Good for the Soul

is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.
==Journal==
==Objectives==
* Speak with Beq Lugg.
* Speak with Magnus.
* Search Mount Biran Mines for lumps of pristine clay.
* Deliver the lumps of pristine clay to Beq Lugg.
* Speak with Alisaie.
==Script==
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Alphinaud 	Corporeal and incorporeal aether... I confess I have never had cause to make the distinction.
 	
Alisaie 	Did they just say what I think they said? Might there really be a way to help Halric and the others? And help ourselves in the process?
Halric 	...<mumble>
 	
Beq Lugg 	I suspect the Crystal Exarch has told you of my past. That I was once a mage of the royal court of Voeburt, and that soulcraft was my field of study.
Beq Lugg 	The tonic you administered to the patients here is one of the fruits of my labors. I hoped to do great things for the kingdom...
Beq Lugg 	<sigh> But in the end, my knowledge brought only suffering. A plague the like of which none had ever seen.
Beq Lugg 	In the hands of unscrupulous men, what should have been my greatest triumph instead became my greatest shame...
 	
Beq Lugg 	I know that only too well. Alas, the knowledge we require is steeped in such bitter memories.
 	
Beq Lugg 	That I do. A comforting thought indeed.
 	
Beq Lugg 	Aye, that they did. I shudder to think what might have happened had they not.
 	
Beq Lugg 	But let us return to the task at hand─finding a means by which we might revitalize these people's incorporeal aether.
Alphinaud 	Do you think it can be done?
Beq Lugg 	Were the skies still ablaze with primordial Light, I would call it an exercise in futility. But now─now we may have a chance.
Beq Lugg 	The method I have in mind will entail the conjuring of a familiar. They are able to amplify the energies poured into them, making them the perfect conduit for the aether-revitalizing magicks we will ultimately employ.
Alisaie 	If you're about to launch into a lengthy explanation of the metaphysics of your plan─don't bother. I'd rather get on with doing whatever it is that needs to be done, if it's all the same to you.
Alisaie 	Whatever reagents must be procured, or spells invoked─I'll do it.
Beq Lugg 	...I admire your spirit.
Beq Lugg 	Very well. Your first task will be to gather the necessary materials.
Beq Lugg 	The purest of waters and finest of clays, as well as a fae lantern brimming with pixie magick.
Alisaie 	If you're convinced the resulting familiar could help the patients─fine.
Alisaie 	Alphinaud─the water and clay will be simple enough, but I think you know what we'll have to do to get the lantern.
Alphinaud 	You don't mean─
Alisaie 	The pixies took quite a liking to us before. If we humor them with our company, I'm sure they'll be willing to help us.
Alphinaud 	...
Alphinaud 	...Fine. We'll pay a visit to Il Mheg. Though I never thought you would be the one to suggest going back there.
Beq Lugg 	I'm impressed you've been there at all, let alone befriended the fae folk.
Beq Lugg 	Oh, while you're about it, seek out the Nu Mou of Pla Enni. They will be able to supply you with water suitable for our needs.
Alisaie 	Right. Let's get this over with, shall we.
Beq Lugg 	There still remains the matter of the clay. Might I prevail upon you to find it?
 	
Beq Lugg 	Clay from Amh Araeng would likely be best. Know you of anyone who might be able to assist us?
 	
Beq Lugg 	Ah, yes! They will be able to point you in the right direction, I am sure.
 	
Beq Lugg 	Scavengers, you say? Well...they may know the lie of the land, but I daresay they are more interested in the trinkets and baubles hiding in the earth than the earth itself. Now, miners on the other hand...
Beq Lugg 	What's that? You know the miners of Twine? Perfect! Speak with them and you should have no trouble procuring what we need.
 	
Beq Lugg 	While you and the twins are occupied, I will see if there is aught else I can learn of the stagnation which afflicts the people here.
 	
