she tells it, she has taken an active role in promoting Gridanian wares in her own homeland and across the realm. My brother is entitled to his opinion, but I cannot see how any could question the girl's intentions."
101,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_HADREFORT_000_045","My brother Marcquelort, stubborn as he is, is convinced that the Ul'dahns are pulling the strings. I, however, believe we should be wary against letting our prejudices color our views."
102,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_HADREFORT_000_046","Take Rishushu, for one. While many merchants think only of profit, she has spared no effort in studying our culture and trade, making efforts to promote Gridanian wares in Ul'dah. My brother is entitled to his opinion, but I cannot see how any could question the girl's intentions."
103,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_050","...So our recent troubles are the talk of the town. Little surprise, that─to the rumormonger, the misfortune of others tastes as sweet as honeyed mead."
104,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_051","I must say, this news that Rishushu is monitoring transactions at our markets is somewhat concerning. While I have no desire to race to conclusions, I believe caution is in order."
105,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_052","There is more. While presenting herself as an independent merchant, I have reason to believe she procures a sizable portion of her stock through the Baert Trading Company."
106,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_053","Perhaps the name is unfamiliar to you? It is most often heard in connection with all manner of ill rumors─dealings in stolen goods, swindling unsuspecting customers, and so on and so forth."
107,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_054","Under normal circumstances, I'd want nothing to do with this band of thieves, but if they've set their sights on my honey-tongued Homunculi, I simply refuse to turn a blind eye. Fortunately, I have an idea..."
108,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_055","I've prepared a certain document that should pique Rishushu's interest. I would ask you to deliver it to her and keep her distracted. I will take care of the rest."
109,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_060","Ul'dahn gentlemen are so strong and brave, indeed. No doubt a single swing of your blade would cut through any troubles that stood in my path. You would do that for me...wouldn't you?"
110,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_100_060","Deliver the document to Rishushu and keep her distracted. I will take care of the rest. When the deed is done, meet me at you-know-where."
111,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_060","Ah, Maisenta...the only Gridanian I've met in my time here who understands how to do business. Whatever brings her to─hm? Yes, what can I do for you?"
112,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_061","A proposition for me, you say? I've been around far too long to fall for empty tales of easy profits and great windfalls. But very well, let us see what you would offer..."
113,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_062","Hm...? This is...!"
114,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_063","...A page from the Black Rabbit ledgers, complete with a list of all wares purchased from adventurers, along with their selling and purchasing prices!"
115,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_064","With this knowledge, I can simply sell the wares that they offer at a discount, while raising the price on those goods not obtainable elsewhere. Simply by following the principles of good trade, I'll be able to make a fortune!"
116,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_065","...My dear Maisenta. I know not what brings you here today, but it would appear you've come just in time to watch me win over your loyal customers."
117,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_100_065","Your services today will not be forgotten. Come back in a fortnight's time and I promise you'll receive your fair share of the profits."
118,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_069","The information you provided will mean a fortune to us. Come back in a fortnight's time and I promise you'll receive your fair share of the profits."
119,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_069","...Excellent. That went precisely according to plan. Meet me you-know-where and we shall plan our next course of action."
120,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_070","I cannot thank you enough─with your aid, the first step of my plan has been carried out to perfection. Now, my visitor should be arriving any moment..."
121,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_100_070","...Yes, thank you. As promised, here is your payment in full."
122,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_071","What's that look for, friend? A smart businesswoman knows how to use all of her <Emphasis>resources</Emphasis>, if you understand what I mean..."
123,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_072","The fellow who just departed was one of Rishushu's underlings. I asked him to search his mistress's stall for two documents. The first one, which my new friend has dutifully delivered, is a contract with the Homunculi..."
124,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_073","As I suspected, Rishushu aims to steal our profits, and seeks to accomplish this first and foremost by luring our exclusive band of bards away from us."
125,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_074","The other document I have...acquired...is a page from the latest report sent by Rishushu to Ul'dah. Note the red mark along our major trading thoroughfare."
126,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_075","Assuming that Rishushu's associates at the Baert Trading Company are in possession of the same document, I suspect that the next attack on our supply caravan will strike right there─in the Central Shroud, due southwest from the White Wolf Gate."
127,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_076","Such brazen acts of banditry cannot be permitted, yes? I beg of you, adventurer─hurry into the wood and give the would-be ambushers the drubbing they deserve."
128,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_077","Should you find any evidence of a connection to those blackguards at Baert, deliver it to me at my place of business at the Knot. If we do not act quickly, my sweet-tongued, fair-haired beauties will be lost to Gridania forever!"
129,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_078","Brazen acts of banditry cannot be permitted, yes? I beg of you, adventurer─hurry into the wood and give the would-be ambushers the drubbing they deserve."
130,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_079","Should you find any evidence of a connection to those blackguards at Baert, deliver it to me at my place of business at the Knot. If we do not act quickly, my sweet-tongued, fair-haired beauties will be lost to Gridania forever!"
131,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_POPMESSAGE_000_000","You sense a hostile presence!"
132,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_POPMESSAGE_000_001","The enemy is still about! "
133,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_BALOON_000_079","Empty yer wagon or I'll empty yer innards!"
134,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_BALOON_100_079","Yer wares or yer life─I'll gladly take them both!"
135,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_KUROUSAGI_000_079","C-Call me mad, but I can't shake the sense that I'm being f-followed. There's ill rumors of these roads of late..."
136,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_KUROUSAGI_000_080","The shock took a year or two off my life, I reckon, but apart from that I'm no worse for the wear. I can't thank you enough, friend."
137,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_080","It heartens me to know that our man is safe─you have my thanks, adventurer. Pray tell, were you able to find any evidence of a connection to those rogues at Baert?"
138,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_081","...Aha! Just as I suspected. It began as mere speculation, but I daresay we've built ourselves a most convincing case. Yes, everything has come together..."
139,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_082","Rishushu's reports on the flow of goods at the markets found their way to those scoundrels at Baert, who─seizing upon the chance for a quick profit─orchestrated the attacks on our suppliers."
140,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_083","The stolen wares were hauled back to Baert, then sold for a pittance to Rishushu. With the goods now in high demand, she raised her prices, doubtless funneling a portion of the ample profits back into the Baert coffers."
141,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_084","To add insult to injury, they were poised to use these ill-gotten gains─along with the timely troubles of Black Rabbit Traders─to lure my precious Homunculi away from me."
142,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_085","Why, it's a plan so brilliant I wish I'd come up with it myself! But thanks to you, friend, it's a plan that has now been spectacularly foiled."
143,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_086","Augustiniel and the others came by just moments ago to say farewell. If we hurry, we can catch them before they depart─we must make for the airship landing without delay!"
144,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_087","I have it on good account that Rishushu will be in attendance to see them off. Let us shove the evidence of these twisted dealings in her self-satisfied little face!"
145,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_088","If we hurry, we can catch the Homunculi before their departure─we must make for the airship landing without delay!"
146,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_089","I have it on good account that Rishushu will be in attendance to see them off. Let us shove the evidence of these twisted dealings in her self-satisfied little face!"
147,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_090","Come to see us off, have you? The gesture truly is appreciated. But worry not! We shall return to Gridania someday─though I cannot guarantee that tickets to our performances will be easily come by."
148,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_090","<sniff> It simply won't be the same without Maisenta. That said, I hear that there is no dearth of buxom beauties in Ul'dah..."
149,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_090","Oh, do not cry for your Orselfaux, Maisenta! 'Twould pain my heart to see your beautiful countenance clouded so!"
150,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_090","...Ahem. Come for your share, have you? Patience, friend─fortunes are not made in a day. Or do you have another proposition for me?"
151,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_091","Well now, what have we─well, I never! Just whose side are you on, anyhow!?"
152,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_092","This adventurer kindly rescued one of our wagons from a band of bloodthirsty brigands. Brigands who just <Emphasis>happened</Emphasis> to be in possession of the bill you now see."
153,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_093","Meanwhile, <Emphasis>I</Emphasis> have managed to come into the possession of detailed reports on our trading activities, signed in your name and addressed to the Baert Trading Company. Quite the coincidence, wouldn't you say?"
154,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_094","Ladies, please! This bickering ill becomes your beautiful features! Rishushu! Did you say you would donate a share of your profits to see Black Rabbit Traders through their recent plight?"
155,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_095","B-Brigands...!? What nonsense is this? Any reports I made to Ul'dah were simply in the interest of fostering trade! That my contacts at Baert would use them to such ill ends is unthinkable! Well, ah, given their reputation, perhaps not entirely so..."
156,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_096","...I suspected as much. Let me guess: you had your misgivings, but couldn't let your conscience get in the way when there were fortunes to be had. So you cast your lot with Baert, covered your eyes and ears and hoped for the best."
157,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_097","Ignorance of your complicity is no excuse, Rishushu. I hear that the Wood Wailers and Gods' Quiver are taking particularly severe measures regarding the sale of stolen and poached goods in light of recent events."
158,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_098","A word or two from me and you'll spend the night in the comfort of your very own gaol cell. That said, I might still be persuaded to look the other way...provided we can come to an agreement."
159,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_099","M-My darling Maisenta! Speaking as an almost-victim of these shady schemes, I daresay Miss Rishushu's deeds should not go unpunished! Ah, then again, one might argue it might be an equal crime to imprison such a comely lass..."
160,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_100","Sever all ties with the Baert Trading Company at once, and promise me you'll never so much as lay a finger on my precious Homunculi again. These are my conditions, and they are <Emphasis>not</Emphasis> negotiable!"
161,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_100_100","N-Never again! You have my word! Starting on the morrow, every merchant in the markets will vouch that they've never seen a trader as reputable as Rishushu!"
162,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_101","There's no putting anything past you, my dear, now is there? Brilliant <Emphasis>and</Emphasis> beautiful─now there's a lass worthy of song."
163,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_102","...Says he who was ready to bolt for the desert at the call of the highest bidder. Hah! Consider yourself fortunate that when it comes to business, I can hold my own with anyone in Ul'dah─or the realm, for that matter."
164,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_103","...With the help of a few good friends, that is."
165,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_104","Haha! Ahaha! Bwahahahahahaha! Bold and beautiful! Oh, how could we ever have so much as thought of parting ways!?"
166,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_105","Just so, just so! Why, I've never seen a woman more willing and able to use all the resources at her disposal to overcome any obstacle in her path. Remind me never to end up on your bad side again, my dear!"
167,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_106","Stick to your songwriting and singing and leave the financial affairs to me, and I don't foresee us having any more problems. Do we have an understanding?"
168,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_107","We do! We most certainly do! Maisenta, my dear, you are a veritable sheer force of nature. I cannot imagine any who would dare stand in your way..."
