I was looking around, eavesdropping NPC speech bubbles and I found this. Almost choked on my Salted Caramel ice-cream. XD
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Thank Heavensturn for You (2014)
Continuing the Year of the Horse quest in FFXIV:
So, after all the errands in 3 city-states, we’re moving onto the conclusion of the event quest. The Uma Bugyo has to face-off with the “enemy” Chocowacker who opposed the introduction of the horses and offended the creature.
Their honey-coated formalities fell apart pretty quickly and escalated into a heated argument. But before it broke out into a real fight, a knight on a white horse, ahem, a knight beside a chocobo, came along to interrupt it.
I almost died laughing when I realized who it was. And yes, I recognized him right away because he is….unique, and I’m a BIG fan of him. He became my best pal since I arrived in Camp Dragonhead for the first time, you know.
I really love his witty reply. It is so him. I love his speech, his reactions, and his emotes. He is so dramatic, as always.
I felt for his indecision because I, too, share the same sentiment. Horse or chocobo, I cannot choose (unless it is a chocobo CHICK, then I immediately pick the chocobo chick, LOL).
Now he starts…..
Are you freaking kidding me!? LOL.
He did a /welcome motion in this one, and Elezen’s /welcome is quite….intimidating. Also, my screenshot caught him at a bad moment, too much white of the eyes were showing, making him look even scarier LOL!! So I tried again on another character and got the one below. Erm, just a little bit better.
Haha, the Chief Chocowacker cannot stand his….vague, imagination-igniting, possibly-suggestive speech. Sometimes I feel like Haurchefant is using a subtle, borderline harassment kind of talk when he talks to me. But it could just be that he’s too open and too direct with his speech. Doesn’t matter, I like him A LOT.
Bye, see you! <3
Happy New Turn for everyone! Enjoy the year of the horse! ^_^
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The whole NPC dialogues went as follows:
Uma Bugyo: In honor and glory do we first lay eyes on each other. You are that which is called the chief of chocowackers by Eorzeans and outlanders alike. I am the uma bugyo.
Chief Chocowacker: Thank you for coming, esteemed visitor from the Far East. Let’s settle this thing once and for all, shall we?
Chief Chocowacker: A truly magnificent chocobo is about to arrive in these stables. After that, we can both go home because it will be pretty clear even to you that we’ve no need of horses in Eorzea!
Uma Bugyo: Your initial courtesy was as a thin soup before a meal of bones. You speak of things becoming clear, m’lady, but there is no clarity in your own mind─only folly.
Uma Bugyo: Thanks to this adventurer most beautiful, fleet, and powerful, Eorzea desires to know more of the horse. Is that not clear to you?
Chief Chocowacker: Excuse me!? You think a cheap stunt like that means anything? The last girl to put on a funny hat and clown about was selling lardy cakes, and people talked about that for a few days, too!
Uma Bugyo: Funny hat!? A work of high art and cunning craft this is, and in the image of mine own courser fair. Oh, the scurrilousness!
Chief Chocowacker: The scurry-what!? Nobody in Eorzea even understands what you’re saying! As for your precious horses, they’re just unicorns with a big empty forehead. Hornless! Hornless!
???: Abandon your quarrel, your tongues are sharp enough to shave an urchin!
???: Treespeak sends for the finest chocobo in Coerthas, and I have brought it thus… Now, what ails you that you would keep me waiting?
Chief Chocowacker: But that armor is Haurche─ …No, that can’t be. Excuse me, who are you? I didn’t send for a horse-head to deliver my chocobo!
Knight Exemplar: Well, if you cannot name me, I have no name to claim! The helm I bought off a passing adventurer. It has a certain…vigor that appealed to me.
Knight Exemplar: Esteemed visitor from the East, I have the honor to have been born under the unicorn sigil of a proud house. Horn or no, I know the love you bear for the mount of your homeland.
Knight Exemplar: The supple muscles under the silky coat, the music of the hooves…the velvet of the muzzle, and the inscrutable black sea of their eyes. Ah, the horse!
Knight Exemplar: But I am also a man of Coerthas, where the love of chocobos runs as deep as their bloodline runs pure. Which is better, bird or horse? I could not say.
