MARDEK Chapter 3: Keystones/Sidequest Script

==Sidequests==
===Save the Priests!===
;Sidequest Priest
:Oh! Hello there! Y-you're the Knights who are meant to be going down to the lower levels, right? Splendid! I have a favour to ask of you... I-I mean, since you'll be going down there anyway...
:You see, the monsters in the lower levels only appeared recently. When they did, we had to evacuate the lower levels, but not all of us got out. Some of the priests were either too absorbed in their studies or meditation, reading, or just, you know, milking their snakes, and couldn't get out fast enough.
:We were too scared to go down and help them ourselves - we're only like level 1, despite lifetimes of priestitution, and the monsters down there are at least level 10! - but now that you are here, you are our shining ray of hope! I hope you'll go and rescue them, yes?
:I won't take 'no, I don't want to do this and I want them to die' as an answer! Here. Just take these Warp Stones to the four priests; one for each. With them, they can escape safely.
:Come back if you save them all, and I'll make it worth your while, I promise, Big Boy!
(first priest)
;Solakian Priest Djhale
:Hello. I'm trapped down here, and- hey, is that a Warp Stone? Yay! You must have been sent by the priest whose name I can never remember up on the top level! Hmm... was it 'Solakian Priest' or 'Priest of SOLAK'? Or did he change it to something like 'Sidequest Priest' to be different?! Please give that Warp Stone to me!
:Thanks for this. I'll use it to get back right away! I can't stand another moment in this place with death breathing down my neck like a... y'know! Bye!
(second priest)
;Solakian Priest Ellavar
:Who are you?! Did that priest finally send someone to help me? It's about time!
:Give me that Warp Stone. Grumble...
(third priest)
;Solakian Priest Mohmana
:Um, hello...? You're... oh! You must be sent to rescue me?
:Um, is this Warp Stone for me? Thanks! You're a really kind person. I'll, um... bye! See you at the top!
(fourth priest)
;Solakian Priest Akhmell
:Finally... I've been waiting for someone to come and find me for ages. Thought they'd just forgotten about me.
:How do you plan to get me out of here? Oh, a Warp Stone. That's reasonable. Hand it to me, if you will, and I shall promptly use it to escape this place. Thank you, and farewell.
(after saving the priests...)
;Sidequest Priest
:Great! You found them all! I said I'd reward you if you did, so here you go! Have this nice pretty amulet with our Generic Stylised Sun Symbol on it. You can show it off to all your friends... and probably be asked 'what on Belfan is THAT gaudy thing?'
:Actually, since I feel a mere trinket is not enough and I feel like I should be a better person out of fear of my deity, I have another reward for you, too. It's a... strange orb that I found somewhere. It actually creeps me out, because it sounds like it's whispering sometimes! Take it, please!
:Anyway, thanks again for your help!
===Sun Temple Rewards===
;Mardek
:Well, we solved the problem!
;Solakian High Priest Shamash
:You did? The dark monsters seem to be calming down a bit and dissipating, so I take your word for that. Well done, Knights. I knew we could count on you.
:As for your reward, there's your payment of 5000 gold, of course, but I'd also like you to take this. It may be of use to you in the future.
:You will always be welcome here, Royal Knights of Goznor. May you go with the blessings of SOLAK.
===Missing Gizmo===
;First Officer Lykel
:Are you a human, me old sport? Looks like it seems so, if I do say so myself! Amazing, that. We don't often see other humans. Too bad you're not a sexy girl though. We could all do with a shag. How about her, the blonde one?
;Donovan
:Excuse me, but who the Hell are you?
;First Officer Lykel
:No? Oh well, worth a shot. But well old boy, I am First Officer Billy G Lykel of the- ...Wait, scrap that, me chipmunk; it's none of your business. Let's just say I'm a priest and be done with it.
:As I say, me old withered sausage, we've don't often come across other humans. We care little about talking to you, however, but we could use your help in a trivial little matter if you're heading through here anyway.
:You see, my spaghetti dumpling, we have a... a temple, I suppose you could say, deep in the Sandflow Caves. A temple which flies. In space. Uh... I mean, metaphorically. Because of the religious experiences we have in there. Or something. My old gum boot.