169,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_108","I'll be watching your future performances─and our ledgers─with <Emphasis>great</Emphasis> interest. Here's to a profitable relationship for years and years to come!"
170,"TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SYSTEM_000_000","With your successful delivery, your reputation as a letter carrier has grown! "
0,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_00,The deputy postmoogle has a letter requiring delivery to a dashing band of players.
1,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_01,"The deputy postmoogle has entrusted you with a missive from an Ul'dahn merchant to the renowned Gridanian minstrel troupe, the Homunculi. Deliver the letter to their leader, Augustiniel, at the Greatloam Growery, where they are wont to rehearse."
2,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_02,"Augustiniel rejoices upon receiving the letter, explaining that his band has found the patron that they have been seeking to fund their long-sought musical tour of Eorzea. The joyous moment is interrupted by Maisenta of Black Rabbit Traders, the Homunculi's long-standing patron, who is most distressed to hear that her beloved band will be breaking their partnership and seeking sponsorship elsewhere. Sensing something amiss with the Ul'dahn trader's offer, she solicits your aid. Rendezvous with her out of earshot beneath the bridge near the Leatherworkers' Guild."
3,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_03,"You rendezvous with Maisenta under the bridge. Reiterating her misgivings, she enlists you to canvass the markets for any rumors that may shed light on disreputable dealings by Ul'dahn merchants."
4,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_04,"The three merchants you questioned spoke freely of rumors regarding the attacks on Black Rabbit supply wagons. One merchant went so far as to imply that the Ul'dahns were behind the attacks, while another─while harboring no such suspicions of misdeeds─observed that Rishushu has been known to submit reports to her homeland. Return to the rendezvous point beneath the bridge and share your findings with Maisenta."
5,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_05,"The information you have gleaned seems to have confirmed Maisenta's suspicions, as she entreats your aid in carrying out a plan to bring the perpetrators to justice. Take the document she has prepared as part of this stratagem and deliver it to the self-styled “independent” merchant Rishushu at the Ebony Stalls."
6,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_06,"Rishushu takes quite an interest in the documents you provided, even promising you a share of the profits they will presumably bring her. Has this exchange gone according to Maisenta's plans? Report to the Black Rabbit consignor at the rendezvous point beneath the bridge and see what comes next."
7,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_07,"With your report further confirming Maisenta's suspicions, she is then visited upon by an associate of Rishushu's, who has been successfully persuaded to pilfer a few documents from his employer's books. All together, the documents point strongly to a connection between Rishushu and the disreputable Baert Trading Company, which has hired brigands to further their shady agenda. Fearing that lives and valued cargo are at stake, she urges you to make for the road southwest of the White Wolf Gate in the Central Shroud, that a potential ambush might be averted."
8,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_08,You successfully dispatch the brigands and acquire a bill that stands as incontrovertible proof of the involvement of the Baert Trading Company. Deliver it to Maisenta at her place of business in the Knot.
9,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_09,"Maisenta is overjoyed, as your efforts have afforded her with the evidence she needs to confront Rishushu and, in the process, win her beloved minstrel troupe back to her side once and for all. Hurry to the Gridanian airship landing and present the shifty trader with the incriminating documentation."
10,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_10,"Caught red-handed with evidence of her wrongdoings, Rishushu repents. Though she swears that she was not complicit in the attacks on the Black Rabbit supply wagons, she acknowledges that her single-minded pursuit of profit caused her to turn a blind eye to the underside of her chosen partners, obstructing Maisenta's efforts at honest trade and putting innocent lives at stake. Maisenta, ever willing to make a deal, offers to look the other way in exchange for Rishushu's promise that she will meddle with neither the Homunculi nor Black Rabbit Traders' business again. Observing their patron's ruthless relentlessness in achieving her aims, the honey-tongued bards are quick to change their tune and sing Maisenta's praises. With a revitalized Black Rabbit Traders backing them, their long-awaited realm-wide debut is doubtless close at hand."
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24,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_00,Deliver the letter to Augustiniel in Gridania.
25,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_01,Speak with Maisenta outside the Leatherworkers' Guild.
26,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_02,Gather information from merchants at the markets.
27,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_03,Speak with Maisenta outside the Leatherworkers' Guild.
28,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_04,Deliver the Black Rabbit Traders receipt to Rishushu.
29,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_05,Speak with Maisenta outside the Leatherworkers' Guild.
30,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_06,Dispatch outlaws southwest of the White Wolf Gate and obtain evidence of conspiracy.
31,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_07,Deliver the Baert Trading Company bill to Maisenta at the Knot.
32,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_08,Present evidence to Rishushu at the airship landing in Gridania.
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48,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_LETTERMOOGLE_000_000,"If it isn't my favorite assistant, kupo! Brace yourself, for today I've a task for you that will have all the fair maidens in Gridania green with envy! This letter in my paw is addressed to none other than the Homunculi!"
49,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_LETTERMOOGLE_000_001,"You are familiar with the Homunculi, yes? The traveling troupe of troubadours, renowned for stirring the seeds of passion the realm over? Ever since their recent performance in Gridania, their popularity has gone through the roof, kupo!"
50,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_LETTERMOOGLE_000_002,"Why, I've handled hundreds of fan letters in the past fortnight alone─kupo-oh? This particular epistle appears to be from a trader in Ul'dah. A matter of business, mayhap?"
51,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_LETTERMOOGLE_000_003,"All the more reason that it must be delivered to Gridania with haste! You will find the band and its leader, Augustiniel, rehearsing for their next performance at the Greatloam Growery."
52,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_LETTERMOOGLE_000_005,The Homunculi have an exclusive contract with Gridania's Black Rabbit Traders. What dealings could they possibly have with a merchant of Ul'dah?
53,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_LETTERMOOGLE_000_006,"In any event, you will find the band and its leader, Augustiniel, rehearsing for their next performance at the Greatloam Growery. Pray deliver the message with all speed, kupo!"
54,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_010,This lilting melody I've composed is guaranteed to melt the heart of any maiden who hears it─mark my words.
55,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_010,"Would you mind treading a bit more quietly? We are creating works of musical genius here, if you haven't noticed."
56,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_010,"Well, if it isn't my friend from Hatching-tide! Just couldn't keep away, could you? 'Tis a common affliction among my admirers─of which you are but one, needless to say. If you've come seeking my autograph, I ask that you return when our rehearsal is done."
57,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_100_010,"I am Augustiniel, vocalist and leader of the Homunculi, a lyrical genius the likes of which this realm has ne'er before seen. And you, no doubt, are one of my innumerable fans. If you've come seeking my autograph, I ask that you return when our rehearsal is done."
58,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_011,"A letter? Don't tell me─you've taken on a second career as a messenger girl that you might afford tickets to our next performance! Most admirable, friend, most admirable indeed."
59,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_012,"Has our new contract arrived, perchance? I am ever so looking forward to sharing our gift of music with Eorzeans the realm over."
60,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_013,"Our ballads and lays shall sweep the land, and a new chapter in the legend of the Homunculi will be writ! That said, it is a touch...bittersweet. It is only through Maisenta's patronage that we stand where we are today."
61,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_014,"Did I hear my name? What might I do for you today, Augustiniel? Looking to procure new garb for your next performance, mayhap?"
62,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_015,"My darling Maisenta! Just the lady we were hoping to see. The Homunculi have a most important announcement to make, and I felt you should be the first to know."
63,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_016,"To put it simply, we are taking our show on the highroad. The Homunculi have made arrangements for a musical tour that will span from the peaks of Coerthas to Thanalan!"
64,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_017,"Why, our long-sought dream, realized at last! I truly could not be happier for you. Needless to say, as your patrons, Black Rabbit Traders will gladly provide you with the funds for this momentous undertaking."
65,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_018,"That said, recent events have thinned our coffers some. But worry not! I shall return and meet with my superiors immediately. I can promise you that you will be able to depart within the next moon."
66,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_019,"The sentiment is welcome, my darling, but that will not be necessary. A trader from Ul'dah has promised us all the gil we need. We leave on the morrow."
67,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_020,"I'm afraid there is another rub. Our new backers desire to be the sole and singular patrons of the Homunculi. Our relationship with Black Rabbit Traders has been a mutually beneficial one, but I fear that it must come to an end."
68,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_021,Wh-What!? You cannot mean this!
69,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_022,"Maisenta, my dear. We are forever in your debt for all that you have done for us, and yet, you must understand. The gift we would share with the realm is too great to tarry here any longer."
70,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_023,"Parting is always such sweet sorrow, and yet, the pain would only be greater were we to linger on. We will treasure the memories we have made forever, but the road calls us onward."
71,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_024,"As ever, the words flow from your lips like honey. Very well─if this is the choice you have made, who am I to stand in your way? I say only this─this tour of yours had best be the greatest show Eorzea has ever seen. As your first and foremost admirer, I will settle for nothing less!"
72,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_025,"It will be all that and more. You have my word, my dear."
73,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_026,"(Adventurer...I would have a word with you. Meet me beneath the bridge by the Leatherworkers' Guild, and speak to no one of our conversation.)"
74,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_029,"'Twas Maisenta herself who first proposed the idea of sharing the gift of song with the realm. The decision was a painful one, but business is business."
75,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_029,"Once again, I leave a girl in tears. My fair features, my gift of music─'twould seem my blessings are also my curse..."
76,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_029,"<sniff> ...It's been some time since I've written a sorrowful refrain, but suddenly I feel the inspiration striking me."
77,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_029,"There is something amiss about all this. I would discuss the matter further, but not here─meet me beneath the bridge by the Leatherworkers' Guild."
78,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_030,"Thank you for coming, adventurer─let us delve straight into the matter at hand. You know that I serve as consignor of Black Rabbit Traders, yes?"
79,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_031,"It is a profession which is about as glamorous as it sounds─which is to say, not very. There was a time when I entertained the thought of leaving it in search of a more fulfilling line of work. Then, one day, I happened upon *them*."
80,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_032,"Their music was enchanting, and their countenances even more so. But the garb they wore─my dearly departed great-grandmother wouldn't be caught dead in those garish rags!"
81,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_033,"And so I proposed an offer: Black Rabbit Traders would clothe the Homunculi in our finest garb, and pay a sum sufficient to keep their instruments in good fettle. In return, their performances would serve to promote our wares."
82,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_034,"It was a relationship that exceeded the wildest expectations of all involved. Gridanians flocked to their performances, and business at Black Rabbit Traders burgeoned. It was a dream come true for all of us. A dream I thought would last forever..."
