Emotions will be displayed as: text {emotion} (*) in script will indicate writer's notes. Nakoba is a historian. He could be characterized as very enthusiastic (like a nerd) about history, or a little quirky/weird. Dobile is a trader and is very enthusiastic about bottle caps. Dorroc is a trader and is very enthusiastic about the Unseen Blade. Lodog is a trader. He is into machines and appreciates hard work. Mastro is a trader. He is overly energetic, enthusiastic, and dramatic. (like he's curry favoring the player) Dohstaj is a trader. He is more distracted because he's paying more attention to Mastro. Syni is trying to get the flame shooter from Dohstaj and is very angry and frustrated that Dohstaj doesn't trade with him. Yobon is very shady. He could be characterized as sly, cunning, crafty, and deceitful. *PRE QUEST LINES* [1/4] Nakoba: Between you and me, that was the first and only trade I've managed down here this trip. {whispering/friendly} [2/4] Nakoba: All the historical artifacts are being traded for things I can't even begin to afford! {explaining} [3/4] Nakoba: Still, can't give up hope yet. 's gotta be something I can get my hands on here! I've never walked away empty handed before! {hopeful} [4/4] Nakoba: I can feel it in my bones- there's eon's-lost history waiting here for me! {excited} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1/3] Dobile: Minerals for sale! Minerals for sale! Come get your rare metals here! {pitching/promoting} [2/3] Dobile: Accepting bottlecaps from all types of events! Festivals, crownings, royal weddings, ravine-jumping contests! No substitutes! {pitching/promoting} [3/3] Dobile: Ehm. 'Scuse me, Human? You're in the way of my barking. Don't mean to be rude, but could you move? Unless you've got a trade offer? {polite} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1/2] Dorroc: Anyone interested in Hive trophies? I’ve accumulated quite the collection from those battles! Horns, scales, bone, catalysts... {pitching/promoting} [2/2] Dorroc: In exchange for these trophies, I seek the finest metals! Darksteel and Gollier Iron! Jaspilite and Voidstone! If it’s high-quality, I can find a trophy of equivalent value! {energetic, confident} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1/4] Lodog: What, you think just cause I'm not one of you Corkians I can't deal in machines- Oh. You...uh. You aren't Corkian, are ya? {annoyed, apologetic} [2/4] Lodog: Sorry 'bout that. See, a few months ago there was this big party of Corkus idjits that came round, and they had the audacity to insult our forges! {angered/annoyed} [3/4] Lodog: 'specially that bald headed, square-faced, gray-haired, legendary SPITSTAIN! Oh, I couldn't STAND that guy. So I started dealing in machines, and it's going pretty well, I'd say! {annoyed/venting, proud} [4/4] Lodog: ...oh, right. Gotta try and pawn some 'a this stuff. I got some rarities in my stock, but mostly I'm lookin' to get some machinery. If ya find any, I'll see what I can offer ya, aight? {explaining/friendly} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1/4] Mastro: Ardent Magma Crystals for sale! Pure, 100%! Accept no substitutes, unless you're paying in emeralds, in which case substitute...a lot of them! {pitching/promoting} [2/4] Mastro: Specifically, 200,000 Liquid Emeralds! I'll be here all day and all night, selling Ardent Magma Crystals for a mere 200,000 Liquid Emeralds each! {pitching/promoting} [3/4] Mastro: It's hot work, making these genuine Ardent Magma Crystals! Dirty work for a clean product! 200,000 Liquid Emeralds, and we're running an 80% off sale this week! {pitching/promoting} [4/4] Mastro: Hot work! Sweaty work! Taxing work for only the MIGHTIEST of souls! Truly a BRAVE endeavour! A man's challenge! Ardent Magma Crystals! Only 200,000 Liquid Emeralds! {pitching/promoting} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1/4] Dohstaj: ...wartime artifacts for sale. {distracted} [2/4] Dohstaj: ...anything from the corruption war, human? {distracted} [3/4] Dohstaj: ...Won’t take emeralds for things like these. Sorry. {distracted} [4/4] Dohstaj: ...oh, Mastro... {distracted} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1/3] Syni: Ugh! NO SALES! None! Not now! Stupid Dohstaj! {angered/annoyed/frustrated} [2/3] Syni: Quit