Showing posts with label bashketi's gambits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bashketi's gambits. Show all posts

Monday, December 23, 2013

Miners' End, Miners' End Shops, Lhusu Square, Kaff Terrace

Miners’ End
Bhujerban Sainikah: The Lhusu Mines? Closed, as always, bhadra. The Marquis has fallen ill and left Bhujerba, and without his government, we sit idle.
Miners’ Ender (woman in pink leaning against arch by Bashketi’s): I keep track of the magicite trade, you see. My sources, they tell me the Empire has turned to the Henne mines, now that Lhusu has run dry.
Miners’ Ender (moogle in gold with orange pom-pom): T-too many hills, kupo! I once thought of moving to Archades, but there they have Judges! Wait… I’ve seen Judges here, too. And hills!
Lhusu Parivir: Mmmrrgh? Ehh, the Lhusu Mines are sep’rated into sites… Nah, you need keys to get into each. They keep ‘em all at the Staras residence, see. The master there’s the Lady Niray. Eh? Aye, she has a husband… eh, I’ll explain later. The Staras residence’s at the south end of Cloudborne Row.
Lhusu Miner (black bangaa yelling at moogle): My patience is spent, Moogle! Down! Adhuna! You are coming – “Kupo”!? I’ll give you kupo!
City Parijanah: I hear word of a great Rozarrian fleet gathering, bhadra. Please, you should speak of this to no one. I am not even sure why I have told you.
Miners’ Ender (woman in pink, blue and green walking around): Have you heard, bhadra? The Marquis has fallen ill! I do not know which pundit will take his place. I hope he is firm with the Empire.
Miners’ Ender (guy sitting on ledge next to his girlfriend): Have you noticed less parijanah guides upon the streets? No? Perhaps it is just me.
Miners’ Ender (woman in pink, blue and yellow speaking with group): Bhujerba remains independent only because its neutrality affords the Empire certain… conveniences, yes? Should it become less convenient… Kastam…
Bhujerban Sainikah: The Lhusu Mines are closed on account of raksas, er, creatures. It is at times like these when I am glad to let the clans help.
Lhusu Square
Lhusu Parivir: The paling erected within the mines to keep raksas at bay has fallen, and so mining has stopped. Why do they not fix it, I wonder? Haa…
Street Vendor: Raksas are running wild in the mines, and all work has come to a stop. How am I to sell without any customers? Ah, are you looking for something? [shop menu]
Bashketi’s Gambits
City Parijanah: Yes, traveler, this is Bashketi’s Gambits. Our organization, too, uses gambits. We must fight as one if we are to defeat the mighty Empire!
Shop Clerk (seeq on upper level): This young lady’s being followed by a most persistent man, she tells me. (snort) Were she to use a gambit, she’d be rid of him in no time!
Bhujerban Sainikah: The flow of magicite to the Empire has dropped, on account of raksas in the mines, they say. But I suspect there is more to it…. No, bhadra, on second thought, there is nothing.
Kaff Terrace
Bhujerban (man in green and brown pacing center area): My love, she comes by airship, yet no word of her arrival has reached me… Hanta… What could be the matter?

Bhujerban (moogle with green pom-pom walking around): Wait, wait, wait, the Lhusu Mines aren’t closed because they ran out of magicite, are they, kupo? We’ll fall out of the sky!
Bhujerban (moogle with yellow pom-pom sitting on wall): Have you any worries, kupo? Then, join me! Gaze out at the sky, kupo! Take a deep breath, that’s right… see? No more worries! 
Bhujerban (woman in pink, red, and blue): I have dropped a ring near to here, you see. Haa… By now, it is surely washing up on the Phon Coast… Kah? Did you not know? It is said that objects dropped from Bhujerba are carried by the currents to wash up on the shores of Phon!
Bhujerban Sainikah: Every once in a while, people do fall from here… usually travelers, spreading their wings, causing a disturbance. Bhujerbans know better.
Bhujerban (woman in pink, green, and tan at edge): Perhaps you have heard that most of Bhujerba’s food comes from other lands. If relations with the outside were to sour, we would all starve.
Bhujerban (light blue seeq): Ye’ve heard the rumor that one o’ them Imperial ships went down in the Jagd Yensa? Bah! Skyswill! It couldn’t fly there in the first place!
Bhujerban (man in turban and green and brown shorts): The great edifice you see ahead is the residence of his Excellency the Marquis… whom I have not seen lately. He is a busy man, yes.
Clio’s Technicks
City Parijanah: Svagatam, traveler. Lucky for you, the organization deemed you useful. After you spread that rumor… things could have gotten ugly.
Bhujerban Sainikah: Svagatam, traveler. I have seen many airships from many lands in my day, but none compare to ours. It’s the moogles’ skill with machines, you see.
Archadian Wayfarer: My brother works in a laboratory in Archades. He was with the 8th Fleet, but we’ve lost contact. I hope nothing untoward has befallen him!
Shop Clerk (moogle with green pom-pom pacing in front of counter): Oh, if there’s anything you need, anything at all, don’t hesitate to ask, kupo! Having a pleasant trip? We’ll help you make it pleasanter!