Uma Bugyo: You could not say? Exactly useless, then, was that soliloquy! M’lord seems not to comprehend that I am now honor-bound to prove the horse superior to this…this chit!
Knight Exemplar: Then your honor is forfeit, as is hers. The finest creature here is neither the horse nor the chocobo…
Knight Exemplar: …but my trusted comrade of many adventures, Aleczan!
Knight Exemplar: Look at the scars upon her kabuto. How mightily she must have toiled to become a horse…and against all odds, succeed!
Knight Exemplar: The docility to accept well-nigh impossible commands, the physical talents to carry them out─to a warrior born such as I, there are no virtues greater in a steed!
Knight Exemplar: I say, be my personal steed! There will be none greater, furred or feathered. The finest carrots you will have. Your feet I will scrape, and…
Chief Chocowacker: Uh, Lord Haur─I mean, Lord No-name, I think you made your point. You can stop now. Please.
Uma Bugyo: I must agree with m’lady here. If we agree to discuss the matter at some later and calmer time, m’lord, will you refrain from further flying of fancies?
Knight Exemplar: Well, if you are in agreement, I see no further need for my presence here. I shall take the chocobo and return north.
Knight Exemplar: Aleczan, we were well met again. You will one day make your way back to our camp, I trust? We will sit by the fire and talk of glory and adventure!
Knight Exemplar: May the new turn be a blessed one!
“Thank Heavensturn for You” objective fulfilled!
Uma Bugyo: In rue and chagrin do I face you after such fit of temper. I tremble to think what reckless words may have tumbled from this mouth without the Ishgardian lord’s interruption.
Uma Bugyo: Curious it is how the best of intentions curdle so quickly into an act of spite. M’lady has much to teach me in the clean-breaking ways of the spinning hairball.
Uma Bugyo: The chief of chocowackers also regrets her rash words. In tranquility and amity we have determined to meet again, to search for a two-beast solution.
Uma Bugyo: The people have seen, the people have spoken─all thanks to m’lady. The way is open for the horse, and someday, with the chocowackers’ assent, we shall canter into Eorzea.
Uma Bugyo: Much has been asked of m’lady adventurer, yet more has been given by her. Accept this Heavensturn dish, traditional in the East, as a token of our friendship and promise.
Uma Bugyo: May the new turn be a blessed one for you, for you from the Far East we pray.
“Thank Heavensturn for You” complete!
You obtain a bowl of zoni.
You earn the achievement “Horsing About”!
Zombies Are People Too
*Spoiler Warning: This entry will talk about the quest “Zombies Are People Too” (lv 47) in Southern Thanalan with details and screenshots.*
A few months ago, I used to write about Hab, an odd zombie. Today I went to mine some Mythril Ore in his camp area, so I stopped by to say hello. Back in November, I finally was given a quest of level 47, called “Zombies Are People Too” and finished it, then was rewarded with a Saboten minion. ^^
*Spoiler Warning: This entry will talk about the quest “Zombies Are People Too” (lv 47) in Southern Thanalan with details and screenshots.*
Today I dug up my old screenshots and wanted to write more about him. The quest was cute, in a way, and sad at the same time. First, he told me that his friends disappeared, and asked me to find his friends for him or at least check if they were safe. After a lot of teleporting and walking, I managed to find all 3 of his friends. When I found the first 2 (one by one), they would return and reunite with Hab.
Hab seemed genuinely concerned about his friends and at one point expressed his worry that it might have been his body odor that drove a friend away (LOL!!!!) and when 2 of the friends returned, he was very happy. I thought this quest would end in a joyous reunion.
No, that’s not it, after I found the 3rd friend, all of the 3 left because they became homesick! So now Hab was alone again. I thought to myself, why? What had I done? If I never found the 3rd friend, the other 2 would still be with Hab and he wouldn’t be lonely. But Hab thinks otherwise. He was happy just to know that his friends are safe and are somewhere in this vast, lonely world. He then sat down on his crate chair and contemplated upon the world in his lonesome manner again.
