Family Matters

Family Matters

Quest giver

Yaana

Location

Tritails Training (X:6.2, Y:5.9)

Quest line

The Arcadion Quests

Level

100

Gil

 1,509

Previous quest

Twisted Vengeance

Next quest

The Lone Wolf

Patch

7.2

“

Worry is writ plain on Yaana's face.

— In-game description

Rewards

• 5   Piety Materia XI

In addition to the above, choose one of the following options:

• 3   Heavens' Eye Materia XI
• 3   Savage Aim Materia XI
• 3   Savage Might Materia XI

Steps

• Speak with Yaana in East Yyasulani.
• Speak with Yaana.
• Speak with Honey B. Lovely at Mosaic.
• Speak with Yaana in the greenroom.

Journal

• Worry is writ plain on Yaana's face.
• Worried for the missing Neyuni, Yaana searches for her by tracking down her terminal's signal, and discovers that she has left Everkeep. After recent events, you cannot help but feel concerned for the young girl yourself, and so you agree to help Yaana search for any signs of her precocious sister in the vicinity of East Yyasulani, her terminal's coordinates.
• Breathing a sigh of relief, you find Neyuni safe and sound in East Yyasulani. The happy reunion is cut short, however, when Eutrope appears, revealing that summoning Neyuni had been a ploy to face you in the wild. After a brief clash between siblings, Yaana defeats her enfeebled sister, who is at last willing to speak candidly. Eutrope reveals that all the heavyweight fighters have already manifested psychonekrosis, yet continue to fight on, just like Retsarra─the Howling Blade. It was for his plight, and her heavyweight comrades, that she sought a cure. To her horror, however, it is at that moment that even Yaana experiences a bout of psychonekrosis-induced dizziness. An exasperated Neyuni takes this opportunity to mention her discovery of a potential cure to the disease─a stimulant which enhances an individual's “regeneration factor.” Now seeing the folly of her actions, Eutrope expresses her remorse to you before suddenly fainting.
• Resolved to save Retsarra from himself, Yaana has a plan she would enact: by utilizing Honey B. Lovely's star power, she conspires to have the unstoppable upstart and the Howling Blade agree to a wager with all of Alexandria watching. The stakes are high indeed─the loser of the upcoming match would be forced to retire. An audacious scheme, but whether the cruiserweight champion would agree to such a gamble remains to be seen. According to Yaana, you shall rendezvous with the sweet-but-deadly songstress at Mosaic, the lone wolf's haunt, to execute the plan.
• With a helping hand from the crowd─some of whom, as it turns out, were planted there by the redoubtable starlet to coax the champion─Yaana's scheme has borne fruit. Now, all that remains is to seize victory in the coming match.
  • ※In the event that you leave the greenroom, you may return by speaking with the Arcadion attendant in front of the Arcadion.
• Offering some encouraging words, Yaana implores you to give the cruiserweight champion what for in the title match. With the Brute Bomber's tragic death still fresh in your memory, and countless others' hopes resting on your shoulders, you know this is a battle you must win.

Dialogue

Accepting the quest

Yaana: After what's happened, I can't help but feel worried. I'll see if I can locate Neyuni via her terminal.

Cutscene

Yaana: What? She's outside Everkeep...
Yaana: She's never gone off without a word like this. Something isn't right. 
Yaana: I'm sorry, Forename, but could you help me find her? The signal from her terminal suggests she's somewhere in East Yyasulani.

Speak with Yaana in East Yyasulani

Yaana: According to the signal, Neyuni should be in this area...

Cutscene

Yaana: Neyuni! You had me so worried! What are you doing here!?

Neyuni: I'm sorry. Eutrope contacted me, saying she needed to speak urgently. We were supposed to meet, but she hasn't come...

???: Forgive me, Neyuni. I didn't want to use you, but I had no other choice.

Yaana: Eutrope! Please don't do this!

Wicked Thunder: It's too late! There's no going back!

