Dialogue
DREAMINGWAY
Forename! I have a task of the utmost import for you.
After our inaugural broadcast, many of the Dreaming Workshop’s Loporrits were inspired to share their own histories and aspirations via the radio…
And it seems the people of Etheirys have been listening!
We’ve received a number of letters, you see─addressed to all and sundry Ways.
I haven’t been able to stop smiling since I read mine. I am painfully delighted!
Yet I would doubtless be more so had my letter been delivered by a person of Etheirys in the flesh. What do you say?
Those letters are for Coiningway, Inventingway, Cookingway, and Ta─er, the Loporrit of many names! Some of them “Counselingway” and others “the voice behind the microphone”…way? Ahem.
In any case, I cannot wait to hear how they all react!
Though I am certain the shrieks of jubilation will carry, do fill me in on the particulars, yes?
COININGWAY
Not here to spend your carats today? A pity. I do work so tirelessly to price our merchandise fairly…
What is this? A letter from a Sharlayan economist…? Oh, heavens. It’s happening. It’s finally happening!
(-Economist’s Letter-)Having heard the fascinating tale of your success in establishing a new currency and independent market, my colleagues and I would like to formally invite you to submit to our rousing quarterly report…
Such a heartwarming letter I have never received! I must pen a reply posthaste─not to mention my submission.
I owe you thanks, Forename. Without your earnest cooperation, the carat’s time to shine may never have come. Trust me when I say that my gratitude is beyond measure.
It is most fortunate that I thought to offer wares sold in gil. The economists of Etheirys shall revel in the comparisons I am able to provide…
INVENTINGWAY
Hail, Forename! Have you seen a loose screw anywhere?
…No matter, I can carry on regardless. Doubt not that this next machine will astonish even your adventurer’s eyes!
…A letter from Etheirys? Curious. I wasn’t aware that the postmoogle teleporters had passed safety inspection.
Let me see… Bugger me, these letters are tiny…
Why, the writer is Garlean! “Restoration”…“recovered scrap”…“minimal explosions”…
I see! With this information, I can surely design a machine or two to assist in Garlemald’s reconstruction. How fortunate that they heard my broadcast.
It is only a matter of time before my inventions are beloved far and wide. First Garlemald, then Etheirys, then…the universe!
…That is to say, I look forward to being of assistance to people in need.
COOKINGWAY
Can I interest you in a turn at the whisk? We’ve been overwhelmed with orders of late─what you see behind me is the last Way standing.
Nevertheless, I am glad that everyone appreciates our Etheirys-inspired cuisine.
I must confess─I worry that my inclinations still tend too heavily toward carrots. Yet I can hardly ask this lot for other ideas…
Fresh inspiration, you say? I certainly hope so…
A letter from Master Dickon himself! What a happy surprise.
…And he’s included a recipe of his own devising! This is precisely what I need to break free from my carrot-based confines.
“Let me know if this inspires any new dishes up there,” he says. I certainly will.
And I hope that you will sample whatever we cook up next!
Do come back for a meal once in a while, Forename─or at least dessert.
TALKINGWAY
Ah, well met! Can I help you with anything this eveningmorningafternoon?
For me? From persons of Etheirys? Oh, I hope I didn’t say something to offend them…
The first is from a Garlean refugee… “I miss my homeland dearly, but your voice reminded me that even here, I’m not alone. Thank you for lifting my spirits.”
And this one appears to have been written by a child’s paw…
(-Child’s Letter-)Dear Radio Loppit,
How did you learn to talk like people? You are very good. I want to be a radio when I grow up too!
Love, Me
…They really are listening.
I once believed I would never again look forward to tomorrow…
But Dreamingway’s hope is infectious, isn’t it? I owe him─and you─more than I can say.
I’d like to share something with you, if you don’t mind…
I’ve been pondering a new name for myself. My dream may have not changed all that much, but I am a different Way than I once was.
I was alone for quite some time, you understand─long enough to make me appreciate the value of a kind word. Now that I have returned to the fluffle, I find myself wanting to speak with your people and my fellow Loporrits as much as I can. So, after some discussion…
(-Talkingway-)I have chosen to become “Talkingway.”
(-Talkingway-)I shall be a friendly voice to the people of Etheirys─and to those closer to home.
(-Talkingway-)By which I mean… W-Well…
(-Talkingway-)I hope you will consider me a friend, too.
Q1
What will you say?
A1
I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Say no more, Talkingway! …Or do! Yes.
TALKINGWAY
(-Talkingway-)Thank you, Forename! For your kindness…and for listening.
SYSTEM
With this delivery to your new friend Talkingway, all of the letters have been safely seen into the right paws.
Dreamingway will surely be delighted to know of the joy with which they were received.
DREAMINGWAY
Forename! Were they excited? Delighted?
That’s even better than I dreamed! The people of Etheirys have been ever so kind…
…Including those who have yet to listen to our broadcast!
According to one of the letters Managingway received, word of our station has spread far and wide, and many of your fellows are keen to get their paws on radios of their own─to little success, I’m afraid…
But we’re here to help! Inventingway has gathered his disciples, and they are producing radios as we speak. We shall see them delivered to Etheirys with all speed!
Can you imagine? The whole star, listening to us!
To be honest, I was uncertain we would ever make it this far. To find new dreams for each and every Loporrit seemed a monumental task…
Yet look at them now! They’ve come so far…and who knows what they’ll dream up next?
Of course, as for me…
I’m eager to start composing again. Get ready to hop along to my next hit!
None of our dreams would have been possible without you, Forename. On behalf of all of us─thank you ever so much!
And remember─should you want for a friendly ear or a well-eared friend, we are always here for you!
SYSTEM
You have achieved Bloodsworn reputation with the Dreaming Ways.
You will receive an experience point bonus upon the completion of Loporrit tribal daily quests.
You have learned the emote Ear Wiggle!