FFXIV A Mad Masquerade

A Mad Masquerade

FFXIV A Mad Masquerade

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Objectives

✓ Transfigure yourself by drinking one of the alchemical concoctions.
✓ Spread word of the costume cortege to the townspeople.
✓ Transfigure yourself by drinking one of the alchemical concoctions.
✓ Continue to spread word of the costume cortege to the townspeople.
✓ Wait at the designated location.
✓ Speak with the wake doctor.
✓ Speak with the wake doctor again.
✓ Speak with the Papa Gruff-esque investigator while transfigured as Mama Gruff.
✓ Report to the Adventurers’ Guild investigator.

Journal

The Adventurers’ Guild investigator has the look of a man with a plan.

※This quest is available for a limited time only.

All Saints’ Wake is upon us once more, and as is apparently now custom, the Adventurers’ Guild has hired an investigator to keep a close eye on the Continental Circus. In the hopes of supplanting their schemes before they can take root, he plans to sponsor a costume cortege. To promote the event, he bids you drink a potion provided by the Alchemists’ Guild to transform yourself into a frightful creature fit for the occasion and speak with the townspeople.

※Please note that you will be unable to complete this quest after the seasonal event has ended. For details, please check the Lodestone.

You imbibe a curious concoction and transform yourself into a delightfully monstrous creature. Thus transfigured, all that remains is to spread word about Gridania of the costume cortege.

Shock and intrigue are the order of the day as your disguise incites interest in the costume cortege. If the event is to be a success as in previous years, however, yet more people must be made aware of the investigator’s event. To that end, you return to Mih Khetto’s Amphitheatre to select another potion.

You imbibe another curious concoction, transforming again into a festive-yet-frightful creature. Once more you set forth to tell people of the planned costume cortege.

Gridania is abuzz with talk of the costume cortege, meaning your work in disguise is complete. You go to meet with the Adventurers’ Guild investigator near the Leatherworkers’ Guild, who will surely be glad to hear of your success.

The Adventurers’ Guild investigator is overjoyed to hear so many people are eager to attend the costume cortege, but not for the reasons you suspect. He soon reveals the real investigator has been transformed into a hapless monster, and that he is none other than Papa Gruff, the troublemaking clown. His plans to bring about the Night of Devilry seem to be proceeding apace as he takes his leave of you, but the appearance of a mysterious figure offers you a sliver of hope in the form of a plan.

The wake doctor means to reveal Papa Gruff’s true identity by way of questionable cookies designed to dispel his glamour. To do that, she will disguise you as someone Papa Gruff trusts, allowing you the opportunity to offer him said cookies. After giving it some thought, you settle on the appearance of Mama Gruff.

Through the power of alchemy, you are transformed into Mama Gruff. With questionable cookies in hand, you make for the riverbank, hopeful you can lower Papa Gruff’s guard and convince him to take the wake doctor’s bait.

※Should the transfiguration fade, speak with the wake doctor to change into Mama Gruff again.

With an impressive display of both cunning and charm, you convince the disguised Papa Gruff to eat one of the wake doctor’s cookies. No sooner does he take a bite than his glamour is dispelled, reverting him to his impish form. Papa Gruff is not deterred by this setback, but the arrival of the wake doctor gives him pause, as he recognizes her as the fabled Great Gourd. Despite Papa Gruff’s mischief making, the wake doctor bids you allow the festival to continue as planned, promising to discipline the imp and prevent any further disruptions. The Night of Devilry thus averted, the wake doctor bids you report back to the Adventurers’ Guild investigator, and assure him that all will be well.

With Papa Gruff’s plans foiled, and a surplus of curative potions on hand, the investigator can see no reason to cancel the costume cortege. He thanks you for your assistance, and bids you partake in the festivities you labored so tirelessly to defend.

