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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Similar to the removed crafter action {{Action icon|Whistle While You Work}}, the name of this quest may be based on the song from the 1937 film ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarves''. | *Similar to the removed crafter action {{Action icon|Whistle While You Work}}, the name of this quest may be based on the song from the 1937 film ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarves''. | ||
==Dialogue== | |||
'''Elderly Miner''' | |||
You there! New lass/lad! Where are the others? | |||
Don't try to play me for a fool, I know what they're up to. No good, that's what! Expect me to pay them for shirking their duties, do they? Bah! | |||
Go and get them, will you? It's time I gave them a stern talking to! | |||
The youth of today, what a shower of shite! In my day we had it tough. We'd be woken up half a bell before we'd went to bed, eat a handful of hot gravel, and─ What are you still gawping at me for, you bloody fool!? | |||
'''Rueful Miner''' | |||
Ah gods, my aching head... I feel like death warmed up... | |||
'''System''' | |||
It seems the man is suffering from a hangover. If you were to psych him up, perhaps he might be more inclined to return to his duties. | |||
'''Rueful Miner''' | |||
All right, all right! Enough of your posing! | |||
If going back to work's what it takes for you to leave me alone, so be it! | |||
'''Temperamental Miner''' | |||
<sigh> Nothing's going my way... I haven't had a decent haul in ages. I might as well just hang up my pickaxe for good. | |||
'''System''' | |||
The man seems to be lacking in motivation. Perhaps if you were to rally his spirits, he might be willing to return to work. | |||
'''Temperamental Miner''' | |||
I don't know who you are or what you're doing, but your enthusiasm is somehow...infectious! | |||
Yes, I should be thankful for what I have! I've got a steady job, a sort of beautiful home, what more could I ask for? Heigh ho, heigh ho, it's back to work I go! | |||
'''Melodramatic Miner''' | |||
Why would she leave me? There's nothing for her in Eulmore! Whatever will I do now? | |||
'''System''' | |||
The man is clearly upset and in no fit state to work. If someone were to comfort him, he might come to his senses. | |||
'''Melodramatic Miner''' | |||
“There, there?” What does that even mean, anyway? There are people who need me? There is still work to be done? | |||
That's it! I should forget my sorrows by burying myself in my work! Ah, a poor choice of words considering I'm a miner... But enough procrastinating, there's digging to be done! | |||
'''Rueful Miner''' | |||
Nothing cures a hangover better than spending hours smashing rocks in a dingy mine... Ungh. Kill me now. | |||
'''Temperamental Miner''' | |||
Ha ha, those rocks won't know what hit them! | |||
'''Melodramatic Miner''' | |||
Who needs her anyway? I'm married to my job! | |||
'''Elderly Miner''' | |||
So, the four of you finally decided to show up and do some bloody work, then? | |||
'''Rueful Miner''' | |||
Four!? But this woman/bloke's not part of our team, is she/he? As far as I can tell, she/he's just passing through! | |||
'''Elderly Miner''' | |||
Eh!? What are you prattling about now? | |||
Ha ha! My mistake! When you get to my age, one person-shaped blur looks much like all the others. Must be these damned eyes of mine. | |||
Still, we could use an extra pair of hands around here. I daresay you're worth more than all of these slack-jawed layabouts put together. | |||
But if you're not here for the mining, you might as well take this as payment for rounding up my workers. Gods help me, they're all I've got. | |||
Latest revision as of 18:38, 29 July 2024
“The elderly miner is squinting at you with great intensity.
— In-game description
Rewards
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Steps
- Search for the miners.
- Report to the elderly miner.
Journal
- The elderly miner is squinting at you with great intensity.
Trivia
- Similar to the removed crafter action
Whistle While You Work, the name of this quest may be based on the song from the 1937 film Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.
Dialogue
Elderly Miner
You there! New lass/lad! Where are the others? Don't try to play me for a fool, I know what they're up to. No good, that's what! Expect me to pay them for shirking their duties, do they? Bah! Go and get them, will you? It's time I gave them a stern talking to! The youth of today, what a shower of shite! In my day we had it tough. We'd be woken up half a bell before we'd went to bed, eat a handful of hot gravel, and─ What are you still gawping at me for, you bloody fool!?
Rueful Miner
Ah gods, my aching head... I feel like death warmed up...
System
It seems the man is suffering from a hangover. If you were to psych him up, perhaps he might be more inclined to return to his duties.
Rueful Miner
All right, all right! Enough of your posing! If going back to work's what it takes for you to leave me alone, so be it!
Temperamental Miner
<sigh> Nothing's going my way... I haven't had a decent haul in ages. I might as well just hang up my pickaxe for good.
System
The man seems to be lacking in motivation. Perhaps if you were to rally his spirits, he might be willing to return to work.
Temperamental Miner
I don't know who you are or what you're doing, but your enthusiasm is somehow...infectious! Yes, I should be thankful for what I have! I've got a steady job, a sort of beautiful home, what more could I ask for? Heigh ho, heigh ho, it's back to work I go!
Melodramatic Miner
Why would she leave me? There's nothing for her in Eulmore! Whatever will I do now?
System
The man is clearly upset and in no fit state to work. If someone were to comfort him, he might come to his senses.
Melodramatic Miner
“There, there?” What does that even mean, anyway? There are people who need me? There is still work to be done? That's it! I should forget my sorrows by burying myself in my work! Ah, a poor choice of words considering I'm a miner... But enough procrastinating, there's digging to be done!
Rueful Miner
Nothing cures a hangover better than spending hours smashing rocks in a dingy mine... Ungh. Kill me now.
Temperamental Miner
Ha ha, those rocks won't know what hit them!
Melodramatic Miner
Who needs her anyway? I'm married to my job!
Elderly Miner
So, the four of you finally decided to show up and do some bloody work, then?
Rueful Miner
Four!? But this woman/bloke's not part of our team, is she/he? As far as I can tell, she/he's just passing through!
Elderly Miner
Eh!? What are you prattling about now? Ha ha! My mistake! When you get to my age, one person-shaped blur looks much like all the others. Must be these damned eyes of mine. Still, we could use an extra pair of hands around here. I daresay you're worth more than all of these slack-jawed layabouts put together. But if you're not here for the mining, you might as well take this as payment for rounding up my workers. Gods help me, they're all I've got.