RPG event - Quest NPC Contact

[thalassino]

◣ Quest NPC Contact ◢

Below is a place to thread out quick little conversations with the NPCs that aren't worth an entire log. Vatheon's staple NPCs will have postings here, and all the other new quest NPCs will simply be listed under the "Quest NPCs" comment header. Please put in the subject line which quest you're talking with an NPC about!

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[thalassino]

[Well, what a polite kid. Strange weapon, though. The woman sighs, rolling her shoulders.]

Yup, that's me. Cleric Skill Master. And they said I wouldn't amount to anything.

[dualbladewarrior]

[He does try. And the weapon was interesting to note, after seeing what most clerics got, but it did make sense given his own multi-fauceted weapon.]

I'm not sure who "they" are, but it seems to me you've more than proven yourself, if you're good enough to pass on skills to other clerics.

[thalassino]

[He's really serious, isn't he? How boring. Oh well, might as well get this over with.]

So, what do you think of being a cleric so far? You don't look like you were a cleric before.

[dualbladewarrior]

[Yup. Hu is just one giant stick in the mud.]

I wasn't, no, but "classes" as you know it don't exactly exist where I come from.

But it is interesting, so far. A step outside my comfort zone, but I haven't made too many mistakes yet.

[thalassino]

What about your party?

[She sounds a little wry at that. What are the chances Hubert's party hasn't made mistakes? Abysmally low, that's what. Especially if he knows any warriors. Damn warriors don't know the meaning of a mana break...]

[dualbladewarrior]

My party... ?

Well, at the moment it only consists of me, another cleric and a mage. It's been... interesting, to say the least.

[And by "interesting" he means they're a walking disaster waiting to happen.]

[thalassino]

Seems like you're pretty good at keeping yourself together regardless. That's good; that's what you need. You've got to have faith in yourself.

[Faith in God? Nah, that's not going to get most clerics anywhere. It's more faith that the cleric is always right.]

[dualbladewarrior]

Faith in myself?

[Actually he was expecting something closer to faith in some deity or another (which would have been harder for him to grasp, not being religious himself) but "faith in yourself" makes sense.]

I see. If I don't believe in myself, how can my comrades be expected to believe in me as well. Is that about it?

[thalassino]

What? Well... sort of. It's more like... say your party is in trouble because the warrior ran ahead AGAIN without consulting anyone and you're completely out of mana but you can't just let the dunderhead die, he's still your friend and all, right? So you dig deep down into yourself, have a little FAITH, and draw on those reserves you didn't even know you had.

[Hubert has learned the skill "Faith"!]

[dualbladewarrior]

... oh.

[He probably would have gotten that easier if Asbel was still around, but he would have easily been a warrior and done exactly that. For all of Pascal's impulsive nature, she's not nearly as reckless or would-be hero driven as Hubert's brother.

But it does make sense now that he's had it explained more.]

I see.

[He might actually be smiling, even as he gives a polite bow in gratitude.]

Thank you for imparting this knowledge to me.