Dialogue

PIERROTFATHER
My, what a wondrous surprise it is to see you here this fine autumn eve, my adventurer friend! Your assistance proved most essential to my past investigations, which is why I would again seek your aid.
Why, hello there! You strike me as the goodly sort of adventurer eager to help strangers at a moment’s notice, and you couldn’t have come at a better time! …You are eager to help, aren’t you?
You have my thanks. Now, tell me─does a traveling circus troupe known as the Continental Circus ring a bell?
Each year, when it comes time for All Saints’ Wake, they set up shop here in town, conducting all manner of suspicious activity.
Though they appear to be ordinary performers, each and every last member is a most vile and despicable voidsent. Under the guise of events and festive merrymaking, they carry out acts both mischievous and malevolent.
But worry not, for I have a plan. This year, we shall hold an event of our very own, thereby supplanting their modus operandi. A brilliant scheme, would you not agree?
The main spectacle shall be a costume cortege, but for those without suitable guises, my colleagues at the Alchemists’ Guild have devised a most ingenious solution─a special concoction that will temporarily transform any individual into a most ghastly visage!
That is where you come in. You must transform yourself with our potion and speak with the townspeople to spread word of the event. After giving them a good fright, you will need to dispel the enchantment, thus allaying possible concerns of ill effects from our wondrous brew.
A thousand thanks! I have prepared a selection of four elixirs for you to choose from atop the benches beside me. Choose the one that suits your fancy, then go forth and spread word of our costume cortege!
When you’ve finished, let us rendezvous near the Leatherworkers’ Guild. Best of luck!
Q0
You will be transfigured into a Continental eye after drinking this concoction. Proceed?
You will be transfigured into a wraith after drinking this concoction. Proceed?
You will be transfigured into a gaelikitten after drinking this concoction. Proceed?
You will be transfigured into a sasquatch after drinking this concoction. Proceed?
SYSTEM
Your appearance will be changed after drinking the mysterious concoction. After frightening a townsperson in your transfigured state, dispel the enchantment, and inform them of the planned costume cortege.
Q0
Drink the concoction again to extend the duration of your transfiguration?
SYSTEM
You must be in a transfigured state before approaching the townspeople.
CITIZENA104655
Wh-Whoa! Back you fiend, back!
Q0
Dispel the enchantment, and inform them of the costume cortege?
CITIZENA104655
H-Hey, now that wasn’t very nice! I thought I was done for…
A costume party hosted by the Adventurers’ Guild? Well, with a potion like that, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t interested. Who knew it could be so simple to take on such a delightfully monstrous appearance.
CITIZENA204655
Uwaaah! Don’t just stand there, dearest, do something!
Wait, so… You’re not a ghost…? Shame on you, I was nearly frightened to tears!
You were able to transform into that abomination by merely drinking a potion? Well, where might I procure a vial? I’d very much like to pay forward this little prank of yours!
CITIZENA304655
Why, if you aren’t the most adorable little thing I’ve ever seen! But where did you come from? Did you get separated from the rest of your litter?
Eek! Who are you, and what have you done with that darling little ball of fur!? …That was you? Hmph. I refuse to believe you could have been anywhere near so cuddly and cute.
You mean, I too can transform into one of those adorable creatures? Then why am I still talking to you─I have a potion to drink!
CITIZENA404655
Ack! …Wait, a sasquatch? Strolling through the middle of town?
Oh, thank the heavens! I’ve not gone mad, then. If you were truly a sasquatch, I very much doubt I would live to tell the tale. Hahaha…hah…
I too can become a sasquatch if I were to participate in this costume cortege? I must admit, the idea of becoming something so hideous is rather unappealing, but I would be lying if I said I’m not intrigued. Perhaps I will give it a try.
SYSTEM
You have spread word of the costume cortege, but more people must know if the investigator’s plan is to succeed. Transfigure yourself once more and continue promoting the event.
Q00
You will be transfigured into a Continental eye after drinking this concoction. Proceed?
You will be transfigured into a wraith after drinking this concoction. Proceed?
You will be transfigured into a gaelikitten after drinking this concoction. Proceed?
You will be transfigured into a sasquatch after drinking this concoction. Proceed?
SYSTEM
Your appearance will be changed after drinking the mysterious concoction. After frightening a townsperson in your transfigured state, dispel the enchantment, and inform them of the planned costume cortege.
CITIZENB104655
What an unsettling glare! Has no one ever told you it is rude to stare!?
Oh my, what a terribly clever disguise! I must say, I did not see that coming.
