East End

Rabanastran (black bangaa talking with blue seeq outside Migelo’s): My friend here says there are 6,387 cobblestones in the Southern Plaza ‘round the corner, not including the tiles in the fountain. But even with the stones by the city gates… ‘Course, he could be countin’ the flagstones, too. That would be another matter altogether.

Imperial: Order’s come down to buy new armor, but there’s no mention of just what to be buyin’. Mystic armor raises magick potency, heavy armor’ll make you stronger, and of course light armor gets you healthy as an aurochs… Which to choose?

Bucco: Hey, Vaan. Where’ve you been? Feel like it’s been forever since I saw you last. Hmm, haven’t seen Penelo today, now that you mention it. She wasn’t in Migelo’s, either.

Town Gossip: Just a while ago, a viera came through here. But that’s not all… she was with a man. The sort of man a lady takes note of, if you follow. Hmm, a viera and a dashing young man. Could that have been this Balthier I’ve heard so much about? Have you seen the bounty on his head? I think he’s over by the Sandsea… maybe I’ll go take a look.

Rabanastran (man in green shorts near Panamis’s): I was walking past the Sandsea when I noticed the Moogling was up and running again. I feel a fool for walking, heh.

Wistful Bangaa: The Consul’s set out to “re –“ educate the guards… Hah! He’s as like to teach seeq to fly!

Rabanastran (tan bangaa in blindfold): The Imperials may rule Rabanastre, but that’s no reason for the city itself to change. You’ve heard of Bhujerba, yes? She’s ruled by a wise man who’s managed to keep her independent to this very day. If only we’d been so lucky…

Rabanastran (woman in pink and green): I saw a beautiful viera and a dashing man walk past not long ago. And here I am alone… there’s no justice in this world. Oh, they were headed toward the Sandsea.

Rabanastran (blue seeq): Migelo hasn’t seemed hisself lately. Something’s been worrying at him… but what?

Rabanastran (boy in brown near bridge): Hey, mister. You wanna hear about the sneak attack on the palace? It won’t cost ya much… What? I gotta eat, too, ya know. Let’s see… 1 gil oughta do it.

>Sure, let’s hear it.

The night the new consul came, some insurgents waited until the Imperials were off guard ‘cause of the fete, and snuck into the palace. So the Imperial army had to come and capture them! You could hear the commotion from here! ‘Course, nobody knew what was goin’ on then. When all was said and done, the palace was okay, and the Imperials seemed pretty happy that they’d caught the insurgents when they did. Well, at least it ended there. Just think if it had turned out to be the start of another war…

>No, thanks.

Aww, and this was a real nail-biter of a story, too. There’s just no pleasin’ some people.

Lonely Boy: I heard they caught them insurgents what snuck into the palace down in Lowtown. Why’d they do something like that in the first place?

Rabanastran (man in green shorts on bridge): I saw a really shady bunch of bangaa during the parade. I wonder if they weren’t the insurgents that stole into the palace?

Rabanastran (blue seeq near bazaar entrance): I’m all for the Moogling, don’t misunderstand me. But sometimes I wonder… what’s in it for them?

Rabanastran (man in hat and brown shorts outside Yugri’s): I’ve tried my hand at hunting to make a few spare gil. Between the loot and equipment you find, you can turn quite a profit!

Johm: I was, uh, practicing what you showed me, but I kinda slipped up and bumped into this viera… in a bad sorta way. She didn’t get mad or anything, just kept walking like nothin’ happened. The man she was with didn’t seem too happy about it, though.