Machinists for the Morrow

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Stephanivien and his prospectometer are once more focused upon you.

Quest description

Machinists for the Morrow is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.

Journal[]

No sooner do you set foot in the manufactory when Stephanivien makes a sudden request. It would seem that Joye is once again slipping away on mysterious outings and acting in a generally suspicious manner. Concerned for her well-being, Stephanivien sends you out to Saint Reinette's Forum to observe his right-hand woman's behavior. Discreetly, of course.
After witnessing an obviously planned meeting between Joye and Hilda, you are approached by Ser Muscadain. According to the Temple Knight, the unlikely pair has been seen making trips together to Falcon's Nest. Stephanivien will wish to hear of this...
You make your report to Stephanivien, and the manufactory chief's surprise quickly turns to confused curiosity. Unable to make sense of the pairing or the destination, Stephanivien proposes a trip to Falcon's Nest for a spot of good old-fashioned reconnaissance.
Within moments, Stephanivien has gathered enough information to point the two of you in the direction of the Black Iron Bridge. It seems Joye and Hilda's expeditions often take them out into the snow-covered wilds...
The sound of shots ringing in the air leads you right to where Joye and Hilda are attempting─albeit unsuccessfully─to develop new machinist techniques. Not wishing to disrespect their struggle for independent learning, Stephanivien elects to support their efforts indirectly. After some discussion, it is decided that you will inspire them with a completely coincidental demonstration of skill─a proposal which has you waiting at a spot nearby whilst Stephanivien herds towards you a suitably monstrous opponent.
You have defeated the charging brute with the appropriate panache. Rendezvous with Stephanivien back near the Black Iron Bridge.
You rejoin Stephanivien by the bridge, and he commends you on your masterful performance before urging a swift return to the manufactory. Your work here is done.
Even as Stephanivien praises you again for a job well done, Joye and Hilda make their entrance. It soon becomes clear that your attempts to provide subtle assistance were not quite as subtle as you believed. Despite their exasperation, however, the two ladies are nonetheless grateful for the nudge in the right direction. Joye and Hilda give their thanks and take their leave, promising to carry on the evolution of the machinist profession. Once more have your remarkable deeds proven the unerring accuracy of Stephanivien's internal prospectometer.

Objectives[]

Look for Joye at the designated location.
Report to Stephanivien.
Speak with Stephanivien at Falcon's Nest.
Look for Joye and Hilda at the designated location.
Wait at the designated location and dispatch Stephanivien's herded monster.
Rendezvous with Stephanivien.
Speak with Stephanivien at the Skysteel Manufactory.

Script[]

Machinists for the Morrow script

Stephanivien	Ah, [Player Name], my prospectometer never fails! I knew your own well-honed instincts would alert you to my current turmoil.
Stephanivien	'Tis our faithful Joye who concerns me. Her behavior has been awfully odd of late─frequent outings to parts unknown, acting secretive, that sort of thing.
Stephanivien	It reminds me of the time her father was being held captive, and I worry that she once more finds herself the victim of nefarious circumstances.
Stephanivien	That is, as they say, where you come in. An adventurer and machinist of your caliber should have little trouble discerning the severity of her situation. Discreetly, of course!
Stephanivien	I would make a few subtle inquiries myself, but I fear that Joye, her senses on edge as they are, would soon detect the attempt...
Stephanivien	Ahem. As fortune would have it, she only just left on one of her mysterious outings. You should be able to catch her in the vicinity of Saint Reinette's Forum if you leave immediately!

Stephanivien	Cast your eye over Saint Reinette's Forum, and see if you cannot locate Joye─or failing that, a hint as to the truth of her predicament.

Hilda	Sorry, Joye, hope I didn't keep you waitin' too long.
Joye	I just got here meself, as a matter of fact, but we'd best be gettin' along all the same.
Hilda	Aye, today's the day─I can feel it!
Muscadain	Ah, champion.
Muscadain	You have business in the city? With my sister, mayhap? I thought I spied her in the crowd, making her way to the Forum...
Muscadain	So Lord Stephanivien is concerned for Joye, then? Well, he has placed his trust in the right agent if it is discretion he requires.
Muscadain	As it happens, I may even have information of use to you. It has been brought to my attention that Joye and Hilda have been spotted together in Falcon's Nest on more than one occasion.
Muscadain	They've both earned a measure of fame here in Ishgard, you see─sufficient to warrant a curious mention to the Temple Knights when the two of them are seen traveling as a pair.
Muscadain	I am somewhat curious about Hilda's activities myself...but I shall leave further investigations in your capable hands. Pray convey my regards to Lord Stephanivien.
Hilda	Were you wantin' to chat about somethin', [Player Name]? As much as I'd like to hang about and gab, I've other errands to rush off to...

Stephanivien	Oh, [Player Name]! Welcome back! Were you able to divine aught of consequence?
Stephanivien	...With Hilda, you say!? What in Halone's name could they be doing in Falcon's Nest...?
Stephanivien	...Hmmm, not a peep from my prospectometer. I suppose there's naught else for it─we must fall back on old-fashioned reconnaissance.
Stephanivien	Pray lend me your assistance a while longer, [Player Name]. To Falcon's Nest we go!

Stephanivien	Joye and Hilda─an unexpected partnership, and for what purpose...? Only a jaunt to Falcon's Nest will tell!

Stephanivien	There you are, [Player Name]. Had you any idea how famous our machinists have become? I had only to mention Joye and Hilda by name to be inundated with a veritable flood of rumors.
Stephanivien	'Twould seem our unlikely pair are en route to the Black Iron Bridge. And just like that, we have our next destination...