83,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_035,"But I assure you this is no self-centered grudge─this sudden offer is most troubling. For all our successes, the profits the Homunculi have brought us would barely amount to a clink in the coffers of any wealthy Ul'dahn trader. No, I smell something amiss."
84,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_036,"I would ask your expertise in investigating the matter. Walk the markets of Gridania and listen to the word on the street. Should you hear of any shady dealings, return here and share them with me."
85,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_038,"This offer that the Homunculi have received─I am certain that something is amiss. Walk the markets of Gridania and listen to the word on the street. Should you hear of any shady dealings, return here and share them with me."
86,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_039,"How fare you in the task we discussed? Should you uncover any information, seek me out at the location we last met."
87,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_PARSEMONTRET_000_040,"Any *news*? Do you take Parsemontret, master of the markets, for a common rumormonger!? And to compound the insult, you come bearing not even a single eel pie. Oh, very well... I shall deign to answer, if for no other reason than that you seem unlike to leave my sight until I do."
88,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_PARSEMONTRET_000_041,All the talk about the markets of late has been of the attacks on the Black Rabbit supply wagons─as you might have heard for yourself if you had a pair of working ears.
89,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_PARSEMONTRET_000_042,"With the damage visited by the Calamity upon the land and its natural resources, trade has been slow to recover in Gridania these past five years. It's only with the wares brought in by traveling merchants from Ul'dah that these markets have been able to sustain this level of activity."
90,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_PARSEMONTRET_000_043,"The only local operation that has been able to bring in a steady profit is Black Rabbit Traders, what with their purchasing of items from adventurers and Maisenta's recent efforts to employ that band of honey-tongued bards in publicizing her product. Perhaps they've enjoyed a bit *too* much success for others' liking?"
91,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_PARSEMONTRET_000_045,All the talk about the markets of late has been of the attacks on the Black Rabbit supply wagons─as you might have heard for yourself if you had a pair of working ears.
92,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MARCQUELORT_000_040,"Rumors, you say? Surprised you haven't heard 'em yourself. Can't take more than two steps these days without hearing of another attack on a Black Rabbit supply wagon."
93,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MARCQUELORT_000_041,"I've got my own theories as to the perpetrators, mind you. And they start with a certain Ul'dahn wench who I reckon ain't too happy about her rival's recent successes. "
94,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MARCQUELORT_000_042,Evidence? Let's just call it instinct. I wouldn't trust an Ul'dahn half as far as I could throw one.
95,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MARCQUELORT_000_045,"I've got my own theories as to the perpetrators, mind you. And they start with a certain Ul'dahn wench who I reckon ain't too happy to see her main rival raking in the gil."
96,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MARCQUELORT_000_046,Evidence? Let's just call it instinct. I wouldn't trust an Ul'dahn half as far as I could throw one.
97,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_HADREFORT_000_040,"Whoever could be behind these unpardonable crimes...? What crimes, you say? Why, I speak of the vicious attacks on Black Rabbit supply wagons, of course. I'm surprised you've not heard─the tales are so terrifying as to keep the bravest merchant up at night."
98,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_HADREFORT_000_041,"My brother Marcquelort, stubborn as he is, is convinced that the Ul'dahns are pulling the strings. I, however, believe we should be wary against letting our prejudices color our views."
99,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_HADREFORT_000_042,"Take Rishushu, for one. While many merchants think only of profit, she has spared no effort in studying Gridanian culture and trade, filing regular reports to Ul'dah on the transactions made at these markets."
100,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_HADREFORT_000_043,"As she tells it, she has taken an active role in promoting Gridanian wares in her own homeland and across the realm. My brother is entitled to his opinion, but I cannot see how any could question the girl's intentions."
101,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_HADREFORT_000_045,"My brother Marcquelort, stubborn as he is, is convinced that the Ul'dahns are pulling the strings. I, however, believe we should be wary against letting our prejudices color our views."
102,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_HADREFORT_000_046,"Take Rishushu, for one. While many merchants think only of profit, she has spared no effort in studying our culture and trade, making efforts to promote Gridanian wares in Ul'dah. My brother is entitled to his opinion, but I cannot see how any could question the girl's intentions."
103,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_050,"...So our recent troubles are the talk of the town. Little surprise, that─to the rumormonger, the misfortune of others tastes as sweet as honeyed mead."
104,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_051,"I must say, this news that Rishushu is monitoring transactions at our markets is somewhat concerning. While I have no desire to race to conclusions, I believe caution is in order."
105,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_052,"There is more. While presenting herself as an independent merchant, I have reason to believe she procures a sizable portion of her stock through the Baert Trading Company."
106,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_053,"Perhaps the name is unfamiliar to you? It is most often heard in connection with all manner of ill rumors─dealings in stolen goods, swindling unsuspecting customers, and so on and so forth."
107,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_054,"Under normal circumstances, I'd want nothing to do with this band of thieves, but if they've set their sights on my honey-tongued Homunculi, I simply refuse to turn a blind eye. Fortunately, I have an idea..."
108,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_055,I've prepared a certain document that should pique Rishushu's interest. I would ask you to deliver it to her and keep her distracted. I will take care of the rest.
109,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_060,"Ul'dahn gentlemen are so strong and brave, indeed. No doubt a single swing of your blade would cut through any troubles that stood in my path. You would do that for me...wouldn't you?"
110,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_100_060,"Deliver the document to Rishushu and keep her distracted. I will take care of the rest. When the deed is done, meet me at you-know-where."
111,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_060,"Ah, Maisenta...the only Gridanian I've met in my time here who understands how to do business. Whatever brings her to─hm? Yes, what can I do for you?"
112,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_061,"A proposition for me, you say? I've been around far too long to fall for empty tales of easy profits and great windfalls. But very well, let us see what you would offer..."
113,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_062,Hm...? This is...!
114,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_063,"...A page from the Black Rabbit ledgers, complete with a list of all wares purchased from adventurers, along with their selling and purchasing prices!"
115,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_064,"With this knowledge, I can simply sell the wares that they offer at a discount, while raising the price on those goods not obtainable elsewhere. Simply by following the principles of good trade, I'll be able to make a fortune!"
116,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_065,"...My dear Maisenta. I know not what brings you here today, but it would appear you've come just in time to watch me win over your loyal customers."
117,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_100_065,Your services today will not be forgotten. Come back in a fortnight's time and I promise you'll receive your fair share of the profits.
118,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_069,The information you provided will mean a fortune to us. Come back in a fortnight's time and I promise you'll receive your fair share of the profits.
119,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_069,...Excellent. That went precisely according to plan. Meet me you-know-where and we shall plan our next course of action.
120,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_070,"I cannot thank you enough─with your aid, the first step of my plan has been carried out to perfection. Now, my visitor should be arriving any moment..."
121,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_100_070,"...Yes, thank you. As promised, here is your payment in full."
122,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_071,"What's that look for, friend? A smart businesswoman knows how to use all of her *resources*, if you understand what I mean..."
123,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_072,"The fellow who just departed was one of Rishushu's underlings. I asked him to search his mistress's stall for two documents. The first one, which my new friend has dutifully delivered, is a contract with the Homunculi..."
124,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_073,"As I suspected, Rishushu aims to steal our profits, and seeks to accomplish this first and foremost by luring our exclusive band of bards away from us."
125,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_074,The other document I have...acquired...is a page from the latest report sent by Rishushu to Ul'dah. Note the red mark along our major trading thoroughfare.
126,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_075,"Assuming that Rishushu's associates at the Baert Trading Company are in possession of the same document, I suspect that the next attack on our supply caravan will strike right there─in the Central Shroud, due southwest from the White Wolf Gate."
127,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_076,"Such brazen acts of banditry cannot be permitted, yes? I beg of you, adventurer─hurry into the wood and give the would-be ambushers the drubbing they deserve."
128,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_077,"Should you find any evidence of a connection to those blackguards at Baert, deliver it to me at my place of business at the Knot. If we do not act quickly, my sweet-tongued, fair-haired beauties will be lost to Gridania forever!"
129,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_078,"Brazen acts of banditry cannot be permitted, yes? I beg of you, adventurer─hurry into the wood and give the would-be ambushers the drubbing they deserve."
130,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_079,"Should you find any evidence of a connection to those blackguards at Baert, deliver it to me at my place of business at the Knot. If we do not act quickly, my sweet-tongued, fair-haired beauties will be lost to Gridania forever!"
131,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_POPMESSAGE_000_000,You sense a hostile presence!
132,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_POPMESSAGE_000_001,The enemy is still about!
133,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_BALOON_000_079,Empty yer wagon or I'll empty yer innards!
134,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_BALOON_100_079,Yer wares or yer life─I'll gladly take them both!
135,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_KUROUSAGI_000_079,"C-Call me mad, but I can't shake the sense that I'm being f-followed. There's ill rumors of these roads of late..."
136,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_KUROUSAGI_000_080,"The shock took a year or two off my life, I reckon, but apart from that I'm no worse for the wear. I can't thank you enough, friend."
137,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_080,"It heartens me to know that our man is safe─you have my thanks, adventurer. Pray tell, were you able to find any evidence of a connection to those rogues at Baert?"
138,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_081,"...Aha! Just as I suspected. It began as mere speculation, but I daresay we've built ourselves a most convincing case. Yes, everything has come together..."
139,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_082,"Rishushu's reports on the flow of goods at the markets found their way to those scoundrels at Baert, who─seizing upon the chance for a quick profit─orchestrated the attacks on our suppliers."
140,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_083,"The stolen wares were hauled back to Baert, then sold for a pittance to Rishushu. With the goods now in high demand, she raised her prices, doubtless funneling a portion of the ample profits back into the Baert coffers."
141,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_084,"To add insult to injury, they were poised to use these ill-gotten gains─along with the timely troubles of Black Rabbit Traders─to lure my precious Homunculi away from me."
142,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_085,"Why, it's a plan so brilliant I wish I'd come up with it myself! But thanks to you, friend, it's a plan that has now been spectacularly foiled."
143,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_086,"Augustiniel and the others came by just moments ago to say farewell. If we hurry, we can catch them before they depart─we must make for the airship landing without delay!"
144,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_087,I have it on good account that Rishushu will be in attendance to see them off. Let us shove the evidence of these twisted dealings in her self-satisfied little face!
145,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_088,"If we hurry, we can catch the Homunculi before their departure─we must make for the airship landing without delay!"
146,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_089,I have it on good account that Rishushu will be in attendance to see them off. Let us shove the evidence of these twisted dealings in her self-satisfied little face!
147,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_090,"Come to see us off, have you? The gesture truly is appreciated. But worry not! We shall return to Gridania someday─though I cannot guarantee that tickets to our performances will be easily come by."