Yaana: If you won't back down...
Yaana: Then neither will I!
Yaana: From the start, I'd thought it strange that you'd try to take another's life to save your own.
Yaana: But the truth is you aren't trying to save yourself. No, you want to save the man you love.

Eutrope: Not only him. Every fighter in the heavyweight division suffers from psychonekrosis.
Eutrope: Even so, they continue to trust the president. He saved them all in some way, helping them during dark times in their lives.
Eutrope: The Howling Blade─Retsarra─is no different. He'd choose to remain at the Arcadion rather than be with me.
Eutrope: That's why I decided to act alone. If my friends were determined to fight until they died, then I'd find a cure no matter the cost.

Yaana: Unnngh...

Eutrope: Oh no... Not you too...

Yaana: Neyuni warned me that this might happen. But I had to stop you...

Neyuni: Honestly, I don't know what to do with the pair of you.

Eutrope: Neyuni...

Yaana: We're sorry, Neyuni...

Neyuni: There's no more need to fight. I think we can save everyone.
Neyuni: A treatment for psychonekrosis that doesn't require Forename's soul... I believe I've found it.

Eutrope: What? But I scoured all the data! There was no such thing!

Neyuni: You looked at the data in the Arcadion's archives, I believe.
Neyuni: But thanks to the people of Oblivion, I was able to gain access to the military's research logs. And there I came across something called the “regeneration factor.”

Yaana: Regeneration factor? What is it?

Neyuni: When one is ill or injured, the body naturally attempts to repair itself, yes? The regeneration factor is the force stimulating that recovery, as part of life's design.
Neyuni: Apparently, Lindblum scientists had developed a stimulant to enhance their soldiers' regeneration factor. This is what we need.

Yaana: But...that was centuries ago. Does the stimulant even still exist?

Neyuni: As a matter of fact, it was clearly indicated in a report that its formula has been determined.
Neyuni: The problem is, the formula itself wasn't mentioned. We'll need to investigate further...and for this, we'll need your help, Eutrope.

Eutrope: After what I've done, I don't expect you to forgive me.
Eutrope: But I mean it when I say I'm truly sorry.

Yaana: Eutrope!

Neyuni: She's only fainted, thank goodness. We'd best take her home so she can rest.

Optional Dialogue

Neyuni: To think that Yaana's manifested the illness as well... We need to figure out the formula for the stimulant as soon as possible! 

Speak with Yaana

Yaana: Eutrope's resting upstairs. Her psychonekrosis is quite severe, so she needs to stay still until we can treat her. 

Neyuni: You should worry about yourself too, Yaana. You've manifested the illness now.

Yaana: I'm sorry, Neyuni, but I couldn't just stand there and let Eutrope harm Forename.

What will you say?
> Promise me you won't use a feral soul again.
> I could've stopped her myself, you know...

< Promise me you won't use a feral soul again. >
Yaana: I promise. I need to practice what I've been preaching to everyone...

< I could've stopped her myself, you know... >
Yaana: That's true. Given that Eutrope has become weaker, you probably could've fended her off alone. I didn't need to intervene...

Neyuni: You seem to be fine for the moment, but if you feel the least bit unusual, you have to let us know. Alright?

Yaana: Now, even as we work on the cure, matches at the Arcadion will continue. That being the case, we should also continue trying to convince fighters to retire.
Yaana: The first being the Howling Blade, your next opponent. We have to save him, for Eutrope's sake not least of all.

Neyuni: But how can we convince him when he's determined to fight until he dies?

Yaana: It so happens that I have a plan...
Yaana: We'll confront him on a broadcast, and challenge him to a wager: whoever loses the title match will be forced to retire from competition!

Neyuni: Ah, so we put on a public show to generate excitement, just like they do at the Arcadion!

Yaana: Exactly. With the people's eyes on him, the cruiserweight champion would be hard-pressed to refuse.
Yaana: And once everyone starts talking about it, even the president would have to let it go ahead.

Neyuni: But how will we do the broadcast? We haven't heard from Metem for a while now, and the Arcadion wouldn't cooperate with us...