fawning over Mastro already! I’ve got an artifact for you! But you just! Won’t! Take it! {annoyed/frustrated} [3/3] Syni: I SAID no sales! Get out of here! {angered/annoyed} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *QUEST LINES* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1/6] Nakoba: Ah, hey there, human! I'm certain you've noticed the bazaar down here. It's a point of pride for the Dwarves- biggest marketplace of all the Dwarf cities! {explaining/friendly} [2/6] Nakoba: Specialty items you can't find anywhere else- All sorts of strange, wonderful, unique things. I've been looking for a few sundry items myself here. {explaining/enthusiastic} [3/6] Nakoba: It's almost all barter, unlike the merchants above that deal in shiny stuff. Which is...a little unfortunate for me, in a way. {explaining, slightly sad} [4/6] Nakoba: You see, I'm a historian by trade, but what I'm really after right now is some Troll Hair. See, I really like the sme- er. It's good and sturdy for binding books- wait a second! {explaining/excited} [5/6] Nakoba: YOU have some? Phenomenal! I can never get it myself- was never much of a fighter. Um, here! Let me trade you that, for...this! {excited} [6/6] Nakoba: A Decorative Bottlecap Set! These were hard to come by, but I've got two sets of them anyways. Check them out! You'll learn a lot. Thank you very much, by the way! {explaining/excited} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1/9] Dobile: Minerals for sale! Minerals for sale! Come get your rare metals! We've got Kanderstone, Wynnic Copper, genuine Almuj Sandstone, real Voidstone from the Sky Islands! {pitching/promoting} [2/9] Dobile: Human, you there! If you're interested in smithing, you've found the right place! ...so long as you like drinking Dwarven drinks. I'm looking for bottlecap sets in exchange for these. {energetic} [3/9] Dobile: What's that look for? Are you new here or something? Never seen a bottlecap collector before? Or is that just your face? {defensive} [4/9] Dobile: Wh- That! That's! I! How did you! It...It's in pristine condition! There's not a single cap missing! There's not even any dents from the bottle openers!!! {very surprised} [5/9] Dobile: There's no way you got those in person! You can't possibly understand the significance of what you're holding!! I! NEED! THEM! {disbelief} [6/9] Dobile: Here! My rarest metal! Take them! Take them and give me those bottlecaps! I've got to complete my collection!! Give it! Give it! Give it give it give it give it NOW! {desperate} [7/9] Dobile: ...er. Ahem. I got carried away there. But...those bottlecaps are from the very first Dogun Festival. It wasn't even held in Courag at the time these were made! {slightly awkward, explaining} [8/9] Dobile: I'd love to talk about them more, but I can't spend too long on the sale, or other customers might go away. But you got a good deal with that Jaspilite I gave you! {explaining/friendly} [9/9] Dobile: Come to think of it, some guy wanted that stuff, but he didn't even have a plain ol' sodapop cap on him! I think he's right close by. Maybe you'd have some interest in what he's selling instead. {explaining} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1/9] Dorroc: Hm...a human trader? Well, I've heard of you, but I hope it isn't just the standard fare from you. {skeptical} [2/9] Dorroc: Yes, I've seen quite a few of your type to this bazaar- Using the community forges and smithing tables and all. You all seem to have metals in bulk... {explaining/skeptical} [3/9] Dorroc: ...but probably ninety-eight out of a hundred of the metal ingots I've seen humans use have been trash quality! Worthless only for practice! I seek only the finest metals, you see. {explaining/snobish} [4/9] Dorroc: ...so, of course, you have to prove me wrong by having MOLTEN JASPILITE?! Oh, you must've gotten that from Dobile. Wouldn't have taken you as a bottlecap collector! {surprized} [5/9] Dorroc: I've been pestering him for awhile about his stock. The metal of the Unseen Blade is incredibly valuable, you see. It’s fragile, yes... {explaining} [6/9] Dorroc: ...but to wield it is to channel the power of Ockar the Unseen Blade himself! The wartime taskmaster who cowed a hundred demons with a mere dagger! {explaining/enthuseastic} [7/9] Dorroc: Sneaking behind