Sleepless in the Stable

is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.
==Journal==
* Keen to proceed with his plan, the hitsuji bugyo dispatches you to Gridania, to assist his man on the forest floor. He has sent the tender lamb on ahead, with word that a sheep-crowned comrade is to follow. Don your hitsuji kabuto, and rendezvous with the golden hitsuji yoriki in Gridania.
※Please note that you will be unable to complete this quest after the seasonal event has ended. For details, please check the Lodestone.
* The golden hitsuji yoriki welcomes you to the fold, and briefs you on the current situation: a traveling trader en route to Gridania has been waylaid in Bentbranch Meadows, her chocobo laid low by a mystery affliction. It refuses to move, or eat, or─more importantly─sleep. A sad situation, but an unmissable opportunity to showcase the tender lamb's talents. Take her to Bentbranch Meadows, and talk with the troubled trader.
* The skeptical merchant grudgingly accepts your offer to calm her restless chocobo, but before you can blast the bird, the tender lamb is distracted by a certain something outside the ranch gates. Could your flossy friend have espied some clue to the causes of the chocobo's distress?
* You discover a chocobo tailfeather pressed into the ground on the southbound road. It seems it was this that caught the tender lamb's attention. Return to the trader, and see if it bears any special significance.
* The merchant is unimpressed by your find, but it deeply affects her chocobo. The bird gazes longingly at the feather, and seems somehow soothed. Her astonished owner urges you to take advantage of this moment of calm to activate the lamb's magic. Let out a /cheer for the chocobo to trigger your companion's hypnoturgical blast.
* The soporific spell lays the agitated bird to rest. But what of the strange feather? Keitha, head wrangler at Bentbranch Meadows and chocobo expert extraordinaire, may be able to make something of it.
* Keitha identifies the feather as belonging to a chocobo recently sold to a wealthy visitor. The chocobo in question was an old clutchmate of the trader's bird─perhaps it was the thwarting of their reunion that plunged her into depression. With your lamb in tow, return to the trader and relate Keitha's supposition.
* The traveling trader can well see the truth in Keitha's story, and vows to do what it takes to cheer her heartsore bird. Instead of pushing on to Gridania, they will follow the rich man's trail to the south, that the long-awaited reunion may come to pass. Return to the golden hitsuji yoriki, and report on the outcome of your mission.
* The golden hitsuji yoriki lauds your efforts as a great success. He presents you with a kabuto of his own design, to bear testimony to your service to the Fleece Force in Gridania. Repeat the feat in the other city states, and the triumph of the bugyo's plan is all but assured.
==Objectives==
* While wearing the hitsuji kabuto, speak with the golden hitsuji yoriki in Gridania.
* With the tender lamb minion summoned, speak with the traveling trader in Bentbranch Meadows.
* With the tender lamb minion summoned, search for the object of interest outside the gates.
* With the tender lamb minion summoned, show the chocobo tailfeather to the traveling trader.
* With the tender lamb minion summoned, /cheer for the pack chocobo.
* With the tender lamb minion summoned, speak with Keitha.
* With the tender lamb minion summoned, report to the traveling trader.
* Report to the golden hitsuji yoriki.
==Script==
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Sheepmissionary 	Our plans are in motion, my lady/my lord. Already I have a man on the ground in Gridania, trumpeting the Fleece Force from the very treetops.
Sheepmissionary 	But four lungs are better than two. Go to him, and lend your voice to his. Oh, and prithee wear the hitsuji kabuto I gave you, so he will recognize you as an ally.
Sheepmissionary 	I have sent the prototype lamb on ahead to my yoriki's charge. Follow her to Gridania, comrade, and show those forest dwellers the true power of the sheep!
 	
Sheepmissionary 	...And what is this? You already have charge of the tender lamb, and yet you come to take on further duties? Ah, your commitment to the cause brings a lump to my throat! Away to Gridania, my lady/my lord! You don't want to see an old bugyo cry!
 	
Goldensheepyoriki	Hmmm... Could you be the one who...? No, perhaps not. Pray forgive me, m'lady/m'lord, I mistook you for another. You match the description of the lady/gentleman I await in every aspect but one─your choice of headgear.
Goldensheepyoriki	I would recognize that kabuto anywhere! Then you are the stalwart ally the bugyo sent word of? Your arrival is most welcome, my good lady/man, and timely to boot.
Goldensheepyoriki	On a recent tour of the forest, I chanced upon a traveling merchant who has been waylaid by affliction of the horsebird. A sudden bout of some ague or other has plunged her chocobo into an existential torpor. For days now the bird has neither slept nor eaten, and is fair wasting away.
Goldensheepyoriki	All very tragic, I'm sure...but with great hardship comes great opportunity! Just imagine how the fame of the Fleece Force would carry were a traveling trader to sing its praises from mart to market across the land!
Goldensheepyoriki	And what is more, the hypnoturgical blast has only been tested on men and monsters thus far. This is the perfect chance to see if it affects these horsebirds of yours with equal efficacy. Valuable information were the Fleece Force to encounter a mounted army, I'm sure you'll agree.
Goldensheepyoriki	But I digress... Take the tender lamb to Bentbranch Meadows, m'lady/m'lord, and speak with the trader there. Should you succeed in putting her ailing bird to rest, and restoring its spirits, the Force's reputation shall surely rise above the highest pine in the Twelveswood!
 	
