Go with the Flow

This article is about the Studium Deliveries quest. For the level 25 guildleve, see Go With The Flow (Levequest).

Go with the Flow

Quest giver

T'laqa Tia

Location

Old Sharlayan (X:4.2, Y:9.6)

Quest line

Faculty of Aetherology

Class

Fisher

Level

80

Required items

6   Giant Aetherlouse

Experience

 112,200

Previous quest

Fear the Thesis

Next quest

Data across the Decades

Patch

6.0

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T'laqa Tia is in dire need of some data.

— In-game description

Rewards

• 30   Hi-Cordial

Steps

• Catch Giant Aetherlice and deliver them to T'laqa Tia.

Journal

• T'laqa Tia is in dire need of some data.

Dialogue

Accepting the Quest

T'laqa Tia: All right, then. Shall we get started?
T'laqa Tia: To review, I require samples of aquatic life from various bodies of water, that I might analyze them and ascertain the current state of the respective regions' underwater aether currents.
T'laqa Tia: Before I send you off to far-flung locales, I'd like to gather data from somewhere nearby. Collecting samples from a stable, controlled environment like Labyrinthos should give me a good basis with which to compare any future findings.
T'laqa Tia: To that end, I'd like to ask you to catch me some giant aetherlice─and a fair share of them, to ensure a representative sample size. According to my preliminary research, they swim in abundance near the Phreatic Conduit, and have a noted fondness for gold salmon roe.

Talking to T'laqa Tia:

T'laqa Tia: Have you had any luck catching those lice? If not, I suggest heading to the Phreatic Conduit with some gold salmon roe in your tackle box. That is what you fishers call it, yes?

Delivering an Aetherlouse

T'laqa Tia: You've brought the aetherlice I requested? Splendid! I must analyze these at once and record my findings.

If it's a large catch

T'laqa Tia: Now this is a remarkable catch! Impressive specimens like these will give me even more quality data. I can't thank you enough!

Completing the Delivery

T'laqa Tia: Thanks to your efforts, I've been able to compile a full set of reference data. Now, we can finally get started on spots further afield.
T'laqa Tia: But before that, I haven't yet explained my research to you in detail, have I? Simply put, there's a certain hypothesis I want to prove.
T'laqa Tia: In my studies over the years, I have come to believe that much like the tide ebbs and flows with the phases of the moon, so, too, do the underwater aether currents that cover our entire planet.
T'laqa Tia: When the concentration of aether in any given current changes, aquatic life in the area grows more or less abundant, which ultimately affects the currents of the ocean itself.
T'laqa Tia: My hope is that─if I can prove this and accurately predict these changes─we might theoretically identify the best times for fishing, and even know when it's safest to navigate the seas.
T'laqa Tia: Needless to say, it would be a major breakthrough! And I'm one step closer to realizing it all, thanks to you.

Nele: Ah, T'laqa. It looks like your research is progressing well.

T'laqa Tia: Professor Nele!

Nele: I heard that your friend here had started gathering samples for you, so I brought a few choice tomes with me that might serve to point you in the right direction.

T'laqa Tia: As always, you are too kind, Professor. I can't thank you enough!

Nele: Don't mention it. When the time comes that your research bears fruit, that will be all the thanks I need.
Nele: Your mind for developing compelling hypotheses has always impressed me. You lacked only for a skilled gleaner to help you overcome the limits of your affliction. I will be watching this new partnership of yours with great interest.

T'laqa Tia: Phew! Why, that actually wasn't so bad. Just having you around has already taken a huge weight off my shoulders.
T'laqa Tia: Up until now, Professor Nele's confidence in me only made me feel pressured to deliver something that I wasn't even sure I was capable of.
T'laqa Tia: But now I've finally started to make some tangible progress, and it's all because of you. For the first time, I feel like I may have a bright future in academia after all!
T'laqa Tia: Yes, I have a feeling everything is going to go swimmingly─no pun intended─as long as you're by my side!