148,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_090,"<sniff> It simply won't be the same without Maisenta. That said, I hear that there is no dearth of buxom beauties in Ul'dah..."
149,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_090,"Oh, do not cry for your Orselfaux, Maisenta! 'Twould pain my heart to see your beautiful countenance clouded so!"
150,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_090,"...Ahem. Come for your share, have you? Patience, friend─fortunes are not made in a day. Or do you have another proposition for me?"
151,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_091,"Well now, what have we─well, I never! Just whose side are you on, anyhow!?"
152,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_092,This adventurer kindly rescued one of our wagons from a band of bloodthirsty brigands. Brigands who just *happened* to be in possession of the bill you now see.
153,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_093,"Meanwhile, *I* have managed to come into the possession of detailed reports on our trading activities, signed in your name and addressed to the Baert Trading Company. Quite the coincidence, wouldn't you say?"
154,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_094,"Ladies, please! This bickering ill becomes your beautiful features! Rishushu! Did you say you would donate a share of your profits to see Black Rabbit Traders through their recent plight?"
155,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_095,"B-Brigands...!? What nonsense is this? Any reports I made to Ul'dah were simply in the interest of fostering trade! That my contacts at Baert would use them to such ill ends is unthinkable! Well, ah, given their reputation, perhaps not entirely so..."
156,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_096,"...I suspected as much. Let me guess: you had your misgivings, but couldn't let your conscience get in the way when there were fortunes to be had. So you cast your lot with Baert, covered your eyes and ears and hoped for the best."
157,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_097,"Ignorance of your complicity is no excuse, Rishushu. I hear that the Wood Wailers and Gods' Quiver are taking particularly severe measures regarding the sale of stolen and poached goods in light of recent events."
158,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_098,"A word or two from me and you'll spend the night in the comfort of your very own gaol cell. That said, I might still be persuaded to look the other way...provided we can come to an agreement."
159,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_099,"M-My darling Maisenta! Speaking as an almost-victim of these shady schemes, I daresay Miss Rishushu's deeds should not go unpunished! Ah, then again, one might argue it might be an equal crime to imprison such a comely lass..."
160,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_100,"Sever all ties with the Baert Trading Company at once, and promise me you'll never so much as lay a finger on my precious Homunculi again. These are my conditions, and they are *not* negotiable!"
161,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_100_100,"N-Never again! You have my word! Starting on the morrow, every merchant in the markets will vouch that they've never seen a trader as reputable as Rishushu!"
162,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_101,"There's no putting anything past you, my dear, now is there? Brilliant *and* beautiful─now there's a lass worthy of song."
163,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_102,"...Says he who was ready to bolt for the desert at the call of the highest bidder. Hah! Consider yourself fortunate that when it comes to business, I can hold my own with anyone in Ul'dah─or the realm, for that matter."
164,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_103,"...With the help of a few good friends, that is."
165,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_104,"Haha! Ahaha! Bwahahahahahaha! Bold and beautiful! Oh, how could we ever have so much as thought of parting ways!?"
166,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_105,"Just so, just so! Why, I've never seen a woman more willing and able to use all the resources at her disposal to overcome any obstacle in her path. Remind me never to end up on your bad side again, my dear!"
167,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_106,"Stick to your songwriting and singing and leave the financial affairs to me, and I don't foresee us having any more problems. Do we have an understanding?"
168,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_107,"We do! We most certainly do! Maisenta, my dear, you are a veritable sheer force of nature. I cannot imagine any who would dare stand in your way..."
169,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_108,I'll be watching your future performances─and our ledgers─with *great* interest. Here's to a profitable relationship for years and years to come!
170,TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SYSTEM_000_000,"With your successful delivery, your reputation as a letter carrier has grown! "
1 key 0 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_00 1 The deputy postmoogle has a letter requiring delivery to a dashing band of players.
2 # 1 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_01 The deputy postmoogle has entrusted you with a missive from an Ul'dahn merchant to the renowned Gridanian minstrel troupe, the Homunculi. Deliver the letter to their leader, Augustiniel, at the Greatloam Growery, where they are wont to rehearse.
3 int32 str 2 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_02 str Augustiniel rejoices upon receiving the letter, explaining that his band has found the patron that they have been seeking to fund their long-sought musical tour of Eorzea. The joyous moment is interrupted by Maisenta of Black Rabbit Traders, the Homunculi's long-standing patron, who is most distressed to hear that her beloved band will be breaking their partnership and seeking sponsorship elsewhere. Sensing something amiss with the Ul'dahn trader's offer, she solicits your aid. Rendezvous with her out of earshot beneath the bridge near the Leatherworkers' Guild.
4 0 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_00 3 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_03 The deputy postmoogle has a letter requiring delivery to a dashing band of players. You rendezvous with Maisenta under the bridge. Reiterating her misgivings, she enlists you to canvass the markets for any rumors that may shed light on disreputable dealings by Ul'dahn merchants.
5 1 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_01 4 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_04 The deputy postmoogle has entrusted you with a missive from an Ul'dahn merchant to the renowned Gridanian minstrel troupe, the Homunculi. Deliver the letter to their leader, Augustiniel, at the Greatloam Growery, where they are wont to rehearse. The three merchants you questioned spoke freely of rumors regarding the attacks on Black Rabbit supply wagons. One merchant went so far as to imply that the Ul'dahns were behind the attacks, while another─while harboring no such suspicions of misdeeds─observed that Rishushu has been known to submit reports to her homeland. Return to the rendezvous point beneath the bridge and share your findings with Maisenta.
6 2 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_02 5 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_05 Augustiniel rejoices upon receiving the letter, explaining that his band has found the patron that they have been seeking to fund their long-sought musical tour of Eorzea. The joyous moment is interrupted by Maisenta of Black Rabbit Traders, the Homunculi's long-standing patron, who is most distressed to hear that her beloved band will be breaking their partnership and seeking sponsorship elsewhere. Sensing something amiss with the Ul'dahn trader's offer, she solicits your aid. Rendezvous with her out of earshot beneath the bridge near the Leatherworkers' Guild. The information you have gleaned seems to have confirmed Maisenta's suspicions, as she entreats your aid in carrying out a plan to bring the perpetrators to justice. Take the document she has prepared as part of this stratagem and deliver it to the self-styled “independent” merchant Rishushu at the Ebony Stalls.
7 3 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_03 6 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_06 You rendezvous with Maisenta under the bridge. Reiterating her misgivings, she enlists you to canvass the markets for any rumors that may shed light on disreputable dealings by Ul'dahn merchants. Rishushu takes quite an interest in the documents you provided, even promising you a share of the profits they will presumably bring her. Has this exchange gone according to Maisenta's plans? Report to the Black Rabbit consignor at the rendezvous point beneath the bridge and see what comes next.
8 4 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_04 7 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_07 The three merchants you questioned spoke freely of rumors regarding the attacks on Black Rabbit supply wagons. One merchant went so far as to imply that the Ul'dahns were behind the attacks, while another─while harboring no such suspicions of misdeeds─observed that Rishushu has been known to submit reports to her homeland. Return to the rendezvous point beneath the bridge and share your findings with Maisenta. With your report further confirming Maisenta's suspicions, she is then visited upon by an associate of Rishushu's, who has been successfully persuaded to pilfer a few documents from his employer's books. All together, the documents point strongly to a connection between Rishushu and the disreputable Baert Trading Company, which has hired brigands to further their shady agenda. Fearing that lives and valued cargo are at stake, she urges you to make for the road southwest of the White Wolf Gate in the Central Shroud, that a potential ambush might be averted.
9 5 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_05 8 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_08 The information you have gleaned seems to have confirmed Maisenta's suspicions, as she entreats your aid in carrying out a plan to bring the perpetrators to justice. Take the document she has prepared as part of this stratagem and deliver it to the self-styled “independent” merchant Rishushu at the Ebony Stalls. You successfully dispatch the brigands and acquire a bill that stands as incontrovertible proof of the involvement of the Baert Trading Company. Deliver it to Maisenta at her place of business in the Knot.
10 6 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_06 9 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_09 Rishushu takes quite an interest in the documents you provided, even promising you a share of the profits they will presumably bring her. Has this exchange gone according to Maisenta's plans? Report to the Black Rabbit consignor at the rendezvous point beneath the bridge and see what comes next. Maisenta is overjoyed, as your efforts have afforded her with the evidence she needs to confront Rishushu and, in the process, win her beloved minstrel troupe back to her side once and for all. Hurry to the Gridanian airship landing and present the shifty trader with the incriminating documentation.
11 7 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_07 10 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_10 With your report further confirming Maisenta's suspicions, she is then visited upon by an associate of Rishushu's, who has been successfully persuaded to pilfer a few documents from his employer's books. All together, the documents point strongly to a connection between Rishushu and the disreputable Baert Trading Company, which has hired brigands to further their shady agenda. Fearing that lives and valued cargo are at stake, she urges you to make for the road southwest of the White Wolf Gate in the Central Shroud, that a potential ambush might be averted. Caught red-handed with evidence of her wrongdoings, Rishushu repents. Though she swears that she was not complicit in the attacks on the Black Rabbit supply wagons, she acknowledges that her single-minded pursuit of profit caused her to turn a blind eye to the underside of her chosen partners, obstructing Maisenta's efforts at honest trade and putting innocent lives at stake. Maisenta, ever willing to make a deal, offers to look the other way in exchange for Rishushu's promise that she will meddle with neither the Homunculi nor Black Rabbit Traders' business again. Observing their patron's ruthless relentlessness in achieving her aims, the honey-tongued bards are quick to change their tune and sing Maisenta's praises. With a revitalized Black Rabbit Traders backing them, their long-awaited realm-wide debut is doubtless close at hand.
12 8 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_08 11 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_11 You successfully dispatch the brigands and acquire a bill that stands as incontrovertible proof of the involvement of the Baert Trading Company. Deliver it to Maisenta at her place of business in the Knot.
13 9 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_09 12 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_12 Maisenta is overjoyed, as your efforts have afforded her with the evidence she needs to confront Rishushu and, in the process, win her beloved minstrel troupe back to her side once and for all. Hurry to the Gridanian airship landing and present the shifty trader with the incriminating documentation.
14 10 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_10 13 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_13 Caught red-handed with evidence of her wrongdoings, Rishushu repents. Though she swears that she was not complicit in the attacks on the Black Rabbit supply wagons, she acknowledges that her single-minded pursuit of profit caused her to turn a blind eye to the underside of her chosen partners, obstructing Maisenta's efforts at honest trade and putting innocent lives at stake. Maisenta, ever willing to make a deal, offers to look the other way in exchange for Rishushu's promise that she will meddle with neither the Homunculi nor Black Rabbit Traders' business again. Observing their patron's ruthless relentlessness in achieving her aims, the honey-tongued bards are quick to change their tune and sing Maisenta's praises. With a revitalized Black Rabbit Traders backing them, their long-awaited realm-wide debut is doubtless close at hand.
