In Bad Taste

is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.
==Journal==
* According to the belle, the wandering dramaturge has a favor to ask. You have a sinking feeling this will not end well...if end at all.
* It turns out the wine you bent over backwards to procure for the wandering dramaturge was only about as expensive as an afternoon in the Gold Saucer's Round Square. To apologize, Hancock─who has seemingly appeared out of nowhere─presents you with not one, not two, but three bottles of Dalmascan red he purchased from the Dalmascan resistance group, Lente's Tears. Now, you have the opportunity to replace the counterfeit bottle with which you tricked Master Gegeruju of Costa del Sol.
* The wandering dramaturge suggests that you employ the aid of Shamani Lohmani in your latest attempt to pull the proverbial wool over Master Gegeruju's eyes.
* Several cold stares and a rousing match of tug-of-war later, Master Gegeruju has his Dalmascan red, and your conscience is finally at ease. Now all that remains is to thank those who helped you along the way─starting with Shamani Lohmani.
* Shamani Lohmani is ecstatic at the thought of, for once, actually drinking a bottle of wine instead of selling it to some pompous trade magnate. He suggests that your final bottle of Lea Monde go to Drest.
* Drest accepts your gesture, and promptly retreats back to the safety of his own mind.
* Amazingly, the wandering dramaturge offers what, in some circles, might be considered an apology for having you straddle the Three Great Continents on his behalf. The end...?
==Objectives==
* Speak with the wandering dramaturge.
* Speak with Shamani Lohmani in Wineport.
* Speak with Shamani Lohmani again.
* Speak with Drest at the Severed String.
* Return to the Prima Vista and speak with the wandering dramaturge.
==Script==
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Bewitchingmember	Ah, fresh off your latest adventure, I suppose you are yearning for another quest. And, it just so happens I may have something that needs...fetching.
 	
Bewitchingmember	What, “fetching”? Pah! I meant no offense!
Bewitchingmember	Well, this is most certainly not how that nice young reporter led me to believe you would react. <sigh> Once you've calmed your nerves, feel free to stop by again. I'm not going anywhere.
 	
Bewitchingmember	Do you recall that wine my darling husband had you procure for him? You know, the one in the rose bottle? Well, he positively loved it. So much so, in fact, that he's become obsessed with the vintage and would like to ask of you another favor. Go on now. He's standing right yonder.
 	