the lines of the enemy, braving blistering heat! Remaining as a shadow, and cutting through sheer earth and magma without flinching!! {explaining/excited} [8/9] Dorroc: ...erm, yes. Anyways! For that, I can give you nothing less than my rarest stock. A Golemlus Power Core. If Qira found out I had this, I'd be worse off than a dead man. {slightly Awkward, explaining} [9/9] Dorroc: She keeps the secrets of those creatures under lock and key- and it must the ticket to unlocking that particular mystery. Treasure this, human! It is no mere Corkian battery. {explaining} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1/10] Lodog: Aight chief, what can I do ya for? I got all kinds'a machines here. One of em's gotta catch your eye, y'hear? {explaining/energetic} [2/10] Lodog: I jury-rigged this juicer! Put a lemon inside, give it some, heheh, juice, and you'll get yourself lemon juice in a jiff! {explaining/energetic} [3/10] Lodog: Or how 'bout this coin-shooter? Turn the crank and this'll spit out any coin-sized object like nobody's business! Just, uh, don't aim it at any windows, unless you really hate that window. {explaining/energetic} [4/10] Lodog: ...what? Oh, I see. You think you got somethin' that'll interest ME instead of the other way round, I gotcha. Well, lemme see it a sec. {confused, understanding} [5/10] Lodog: ...okay, I can't make heads or tails 'a this thing. What'd you say it was again? Don't tell me this is some Corkus gadget from that not-so-Legendary island! {confused} [6/10] Lodog: ...a... A Golemlus Power Core...? This...hot DOG! Yahaaah, I'd heard about those wacko golem thingies ages ago, I always wanted to take 'em apart! Aw hell but this is an opportunity! {understanding, intrested} [7/10] Lodog: Gotta say, for something that came from that Hive it's a lot less purple and black and spidery-all-over than I expected. The complexity...this has gotta be the real deal, but... {explaining} [8/10] Lodog: Feels like someone else made this. That Qira lady doesn't seem like the handsy type, and this is somethin' like 85% mechanics, 15% magic. Just seems out of character. {skeptical} [9/10] Lodog: Ah, but I'm gettin' away from myself. Tell ya what- prob'ly went through a lotta trouble ta get this, and that means you got guts. You got bravery. You got STONES, human! {empathize} [10/10] Lodog: So, how 'bout these Ice Drake Scales then? It fits a brave soul like you, it does! Take 'em with pride, there! {uplifting} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1/11] Mastro: Ardent Magma Crystals for sale! Pure, 100%! Accept no substitutes, unless you're paying in emeralds, in which case kindly substitute...a lot of them!! {pitching/promoting} [2/11] Mastro: Human! You have a keen eye for prices and values! I can tell by that glint in your eye- a real MAN's spirit! Even if you aren't a man, your spirit shines all the same as a man...! {excessive enthusiasm} [3/11] Mastro: A SALES MAN! YES! Macho and brave! Chiseled and strong! Strong enough to carry 200,000 Liquid Emeralds to trade for this brilliant Ardent Magma Crystal! {excessive enthusiasm} [4/11] Mastro: ...but hold on a moment. Hold on just one moment. Do I detect...a vein of ICE in that manly aura? A chill, pushing against that spirit of market machismo? {excessive enthusiasm} [5/11] Mastro: YES, I DO! Human, you have Ice Drake Scales! I needn't see them to be sure! I was right about you from the start- Such burning passion!! {excessive enthusiasm} [6/11] Mastro: AND SUCH NAIVETE! Let me strengthen your MIND! Ice Drake Scales are indicative of a great challenge having been overcome! A truly macho trophy of accomplishment! {excessive enthusiasm} [7/11] Mastro: To tame Ice Drakes required UNBREAKABLE will! To overcome the sheerest cold with MACHO HEAT! And to outshine demons of lava and flame with that same determination! Those scales represent such resilience! {excessive enthusiasm} [8/11] Mastro: And yet...I must wonder. Such a fiery spirit you have- THOSE SCALES HOLD YOU BACK! Your spirit cannot be contained in such a manner! {confident, excessive enthusiasm} [9/11] Mastro: DISRESPECT YOURSELF NO LONGER! I DEMAND YOU HAND OVER THOSE SCALES! But you will not leave empty-handed, no no, friend! {excessive enthusiasm, reassuring} [10/11] Mastro: You have ignited my passion