Side questLevel 15
Quest giver Ahldfoet
in Western La Noscea
Ahldfoet promised a mother he met at a port to get her letter to her daughter, Wiltswys
, at Camp Skull Valley. He speaks warmly of her tearful, tawny eyes and seems taken with her. He jokes that on land he is 'at sea'.
Camp Skull Valley's fight against the Sahagin: Halfstone fell when Leviathan
rose. It ends with the watch over Sastasha (MSQ #24).
Aleport and Camp Skull Valley (Ch. 7): the coast where the envoy's tour begins, facing the Sahagin and pirate smugglers.
has it nevertheless, wearing the sheepishness like an incommodious singlet. has promised a favor to a mother he met at a port of call, one whose entreaties seem to stir the poet in him. Take her letter to Wiltswys at Camp Skull Valley. the letter from her mother. Alas, you are sent away with a flea in your ear instead. Ah, family matters.Next in the play order: Toxic Avenger. Pleased you filled the vials, Wiltswys warms to you.
The lines worth a second look, in the order you hear them, and what each one means.
Ahoy, your name. It clean slipped my mind the last time, but I've another thing to ask of ye. My bearings are lively on the water, but on land─well, I'm what you landlubbers call at sea. Got a letter that needs delivering and you're the maid/man for it.
Ahldfoet makes a sailor's joke about himself. He is steady on the water, but on land he is 'at sea'. That saying means being lost and confused.
Always had a soft spot for tawny eyes...mayhap because the sea is a green-eyed virago and the skies, her sisters, have eyes blue and red, grey and black... Well, this daughter of hers goes by Wiltswys
Ahldfoet is shy for a reason. He has fallen for the person who wrote the letter. He carries the letter so gently. Yet Wiltswys angrily says that it turns out to ask for gil.
Wiltswys is amazed at herself. As a girl, she didn't have two leather soles to slap together. She was too poor for shoes. Who would have thought she would make a fair quartermaster?
The title points to 'Mommie Dearest', a 1978 life story and 1981 film about a harsh mother. Here, Wiltswys's mother writes to ask for money, not to make peace.
Who they are, and what they do in this quest.
Ahldfoet the sailor seems oddly shy. He has a new favor to ask, one he forgot last time.
Ahldfoet promised a mother he met at a port to get her letter to her daughter, Wiltswys, at Camp Skull Valley. He speaks warmly of her tearful, tawny eyes and seems taken with her. He jokes that on land he is 'at sea'.
Wiltswys is at Camp Skull Valley. Ahldfoet carries a letter for her from her mother, who has not seen her in years.
Wiltswys is thrilled by her mother's letter, then furious: the mother who let her leave with nothing now wants money. She left her island for something better than farming and fishing, and refuses to reply. As a girl she was too poor for shoes.
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 | 母からの手紙 ‘A Letter from Mother’ |
|---|---|
| French | Chère Maman ‘Dear Mum’ |
| German | Vergissmeinnicht ‘Forget-me-not’ |
Ahoy, your name. It clean slipped my mind the last time, but I've another thing to ask of ye. My bearings are lively on the water, but on land─well, I'm what you landlubbers call at sea. Got a letter that needs delivering and you're the maid/man for it.
オジサンは恥ずかしながら、陸の上は不案内でさ。
‘Embarrassing as it is, this old guy doesn't know his way around on land.’
Ahldfoet uses it for himself, in the third person, like an easygoing middle-aged man. The English gives him a salty sailor's 'ye'.
Always had a soft spot for tawny eyes...mayhap because the sea is a green-eyed virago and the skies, her sisters, have eyes blue and red, grey and black... Well, this daughter of hers goes by Wiltswys. You'll take the letter to her?
Je pense qu'ils me rappellent le ciel et la mer...
‘I think they remind me of the sky and the sea...’
English likes tawny eyes because sea and skies have other colours; French says eyes remind him of sky and sea.
Always had a soft spot for tawny eyes...mayhap because the sea is a green-eyed virago and the skies, her sisters, have eyes blue and red, grey and black... Well, this daughter of hers goes by Wiltswys. You'll take the letter to her?
Allerdings ... gibt es in Camp Schädeltal jemandem, dem ich lieber nicht begegnen würde ...
‘However ... there is someone in Camp Skull Valley I'd rather not run into ...’