Wanderingwriter 	[Player Name]! Jenomis told me of all your adventures. The Orbonne Monastery, the Necrohol of Mullonde─such fantastical-sounding locales! Just don't ask me to spell them. Ah hah hah hah!
Wanderingwriter 	Ah, yes. The Suhd Viandja! And what an amazing wine it was! I admit, before leaving Garlemald, I was worried the outlands' vintages would not agree with my palate, but oh, how I was wrong!
Wanderingwriter 	Not only was the rosé one of the best I've had during my time here, it is one of the best I've had...well, ever! I simply had to have more so...
Wanderingwriter 	...I went and purchased an entire crate of the stuff! Ah hah hah hah!
Hancock 	And I gave him quite a deal, I might add. Which was not easy, seeing as there is great demand for bottles of Suhd Viandja throughout the Three Great Continents.
Wanderingwriter 	I shall reserve my judgment on the verity of Hancock's “deal,” but even were the price double, it would have been more than worth it.
Wanderingwriter 	Fortunately, I recently sold an entire collection of my works to a little playhouse on Kogane Dori─the Mujikoza, I believe they called themselves (these Hingan words leave my tongue in knots)─and scored myself a tidy profit.
Hancock 	Hm? The price of a single bottle more than a house in Mist, you say? Hah! More than a birdhouse, I suppose.
Hancock 	Oh, you were serious. Well, then, I can inform you that is most definitely not the case. Even during shortages, I've never had to ask more than, say, twenty or thirty thousand gil a bottle. Forty if the buyer was wearing silks.
Hancock 	You say Master Gegeruju provided you with this misinformation, did he?
Hancock 	Why, the conniving devil! Well played, you lecherous Lalafell, you! I mean...that is terrible! What a terrible thing for him to do.
Hancock 	Wait... Was that “Dalmascan” wine we “procured” for Master Gegeruju some moons ago in exchange for one of his bottles of Suhd Viandja?
Wanderingwriter 	Do I...uh...want to know about this, Hancock?
Hancock 	Probably not, but I shall enlighten you anyway...
Wanderingwriter 	It sounds like you and Hancock make quite the cunning devils, [Player Name]. Still, I do feel somewhat responsible for this whole mess...
Wanderingwriter 	As an apology, might I offer you a bottle of...vintage Suhd Viandja?
Wanderingwriter 	No, of course not. Ahem. Then, what would you say to a bottle of Dalmascan? You could exchange it with the bottle you gave this Master Gegeruju and absolve yourself of all wrongdoing and whatnot.
Wanderingwriter 	Ah, now you are probably wondering where one might find a bottle of genuine Dalmascan red, considering the hells you had to negotiate simply to find an empty bottle. Well that, my distrustful friend, is where Hancock comes in.
Hancock 	I do? Oh, yes...ahem, I do. And I just so happen to have a bottle of Dalmascan wine on my person this very moment! Three, in fact!
Hancock 	And why do I carry bottles of the rarest wine in Othard on my person, you ask? I...er...am not at liberty to say.
Hancock 	...If you must know, I acquired them from one of my acquaintances in Rabanastre... Bah! All right, all right! I purchased them from Lady Fran.
Hancock 	Is this all what I think it is?
Bwagi 	Enough Dalmascan red to keep a Bangaa happy for a long, long time. Amongst the royal sommeliers there was a Viera like Lady Fran. When word came the Garleans were approaching, she ordered the entirety of the Royal Palace's cellars delivered here where they'd be safe from the Empire.
Bwagi 	Seeing as the situation with the palace is what it is, I don't believe anyone would mind Lente's Tears using the wine to, say, fill the resistance's coffers.
Bwagi 	So, what is your offer?
Hancock 	If this many bottles were to make it to market, the price would fall like a phurble from an oak! I would be ruined!
Rinok 	And here I thought they said you were a shrewd one. Now if it were I to acquire this much wine, I reckon I would only release a few bottles at a time to ensure...what would you call it? Maximum profits?
Fran 	Rinok, there's no need to be rude to our guest.
Fran 	You told me before that the East Aldenard Trading Company could not provide the Dalmascan resistance with aid as it would not be good for business. So, I offer you something that will.
Fran 	Do you...accept?
Hancock 	N-Not that it transpired anything like that, mind you! Ahem!
Hancock 	So... Would you care to purchase a bottle? I jest, I jest!
Hancock 	Now take a bottle and consider it my apo-apolo-polo─ Ahem! And consider it the last you'll get from me.
Hancock 	Er... Take...two bottles?
Hancock 	...All three?
Wanderingwriter 	Enough, [Player Name]. Poor Hancock looks as if he has lost his mistress to a morbol. Three bottles is more than fair to see your wounded honor restored.
 	
Bewitchingmember	You were duped? By a lecher? Look on the bright side, friend. It could be worse. You could have been duped by a...no... I suppose there's nothing worse than being duped by a lecher.
 	
Wanderingwriter 	Think of it this way, [Player Name]. If you hadn't saved the world from Ultima's bane, the High Seraph would most definitely have destroyed all that wine in the monastery simply out of spite. Meaning, you're entitled to at least those three.
Wanderingwriter 	And, if you so desire, you can take one of those bottles back to Costa del Sol and set things right.
Wanderingwriter 	Though, something tells me Master Gegeruju won't take kindly to you waltzing into his manor and demanding he exchange bottles for no apparent reason... Hm... Perhaps you might enlist the aid of that vintner from Wineport. What was his name again? Shamwow...Shamon...Shamani! Shamani Lohmani!
 	
Wanderingwriter 	Think of it this way, [Player Name]. If you hadn't saved the world from Ultima's bane, the High Seraph would most definitely have destroyed all that wine in the monastery, simply out of spite. Meaning, you're entitled to at least those three.
Wanderingwriter 	And, if you so desire, you can take one of those bottles back to Costa del Sol and set things right.
Wanderingwriter 	Though, something tells me Master Gegeruju won't take kindly to you waltzing into his manor and demanding he exchange bottles for no apparent reason... Hm... Perhaps you might enlist the aid of that vintner from Wineport. What was his name again? Shamwow...Shamon...Shamani! Shamani Lohmani!
 	
Shamani Lohmani 	Wait─did you just say you have in your possession a bottle of genuine Dalmascan red? By the Twelve, wherever did you find it!?
Shamani Lohmani 	Amazing... Simply amazing. And is it safe to assume you are here to right a past wrong─one involving a fancy bottle full of falsehoods and fabrications?
Shamani Lohmani 	Well, I am more than willing to help you sort out this sordid mess. If I had said something back when I learned you would be trading a bottle of Valens for mere Suhd Viandja, none of us would be in this position in the first place.
Shamani Lohmani 	I shall accompany you to Master Gegeruju's seaside manor and explain to the man that the bottle you gave him had not been stored properly, and that we have come to exchange it with one that has. He is certain to believe the claim coming from me, his most trusted supplier.
 	
