The Gemming |
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Required: Frilaa's_Lost_Husband quest, 10 Emerald Crystals, 10 Gold Ores, 5 Ruby Crystals, 5 Silver Ores. |
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→ Go to
Gurgus Dahnik |
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YOU: Do you have any errands that need doing? |
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Gurgus: Hello again, Kran. |
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-Gurgus smiles.- |
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Gurgus: Or should I say, hello YOU? |
Gurgus: Yes, I have been asking around the village about you. |
Gurgus: You have been so helpful to me so far and I wonder if I might impose, rather mightily, once more? |
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YOU: I would be happy to. |
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Gurgus: That is so wonderful! |
Gurgus: All right, here is the thing… |
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-Gurgus looks around, motioning you closer as kra lowers kra's voice.- |
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Gurgus: There has been something on my mind lately that I feel I must do. |
Gurgus: The time has come for me to create new life, to undergo the Gemming. |
Gurgus: To do this, I must ingest a large amount of rare gems and precious metals. |
Gurgus: I will need ten emerald crystals, ten chunks of gold, five ruby crystals, five silver ores, and five hundred tria. |
Gurgus: Be sure it is all tria, please, not any other coin. |
Gurgus: Just give them to me on your return, please. |
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YOU: Here are the gems, metals and Tria you wanted. |
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Gurgus: Yes, yes, these look quite good. |
Gurgus: Heheheh…yes, these will make a great snack to nibble in the middle of the night. |
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-Gurgus laughs and winks, popping a gem into kras mouth and sucking on it.- |
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Gurgus: Special cravings, you know. |
Gurgus: It is so very kind of you to gather all this for me! |
Gurgus: However, this was not all that I need. |
Gurgus: I must arrange my leave time with my superiors. |
Gurgus: While I attend to that, can you do me another favor? |
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YOU: Tell me what you need and I'll do my best. |
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Gurgus: Thank you so much, Sir YOU. |
Gurgus: I knew an old gemma in my youth who mentored me and taught me the value of honor. |
Gurgus: It is a lesson I hold dear to this day. |
Gurgus: Kra's name was Korethsa and kra was the guardian of my friend Malco Mokkar. |
Gurgus: Please find Malco and ask if I may give Korethsa a namesake. |
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→ Go to
Malco Mokkar |
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YOU: Gurgus Dahnik is Gemming. Kra would like to name the offspring after Korethsa. Do you agree? |
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Malco: Gurgus name little Kran for Korethsa? |
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-Malco grins with the simple joy of a child.- |
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Malco: Malco think that very good! |
Malco: Tell kra Malco happy! |
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→ Go to
Gurgus Dahnik |
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YOU: Malco thinks it's a wonderful idea. |
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-Gurgus already seems heavier and looks to be moving slower than before.- |
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Gurgus: Welcome back, YOU. |
Gurgus: Excellent! |
Gurgus: You really are being a most helpful friend, YOU. |
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-Gurgus heaves a rumbling sigh.- |
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Gurgus: One last matter, and it is too far to travel for me in my…condition. |
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-Gurgus smiles and gently pats kras chest.- |
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Gurgus: Would you be willing to help me one last time? |
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YOU: Absolutely; I enjoy working for you. |
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Gurgus: I am so glad, thank you. |
Gurgus: You see, in my early days in the guard, it was often one of my duties to attend to the needs of visiting merchants. |
Gurgus: Watch over them, find them accommodations; things like that. |
Gurgus: Anyway, one of these merchants was an up and coming Enkidukai named Jalar Bhundri. |
Gurgus: I heard he found a wife some years back. |
Gurgus: A pretty little thing, she was. |
Gurgus: Frilaa is her name. |
Gurgus: Please visit them and tell Jalar I sent you; then ask if he and his wife would be willing to act as guardians to my child at times. |
Gurgus: One cannot have too much assistance in raising a child! |
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→ Go to
Frilaa Bhundri |
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YOU: Gurgus has a favour to ask of you. |
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-Frilaa looks at you with eyes filled with a heart-wrenching sorrow.- |
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Frilaa: Whom did you say? |
Frilaa: Gurgus? |
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-Frilaa pauses for a moment…- |
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Frilaa: My, but that is a name I have not heard in so very long. |
Frilaa: Gurgus is a good Gemma; my husband likes kra very much. |
Frilaa: What does Gurgus wish of us? |
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YOU: Kra would like you to help bring up kras offspring. |
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-Frilaa smiles prettily, a paw resting lightly above her heart.- |
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Frilaa: How delightful! |
Frilaa: But alas, I should speak with my husband and he is still missing. |
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-Frilaa pauses, looking as though she is fighting back tears.- |
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Frilaa: I am sorry, what was I saying? |
Frilaa: Oh, yes, terrible business that. |
Frilaa: Nor is that my only worry of late. |
Frilaa: I do not wish to burden you with my troubles, but I must ask someone for help. |
