The Case of the Displaced Inspector

The Case of the Displaced Inspector

Quest giver

Nashu Mhakaracca

Location

Tuliyollal (X:14.5, Y:12.5)

Quest line

Inconceivably Further Hildibrand Adventures Quests

Level

100

Required quest

Dawntrail

Required items

1   Starship Illustration

Gil

 1,000

Previous quest

Gentlemen at Heart

Patch

7.15

Links

GT

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Looking rather lost herself, Nashu Mhakaracca has come west in search of the missing inspector.

— In-game description

Steps

• Question Landsguard soldiers at Brightploom Post with the help of the starship illustration.
• Speak with Nashu.
• Speak with Nashu again.
• Speak with an outskirts resident.
• Speak with the mechanical sentry.
• Speak with Nashu.
• Gather information from True Vue.
• Speak with Nashu.
• Speak with Nashu again.
• Speak with Nashu once more.

Journal

• Looking rather lost herself, Nashu Mhakaracca has come west in search of the missing inspector.
• Following a lead from the pages of The Thavnairian Truth, Nashu Mhakaracca has come west in search of the once more involuntarily displaced inspector. Her tentative plan is to interrogate local residents for sightings of the errant starship in an attempt to divine the missing Manderville man's current location. To that end, she has handed you a visual aid─an illustration of said starship─and enlisted you to expand the range of the investigation. The Landsguard stationed at Brightploom Post may be best equipped to handle any questions regarding unusual airborne vessels.
• You have gathered some reliable starship sightings from the Landsguard. Nashu will wish to hear of your findings back at the markets.
• Although Nashu herself discovered little amongst the stalls of Bayside Bevy (aside from a taste for several local delicacies), she is impressed by your successful investigative efforts. Based on the information provided by the city guard, you move your search northwards to the dome-enclosed Heritage Found.
• Having arrived in the location where the starship supposedly went down, Nashu suggests shifting the focus to tracking down the inspector himself. Surely one of the residents has sighted your gentlemanly quarry?
• One resident of the outskirts insists that no man of Hildibrand's description would have escaped his notice in such a tight-knit community. Enamored by the suggestion to seek the inspector in “Solution” Nine, Nashu immediately makes her way over to the mechanical sentry at the tower's entrance.
• The sentry verifies your unlimited access to Everkeep, but sounds the alarm upon detecting materials of an explosive nature upon Nashu's person. Her subsequent nonsensical explanation appears to overload the logic circuits of every nearby unit, allowing you to enter Solution Nine without further challenge.
• Nashu reasons that the best way to find the inspector is to locate an ongoing case, for that is where a gentlemanly agent of enquiry is most likely to be. You head off to True Vue, the liveliest part of town, to ask after any potential incidents or mysteries.
• Your inquiries are met with the news of a recent theft which, conveniently for you, occurred not far from where you now stand. This sounds like just the kind of case Nashu was hoping for.
• Nashu, too, has heard the details of the robbery, and you both head off to the scene of the crime. There you witness the detective work of a man who very much resembles Inspector Hildibrand, though his garb and speech seem that of an entirely different person. Nashu is nevertheless confident that he is the missing inspector, theorizing that the man's ungentlemanly manner is the result of shock from the crash. Although adamant that a healthy dose of her “medicine” will put him to rights, she heeds your call for restraint and settles for following the man in the overcoat from a distance...for now.
• After foiling Nashu's first attempt to “treat” him, the man in the overcoat denies being any sort of gentleman inspector, instead introducing himself as Detective Hardiboiled. While a second round of treatment (this time disguised as a hard-boiled egg) confirms the characteristic uncanny Manderville indestructibility, his pulpy demeanor nevertheless remains unchanged. This fact, along with the physical resemblance, leads you to suspect he shares a soul with the Hildibrand of the Source. Though confused and a little disappointed, Nashu concedes that you likely have the wrong man. The detective, for his part, is intrigued by your talk of a missing person, and Nashu eagerly accepts his offer to work on the case.
• Nashu opts to curtail her own investigations for a time, still feeling overwhelmed by the futuristic city of Solution Nine. It seems you are free to return to your usual activities until Detective Hardiboiled makes a break in the case.

Dialogue

Accepting the Quest

Nashu Mhakaracca: Why, hello there, Forename! Cor, how serendipitous that we should cross paths in this far-flung nation!
Nashu Mhakaracca: Have you come all this way to lend me a hand, because let me tell you─I could use the help!
Nashu Mhakaracca: You see, I've been doing my absolute darnedest to track down the inspector ever since Mister PuPu's starship whisked him off to gods only know where.
Nashu Mhakaracca: My best lead turned out to be The Thavnairian Truth. Eyewitness accounts in the latest issue described a shiny craft headed west across the ocean, so I packed a few things and headed as far west as I was able...
Nashu Mhakaracca: This is where I ended up. I've made a few inquiries since my arrival, but I've mostly been acclimatizing myself to the native cuisine. Very important step, that.
Nashu Mhakaracca: Anyway, seeing as fate has sent you to assist me, I suppose it's time I continued questioning the locals on the matter of unidentified flying gentlemen.
Nashu Mhakaracca: Here, this should help aid in our investigations.
Nashu Mhakaracca: It's an illustration of the starship, clipped from Dorian's publication. Having this on hand should make it much easier to explain what we're looking for.
Nashu Mhakaracca: I'll ask around the markets hereabouts. As for you... Well, I've yet to venture beyond the food stalls, so practically anywhere else but here!
Nashu Mhakaracca: If you learn any useful information, come and find me around this spot. I'll be stuffing my...uh...ears with delicious...uh...intelligence.