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25 21 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_21 24 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_00 Deliver the letter to Augustiniel in Gridania.
26 22 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_22 25 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_01 Speak with Maisenta outside the Leatherworkers' Guild.
27 23 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SEQ_23 26 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_02 Gather information from merchants at the markets.
28 24 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_00 27 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_03 Deliver the letter to Augustiniel in Gridania. Speak with Maisenta outside the Leatherworkers' Guild.
29 25 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_01 28 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_04 Speak with Maisenta outside the Leatherworkers' Guild. Deliver the Black Rabbit Traders receipt to Rishushu.
30 26 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_02 29 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_05 Gather information from merchants at the markets. Speak with Maisenta outside the Leatherworkers' Guild.
31 27 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_03 30 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_06 Speak with Maisenta outside the Leatherworkers' Guild. Dispatch outlaws southwest of the White Wolf Gate and obtain evidence of conspiracy.
32 28 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_04 31 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_07 Deliver the Black Rabbit Traders receipt to Rishushu. Deliver the Baert Trading Company bill to Maisenta at the Knot.
33 29 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_05 32 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_08 Speak with Maisenta outside the Leatherworkers' Guild. Present evidence to Rishushu at the airship landing in Gridania.
34 30 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_06 33 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_09 Dispatch outlaws southwest of the White Wolf Gate and obtain evidence of conspiracy.
35 31 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_07 34 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_10 Deliver the Baert Trading Company bill to Maisenta at the Knot.
36 32 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_08 35 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_11 Present evidence to Rishushu at the airship landing in Gridania.
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49 45 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_21 48 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_LETTERMOOGLE_000_000 If it isn't my favorite assistant, kupo! Brace yourself, for today I've a task for you that will have all the fair maidens in Gridania green with envy! This letter in my paw is addressed to none other than the Homunculi!
50 46 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_22 49 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_LETTERMOOGLE_000_001 You are familiar with the Homunculi, yes? The traveling troupe of troubadours, renowned for stirring the seeds of passion the realm over? Ever since their recent performance in Gridania, their popularity has gone through the roof, kupo!
51 47 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_TODO_23 50 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_LETTERMOOGLE_000_002 Why, I've handled hundreds of fan letters in the past fortnight alone─kupo-oh? This particular epistle appears to be from a trader in Ul'dah. A matter of business, mayhap?
52 48 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_LETTERMOOGLE_000_000 51 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_LETTERMOOGLE_000_003 If it isn't my favorite assistant, kupo! Brace yourself, for today I've a task for you that will have all the fair maidens in Gridania green with envy! This letter in my paw is addressed to none other than the Homunculi! All the more reason that it must be delivered to Gridania with haste! You will find the band and its leader, Augustiniel, rehearsing for their next performance at the Greatloam Growery.
53 49 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_LETTERMOOGLE_000_001 52 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_LETTERMOOGLE_000_005 You are familiar with the Homunculi, yes? The traveling troupe of troubadours, renowned for stirring the seeds of passion the realm over? Ever since their recent performance in Gridania, their popularity has gone through the roof, kupo! The Homunculi have an exclusive contract with Gridania's Black Rabbit Traders. What dealings could they possibly have with a merchant of Ul'dah?
54 50 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_LETTERMOOGLE_000_002 53 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_LETTERMOOGLE_000_006 Why, I've handled hundreds of fan letters in the past fortnight alone─kupo-oh? This particular epistle appears to be from a trader in Ul'dah. A matter of business, mayhap? In any event, you will find the band and its leader, Augustiniel, rehearsing for their next performance at the Greatloam Growery. Pray deliver the message with all speed, kupo!
55 51 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_LETTERMOOGLE_000_003 54 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_010 All the more reason that it must be delivered to Gridania with haste! You will find the band and its leader, Augustiniel, rehearsing for their next performance at the Greatloam Growery. This lilting melody I've composed is guaranteed to melt the heart of any maiden who hears it─mark my words.
56 52 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_LETTERMOOGLE_000_005 55 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_010 The Homunculi have an exclusive contract with Gridania's Black Rabbit Traders. What dealings could they possibly have with a merchant of Ul'dah? Would you mind treading a bit more quietly? We are creating works of musical genius here, if you haven't noticed.
57 53 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_LETTERMOOGLE_000_006 56 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_010 In any event, you will find the band and its leader, Augustiniel, rehearsing for their next performance at the Greatloam Growery. Pray deliver the message with all speed, kupo! Well, if it isn't my friend from Hatching-tide! Just couldn't keep away, could you? 'Tis a common affliction among my admirers─of which you are but one, needless to say. If you've come seeking my autograph, I ask that you return when our rehearsal is done.
58 54 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_010 57 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_100_010 This lilting melody I've composed is guaranteed to melt the heart of any maiden who hears it─mark my words. I am Augustiniel, vocalist and leader of the Homunculi, a lyrical genius the likes of which this realm has ne'er before seen. And you, no doubt, are one of my innumerable fans. If you've come seeking my autograph, I ask that you return when our rehearsal is done.
59 55 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_010 58 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_011 Would you mind treading a bit more quietly? We are creating works of musical genius here, if you haven't noticed. A letter? Don't tell me─you've taken on a second career as a messenger girl that you might afford tickets to our next performance! Most admirable, friend, most admirable indeed.
60 56 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_010 59 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_012 Well, if it isn't my friend from Hatching-tide! Just couldn't keep away, could you? 'Tis a common affliction among my admirers─of which you are but one, needless to say. If you've come seeking my autograph, I ask that you return when our rehearsal is done. Has our new contract arrived, perchance? I am ever so looking forward to sharing our gift of music with Eorzeans the realm over.
61 57 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_100_010 60 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_013 I am Augustiniel, vocalist and leader of the Homunculi, a lyrical genius the likes of which this realm has ne'er before seen. And you, no doubt, are one of my innumerable fans. If you've come seeking my autograph, I ask that you return when our rehearsal is done. Our ballads and lays shall sweep the land, and a new chapter in the legend of the Homunculi will be writ! That said, it is a touch...bittersweet. It is only through Maisenta's patronage that we stand where we are today.
62 58 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_011 61 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_014 A letter? Don't tell me─you've taken on a second career as a messenger <If(PlayerParameter(4))>girl<Else/>boy</If> that you might afford tickets to our next performance! Most admirable, friend, most admirable indeed. Did I hear my name? What might I do for you today, Augustiniel? Looking to procure new garb for your next performance, mayhap?
63 59 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_012 62 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_015 Has our new contract arrived, perchance? I am ever so looking forward to sharing our gift of music with Eorzeans the realm over. My darling Maisenta! Just the lady we were hoping to see. The Homunculi have a most important announcement to make, and I felt you should be the first to know.
64 60 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_013 63 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_016 Our ballads and lays shall sweep the land, and a new chapter in the legend of the Homunculi will be writ! That said, it is a touch...bittersweet. It is only through Maisenta's patronage that we stand where we are today. To put it simply, we are taking our show on the highroad. The Homunculi have made arrangements for a musical tour that will span from the peaks of Coerthas to Thanalan!
65 61 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_014 64 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_017 Did I hear my name? What might I do for you today, Augustiniel? Looking to procure new garb for your next performance, mayhap? Why, our long-sought dream, realized at last! I truly could not be happier for you. Needless to say, as your patrons, Black Rabbit Traders will gladly provide you with the funds for this momentous undertaking.
66 62 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_015 65 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_018 My darling Maisenta! Just the lady we were hoping to see. The Homunculi have a most important announcement to make, and I felt you should be the first to know. That said, recent events have thinned our coffers some. But worry not! I shall return and meet with my superiors immediately. I can promise you that you will be able to depart within the next moon.
67 63 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_016 66 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_019 To put it simply, we are taking our show on the highroad. The Homunculi have made arrangements for a musical tour that will span from the peaks of Coerthas to Thanalan! The sentiment is welcome, my darling, but that will not be necessary. A trader from Ul'dah has promised us all the gil we need. We leave on the morrow.
68 64 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_017 67 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_020 Why, our long-sought dream, realized at last! I truly could not be happier for you. Needless to say, as your patrons, Black Rabbit Traders will gladly provide you with the funds for this momentous undertaking. I'm afraid there is another rub. Our new backers desire to be the sole and singular patrons of the Homunculi. Our relationship with Black Rabbit Traders has been a mutually beneficial one, but I fear that it must come to an end.
69 65 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_018 68 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_021 That said, recent events have thinned our coffers some. But worry not! I shall return and meet with my superiors immediately. I can promise you that you will be able to depart within the next moon. Wh-What!? You cannot mean this!
70 66 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_019 69 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_022 The sentiment is welcome, my darling, but that will not be necessary. A trader from Ul'dah has promised us all the gil we need. We leave on the morrow. Maisenta, my dear. We are forever in your debt for all that you have done for us, and yet, you must understand. The gift we would share with the realm is too great to tarry here any longer.
71 67 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_020 70 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_023 I'm afraid there is another rub. Our new backers desire to be the sole and singular patrons of the Homunculi. Our relationship with Black Rabbit Traders has been a mutually beneficial one, but I fear that it must come to an end. Parting is always such sweet sorrow, and yet, the pain would only be greater were we to linger on. We will treasure the memories we have made forever, but the road calls us onward.
72 68 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_021 71 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_024 Wh-What!? You cannot mean this! As ever, the words flow from your lips like honey. Very well─if this is the choice you have made, who am I to stand in your way? I say only this─this tour of yours had best be the greatest show Eorzea has ever seen. As your first and foremost admirer, I will settle for nothing less!
73 69 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_022 72 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_025 Maisenta, my dear. We are forever in your debt for all that you have done for us, and yet, you must understand. The gift we would share with the realm is too great to tarry here any longer. It will be all that and more. You have my word, my dear.
74 70 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_023 73 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_026 Parting is always such sweet sorrow, and yet, the pain would only be greater were we to linger on. We will treasure the memories we have made forever, but the road calls us onward. (Adventurer...I would have a word with you. Meet me beneath the bridge by the Leatherworkers' Guild, and speak to no one of our conversation.)
75 71 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_024 74 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_029 As ever, the words flow from your lips like honey. Very well─if this is the choice you have made, who am I to stand in your way? I say only this─this tour of yours had best be the greatest show Eorzea has ever seen. As your first and foremost admirer, I will settle for nothing less! 'Twas Maisenta herself who first proposed the idea of sharing the gift of song with the realm. The decision was a painful one, but business is business.
