Ogden Ortiz/Dialogue

## Range Exchange

* *Eating carrots help you see in the dark!*
* *I'm in a real pickle here!*
* *I'm working on a new recipe. Help me out?*
* *Ogden's Party Punch: 1 part pogofruit juice, 1 part prickle pear juice, 2 parts starfire rum.
Gets you dancing!*
* *Sometimes I like to take a nap in the Moss Blanket.
But those darn Boom Slimes always wake me up!*
* *The best part of an orange is the peel, but the inside's pretty good too.*

## Odgen's Retreat

### First visit

* *Hiya, Beatrix! Thanks for coming down to my Retreat and hearing me out on my offer. So, let's get right down to business!*
* *I built this place years ago as a little vacation spot for myself. Later on I realized that it neighbors a cluster of islands filled with primitive saber slimes!*
* *I called these islands The Wilds, and after exploring them they revealed their true secret; the rare kookadoba fruit!*
* *What's a kookadoba? Why it's only the most delectable, irresistable fruit in the known universe! Well, MOST people say it tastes like rotten cheese but they're wrong!*
* *Anyway, I soon became obsessed with kookadobas, but I found myself quickly becoming too old and too slow to deal with the risk.*
* *You see, The Wilds are home to hordes of feral slimes, the descendants of the ancient saber slimes that once hunted these lands. Collecting kookadobas is dangerous.*
* *And that's where you come in! I'll happily reward you for collecting those sweet, sweet kookadobas for me. Just deposit them into this custom range exchange here and we're in business!*
* *Collect enough of them for me and I'll start by giving you my secret miracle mix for your gardens! I'll also reward you with a block of my special spicy tofu for every 3 kookadobas.*
* *I've activated the teleporter to The Wilds here at the Retreat and it's now yours to explore as you see fit. Just know that the warp network there is a little buggy...*
* *You won't always arrive at the same place and you'll have to find a working teleporter to make your way back. It's buggy, I know. Just be prepared!*

### Until the first trade is completed

* *Head in to The Wilds and get those kookadoba fruits! Just be careful; there're lots of feral saber slimes roaming every inch of those islands.*
* *Oh, and one more thing! Saber slimes have an odd habit of bundling up kookadoba into mudballs that harden up like stone. The only way to break them open is with something I designed called a kookacracker!*
* *You'll find them scattered across The Wilds; can't miss them! Just shoot a mudball into them and collect those sweet... delicious- my mouth is watering just thinking about them! Go, go, go!*

### Completing the first trade

* *Thanks so much for all those kookadobas! You're off to a great start. The miracle mix I developed for my own crops is now available in your garden upgrades.*
* *Miracle mix prevents fruits and veggies from rotting. And don't worry, I make it with all-natural materials; good, healthy stuff.*
* *But I didn't always think this way. I used to run a huge company on Earth that made insta-food: quick, cheap meals made of nothing but chemicals and preservatives.*
* *We made billions, but we weren't making real food. Instead, our 'food engineers' worked to 'design products.' It wasn't right...*
* *So I came to the Far, Far Range to grow my own wholesome food with my own two hands. I wanted to leave my life on Earth behind.*
* *But enough about that, on to more kookadobas! If you get me a bunch more I'll give you the specs for a deluxe upgrade for your gardens!*
* *Get to it, Beatrix! I've got a new recipe here and I need loads of kookadoba to get it juuuust right!*

### Until the second trade is complete

* *Head back into The Wilds and collect those kookadobas! I'll reward you with a deluxe upgrade for your gardens if you get me enough!*

### Completing the second trade

* *You did it! I can try out my new recipe with all these delicious kookadobas!*
* *I really love to cook, it calms me down and lets me focus on making something nutritious for body and soul.*
* *It's funny, food only became a true passion for me after leaving my insta-food company.*
* *To be honest, I didn't leave. I was ousted by the board of directors because I tried to sabotage the company. I wanted to see it fall.*
* *We were making people sick, Beatrix. The 'food' we sold was garbage and we knew it. It was all about the money. I wanted it all to go away.*
* *But it had become too big. I couldn't stand up against it so I was gone. I got my ticket to the Far, Far Range soon thereafter.*
* *And so here we are! Listening to me carry on about the past instead of focusing on those kookadobas! Let's get back on track.*
* *Get me another load of kookadobas and I'll be so grateful that I'll give you the keys to my Retreat! That's right, it'll all be yours to keep.*
* *Good luck out there!*

### Until the third trade is complete

* *Get me this last load of kookadobas and this retreat is yours to keep! Good luck!*

### Completing the third trade

* *Oh my! Oh dear! That's so many kookadobas!*
* *I can taste it now: hearty kookadoba and parsnip pie, sweet kookadoba jam for years... oh! Kookadoba omlettes with painted hen eggs!*
* *You've given me such a gift here, Beatrix. I'm so grateful. Ogden's Retreat is now yours to use as you see fit.*
* *But you know... if you wanted to keep exploring The Wilds and giving me kookadobas I'd be happy to pay you in tofu.*
* *So thanks again Beatrix! It was great working with you and getting a chance to talk to someone.*
* *Life on the range is wonderful, but it can get a little lonely out here when it's just you and the memories you can't let go...*
* *So it's good to have someone who's there for you, even if they just listen every now and again.*
* *Thanks for listening Beatrix. Now let's get back to work!*

### After having completed all of the trades

* *The Retreat is yours but I'll be happy to give you a block of my special spicy tofu for every 3 kookadobas you harvest from The Wilds. Be careful!*