English says he has a soft spot for tawny eyes; German says someone in Camp Skull Valley is best avoided.
What the...! Oh, the stone-hearted, grasping hag! Wouldn't let me take so much as a hunk of dried fish when I left the island, and now she wants gil? That...that succubus!
Sie hat mein Zimmer leer geräumt! Und meine Puppensammlung weggegeben! Weil ich ja ohnehin nicht mehr nach Hause komme! Weil ich jetzt ja ein großes Mädchen bin!
‘She cleared out my room! And gave away my doll collection! Because I don't come home anymore anyway! Because I'm a big girl now, after all!’
Here the letter asks for no gil. Wiltswys is furious about her room and her dolls instead.
What the...! Oh, the stone-hearted, grasping hag! Wouldn't let me take so much as a hunk of dried fish when I left the island, and now she wants gil? That...that succubus!
Weil ich ja ohnehin nicht mehr nach Hause komme!
‘Because I'm not coming home anymore anyway!’
たまに手紙をよこせばこれなの！？
‘She sends a letter once in a while, and it's this!?’
English says her mother gave her nothing when she left the island; German says her mother thinks she won't come home.
English says her mother gave her nothing when she left the island; Japanese says her mother's rare letter is just this.
What the...! Oh, the stone-hearted, grasping hag! Wouldn't let me take so much as a hunk of dried fish when I left the island, and now she wants gil? That...that succubus!
Sie hat mein Zimmer leer geräumt! Und meine Puppensammlung weggegeben!
‘She cleared out my room! And gave away my doll collection!’
English says her mother now wants gil; German says her mother cleared her room and gave away her dolls.
You think me cold? Well, fie on what you think! I wanted something better than tilling salty fields and spilling small fry out the nets, and occasionally taking a passing sailor into my bed for more o' the same! She'll receive no reply from me. Thank you for your service, and good evening/day to you!
はぁ、何もかも、貧乏が悪いの？まったく、心がすさむわ……。いっそのこと、縁切っちゃおうかしら。
‘Sigh... Is poverty to blame for everything? Honestly, it's enough to make me bitter... Maybe I should just cut ties with her once and for all.’
Aber Familie ist Familie und auch wenn meine Mutter etwas übertrieben gehandelt hat, tut es ihr wahrscheinlich inzwischen schon wieder leid.
‘But family is family, and even if my mother went a bit far, she's probably sorry by now.’
Wiltswys sighs and thinks of cutting ties with her mother. In English she just refuses to reply.
Wiltswys softens at once, and the journal says she will go home soon. In English she stays angry.
You think me cold? Well, fie on what you think! I wanted something better than tilling salty fields and spilling small fry out the nets, and occasionally taking a passing sailor into my bed for more o' the same! She'll receive no reply from me. Thank you for your service, and good evening/day to you!
Es stimmt, ich habe sie schon seit einer Ewigkeit nicht mehr besucht.
‘It's true, I haven't visited her in ages.’
The title names a flower of loving remembrance. It fits, since here Wiltswys admits she has neglected her lonely mother.
You think me cold? Well, fie on what you think! I wanted something better than tilling salty fields and spilling small fry out the nets, and occasionally taking a passing sailor into my bed for more o' the same! She'll receive no reply from me. Thank you for your service, and good evening/day to you!
Es ist immer ein bisschen langweilig auf ihrer kleinen Insel, deswegen fahre ich nicht gerne dorthin.
‘It's always a bit boring on her little island, so I don't like going there.’
English says she fled fields, nets and passing sailors; German says the island is just a bit boring.
You think me cold? Well, fie on what you think! I wanted something better than tilling salty fields and spilling small fry out the nets, and occasionally taking a passing sailor into my bed for more o' the same! She'll receive no reply from me. Thank you for your service, and good evening/day to you!
Ich sollte mich mehr um sie kümmern.
‘I should look after her more.’
English says she will not reply to her mother; German says she should take more care of her.
You think me cold? Well, fie on what you think! I wanted something better than tilling salty fields and spilling small fry out the nets, and occasionally taking a passing sailor into my bed for more o' the same! She'll receive no reply from me. Thank you for your service, and good evening/day to you!
はぁ、何もかも、貧乏が悪いの？
‘Sigh, is poverty to blame for everything?’
English defies your opinion of her coldness; Japanese asks whether poverty is to blame for everything.