Frilaa: Will you hear my tale? |
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YOU: I am listening. |
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Frilaa: Oh, Talad bless you. |
Frilaa: You see, I have a friend, a very good friend, whom I have not seen in several weeks. |
Frilaa: When last we had spoken, she was seeming more and more distant, withdrawn and moody. |
Frilaa: Normally, she is a very forthright and stolid woman, but something has changed for her recently. |
Frilaa: The problem is she is a messenger and travels all over, yet I know she is in Hydlaa now. |
Frilaa: Poor, poor Tarela. |
Frilaa: Why does she avoid me when she is here? |
Frilaa: I fear for her so. |
Frilaa: Please, could you possibly find her? |
Frilaa: Tell her I am worried and I wish to see her. |
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-Frilaa looks a bit distant and wistful.- |
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Frilaa: I miss her so. |
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→ Go to
Tarela Girshon |
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YOU: Frilaa is distressed and most anxious to see you. |
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Tarela: Frilaa? |
Tarela: Frilaa Bhundri? |
Tarela: No, no! |
Tarela: I cannot see her, I will not! |
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-Tarela looks around the plaza a bit nervously, then sighs.- |
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Tarela: I know it isn't fair to her. |
Tarela: She is indeed a good friend. |
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-Tarela's eyes mist over, taking on a far-away musing expression.- |
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Tarela: Yes.. |
Tarela: No! |
Tarela: I will not go. |
Tarela: But…whatever can I do? |
Tarela: To see her now will only cause strife. |
Tarela: Yet I want to see my friend once more. |
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-Tarela finally looks at you, her head tilted quizzically.- |
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Tarela: But why do I burden you with this? |
Tarela: I long to answer, my duties be hanged! |
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-Tarela bursts into angry tears.- |
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Tarela: Tell her I cannot, or stay and I will tell you why… |
Tarela: w-which one will it be? |
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Possible Ways: 2 |
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Way 1: |
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YOU: I will pass on your refusal. |
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-Tarela sniffs and tries to compose herself with a cold expression.- |
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Tarela: Thank you, Klyros. |
Tarela: I anxiously await your return. |
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→ Go to
Frilaa Bhundri |
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YOU: Tarela cannot come visit you. |
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Frilaa: Why that's absurd! |
Frilaa: This is so unlike her. |
Frilaa: Did she tell you why? |
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YOU: I thought it would be wrong to pry. |
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-Frilaa sobs.- |
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Frilaa: I cannot believe that she would abandon me in my greatest time of need without a word of explanation. |
Frilaa: Whatever could I have done that she could treat me so? |
Frilaa: Please, I am begging you Sir, return to her and find out what vexes her. |
Frilaa: Will you do this? |
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YOU: I will ask; I cannot guarantee she will answer. |
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Frilaa: Good, thank you, helpful Klyros. |
Frilaa: Tell her I want to know! |
Frilaa: Return to me when you have her answer. |
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→ Go to
Tarela Girshon |
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YOU: Frilaa is concerned and wants to know what troubles you. |
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Tarela: How can I possibly tell you, a stranger, my feelings? |
Tarela: How can I describe to you this loneliness and anger? |
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-Tarela looks deep into your eyes, her gaze piercing and cold.- |
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Tarela: Have you ever felt love, Madam? |
Tarela: If you have, then you understand this despair I feel for having my heart cleft in twain by her. |
Tarela: For years we have been friends, Frilaa and I, since I was a cub and she was a young Enki. |
Tarela: How could she not know what I felt? |
Tarela: Imagine my relief at the announcement of her marriage to that merchant. |
Tarela: He could give Frilaa a good life and some strong cubs. |
Tarela: Then the buffoon gets himself missing and who does lovely Frilaa turn to? |
Tarela: Noxdar, the one man she knew I had my eyes on! |
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-Tarela giggles a bit hysterically.- |
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Tarela: Yes, dear Frilaa goes to cry on -his- shoulders, and dashes all my hopes of his courting me. |
Tarela: Doesn't she know better than to toy with people's emotions? |
Tarela: I need not go on, but suffice to say she stole Noxdar away! |
Tarela: And that is why; you may tell her as such yourself. |
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→ Go to
Frilaa Bhundri |
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YOU: You stole Noxdar from Tarela. |
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Frilaa: Stole him away? |
Frilaa: I don't… |
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-Frilaa looks perplexed for a moment.- |
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Frilaa: Oh, no! |
Frilaa: She knows! |
Frilaa: Good gracious, I did not imagine she actually cared for him. |
Frilaa: I mean, of course I thought she did at first; I teased her about it, but Tarela always denied it. |
Frilaa: She knows well that I am married, possibly tragic though it is now. |
Frilaa: I…oh, oh dear. |
Frilaa: Now I do understand why she has been avoiding me. |
Frilaa: She must think I'm some terrible harlot! |
Frilaa: I should make it up to her with a formal apology and a promise to make amends. |