## *Slime Rancher 2*

### Story Dialogue 1

* *Hola, Beatrix! Are you there? It’s me, Ogden Ortiz!*
* *I hear you’re off on a big, new adventure on a mysterious island filled with secrets and danger and maybe a few succulent fruits or veggies the world has never seen before…*
* *You know I had to ask! Ever since you got me a steady supply of kookadoba fruits I’ve been reaching for even greated culinary heights within the Far, Far Range!*
* *…plus I’m getting prettttty tired of eating kookadoba pie, kookadoba souffle, kookadoba pudding, kookadoba con carne, kookadoba con… kookadoba.*
* *I’m running out of ideas… and willpower.*
* *So if you see something new please tell me all about it. Tasty treats aside, I want to know all about the new flora and fauna you discover.*
* *Never forget: every bit of this wild world is precious and worth our care and respect.*
* *And stay hydrated out there! All that adventuring will work up a sweat so take this water tap.*

* **Blueprint for Portable Water Tap unlocked**

* *Good luck, Beatrix. Keep me posted. I’m rooting for you!*

### Story Dialogue 2

* *Beatrix! I’m glad you called.*
* *I looked over the pics you sent me of Rainbow Island. No doubt they are a sight to behold! Beautiful, with colors that only go richer the longer you look…*
* *…but unnatural too. I’m sorry but something about that place is not right.*
* *As you may recall, I was once the head of a very successful instafood corporation. Genetically altering food was our specialty.*
* *I’m not proud of the lengths we went to alter natural food to grow bigger, faster, and cheaper: to strip it of the good stuff in favor of profits.*
* *I say this Beatrix, because I can still spot a plant that has been unnaturally altered when I see it. And the beautiful rainbows you see before you on that island did not arrive there naturally.*
* *It is not clear to me if this spells any sort of danger for you, but it gives me an uneasy feeling in my stomach. I need to do more research and get back to you.*
* *Stay safe, amiga.*

### Story Dialogue 3

* *YAAAAWWWNNNN*
* *Oh, lo siento, Beatrix! I have been putting in a few long nights reading lately.*
* *Specifically, I’ve been going through every field guide and botanical research paper I could dig up on the Far, Far Range.*
* *I thought that even if the flora on Rainbow Island is unnatural, maybe it would have been recorded somewhere with some information we could use.*
* *And it turns out, there’s nothing. I can’t find a single mention of rainbow-hued flora anywhere. So that means that whatever happened at that island to make it look the way it does happened relatively recently.*
* *But I don’t think you needed me to tell you this, because I think you’ve seen it yourself. The things you’ve described, an entire portion of the island split between two different colors right down the middle…?*
* *…that says “accident” to me, Beatrix.*
* *So tread carefully out there. Nature can be a dangerous thing to us, but it pales in comparison to what we can do to it.*
* *I’m going to keep digging around my library for anything else that could help you. And if I come up short there, maybe I’ll just bake you some muffins!*
* *Either way, te tengo, Beatrix. Adiós!*

### Story Dialogue 4

* *Hola, Beatrix! It’s good to see you. I do hope you’ve been taking care of yourself out there, taking time to fill your belly before every new descent into the unknown?*
* *Also, I understand the plot has thickened like a good sauce and you’ve encountered some kind of monolithic structure out there on the far end of the island?*
* *Scary stuff! But then maybe my hunch is correct that all the strange flora out there is not natural…*
* *Something just doesn’t add up here, Beatrix. All the ruins we’ve discovered across the Far, Far Range have never looked as though they have harmed the environment in any way.*
* *Sure, we don’t know their purpose or who built them, but the feeling I always had was that they had respect for this world.*
* *But maybe it happened anyway. Sometimes when you’re out hiking you step over a flower so as not to crush it only to step on another.*
* *Sometimes the only way for those flowers to keep on growing is for you to have never been near them in the first place.*
* *But it’s not all doom and gloom: Rainbow Island still seems to be thriving, for now. Nature can find a balance, but it’s not a guarantee.*
* *Ah! Look at me, getting preachy on you. Lo siento, Beatrix. I won’t keep you.*
* *I don’t know what you’ll find beyond those walls, but I trust your boots in any garden. I know you’ll do what’s right.*
* *Good luck, Beatrix.*

### Gift Dialogue 1

* *Bea, if there’s one thing I know about the kind of solitary explorer life you’re living, it’s that you can’t have enough reminders that your friends are thinking of you.*
* *So here’s a reminder! …in the form of a gift. Let it remind you of me, and all our good times together. Ciao, Bea!*

### Gift Dialogue 2

* *Hey amiga! I got you a little gift. It’s not homemade, and it’s not pie, and it’s not a homemade pie…*
* *…but I thought you would like it all the same. Shame about the pie though…*

### Gift Dialogue 3

* *Hola, Bea! I bought you something that might be nice to have out there.*
* *But if you already have one, I can’t return it so… the more the merrier, right?*

### Busy Dialogue 1

* *Hey amiga, no can talk, got a lot on my plate at the moment. Specifically an odd onion salad that is at the peak of ripeness.*
* *I had to eat so many carrots for this, I’m not missing out!*

### Busy Dialogue 2

* *Sorry Bea, can’t chat! All my hen hens have flown the coop! It’s a feather-flinging riot over here! If I don’t respond by tomorrow, they’ve overthrown me.*

### Busy Dialogue 3

* *Lo siento, Bea, but I am about to take a very large souffle out of the oven and that requires my utmost concentration.*
* *After that, I will be eating a very large souffle and that will require my utmost concentration.*