as a salesman, so I shall present you one of my own greatest accomplishments! For a spirit so WHITE HOT, only an ARDENT MAGMA CRYSTAL is fitting! {pitching/promoting} [11/11] Mastro: YES! Your soul shines brighter than the shimmer of EIGHT-HUNDRED-MILLION EMERALDS! Forever may your spirit BURN, human! {excessive enthusiasm} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1/7] Dohstaj: ...you have good money on you. {distracted} [2/7] Dohstaj: ...I heard Mastro shouting. He’s...so passionate. {distracted} [3/7] Dohstaj: ...he’s married to his work. Would I were his. {distracted} [4/7] Dohstaj: ...but business first. Wartime artifacts for sale. {distracted} [5/7] Dohstaj: ...priciest thing is a Dogun Flameshooter. Practically invaluable. You want it? {distracted} [6/7] Dohstaj: ...good doing business. {distracted} [7/7] Dohstaj: ...sigh. What a man he is... {distracted} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1/9] Syni: I can’t stand this. I can’t stand this! SHUT UP, MASTRO! NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR SWEATY SPIRIT OR WHATEVER! {annoyed/frustrated, furious} [2/9] Mastro: MY MACHISMO CANNOT BE CONTAINED! Your aversion only inspires my salesman’s spirit! Ardent Magma Crystals! Pure, 100% gold! 200,000 Liquid Emeralds, 80% off! STRONG bargains! {confident/overly enthusiastic} [3/9] Syni: AAAGH! Stupid, stupid, stupid Dohstaj! I just need him to fork over that stupid Flameshooter and then I can get away from this tripe but he just! Won’t! DO IT! {annoyed/frustrated} [4/9] Syni: No, look, human! Can’t you see the kind of stress I’m under?! I don’t care about your Flameshooter, I need to get my hands on Dohstaj’s Flameshooter! {annoyed/frustrated} [5/9] Syni: ... {realizing} [6/9] Syni: ...wait. Wait wait wait that’s Dohstaj’s Flameshooter how in the world did you get it what what WHAT! How did you snap him out of his...emotions?! {surprised} [7/9] Syni: I’ve been trying to get hold of that for a week straight! I already have the perfect trade lined up! Please, hear me out! {Desperate} [8/9] Syni: I have here the Scepter of Draani Thunderwill I! Dohstaj only WISHES he could salvage something this juicy! The real, honest-to-goodness staff of the Wartime King! {desperate/explaining} [9/9] Syni: A war relic for a war relic. It’s only a fair trade! Just be real careful- a thief’s been skulking in the yellow stall by the bank trying to steal it from me. {explaining, warning} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1/8] Yobon: ...so. I saw you talking with Syni. {explaining} [2/8] Yobon: Pfft. Thief? I’m an honest man. Just following in old footsteps. {explaining} [3/8] Yobon: I know you have the Scepter. I’d have thumped you and taken it if you were a Dwarf. {explaining, annoyed} [4/8] Yobon: But how 'bout we work out a deal, instead? Take this tablet. {explaining} [5/8] Yobon: It'll explain everything. Dwarven History...if you can read it. I can. Won't let loose my secrets for free though. {explaining} [6/8] Yobon: Hand over the scepter, and I'll hand over the tablet. {explaining} [7/8] Yobon: I won't translate it for you, but I'm sure there's some egghead who'll get back to you on what it means in...ten years or so. {explaining} [8/8] Yobon: Good things come to those who wait for others to do the work for 'em, as they say. {explaining} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1/3] Yobon: Oh, what I want to do with the scepter? {inquiring} [2/3] Yobon: Gotta keep some secrets, right? Keep people guessing. {conniving} [3/3] Yobon: No fun otherwise. Now get out. I've got some people to call up. {serious} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1/12] Nakoba: Well, you've been busy, I see! You've been working this bazaar like a champion! {happy} [2/12] Nakoba: I ought to tell my friends up at the topside shops- they really respect traders who know their way around a deal. You should be able to buy and use more items from the armories! {happy} [3/12] Nakoba: I...haven't had such luck unfortunately. I think you might've picked the place clean, eheh. Don't suppose you've got one last deal up your sleeve, huh? {disappointed/slightly saddened} [4/12] Nakoba: Oh, really? Hah, I was just joking about that, but if you really do have an offer, go ahead and lay it on me! {surprised/more