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* 7.45 follow-up
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10TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_SEQ_00Guildmaster Severian wishes to assign you a “minor” task.
21TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_SEQ_01Although Severian has now accepted you as his assistant in truth, he feels the research for the ultimate expression of alchemy cannot continue until the constant flow of inconvenient guild tasks has been dammed. Speak with Deitrich, the guild's receptionist, and arrange for the guildmaster's official duties to be channeled elsewhere.
32TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_SEQ_02You learn from Deitrich that Severian's obsessive research began after the Calamity took the life of his one true love. Considering the growing disapproval surrounding the guildmaster's actions and concerned for the man's well-being, the receptionist is initially reluctant to grant your request. He eventually suggests, however, that providing one of the guild's valued patrons with a fine-quality vial of hi-ether will generate the goodwill necessary to avoid further obligations for a time. Return to Severian and tell him the good news.
43TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_SEQ_03After relaying Deitrich's suggestion, you find yourself assigned the task of creating an uncommonly potent vial of hi-ether. Deliver the completed concoction to Severian.
54TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_SEQ_04You have delivered to Severian your remarkably efficacious hi-ether and earned the enthusiastic alchemist's glowing praise. With the threat of interruption to his research removed, the guildmaster states that he is ready to begin the final stage of experiments. The pinnacle of alchemy seems but a short climb away. ※The next alchemist quest will be available from Severian upon reaching level 40.
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2524TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_TODO_00Speak with Deitrich.
2625TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_TODO_01Speak with Severian.
2726TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_TODO_02Deliver a vial of hi-ether to Severian.
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4948TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_SEVERIAN_000_000Eagerly have I awaited your return, my able assistant!
5049TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_SEVERIAN_000_001Does your chest not ache with the intake of every excited breath? Do you not *tremble* in joyous anticipation as your hand reaches forth, seeking to nudge open the door into the realm of alchemy's most sought-after secrets?
5150TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_SEVERIAN_000_002You do? Well, try to ignore that feeling for now. Before we can fully commit ourselves to our research, there remain a *few* irksome details that must first be addressed.
5251TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_SEVERIAN_000_003As ever, I speak of these *unending* orders from the guild. “Brew this potion!” “Concoct that elixir!” Ugh. Surely, you grow as weary as I of these constant demands on our precious time. We must be allowed to concentrate!
5352TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_SEVERIAN_000_004I've an idea to end these nibbling distractions, and it involves *you*! March over to Deitrich's desk and petition for a complete cessation of these interruptions. I'd handle it myself, but...I fear the man's become unheedful of my words.
5453TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_DEITRICH_000_010Hm? Master Severian demands to be spared from any further official guild duties? I am a simple receptionist─how can I possibly deflect the expectations of our senior members?
5554TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_DEITRICH_000_011His obsessive research is wearing thin the patience of both colleagues and clients alike. I fear if we do not restore at least a *modicum* of goodwill, his attempts to redirect tasks will be met with the staunchest of opposition.
5655TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_DEITRICH_000_012...I doubt our guildmaster realizes the precarious state he finds himself in. It is only his substantial skill in alchemy that convinces others to tolerate his growing eccentricity. That said, many would gladly trade that skill if it would return him to his former, somewhat less manic, self.
5756TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_DEITRICH_000_013Nay, 'twas not always like this. But ever since the Calamity robbed him of his one true love, I have witnessed him transform into this feverish madman, desperately racing through experiment after experiment...
5857TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_DEITRICH_000_014Ahem... I delve into areas best left unexplored. We should return to the topic at hand. Of the various orders the guild needs met, the one of highest priority is a request for a vial of hi-ether, commissioned by one of our more valued patrons.
5958TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_DEITRICH_000_015I would suggest you lend your focus to this particular assignment, and create an uncommonly potent sample for delivery. Perhaps then, it would be enough to both satisfy the patron *and* allow enough forbearance to free the guildmaster of other tasks.
6059TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_DEITRICH_000_016I hesitate to encourage this kind of behavior, of course, but I realize what Master Severian's work means to him. And I...would be grateful if you could keep an eye on him. I fear for his well-being, and you are the closest thing he has to a friend.
6160TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_SEVERIAN_000_020Well? Did you browbeat that Deitrich fellow into submission?
6261TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_SEVERIAN_000_021Ah, a conditional surrender. I suppose a single vial of hi-ether is a small price to pay. But let it not be said that my assistant fails to deliver!
6362TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_SEVERIAN_000_022You will need to employ advanced─and somewhat involved─alchemical techniques to produce the elevated quality of hi-ether required. Best you begin at once!
6463TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_SEVERIAN_000_030How does your work progress? Have you succeeded in concocting that remarkably efficacious hi-ether?
6564TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_SEVERIAN_000_031Yes! Rejoice, my impressively adept assistant, for you have forged the key to our freedom!
6665TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_SEVERIAN_000_032Who could not be moved by such a masterful example of mana-restoring splendor? Mayhap your post-assistant career lies in the manufacture of this wonderful substance.
6766TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_SEVERIAN_000_033You would, I suspect, need to purchase coffers that they might overflow with coin. Even among alchemy's more incredible inventions, the manufacture of ether stands out as a singularly profitable venture.
6867TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_SEVERIAN_000_034It is an innovation that changed the face of battle. Mages were no longer limited by their natural reserves of aetheric energy─a few swallows of alchemical brilliance, and a sorcerer could fuel another barrage of spells.
6968TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_SEVERIAN_000_035It cannot, of course, sustain their powers indefinitely. As we have already discussed, any potion taken in excess becomes the equivalent of poison.
7069TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_SEVERIAN_000_036...Oh dear, was I lecturing again? It is difficult to contain my passion for alchemy with the goal of my labors looming so close on the horizon!
7170TEXT_CLSALC350_00647_SEVERIAN_000_037You have accomplished a minor miracle today, my dear assistant. With all obstructions to our research thus adroitly removed, let us move on to the final stage of experiments!