A Swift and Secret Departure

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Mainquest1 Icon.png Lv. 67   A Swift and Secret Departure
Quest

Journal detail hr1 07.png Acquisition
Alphinaud: Kugane - The Short Pier (x:7.8, y:12.4)

Map33 Icon.pngClosest Aetheryte: Kugane → Kogane Dori Markets

Journal detail hr1 08.png Requirements
071201.png67The World Turned Upside DownMainquest1 Icon.png The World Turned Upside Down (Level 67)

Spacer2.png Any Disciple of War or Magic (excluding limited jobs) (Level 67)

Journal detail hr1 03.png Rewards

448,200
Experience Points



996
Gil
Options
Serge Hose of Aiming
Serge Hose of Healing
Serge Hose of Casting
Heavens' Eye Materia V
Heavens' Eye Materia V
Achievement
026002.png Catch Me if You Can
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Alphinaud would like to return to the Ruby Bazaar posthaste.
Journal detail hr1 01.png Objectives
  • Return to the Ruby Bazaar.
  • Speak with Tataru.
  • Speak with Lyse.
Journal detail hr1 02.png Unlocks Quests
071201.png67While You Were AwayMainquest1 Icon.png While You Were Away (Level 67)

Journal detail hr1 07.png NPCs Involved
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AlphinaudAlisaieLyseRashoTansuiTataruHancockYugiri
 

  • Alphinaud would like to return to the Ruby Bazaar posthaste.

I can still hear his voice... My ears haven't stopped ringing since he first barged his way into the Rising Stones, a veritable force of nature.
It's just as colorful as I remember...
Do not worry. We will be safely away before the Sekiseigumi arrive.
It's a rare thing for us to sail into Kugane like common traders. I don't rightly recall the last time, but it will have been years.
I informed Tataru of our coming. She and Hancock should be waiting for us in the Ruby Bazaar.
Then it is here we part ways. Best of luck to you and yours in your...piratical endeavors, I suppose.
Quest Accepted
Do come and visit us again. 'Twould be a shame if we never got to see you and the little miss again.
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Welcome back, everyone, and congratulations on a job well done!
It is a pleasure as ever to see your smiling face, Tataru. Less so yours, Hancock, though Rasho and I are sincerely grateful for your assistance.
The pleasure was all mine, Master Alphinaud. I assure you.

Anyway, you will be glad to hear that I have already chartered passage for you back to Limsa Lominsa.


The ship is to leave port this very day, but the captain has agreed to wait until the four of you have boarded.
The four of us? You mean to stay here in Kugane?
Yes. I gave it some thought, and I realized that even with Doma free, there's still a need for a woman in the middle. Maybe even more than before, considering all the friends and alliances you made.
As I told her many times before, I would be more than willing to assist you─
And as I told you many times before, I am not about to let you worm your way into our affairs and exploit our connections for your personal gain!
<sigh> Must you always presume the worst?

So there you have it. I will remain here for now. You needn't worry─I'm a regular at the hostelry and a half-dozen other local institutions. Everyone loves me!


So go, go! Don't let me keep you. Buy your supplies and souvenirs while you still can!


When you've finished, make haste to the docks. Pier number two, to be precise. I'll be waiting for you there!
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I cannot deny that the thought of leaving her here alone worries me, but she has proven time and time again that she is far more clever than she appears. Besides, I do not think I could persuade her to change her mind.


Mayhap I should take her advice and purchase a souvenir or two before leaving...

Personally I would have preferred to host you for a few days, but Tataru was adamant that you return on the first available ship. One could almost suspect she is eager to be rid of you...