:But our temple is... broken... and, erm... Oh, forget that. No, wait! Yes, that's it, me old salamander's knucklebone! We lost a Holy Icon of some sort from our temple that only flies in space metaphorically! Or used to, back when the Captain was with us. I mean, High Priest. Hmm.
:We HAD this 'Holy Icon' before, but - would you believe it! - a MONSTER came and stole it right out of our very hands! I tell you, me slithering hunchback, we'd have taught it a lesson right there and then if our weapons hadn't all been destroyed when our temple crashed! I mean... Oh, YOU make something up to explain that, me slippery cod's bollocks.
:Anyway, I'm getting sick of talking to you now so I'll just get to the bloody point, me rancid apple sundae! We asked the reptoids to find the Warp C- uh, 'Holy Icon' for us while they're looking for this... whatever they're looking for, but they're so... I can't even think of a word for it! Annoying, though! Because they refused. Obviously.
:They said it wasn't important enough to divert their time towards. They just don't think like us, you see, me old crumpet case. But you do! Sort of. So... if you do happen to come across it while you're in there, be a dear and bring it back, won't you, love? Hmmmm?
:Know that I am a fair man, and shall make it worth your while, my plump little manchild. Come back soon, okay? Kisses for luck! Mwaah!
The party returns with the Gizmometer.
;First Officer Lykel
:Ah! You return, me old bed-ridden snakeskin, with the thing we'd lost in hand! Bravo! Bravo again for good measure! Now hand that to me, myself, and I shall fulfil my end of the bargain.
:We don't really have much to give, I'm afraid, dearie dearington... We sort of need everything we have. MORE than what we have, in fact. But fair is fair, so I'll give you some gems, love. First, this'n...
:And this one, too. We've sort of been trying to get rid of it, but those reptoids act like we're trying to sell or give them a bomb if we try! Ho ho ho! Aren't they just such sheer loons, m'chap?!
:Now, thanks for all your hard work, my addled cradle carrier! Be off, now, and off you be!
===Reptoid Warriors===
(first warrior)
;Reptoid Warrior Hessark
:Hello there, Chief. I've yet to find the sssussspiciousss character we're after, but- ...are thossse *humansss*?!
;Sslen'ck
:Thessse human knightsss and I ssshall be looking for the intruder alone together. They are adventurersss; they're far more powerful than all of our warriorsss combined. You need to head back home; there isss no good in wasssting your life out here.
;Reptoid Warrior Hessark
:Yesss, Chief. There are three othersss ssstill in the cavesss; I hope you let them know the order too. Farewell, and good luck!
(second warrior)
;Reptoid Warrior Ssossdj
:Ch-chief! Aah! I wasssn't dossssssin' around, honest! I'm sssearchin'! I'm sssearchin'!
;Sslen'ck
:You need sssearch no longer, Warrior. I ssshall handle thisss. Return to the village.
;Reptoid Warrior Ssossdj
:R-really? Great! Thanksss! You're the bessst chief ever! Be sssure to tell the othersss, too!
(third warrior)
;Reptoid Warrior Sserell
:Ho there, Chief O' mine. Wh'sssup?
;Sslen'ck
:I need you to return to the village, Warrior. Thessse humansss and I ssshall handle the ssearch.
;Reptoid Warrior Sserell
:Gotcha, daddy-o. Peace.
(fourth warrior)
;Reptoid Warrior Moppo
:Nothing to report yet, Chief. Thisss one'sss a ssslippery one.
;Sslen'ck
:Your sssearching is over, Warrior. Return to the village.
;Reptoid Warrior Moppo
:But our work isss not done...! Though... you know bessst. You have a plan. I have faith in you, Chief.
;Reptoid Warrior Moppo (if last warrior found)
:Oh, but Chief, do you know what THISSS isss? I found it lying around in the sssand, and felt drawn to it. I have no ussse for it, though; take it. And I ssshall sssee you at the village! Yalortspeed!
===Recruiting Zach===
Mardek: Well, it's our old buddy Zach! 
===Ancient Artefacts===
;Curator
:Hello there! Are you enjoying the museum? I hope so, because I'm the curator of it! I own it!
;Mardek
:Well, it's, uh, nice!
;Curator
:BUT IT'S NOT!!