76 72 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_025 75 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_029 It will be all that and more. You have my word, my dear. Once again, I leave a girl in tears. My fair features, my gift of music─'twould seem my blessings are also my curse...
77 73 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_026 76 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_029 (Adventurer...I would have a word with you. Meet me beneath the bridge by the Leatherworkers' Guild, and speak to no one of our conversation.) <sniff> ...It's been some time since I've written a sorrowful refrain, but suddenly I feel the inspiration striking me.
78 74 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_029 77 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_029 'Twas Maisenta herself who first proposed the idea of sharing the gift of song with the realm. The decision was a painful one, but business is business. There is something amiss about all this. I would discuss the matter further, but not here─meet me beneath the bridge by the Leatherworkers' Guild.
79 75 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_029 78 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_030 Once again, I leave a girl in tears. My fair features, my gift of music─'twould seem my blessings are also my curse... Thank you for coming, adventurer─let us delve straight into the matter at hand. You know that I serve as consignor of Black Rabbit Traders, yes?
80 76 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_029 79 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_031 <sniff> ...It's been some time since I've written a sorrowful refrain, but suddenly I feel the inspiration striking me. It is a profession which is about as glamorous as it sounds─which is to say, not very. There was a time when I entertained the thought of leaving it in search of a more fulfilling line of work. Then, one day, I happened upon *them*.
81 77 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_029 80 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_032 There is something amiss about all this. I would discuss the matter further, but not here─meet me beneath the bridge by the Leatherworkers' Guild. Their music was enchanting, and their countenances even more so. But the garb they wore─my dearly departed great-grandmother wouldn't be caught dead in those garish rags!
82 78 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_030 81 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_033 Thank you for coming, adventurer─let us delve straight into the matter at hand. You know that I serve as consignor of Black Rabbit Traders, yes? And so I proposed an offer: Black Rabbit Traders would clothe the Homunculi in our finest garb, and pay a sum sufficient to keep their instruments in good fettle. In return, their performances would serve to promote our wares.
83 79 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_031 82 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_034 It is a profession which is about as glamorous as it sounds─which is to say, not very. There was a time when I entertained the thought of leaving it in search of a more fulfilling line of work. Then, one day, I happened upon <Emphasis>them</Emphasis>. It was a relationship that exceeded the wildest expectations of all involved. Gridanians flocked to their performances, and business at Black Rabbit Traders burgeoned. It was a dream come true for all of us. A dream I thought would last forever...
84 80 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_032 83 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_035 Their music was enchanting, and their countenances even more so. But the garb they wore─my dearly departed great-grandmother wouldn't be caught dead in those garish rags! But I assure you this is no self-centered grudge─this sudden offer is most troubling. For all our successes, the profits the Homunculi have brought us would barely amount to a clink in the coffers of any wealthy Ul'dahn trader. No, I smell something amiss.
85 81 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_033 84 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_036 And so I proposed an offer: Black Rabbit Traders would clothe the Homunculi in our finest garb, and pay a sum sufficient to keep their instruments in good fettle. In return, their performances would serve to promote our wares. I would ask your expertise in investigating the matter. Walk the markets of Gridania and listen to the word on the street. Should you hear of any shady dealings, return here and share them with me.
86 82 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_034 85 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_038 It was a relationship that exceeded the wildest expectations of all involved. Gridanians flocked to their performances, and business at Black Rabbit Traders burgeoned. It was a dream come true for all of us. A dream I thought would last forever... This offer that the Homunculi have received─I am certain that something is amiss. Walk the markets of Gridania and listen to the word on the street. Should you hear of any shady dealings, return here and share them with me.
87 83 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_035 86 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_039 But I assure you this is no self-centered grudge─this sudden offer is most troubling. For all our successes, the profits the Homunculi have brought us would barely amount to a clink in the coffers of any wealthy Ul'dahn trader. No, I smell something amiss. How fare you in the task we discussed? Should you uncover any information, seek me out at the location we last met.
88 84 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_036 87 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_PARSEMONTRET_000_040 I would ask your expertise in investigating the matter. Walk the markets of Gridania and listen to the word on the street. Should you hear of any shady dealings, return here and share them with me. Any *news*? Do you take Parsemontret, master of the markets, for a common rumormonger!? And to compound the insult, you come bearing not even a single eel pie. Oh, very well... I shall deign to answer, if for no other reason than that you seem unlike to leave my sight until I do.
89 85 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_038 88 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_PARSEMONTRET_000_041 This offer that the Homunculi have received─I am certain that something is amiss. Walk the markets of Gridania and listen to the word on the street. Should you hear of any shady dealings, return here and share them with me. All the talk about the markets of late has been of the attacks on the Black Rabbit supply wagons─as you might have heard for yourself if you had a pair of working ears.
90 86 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_039 89 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_PARSEMONTRET_000_042 How fare you in the task we discussed? Should you uncover any information, seek me out at the location we last met. With the damage visited by the Calamity upon the land and its natural resources, trade has been slow to recover in Gridania these past five years. It's only with the wares brought in by traveling merchants from Ul'dah that these markets have been able to sustain this level of activity.
91 87 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_PARSEMONTRET_000_040 90 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_PARSEMONTRET_000_043 Any <Emphasis>news</Emphasis>? Do you take Parsemontret, master of the markets, for a common rumormonger!? And to compound the insult, you come bearing not even a single eel pie. Oh, very well... I shall deign to answer, if for no other reason than that you seem unlike to leave my sight until I do. The only local operation that has been able to bring in a steady profit is Black Rabbit Traders, what with their purchasing of items from adventurers and Maisenta's recent efforts to employ that band of honey-tongued bards in publicizing her product. Perhaps they've enjoyed a bit *too* much success for others' liking?
92 88 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_PARSEMONTRET_000_041 91 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_PARSEMONTRET_000_045 All the talk about the markets of late has been of the attacks on the Black Rabbit supply wagons─as you might have heard for yourself if you had a pair of working ears. All the talk about the markets of late has been of the attacks on the Black Rabbit supply wagons─as you might have heard for yourself if you had a pair of working ears.
93 89 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_PARSEMONTRET_000_042 92 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MARCQUELORT_000_040 With the damage visited by the Calamity upon the land and its natural resources, trade has been slow to recover in Gridania these past five years. It's only with the wares brought in by traveling merchants from Ul'dah that these markets have been able to sustain this level of activity. Rumors, you say? Surprised you haven't heard 'em yourself. Can't take more than two steps these days without hearing of another attack on a Black Rabbit supply wagon.
94 90 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_PARSEMONTRET_000_043 93 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MARCQUELORT_000_041 The only local operation that has been able to bring in a steady profit is Black Rabbit Traders, what with their purchasing of items from adventurers and Maisenta's recent efforts to employ that band of honey-tongued bards in publicizing her product. Perhaps they've enjoyed a bit <Emphasis>too</Emphasis> much success for others' liking? I've got my own theories as to the perpetrators, mind you. And they start with a certain Ul'dahn wench who I reckon ain't too happy about her rival's recent successes.
95 91 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_PARSEMONTRET_000_045 94 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MARCQUELORT_000_042 All the talk about the markets of late has been of the attacks on the Black Rabbit supply wagons─as you might have heard for yourself if you had a pair of working ears. Evidence? Let's just call it instinct. I wouldn't trust an Ul'dahn half as far as I could throw one.
96 92 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MARCQUELORT_000_040 95 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MARCQUELORT_000_045 Rumors, you say? Surprised you haven't heard 'em yourself. Can't take more than two steps these days without hearing of another attack on a Black Rabbit supply wagon. I've got my own theories as to the perpetrators, mind you. And they start with a certain Ul'dahn wench who I reckon ain't too happy to see her main rival raking in the gil.
97 93 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MARCQUELORT_000_041 96 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MARCQUELORT_000_046 I've got my own theories as to the perpetrators, mind you. And they start with a certain Ul'dahn wench who I reckon ain't too happy about her rival's recent successes. Evidence? Let's just call it instinct. I wouldn't trust an Ul'dahn half as far as I could throw one.
98 94 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MARCQUELORT_000_042 97 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_HADREFORT_000_040 Evidence? Let's just call it instinct. I wouldn't trust an Ul'dahn half as far as I could throw one. Whoever could be behind these unpardonable crimes...? What crimes, you say? Why, I speak of the vicious attacks on Black Rabbit supply wagons, of course. I'm surprised you've not heard─the tales are so terrifying as to keep the bravest merchant up at night.
99 95 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MARCQUELORT_000_045 98 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_HADREFORT_000_041 I've got my own theories as to the perpetrators, mind you. And they start with a certain Ul'dahn wench who I reckon ain't too happy to see her main rival raking in the gil. My brother Marcquelort, stubborn as he is, is convinced that the Ul'dahns are pulling the strings. I, however, believe we should be wary against letting our prejudices color our views.
100 96 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MARCQUELORT_000_046 99 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_HADREFORT_000_042 Evidence? Let's just call it instinct. I wouldn't trust an Ul'dahn half as far as I could throw one. Take Rishushu, for one. While many merchants think only of profit, she has spared no effort in studying Gridanian culture and trade, filing regular reports to Ul'dah on the transactions made at these markets.
101 97 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_HADREFORT_000_040 100 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_HADREFORT_000_043 Whoever could be behind these unpardonable crimes...? What crimes, you say? Why, I speak of the vicious attacks on Black Rabbit supply wagons, of course. I'm surprised you've not heard─the tales are so terrifying as to keep the bravest merchant up at night. As she tells it, she has taken an active role in promoting Gridanian wares in her own homeland and across the realm. My brother is entitled to his opinion, but I cannot see how any could question the girl's intentions.
102 98 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_HADREFORT_000_041 101 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_HADREFORT_000_045 My brother Marcquelort, stubborn as he is, is convinced that the Ul'dahns are pulling the strings. I, however, believe we should be wary against letting our prejudices color our views. My brother Marcquelort, stubborn as he is, is convinced that the Ul'dahns are pulling the strings. I, however, believe we should be wary against letting our prejudices color our views.
103 99 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_HADREFORT_000_042 102 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_HADREFORT_000_046 Take Rishushu, for one. While many merchants think only of profit, she has spared no effort in studying Gridanian culture and trade, filing regular reports to Ul'dah on the transactions made at these markets. Take Rishushu, for one. While many merchants think only of profit, she has spared no effort in studying our culture and trade, making efforts to promote Gridanian wares in Ul'dah. My brother is entitled to his opinion, but I cannot see how any could question the girl's intentions.
