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Lv. 9 Lend Me Your Ears Already

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Quest

^{Patch 2.2}

Acquisition

Memenaru: Ul'dah - Steps of Nald - The Quicksand (x:11.5, y:9.6)

Closest Aetheryte: Ul'dah - Steps of Nald → Adventurers' Guild

Requirements

Way Down in the Hole (Level 9)

Any Class (Level 9)

Rewards

810

183

Guaranteed

Miscellaneous Reward
Unlocks Communicating with Others Active Help, Auto-translation Dictionary Active Help

Description

A friend in need is a friend indeed, and Memenaru is determined to stay the course despite the object of his kindness making himself scarce.

Objectives

Speak with Botulf.
With the chat mode in Say, enter “Well met!” to greet Botulf.
With the chat mode in Say, enter the auto–translate option <Gui(54)/>Hello!<Gui(55)/> and greet Botulf once again.
Speak with Botulf.
With the chat mode in Say, enter “You misunderstand.” to allay Botulf's concern.
With the chat mode in Say, enter the auto–translate option <Gui(54)/>Good-bye.<Gui(55)/>

NPCs Involved
Maps
		Memenaru, Botulf

A friend in need is a friend indeed, and Memenaru is determined to stay the course despite the object of his kindness making himself scarce.
Memenaru would like you to convey a message to Botulf about the debt owed by the latter. The lender may be unable to see the borrower, but you will surely find the beholden man at the Quicksand.
You have spoken to Botulf, who seems positively haggard with worry over the unpaid debt. With the chat mode in Say, enter “Well met!” and make his acquaintance.
You greet Botulf, who recognizes you from your brief tête-à-tête with Memenaru, and draws his own fearful conclusions. What else is there to do but enter the auto–translate option <Gui(54)/>Hello!<Gui(55)/>, with the chat mode in Say?
The ring of your voice pulls Botulf back from the brink of madness. It is an achievement to be proud of, though you will hardly dine out on this tale. Speak with Botulf and ascertain the reason for his terror.
Botulf believes you to be a debt collector. Desperate must his circumstances be for that thought to strike such unreasoning fear into his heart. With the chat mode in Say, enter “You misunderstand.”
You assuaged Botulf's fears and delivered Memenaru's message. With the chat mode in Say, enter the auto–translate option <Gui(54)/>Good-bye.<Gui(55)/> and leave Botulf to savor the relief.
You have taken your leave of Botulf. Let us hope that his moment of sudden clarity will persist, and he will refrain from trying to cadge coin from every <Switch(PlayerParameter(71))><Case(1)>Hyur</Case><Case(2)>Elezen</Case><Case(3)>Lalafell</Case><Case(4)>Miqo'te</Case><Case(5)>Roegadyn</Case><Case(6)>Au Ra</Case><Case(7)>Hrothgar</Case><Case(8)>Viera</Case></Switch> that drops by.

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Memenaru

Stay a moment, lad; I've an errand for you. I lent some gil to a friend to cover what he owed a drinking hole of ill repute.

Now, this friend─Botulf is his name─feels worse in the borrowing than I do in the lending. I'd tell him he can take as many turns as he likes to pay me back, but with my eyes being what they are and him dodging me at every turn...

Will you convey my message to him? He won't run from an unfamiliar face, I imagine. Just get him to understand all's right between us, eh?

Botulf

<sigh> How am I going to get clear? I feel like a man rushing about with a leaking sieve, trying to fill fancy goblets...

Well met indeed, adventurer. Making good gil these─oi! You were just speaking to Memenaru, weren't you? Oh no, oh no, oh no...

Aye, hello to you too. Right, you're just a working fella trying to get home to your supper, same as me. Wouldn't be right to saddle you with my woes...

Will you do something for me? Tell Memenaru I'm as sorry as can be, but swear to the Twelve, I don't have his gil. He must be needing it back bad or he'd not hire a debt collector, but ask him to wait a while longer...

Botulf

What do you mean? You're not collecting on the debt? Memenaru...he said that? Take as long as I need? I'm saved!

Now that's a friend. He even hired an adventurer so as to set my mind at ease. Memenaru's a pal in a thousand!

And it was no small thing for you to get all that through my thick skull. Thank you kindly! I'll find Memenaru myself and thank him too.

And farewell to you too...ah, hold on a moment. Can you spot me some gil? I near choked when I mistook you for a collector, and now I'm powerfully thirsty...

Botulf

...And there's water free for drinking from the well. Lad, I think I just had myself an epiphany: if I can't afford it, I want it, and that gets me into a hole. No more of that, no more.

Go from Memenaru towards his friend Botulf who is leaning on a rail to the northwest.
Talk to Botulf.
Target Botulf and type "Well met!" in the /say channel. (Exclamation point is needed, quotation marks are not.)
```
/say Well met!
```
should be what you type. Make sure you have him targeted, as well.
Using the Auto-translate function, select 'Hello!' while targetting Botulf.
Talk to Botulf again.
Target Botulf again, and type "You misunderstand." (Period is needed, quotation marks are not.)
```
/say You misunderstand.
```
should be what you type. Make sure you have him targeted!
Target Botulf one final time, and using the Auto-translate function, select 'Goodbye.' to have the quest completion box pop-up.

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