:The exhibits are too few and too boring... I collected them all myself, you see. This is all I have to show for a life's work... A few baubles of no interest to anyone at all! O misery! O woe!
:If only someone else could contribute to the museum! If only some plucky young adventurers could travel into dungeons and collect various Ancient Artefacts for my displays! If they did, I'd be sure to remunerate them adequately! Oh, if only! Then I'd die happy!
(with the Sun Idol)
;Curator
:Ooh, is that a Sun Idol you have there? I haven't seen one of those in ages! Or ever, in fact. Though I have read about them. They're from an age where people actually used to take SOLAK seriously, where everyone and their dog used to pray to Him for the sun to rise each morning and so on.
:It took us quite a number of generations to realise that the sun would rise whether or not we prayed or even sacrificed to SOLAK, but when we eventually did, SOLAK went forgotten. A joke, even. A shame, that.
:I will pay 10,000 gold to take that Sun Idol off your hands. It's no use to you and deeply interesting to me, so we both win! Do we have a deal?
(with the Reptoid Spearhead)
;Curator
:Is that a Reptoid Spearhead you have with you there? Those things are extremely rare, and valuable to a collector such as myself! They may not have much practical use anymore, but they tell tales of a time long past when the reptoids were still mere savages...
:Well, I mean, there are people who'd argue that they still ARE savages, but those people are idiots.
:I will pay 8,000 gold to take that Reptoid Spearhead off your hands. It's no use to you and deeply interesting to me, so we both win! Do we have a deal?
(with the Talisman of SHUMBRA)
;Curator
:Is that a Talisman of The Dark God, SHUMBRA? My, my, it is! And it's not even an imitation! A Talisman like that can only be found in a place that SHUMBRA Himself has had influence... Tell me, did you get that from the Dark Temple itself?!? I must have it!
:I will pay 15,000 gold to take that Talisman of SHUMBRA off your hands. It's no use to you and deeply interesting to me, so we both win! Do we have a deal?
(with the Talisman of CRYSOOSUNA)
;Curator
:Is that a Talisman of The Graceful Mermaid, CRYSOOSUNA? It seems so! It is useless to an adventurer such as yourself as it has no practical magical properties, but it would attract so many visitors to my museum if I had it on display!
:I will pay 15,000 gold to take that Talisman of CRYSOOSUNA off your hands. It's no use to you and deeply interesting to me, so we both win! Do we have a deal?
(with the Talisman of VOLKOS)
;Curator
:Is that a Talisman of The Everburning Flame, VOLKOS? The deity personally crafted this with his own magic... It is overwhelming to think that this very object was once in the hands of a god!
:I will pay 15,000 gold to take that Talisman of VOLKOS off your hands. It's no use to you and deeply interesting to me, so we both win! Do we have a deal?
(with the Talisman of KROGHMM)
;Curator
:Is that a Talisman of The Stalwart Titan, KROGHMM? Amazing! It must be ancient, yet this grassy plume that hangs from its core still grows verdant and strong. Truly a sign of a deity's handiwork!
:I will pay 15,000 gold to take that Talisman of KROGHMM off your hands. It's no use to you and deeply interesting to me, so we both win! Do we have a deal?
(with the Ancient Pot)
;Curator
:Is that an Ancient Pot you have there? It looks rather old. I'm sure if I studied it, I could solve the mystery of its maker and year of construction!
:I will pay 1,200 gold to take that Ancient Pot off your hands. It's no use to you and deeply interesting to me, so we both win! Do we have a deal?
(with the Tiki Mask)
;Curator
:What a strange mask you have there! Is it made of stone? A Tiki Mask, is it...? Hmm! I'd be interested in displaying that in my museum, if you'd be so kind as to sell it to me.
:I will pay 6,600 gold to take that Tiki Mask off your hands. It's no use to you and deeply interesting to me, so we both win! Do we have a deal?
(with the Droma Arm)
;Curator
:What... is THAT? An arm, made of metal? Oh my, I have never seen anything like it before! What a curiosity! I'm sure other people would be as interested in its mysterious appeal as I am, so I'm willing to purchase it from you to put on display!
:I will pay 3,700 gold to take that Droma Arm off your hands. It's no use to you and deeply interesting to me, so we both win! Do we have a deal?