A costume cortege? And that alchemical concoction will allow us to masquerade as monsters, you say? If I might see how the world looks from the perspective of a voidsent, and one with a singular eye at that, consider my interest piqued.
CITIZENB204655
By the Twelve, a wraith! Run, my love, run! I will fend it off for as long as I can!
M-My word, what is the meaning of this!?
I’ve heard tell of the upcoming costume cortege, but I didn’t realize there might be such frightful fun, actually transforming into monsters. Perhaps we will go after all.
CITIZENB304655
A flying…kitten? Adorable as it is, I hope it’s not feral…
Oh my, that was you? Goodness, I’ve never seen such a thing before.
Ah, so you were promoting a costume event. If I too can take the air as an adorable kitten, I should very much like to attend!
CITIZENB404655
Nophica’s teats, what in the world…?
All right lass, you’ve got some explaining to do. What the hells is going on?
We can transform into creatures with a mere potion? Had I not seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t have believed you. Suppose we can at least give it a try.
SYSTEM
The townsfolk are abuzz with talk of the costume cortege. Rendezvous with the Adventurers’ Guild investigator near the Leatherworkers’ Guild and inform him that all is ready.
PIERROTFATHER
(-Adventurers’ Guild Investigator-)So very sorry to have kept you waiting. I’ve been gravely busy attending to my own preparations…
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(-Adventurers’ Guild Investigator-)Tell me, how did you fare? Were the townspeople at all interested in attending the cortege?
(-Adventurers’ Guild Investigator-)My, it sounds like they were simply trembling with excitement! And to think no small few wished to transfigure themselves─oh, what a joyous occasion!
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(-Adventurers’ Guild Investigator-)That they would give themselves so willingly… Why did I never think to simply take this human form before?
Q1
What will you say?
A1
Who are you, really?
You’re creeping me out.
If this is some kind of joke, Investigator, I’m not laughing.
PIERROTFATHER
(-Adventurers’ Guild Investigator-)I suppose you’ve earned an answer for your compliance.
(-Adventurers’ Guild Investigator-)I wasn’t fishing for a compliment, but it seems you’re giving them out freely!
(-Adventurers’ Guild Investigator-)Joke? Hah! You know me so well!
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(-???-)I really must thank you for being so gullible─I did not realize there was another clown in town!
(-???-)I really must thank you for being so gullible─I did not realize there was another clown in town!
PIERROTMOTHER
(-???-)Papa Gruff, my darling. It looks like all of your hard work has finally paid off!
PIERROTFATHER
Indeed, my beloved! All proceeds apace. Once I’ve finished settling matters here, we shall enjoy a magnificent feast!
Dear oh dear, you appear to be confused. While the effects of the potion I gave you lasted for only a short while, the potion we’ve brewed for the townsfolk is a touch more…potent.
With but a single sip, none shall return to their original form!
We shall harvest the dread that overwhelms their feeble minds when they discover this truth, and use it to summon forth our brethren! Then, we shall have our Night of Devilry at long last!
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The Gruffs will be the envy of all voidsent and live as royalty! All is falling into place, just as I schemed…
SYSTEM
The creature is motioning at you hysterically. What could it be trying to say?
PIERROTFATHER
Ah yes, the investigator from the Adventurers’ Guild. The fool drank our potion with all the concern of a newborn babe. How fitting he will remain just as helpless for the rest of his days.
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Even as we speak, the townsfolk are lining up to be transformed, blissfully unaware of the monstrous fate that awaits them. And we owe it all to you. Indeed, you’ve done jolly good work this day!
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PIERROTMOTHER
Oh my sweet, you’ve never looked more dashing!
Seeing as you have matters here well in hand, I’ll return home to our little honeycomb, and ready a feast for my hardworking husband!
PIERROTFATHER
Well then, I’d best be off to finish my preparations. ‘Twill be a night to remember…
PUMPKIN
(-???-)You poor, poor thing. A lost child at wit’s end. Perhaps I can be of assistance…
SYSTEM
The creature motions at you frantically. If only there was some way you could help it.
PUMPKIN
Why do you look at me with such mistrustful eyes, dear? Your dubitation is quite misplaced…
Q2
What will you say?
A2
You’re in league with Papa Gruff, aren’t you!?
There’s something off about you.
PUMPKIN
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Is this how you always treat newly met strangers? What if I told you I have a remedy to dispel this enchantment?
Here, drink this. Given the situation, I do not blame you for being wary of gifts from a stranger, but I will gladly drink it myself should that ease your concern.
INVESTIGATOR04655
I-It worked! You have my thanks…
Oh, my friend! You are truly a sight for sore eyes. <sigh> Never in all my years of service have I been so humiliated.