upbeat} [5/12] Nakoba: ... {shocked} [6/12] Nakoba: Oh. {disbelief} [7/12] Nakoba: My. {disbelief} [8/12] Nakoba: HELL. {disbelief} [9/12] Nakoba: THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY! FORMATIVE ANCIENT HISTORY! {very excited} [10/12] Nakoba: I recognize those runes, they're ancient Dwarven glyphs! This is slab number three! We already have the first, second, and fourth tablets, my team and I- this would finish the collection! {very excited} [11/12] Nakoba: I! I! I! Take! TAKE EVERYTHING! EVERYTHING I HAVE! TAKE IT ALL, I NEED THAT! I NEED TO DISCOVER THOSE ANCIENT SECRETS! {very excited} [12/12] Nakoba: AH! AHAHAHAHA! THE HISTORY! THE STORIES! THE EVERYTHING! IT'S BETTER THAN THE SMELL OF TROLL HAIR! AHAHAHAAAHAHHAHAHAAAAAH! {very excited} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1/3] Nakoba: YES! HISTORY! I CAN FEEL THE EONS! {very excited} [2/3] Nakoba: I'M GONNA FLY, PAPA! FLY ON THE WINGS OF TIME! {very excited} [3/3] Nakoba: DWARVEN HISTORY WILL BE REVOLUTIONIZED! {very excited} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *POST QUEST LINES* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1/6] Dobile: Oh, you really are interested in hearing about those bottlecaps, huh? Well! Sit down there, fella! These have a STORY behind 'em. {surprised/happy} [2/6] Dobile: See, almost all our drinks come in bottles. Bottles are just too useful, compared to cups or mugs. Good for improvised weapons, and so reusable! {explaining with enthusiasm} [3/6] Dobile: These bottlecaps were the first specialty ones made in Dwarven history! Someone got the idea, since the Dogun festival was a big event, to make decorative bottlecaps. {explaining with enthusiasm} [4/6] Dobile: Each one tells some of the story of the Dogun war on it, or some war trivia! See, this one tells you Delinaed the Wise’s favorite book. {explaining with enthusiasm} [5/6] Dobile: It became a fad, then a tradition- practically every big Dwarven event has specialty bottlecaps made to commemorate it now. Collectors like me have our work cut out for us! {explaining with enthusiasm} [6/6] Dobile: So hey, if you ever go to a big Dwarven event, buy some drinks! Save up those caps- they're worth a hundred times their weight in emeralds, in terms of historical value! {explaining with enthusiasm} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1/6] Dorroc: Oh, I see that look in your eyes. That curiosity. You want me to unravel a mystery for you! Well, I can tell you this much... {friendly} [2/6] Dorroc: If I'm being honest, Jaspilite isn't much good for weaponry. It's more of a good-luck charm than anything- I plan to stud a blade with this instead of using it for the base. {explaining} [3/6] Dorroc: That just makes Ockar’s success in the chaos of wartime with his Jaspilite blade even more astounding. That's why it's so valuable. {explaining} [4/6] Dorroc: It's almost like if that hero you have...what was his name, John? Bob? Joe? I can't quite recall, the name, but it's something like that... {explaining} [5/6] Dorroc: It's like if he carved a good-quality training blade out of some vaguely rare, but otherwise mundane wood and used it to defend the citadels for decades. {explaining} [6/6] Dorroc: The wood itself is just wood...but it was used by a hero, so it must be special, yes? So Jaspilite is well sought-after. I once again thank you for liberating it from that stubborn bottlecap man. {explaining} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1/7] Lodog: This core machine's gonna be a better challenge to figure out than ANY of that smarmy idiot's “legendary mechs,” hah! {confident} [2/7] Lodog: ...hm? Oh, 's you again! Suppose ya heard me and my little grudge, huh? Yeah. I forget if I told ya this or not, but a few months ago there was a group from Corkus here. {explaining} [3/7] Lodog: Hoity-toity lot, they were. Got me into machinery though, even if it was just outta spite. Might not've heard about many Dwarven mages, but they exist! {slightly angered, explaining} [4/7] Lodog: Electromagic comes nice an' natural to me, so I've started riggin' up these machines. It's kinda funny you brought me somethin' from that Hive, too. {explaining} [5/7] Lodog: They stopped by here on their way to the Hive, those Corkus idjits. Somethin' about