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* 7.45 follow-up
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10TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_SEQ_00Ellie wishes to share her latest discoveries with you.
21TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_SEQ_01Inspector's Log: These tales of a thieving duelist continue to confound me! But perhaps it is to be expected─I am but recently returned to civilized, un-undead society, after all. The case of Yellow Moon's missing Pure Heart was a welcome refresher, to be sure, but my second case was a grim reminder that dubious acts are sometimes necessary to achieve a greater good. Still, I hold out hope that we may yet find Eleazar's sword in the possession of my nefarious nemesis. But how am I to catch him if I know naught of the “collector's blade” he seeks?             * * * Using her skills as a reporter, Ellie has managed to identify the sword the duelist seeks: the Treaty-Blade, a weapon which was recently purchased by an Ul'dahn collector. Ellie is eager to investigate the collector, but she is also concerned that her friendly overtures may be rebuffed. A small gift might serve to pave the way─perhaps a rare flower purchased from Tutusi in Camp Drybone.
32TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_SEQ_02While in Camp Drybone, you and Ellie observe an Elezen inspector extracting a confession from a merchant who murdered his former partner. Ellie is impressed by the man's skills as an investigator─though her mood darkens upon hearing the name of a certain other inspector. Avoid further mention of the gentleman in question and journey to Vesper Bay, where the Ul'dahn collector, Lady Durilda, resides.
43TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_SEQ_03Lady Durilda is less than enthused with your flowers, and even further annoyed when Inspector Hildibrand and his assistant make a most inopportune appearance. It is then the agent of enquiry's turn to grow flustered when the gentleman from Camp Drybone arrives and is revealed to have been hired by Lady Durilda. Declaring that Consulting Inspector Briardien and her guardsmen can ensure the security of the Treaty-Blade, the collector demands that you all leave. However, there may be another way to earn the approval of Lady Durilda. Maria, her daughter, lost a priceless antique vase in the wilds of Thanalan, and its successful recovery may serve as sufficient proof of the inspector's investigative skills. Begin your search near Nophica's Wells.
54TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_SEQ_04Your investigation leads you to a large, flamboyantly dressed man. At his feet lies something man-made. Perhaps it warrants a closer look.
65TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_SEQ_05Alas, the vase is no more, having been crushed beneath the heel of the flamboyant oaf. However, Inspector Hildibrand appears to have a plan. First, you must gather the muddy potsherds.
76TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_SEQ_06In a refreshing change of pace, the potsherds you pulled from the water were in fact the ones you sought. Present them to Inspector Hildibrand.
87TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_SEQ_07The inspector declares that you have gathered more than enough pieces of the vase. Yet even with all the pieces, he could not possibly mean to reconstruct the vase...or could he?
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2524TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_TODO_00Speak with Tutusi.
2625TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_TODO_01Present the Althyk lavender to Durilda.
2726TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_TODO_02Investigate Nophica's Wells.
2827TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_TODO_03Examine the curious object.
2928TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_TODO_04Search for precious potsherds.
3029TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_TODO_05Give the potsherds to Hildibrand.
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4948TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_ELLIE_000_000Perchance you are curious about the duelist's declared target? It so happens I have identified the weapon in question.
5049TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_ELLIE_000_001The Treaty-Blade is part of an Ishgardian noble's collection─or *was*, I should say.
5150TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_ELLIE_000_002No, it has not yet been stolen; it has been purchased by an Ul'dahn collector─the wife of a wealthy merchant living in Vesper Bay.
5251TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_ELLIE_000_003Suffice it to say, I would be remiss in my duties as a reporter were I to not investigate her. And should the duelist strike whilst I am present... Well, I hope I needn't explain what a golden opportunity that would be!
5352TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_ELLIE_000_004Ingratiating myself to her may prove to be the greatest challenge, though. I'm told she is a difficult woman to please...
5453TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_ELLIE_000_005Fortunately, I am also told that she has a fondness for rare flowers─the sort Tutusi in Camp Drybone sells. You can come along, if you'd like.
5554TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_ELLIE_000_010I had a feeling you couldn't resist the pull of a good story. Since you're here, why don't you choose the Althyk lavender to buy?
5655TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_TUTUSI_000_030Here you are, miss. Thank you for your patronage.
5756TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_BRIARDIEN_000_031(-???-)Was it for love or money that you killed him?
5857TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_WOMAN01315_000_032It...it was *you*!?
5958TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_MAN01315_000_033Have you gone mad? That was an Amalj'aa arrow in his back! I don't even know how to shoot a bow!
6059TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_BRIARDIEN_000_034(-Curt Gentleman-)Amalj'aa don't shoot fleeing unarmed merchants; they capture and temper them. Not that you or your victim make for convincing merchants.
6160TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_BRIARDIEN_000_035(-Curt Gentleman-)If you're going to misrepresent yourself, put some effort into it. Wear gloves, for gods' sakes, or at least don't wave your hands in front of my face!