I knew those fiends would be up to no good. Knew they would take advantage of the season’s festivities, as is their wont. Yet for all my vigilance, here I am, their very first victim. Oh, the shame of it all─’tis as a spear piercing my very soul.
(-???-)I-It worked! You have my thanks…
A pleasure to make your acquaintance, though I wish we had met under better circumstances. As our fiendish friend explained amidst his gloating, I’m an investigator working for the Adventurer’s Guild.
I knew that red-nosed charlatan would be up to no good. Knew he would take advantage of the season’s festivities as he did once before. Yet for all my vigilance, here I am, his very first victim. Oh, the shame of it all─’tis as a spear piercing my very soul.
But thanks to you, I am free of that foul enchantment. I owe you my life, Miss…?
PUMPKIN
I fear you’d sooner forget a name as unremarkable as my own. I am but a passing woman of science.
INVESTIGATOR04655
I see… Ahem, may I assume that you are the selfsame individual who created the remedy?
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PUMPKIN
Heh heh heh… You may indeed. ‘Tis a remedy which has required no small amount of fine-tuning─a frog tongue here, a rat’s tail there─but I will spare you the details. Rest assured, the townsfolk too shall be returned to their original forms with a sufficient dose.
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As fortune would have it, I made plenty for everyone in case such a tragedy were to befall the city. Now, if you would be so kind as to distribute the remedy to those in need, Investigator?
INVESTIGATOR04655
…Understood. I know not your motives, but I’ll not look a gift chocobo in the beak. This is the best hand we have to play, and I will accept full responsibility for the outcome, whatever it may be.
While I tend to the townspeople, may I entrust you with capturing our crafty clown? Stores of the remedy are like to run dry should they claim too many victims.
PUMPKIN
In that case, I will remain here to assist.
INVESTIGATOR04655
Excellent! Once I’ve administered the remedy to the afflicted, I shall await you in Mih Khetto’s Amphitheatre.
PUMPKIN
It will be no easy feat to apprehend Papa Gruff. I have no doubt he will be expecting you to come after him.
That is why I propose you give him a taste of his own medicine with a disguise. Ideally, the guise should be of one dear to him─one whom he would let down his guard around. What’s more, I would suggest someone whose appearance you can recall clearly.
Q3
What will you say?
A3
I can remember Mama Gruff’s appearance clear as day.
He would never doubt his dear Little Gruff.
PUMPKIN
Heh heh heh, his love and joy…perfect. He’d never suspect his dear wife.
Oh my, his very own son? While an excellent idea, can you say with certainty you can recall his appearance? If not, the transformation will undoubtedly fail.
Ah, you but recently laid eyes on his mistress, did you? Excellent. Then he will never see you coming…heh heh heh.
When you’re certain his guard is down, give him one of my special cookies. I’ve baked in an ingredient that will return him to his natural demonic form.
Though I wish I could do more to help, I am little more than a simple doctor. An adventurer of your obvious talents is far better suited─and accustomed─to such risky undertakings.
When you are ready, I shall provide you with a dose of my own transformative mixture.
It shan’t be hard to locate Papa Gruff. Knowing he prepares for the Night of Devilry, I suspect he will be waiting for more voidsent to gather.
As such, he is most likely hiding in the vicinity of the riverbank, out of sight and out of mind. He will no doubt have returned to his guise as the Adventurers’ Guild investigator, so as not to arouse suspicion.
Now, recall an image of his beloved in your mind’s eye, and I shall weave it into reality with the power of alchemy.
Q3
The wake doctor will transfigure you into Mama Gruff. Proceed?
PUMPKIN
Remember: once you’ve found Papa Gruff, use whatever guile you can muster to trick him, then offer him my special treat.
SYSTEM
You will be transfigured into Mama Gruff. You must remain transfigured in order to progress with quest objectives.
Speak with the wake doctor to restore or prolong the transfiguration.
PUMPKIN
Heh heh heh…I see the transfiguration has faded. We can’t have that. Now, recall an image of Papa Gruff’s beloved in your mind’s eye, and I shall weave it into reality with the power of alchemy.
Remember: once you’ve found Papa Gruff, use whatever guile you can muster to trick him, then offer him my special treat.
SYSTEM
You will be transfigured into Mama Gruff. You must remain transfigured in order to progress with quest objectives.
Speak with the wake doctor to restore or prolong the transfiguration.
Papa Gruff is certain to flee should you approach him as you are. Speak with the wake doctor to disguise yourself as Mama Gruff and proceed with the quest.
PIERROTFATHER
(-Papa Gruff-esque Investigator-)Oh, my sweet snurbleberry! I thought you had returned home. Is aught amiss?
Q0
Converse with Papa Gruff and persuade him to eat the wake doctor’s special cookie?
PIERROTFATHER
