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xiashtra 03d949abaf 7.45 follow-up (#99)
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* 7.45 follow-up
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10TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_SEQ_00Keshkwa is as tense as a coiled viper.
21TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_SEQ_01Keshkwa has been on tenterhooks waiting for the Twin Adders to share any information concerning Iq Soq Xmajun. As luck would have it, Golias's commanding officer has requested a meeting at the Adders' Nest, seemingly with important news to relay.
32TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_SEQ_02The Twin Adder officer recounts details of attacks by Iq Soq Xmajun, most likely orchestrated by Innocent Stork. In addition, the Adders have received a letter from Golias, in which he formally requests to resign from the organization. Even more surprising is a message for you and Keshkwa, which seems to be a coded plea for help, suggesting that Iq Soq Xmajun is currently somewhere in southern Thanalan. The officer observes that the true message cannot have escaped Innocent Stork's notice, and that the fact she allowed it to be sent means you are almost certainly walking into a trap. Keshkwa is undeterred, however, welcoming any opportunity to confront and kill the vidraal. The two of you depart for the Sagolii Desert to begin your search for Innocent Stork and her newfound pet.
43TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_SEQ_03The trail leads straight to Innocent Stork, with Iq Soq Xmajun waiting obediently at her side. Lying at her feet is a motionless Golias, who appears to be the beast's latest victim. A heated battle with Iq Soq Xmajun ensues, during which Keshkwa deduces its subdued behavior to be related to a pouch of wildgrass the entrepreneur is carrying to keep Iq Soq Xmajun in check─though the viper remains convinced their alliance will not last. Sure enough, when Golias's sudden recovery draws Innocent Stork's attention and forces her to turn her back to Iq Soq Xmajun, it seizes the opportunity to rid itself of its supposed master. With the unwanted nuisance removed, the tural vidraal unleashes its full might, though in the end it is you and your mentor that emerge victorious.
54TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_SEQ_04With Iq Soq Xmajun slain, Keshkwa has finally succeeded in avenging his fallen comrade. Although the immediate threat has been quelled, you have yet to ascertain why Golias was assisting Innocent Stork in her diabolical schemes.
65TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_SEQ_05Golias admits to having been coerced into aiding Innocent Stork, who used his position within the Twin Adders to obtain sensitive information. However, as Innocent Stork had threatened to unleash her creatures upon Gridania and his family should he fail to comply, Golias believed that his subterfuge was necessary in order to protect everyone. Regardless, this is a matter for the Twin Adders, so you escort Golias to Quarrymill to meet with his commanding officer.
76TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_SEQ_06Golias's misdeeds will not soon be forgotten, and his expulsion from the Twin Adders is a foregone conclusion. However, Keshkwa's heartfelt plea on his behalf persuades the commanding officer to show a measure of leniency, and so no charges will be brought against the disgraced soldier. Keshkwa then asks for his help finding clients in need of a hunter, as your mentor will need to earn sufficient money to pay for passage back to Tural. For the time being at least, Golias will be able to pursue his dream of protecting innocent people from rampaging beasts, while Keshkwa will remain in Eorzea a little longer. Now that the matter of Iq Soq Xmajun is well and truly resolved, you are free to seek out clients of your own, and offer those in peril the skills of a viper.
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2524TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_TODO_00Wait at the Adders' Nest.
2625TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_TODO_01Speak with Keshkwa in the Sagolii Desert.
2726TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_TODO_02Speak with Keshkwa in the Sagolii Desert.
2827TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_TODO_03Speak with Keshkwa.
2928TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_TODO_04Speak with Keshkwa at Quarrymill.
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4948TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_000Since the last time we spoke, the Twin Adders have been looking for Golias, but they ain't found hide nor hair of him.
5049TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_001Meanwhile, there've been plenty of Iq Soq Xmajun sightings. Seems Innocent Stork's eager to put her new pet to work.
5150TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_002I expect that's why Golias's commanding officer asked for our help. Let's head to the Adders' Nest and hear what he has to say.
5251TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_SERPENTCAPTAIN04852_000_030It's good to finally meet you both. Golias spoke highly of you and your contributions to our hunt for Iq Soq Xmajun.
5352TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_100_031Speaking of which, you got information for us, right?
5453TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_SERPENTCAPTAIN04852_000_032We've received multiple eyewitness reports of a creature surpassing even the most elite marks. It dispatches its victims swiftly before flying away.
5554TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_033At Innocent Stork's direction, I'll wager. She's setting Iq Soq Xmajun loose to kill for her own amusement.
5655TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_SERPENTCAPTAIN04852_000_034Those slain were mostly roaming adventurers, but the circumstances of each attack suggest an escalation. The beast is striking in broad daylight, and closer to more populated settlements. The risk of a massacre grows greater by the day.
5756TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_SERPENTCAPTAIN04852_000_035There is another matter I wish to discuss, which may shed some light on the situation. We have received a letter from Golias.