104 100 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_HADREFORT_000_043 103 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_050 As she tells it, she has taken an active role in promoting Gridanian wares in her own homeland and across the realm. My brother is entitled to his opinion, but I cannot see how any could question the girl's intentions. ...So our recent troubles are the talk of the town. Little surprise, that─to the rumormonger, the misfortune of others tastes as sweet as honeyed mead.
105 101 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_HADREFORT_000_045 104 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_051 My brother Marcquelort, stubborn as he is, is convinced that the Ul'dahns are pulling the strings. I, however, believe we should be wary against letting our prejudices color our views. I must say, this news that Rishushu is monitoring transactions at our markets is somewhat concerning. While I have no desire to race to conclusions, I believe caution is in order.
106 102 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_HADREFORT_000_046 105 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_052 Take Rishushu, for one. While many merchants think only of profit, she has spared no effort in studying our culture and trade, making efforts to promote Gridanian wares in Ul'dah. My brother is entitled to his opinion, but I cannot see how any could question the girl's intentions. There is more. While presenting herself as an independent merchant, I have reason to believe she procures a sizable portion of her stock through the Baert Trading Company.
107 103 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_050 106 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_053 ...So our recent troubles are the talk of the town. Little surprise, that─to the rumormonger, the misfortune of others tastes as sweet as honeyed mead. Perhaps the name is unfamiliar to you? It is most often heard in connection with all manner of ill rumors─dealings in stolen goods, swindling unsuspecting customers, and so on and so forth.
108 104 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_051 107 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_054 I must say, this news that Rishushu is monitoring transactions at our markets is somewhat concerning. While I have no desire to race to conclusions, I believe caution is in order. Under normal circumstances, I'd want nothing to do with this band of thieves, but if they've set their sights on my honey-tongued Homunculi, I simply refuse to turn a blind eye. Fortunately, I have an idea...
109 105 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_052 108 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_055 There is more. While presenting herself as an independent merchant, I have reason to believe she procures a sizable portion of her stock through the Baert Trading Company. I've prepared a certain document that should pique Rishushu's interest. I would ask you to deliver it to her and keep her distracted. I will take care of the rest.
110 106 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_053 109 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_060 Perhaps the name is unfamiliar to you? It is most often heard in connection with all manner of ill rumors─dealings in stolen goods, swindling unsuspecting customers, and so on and so forth. Ul'dahn gentlemen are so strong and brave, indeed. No doubt a single swing of your blade would cut through any troubles that stood in my path. You would do that for me...wouldn't you?
111 107 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_054 110 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_100_060 Under normal circumstances, I'd want nothing to do with this band of thieves, but if they've set their sights on my honey-tongued Homunculi, I simply refuse to turn a blind eye. Fortunately, I have an idea... Deliver the document to Rishushu and keep her distracted. I will take care of the rest. When the deed is done, meet me at you-know-where.
112 108 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_055 111 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_060 I've prepared a certain document that should pique Rishushu's interest. I would ask you to deliver it to her and keep her distracted. I will take care of the rest. Ah, Maisenta...the only Gridanian I've met in my time here who understands how to do business. Whatever brings her to─hm? Yes, what can I do for you?
113 109 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_060 112 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_061 Ul'dahn gentlemen are so strong and brave, indeed. No doubt a single swing of your blade would cut through any troubles that stood in my path. You would do that for me...wouldn't you? A proposition for me, you say? I've been around far too long to fall for empty tales of easy profits and great windfalls. But very well, let us see what you would offer...
114 110 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_100_060 113 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_062 Deliver the document to Rishushu and keep her distracted. I will take care of the rest. When the deed is done, meet me at you-know-where. Hm...? This is...!
115 111 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_060 114 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_063 Ah, Maisenta...the only Gridanian I've met in my time here who understands how to do business. Whatever brings her to─hm? Yes, what can I do for you? ...A page from the Black Rabbit ledgers, complete with a list of all wares purchased from adventurers, along with their selling and purchasing prices!
116 112 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_061 115 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_064 A proposition for me, you say? I've been around far too long to fall for empty tales of easy profits and great windfalls. But very well, let us see what you would offer... With this knowledge, I can simply sell the wares that they offer at a discount, while raising the price on those goods not obtainable elsewhere. Simply by following the principles of good trade, I'll be able to make a fortune!
117 113 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_062 116 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_065 Hm...? This is...! ...My dear Maisenta. I know not what brings you here today, but it would appear you've come just in time to watch me win over your loyal customers.
118 114 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_063 117 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_100_065 ...A page from the Black Rabbit ledgers, complete with a list of all wares purchased from adventurers, along with their selling and purchasing prices! Your services today will not be forgotten. Come back in a fortnight's time and I promise you'll receive your fair share of the profits.
119 115 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_064 118 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_069 With this knowledge, I can simply sell the wares that they offer at a discount, while raising the price on those goods not obtainable elsewhere. Simply by following the principles of good trade, I'll be able to make a fortune! The information you provided will mean a fortune to us. Come back in a fortnight's time and I promise you'll receive your fair share of the profits.
120 116 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_065 119 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_069 ...My dear Maisenta. I know not what brings you here today, but it would appear you've come just in time to watch me win over your loyal customers. ...Excellent. That went precisely according to plan. Meet me you-know-where and we shall plan our next course of action.
121 117 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_100_065 120 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_070 Your services today will not be forgotten. Come back in a fortnight's time and I promise you'll receive your fair share of the profits. I cannot thank you enough─with your aid, the first step of my plan has been carried out to perfection. Now, my visitor should be arriving any moment...
122 118 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_069 121 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_100_070 The information you provided will mean a fortune to us. Come back in a fortnight's time and I promise you'll receive your fair share of the profits. ...Yes, thank you. As promised, here is your payment in full.
123 119 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_069 122 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_071 ...Excellent. That went precisely according to plan. Meet me you-know-where and we shall plan our next course of action. What's that look for, friend? A smart businesswoman knows how to use all of her *resources*, if you understand what I mean...
124 120 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_070 123 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_072 I cannot thank you enough─with your aid, the first step of my plan has been carried out to perfection. Now, my visitor should be arriving any moment... The fellow who just departed was one of Rishushu's underlings. I asked him to search his mistress's stall for two documents. The first one, which my new friend has dutifully delivered, is a contract with the Homunculi...
125 121 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_100_070 124 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_073 ...Yes, thank you. As promised, here is your payment in full. As I suspected, Rishushu aims to steal our profits, and seeks to accomplish this first and foremost by luring our exclusive band of bards away from us.
126 122 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_071 125 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_074 What's that look for, friend? A smart businesswoman knows how to use all of her <Emphasis>resources</Emphasis>, if you understand what I mean... The other document I have...acquired...is a page from the latest report sent by Rishushu to Ul'dah. Note the red mark along our major trading thoroughfare.
127 123 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_072 126 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_075 The fellow who just departed was one of Rishushu's underlings. I asked him to search his mistress's stall for two documents. The first one, which my new friend has dutifully delivered, is a contract with the Homunculi... Assuming that Rishushu's associates at the Baert Trading Company are in possession of the same document, I suspect that the next attack on our supply caravan will strike right there─in the Central Shroud, due southwest from the White Wolf Gate.
128 124 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_073 127 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_076 As I suspected, Rishushu aims to steal our profits, and seeks to accomplish this first and foremost by luring our exclusive band of bards away from us. Such brazen acts of banditry cannot be permitted, yes? I beg of you, adventurer─hurry into the wood and give the would-be ambushers the drubbing they deserve.
129 125 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_074 128 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_077 The other document I have...acquired...is a page from the latest report sent by Rishushu to Ul'dah. Note the red mark along our major trading thoroughfare. Should you find any evidence of a connection to those blackguards at Baert, deliver it to me at my place of business at the Knot. If we do not act quickly, my sweet-tongued, fair-haired beauties will be lost to Gridania forever!
130 126 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_075 129 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_078 Assuming that Rishushu's associates at the Baert Trading Company are in possession of the same document, I suspect that the next attack on our supply caravan will strike right there─in the Central Shroud, due southwest from the White Wolf Gate. Brazen acts of banditry cannot be permitted, yes? I beg of you, adventurer─hurry into the wood and give the would-be ambushers the drubbing they deserve.
131 127 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_076 130 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_079 Such brazen acts of banditry cannot be permitted, yes? I beg of you, adventurer─hurry into the wood and give the would-be ambushers the drubbing they deserve. Should you find any evidence of a connection to those blackguards at Baert, deliver it to me at my place of business at the Knot. If we do not act quickly, my sweet-tongued, fair-haired beauties will be lost to Gridania forever!
132 128 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_077 131 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_POPMESSAGE_000_000 Should you find any evidence of a connection to those blackguards at Baert, deliver it to me at my place of business at the Knot. If we do not act quickly, my sweet-tongued, fair-haired beauties will be lost to Gridania forever! You sense a hostile presence!
133 129 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_078 132 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_POPMESSAGE_000_001 Brazen acts of banditry cannot be permitted, yes? I beg of you, adventurer─hurry into the wood and give the would-be ambushers the drubbing they deserve. The enemy is still about!
134 130 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_079 133 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_BALOON_000_079 Should you find any evidence of a connection to those blackguards at Baert, deliver it to me at my place of business at the Knot. If we do not act quickly, my sweet-tongued, fair-haired beauties will be lost to Gridania forever! Empty yer wagon or I'll empty yer innards!
135 131 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_POPMESSAGE_000_000 134 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_BALOON_100_079 You sense a hostile presence! Yer wares or yer life─I'll gladly take them both!
136 132 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_POPMESSAGE_000_001 135 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_KUROUSAGI_000_079 The enemy is still about! C-Call me mad, but I can't shake the sense that I'm being f-followed. There's ill rumors of these roads of late...
137 133 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_BALOON_000_079 136 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_KUROUSAGI_000_080 Empty yer wagon or I'll empty yer innards! The shock took a year or two off my life, I reckon, but apart from that I'm no worse for the wear. I can't thank you enough, friend.
138 134 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_BALOON_100_079 137 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_080 Yer wares or yer life─I'll gladly take them both! It heartens me to know that our man is safe─you have my thanks, adventurer. Pray tell, were you able to find any evidence of a connection to those rogues at Baert?
139 135 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_KUROUSAGI_000_079 138 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_081 C-Call me mad, but I can't shake the sense that I'm being f-followed. There's ill rumors of these roads of late... ...Aha! Just as I suspected. It began as mere speculation, but I daresay we've built ourselves a most convincing case. Yes, everything has come together...