(-Papa Gruff-esque Investigator-)Don’t tell me…is it because I didn’t return your good-bye kiss? You know I’m easily flustered! Besides, my love, our plans would be in tatters should a passerby catch us sharing an intimate moment!
Q4
What will you say?
A4
Why, I merely wanted to make sure you were safe and sound, dearest!
I was worried, and wished to be certain all is proceeding apace.
I know you’ve been up to no good, mister!
PIERROTFATHER
(-Papa Gruff-esque Investigator-)Erm… You’re not quite sounding yourself, dear. Is something the matter?
(-Papa Gruff-esque Investigator-)You came all this way because you were worried about me? <sniff> Oh, I am not worthy of such a caring succubus!
(-Papa Gruff-esque Investigator-)Wh-What are you saying, my love! I am in the midst of preparing for the Night of Devilry─now is not the time to be joking around! We can have our fun later…
(-Papa Gruff-esque Investigator-)But fear not, your beloved has everything under control. Thanks to that wide-eyed adventurer, the idiot humans are drinking our concoction in droves!
Q5
What will you say?
A5
Enough with the act, you’re not fooling anyone with that performance.
You’d better not be lying, darling.
You must have worked up an appetite with all this scheming.
PIERROTFATHER
(-Papa Gruff-esque Investigator-)Surely, my acting cannot be all that bad. I’ll have you know I shadowed the investigator relentlessly, day in and day out without a moment’s rest…
(-Papa Gruff-esque Investigator-)B-Believe me, there is naught to be concerned about! I must say, you are rather intimidating today…
(-Papa Gruff-esque Investigator-)You always know just what I need! But moments ago, I was thinking what I wouldn’t give for a snack. I knew you were cunning, but if I didn’t know better, I would say you’re a mind reader as well.
Q6
What will you say?
A6
Oh stop it, you’ll make me blush. For you, darling, I baked up a delicious batch of cookies. Here, have a bite!
I hope you’re hungry for ripe souls!
PIERROTFATHER
(-Papa Gruff-esque Investigator-)Cookies, my favorite! Well then, don’t mind if I do!
(-Papa Gruff-esque Investigator-)Oh, there you go teasing me again! Why, of course I’m hungry for delectable souls─and you know as well as I that we shall soon have more than our fill of them…
(-Papa Gruff-esque Investigator-)Goodness, it smells delicious. Oh, how I love a treat from my sweet…
(-Papa Gruff-esque Investigator-)…Hrm? What is this?
(-Papa Gruff-)Wh-Wh-What is the meaning of this!?
Why you conniving little… You may have put a damper on my plans, but all is not lost! Yes, if I start again now, all can be ready in time for supper…
PUMPKIN
(-???-)Heh heh heh…surely, you jest…
(-Wake Doctor-)All Saints’ Wake is meant for all to partake in and enjoy.
PIERROTFATHER
Y-You! It cannot be! T-The Great Gourd of legend herself…
PUMPKIN
You poor, misguided soul. Gone are days when you might wreak havoc as you please. This truth I will drill into your head, slowly and meticulously, until there is naught else you can think of.
Have I frightened you, child? Forgive me. Such was not my intention…
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I wish only for man and monster to enjoy the revelry of All Saints’ Wake in equal measure, nothing more.
For a mercy, his mischief making was brought to a halt, thanks in no small part to your efforts. But if the day’s festivities are to be canceled, despite all we have done, the townspeople would still suffer for his transgressions.
He has caused much grief, and I will punish him accordingly. So I ask that you place your faith in me, and allow the festival to continue as planned. There will be no further disruptions. You have my word.
Q8
What will you say?
A8
I trust you.
I’ll stay on the lookout, if it’s all the same to you.
PUMPKIN
Heh heh heh… You have my gratitude…
Perhaps you should apprise the real Adventurers’ Guild investigator of the present situation. He said he would await you at Mih Khetto’s Amphitheatre, as I recall.
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Once you have done so, come and speak with me. There is somewhere I would like to take you, by way of recompense for the trouble this ill-mannered child has caused.
Until then… Heh heh heh…
The investigator awaits your report. Pray speak with him.
PIERROTFAMILYSERVANT04655
Hello, madam! I hope you are having a most pleasant and peculiar All Saints’ Wake!
INVESTIGATOR04655
Ah, there you are! You’ll be relieved to hear I’ve finished administering the remedy to all the afflicted.
But tell me, how did matters fare on your end?
So, the fiend has been reverted to his true impish form? I see… Well, eccentric though she may be, if the doctor claims she can keep him on a leash, I believe her.
And with a surplus of curative potions, I can see no reason why the costume cortege should not continue. I will, of course, remain vigilant for other disturbances.
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Your assistance has truly been invaluable, my friend. With this trouble now behind us, I trust you will take at least a moment’s respite. Why not spend it donning the guise of monstrous and mischievous creatures?

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