Goldensheepyoriki	My stalwart ally! Tell me, what befell? The tender lamb returned to me alone, bleating in sorrow. Have you come to collect her?
Goldensheepyoriki	In this unassuming ball of wool lies the hope of our order. Her hypnoturgical blast shall open the eyes of Eorzea to the possibilities of the Fleece Force! To Bentbranch Meadows, m'lady/m'lord, and the glorious future!
Goldensheepyoriki	Prithee do not dally, m'lady/m'lord─should the merchant move on, or the horsebird recover, this opportunity will be forever lost. If the Fleece Force is to gain a hoofhold in Gridania, this chance must not be missed!
Goldensheepyoriki	When last I saw it, the restive chocobo had drawn up in Bentbranch Meadows, and was refusing to move. Most vexing for a traveling merchant, wouldn't you agree? Go to her, m'lady/m'lord, and offer the lamb's soporific services.
 	
chocobo 	Kweh... Kweh...
Breeder 	Sorry, dear/sir, I ain't here to trade. S'posed to be heading to Gridania, but me chocobo's in a right funk. The breeders 'round here can't make beak nor brush of it. Well...there was that one feller─seemed to think a magical sheep'd sort her out. Wonder what the chocobokeeps'd make of him...
Breeder 	What a lovely little lamb ye've got there... Hey, hold on─ye ain't the “stalwart ally” that madman in the woolly hat was going on about, are ye? Ye really think ye can help me chocobo out?
Breeder 	Gods bless ye, dear/sir! I was this close to giving up hope altogether. Ye see, ever since we got here, poor ol' Betsy here's been acting odd. One minute she was up, the next she was down...and she's been down ever since.
Breeder 	What worries me most is that she only seems to be getting lower. She's right off her food, she can't get any sleep, and her pitiful whimpering's enough to break yer heart. If she could just get some rest, it might give her a bit of energy back, but...
Breeder 	Yer sheep's got magical powers? Ye just need to cheer for me chocobo and she'll make her fall asleep? Pah! Yer as mad as yer friend. Still, I s'pose beggars can't be choosers... It can't hurt to try.
Breeder 	Ye need to get some rest, don't ye, girl? Don't ye worry─the nice little sheepy here's going to help ye get off to sleepy-byes. Yer a good little girl! A lovely little─ ...Hm?
 	
Breeder 	Seems like yer lamb's more interested in something out there than she is in helping me chocobo... Unless whatever she's spotted has got something to do with all this? Go and have a look, will ye? I'll stay here with me Betsy.
 	
Breeder 	Yes, yes─it was somewhere around there. Maybe a bit to the left... No, the other left... Ah, it's no use. That lamb of yers was the one that spotted it, whatever it is. Where'd she go, anyway?
 	
Breeder 	What happened to yer sheep? Bring her back, will ye? Betsy seemed a little more relaxed with her around.
Breeder 	So, did ye find anything? If it'll help calm Betsy down, I'll take it!
Breeder 	What's this...? A chocobo feather? Oh, yes, very well done─ye've found a chocobo feather just outside a chocobo ranch. I'm sure this must be a clue of the utmost impor─ ...Huh?
Breeder 	Why're ye so interested in this feather, Betsy? She looks so sad...and yet somehow, soothed... Lady/Sir, if ye ain't lying about yer sheep, then please, use yer magic now. It might stand a better chance while she ain't so restless.
Breeder 	Whatever that feather was all about, we can look into later. What Betsy needs now is sleep. If that lamb of yers can really do what ye say, now's the time for it, before she gets all skittish again.
 	
Breeder 	Now's the time for that lamb of yers to do her thing! ...Hey, wait─where's she gone? Please, dear/kid, I'm tired. Don't start messing me about.
Breeder 	Eh? I thought ye said ye had to cheer for her to get yer lamb to do its thing? That didn't look like no cheer to me.
chocobo 	K-Kweh? Kweh... Kwehhh...
Breeder 	Thank goodness... She's finally asleep. I don't know how ye did it, miss/kid, but I can't thank ye enough. And yer little sheep, too...
Breeder 	But I still don't get this business with the feather. Maybe Keitha would have a better idea─she's the head wrangler 'round these parts. Why don't ye go and ask her about it?
Breeder 	Keitha's the chocobo expert 'round here, but even she couldn't work out what was winding Betsy up. It's something to do with that feather, I'm sure. Take it to her, will ye? It might just jog her memory...
 	