5857TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_SERPENTCAPTAIN04852_000_036Though details are sparse, he wishes to resign from the Twin Adders. The letter also includes a message for the two of you.
5958TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_SERPENTCAPTAIN04852_000_039“Do you recall our discussion in southern Thanalan? Though my aspirations were beyond me, I pray that you succeed in fulfilling your own.”
6059TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_040I remember, Golias. You wanted to prevent those with bright futures from dying before their time. That's why you joined the Twin Adders.
6160TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_041Wait... We had that talk in the Shroud, not Thanalan.
6261TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_042And he mentions *our* aspirations, which is to protect people from rampaging beasts. Don't you see? He's telling us that Iq Soq Xmajun's gonna appear in southern Thanalan!
6362TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_SERPENTCAPTAIN04852_000_045A hidden message...albeit not a particularly well-hidden one. If Innocent Stork read this, she would've surely divined his intent.
6463TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_SERPENTCAPTAIN04852_000_046I can only surmise that she knew and allowed the letter to be sent regardless. What better way to lure you into a confrontation with Iq Soq Xmajun than by taking advantage of Golias's sincere plea for help?
6564TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_047Trap or not, a confrontation suits me fine. If it's a show she wants, then we're happy to oblige.
6665TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_SERPENTCAPTAIN04852_000_048As for the where...she doubtless wishes to avoid attracting the attention of the Immortal Flames and the Amalj'aa. The Sagolii Desert, like as not. I will send word to Ul'dah, but in the meantime, I wish you every success.
6766TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_080Another carcass... This was Iq Soq Xmajun's work. Didn't expect the trail to be *this* easy to pick up, but perhaps I should've.
6867TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_081All that's left now is to walk straight into the trap. No viper worth their salt ever shied away from danger, am I right?
6968TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_INNOCENTSTORCK_000_200Such grace, such power... Magnificence itself given form, worthy of awe. Alas, these mediocre distractions are a poor canvas for your art.
7069TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_201It's over, Innocent Stork!
7170TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_INNOCENTSTORCK_000_202On the contrary... The main attraction is just beginning!
7271TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_203Golias! What've you done to him!?
7372TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_INNOCENTSTORCK_000_204After his childish trick with the coded letter, I decided to let Iq Soq Xmajun punish him. An appetizer, if you will.
7473TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_205All the money and the privilege in the world, and this is how you choose to use it. Killing for the sake of killing...
7574TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_206You're no better than a tural vidraal. A monster that deserves to die!
7675TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_INNOCENTSTORCK_000_207A flattering comparison, though you seem to be forgetting the literal monster that stands before you.
7776TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_INNOCENTSTORCK_000_208Iq Soq Xmajun! I've brought you fresh prey!
7877TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_BOSS04853_000_208......
7978TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_209Oh, I haven't forgotten about you. A coward through and through, I knew, but one I thought had *some* pride. Guess I was wrong.
8079TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_210It's time. Iq Soq Xmajun is ours!
8180TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_INNOCENTSTORCK_000_250Is this all you're capable of!?
8281TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_INNOCENTSTORCK_000_251Are you not satisfied with the prey I have provided? You'll have all that you want and more, but only if you *obey*! Kill them! Kill them now! I demand it!
8382TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_252This ain't the Iq Soq Xmajun I know, and I reckon Innocent Stork is the reason why.
8483TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_253I can smell the wildgrass on her. A less potent mixture than the one we doled out before─just enough to keep Iq Soq Xmajun at arm's length.
8584TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_254But even that's too much for the vidraal's senses. That's why it's addled and can't think straight.
8685TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_255Even so, she's made a fool's bet...
8786TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_256Iq Soq Xmajun's only tolerated Innocent Stork and her shenanigans to sate its own bloodlust.
8887TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_257Two apex predators can't make nice forever...
8988TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_GOLIAS_000_258Ungh... I'm not...done with you yet...
9089TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_INNOCENTSTORCK_000_259Golias... You stubborn worm!
9190TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_INNOCENTSTORCK_000_260What!?
9291TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_261Hmph. Maybe now it can concentrate on the fight.
9392TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_262All right, Player. Give it everything you've got!
9493TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_300O restless beast, may you find peace in death. As the serpent sheds its skin, relinquish this husk, that you may rise again to greet a new dawn...
9594TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_GOLIAS_000_301Innocent Stork genuinely believed that she could bend such a creature to her will. That arrogance cost her her life.
9695TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_302She never understood what she was dealing with, or afforded it proper respect. She took her “superiority” for granted...but the power she wielded to flaunt the laws of men was powerless against the natural order.
9796TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_304Golias, Player... Thank you for everything.
9897TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_305Was a damn sight harder than I reckoned it'd be, but I've finally avenged my brother-in-arms and fulfilled my duty.
9998TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_306I can once again hold my head high.
10099TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_GOLIAS_000_310The hunt is finished. All that remains is for me to face my punishment.
101100TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_330Iq Soq Xmajun might be dead, but we've still got a loose end or two to tie up.
