Some Like It Hot script
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Ishgardiansoldier04231
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Good evening/day/day/evening, [Player Name]! I say, is it your stomach which drew you here? For I am just setting about the business of dispensing meals.
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Ishgardiansoldier04231
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So much has transpired in so little time, 'tis hardly a wonder that so few citizens can sleep for more than a fistful of hours. And that is why I have taken it upon myself to feed these people with an Ishgardian soup, one that always helped calm my nerves when I was a child.
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Ishgardiansoldier04231
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Though it won't fix all that ails these poor souls, it may prove to be some comfort, surely. Here's the rub, though: I lack the hands needed to see it delivered in a timely manner... Might you assist me?
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Ishgardiansoldier04231
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O-Oh, of course. Silly of me to ask in the first place, I suppose. Should you change your mind, though, I will be here for a while yet.
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Ishgardiansoldier04231
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You will? You are a hero of the people indeed! Here are three bowls of piping hot soup. Could you see that those around the station who appear especially woebegone receive some?
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Ishgardiansoldier04231
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No doubt a few of the citizens you encounter will try to insist they can do without, but let's not take no for an answer!
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Mallius
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What in the world is that? For pity's sake, get it away from me. You'll make me sick with that foreign trash you louts call food.
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Mallius
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Oh enough. What are you, some two-gil salesman? I'll take the damnable thing if it'll shut you up.
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Mallius
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Oh. Oh my, that is nice, isn't it? And so warm...
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Mallius
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The hells are you looking at, then? I got my food, now off with you. What, afraid I'll run off with the bowl, are you? I'm not that hard up as to resort to stealing. I can get it back to the cook just fine on my own.
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Mallius
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I told you I'd get the bowl back to you later, didn't I? Just want to make sure I don't leave even a drop behind... This is good stuff.
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Poppaea
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What is this? Soup, you say? That's very kind of you.
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Poppaea
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It's been far too long since I had a hot meal. Can't rightly remember the last time.
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Poppaea
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Let me guess, this is an Ishgardian recipe, isn't it? My mother used to make something similar, once upon a time. It was a red soup well known in these parts.
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Poppaea
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Thank you for bringing me this reminder of happier days─days I hope to see returned to our country.
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Poppaea
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I would love to have more of this again. Only if there's enough to go around, that is.
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Citizenc04231
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So first you march into our homeland, easy as you please, and now you tell us what foods we're to eat? Oh, that's very rich. Very rich, indeed!
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Citizenc04231
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But let me tell you something, you little weasel. I spit on your charity, you hear? Spit on it. So you can take that soup of yours and stuff it where the sun don't shine!
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Mallius
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Hm, maybe I'll grab some more when I bring the bowl back. Huh? No, I wasn't talkin' to you. Shoo!
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Poppaea
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Someone's providing soup to the hungry, are they? How very charitable. Perhaps they would like some help.
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Ishgardiansoldier04231
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Ah, there you are. So, how did you fare? Did you manage to deliver the soup like I asked?
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Ishgardiansoldier04231
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Oh, turned away by one surly citizen, were you? That's unfortunate, although not entirely surprising. The people here have been through more than most.
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Ishgardiansoldier04231
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I'm not a stranger entire to their pain. When Ishgard was in dire straits, I too found myself fatigued beyond measure, my spirits in the doldrums. I was hanging on by a quickly unraveling thread, it felt, and hope was nothing more than a risible dream.
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Ishgardiansoldier04231
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But it was at the Holy Stables when a woman─one I had never before met─offered me a simple bowl of soup. I was in such a dark, foul mood at the time, but...one sip was enough to turn my whole world around. I felt alive again, like I had purpose once more.
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Ishgardiansoldier04231
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I thought to emulate that charity, do for these people what that kindly lady did for me. But you know what they say: even the best laid plans and all that. Well, I won't let one fractious local dampen my spirits. I'm only sorry you had to deal with them!
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Quest complete.
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