Solstice - The Hermit in the Hills.lua (35,063 bytes)
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["200879108-0-87723 I'm Vyctor Varien. Bard, poet, songwriter, storyteller. \n\nIt's funny, I thought you were going to say you recognized me. I get that so much more often. Back on the mainland, anyway."] =
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["204987124-1-87724 It sounded like you were talking about the Bonnie Spriggan sinking the Caterwaul."] = "",
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["55049764-0-17042 I went in search of some old smugglers' tunnels on the north side of Solstice, and you know what I saw? Two ships locked in combat!\n\nAs I watched through my spyglass, one ship set the other ablaze. Do you know anything about what happened?"] =
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["200879108-0-87721 Now that's more like it. Fear! Terror! Hopelessness! That's what gets people to sit up and pay attention. You seem the type to understand that.\n\nThanks for your help! I really think this song is going to be an instant classic."] =
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["200879108-0-87206 Bonnie Spriggan? I swear that was the name of a ship that sailed with the All Flags Navy. That's local history where I'm from.\n\nCaterwaul, Caterwaul … isn't that the ship of the Dremora pirate captain, Velehk Sain? It sank? Are you sure?"] =
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["204987124-1-87206 [Lie] I got it confused. Velehk Sain was the victor. No port in Tamriel will be safe now."] = "",
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["200879108-0-86984 A true master of the culinary arts? I have not had a meal prepared by someone of your skill in many a season. You said young Wuleen-Kur sent you? I must thank him for choosing you to make this delivery.\n\nNow I am really looking forward to this soup!"] =
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["204987124-0-86984 Then I better get to the cooking!"] = "",
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["55049764-0-16482 Thank you for stopping by. The soup was delicious! And tell young Wuleen-Kur I hope he comes to visit me one day. I suppose he just needs to grow a few more spines on his tail. Or maybe get one of the death-dancers to accompany him."] =
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["200879108-0-86872 No need to be rude, stranger! If you will not cook for me, I will eat the stone-soup cold. If you have no time to sit and visit, I will return to my solitude.\n\nIt would have been nice to hold a warm bowl in my hands, but Hecicla is content enough."] =
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["204987124-0-86872 The young courier said I could have his pay …."] = "",
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["55049764-4-16482 Ah, stone-soup. My favorite! My mouth waters just thinking about it! Pass me a bowl of that delicious meal, please."] =
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["55049764-6-16482 I warn you, if you are one of those death cultists or a bandit come to rob me, you will not be the first to fail in such an endeavor.\n\nThis hermit knows how to take care of herself."] =
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["200879108-0-86977 Hmm. Perhaps it is too much to hope for smooth-skins to experience such mysteries. Never mind. Just promise old Hecicla that when she becomes stone, you will try to listen again."] =
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["55049764-5-16482 Hecicla's old limbs do not bend like they used to. Please, put the cook pot on the fire and soon we can both enjoy the stone-soup."] =
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["228103012-0-87796 Don't you get lonely living out here all by yourself?"] = "",
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["55049764-3-16482 A beautiful dish, and so skillfully prepared! You have made this old hermit very happy! \n\nThank you for preparing a spectacular meal. It was delicious."] =
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["200879108-0-86975 You saw the stone that surrounds my home? All raw and exposed? It makes the Xan-Neihave easier to hear, especially when you sit in stillness, away from the bustle of village life.\n\nSurely you feel the call of the Stone in this serene place?"] =
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["200879108-0-87799 Yes, that would be nice. I move much slower these days. More suited to stillness now, like the stone. But I would enjoy sharing a meal with a visitor.\n\nIt doesn't take long to prepare. Put the cook pot in the fire and remove it before it burns."] =
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["204987124-1-87799 I'm a skilled provisioner. I won't burn the soup."] = "",
["204987124-2-87799 Happy to make the soup and I'd love to share a warm meal with you."] = "",
["204987124-3-87799 Look, I don't want to cook or share a meal. I just want to get paid so I can get out of here."] = "",
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["200879108-0-84465 Excellent. It smells delicious. Please, let us savor the meal and enjoy the company."] =
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["200879108-0-87797 I am safe enough, stranger. The corpse-robbers came by once, but I showed them that the Stone protects its people. I have not been bothered since.\n\nNow, about that stone-soup …."] =
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["200879108-0-86871 Ah. Thank you, stranger. The nourishing experience of stone-soup is always better when shared with pleasant company.\n\nTake your time. Hecicla will wait and commune with the ground beneath our feet."] =
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[2] = "55049764-5-16482 Hecicla's old limbs do not bend like they used to. Please, put the cook pot on the fire and soon we can both enjoy the stone-soup.",
[3] = "55049764-4-16482 Ah, stone-soup. My favorite! My mouth waters just thinking about it! Pass me a bowl of that delicious meal, please.",
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[5] = "55049764-0-16482 Thank you for stopping by. The soup was delicious! And tell young Wuleen-Kur I hope he comes to visit me one day. I suppose he just needs to grow a few more spines on his tail. Or maybe get one of the death-dancers to accompany him.",
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["3952276-0-9152 The Stone-Nest elders personally selected me to deliver a meal to Hecicla. I'm fast and nimble. Always wanted to be a courier. But the cultists between here and her home are endless!\n\nI'll never make it. And she'll go hungry without this delivery."] =
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["200879108-0-87479 Kaoc! It's everything! The wisdom from the Stone. Not everyone can hear its message as clearly as Hecicla, but we all abide by it. That's the reason the elders work so hard to support her, even in these troubled times. And why you must help me."] =
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["200879108-0-86979 Indeed! The elders disapprove, and some of my people are wary of the High Elves, but I learned pathfinder skills from the lectors at the College of Sea and Swords.\n\nIf not for the Worm Cult, I'd have been there and back by now."] =
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["200879108-0-87610 Our ancestors! They built the xanmeers across the island. Like the Stone itself, they strove to create a society that would last forever, unchanging.\n\nThe Stone-Nest people still reach for this goal, even as Daedra and cultists harass us."] =
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["55049764-1-16947 Don't wait too long. Hecicla needs this delivery. She lives in an abandoned village near Calindvale Gardens.\n\nBe warned, cultists and Daedra roam the path to her home. Even the thickest shell can't protect you from every greel along the way."] =
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["text"] = "115740052-0-55354 A noose from the rigging … do yourself in …. Divines, that's grim. It's perfect!",
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["name"] = "8290981-0-129425 Vyctor Varien",
["text"] = "115740052-0-55355 I'll try to remember to credit you! …. Whatever your name is. Thanks again!",
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