System: It is the Landsguard's duty to remain vigilant for threats and unusual developments that may warrant their intervention. It may be prudent to visit Brightploom Post and question the soldiers.

Optional Dialogue

Nashu Mhakaracca: You should show that picture to the city guards and ask if they've sighted anything similar. I'll concentrate my efforts on the stallkeepers and their delicious offerings...of information!

Question Landsguard soldiers at Brightploom Post with the help of the starship illustration

Mobeel Ja

Mobeel Ja: Yes? Is there something I can help you with?
Mobeel Ja: Actually, I have seen a vessel like that. It was some time before Zoraal Ja's flying ships appeared...
Mobeel Ja: I watched it limp northwards through the skies above Tuliyollal, wobbling about like it might crash to the ground at any moment.

Optional Dialogue

Mobeel Ja: As I said, the vessel was flying north, but the way it was reeling about like a sailor drunk on mezcal, I don't imagine it stayed aloft much longer.

Shcoahe

Shcoahe: Searching for a strange ship, you say?
Shcoahe: Yes, I saw a flying disk just like that during a patrol in Shaaloani! 
Shcoahe: It was slowly drifting towards the ground and seemed to come down somewhere in Yyasulani.
Shcoahe: If you're determined to find it, then that's where you should try next. ...What were they calling the place that's covered by the dome now? Heritage Found?

Optional Dialogue

Shcoahe: From what I could see, this ship of yours went down over in Yyasulani. I suggest you take a look around Heritage Found.

Speak with Nashu (cutscene)

Nashu Mhakaracca: My forays into the stalls bore no fruit at all! None starship-shaped, anyway. How was your harvest, then?
Nashu Mhakaracca: Those are some solid leads. Nice work, Forename.
Nashu Mhakaracca: So by the sounds of things, the ship was malfunctioning and eventually came down somewhere to the north of here.
Nashu Mhakaracca: With any luck, this “Hostage Found” you mentioned will be the place we find the inspector!

What will you say?
> I think you mean “Heritage Found”...
> I doubt it will be so simple. And certainly not without incident, knowing how matters involving the inspector tend to go.

Nashu Mhakaracca: Well, with you as my escort, I'm sure we'll arrive at the right spot eventually, and none the worse for wear! Shall we head off?

Speak with Nashu again

Nashu Mhakaracca: The air is all crackly and zappy!
Nashu Mhakaracca: This is where the starship supposedly came down, so let's start our search for the inspector.
Nashu Mhakaracca: Standard investigative procedure dictates that we question the residents for possible gentleman sightings. Off we go!

Optional Dialogue

Nashu Mhakaracca: Aha! This man could be a potential witness!

Speak with an outskirts resident

Outskirts Resident: This is a small settlement and all its inhabitants are known to me. If a man of such distinctive appearance and demeanor were among us, I'm sure I would have noticed.
Outskirts Resident: Perhaps he's wandering around somewhere inside Solution Nine? They have so many more people, he could easily go unnoticed in the crowds.
Outskirts Resident: You were here as Queen Sphene's guest, as I recall. If your companion wishes to enter the city as well, then I suggest you make arrangements with the sentry at the tower entrance.

Nashu Mhakaracca: Ooh, Solution Nine! That sounds promising! Thank you for the tip!

Optional Dialogue

Outskirts Resident: I'm afraid your friend won't be entering Solution Nine unless you can convince the sentry to let her in.

Speak with the mechanical sentry (cutscene)

Mechanical Sentry: Visitor detected. Verifying access rights...
Unlimited Everkeep access confirmed.
Mechanical Sentry: Scanning unregistered visitor...
Mechanical Sentry: Warning! Warning! Explosive device detected! Entry denied!

Nashu Mhakaracca: I am not carrying explosives. This is medicine for treating Inspector Hildibrand's condition!

Mechanical Sentry: Explosive...medicinal...compounds...?
Mechanical Sentry: Error! Does not compute...

Nashu Mhakaracca: It's really quite simple. Inspector Hildibrand was sucked up by Mister PuPu's malfunctioning starship, after which it proceeded to drag him thousands of malms away and deposit him here. Ergo, you need to let me pass so I can blow away his brain cobwebs!

Mechanical Sentry: Error... Logic circuits overloading... Emergency shutdown initiated.

Nashu Mhakaracca: Huh, it must be nap time. I guess we can just go in!