His selflessness chokes me. I got teary. Why? He deserves some happiness. Why must he be lonely? This poor thing who is harmless and so nice should actually be happier. I really, really wish SE would make more quests that will lead to his happy ending, either by reuniting him with his friends or giving him a new friend or new activity that keeps him from loneliness.
Oh dear almighty fat chubby chocobo god in the sky, please bless this poor soul and grant him some happiness. I beg of you! /salute /bow /kneel
Also, please like or comment on my thread (http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/134982-SE-can-you-please-give-Hab-a-happy-ending) if you agree. I am hoping that if it gets enough like or enough comments, it will catch attention from the developer team and make my wish come true.
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
*This entry talks about Monk’s Job Quests line in general, and then talks a little bit about the fight in final quest. It could be a mild spoiler. Screenshot and text contain a part of NPC dialogue from MNK quets lv 50, Five Easy Pieces.*
After a long time of slowpoking and dawdling around, today I got off my lazy bum and finally ran these legs to finish all Monk’s Job Quests. I must say, I never liked Professor Erik, at all, until the last cutscene. He is so full of himself and he looks down on those whom he deems unintelligent. He often talks down to me and disregards other people’s opinion, as you could expect from a typical extremist brainy-type NPC.
I don’t know if it’s just me and my imagination, or is his speech is even more offensive than in 1.0! Sometimes I really had an urge to drive my Monk’s punch against his scholarly face.
However, in the last cutscene of the whole quest line, he spoke one statement, that I consider a gem of wisdom.
Erik: With great power comes great responsibility. To seize the former and deny the latter is to beget despair.
So much true in it.
Anyway, having learned my tough lesson from praying at a destination in a WHM Job Quest, I didn’t forget to bring all of my Monk’s Artifact armor along when I started this quest and the one at level 45. So I safely finished AF quest for Monk without getting any duplicate piece to torment me and my inventory!
By the way, “Five Easy Pieces” my arse! ><;; It was tough, although not as tough as in 1.0 where you would require a help from some friends as a party. I had to run around a lot to let my Second Wind cool down while I picked them off one at a time. Couldn’t straight tank against them until only main boss was left. And boy, you have to be quick and dodge clear from the crisis zone, not looking back to punch him or stopping too close to the zone, or his WS still hits you anyway! And it hurts!
Hab, an odd zombie
Today I went to mine some Mythril Ores in the far southeast corner of Sagolii Desert and met this lone NPC. He is a corpse-type NPC similar to those fallen enemies we used to slay every now and then.
LOL! SE never fails to amuse me with their NPC dialogues. That’s why I love to hit a small conversation with random NPC I met. Some of them say funny stuff.
And this one might be involved in a quest or something, as I saw quite a few adventurers – non-miner – came to visit him over there, talked, and then returned or teleported. I don’t want to look it up now because I don’t want to spoil myself until I’ve run into that quest on my own. XD
Victory Belongs to the Bold
***This entry may contain story spoiler, especially for those who haven’t done the quest “The Ul’dahn Envoy” yet.***
***หัวข้อนี้อาจมีการสปอยล์เนื้อเรื่อง โดยเฉพาะสำหรับผู้ที่ยังไม่ได้ทำเควสต์ “The Ul’dahn Envoy”***
Here comes yet another jeweled statement (well, 2 of them, to be precise) found in NPC dialogue. This time, it is by the Flame General Raubahn Aldynn.
“In remembering all we’ve lost, we’re reminded of what we still have.”
“And should your path be barred by man or beast, strike fast and true, for victory belongs to the bold.”
– General Raubahn Aldynn –
NPC Humor
As I’ve mentioned in an entry about a quote from Admiral Merlwyb, this time during Beta Test Phase 4, while I was speeding through quests and spamming my right click through conversations, I have saved game text to read later. This time I copied most of the text from NPC dialog during quests in Ul’dah and made a file available on my iPad. Then, when I had to accompany my grandma to see her dentist, I brought the file with me and read it while waiting for her. The nurses would peek at me a few times, as there I sat, kept giggling every two or three minutes. I just couldn’t help. I had to laugh. Some of the quests were funny in the dialog itself. Some, however, were funny when I recall the NPC’s actions during the quest.
