Gone Like the Morning Dew

Quest giver: Hien
Location: The Doman Enclave (X:7.8, Y:6.4)
Quest line: Post-Stormblood Main Scenario Quests
Level: 70

Experience: 10,800
Gil: 970
Previous quest: Gosetsu and Tsuyu
Next quest: Fruits of Her Labor
Patch: 4.3

Main Scenario Progress: 522 / 960 (54.4%)

Stormblood Progress: 143 / 162 (88.3%)

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Though his face betrays little sign of panic, Hien is plainly desperate to find Yotsuyu before something terrible happens.

— In-game description

Rewards

Choose one of the following options:

Steps

Question the residents of Yuzuka Manor. 0/2
Search for signs of Yotsuyu.
Search for signs of Yotsuyu.
Search for signs of Yotsuyu.
Inspect the bamboo hat.

Journal

There are no journal entries for this quest.

Dialogue

Accepting the Quest

Alphinaud: Without Tsuyu, I cannot see how the prisoner exchange─or indeed the peace process at large─can proceed. We have to find her, and soon. 
Alisaie: Her memory must have returned. Why else would she run?
Hien: It seems Tsuyu has gone unrecognized thus far, but kami help us if someone catches a clear view of her face. I must find her before that happens. The responsibility for her disappearance─for all of this─lies with me. But I would ask for your aid nonetheless.
Alphinaud: We are at your service, Lord Hien, now as before. Let us make the crossing and begin our search.
Alisaie: You go on ahead. Someone should let Yugiri know what we've learned. I'll join you on the other side.
Hien: We have no way of knowing where Tsuyu is headed, so we had best divide our forces. I will take Kusakari and its surrounds; Alphinaud, if you would take the road to Castrum Fluminis? [Player]─forgive me, but could I ask you to interrogate the residents of Yuzuka Manor? One of the Namazu may well have seen our quarry.
Hien: If everyone is in agreement, let us board the skiff, and hope the kami smile upon our efforts!

At Yazuka Manor

Gyosan: Welcome to Yuzuka Manor. Yes, yes. If there is anything you care to know, you need only─ Hm? A pale-skinned woman? I have seen no such traveler, I am sorry to say. Most sorry. Scaly-skinned Namazu, on the other hand, we have in abundance! No, no. Still no pale-skinned females here. Only grey.
Gyoku: ...Unusually pale skin? Yes, yes! I saw this woman on the way back from my fishing trip. She had just crossed the shallows east of here, and was headed in a northeasterly direction...for the most part. Her steps did not seem certain. If you hurry, you might still catch her.  I thought you would be on your way by now. Did you lose interest in finding your friend?

Searching for Yotsuyu

System: You see no sign of Yotsuyu to the north. Perhaps she is somewhere farther off to the northeast...

More Searching for Yotsuyu

System: Still no sign of Yotsuyu. Perhaps she is yet farther to the northeast...

Even More Searching for Yotsuyu

System: Yotsuyu is nowhere to be seen, but lying on the ground a short distance to the north, you spy a familiar-looking wide-brimmed hat...

Finishing the Quest

System: A cursory glance is all that is required to confirm your suspicions: it is the same hat Yotsuyu was wearing when you found her in Sakazuki.
Hien: [Player]! Before you ask, our search of Kusakari and its surroundings has yielded exactly naught─save this chance reunion with you, I suppose.
Yugiri: Mistress Alisaie has gone to assist her brother at the castrum. It was she who informed me of the situation. I joined Lord Hien here shortly thereafter.
Hien: How did you fare at Yuzuka Manor? Any sign of our missing guest? ...Towards Namai? By the kami! If the villagers recognize her, it will not end well. We must hurry. Yugiri and I will check the paddies; the village square is yours!
Yotsuyu: Greetings. Might I have one of y─ Wait! Please! ...I only wanted a persimmon.
Frightened Villager: (fearfully) Kami save us! Her spirit has returned!
Panicked Villager: She's back from the dead to seek her revenge!
Isse: It can't be! She couldn't have survived! (Yotsuyu has a flashback)
Yotsuyu: What did I... Wh-What did I do?
Isse: As if you don't know!
Hien: Good people of Namai─be at ease, I pray you! You have naught to fear!
Isse: My lord, forgive me but─what is that monster doing here!? They told us she was dead!
Hien: I too was surprised to learn of her survival. More even than you, I would hazard. 'Twas I who cut her down. I who left her to her fate. But it would seem the kami had other plans. By some miracle, both she and Gosetsu were spared when the keep collapsed─though Yotsuyu's preservation came at the cost of her memory.
Isse: You're saying she's forgotten? Forgotten everything she's done!?
Panicked Villager: (Angrily) Lies! Lies, my lord! She would say anything to escape punishment! (Yotsuyu's eyes widen in fear)
Frightened Villager: What does it matter!? We have not forgotten her crimes! And we demand justice! I beg of you, Lord Hien, draw your blade and rid us of this canker!
Yotsuyu: What I saw, then. It's all true. (Yotsuyu huddles down) I'm sorry! I'm so, so sorry... (Yotsuyu is begging on the ground)
Isse: (Isse's fists close in anger) You're “sorry”!? And what, we're supposed to forgive you?
Azami: (looking down sadly on Yotsuyu, handing her a persimmon) Here, there's no need to cry. Can't you see how scared she is? How can you be scared of her? She's not the same.
Hien: Until such time as her memories return, this woman shall be known as “Tsuyu,” and treated as a citizen of Doma. I will, however, see that she is watched at all times. Rest assured that there will be no more unannounced visits to the village. As your lord, I ask that you leave her fate in my hands, and suffer her to live. For now.
Azami: Please, Isse...
Isse: All right. I'll keep my peace. As long as you're happy. That's all that matters.