(with the Ancient Runestone)
;Curator
:An Ancient Runestone, eh? Its magic has clearly run dry, yet it would still serve as a nice display piece to educate people as to what these things are. It's not very valuable, but I still wish to buy it from you.
:I will pay 900 gold to take that Ancient Runestone off your hands. It's no use to you and deeply interesting to me, so we both win! Do we have a deal?
(normally)
;Curator
:You've brought me X artefact(s) so far. Great! But I'd still like more, if you can find any.
:The artefacts you've brought me are as follows: (lists artefacts)
(accepting an offer)
;Mardek
:Well, here you go!
;Curator
:Thanks a lot, sir! You've made my life just a bit better, and I'm sure the visitors will love ogling it, too!
(refusing an offer)
;Mardek
:I don't want to sell it.
;Curator
:Aww... I'll still be here if you change your mind! Which I hope you do! Soon!
(after bringing 2 artefacts)
;Curator
:You've brought me 2 Ancient Artefacts so far! You're very helpful! I want to reward you for your continuing contributions, so here, take this!
(after bringing 4 artefacts)
;Curator
:You've brought me 4 Ancient Artefacts so far! You're great! I want to reward you for your continuing contributions, so here, take this!
(after bringing 6 artefacts)
;Curator
:You've brought me 6 Ancient Artefacts so far! You're amazing! I want to reward you for your continuing contributions, so here, take this!
(after bringing 8 artefacts)
;Curator
:You've brought me 8 Ancient Artefacts so far! You're spectacular! I want to reward you for your continuing contributions, so here, take this!
(after bringing 10 artefacts)
;Curator
:You've brought me 10 Ancient Artefacts so far! You're my Hero! I want to reward you for your continuing contributions, so here, take this!
(talking to him again after bringing 10 artefacts)
;Curator
:You've brought me 10 Ancient Artefacts. My appreciation is too great to express in words! You've saved the museum! Hooray! Thanks forever!
===Crime Control===
;Guard
:You look like foreigners. You'd best be careful in here; these are the slums. They're full of thugs who jump out of nowhere and mug you. You should head back.
;Mardek
:Well, we're hardened adventurers! There's nothing here we can't easily handle.
;Guard
:Is that so? Hmm, yes, you do LOOK rather combat-ready and able. Good, good... Maybe you can help me out?
:See, these slums are nothing but a... crimehole... and the rest of the guards do nothing about it. It's a lawless zone, but as long as we leave this area to the criminals, the others say, they won't spread elsewhere. All the crime in one place, no crime anywhere else in the city. Or so they SAY.
:But, to make it look like the Sultan cares about the city a lot, I'm officially appointed here to 'take care of the problem'. They did this - sent JUST me - because they KNEW I'd be able to do nothing alone. Bah.
:I feel that these crime-filled slums give the city a bad name, and I'd like to do my duty, even if I can't do it alone... If you can, I'd appreciate it if you'd take out at least 20 thugs. Don't worry, there'll be a reward!
(during the quest)
;Guard
:You've got X thugs so far. Keep at it!
(after defeating 20 thugs)
;Guard
:Great job! You got 20 of those thugs. Turns out you really could handle it! The city is a better place thanks to you. Here's your reward... Sorry it's nothing great, but you can sell it if it's no use to you... I think?
===Lost Fairies===
;Fairy Leader
:Oh-woe-oh-no!Help us! Oh help, help!Bandits most foul, raiding throughOur balmy wood, woe...
:Left destruction, ruin...STOLE five of us from our glade!Oh, the tragedy!
:Towards the Earth Temple,Is where they headed, I fear.Who knows what they'll do?!
:My prioritiesLie with my fellows, friends...The ones the men stole.
:I wish their return!If you find them, Oh please, sir,Bring them back here, safe?
:I ask charity,But I will repay you, fair.So please, help us, do!
(returning with a Fairy)
;Fairy Leader
:Oh hmm, hoo-harrum?What's that there, sparkling, glittling,You hold in your paw?
:That <Colour> Fairy!'Tis one of my missing friends!Return him, won't you?
;Mardek
:Hand over the <Colour> Fairy.
;Fairy Leader
:Frabjous day! Callooh, Callay!I chortle with joy, so happy;I dreaded him lost!