a sponsorship to go see Qira of all people! {explaining, annoyed} [6/7] Lodog: An'! The best part! The idiot came back with a crumpled wrist and this HORRIFIED look- Musta gotten on the Hive witch's bad side! {happy} [7/7] Lodog: Heheheh, he got what was comin' to 'im! Serves 'em all right for bein' so high-and-mighty when they ain't even provincially recognized! {happy} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1/8] Mastro: MY EYES STING FROM THE HEAT OF YOUR DETERMINATION! Yes! Such passion flowing from you, now that you've experienced a treasure of EQUAL HEAT! {excessive enthusiasm/dramatic} [2/8] Mastro: It's only right you learn more! My PRIDE! My SWEAT! My MUSCLED MIGHT! My WAY OF LIFE- Ardent Magma Crystals! {excessive enthusiasm/dramatic} [3/8] Mastro: Gold makes the world turn! But nearly every piece of gold you see- is impure! There are imperfections in it, no matter how brilliant the luster! {explaining with excessive enthusiasm/dramatic} [4/8] Mastro: But through HARD WORK! EXTREME HEAT! RIGHTEOUS SMITHING SKILL! It can be purified to shine like it was ALWAYS meant to! Shine like your SOUL! {explaining with excessive enthusiasm/dramatic} [5/8] Mastro: The process is only for the STRONG! It takes months upon months of work- single mistakes can destroy the gold! But nothing worth doing in life is easy! {explaining with excessive enthusiasm/dramatic} [6/8] Mastro: TRUE MEN will not give up! To be a man requires nothing of the body- it only requires a BLAZING SPIRIT! A weak body can be HONED! An impure metal can be PURIFIED! {excessive enthusiasm/dramatic} [7/8] Mastro: Ardent Magma Crystals are the PUREST of gold! I have perfected my craft- each one takes a season’s worth of time, but such patience only practices my own PASSION! {excessive enthusiasm/dramatic} [8/8] Mastro: And with my gift to you, we are truly BOUND by our spirits, however fleetingly! Carry yourself with grace, friend- and with POWER! HEAT! SWEAT! AND TEARS OF FLAME!!! {excessive enthusiasm/dramatic} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1/9] Dohstaj: ...you again? Something up? {inquiring/distracted} [2/9] Dohstaj: ...you know...I feel...passionate. Let me talk for a bit. {distracted} [3/9] Dohstaj: Flameshooters... Dogun weapons. Real common to find. But they’re just hilts with buttons on them. {explaining/distracted} [4/9] Dohstaj: They shoot out flames like a blade... It’s been millenia since they were made. {explaining/distracted} [5/9] Dohstaj: ...almost impossible to repair, too. You’d need Dogun magic. And Doguns are gone, mostly. {explaining/distracted} [6/9] Dohstaj: ...but almost impossible means it can be done. I found it broken, and fixed it myself. {explaining/distracted} [7/9] Dohstaj: ...oh, Mastro... He’s my inspiration. Spends his life making those crystals... Does the impossible on a regular basis. {admiration/distracted} [8/9] Dohstaj: ...I’ve done it once. Just can’t compete. {explaining/distracted} [9/9] Dohstaj: ...least I’ve got a little bit of him now. {happy/distracted} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1/7] Syni: Finally, I can pack my things up and leave! I just need to endure this macho insanity til then... Thank you, human, for freeing me from this hell! {happy} [2/7] Syni: Though...suppose you wouldn’t know the history behind that staff, would you...I can pack and talk at the same time, why not. {normal} [3/7] Syni: That staff belonged to the Dwarven king, Draani Thunderwill I. He started the colonization efforts in the Molten Heights, you see. {explaining} [4/7] Syni: He led the war efforts against the demons that crawled from the stone- the ones that used the very same weapon that you so graciously provided me, as a matter of fact! {explaining} [5/7] Syni: That staff was presumed lost in the great battle against the demon god, Garaheth...but I found it! It was snapped into something like ten pieces... {explaining} [6/7] Syni: That thing took me four years to repair. It’s good as new now- it can even channel lightning just like the legends. An effort well worth the trouble! {explaining} [7/7] Syni: But the Dogun magic fascinates me- I’ve got to figure out how those Flameshooters work! I’ll bet I can reverse-engineer them, I just need a working model...and now I have it! {explaining/excited}