6261TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_BRIARDIEN_000_036(-Curt Gentleman-)The calluses on your fingers betray you as a veteran archer. Doubtless you used your skills to great effect five years ago, as did your partner.
6362TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_BRIARDIEN_000_037(-Curt Gentleman-)So again, I ask: was it because he took from you your share, or your *sister*?
6463TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_MAN01315_000_038You don't touch a man's kin. He knew that, and yet he...he...
6564TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_BRIARDIEN_000_039(-Curt Gentleman-)Damn. I thought he did it for the money. You two─he's all yours.
6665TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_DOJIN01315_000_040Y-Yes, of course! Thank you for the help, Inspector!
6766TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_ELLIE_000_041...At least he's competent. But when did investigating crimes become such a popular profession?
6867TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_TUTUSI_000_042It's not his job, you know; he just likes doing it. He belongs to one of Ishgard's High Houses─some say he's a baron!
6968TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_TUTUSI_000_043Not at all like that buffoon Hildibrand, don't you think?
7069TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_ELLIE_000_044I try not to think about Hildibrand.
7170TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_ELLIE_000_045We should get going. Lady Durilda will not take kindly to wilted flowers.
7271TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_ELLIE_000_050I believe you have something to present to Lady Durilda? Go on, then.
7372TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_DURILDA_000_060Again!? As I told the last twenty who came before, if you have come looking for work, you are too late!
7473TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_DURILDA_000_061And even if I were in need of additional security, I would not deign to hire a common adventurer!
7574TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_DURILDA_000_062Now remove yourself from my sight before I have you removed.
7675TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_DURILDA_000_070Did you really think I could be so easily manipulated? Present the right gift, speak the magic words, and you would earn my respect?
7776TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_DURILDA_000_071What is more, a flower's beauty is fleeting. I value beauty which transcends the boundaries of time─everlasting, enduring, unchanging. Like mine. Now get out.
7877TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_ELLIE_000_072Forgive us, Lady Durilda. We meant no disrespect! We were afraid that you would not heed our warnings otherwise.
7978TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_ELLIE_000_073A notorious, violent thief is plotting to steal the Treaty-Blade!
8079TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_DURILDA_000_074You fools. “I shall come to claim the collector's blade,” yes? I read the *Mythril Eye*. I know full well of whom you speak, and it is none of your concern.
8180TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_DURILDA_000_075I have a legion of guards at my disposal. Should he try, I will have him seized or worse.
8281TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_DURILDA_000_076And even if by some miracle he should succeed, he will not escape my wrath, for I have retained the services of a certain gentleman.
8382TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_DURILDA_000_077Ah, but you may see for yourself! Like every piece in my collection, he has been chosen with the utmost care. Now look on my peerless inspector, interlopers, and despair!
8483TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_HILDIBRAND_000_090Ships that pass in the night; a signal shown in the darkness─
8584TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_HILDIBRAND_100_090The lady cries out for a guardian, and a gentleman must needs oblige!
8685TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_HILDIBRAND_000_091I swear to you, here and now: I, Hildibrand, agent of enquiry, inspector extraordinaire, shall neither slumber nor sleep until the fiend who covets the Treaty-Blade is brought to justice!
8786TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_HILDIBRAND_000_092My lady, what brings you here? Are you come in pursuit of the duelist as well? Or, perchance, in pursuit of *me*?
8887TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_DURILDA_000_093As if I would spend a single gil on an insufferable, incompetent─
8988TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_BRIARDIEN_000_094(-???-)To be fair, you are not spending a single gil on me.
9089TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_BRIARDIEN_000_095(-Curt Gentleman-)The chance to investigate such an intriguing case is payment enough. Preemptive declarations of criminal intent are hardly in vogue.
9190TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_BRIARDIEN_000_096(-Curt Gentleman-)Sorry I'm late. Busy solving a murder.
9291TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_BRIARDIEN_000_097Briardien, consulting inspector. At your service, my lady.
9392TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_HILDIBRAND_000_098*Conniving* inspector?
9493TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_BRIARDIEN_000_099*Consulting* inspector.
9594TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_BRIARDIEN_100_099<sniff> <sniff> Rotting flesh and saltpeter. Hildibrand Manderville and Nashu Mhakaracca, I presume.
9695TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_BRIARDIEN_000_100Two rank amateurs playing at a profession of which they know naught.
9796TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_BRIARDIEN_000_101Call me when you've finished with these wastrels.
9897TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_DURILDA_000_102You see!? I do not want nor need your help. Briardien is more than capable of overseeing the transfer. Now get out, all of you!
9998TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_DURILDA_000_103Where have you been, Maria? And where is my vase?
10099TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_MARIA_000_104There was this strange flying thing, and I... The vase, I dropped it in the water. I was so─
101100TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_DURILDA_000_105That vase once belonged to the Royal House of Thorne! Do you have any idea how much it was worth!?
102101TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_DURILDA_000_106You will go back outside right now and search for my vase, and you are not to return until you find it. *Do I make myself clear*?