:For your heroism,I would like to gift you this.Please, cherish it, friend.
(refusing to return a fairy)
;Mardek
:I want to keep it.
;Fairy Leader
:You are a monsterIf you'd enslave a fairyFor your benefit...
===Trade Quest===
;Shopkeeper
:Welcome, sssir, welcome. You are not from around here... but thisss doesss not bother me. I have a requessst, actually. Or I can just sssell you itemsss if that'sss the only reason you're here.
;Mardek
:Well, what's up?
;Shopkeeper
:You sssee, I ssspecialissse in making a particular kind of ointment from the Sssand Fruit in the Sssandflow Cavesss, but I have run out of Sssand Fruit with which to make it. The one who usssually acquiress it for me is caught up in thisss palaver with the intruder at the moment, you sssee, sssir.
:If you could find and bring me a lovely, juicy Sand Fruit, I will give you sssome of the ointment free of charge!
(...returning with the Sand Fruit)
;Shopkeeper
:Ooh, isss that a Sand Fruit that you have there, human? Can I have it? I will give you sssomething in return!
;Mardek (dialogue choices)
*I don't want to give it to you.
:;Shopkeeper
::You are incredibly ssselfisssh, sssir, but fair. I will weep to myssself now, if you don't mind.
*Well, okay!
:;Shopkeeper
::Thank you! With thisss, I can make my ssspecial ointment again at lassst!
::Here, you can have thisss bottle of Special Ointment, sssir; my lassst one left from the old batch.
(...giving the complaining hairless priest the Special Ointment)
;Solakian Priest
:That Special Ointment! I neeeed it! That will grow my hair, I just know it! Give it to me, won't you, yes?!
;Mardek (dialogue choices)
*I don't want to give it to you.
:;Solakian Priest
::Aww! I'll never be a beautiful supermodel!
*Well, okay!
:;Solakian Priest
::Hooray! Now I can use it to grow glorious locks and become something other than a priest of bloody ol' miserable SOLAK! I never liked Him anyway! Thanks!
::Here, you can have my old Hair Tonic. I have no use for it anymore, but I'm sure YOU have some long, flowing locks under that ridiculous thing you're wearing on your head, Mr Knightington! That is your name, right? I thought so.
(...giving Gallovar the Hair Tonic)
;Medium Priest Gallovar
:Say, Sir Mardek... Is that a Hair Tonic that you have with you there? I could really use that, you know. You don't need it, right? I mean, you wear that ghastly he- I mean, that... that, uh... yes, that ghastly helmet that you insist on wearing. My lovely flowing locks, on the other hand, are sick, and need that wondrous elixir! Gift it to me, oh please?
;Mardek (dialogue choices)
*I don't want to give it to you.
:;Gallovar
::Oh, but you're supposed to be a Knight, Sir Mardek! Do us a favour, won't you? I need it but you don't seem to, after all! YALORT knows I've done enough for you over the years!
*Well, okay!
:;Gallovar
::Oh, blessed be ye, good knight! I thank you mightily for this. My self-confidence will be restored once more! I'll even be able to go out on the streets again without feeling like the worst type of vagrant!
::I have little to give you in return, so, um, er... how about this Romance Novel? It's, uhm... well, it gets very lonely in here at times you see, and, uhm... it's... really saucy? Yes. Ahem. Maybe you'll enjoy it if you give it a try!
:;Mardek
::Well, I didn't know you were into this sort of thing, Gallovar! I am surprised!
:;Gallovar
::Yes, er... you won't TELL anyone, will you? Please don't. Uhm. Yes. Thank you for the Hair Tonic. Good day. May, uh... may YALORT bless you.
(...giving Priestess Gail the Romance Novel)
;Priestess Gail
:...Is that a Romance Novel? Why would a knight like YOU be into THAT sort of thing? No, no; it's not befitting of you. I really must take it off you. You don't want to be seen reading THAT, after all! So please, hand it over.
;Mardek (dialogue choices)
*I don't want to give it to you.
:;Priestess Gail
::A shame... It looked really saucy, too! ...Which is to say, um, you won't look very cool reading that in public, Mr Man!
*Well, okay!