Beq Lugg 	I have no doubt that the miners of Twine can help you find what we need. While you are away, I will do what I can to learn more about the nature of the patients' affliction.
 	
Jeryk 	I can't stop thinking about that giant Talos we built. Can you imagine what it could do with a matching trolley? It feels like a waste not to build one.
 	
Thaffe 	<sigh> Sometimes I wish we'd never got that trolley running again. Now Jeryk wants more of the bloody things, and refuses to shut up about it.
 	
Magnus 	[Player Name]! Well, what a coincidence!
Thaffe 	You've come at a good time. We've just this moment finished repairing the Talos and trolley you lot took to Nabaath Areng.
Magnus 	The trolley was no trouble, but the Talos would have been another matter, had we not had a visit from Master Chai.
Magnus 	He offered us a share of the leftover building materials from Daedalus Stoneworks, as well as a few trade secrets to help us along.
Jeryk 	Clever man, that Chai-Nuzz. He seemed pretty keen on the ideas I had for putting the giant Talos to work.
Jeryk 	Like a giant trolley! But Magnus still refuses to see all the good we could do with it...
Thaffe 	You're entitled to your dreams, Jeryk, but that doesn't mean you can go harassing our guests with them. Master Chai was just being polite.
Magnus 	And something tells me [Player Name] here didn't come all this way to talk about trolleys. What is it you need, friend?
Magnus 	I see. And this...familiar requires clay from Amh Araeng.
Jeryk 	Well, look no further. If anyone can find you some quality clay, it's us.
Thaffe 	Saying that, it isn't exactly a commodity nowadays... But there must be some lurking somewhere or other, waiting to be dug up.
Magnus 	If I'm not mistaken, there was a time when they used to take clay from Mount Biran Mines to make adobe bricks.
Magnus 	Place is swarming with coyotes now, but if you're after the good stuff, you could do worse than to look there.
 	
Jeryk 	I still say a trolley for that Talos is a good idea. You agree, don't you?
 	
Thaffe 	You'll want to be on your guard at the mines. Spend too long peering at the ground, and a coyote is sure to come and bite you on the arse.
 	
Magnus 	Stay safe out there. And remember: you don't need an excuse to come and visit us.
 	
Alphinaud 	The pixies were constantly confusing me with Alisaie. In jest, I assume. I mean, it's not as if we look that much alike!
We, uh...don't look that much alike, do we?
 	
Alisaie 	That had better be the only thing we need from the pixies. If I have to endure one more prank, so help me gods...
 	
Beq Lugg 	The twins have returned, and in one piece at that. I was convinced the pixies would turn at least one of them into a garden ornament...but no.
Beq Lugg 	...You have the clay, I take it?
Beq Lugg 	Wonderful. We need but combine the clay and the water, then heat the mixture with the fae lantern. After that, it will be a simple matter of settling upon a suitable form, and performing the necessary incantation.
Alisaie 	Beq Lugg. I have a question. In the event that we had need of this spell and you weren't around, would it be possible for another to perform the incantation?
Beq Lugg 	Assuming they possessed the requisite skill, yes.
Alisaie 	Halric and the others have suffered so much, and I swore to do everything in my power to save them. If there is a chance this spell could do that, I would be the one to invoke it.
Beq Lugg 	...Hmmm. Mayhap you should be the one to do so.
Beq Lugg 	A deep understanding of the subjects' physical state, combined with a strong desire to help them, can drastically increase the magick's effect. And you are plainly more familiar with these people than I.
Alphinaud 	I daresay there are few in all of Norvrandt more dedicated to finding a cure. Is that not so, [Player Name]?
 	
Alisaie 	I'll give it my all. For Halric. For Tesleen...
 	
Alisaie 	Is that a challenge? Well, I'll be damned if I let it come to that.
 	
Beq Lugg 	Then we are all of a mind on the matter. Alisaie shall be the one to conjure the familiar.
 	
Alphinaud 	By the Twelve! Though it was only for a moment, he spoke! There may yet be hope for these people!
 	