Stephanivien	What answers await us at the Black Iron Bridge, I wonder...?
Stephanivien	The ladies are supposedly on their mystery errand somewhere in this area. Let us have a good look around.

Stephanivien	Shots from a firearm─and there can be no mistaking the owners. Come, we might have a better view from the edge of the cliff.
Hilda	It's no good, I've got nothin'. What about you, Joye?
Joye	Me mind's a blank. Easy enough to say, but a damn sight harder to do, eh?
Hilda	We've always had an instructor before, showin' us the way. Not surprisin' we'd stumble a bit tryin' to come up with stuff on our own.
Joye	I just...I suppose I thought we'd have made more progress by now. Are you sure we shouldn't ask his lordship for a little advice?
Hilda	That'd defeat the purpose then, wouldn't it? If we're to stand on our own two feet, then we need to work this out ourselves.
Joye	...Aye, you've the right of it. We just keep shootin', then, and hope we find our target. Let's move on!
Hilda	...I keep meanin' to ask, but how in the bloody hells do you do that? Do you flick off the hairbands when you draw the weapon, or...?
Joye	No time for questions, Hilda! Your breath'd be better spent searchin' for new things to shoot!

Stephanivien	'Twas I who dreamed up the machinists, and Rostnsthal who helped bring the idea into being. The machine we put together, well that was driven forward by the likes of you and Joye and Hilda.
Stephanivien	Then as naturally as if I had planned it, you and those two ladies took charge of my designs...
Stephanivien	Heh, 'tis a strange feeling. How wildly the needle flicks 'twixt a mentor's pride and an inventor's longing.
Stephanivien	'Twould seem, however, that our comrades are experiencing some difficulties with the particulars of developing new techniques. A problem to which we might offer a solution!
Stephanivien	But in light of their efforts to achieve independence, to simply begin bellowing directions seems...boorish. Have you any ideas on how to proceed?

Stephanivien	A little creative push, you think? That could certainly help break them out of the slump they find themselves in... But how exactly to provide that inspiration?

Stephanivien	Give them an example of what is possible? A fine proposal. But what exactly shall we put on display?

Stephanivien	But of course! The answer stands right there in front of me! You stand at the peak of the profession─the living embodiment of all it means to be a machinist!
Stephanivien	All we need do is have you demonstrate the techniques you have acquired and refined over the course of your illustrious career. What could possibly be more inspiring!?
Stephanivien	I shall head out now and herd a suitably monstrous opponent back for you to dispatch.
Stephanivien	The sound of shots ringing out should bring the ladies running to investigate─just as theirs alerted us to their location.
Stephanivien	Right, then. We can reconvene at this spot once our little show is concluded.

Stephanivien	Is aught amiss? Pray take up a position in Riversmeet that we might conduct an inspirational performance for Joye and Hilda.

Stephanivien	A masterful display! Let us reconvene back at the bridge, shall we? I'd rather not tip our hand by discussing matters here...

Stephanivien	Nicely done, [Player Name]. I am truly in awe of what you can accomplish with my contraptions! Tell me, where did you learn such control and power!?
Stephanivien	...I fear the magnitude of such a journey falls beyond the scope of my prospectometer, but the results of your experience speak for themselves.
Stephanivien	And assuming they were watching, our two machinist comrades will have certainly gleaned a lesson or two from your expert demonstration.
Stephanivien	Yes, I believe our work here is done. We return to Ishgard!
Hilda	We need to have a word, [Player Name]. But not here. I'll catch up with you later, don't you worry.

Stephanivien	My thanks, [Player Name]─I'd have been at a complete loss in this matter were it not for your invaluable assistance!
Stephanivien	And I imagine I am not the only one singing your praises this day.
Stephanivien	Speaking of which...
Hilda	Look at you two─thick as thieves, you are. Seems we was right.
Stephanivien	Rather a brusque greeting...even for you, dear Hilda! Something on your minds?
Joye	Well, it was awfully convenient for [Player Name] to put on a grand show of skill just as we was scratchin' our noggins over new techniques. And I'll wager it was me lordship what had her/him pullin' the trigger.
Stephanivien	How did you─!
Hilda	What, did you think you was bein' sneaky? The notoriously helpful champion of Ishgard poppin' up right where and when we needed her/him? Unlikely.
Joye	It's not that we're ungrateful, you see, we just... We was already tryin' so hard to follow in your wake.
Hilda	Aye, it was like bein' lost at sea and findin' an island that's not on the map. A bit perplexin', but welcome all the same.
Joye	I guess what we're sayin' is that you've given us our bearings...and a firm footing to start chartin' our own course.
Stephanivien	...And there you have it. Further proof that my prospectometer was in fine working order when it first chirped in your presence.
Hilda	Right, well we've said our piece─it's time we got back to squeezin' them triggers.
Joye	Keep an eye out, me lordship! Soon enough we'll be the ones showin' you what a machinist can do!
Stephanivien	...Was my subterfuge truly so transparent? Ah, but how swiftly my charges have grown, and how easily did it slip my notice. So unlike the deliberate evolution of my inventions...
Stephanivien	But let us not forget your astounding development! I daresay no barrage of shots has ever proven so instructional.
Stephanivien	Thank you again, [Player Name]. And do feel free to drop by the manufactory from time to time─even when we're not threatened by some peace-shattering crisis!
Quest complete.