Monday, December 16, 2013

Miners' End Shops, Kaff Terrace, Lhusu Square

Clio’s Technicks
City Parijanah: Svagatam, traveler. Welcome to Clio’s Technicks. This shop is run by the Bhujerban Alliance of Moogles, B.A.M.! For quality, it’s B.A.M.!
Archadian Wayfarer: Did you see the 8th Archadian Fleet, pride of the Empire? My brother rode on the Leviathan, but they left as soon as they came. I could not meet him after all.
Shop Clerk (moogle with green pom-pom pacing in front of counter): Oh, if there’s anything you need, anything at all, don’t hesitate to ask, kupo! Our staff are here to help you help yourself!
Kaff Terrace
Bhujerban Sainikah: Up ahead is Kaff Terrace, famed spot of Bhujerba. You are the one who caused the disturbance in town, yes? You will behave in my jurisdiction!
City Parijanah: Svagatam, traveler! Here on Kaff Terrace, witness the most… haa. The young Master Ronsenburg. I am glad you live. Please, stay away from the edge.
Bhujerban (black bangaa at top of stairs): A traveler, are you, bhadra? If heights frighten you, I recommend you turn to your right and make for the Khus Skygrounds. Your heart will soar!
Bhujerban (man in red, green, and blue talking to woman at bottom of stairs): These islands in the sky, they are called “purvama,” you see. The purvama upon which Bhujerba rests, Dorstonis, is the largest.
Bhujerban (moogle with green pom-pom walking on wall): Psst. Did you know that the first to live here on Dorstonis were moogles!? Bhujerba grew thanks to our skill at building, kupo!
Bhujerban (moogle with yellow pom-pom sitting on wall): When I’m feeling sad, I come here and gaze out at the big, big, sky. When the clouds clear away, kupo, so do my worries!
Bhujerban (woman in pink top looking over edge, at left of stairs): Sometimes, the cargo ships come to this terrace. Just now, a ship carrying magicite from Lhusu left, bhadra.
Bhujerban (light blue seeq at left of stairs): Did you see the Imperial fleet!? I’ve not seen a ship the size o’ that Leviathan ‘fore now. That were impressive, that.
Bhujerban (man in green and brown shorts, left side of bottom of stairs): The great edifice you can see ahead is Marquis Ondore’s residence. House Ondore traces its ancestry back to the time of Raithwall, you see. Compared to House Solidor… ayi, it is like comparing a fine Bhujerban Madhu to Archadian swill!
Bashketi’s Gambits

City Parijanah: Svagatam! Welcome to Bashketi’s Gambits. I hardly need remind you of gambits’ usefulness. The key to life, bhadra, is teamwork!

Bhujerban (woman in pink headscarf browsing at front of store): Haa… There are so many gambits! I wonder if there is one to improve my husband’s cooking?
Bhujerban (man in green and brown shorts): I know the Empire needs the magicite from Lhusu, but we are a free people, bhadra. I would not have them telling us what to do!
Lhusu Square
Miners’ Ender (woman leaning against wall talking to man): I overheard the Imperials speaking, and do you know what they have said? They are taking the best magicite to Rabanastre, and from there… It goes to the laboratories of the Empire! Do you not think it curious, bhadra? Why not take it straight to Archades?