140 136 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_KUROUSAGI_000_080 139 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_082 The shock took a year or two off my life, I reckon, but apart from that I'm no worse for the wear. I can't thank you enough, friend. Rishushu's reports on the flow of goods at the markets found their way to those scoundrels at Baert, who─seizing upon the chance for a quick profit─orchestrated the attacks on our suppliers.
141 137 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_080 140 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_083 It heartens me to know that our man is safe─you have my thanks, adventurer. Pray tell, were you able to find any evidence of a connection to those rogues at Baert? The stolen wares were hauled back to Baert, then sold for a pittance to Rishushu. With the goods now in high demand, she raised her prices, doubtless funneling a portion of the ample profits back into the Baert coffers.
142 138 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_081 141 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_084 ...Aha! Just as I suspected. It began as mere speculation, but I daresay we've built ourselves a most convincing case. Yes, everything has come together... To add insult to injury, they were poised to use these ill-gotten gains─along with the timely troubles of Black Rabbit Traders─to lure my precious Homunculi away from me.
143 139 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_082 142 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_085 Rishushu's reports on the flow of goods at the markets found their way to those scoundrels at Baert, who─seizing upon the chance for a quick profit─orchestrated the attacks on our suppliers. Why, it's a plan so brilliant I wish I'd come up with it myself! But thanks to you, friend, it's a plan that has now been spectacularly foiled.
144 140 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_083 143 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_086 The stolen wares were hauled back to Baert, then sold for a pittance to Rishushu. With the goods now in high demand, she raised her prices, doubtless funneling a portion of the ample profits back into the Baert coffers. Augustiniel and the others came by just moments ago to say farewell. If we hurry, we can catch them before they depart─we must make for the airship landing without delay!
145 141 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_084 144 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_087 To add insult to injury, they were poised to use these ill-gotten gains─along with the timely troubles of Black Rabbit Traders─to lure my precious Homunculi away from me. I have it on good account that Rishushu will be in attendance to see them off. Let us shove the evidence of these twisted dealings in her self-satisfied little face!
146 142 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_085 145 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_088 Why, it's a plan so brilliant I wish I'd come up with it myself! But thanks to you, friend, it's a plan that has now been spectacularly foiled. If we hurry, we can catch the Homunculi before their departure─we must make for the airship landing without delay!
147 143 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_086 146 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_089 Augustiniel and the others came by just moments ago to say farewell. If we hurry, we can catch them before they depart─we must make for the airship landing without delay! I have it on good account that Rishushu will be in attendance to see them off. Let us shove the evidence of these twisted dealings in her self-satisfied little face!
148 144 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_087 147 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_090 I have it on good account that Rishushu will be in attendance to see them off. Let us shove the evidence of these twisted dealings in her self-satisfied little face! Come to see us off, have you? The gesture truly is appreciated. But worry not! We shall return to Gridania someday─though I cannot guarantee that tickets to our performances will be easily come by.
149 145 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_088 148 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_090 If we hurry, we can catch the Homunculi before their departure─we must make for the airship landing without delay! <sniff> It simply won't be the same without Maisenta. That said, I hear that there is no dearth of buxom beauties in Ul'dah...
150 146 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_089 149 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_090 I have it on good account that Rishushu will be in attendance to see them off. Let us shove the evidence of these twisted dealings in her self-satisfied little face! Oh, do not cry for your Orselfaux, Maisenta! 'Twould pain my heart to see your beautiful countenance clouded so!
151 147 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_090 150 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_090 Come to see us off, have you? The gesture truly is appreciated. But worry not! We shall return to Gridania someday─though I cannot guarantee that tickets to our performances will be easily come by. ...Ahem. Come for your share, have you? Patience, friend─fortunes are not made in a day. Or do you have another proposition for me?
152 148 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_090 151 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_091 <sniff> It simply won't be the same without Maisenta. That said, I hear that there is no dearth of buxom beauties in Ul'dah... Well now, what have we─well, I never! Just whose side are you on, anyhow!?
153 149 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_090 152 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_092 Oh, do not cry for your Orselfaux, Maisenta! 'Twould pain my heart to see your beautiful countenance clouded so! This adventurer kindly rescued one of our wagons from a band of bloodthirsty brigands. Brigands who just *happened* to be in possession of the bill you now see.
154 150 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_090 153 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_093 ...Ahem. Come for your share, have you? Patience, friend─fortunes are not made in a day. Or do you have another proposition for me? Meanwhile, *I* have managed to come into the possession of detailed reports on our trading activities, signed in your name and addressed to the Baert Trading Company. Quite the coincidence, wouldn't you say?
155 151 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_091 154 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_094 Well now, what have we─well, I never! Just whose side are you on, anyhow!? Ladies, please! This bickering ill becomes your beautiful features! Rishushu! Did you say you would donate a share of your profits to see Black Rabbit Traders through their recent plight?
156 152 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_092 155 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_095 This adventurer kindly rescued one of our wagons from a band of bloodthirsty brigands. Brigands who just <Emphasis>happened</Emphasis> to be in possession of the bill you now see. B-Brigands...!? What nonsense is this? Any reports I made to Ul'dah were simply in the interest of fostering trade! That my contacts at Baert would use them to such ill ends is unthinkable! Well, ah, given their reputation, perhaps not entirely so...
157 153 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_093 156 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_096 Meanwhile, <Emphasis>I</Emphasis> have managed to come into the possession of detailed reports on our trading activities, signed in your name and addressed to the Baert Trading Company. Quite the coincidence, wouldn't you say? ...I suspected as much. Let me guess: you had your misgivings, but couldn't let your conscience get in the way when there were fortunes to be had. So you cast your lot with Baert, covered your eyes and ears and hoped for the best.
158 154 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_094 157 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_097 Ladies, please! This bickering ill becomes your beautiful features! Rishushu! Did you say you would donate a share of your profits to see Black Rabbit Traders through their recent plight? Ignorance of your complicity is no excuse, Rishushu. I hear that the Wood Wailers and Gods' Quiver are taking particularly severe measures regarding the sale of stolen and poached goods in light of recent events.
159 155 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_000_095 158 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_098 B-Brigands...!? What nonsense is this? Any reports I made to Ul'dah were simply in the interest of fostering trade! That my contacts at Baert would use them to such ill ends is unthinkable! Well, ah, given their reputation, perhaps not entirely so... A word or two from me and you'll spend the night in the comfort of your very own gaol cell. That said, I might still be persuaded to look the other way...provided we can come to an agreement.
160 156 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_096 159 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_099 ...I suspected as much. Let me guess: you had your misgivings, but couldn't let your conscience get in the way when there were fortunes to be had. So you cast your lot with Baert, covered your eyes and ears and hoped for the best. M-My darling Maisenta! Speaking as an almost-victim of these shady schemes, I daresay Miss Rishushu's deeds should not go unpunished! Ah, then again, one might argue it might be an equal crime to imprison such a comely lass...
161 157 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_097 160 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_100 Ignorance of your complicity is no excuse, Rishushu. I hear that the Wood Wailers and Gods' Quiver are taking particularly severe measures regarding the sale of stolen and poached goods in light of recent events. Sever all ties with the Baert Trading Company at once, and promise me you'll never so much as lay a finger on my precious Homunculi again. These are my conditions, and they are *not* negotiable!
162 158 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_098 161 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_100_100 A word or two from me and you'll spend the night in the comfort of your very own gaol cell. That said, I might still be persuaded to look the other way...provided we can come to an agreement. N-Never again! You have my word! Starting on the morrow, every merchant in the markets will vouch that they've never seen a trader as reputable as Rishushu!
163 159 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_099 162 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_101 M-My darling Maisenta! Speaking as an almost-victim of these shady schemes, I daresay Miss Rishushu's deeds should not go unpunished! Ah, then again, one might argue it might be an equal crime to imprison such a comely lass... There's no putting anything past you, my dear, now is there? Brilliant *and* beautiful─now there's a lass worthy of song.
164 160 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_100 163 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_102 Sever all ties with the Baert Trading Company at once, and promise me you'll never so much as lay a finger on my precious Homunculi again. These are my conditions, and they are <Emphasis>not</Emphasis> negotiable! ...Says he who was ready to bolt for the desert at the call of the highest bidder. Hah! Consider yourself fortunate that when it comes to business, I can hold my own with anyone in Ul'dah─or the realm, for that matter.
165 161 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_RISHUSHU_100_100 164 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_103 N-Never again! You have my word! Starting on the morrow, every merchant in the markets will vouch that they've never seen a trader as reputable as Rishushu! ...With the help of a few good friends, that is.
166 162 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_101 165 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_104 There's no putting anything past you, my dear, now is there? Brilliant <Emphasis>and</Emphasis> beautiful─now there's a lass worthy of song. Haha! Ahaha! Bwahahahahahaha! Bold and beautiful! Oh, how could we ever have so much as thought of parting ways!?
167 163 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_102 166 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_105 ...Says he who was ready to bolt for the desert at the call of the highest bidder. Hah! Consider yourself fortunate that when it comes to business, I can hold my own with anyone in Ul'dah─or the realm, for that matter. Just so, just so! Why, I've never seen a woman more willing and able to use all the resources at her disposal to overcome any obstacle in her path. Remind me never to end up on your bad side again, my dear!
168 164 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_103 167 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_106 ...With the help of a few good friends, that is. Stick to your songwriting and singing and leave the financial affairs to me, and I don't foresee us having any more problems. Do we have an understanding?
169 165 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_AUGUSTINIEL_000_104 168 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_107 Haha! Ahaha! Bwahahahahahaha! Bold and beautiful! Oh, how could we ever have so much as thought of parting ways!? We do! We most certainly do! Maisenta, my dear, you are a veritable sheer force of nature. I cannot imagine any who would dare stand in your way...
170 166 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_OSCARLET_000_105 169 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_108 Just so, just so! Why, I've never seen a woman more willing and able to use all the resources at her disposal to overcome any obstacle in her path. Remind me never to end up on your bad side again, my dear! I'll be watching your future performances─and our ledgers─with *great* interest. Here's to a profitable relationship for years and years to come!
171 167 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_106 170 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SYSTEM_000_000 Stick to your songwriting and singing and leave the financial affairs to me, and I don't foresee us having any more problems. Do we have an understanding? With your successful delivery, your reputation as a letter carrier has grown!
168 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_ORSELFAUX_000_107 We do! We most certainly do! Maisenta, my dear, you are a veritable sheer force of nature. I cannot imagine any who would dare stand in your way...
169 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_MAISENTA_000_108 I'll be watching your future performances─and our ledgers─with <Emphasis>great</Emphasis> interest. Here's to a profitable relationship for years and years to come!
170 TEXT_SUBPST018_00033_SYSTEM_000_000 With your successful delivery, your reputation as a letter carrier has grown!