Keitha 	Sorry, darlin'/feller─if you've got business with me it'll have to wait till later. Ranchers say they've seen a lamb on the loose inside the meadow gates. If a scurryin' furball like that gets into the stables, the birds'll go mad!
Keitha 	Eh? You think that chocobo's problems've got something to do with a feather? Give us a look at it. Hmmm... Looks like it's from the bird I sold to that scattergood who paid us a visit the other day. Wanted to buy the whole ranch, he did─we talked him down to just one chocobo.
Keitha 	Ahhh, so that's what this is about! That chocobo was an old clutchmate of the merchant's bird. We asked the feller to wait a few days so they could have their little reunion, but he had some business to the south that couldn't keep, and he wouldn't take no for an answer.
Keitha 	The poor bird must've smelled her mate's scent by the gates, and then not bein' able to find him... Perhaps she thought the worst had happened. Chocobos form bonds like us, but I've never seen a bond this strong. Nay, not in all my years workin' with the creatures.
Keitha 	I never realized she'd take it so hard... Pass along my apologies to the trader, will ye? We tried our best to keep hold of her bird's friend, but the fact is we can't run the place without coin.
 	
Breeder 	Did ye find anything out about the chocobo feather? But wait...ye've lost yer lamb! I couldn't live with meself if anything happened to her, after all she's done for Betsy. Please, dear/sir, will ye find her and make sure she's safe?
Breeder 	Did Keitha tell ye anything? ...Ah, I see. Aye, I know the chocobo she means. S'pose ye could say him and Betsy were chick-hood sweethearts. Betsy was born and raised here in Bentbranch Meadows─she must've been looking forward to stopping here ever since we set out from Thanalan.
Breeder 	But when she got here, her friend was gone, eh? Small wonder she was all shook up. ...Alright, girl, we're turning back. The markets can wait─when Betsy wakes up, we're going after that bird!
Breeder 	Keitha said they've only been gone a day or so, right? I'm sure we'll be able to catch them if we put our minds to it. I might lose out on a bit of coin, but if it brings the twinkle back to Betsy's eyes, it'll be worth it.
Breeder 	Thank ye, dear/sir, for everything. Without yer help, me darling Betsy might've wasted away before me eyes. Oh...and will ye thank that friend of yers for me, too? Tell him I'm sorry for calling him a madman, and saying his hat was stupid.
Breeder 	But most of all, I thank that little lamb of yers. She's a keen-eyed little bugger, and that magic...well, I've never seen anything quite like it. You and her make a great team.
 	
Breeder 	I never thought that little lamb of yers'd ever be able to calm Betsy down, the state she was in. Thank ye, me dears. And thank that friend of yers in the woolly hat for me too, will ye?
 	
Goldensheepyoriki	What ho, my stalwart ally! How fare you in your quest? Is the Twelveswood abuzz with word of the Fleece Force?
Goldensheepyoriki	What ho, my stalwart ally! Your tender lamb returned to me not a moment ago, wagging her tail behind her. Does this mean you have completed your quest? Is the Twelveswood abuzz with word of the Fleece Force?
Goldensheepyoriki	I see... So the hypnoturgical blast does work against chocobos. A welcome development indeed! I shall be sure to underline that fact in my report.
Goldensheepyoriki	Although it is unfortunate that the trader will not be calling on Gridania. The combination of a loud-mouthed merchant and a busy marketplace seemed the perfect grist for the rumor mill.
Goldensheepyoriki	But no matter. The trader was impressed, was she not? No doubt she will sing of sheep to all and sundry along her travels. Mayhap we shall even find a benefactor in this affluent fellow she plans to trail. As such, I judge your mission a roaring success!
Goldensheepyoriki	Please allow me to present you with a replica of my own helm, a snow white hitsuji kabuto, as a token of my appreciation. By this, the bugyo will know that you have done great deeds this day.
Goldensheepyoriki	Heavens forfend it, but if by some unhappy twist of fate the kabuto should become lost or damaged, rest assured the hitsuji shonin will know you for a friend, and permit you to purchase a replacement. When you have all three helms, report to the bugyo─I am sure he will reward you for your efforts.
Goldensheepyoriki	Well then, all that remains for me is to return the prototype lamb to my master. You have proved yourself a true ally to our cause this day, m'lady/m'lord. May the Fleece Force be with you!
Quest complete. 	Quest complete.
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