Side questLevel 10
Quest giver Kazai Buoyzai
in Middle La Noscea
Kazai Buoyzai sends you for three water sprite cores to chill his fish, then checks you know he does not mean "dance" literally. Pleased, he explains that the Skylift's delivery companies compete hard: one slip, and a rival steals your business.
Rival haulers at the Skylift keep food moving after the Calamity, seen from a fish trader's side.
The SkyliftThe Skylift (Ch. 4): the cargo crunch of post-Calamity rebuilding, seen by the people who run it.
, a cargo transporter at the Skylift, needs a helping hand to keep his fish fresh. at the Skylift.Next in the play order: Baiting Buzzards. Kazai Buoyzai has you lure the buzzards with rotting rat meat and kill them.
The lines worth a second look, in the order you hear them, and what each one means.
Now I can't be deliverin' crates o' rotted fish, so I need ye to head over yonder an' dance with them drippin' sprites till ye've collected three o' their chilly essences. ...Ye do realize I don't want ye to actually dance with 'em, right?
Kazai Buoyzai sends you to 'dance with' the water sprites. Then he stops to make sure you know he doesn't mean it literally.
The companies that move goods started the Skylift together. Yet Kazai says they 'steal each other's clients soon as sneeze'. One mistake, and a rival takes his business.
This is why a lift is needed. Middle La Noscea was once an endless stretch of flat, rocky meadows. Now a very steep cliff known as the Descent splits it in two.
You gather water sprite cores. Their item text calls them 'concentrated cores of suspended water'. They help keep newly caught fish fresh.
The Encyclopaedia Eorzea talks about sprites, like the water sprites here. It says they are creatures not of this world. They come into being under certain conditions of aether.
Who they are, and what they do in this quest.
Kazai Buoyzai is a cargo transporter at the Skylift. He has too many fish and too few water sprite cores to keep them cool.
Kazai Buoyzai sends you for three water sprite cores to chill his fish, then checks you know he does not mean "dance" literally. Pleased, he explains that the Skylift's delivery companies compete hard: one slip, and a rival steals your business.
The game was written in Japanese and rewritten, not just translated, for each language. Here is what the other versions say, next to the English.
| Japanese | 防腐の妙法 ‘The Marvelous Method of Preservation’ |
|---|---|
| French | Il est frais, mon poisson ‘It's fresh, my fish!’ |
| German | Frischer Fisch ‘Fresh Fish’ |
Ye back already? Don't keep me waitin', now. Let's see those cores!
Rappelle-toi, il me faut trois noyaux d'élémentaire d'eau.
‘Remember, I need three cores from water elementals.’
English greets you as back with the cores; French reminds you that three cores are still needed.
There's a whole mess o' delivery companies what make use o' the Skylift─ye slip up one time an' some bastard's liable to steal yer business!
このスカイリフトでは、いろんな荷運び業者がしのぎを削ってるからね。ちょっとした失敗が命取りなのさ。
‘Here at the Skylift, all sorts of haulers are locked in cutthroat competition, see. One little slip can be the end of you.’
Kazai uses a set phrase for fierce rivalry: the shinogi is the ridge line of a sword blade.
There's a whole mess o' delivery companies what make use o' the Skylift─ye slip up one time an' some bastard's liable to steal yer business!
La moindre erreur, et on peut se retrouver à coucher sur la paille.
‘The slightest mistake, and you can end up out on the street.’
Kazai's words come from the idiom «être sur la paille», 'to be on the straw': to be penniless and ruined.
There's a whole mess o' delivery companies what make use o' the Skylift─ye slip up one time an' some bastard's liable to steal yer business!
Ich habe mich auf den Transport frischer Ware spezialisiert, um mich von den anderen Transportgesellschaften abzusetzen.
‘I have specialized in transporting fresh goods to set myself apart from the other transport companies.’
English notes many delivery companies use the Skylift; German says he specialized in fresh goods to stand out.
There's a whole mess o' delivery companies what make use o' the Skylift─ye slip up one time an' some bastard's liable to steal yer business!
Dank dir behalte ich meinen Wettbewerbsvorteil!
‘Thanks to you, I keep my competitive advantage!’
English warns one slip lets a rival steal your business; German thanks you for keeping his advantage.
Highlighted words have a note: click one to open it under the line.
Look sharp, lassie/laddie, I got a job for ye! We don't got much time, so listen close.
Today I got me too many fish an' not enough water sprite cores to keep 'em cool. Ye see me problem?
Now I can't be deliverin' crates o' rotted fish, so I need ye to head over yonder an' dance with them drippin' sprites till ye've collected three o' their chilly essences. ...Ye do realize I don't want ye to actually dance with 'em, right?
Kazai Buoyzai sends you to 'dance with' the water sprites. Then he stops to make sure you know he doesn't mean it literally.
Ye back already? Don't keep me waitin', now. Let's see those cores!
Rappelle-toi, il me faut trois noyaux d'élémentaire d'eau.
‘Remember, I need three cores from water elementals.’
English greets you as back with the cores; French reminds you that three cores are still needed.
Aye, lassie/laddie, ye done well. Can't wait to get these beauties into me fish crates...
That ought to keep the catch fresh, an' me customers happy.
There's a whole mess o' delivery companies what make use o' the Skylift─ye slip up one time an' some bastard's liable to steal yer business!
このスカイリフトでは、いろんな荷運び業者がしのぎを削ってるからね。ちょっとした失敗が命取りなのさ。
‘Here at the Skylift, all sorts of haulers are locked in cutthroat competition, see. One little slip can be the end of you.’
Kazai uses a set phrase for fierce rivalry: the shinogi is the ridge line of a sword blade.
La moindre erreur, et on peut se retrouver à coucher sur la paille.
‘The slightest mistake, and you can end up out on the street.’
Kazai's words come from the idiom «être sur la paille», 'to be on the straw': to be penniless and ruined.
Ich habe mich auf den Transport frischer Ware spezialisiert, um mich von den anderen Transportgesellschaften abzusetzen.
‘I have specialized in transporting fresh goods to set myself apart from the other transport companies.’
English notes many delivery companies use the Skylift; German says he specialized in fresh goods to stand out.
Dank dir behalte ich meinen Wettbewerbsvorteil!
‘Thanks to you, I keep my competitive advantage!’
English warns one slip lets a rival steal your business; German thanks you for keeping his advantage.