Beq Lugg 	The girl's resolve is quite impressive. One might almost think she drew strength from another...
 	
Halric 	M... Mothe... Al...
 	
Alisaie 	How is he, Beq Lugg? Did it work?
Beq Lugg 	I believe it did. You and your fledgling familiar have done well.
Beq Lugg 	If my eyes do not deceive, a hint of color has returned to his soul.
Alisaie 	Gods... I would jump for joy if I weren't so exhausted.
Alisaie 	We're so close now, Halric...
Beq Lugg 	As you are even now in the process of discovering, this magick asks much of the invoker. What you may not have realized is that the same is also true of the subject. As such, we must proceed with caution. However, with further treatment, I have the utmost confidence the boy will make a full recovery.
Beq Lugg 	Observing the reanimation of his stagnant soul has been most enlightening. I will need time to put my theories to the proof, but I believe I can fashion a spell to produce the opposite effect. That is, to induce stagnation.
Alphinaud 	Thus enabling our safe transport back to the Source via auracite!
Alisaie 	A thought occurred to me─about this treatment.
Alisaie 	Beq Lugg said when the soul is rendered dormant, the mind is separated from the body. That a person becomes incapable of interacting with the world around them.
Alisaie 	Does that not sound a lot like some of the tempered back in the Source?
Alphinaud 	Not really. It is the fate of most tempered to become slaves to primals─save in a handful of cases. Or am I missing something?
Alisaie 	If I can master this technique─the art of revitalizing the soul─I know of at least one in the Source who could desperately use such treatment.
 	
Alisaie 	Ga Bu. His condition is eerily similar to Halric and the others', the only difference being that his soul was suffused with earth-aspected aether from summoning Titan, rather than Light. It follows that if his soul is subject to a similar kind of stagnation, there may be a chance we can save him...right?
 	
Alisaie 	Exactly! His condition is uncannily similar to Halric's, is it not? The only difference being that his soul was suffused with earth-aspected aether instead of Light. It follows that if his soul is subject to a similar kind of stagnation, there may be a chance we can save him...right?
 	
Alisaie 	Why shouldn't it? Ga Bu's condition is virtually identical to Halric's, is it not? The only difference being that his soul was suffused with earth-aspected aether instead of Light. It follows that if his soul is subject to a similar kind of stagnation, there may be a chance we can save him.
Beq Lugg 	Forgive me, but who is this Ga Bu fellow of whom you speak?
 	
Beq Lugg 	...I see. His condition does sound similar...yet there is much and more about the soul that remains unknown even to me. I say this not to discourage you, you understand, but to remind you that this is delicate work we do here. Work requiring patience.
Alisaie 	Of course. And as long as there is hope for the patients here, I will devote whatever time is needed to see this through.
Alisaie 	But I refuse to spend that time in idleness. If it's all the same to you, I'd like to stay here with Angelo and continue with their treatment.
Alisaie 	The two of you should return to the Crystarium with Beq Lugg and see if you can't make some headway with their newly posited theories.
Beq Lugg 	I would tell you to rest first, but I see you're not to be convinced. Ah, the fire of youth.
Alphinaud 	Let us return to the Crystarium, then.
Kaishirr 	Finally! I've found you!
Alphinaud 	Kai-Shirr!? What are you doing all the way out here?
Kaishirr 	There's trouble back in Eulmore. Lady Chai's beside herself. Sighing, pacing, the whole lot. Near enough begged me to go and find you.
Alphinaud 	...Sighing and pacing, you say? It must be urgent.
Beq Lugg 	I take it I will be returning to the Crystarium alone. Go on, then. It's not as if I have anything for you to do.
Alphinaud 	Thank you, Beq Lugg.
Kaishirr 	Sorry for bothering you and all that, but she says the future of Eulmore's at stake.
Quest complete.	Quest complete.
Category:Post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests in Final Fantasy XIV