msg_nq610801f

1 <E5C49566> lq1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Welcome. Might the
pretty lady desire a lute?
2 <570CED53> d1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Er, not exactly... I was wondering,
could you look at this one for me?
3 <50ADC59C> lq1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Oh...?
4 <69D72AD8> lq1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Hoho... Well well,
who would've thought...
5 <9F61E43A> lq1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Tell me, where did you get this?
6 <AEFDC397> d1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Oh, uh... I just picked it up
off the ground, on the way
somewhere.
7 <AD55F6C0> lq1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Really? How curious...
8 <7100777B> d1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 What, is it actually yours?
9 <7751AA63> lq1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Oh, not at all! But nevertheless,
I do know all about it.
10 <B8F5FDD0> lq1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 This isn't just any old lute like
the ones you see on display.
11 <60A7DBD2> lq1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 It's a famous piece - one might say even
legendary - crafted by a master of his art
who is sadly no longer of this world.
12 <AA14279E> b1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 So it's quite a find.
13 <36484A5D> lq1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 He never made many, and the ones that
survive to this day are incredibly rare indeed.
You have a priceless treasure on your hands.
14 <BC0A2B1B> lq1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 It passed through the hands of many
a virtuoso in the beleaguered City's history,
until at some point it went missing...
15 <DE61D578> a1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Whoa, that's amazing! Hear that, Glimmer?
"Priceless treasure", he said!
16 <E459015D> d1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 ...
17 <8DEEDBA2> lq1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Yes, well, the price of this lute is
literally incalculable and immeasurable...
18 <F2DD9B10> lq1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 But you are the one who ought to have it
and play it, pretty lady, none other.
19 <C98462A8> d1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 ...Why me?
20 <90132917> lq1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 As I said, the lute has been the inheritance
of countless virtuoso players across the ages.
21 <3EC9EF5D> lq1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 And seeing your strong-yet-graceful fingers,
I know that you yourself are also an eminent
musician in your own right.
22 <CEA34CCB> lq1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Which is to say, it was in a sense inevitable
that the lute would find its way into your
worthy hands.
23 <79B44B04> a1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 OK, but like, you can fix it, right?
24 <E66DCD7B> lq1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 To my eyes, it appears that it would be
as simple as replacing the strings.
25 <9DF1B762> lq1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 If you bring me the materials,
I will take full responsibility of
getting it in playable order.
26 <98CDC736> d1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Tell us what you need.
27 <DA334F59> lq1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 According to the ancient techniques by which
the lute was constructed, the highest-grade
strings were made from animal intestines.
28 <F945FAB5> lq1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 And to the best of my knowledge, of those,
the guts of rare giant Anloods produce the
very sweetest of timbres.
29 <DCBD68E4> d1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 I see, I see...
30 <4CA62AEC> d1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 ...Uh, no, one sec.
Did you say "guts"...?
31 <2E86251C> lq1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Yes, guts, indeed.
32 <75231D37> d1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 ...
33 <1731E924> lq1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 ...You seem to have reservations.
34 <2A6236F9> d1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 ...Don't suppose there's anything
we could substitute for those?
35 <95D5307B> lq1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Modern manufacturing techniques make use
of metal wires or synthetic fibers, but those
would not suit a lute such as yours.
36 <B00506B7> vp1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Giant Anlood, was it?
I feel like I saw one once at the
Old Legre-Bhaja Battlefront.
37 <F0B54507> lq1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Oho! There was one in this region?
How fortuitous a windfall.
38 <6F6843D5> d1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 ...I'll go ahead and leave the lute with you.
39 <891830FE> d1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 We'll do...something...about the materials.
40 <1197DF23> lq1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Acknowledged. I will await news,
and make preparations as I do so.
Luck be with you!