What is the Meaning of Work?

What is the Meaning of Work? is a Daily Commission in Court of Fontaine: Palais Mermonia.
==Steps==
===Gull Version===
# Talk to Iaune
# Chase away the Violetgold Angler Gull
# Chase away the Violetgold Angler Gull again
# Report back to Iaune
===Dog version===
#Talk to Iaune
#Try to feed the Violetgold Angler Gull
#Talk to Iaune
==Gameplay Notes==
* The "dog version" of this commission will become available if the player selects the dialogue option "Have you tried getting a dog?" at the end of the "gull version."
* The first time the player gets this commission, the only option available will be to chase away the gulls. After suggesting Iaune's gets a dog, a new version of the commission is unlocked with an option to feed the gulls instead.
==Rewards==
==Dialogue==
===Scaring Version===
;(Talk to Iaune)
:Iaune: Oh, good gulls. I know that you are hungry, but I, too, have not eaten my fill.
:Iaune: Forget it. I suppose that it's all good if you're happy...
: What are you doing?
:Iaune: Traveler? Why, what a pleasant surprise. If you're here to make a request of me, I'm afraid you'll have to wait. I'm not quite done with my fries yet.
: Oh, I'm not here on business.
::Iaune: Oh, is that so? That's good. I need to hurry up and finish them as soon as possible...
: And why are you eating fries over here?
:Iaune: Well, this is my main meal. I'll be going out with Roialte on business later, so I need to rush this meal.
:Iaune: I'm not used to eating inside the Palais Mermonia, so I tend to go outside and find a quiet spot to get my meal squared away real quick.
:Iaune: But today... I don't know what's making these gulls go wild, but they're coming at my fries all at once, and no matter how much they eat, it's not enough.
: Well, there's a lot of them, and only this many fries...
: Not all of them have gotten something to eat just yet...
:Iaune: That's true. But I can't feed every single seagull in the ocean, can I...
:Paimon: Well, these are your fries, aren't they? Don't let the gulls get at them just like that.
:Paimon: You'll go hungry at this rate, y'know?
: You seem a little down, actually.
: You seem a little off your game.
:Iaune: Really? I'm not... Well, actually, I suppose I am. Nothing escapes you, I see.
:Iaune: I just... don't know what the meaning of my work is. I busy myself every day at the Maison Gestion, but I don't really see it bearing tangible fruit.
:Iaune: I haven't been able to help anyone, nor has anyone's life been made more convenient by my work. Roialte says that our work is very important, but...
:Iaune: I just sit in front of a typewriter and clatter away, endlessly. What purpose does that serve? I might as well just lose another keycap. At least that'll make Estelle a bit of Mora...
:Iaune: Sorry. I know I shouldn't be saying all this, but I just feel rather lost right now no matter what I do. Maybe... Maybe I need more time.
: Finish eating first.
: Let's solve your gull problem first.
:Iaune: You're right. But the amount of time we have now is insufficient to go get some new fries.
:Iaune: Forget it, I'll just give the rest of them to the birds. I'll just get something to eat once Roialte and I are done with our business.
:Iaune: It'll take us... What, half a day? Not too long, I'd reckon.
:Paimon: Will you be able to hold up after not eating for that long?
: Leave the gulls to me.
: I'll take care of those gulls.
:Iaune: Um... Wouldn't that be too much trouble? All that over some fries...
:Paimon: Just eat your meal. You shouldn't go hungry, no matter how busy you are.
: We will chase them all away.
:Iaune: Sure, but could you focus on... only chasing them away? They just want my fries, but there's no malice in them.
:Iaune: Well, it is a bad thing for me, but it's not a very serious matter, so... Please, just chase them away, would you?
;(Talk to Iaune again, optional)
:Iaune: The document that Roialte wants is... No, wait, I think I have this data wrong...
;(Approach the gull)
:Paimon: Go on, bad seagull, shoo! Stop bothering people while they're eating!
;(Chase off the gull)
:Paimon: Agh, they're coming right back! Quick, we've gotta chase them off again!
;(Approach the gull)
:Paimon: Go on, bad seagull, shoo! Stop bothering people while they're eating!
;(Chase off the gull)
:Paimon: This should be the last we see of them! Let's go back to see Iaune.
;(Talk to Iaune)
;(If the player killed the gull)
::Iaune: Y—You really don't do things by halves, do you? All the gulls in the area have been scared off...
::Iaune: Thank you. I'll finish up my fries while they're not around to disturb me.
;(If the player did not kill the gull)
::Iaune: Thank you. I'll finish up my fries while they're gone.
:Iaune: *sigh* But what do I do next time? I can't always count on your help, can I?
: Um, try eating somewhere else?
::Iaune: I can't find anywhere better to eat now, anyway. If I'm too close to the Palais Mermonia, I might bump into one of my colleagues.
::Iaune: And then I'll get dragged into their discussions of work again...
::Iaune: But if I go too far away, I won't be able to get back to the office on time, and I might miss something important.
::Iaune: Considering these two factors, this place is my only option.
: Have you tried getting a dog?
::Iaune: You mean... I should get a dog to chase them off?
::Iaune: That's not a bad plan. I might be able to get someone to lend me one...
===Feeding Version===
;(Talk to Iaune)
:Iaune: Ah, Violetgold Angler Gulls. Once you're done with these fries, please leave...
: How's the situation right now?
: Did getting a dog work out for you?
:Iaune: No, not at all. When the gulls came for my fries, it turned tail and hid behind me, trembling.
:Iaune: *sigh* Not that I blame the dog. Its breed have only ever had one duty — to love others and be loved by them. It has never learned to attack anything in its life.
: We have this duty too, you know.
:Iaune: Perhaps. But in some circumstances, love, too, may be considered a "right." And where those things are concerned, things tend to proceed in difficult directions...
:Iaune: Sorry, I've said too much. I've had to handle many disputes of an emotional bent today, and I fear I haven't quite sorted myself out yet.
:Iaune: *sigh* But right now, my most pressing task is to figure out how to safely finish my fries...
: We will chase them all away.
::Iaune: Sure, but could you focus on... only chasing them away? They just want my fries, but there's no malice in them.
::Iaune: Well, it is a bad thing for me, but it's not a very serious matter, so... Please, just chase them away, would you?
::;(Continue as Scaring Version)
: We'll find something else to feed them.
::Iaune: Hmm? That's not a bad idea. But can you really feed that many of them?
::Iaune: Well... Even if you can't, you just need to buy me enough time to eat my fries. Alright then, I leave this to you.
;(Talk to Iaune again, optional)
:Iaune: The document that Roialte wants is... No, wait, I think I have this data wrong...
;(Talk to Iaune after feeding the gulls)
:Iaune: There's... really no end to these gulls and their appetites, is there?
:Iaune: Thanks for distracting them. I've finished my fries — I'll get back to work shortly.
:Iaune: *sigh* But what do I do next time? I can't always count on your help, can I?
==Other Languages==
==Trivia==
*On the Gull version, you cannot use the Omni-Ubiquity Net to catch them.
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