Blood from a Stonemason
Blood from a Stonemason
- Quest giver
- Maru
- Location
- Thavnair (X:20.1, Y:27.9)
- Quest line
- Arkasodara Daily Quests
- Level
- 80
- Experience
841,500-1,124,392- Gil
655- Patch
- 6.15
“Something seems to be troubling Maru.
※Please note that the difficulty of this quest has been synced to your current level. Furthermore, you may not proceed with a class or job that is different from when you accepted this quest.— In-game description
Rewards
Steps
- /doubt the stonemasons at Giantsgall Grounds.
- Deliver the sacks of gil owed to Maru.
Journal
- Something seems to be troubling Maru.
- ※Please note that the difficulty of this quest has been synced to your current level. Furthermore, you may not proceed with a class or job that is different from when you accepted this quest.
Dialogue
Maru: Our meyhane setup's been bringin' in folk from all over the island and beyond. It's hard work, but the proprietor couldn't be happier to keep the libations flowin'.
Maru: That bein' said, no paradise is without its faults. We've got more than a few regulars who keep promisin' to pay, yet keep showin' up with empty purses and goin' home with full bellies.
Maru: We keep askin' them to pay up, but it seems our words slip their minds as soon as the liquor slides down their gullet. I was wonderin' if maybe you could help us out with this little problem.
Maru: Three of these delinquents are at this very moment workin' at the Giantsgall Grounds. I think if a fierce-lookin' <gender noun> like yourself were to doubt their intentions to settle with us, they might think twice before shirkin' their debt again.
Distracted Stonemason: Excuse me, but as you can see, I'm quite busy...
System: She seems distracted by her work. Make her doubt her priorities.
Distracted Stonemason: What!? You said I owe how much!? I'm embarrassed to say, but I'm always four sheets to the wind by the time I settle the bill...
Distracted Stonemason: Can you take this to the kind people at Svarna? I've even put in a bit extra by way of apology for my...oversight. And while I'll tell them myself when next I see them, for now I'd be grateful if you apologized in my stead.
Standoffish Stonemason: What, you think I'm some kind of thief!? I'll have you know a friend of mine works at the meyhane, and he's been hounding me to no end. Don't worry -- if I was going to run, I'd have done it already.
System: He doesn't seem too worried about his mounting debt. Perhaps you make him doubt his current financial strategy.
Standoffish Stonemason: ...Huh? You're really in a fit of pique, aren't you? I didn't know the meyhane needed funds that badly.
Standoffish Stonemason: All right, all right, I'll pay what I owe. Don't know what I'd do with my evenings if I couldn't spend them at the meyhane. You go ahead and tell Maru I'll be coming along with his money within the bell.
Industrious Stonemason: Hey, I'm workin' here! I don't have time for chitchat!
System: This man has no interest in conversation, but a healthy dose of doubt might earn his attention.
Industrious Stonemason: Huh? The Hippo Riders sent you? H-Hey now, you don't have to scowl at me like that. I have their money -- here, take it.
Industrious Stonemason: I should've settled up earlier, but you know how things go...right? I'll make the proper apologies soon enough, so you go and tell them how cooperative I was, eh? ...Please?
Maru: I hope there wasn't any trouble. While they can be surly with a few drinks in 'em, they're good-natured in the daylight. Or so I hope.
Maru: Well, well -- you're still plenty persuasive, it seems. Truth be told, more'n a few of the quarriers comin' to the meyhane to blow off steam are friends and relatives of the good folks helpin' us out here in Svarna.
Maru: In the interest of maintainin' good relations, I never pestered them overmuch, but now I'm comin' to realize that some just can't help takin' a malm if you give them an ilm.
Maru: I'll have a talk with the proprietor about how we should deal with this problem in the future...I'm thinkin' we'll be needin' a solution sooner rather than later. Thanks for your help today, <name>.