The Parlous Ploy

Main article: All Saints' Wake (2018)

The Parlous Ploy

Quest giver

Little Yin (NPC)

Location

The Haunted Manor (X:11.2, Y:11.0)

Quest line

All Saints' Wake (2018)

Level

15

Experience

 0

Gil

 0

Previous quest

The Sinister Soiree

Next quest

The Sordid Cipher

Patch

4.4

“

Little Yin awaits word that you are prepared for transfiguration.
※This quest is available for a limited time only.

— In-game description

Rewards

• 1   Pumpkin Cookie

Steps

• Speak to an enthusiast to be transfigured into a fiend.
• Use Tricksome Treat on malevolent mummers. 0/3
• Report to Little Yin.

Journal

• Having consulted her network of manor furnishings, Little Yin reports details regarding the true forms of those malevolent mummers who she believes to possess useful information. You also learn that assorted decorations have taken to using transfiguration magicks bestowed by the pumpkin-headed apparition, so you need only speak with one in order to be transformed into a convincingly freakish fiend.
  ※Please note that you will be unable to complete this quest after the seasonal event has ended. For details, please check the Lodestone.

• You speak to the appropriate enthusiast in room 108 and are transfigured into a devilish apparition. Your new form should have scare potential significant enough to prod the malevolent mummers into divulging the information you seek.

• With your impeccable disguise, you deceive the mummers into revealing the location of a memo that may hold the secret of where T'maritaa─who unfortunately seems to have already joined the several score pumpkins decorating the manor─is being held.

• You report your findings to Little Yin and Little Yang. The former reacts with an uncharacteristic show of enthusiasm, while the latter reveals that he was not, in fact, paying attention. For both of their sakes, you agree to calmly review what you have learned so far before proceeding to the next phase of the plan.

Dialogue

Accepting the Quest

Little Yin: That was fast─are you so eager to part with your current visage? I suppose I can see why. In any case, you'll need to turn yourself into one of three types of fiend to adequately blend in with the Continental Circus members I've observed skulking about the manor.

Little Yin: Ahem. According to decorative eyewitnesses, the mummers currently on duty are in truth “[large, winged, single-eyed / diminutive, winged, pointy-eared / alluring, airborne, long-taloned] creatures.”

Little Yin: I assume that gives you a decent idea of what we're dealing with. All three mummers are currently on the ground floor, so you should have little trouble finding them. Now all that's left is to get you transfigured.

Little Yin: As you can see, some of my fellows are so taken with the idea that they have already donned the appearances of their favorite All Saints' Wake fiends. You need only speak to whichever has given herself the form you seek, and she will weave the magicks for you. <sigh> With boisterous enthusiasm, I'm sure.

Little Yin: Again, the mummers currently on duty are in truth “[large, winged, single-eyed / diminutive, winged, pointy-eared / alluring, airborne, long-taloned] creatures.” Do try to retain that long enough to cross the room.

Little Yin: Once you are hideously transfigured, you'll find the mummers elsewhere on the ground floor.

Donning a Fearsome Appearance

Ahriman Enthusiast: Feast your two tiny peepers on this giant eyeball! Isn't it ghastly? It's just so...big. And round! Don't you want one?

Bat Enthusiast: Aren't bats just the cutest little plague-bearers you ever did see? You want to be an oh-so-cuddly screeching nightmare too, right? I know you do!

Succubus Enthusiast: How do I look? Just kidding, I know the answer. Positively irresistible! I've made three people fall down the stairs this morning alone! Want to join me?

System: The action Tricksome Treat will become available on the pet hotbar once transfigured.

System: Cast Tricksome Treat on malevolent mummers to startle them.

Ahriman Enthusiast: I spy with my massive, pulsating eye a fellow guiser! If you're ever in need of my assistance, resume your usual form. I will transfigure you into a most sightly ahriman.

Bat Enthusiast: Oh, I see you're enjoying your new form! If the spell wears off and you need to get cute as a button in a hurry, you know where to find me!

Succubus Enthusiast: Yes, your transfiguration is quite the work of art. You are not as lovely as I, but I'm sure you can cause quite a few injuries regardless. Do come back if you need me to weave my magicks!

The First Mummer

Malevolent Mummer (Elezen): No, mother... I shan't...fall...sleep... Mmm...mildew...

System: The malevolent mummer seems to be dozing off and incapable of coherent communication. Casting Tricksome Treat while transfigured should snap her out of it.

Malevolent Mummer (Elezen): Gyaaah! A fiend!

Malevolent Mummer (Elezen): Oh, wait, I'm also a fiend. Phew. Don't startle me like that! You made me forget who I am. And where we put that pumpkin! Drat! Ah, well, that's what the memo is for.

The Second Mummer

Malevolent Mummer (Hyur): Are those burning pumpkin cookies I smell? I wonder if I could sneak away, just for dessert...

System: The malevolent mummer seems too focused on fantasizing about food to let anything useful slip. Casting Tricksome Treat while transfigured should snap him out of his reverie.

Malevolent Mummer (Hyur): Room 201, room 201, room 201, ro─ Augh!

Malevolent Mummer (Hyur): Honestly! Can't you just greet me like a normal agent of evil? Now I'm going to have to spend my whole patrol trying to remember what room we put the memo in.

The Third Mummer

Malevolent Mummer (Roegadyn): I'll thank you not to interrupt me unless it's truly urgent. I have important kidnapping to do.

System: The malevolent mummer seems too focused on the task at hand to let anything slip. Casting Tricksome Treat while transfigured should break his concentration.

Malevolent Mummer (Roegadyn): Ahhh! What the─!?

Malevolent Mummer (Roegadyn): Oh, it's you. Why, exactly, aren't you guarding the memo? I need to be about finding our next victim, and mark my words─there will be seven hells to pay if I hear that some interloper has walked off with our guest-turned-pumpkin in the meantime.

Finishing the Quest

Little Yin: If you're done, let me remove that transfiguration for you. You wouldn't want your face to get stuck like that. Or would you?

Little Yin: And what did you learn?

Little Yin: Aha! I knew my plan would work! We've got you now, you rowdy little─

Little Yin: Ahem. Let's review the information you collected.

Little Yang: Yes! Wait, what information? Oh, [Player]! When did you get back?