Miners' End Shops & Kaff Terrace

Bashketi’s Gambits
City Parijanah: Yes, traveler, this is Bashketi’s Gambits. The R-Resistance hall? I have not heard of such a thing. I am sorry, bhadra.
Bhujerban (woman in pink top and headscarf): Haa… There are so many gambits! I wonder if there is one to make my husband was the dishes?
Bhujerban Sainikah: The staff here are all run by gambits, bhadra. Are you not impressed by their efficiency? It is a testament to the quality of their product!
Kaff Terrace
Bhujerban Sainikah: Up ahead is Kaff Terrace, famed spot of Bhujerba. The Khus Skygrounds near Travica Way, too, are magnificent, but the Terrace is thrilling, bhadra!
City Parijanah: Svagatam, traveler! Here on Kaff Terrace, witness the most beautiful scenery Bhujerba has to offer! Its beauty needs no description… so do I rest.
Bhujerban (black bangaa): The Imperials have closed off the road! This is an outrage! All this concern over a child? Even if he is the son of the Emperor! Kastam!
Bhujerban (moogle with green pom-pom at bottom of stairs pacing): Did you know, kupo, that Bhujerba floats by the power of magicite? That’s what the natural philosophers think, at least… Wait, does that mean if the mines run out of magicite we’ll fall out of the sky and become a normal island… in the sea?
Bhujerban Sainikah: It appears the Imperial blockades have been lifted. I still do not understand why the Marquis has given them the run of our streets!
Bhujerban (man in green, red, and blue talking to woman at bottom of stairs): Ivalice is truly a place of much wonder. But Bhujerba is the only city-state built atop a purvama! Kah? A purvama is a sky island, you see.
Bhujerban (man in green top pacing at bottom of stairs): The airships of other lands, they pass this way as they make for the aerodrome. My love, she too will be borne home on the skies.
Bhujerban (moogle with green pom-pom standing on wall): I’m fine, fine, kupo! Why, if anything should happen, I’ve always got my wings!
Bhujerban (woman in pink top looking off ledge, to left of stairs): Sometimes, the cargo ships come to this terrace. I am always so impressed the men can do their work here, where there is no railing…
Bhujerban (man in green shorts facing green landscape, to left of stairs): The great edifice you see ahead is none other than the residence of Marquis Ondore… though you can hardly see it for the trees, haa?
Bhujerban (light blue seeq pacing, at left of stairs): Mmrrph. Imperials were running about, looking for someone, they was. But when they come out here, how their knees did knock! Bwa ha ha!
Bhujerban (moogle with yellow pom-pom sitting on wall, to right of stairs): When I’m feeling sad, I come here and gaze out at the sky. Here, my problems feel very small, kupo. Like me!
Bhujerban (woman in red, pink, and blue, to right of stairs): I’ve dropped a ring, near to here, bhadra. Ayi, it was a ring of great importance! Kastam!
Yrlon: I have quarreled with Amba, so I shall not go home a while, I am thinking. I do not care if she is worried! If you should meet her, please, bhadra, do not tell her I am here. Please.
Clio’s Technicks
City Parijanah: Svagatam, traveler. Welcome to Clio’s Technicks. This shop is run by the Bhujerban Alliance of Moogles, B.A.M.! Quality is guaranteed, kupo! …Ahem. Forgive me, I seem to have picked up the moogle’s dialect, kupo. Ahem.
Shop Clerk (moogle with yellow pom-pom standing front and center): Ours is a moogle-run shop, but we serve everyone! Buy, and know happiness, kupo! …A Resistance against the Empire? No, the Empire’s always treated us fairly, kupo. I’m sure that’s just a silly rumor!
Bhujerban Sainikah: There are many moogles in Bhujerba, for they are privileged here. Only natural for a people that has contributed so much to Bhujerba’s growth.
Archadian Wayfarer: My brother works in a laboratory in Archades. He will soon arrive in Bhujerba with the 8th Fleet. I am to wait for him here, you see.

Shop Clerk (moogle with green pom-pom at top of steps): Staff only, up here, kupo! …Where is that Pilika!? We moogles may look cute and cuddly, but when it’s time to work, we work! Except for… when we don’t.

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Miners' End Shops

Clio’s Technicks
Shop Clerk (moogle in blue with yellow pom-pom): Ours is a moogle-run shop, but we serve everyone! Buy, and know happiness, kupo!
City Parijanah: Svagatam, traveler. Welcome to Clio’s Technicks. This shop is run by the Bhujerban Alliance of Moogles, B.A.M.! Quality is guaranteed!
Shop Clerk (moogle with yellow pom-pom at top of steps): Very sorry, kupo! Staff only beyond here…
Bhujerban Sainikah: A most industrious race, moogles. Bhujerba owes much to their mooglecraft. Cute, too, do you not think?
Archadian Wayfarer: My brother works in a laboratory in Archades. He says he will come soon to Bhujerba on military duty, and, if time allows, learn mooglecraft.
Shop Clerk (moogle in red with green pom-pom at top of far steps): Staff only, up here, kupo! …Where is that Pilika!? She was supposed to be here hours ago, and today is my holiday, kupo!
Shop Clerk (moogle in red with green pom-pom near counter): Oh, if there’s anything you need, anything at all, don’t hesitate to ask, kupo! There’s no need to be shy! We’re all born ignorant, as they say, kupo!
Clio: Clio’s Technicks… How may I help you, kupo? [shop menu]
Bashketi’s Gambits
City Parijanah: Svagatam! Welcome to Bashketi’s Gambits. I hardly need remind you of gambits’ usefulness. The key to life, bhadra, is teamwork!
Shop Clerk (light blue seeq): Svagatam! Welcome! Buy our gambits and weather the stormiest journey with ease.
Bhujerban (woman in pink and blue top with headscarf browsing): Haa… There are so many gambits! I wonder if there is one to help me run my household?
Bhujerban (man in turban and green & brown shorts browsing): I have heard there is a resistance in our city, preparing to rise against the Empire… but how can they operate with Imperials on every corner?
Bhujerban (man at counter): There is a limit to gambits’ effectiveness, bhadra. Gambits meant to aid one’s companions will do them no good should they wander too far afield. This is when you should tell them what to do directly, you see. It is vital for you to use both gambits, and old-fashioned orders, well!
Bashketi: Look upon my wares and know perfection, bhadra! Yes, it is I, Bashketi. And these are my gambits! [shop menu]
Shop Clerk (orange seeq on upper level): Questions about gambits? (snort) Ask away! There’s much I’d like to ask of you, too! (snort)
Bhujerban Sainikah: Did you know the miners in Lhusu use gambits? There are many raksas in the mines, you see. The miners must defend themselves, bhadra!