103102TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_HILDIBRAND_000_107My lady, pray allow me to go in the girl's stead! It is not safe, for she herself spoke of a ferocious wild beast!
104103TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_HILDIBRAND_000_108With my unmatched investigative skills, I shall swiftly locate and recover the missing vase, thereby earning your respect! At which point, you will gladly grant me permission to investigate the thieving duelist! Verily, it is a plan fiendishly clever in its intricacies!
105104TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_ELLIE_000_109Not when spoken aloud.
106105TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_HILDIBRAND_000_110Miss Maria, would you be so kind as to tell me exactly what happened?
107106TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_MARIA_000_111I picked up the vase in Ul'dah like Mother said, and I was on my way home...
108107TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_MARIA_000_112I was crossing the bridge, and then the flying thing came. I got scared, so I ran.
109108TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_MARIA_000_120When I stopped, it was gone. But...so was the vase. I think I dropped it in Nophica's Wells.
110109TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_MARIA_000_121I want to go and look! But there were scary-looking things down there. I'm scared to go alone.
111110TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_HILDIBRAND_000_122You are no longer alone, Miss Maria. We shall go together and look for the vase─all five of us!
112111TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_ELLIE_000_123All *four* of you. I'm going after Inspector Briardien. If the duelist strikes, I mean to be there.
113112TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_HILDIBRAND_000_124B-But, Miss Ellie! How can you ignore the plight of a young girl for the sake of a story?
114113TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_ELLIE_000_125Because that's my *job*, you imbecile!
115114TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_HILDIBRAND_000_126Well, we shall not be derelict in our duty to justice. Come, Nashu! We must away!
116115TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_ELLIE_000_127You don't even know what the bloody vase looks like!
117116TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_ELLIE_000_128Maria, dear, listen─if it gets dangerous, or if you feel afraid, you run to this adventurer for help, understand?
118117TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_HILDIBRAND_000_145Eager to get started, eh? Capital! You have my leave to canvass the scene for clues. Mayhap you may even find a witness or two!
119118TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_DURILDA_000_147Out, *out*! I have forthcoming appointments with *very* prestigious guests, and will suffer your presence no longer!
120119TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_MERCHANT01315_000_150That girl what run by earlier? Aye, I seen her. Had somethin' in her hands, but dropped it while crossin' the bridge. Didn't get a good look, but I reckon it don't matter anyroad─whatever it was, it's long gone by now.
121120TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_MERCHANT01315_000_151You say it was a vase, eh? I hope it wasn't valuable, 'cause it's been swept far downstream by now.
122121TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_CENMIN_000_160A vase? Well, anything that falls in the water is like to be swept downstream fairly quickly.
123122TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_CENMIN_000_161Does this have anything to do with that queer winged beast I saw earlier? No? Never mind, then.
124123TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_CENMIN_000_165If you're looking for something that fell from the bridge, you should consider searching downstream.
125124TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_GILGAMESH_000_170A pox upon that thieving demon bird! He shall rue the day he crossed paths with me!
126125TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_GILGAMESH_000_171Huh? A vase? I know naught of what you─ Gah, curse this infernal refuse underfoot! Every point is a dagger!
127126TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_SYSTEM_000_172There is something in the water at the man's feet...
128127TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_GILGAMESH_000_175Do the people of this land simply toss their refuse in the river? Every step is agony!
129128TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_HILDIBRAND_000_190Do I spy the treasured vase of Lady Durilda over─ Oh. Oh dear.
130129TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_GILGAMESH_000_191(-Flamboyant Oaf-)Um. Does this belong to you, child?
131130TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_GILGAMESH_000_192(-Flamboyant Oaf-)Forgive me, I was so engrossed in my search that I did not notice...
132131TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_HILDIBRAND_000_193Your search for what, pray tell?
133132TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_GILGAMESH_000_194(-Flamboyant Oaf-)The demon bird that absconded with my weapon! I set it down for but a moment, only to see it next in the talons of that accursed creature!
134133TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_GILGAMESH_000_195(-Flamboyant Oaf-)I gave chase, following it to these waters, and in my haste I must have stepped upon your vase.
135134TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_196Don't fret, Maria! I know it looks bad, but I'm sure Inspector Hildibrand will think of something!
136135TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_HILDIBRAND_000_197Oh, but I already have, my faithful assistant. Hearken to me now, for as the rising sun doth dispel the dark, so shall my solution resolve our dilemma!
137136TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_HILDIBRAND_000_198But first, we must gather as many fragments of the vase as we can find!
138137TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_HILDIBRAND_000_210Why does this feel so familiar...?
139138TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_GILGAMESH_000_215How could I have been so careless...?
140139TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_HILDIBRAND_000_230Come to present your findings, have you? Splendid! Let's have a look.
141140TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_HILDIBRAND_000_240Well done, my friend. This should be more than sufficient for our needs.
142141TEXT_CHRHDB201_01315_HILDIBRAND_000_241He has performed miracles with far less, after all...