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| «Plenty More Fish in the Sea |
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Hydaelyn►Aldenard►Coerthas►Ishgard►Foundation►The Forgotten Knight
Good to see you, Forename. I've got some news for you that I think you're going to like!
Have you ever heard of a fish called an icepick? Not only do they have a kick like a mylodon and the wits to give any fisherman a challenge, but cut them into goujons and fry them till they're golden, and they're just the thing to take away the taste of Gibrillont's best brown.
Well, a shoal of the beauties has been sighted in a fishing hole I know in the western highlands of Coerthas. Let's head over, shall we? I'll meet you by the northern entrance to Falcon's Nest!
Ansaulme
Meet me by the northern entrance to Falcon's Nest and I'll show you where these fish can be found. My mouth's watering just thinking about them!
Hydaelyn►Aldenard►Coerthas►Coerthas Western Highlands►Riversmeet►Falcon's Nest
Reyna
Hmmm...there's something awfully fishy about you... Could it be!? Are you a fellow fishing fanatic? An angling apostle? An afishionado!?
Ansaulme
Ah, Forename, you're finally here! I was afraid I'd missed you─to tell the truth, this young lady and I have just returned from the fishing hole.
I'll explain in a second, but first, allow me to introduce you: Forename, meet Reyna, a fellow fishing enthusiast.
We only just met ourselves─she was just passing by when I spotted the rod strapped to her back and introduced myself. Reyna had heard about the icepick sighting too and, well, after a bit of mutual rod-rattling, we decided to have a little competition.
I'm sorry we didn't wait for you, but you know how hot-headed we fishers can be.
Of course, I wish I had waited, now... By the time I'd managed to catch my first decent-sized icepick, she already had a brace in the net!
Reyna
Ha ha ha! How embarrassing for you─and in your own stamping grounds, too! Why, I'd never been to that fishing hole before in all my life, yet the fish were practically throwing themselves out of the water for me!
Ansaulme
Agh! Kick me while I'm down, why don't you?
I demand vengeance, Forename! And who better to deliver it than the gentleman Master Wawalago called the absolute apex of the angling art!
| ...The absolute apex of the what now? | Leave it to me! |
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Ansaulme The apex of the angling art! The perfect piscator! The finest fisherman in the firmament! He was talking about you, Forename! If there's anyone who can wipe that smirk off Reyna's face, you can! | Ansaulme I knew I could rely on you! If there's anyone who can wipe that smirk off Reyna's face, you can! |
Ansaulme
The pond where you'll find the fish is off to the north. Cross the bridge, and keep going until you reach the Gorgagne Holding. You should find it easily enough─it's the only stretch of liquid water in malms. Reyna caught two high-quality icepicks, so you're going to have to catch three!
Ansaulme
The fishing hole where we found the icepicks is up in the Gorgagne Holding─just head north, cross the Black Iron Bridge, and you'll be there. Reyna caught two high-quality icepicks, so you're going to have to catch three. I'm counting on you, Forename!
Cutscene start.
Ansaulme
Ha ha! Three icepicks, and every one a beauty! How do you like that, Reyna? Who's laughing now!?
Reyna
Whaaat!? I can't believe you beat my record... Alright, I'll admit it─you're a better fisherman than me...and thrice as good as Ansaulme.
Reyna
I may have lost the contest, but it's been wonderful to meet you both! I thought I was the only one who spent her days traveling the realm, taking on what jobs I can to fuel my fishing habit, but now I know there's at least two more episcureans in the world!
Ansaulme
So, you're a real angling addict, are you, Reyna? No doubt you could tell us some tales that would set our fish-fancying hearts aflutter.
Reyna
Oh, of course─it's the least I can do! The winner of the competition should have a reward, after all. Now, I don't know any of there's any truth in this tale, but there's a certain story doing the rounds in Dravania that you might find interesting...
Not so very long ago, there was a chocobo hunter who found a wounded fish on the shore of the Sea of Clouds. It was a moogle spirit─known to fishermen the realm over as the manta of the skies. A hook was through its lip, an unattended rod lying at its side.
The hunter took up the rod and freed the fish, but as soon as he did so, the spirit scooped him in its fins and swept him away to an island above the clouds! Not knowing where he was, or how to get home, he dropped a line into the clouds while he awaited rescue.
Within moments there was jerk on the line, and he pulled up a strange fish covered in spines. A few more minutes of fishing, and he had enough of the things to spell out “help” in cloudkin. His message was spotted by a passing airship, and the fellow was saved!
...Well, what do you think? The chocobo hunters tell it to their children as a bedtime story, but I've got a funny feeling there might be more to it than that.
But anyway, I can't stand around chatting while there's work to be done. If that story tickled you, why don't you go and have a look around the Sea of Clouds? If you're lucky, you might catch a few of these helpful fish yourselves!
Ansaulme
Hmmm...these strange fish the chocobo hunter pulled from the clouds─I think I might have an idea what they were. The Ishgardian nobility used to harvest them for their poison─so much so that they drove them to extinction. Or so I thought, until now...
Here, Forename, take some of these. The noblemen used to bait their hooks with these red balloons to catch those fish─if the creatures really are still around, chances are their tastes haven't changed. Balloon bugs spend their lives in the skies but they make their nests in the earth. If you should need any more of them, a friendly botanist or miner should be able to dig some out for you.
But anyway, thanks for today─you really saved my skin. If Reyna had won that contest, I don't think I ever would have lived it down. I'm heading back to the Knight to celebrate. See you again soon, Forename!
System
You have now acquired the skill of cloudfishing. Cast a line into the clouds and see if anything bites!
Cutscene end.
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