Yaana: We'll ask Honey for help. She hosts a broadcast of her own watched by countless viewers. We'll use it to ensnare the wolf.
Yaana: I'll contact Honey right now.
Yaana: ...And she's on board! We're going to lie in wait at Mosaic. That's where the Howling Blade is known to unwind before his matches.
Yaana: When he appears, issue your challenge, and do whatever it takes to get him to accept it!

Neyuni: I'll stay here and look after Eutrope. Best of luck to you!

Optional Dialogue

Neyuni: I'm praying for your success!

Yaana: Honey's raring to go! Just give her the word, and we'll set our scheme in motion.

Speak with Honey B. Lovely at Mosaic

Honey B. Lovely: Ah, there you are! Now that all the performers are in place, it's time to steal the audience's─ ...I mean, begin our broadcast!

Cutscene

Honey B. Lovely: Hello, my obedient little bees! It's me, Honey B. Lovely, with a special edition of “This'll Sting”!
Honey B. Lovely: Today, we have a pair of very distinguished guests: the fabulously fierce Black Cat, and the unstoppable upstart, Forename!
Honey B. Lovely: And goodness do they have a surprise for Forename's next opponent, the valiant Howling Blade!

Howling Blade: Huh? What's this about, now?

Honey B. Lovely: Forename wants to say something to you!

What will you say?
> The loser of our match has to retire!
> ...

< ... >
Yaana: H-Hey, Howling Blade! If Forename beats you in the upcoming match, you have to retire!

Howling Blade: You have me taken aback, I must say. The notion that I would lose is laughable...
Howling Blade: But even if I should, I've no intention of retiring.

What will you say?
> The notion I'd lose to you is far more laughable.
> Is the whimpering wolf afraid of losing?

Howling Blade: You're naive if you think I'll play into your hands.

Sensitive Fan: That's weak for a champion, if you ask me. I'll bet he's really just afraid to lose.

Sneering Agitator: Aye, he clearly has no confidence.

Fiery Agitator: You're a champion, so act like one! Accept the bloody challenge!

Howling Blade: So this was their plan. At this rate, my reputation will be in tatters...
Howling Blade: Fighting is everything to me. If you're demanding that I wager my purpose in life, it's only fair that you do the same.
Howling Blade: So tell me, what gives your life meaning?

What will you say?
> Exploring new lands.
> Fighting formidable foes.
> Helping those in need.
> Earning coin.

< Exploring new lands. >
Howling Blade: I see... Having come from beyond the barrier, you know a world without boundaries and find joy in discovery. It's something I struggle to imagine.

< Fighting formidable foes. >
Howling Blade: We're not so different, then, you and I. Like you, I find joy in the heat of battle─feel the most alive when I'm squaring off against a formidable foe.

< Helping those in need. >
Howling Blade: You're a kind-hearted soul. But you can't help everyone, and sometimes people don't want help even when you offer it to them.

< Earning coin. >
Howling Blade: You're rather more...materially minded than I expected. But to each their own. I wouldn't judge you for how you choose to live your life.

Howling Blade: In any case, if that is what gives your life meaning, then that is what you must give up should you lose. If you agree, then we have a wager.

Honey B. Lovely: Did you hear that, dear viewers? For their hotly anticipated clash, the two rivals are wagering their very purpose in life! This is not a match you can afford to miss!

Yaana: Well, we managed to pull it off, and it was in no small part thanks to the nearby customers...

Sensitive Fan: D-Did we do well, Miss Honey?

Honey B. Lovely: Oh yes, you did extremely well! Thank you all so much for your help!

Yaana: So that's how it is... You really are something else...

Honey B. Lovely: Well, the rest is up to you. For everyone's sake, and Brute's memory, see to it you send the Howling Blade into retirement!

Yaana: Right, all that's left is to win! Come, let's head to the greenroom!

Speak with Yaana in the greenroom

Yaana: This is it, Forename─the cruiserweight title match. Let's seize victory, and continue on our mission!