ก็อย่างที่เคยเปรย ๆ ไว้ในหัวข้อที่เขียนเกี่ยวกับคำพูดจากผู้พันเมิร์ลวิบ หนนี้ตอนเล่นเบต้า 4 ระหว่างที่รีบปั่นเควสต์และรัวคลิกขวาเพื่อกด ๆ ข้ามบทสนทนา เราก็เก็บเฉพาะตัวหนังสือเอาไว้อ่านทีหลัง คราวนี้เราเลยมีข้อความจากเควสต์ในอุลดาห์ยาวเหยียด เซฟไว้เป็นไฟล์ให้เปิดในไอแพดได้ พอถึงวันที่ต้องไปหาหมอฟันเป็นเพื่อนคุณย่า ก็เอาไปนั่งอ่านด้วยระหว่างที่รอคุณย่าทำฟัน ระหว่างที่อ่าน พยาบาลก็แอบเหลือบมองเป็นครั้งคราว เพราะเรานั่งหัวโด่อยู่ตรงนั้น อ่านอะไรในไอแพดแล้วก็หัวเราะคิก ๆ คัก ๆ ทุกสองหรือสามนาที แหม ก็มันอดไม่ได้นี่ ต้องหัวเราะ บางเควสต์ก็ตลกเพราะบทสนทนา แต่บางเควสต์มันขำตรงที่เราจำได้และนึกภาพว่าตัวละครทำอะไรในระหว่างเควสต์นั้นบ้าง
Some day, when I’m not lazy, I will put NPC dialog from quest in my blog and translate them to Thai so that some of my Thai friends who aren’t fluent enough to enjoy hidden humor in the quest (or simply too exhausted to try to understand it) can read them in Thai and have a good laugh too. ^^
ไว้ว่าง ๆ วันไหนไม่ขี้เกียจเราจะเอาบทพูดของตัวละครในเกมมาแปะในบล็อก แล้วแปลเป็นภาษาไทย เพื่อที่เพื่อน ๆ บางคนที่อ่านภาษาอังกฤษไม่แตกฉานถึงระดับที่จะเข้าใจมุกตลกที่ซุกซ่อนอยู่ (หรือเหนื่อยเกินกว่าที่จะพยายามอ่านให้แตก) จะได้อ่านภาษาไทยและขำไปพร้อม ๆ กับเราได้ ^^
Today, while I was rummaging through several of my screenshots folders for a dialog from a specific quest, namely “A Luxury Long Lost,” to no avail, I found this one that made me laugh in the beginning of Ul’dah’s story.
วันนี้ขณะที่เราพยายามพลิกแผ่นดินคุ้ยแฟ้มภาพในเกมจากในเครื่อง เพื่อหาภาพบทพูดจากเควสต์หนึ่งในอุลดาห์ ชื่อเควสต์ “A Luxury Long Lost” แต่ไม่บังเกิดผลใด ๆ เราก็ปะเข้ากับอีกเควสต์หนึ่งซึ่งทำให้เราหัวเราเมื่อนานมาแล้วตอนสมัยเพิ่งเริ่มเล่น Phase 3 ใหม่ ๆ
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***The Screenshot and paragraphs below may contain story spoiler, especially if you never started in Ul’dah before.***
***รูปภาพและคำบรรยายย่อหน้าด้านล่างนี้ อาจเป็นการสปอยล์เนื้อเรื่อง โดยเฉพาะอย่างยิ่งถ้าคุณไม่เคยเริ่มเล่นจากเมืองอุลดาห์มาก่อน***
It was from Phase 3, when we were instructed to attune to the Aetheryte for the first time inside the city. NPC shows up to explain the use of Aetheryte, and then we would normally just listen to (or read) the tutorial, and then move along to the next quest. But this NPC in Ul’dah has more humor than that. She started her lecture by asking me to pay 100k gil as a fee for using the Aetheryte!!