Gegeruju 	Spoiled? Shamani! I am shocked to hear that such a careless mistake was made on your watch.
Shamani Lohmani 	My deepest apologies, Master Gegeruju. I was not made aware of the error until recently, and have since been seeking to procure a replacement─the one I come bearing today.
Shamani Lohmani 	Would you care to partake in its aroma? I find you will recognize hints of kukuru, cinnamon...and, if you hold the goblet at just the right angle, freshly cut rosemary. A veritable kaleidoscope of both opulence and refinement, if I do say so.
Shamani Lohmani 	Without question, this bottle most certainly contains none other than Dalmascan Valens.
Gegeruju 	I shall be the judge of that.
Mrmmm...yes... A florid banquet of...wooden...distinctions, hunkered beneath a...rhapsodic veil of undertones...and, uh...what you said.
Gegeruju 	Yes, this is, without doubt, a vintage Lea Monde! I accept your apology and will allow the exchange!
Gegeruju 	You two! Fetch me the bottle, now!
Shamani Lohmani 	Again, my apologies, Master Gegeruju. I shall endeavor to prevent any similar oversights in the future. You have my word.
Gegeruju 	Yes, yes. But may I ask...what, exactly, are your plans for that bottle?
Shamani Lohmani 	This? Why, dispose of it, of course. It is far too foul to even flavor a stew.
Gegeruju 	Then you wouldn't mind if I kept it, would you?
Shamani Lohmani 	Kept it...? But why?
Gegeruju 	Why do you think? There is coin to be made! A little wax about the top and I can convince my fool colleagues back in Ul'dah that this is an authentic, sealed bottle of Dalmascan red! And once the bidding ends, I'll have enough for another wing to my manor here!
Shamani Lohmani 	Master Gegeruju! Knowingly presenting someone with a bottle of wine understood to be of inferior quality? That would be... That would be... I could never allow such a thing!
Shamani Lohmani 	Never! Never!
Gegeruju 	What's one little bottle? I'll even give you a cut of the profits! A small cut.
Shamani Lohmani 	I. Said. NEVER!
Gegeruju 	And I said─ Ah!
Gegeruju 	Now look what you've done! Ladies, hurry and collect those pieces. I have some animal glue in the bungalow─
Shamani Lohmani 	And...uh...a good day to you, too!
 	
Shamani Lohmani 	All's well that ends well, I suppose. The important thing is that we exchanged the bottles. Now, as to how this is all going to affect my future dealings with Master Gegeruju...you let me worry about that.
Shamani Lohmani 	What's this? A second bottle of Lea Monde? For me? You know I cannot accept such a gift!
Shamani Lohmani 	There are literally thousands more where this came from? Well, if that is the case, I suppose I can.
Shamani Lohmani 	Thank you again for the wonderful gift. As a distributor of fine wines, rarely am I allowed the luxury of partaking in mine own supply. I shall truly enjoy this exception.
Shamani Lohmani 	Perhaps I will even allow old Byrglaent a glass... Half a glass. Here's to hoping it will inspire his winery to even greater heights.
Shamani Lohmani 	Hm? Is that another bottle I see there sticking its cork from your pack? Gods, those things truly are bottomless, aren't they!?
Shamani Lohmani 	Well, as happy as I would be to take it off your hands, I believe there is another far more deserving than I. You'll find poor Drest where he always is...
 	
Shamani Lohmani 	Hopefully the bottle can provide Drest with even a moment's respite.
 	
Drest 	Why have you come back? There is nothing for you here... There is nothing for any of us...
Drest 	That bottle... Where did you─?
The scent... Home...
Drest 	I'm sorry... I just... I don't deserve this.
Drest 	'Twas my wife... My wife who...always saved the corks.
Drest 	Do you think she'd...she'd forgive me? If I told her I wasn't coming back...
Drest 	Would my brothers-in-arms? Would they allow me this...this respite...?
Drest 	Maybe it is time I asked them. They'll all be here soon... Just like they are every night. But tonight, I'll have brought them something...
Drest 	Thank you, friend. Thank you...
 	
Drest 	Thank you, friend. The scents of home are not as frightening as I imagined they'd be...
 	
Wanderingwriter 	You're back! And, my, far quicker than last time. Everything off with nary a hitch then, I presume.
Wanderingwriter 	That is truly, truly wonderful to hear...and I'm not simply saying that because there's been this nagging in my gut that's followed me since I asked you to fetch me some wine that fateful day.
Wanderingwriter 	Please accept this as a token of my gratitude. I've been told you adventuring types fet─er, collect them, as well.
Quest complete. 	Quest complete.
Category:Chronicles of a New Era - Return to Ivalice in Final Fantasy XIV