102101TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_331You haven't told us yet why you led us on a merry chase for Innocent Stork. May as well come clean now.
103102TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_GOLIAS_000_332Well...when I was a young child, my merchant parents were slain by a wild creature on their travels.
104103TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_GOLIAS_000_333I meant what I said at Fallgourd when I told you I swore to save others from a similar fate. That's why I joined the Twin Adders.
105104TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_334A commendable motivation.
106105TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_GOLIAS_000_335And then I met Innocent Stork, who explained with great enthusiasm that she shared my desire to protect others by bringing these beasts to heel. I thought I had found a kindred spirit...
107106TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_GOLIAS_000_336But I later realized she'd fed me nothing but lies. She used me to obtain information collected by the Twin Adders, all for the sake of identifying potential additions to her menagerie.
108107TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_GOLIAS_000_337I'd disclosed all manner of sensitive intelligence to her, believing it was in furtherance of her efforts to save lives. By the time I learned of her true intentions, it was too late.
109108TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_GOLIAS_000_338I confronted her─told her that I was going to inform my superiors. She smiled and laughed and said that she would unleash her fiends upon Gridania if I spoke a word─with some of her finest reserved specifically for my family...
110109TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_339I'm guessing it was Innocent Stork's idea to have you join the investigation into Iq Soq Xmajun.
111110TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_GOLIAS_000_340It was. There's no excuse for what I did. Allowing myself to become her pawn has led to so much needless suffering.
112111TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_GOLIAS_000_341Nothing I can say or do will ever be enough to earn your forgiveness. Whatever punishment awaits me, I shall accept it gladly.
113112TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_342Well, Player, what do you think?
114113TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_Q1_000_100What will you say?
115114TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_A1_000_100I think you should decide, Keshkwa.
116115TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_A2_000_100We'd better hand him over to the Twin Adders.
117116TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_350If he'd only done me wrong, I'd be willing to look the other way. But his deception's caused all kinds of trouble for the Twin Adders. They're the ones who need to stand in judgment.
118117TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_355I was thinking the same thing. It's up to them to decide his punishment, not us.
119118TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_GOLIAS_000_360Quite right. I will request that my superior meets us at Quarrymill, where I shall give a full account.
120119TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_361It's settled, then. Meet us there when you're ready.
121120TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_GOLIAS_000_370I appreciate you coming to see that justice is served.
122121TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_SERPENTCAPTAIN04852_000_375I take it there is more to your report than the slaying of Iq Soq Xmajun?
123122TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_SERPENTCAPTAIN04852_000_390As a soldier of the Twin Adders, your actions are inexcusable. Once I have made my report, expulsion will be the least of your worries. There will likely be a trial.
124123TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_391Where I come from, we don't take kindly to liars neither. Our word is our bond, and the violation of that trust demands punishment.
125124TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_392But I will say this─the lies he told were to protect the people of Gridania. Not only that, the actions he took contributed directly to the defeat and death of Iq Soq Xmajun.
126125TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_393I won't say the end justifies the means...but it's not nothing.
127126TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_SERPENTCAPTAIN04852_000_394Duly noted. Though I trust you understand that this consideration may not change the outcome.
128127TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_395Yessir. Ain't my place to tell you folks how to handle your business. I'm just a simple man who crossed the salt to kill a vidraal.
129128TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_396But if Golias isn't stuck in a cell for the foreseeable future, I got something he can help me with.
130129TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_397Y'see, now that my business here's concluded, it's high time I made my way home. Trouble is, passage back is more than I can presently afford. I'm gonna need to put in some work, and I reckon Golias could help me find clients in need of a viper's skills.
131130TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_SERPENTCAPTAIN04852_000_399For a simple man who knows better than to tell us how to handle our business, you've struck upon an intriguing solution.
132131TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_400Well, I have spent a fair bit of time in the company of a silver-tongued someone.
133132TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_SERPENTCAPTAIN04852_000_401Golias, your conduct cannot easily be forgiven. Even so, it must be acknowledged that you played a vital role in the slaying of Iq Soq Xmajun.
134133TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_SERPENTCAPTAIN04852_000_402Swear to never again stray from the path of righteousness, and no charges will be brought against you. Moreover, I will accept your voluntary resignation, as you did previously request.
135134TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_SERPENTCAPTAIN04852_000_403With this arrangement, you may yet pursue your dream of defending the innocent from nature's most deadly threats, in your capacity as Keshkwa's assistant. What say you?
136135TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_GOLIAS_000_404I shall do as you ask, you have my word! Though I will bear the shame of my misdeeds as long as I live, I shall endeavor to redeem myself through service to the people.
137136TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_405You can start by finding me some beasties to slay!
138137TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_406Well, seems like I'll be sticking around Eorzea a while longer. In the meantime, you're sure to find clients of your own. I reckon this continent's more than big enough for the both of us!
139138TEXT_KINGBB141_04853_KESHKWA_000_408Wherever there are folks in need of a viper, that's where we'll be.
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