The Key to Locke

"**The Key to Locke**" is a Mainline Quest in *Wizard101* and the 57th Mainline Quest for the Wallaru storyline. It was released on live servers with the rest of the Wallaru expansion on November 27, 2023. The Quest continues from "The Great Explo-Dition" and leads to "Lake of Ire."

## Characters

*In order of appearance:*

* **Joan Locke** (Joan\_Locke\_WL-BILLA) — Jenny Larson
* **Mr. Cane** (Mr\_Cane\_WL-BILLA) — Alexander Brandon
* **Superior Judge Rozzer** (Superior\_Judge\_Rozzer\_WL-BILLA) — Elizabeth Maxwell
* **Judge Nelson** (Judge\_Nelson\_WL-BILLA) — Alexander Brandon
* **Furryosa** (Furryosa\_WL-BILLA) — Elizabeth Maxwell
* **Morp** (Morp\_WL-BILLA) — Juliana Sheffield

## Dialogue

Previous: "The Great Explo-Dition"
(*Talking to Joan Locke in Billabong Resort*)

 **Joan Locke:** Corruption is a slow thing; it creeps upon you by inches. My dream to share the source of my inspiration became a dream to profit from it.
 **Joan Locke:** What would you pay to take a dip in the stuff dreams are literally made on? A lot, it turns out. Even for the placebo effect of our recolored pools.
 **Joan Locke:** For Cane it wasn't enough. He wanted the real thing. So stark was his greed, it highlighted my own. So I left and helped the Drovers thwart him.
 **Joan Locke:** But if he managed to slant drill beyond the Great Barrier and pump Dream Water straight here... that fool could spark a war. Come on!
(*Talking to Mr. Cane in Billabong Resort*)

 **Mr Cane:** Oh, what is the vexation if I pilfered a small quantity of Dream Water from the infinite reserve of the Drovers?
 **Superior Judge Rozzer:** 'Cause we have a treaty to do exactly not that. This is the sort of thing that could lead to civil war.
 **Mr Cane:** Is that not already transpiring? Those marauders on the avian steeds, are they not Drover-born?
 **Judge Nelson:** Could be they're behind these monsters. Trying to take back the Dreaming, even though it should belong to ALL of Wallaru.
 **Joan Locke:** The Emu Riders are not allied with the Drovers. They're attacking them as well. Attacking them with... Drop Bears.
 **Joan Locke:** Blast me for a fool! The answer is obvious. The Emu Riders are unleashing the monsters upon both groups! We must tell Morp at once!
 **Mr Cane:** Yes, yes, Ms. Locke, go play with your backwood allies. I have dreams to sell.
 **Joan Locke:** Do not mistake me, Mr. Cane. Your unlawful exploits will be among my topics of discussion as well.
(*After following Joan Locke to the Eucalyptus Forest*)

 **Furryosa:** Poor, poor Wizard - no knowings, no hope. Scaries attack the olds and the news. Why, why, why?
 **Furryosa:** The news, that's easy, that's fair. They takies what ain't theirs to take. But the olds? What did they do? Morp never tells.
 **Furryosa:** But you can brainwrite yourself. Just jump in the lake. See the scaries what haunt them when the sand hits their eyes.
(*Talking to Joan Locke in Billabong Resort*)

 **Joan Locke:** The Drop Bears still appear to be in full force. Shutting down the Resort's access to the Dreaming didn't help.
 **Morp:** No, it wouldn't then, would it? The damage has been done, I'd say. The Townies and their allies corrupted the Dreaming then.
 **Joan Locke:** Yet it is only the Emu Riders who benefit from these incursions. Or at least tame the beasts that cause them.
Next: "Lake of Ire"