:;Priestess Gail
::Ooh, and take it I will! It's actually one I've not even read before! I'm quite the collector, you see. It does get awfully lonely, standing around in this poky little building all day, alone. A woman needs SOME pleasure, you know.
::Here, have a Scrumptious Cake. I'm sure it will serve as adequate remuneration.
:;Mardek
::A... what? What's this?
:;Priestess Gail
::You've never seen a cake before? It's a sort of food that I thought was more popular in the North than it is here.
:;Mardek
::What's a food?
:;Priestess Gail
::It's something you must get enough of every day, along with drink, rest, and expelling waste, in order to stay healthy and-... You know what, never mind. Please, be on your way; I'm sure you have a lot of knightery to attend to, and I can't see this being relevant to one such as yourself.
(...giving the Old Hermit the Scrumptious Cake)
;Old Hermit
:Ooh, you've brought me a Scrumptious Cake? Ta very much! I love those! Haven't had one in ages. Or anything to eat, for that matter. Not big on it myself, what with all the munching and crunching and what-have-you. But I make an exception for Scrumptious Cake any day! So, can I have it?
;Mardek (dialogue choices)
*I don't want to give it to you.
:;Old Hermit
::Not big on pitying doddery old hermits who don't have much left in life to live for, eh? Oh well. Your loss. I heard that's a very fulfilling hobby. Not that I'd know myself; I hate old people. Anyway, do you want anything else?
*Well, okay!
:;Old Hermit
::This is my lucky day! Oh, come to me, Scrumptious Cake, and let me rub your brown, brown flesh all over the internal tunnels of my skin-coloured body! Massage my belly's acid bag, and I will cannibalise you, like any good friend would! We will be as lovers. All your vore fantasies will come true at long last.
::Here, Sir Man. Have a key. What's it for? Well, if I told you, it'd take all the fun out of it, wouldn't it?!? Know that it's not for my heart though!!! Oh no!! Oh no.
(...giving the Xantusian Blacksmith the Red Dragon Scales)
;Reptoid Blacksmith
:Are thossse Red Dragon Scales that you have there?! Assstounding! I would very much like to fassshion a weapon for you out of thossse. I've alwaysss wanted to work with them, you see; it is a blacksssmith'sss dream.
;Mardek
:Well, okay!
;Reptoid Blacksmith
:Excellent, excellent... I shall work very, very quickly.
;Reptoid Blacksmith
:...
;Reptoid Blacksmith
:Very quickly indeed. Here you go. This is the Drackal Crescent, a weapon traditionally wielded by only the strongest of chieftains of this village. It is a truly mighty weapon. Use it well.
===Wretched Soul Rewards===
;Old Hermit
:You freed it, eh? Good, good... That's one loaf off my chest. Of bread!! Bread of the mind. Thoughts, rather. Yes. Whatever foul gods await in the dreadful necropolis that awaits him can do with him as they see fit, now, and his soul can flitter away to other existences, as it should be.
:Speaking of which, here, have this lovely smooth stone. Go on, have it! Have it harder! I don't need it anymore. Can't activate it anyway. And you did me a favour, so it's yours. Stop arguing with me and take it, for VOLKOS' sake!
===Annihilator:Karnos===
;Annihilator:Karnos
:Gggoooogggrrrttthh!!
===Annihilator:Animus===
;Annihilator:Animus
:I am the mind of the Annihilator. In life, I spoke no language, yet here you hear my thoughts, for language is a restriction of the flesh.
:This world is weak. Weak worlds are craving to be destroyed. Simply craving. I am merely doing a service to the universe by ridding it of this rubbish. Tidying up.
:I wiped out a race, a civilisation, already. What makes you think that YOU stand a chance against me? I shall show you just how foolish you are, daring to challenge me. I will rip you apart atom by atom, then return those atoms to nothingness. You have no chance.
===Security Demon===
Upon triggering a Warport Security to attack you:
;Security 1 (number depends upon which security guard you triggered to attack you)
:TERRORIST!!!1!!1!1
Upon defeating the Security Demon
;Security 1
:Oh. Uh. That's not good. Hmm! Uh, okay then, sir! You can go through and do whatever terrorist activities you like! Go on. Knock yourself out. Please? Since clearly our security can't! Uh... Please proceed to the portal! We won't bother you again!
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