มันเป็นตอนที่เราถูกใช้ให้ไปแตะเสาคริสตัล (อ่านไม่ออก แอธีไรท์ มั้ง) เป้นครั้งแรกในตัวเมือง จะมี NPC โผล่ออกมาบรรยายสรรพคุณของแอธีไรท์และวิธีใช้งาน ซึ่งปรกติเราก็คงจะฟังจนจบแล้วก็ไปทำเควสต์อื่นต่อ แต่คุณ NPC คนนี้เธอมีอารมณ์ขันมากเกินกว่านั้นจ้ะ เธอบอกว่าให้เราจ่ายเงินหนึ่งแสนกิลเพื่อเป็นค่าธรรมเนียมในการใช้บริการแอธีไรท์!!
She had a good laugh from it. Hahaha. And then proceeded to explain Aetheryte usage to the newcomer. Oh, and it will probably be twice as funny if your character is a Lalafell, as their /panic emote is dramatic and hilarious. Bah, I have to take that back, because when I look closely again just now, it is not a /panic motion, but probably something not in the emote list.
แล้วหล่อนก็หัวเราะอย่างครื้นเครง ฮ่า ๆ ๆ แล้วถึงจะสอนการใช้งานแอธีไรท์ให้เรา อ้อ แล้วก็ฉากนี้อาจจะยิ่งตลกมาขึ้นถ้าผู้เล่นเล่นเป็นลาลาเฟลล์ เพราะท่า /panic ตกใจของลาลาเฟลล์มันดราม่ากว่านี้และขำมาก ถอนคำพูดเพราะดูดี ๆ แล้วมันไม่ใช่ท่า /panic แต่เป็นท่าอะไรไม่รู้ อาจจะไม่มีในลิสต์ด้วย
Only By Braving The Unknown
***This entry may contain story spoiler, especially for those who haven’t done the quest “The Lominsan Envoy” yet.***
***หัวข้อนี้อาจมีการสปอยล์เนื้อเรื่อง โดยเฉพาะสำหรับผู้ที่ยังไม่ได้ทำเควสต์ “The Lominsan Envoy”***
I try to read every sentence I see in the game during cutscenes and NPC dialog. I must admit, though, that sometimes I don’t have the time or leisure, or the diligence LOL!, to sit and read everything. When that is the case I would usually copy all the text and paste it into a document or spam my printscreen button so I can save it to read later. During a quest in Limsa, in a conversation with the Admiral, however, I read everything through, and this statement caught my eyes and captured my heart. It is my favorite quote so far in FFXIV: ARR during the Beta test Phase 4.
เราเป็นคนที่พยายามอ่านทุกประโยคในคัทซีนและในบทสนทนากับตัวละคร NPC ในเกม แต่ก็ต้องยอมรับนะว่าบางครั้งไม่มีเวลาจริง ๆ (หรือไม่ก็ขี้เกียจ 555) แต่ถ้าเป็นอย่างนั้นเรามักจะก๊อปปี้ตัวหนังสือทั้งหมดเอาไปแปะในไฟล์ หรือกดปุ่มเซฟหน้าจอ เพื่อเก็บไฟล์ไว้อ่านทีหลัง หนนี้เราทำเควสต์เมืองลิมซ่า แล้วอ่านสิ่งที่ผู้พันพูดกับเรา และประโยคนี้มันเตะตาและจับใจมาก ๆ เลย ถ้าให้นับดูทั้งหมดตั้งแต่เล่นภาคใหม่ ทดสอบระยะที่ 4 มานี้ นี่เป็นโควตที่ถูกใจเราที่สุด
“Only by braving the unknown will you achieve the greatness of which you are surely capable.”
– Admiral Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn –
แปลไทย:
“มีเพียงต้องหาญกล้าเผชิญกับสิ่งที่ไม่รู้เท่านั้น เจ้าจึ่งจะสามารถปฏิบัติการใหญ่ให้ลุล่วงได้สมดังที่เจ้าพึงสามารถ”
– ผู้พันเมิร์ลวิบ โบลฟ์ฮิสวิน (ชื่ออ่านไม่ออก!!!) –
*greatness จริง ๆ ไม่ได้หมายถึงการใหญ่ หรือทำการใหญ่ แต่ยังหาคำที่ลงตัวไม่เจอ TAT มันน่าจะหมายถึง ความเป็นเลิศ หรือไม่ก็การเป็นผู้ยิ่งใหญ่ เดี๋ยวขอไปนั่งคิดดูก่อน*
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