Idle musings, naught more. Purely hypothetical and most assuredly incorrect. She wants only the best for her dear friends, and is surely not motivated by hidden desires to go gallivanting about with her Hingan paramours...
First to arrive, as always. Hopefully the others will not be far behind...
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Ah, there you are! All packed and ready to go?
To the best of my knowledge, yes. Apologies for the wait. The task of tying up loose ends invariably takes longer than one allows. Happily, however, all now seems to be in order.
Then there's nothing left to do but to board the ship! Do try and enjoy the journey, won't you? It may be your last chance to rest for a while!
That would depend on the good captain's choice of route.
As ever, Tataru, I pray you take all due precautions while making your inquiries. Better to avoid the local authorities altogether than risk a repeat of our Ishgardian episode.
And what sordid episode is this, pray tell?
N-naught to speak of, I assure you!
You there! Hold that ship!
What are you two doing here? Shouldn't you be in Doma?
Shouldn't you? You left with nary a word! I half-wondered if I had done something to offend.
Upon learning that you had departed for Kugane, we immediately resolved to give chase. Our comrades can manage affairs in our absence, and it seemed the least we could do.
You mean you came all this way just to say good-bye?
That too, aye, but there was something else I felt I had to say.

You helped us win our freedom, and for that I cannot thank you enough.


Accordingly, after we have established an interim government and so forth, I think it only meet that we repay the favor by dispatching our own forces to Eorzea. If you would have us.
We harbored no expectations of such generous aid...and as there is no telling when the Empire might strike back at you, would it not be wiser to concentrate your resources on the defense of Doma?
I had a mind to pursue a more aggressive defense. To wit, we will send forth shinobi to provinces far and wide to spread word of our victory, that we might inspire others to take up arms as we did.

Even the Empire has its limits. If the Garleans cannot be certain where and when the next rebellion will take place, how can they commit another force to Doma?


And besides...so long as this debt remains unpaid, how am I to face myself? And Gosetsu?
As you wish. I will relay your offer to the Eorzean Alliance.
All of Doma is counting on you to finish what we have started.
You have it in you, Lyse, to seize the future you want. Never forget.
I won't, Hien─not your words or anything else. Everything that led us here, that will drive us forward─I'll carry it with me, always. And that's a promise.
Hah hah! I will hold you to that!
Go with them to Eorzea. Tell their people of our triumph, and of our pledge to stand with them.
By your leave, I shall pave the way for our new alliance.
Hurry up, you lot! The ship's about to weigh anchor!
It seems our time is at an end. Go well, my friends...and may we meet again beneath a western sky.
Meanwhile, in the Royal Palace of Ala Mhigo...
I always knew that woman was unfit for command...
Aye. When you think of all the resources we poured into that hole.
And for what?
The beast yet lives. Mayhap it is time I sharpen my claws.
I wonder, will you walk into my parlor once more...?
Fordola rem Lupis, come at the command of the lord viceroy to present the prisoner taken by the Crania Lupi!
Zenos yae Galvus, I presume?

It's true what they say. You do have the eyes of a monster.

A ravenous, insatiable fiend.
You. Give the Butcher your weapon.
My...? Yes, my lord!
My lord, this is─
A reward given in recognition of your service. I trust you will prove more capable than its former owner.
I...I swear I'll not disappoint you, my lord!
Good. Now, silence that mewling little piglet. I would not hear another sound pass her lips...until I strip the fat from her.
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Setting your sights on Ala Mhigo next, I presume? Excellent. The chairman is most interested in seeing how that whole affair plays out.


Hm? Is the company willing to openly aid the Gyr Abanian campaign? Oh, heavens no. Far too close to home. 'Twould be an unconscionable risk.
It feels like a lifetime ago that we left for Kugane, doesn't it?
Compared to Kugane's vivid colors, Limsa Lominsa seems a bit...lacking. Still beautiful in its own way, but not as much as before...
We should inform the Admiral of our arrival, and brief her on that which took place in Doma before leaving the city.

Back in Eorzea at last. Ready to pick up where we left off and finish the fight.


We're not who we were when we left. We're stronger and wiser.


So let's do it! Let's get back to Ala Mhigo and defeat Zenos once and for all!
Quest Complete
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