Monday, December 16, 2013

Cloudborne Row

City Parijanah: Ahead and to the left you shall find the great Lhusu Mines. But, take care, for it is a place of considerable danger these days. I recommend a stop at Miners’ End to outfit yourself before venturing inside.
Bhujerban Sainikah: With mining halted in Lhusu, so halts the flow of Stones to the Empire. Will they stand and allow this state of affairs to continue? I think not.
Lhusu Miner (man leaning against wall talking to woman): The mines have stopped. It is because those men from the Empire came, I am sure of it. I can only hope they will reopen in due course.
City Parijanah: Svagatam, traveler! Just up these steps is Travica Way, where one can find Mait’s Magicks, and some very lovely young – Ah, it is you. I must ask that you refrain from such displays, young Master Ronsenburg. I cannot guarantee that a tavern visit will be the worst that befalls you next time.
Cloudborne Resident (woman speaking to group outside Staras residence): Inspectors from the Empire, a Judge no less, and the entire 8th Fleet in port… Is Bhujerba nothing more than an Imperial colony? I fear a life in seclusion on Bur-Omisace may be the only path left to people like me…
Cloudborne Resident (man sitting on crate, talking with moogle): The Leviathan and her fleet came to Bhujerba quite recently. Many goods did they buy. “Out, Empire!” I say, “but by all means leave your gil!”
Cloudborne Resident (tan bangaa walking up and down street): Some fool thought to trespass upon the Marquis’s estate. Such rudeness! He was given to that Judge, I hear. The last we will see of him, no doubt.
Bhujerban Guru: Do you know the leader of the parijanah guides, Havharo? Very mysterious, very handsome… and very friendly with Melisa at the Cloudborne.
Cloudborne Resident (moogle in gold with orange pom-pom outside tavern): The Cloudborne… den of mystery and danger! How thrilling, kupo! Well now… which door to go in through today? Choices, choices…
Cloudborne Patron (man standing beside collapsed bangaa): Witness the fate of one who drinks unwisely. Rivers pass across his tongue, but he tastes not a drop! A waste of good Bhujerban Madhu, that.
Bhujerban Sainikah: Why is it that so many come to our fine city only to drink their sorrows away? Many these days from Rabanastre, there are. The yoke of Empire must make men thirsty.
Cloudborne Resident (woman in white leaning against wall): If Captain Basch is alive, then does this mean the Lady Ashe, too, still lives? But then, why would the Marquis lie to his own people?
Cloudborne Resident (tan seeq with turquoise horn talking to bangaa): You say Captain Ronsenburg lives? Pah! Pigswill spread by the Empire. They hope to erode our trust in the Marquis! I wish them luck.
Cloudborne Resident (tan bangaa in green vest talking to seeq): If it is true that this Basch of Dalmasca lives, then the Marquis fed his own people lies! He is nothing but a puppet of the Empire.
Cloudborne Resident (man in turban and green and brown shorts): This is but a back alley, yet of late I see many travelers wandering here. Perhaps the parijanah do not do their job well?

City Parijanah: Many of our people question the Marquis for working with the Empire, but I know the man. His own people’s criticisms are but a shield to blind the Empire’s eyes from the truth, you see.

No comments:

Post a Comment