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-Frilaa writes a letter on a piece of pink paper, seals it, and hands it to you.- |
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Frilaa: See that this gets to her safely, please, Madam. |
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→ Go to
Tarela Girshon |
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YOU: Frilaa sent you this. |
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Tarela: A letter from Frilaa? |
Tarela: What is this? |
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-Tarela blinks slowly, nearly in disbelief.- |
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Tarela: Could she not face me like an honourable woman? |
Tarela: Ha! |
Tarela: Of course not. |
Tarela: Nothing honourable about her. |
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-Tarela opens the letter and begins reading. She mutters as she does.- |
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Tarela: … |
Tarela: truly sorry … |
Tarela: did not know … |
Tarela: beg forgiveness … |
Tarela: promise to make amends … |
Tarela: start by helping you find a strong husband. |
Tarela: Hmm. |
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-Tarela looks up at you.- |
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Tarela: She seems sincere, and yet…oh, I do not know. |
Tarela: Were you in my place, would you forgive Frilaa and accept this offer? |
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YOU: It seems sad to lose a good friend over a bit of heartache. Forgive her. |
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-Tarela smiles as she tucks the letter away.- |
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Tarela: I see that you understand the true nature of friendship; you are a wise Klyros. |
Tarela: No mere man can break the bonds of friendship forged between two women! |
Tarela: And besides, if Noxdar is willing to be with a married woman, he has proven himself weak and unsuitable of my affection. |
Tarela: Tell Frilaa I forgive her and accept. |
Tarela: I thank you for helping me realize what to do. |
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→ Go to
Frilaa Bhundri |
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YOU: Tarela accepts your apology. |
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Frilaa: Oh, such wonderful news! |
Frilaa: At last I can work on patching up my friendship while the search for my husband goes on. |
Frilaa: With such a light heart, I can only say yes to Gurgus! |
Frilaa: Please tell him I said yes, and hurry! |
Frilaa: Thank you for all your help, Madam. |
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-Frilaa smiles.- |
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→ Go to
Gurgus Dahnik |
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YOU: Frilaa would be honoured. |
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-Gurgus looks far heavier and slower than the last time you saw kra.- |
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Gurgus: Oh, that is very good news! |
Gurgus: I do hope Frilaa and Jalar will be coming soon so see the child. |
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-Gurgus gives you several golden circles and a Brown Way glyph.- |
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Gurgus: Please, take this with my thanks! |
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Way 2: |
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YOU: I think I should hear your reasons. |
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Gurgus: Ah, a collector of tales are you? |
Gurgus: Well here is one for you. |
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-Tarela turns and leans casually against a nearby stone block.- |
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Gurgus: It so happens that Frilaa was my best friend. |
Gurgus: It is heartbreaking to hear of her husband's disappearance. |
Gurgus: Oh, you know about that? |
Gurgus: Good. |
Gurgus: Then you should know that I have been using every contact I have to try to find him. |
Gurgus: Yet all my efforts have been to no avail. |
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-Tarela gazes over your shoulder at a passing Klyros.- |
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Gurgus: Between you and me, I secretly hope that he -isn't- found. |
Gurgus: I have my reasons, and there is no reason for Frilaa to know that, so don't you go telling her. |
Gurgus: And before you go asking weird questions, no, I had nothing to do with Jalar going missing. |
Gurgus: You know what? |
Gurgus: I've changed my mind. |
Gurgus: You don't really need to know why. |
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-Tarela gives you a letter addressed to Frilaa and turns away from you.- |
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Gurgus: Just take this and go. |
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→ Go to
Frilaa Bhundri |
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YOU: Tarela gave me this for you. |
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-Frilaa takes the note and opens it to read it.- |
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Frilaa: I do not believe this. |
Frilaa: She will no longer be my friend. |
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-Frilaa sighs- |
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Frilaa: Well, it seems I must struggle on alone. |
Frilaa: Please tell Gurgus that my answer is no. |
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→ Go to
Gurgus Dahnik |
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YOU: Frilaa is not able to help you now. |
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-Gurgus looks far heavier and slower than the last time you saw kra.- |
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Gurgus: Oh, that is really too bad. |
Gurgus: Nothing to do about it now, as it will be time for me to gemmate very soon. |
Gurgus: In any case, you have been of great help to me. |
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-Gurgus gives you a pouch of coins.- |
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Gurgus: Please take this as my thanks. |
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QUEST COMPLETED |
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Rewards: [Way 1] 1 Creature glyph, 25 Faction with Artists Association, 5130 Tria, 13600 XP, [Way 2] 25 Faction with Artists Association, 5130 Tria, 13600 XP. |
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