You think me cold? Well, fie on what you think! I wanted something better than tilling salty fields and spilling small fry out the nets, and occasionally taking a passing sailor into my bed for more o' the same! She'll receive no reply from me. Thank you for your service, and good evening/day to you!
いっそのこと、縁切っちゃおうかしら。
‘Maybe I should just cut ties with her altogether.’
Japanese: she sighs that poverty is to blame and muses about cutting ties; no angry speech about island life.
Highlighted words have a note: click one to open it under the line.
Ahoy, your name. It clean slipped my mind the last time, but I've another thing to ask of ye. My bearings are lively on the water, but on land─well, I'm what you landlubbers call at sea. Got a letter that needs delivering and you're the maid/man for it.
Ahldfoet makes a sailor's joke about himself. He is steady on the water, but on land he is 'at sea'. That saying means being lost and confused.
オジサンは恥ずかしながら、陸の上は不案内でさ。
‘Embarrassing as it is, this old guy doesn't know his way around on land.’
Ahldfoet uses it for himself, in the third person, like an easygoing middle-aged man. The English gives him a salty sailor's 'ye'.
I went ashore on some rock on the voyage in, and a faded petticoat comes up to me, says she got a daughter in Camp Skull Valley what she hadn't seen in years. Had tears in her eyes─pretty eyes too, for a woman past her childin' years. She must've been a real beauty in her day.
Always had a soft spot for tawny eyes...mayhap because the sea is a green-eyed virago and the skies, her sisters, have eyes blue and red, grey and black... Well, this daughter of hers goes by Wiltswys. You'll take the letter to her?
Ahldfoet is shy for a reason. He has fallen for the person who wrote the letter. He carries the letter so gently. Yet Wiltswys angrily says that it turns out to ask for gil.
Je pense qu'ils me rappellent le ciel et la mer...
‘I think they remind me of the sky and the sea...’
English likes tawny eyes because sea and skies have other colours; French says eyes remind him of sky and sea.
Allerdings ... gibt es in Camp Schädeltal jemandem, dem ich lieber nicht begegnen würde ...
‘However ... there is someone in Camp Skull Valley I'd rather not run into ...’
English says he has a soft spot for tawny eyes; German says someone in Camp Skull Valley is best avoided.
Greetings, adventurer. They said you were looking for me?
A letter from Mama! I haven't heard from her in so long... She never answered my letters. No, stay, for I'll have a reply to send!
What the...! Oh, the stone-hearted, grasping hag! Wouldn't let me take so much as a hunk of dried fish when I left the island, and now she wants gil? That...that succubus!
Sie hat mein Zimmer leer geräumt! Und meine Puppensammlung weggegeben! Weil ich ja ohnehin nicht mehr nach Hause komme! Weil ich jetzt ja ein großes Mädchen bin!
‘She cleared out my room! And gave away my doll collection! Because I don't come home anymore anyway! Because I'm a big girl now, after all!’
Here the letter asks for no gil. Wiltswys is furious about her room and her dolls instead.
Weil ich ja ohnehin nicht mehr nach Hause komme!
‘Because I'm not coming home anymore anyway!’
Japaneseたまに手紙をよこせばこれなの！？
‘She sends a letter once in a while, and it's this!?’
English says her mother gave her nothing when she left the island; German says her mother thinks she won't come home.
English says her mother gave her nothing when she left the island; Japanese says her mother's rare letter is just this.
Sie hat mein Zimmer leer geräumt! Und meine Puppensammlung weggegeben!
‘She cleared out my room! And gave away my doll collection!’
English says her mother now wants gil; German says her mother cleared her room and gave away her dolls.
You think me cold? Well, fie on what you think! I wanted something better than tilling salty fields and spilling small fry out the nets, and occasionally taking a passing sailor into my bed for more o' the same! She'll receive no reply from me. Thank you for your service, and good evening/day to you!
はぁ、何もかも、貧乏が悪いの？まったく、心がすさむわ……。いっそのこと、縁切っちゃおうかしら。
‘Sigh... Is poverty to blame for everything? Honestly, it's enough to make me bitter... Maybe I should just cut ties with her once and for all.’
GermanAber Familie ist Familie und auch wenn meine Mutter etwas übertrieben gehandelt hat, tut es ihr wahrscheinlich inzwischen schon wieder leid.
‘But family is family, and even if my mother went a bit far, she's probably sorry by now.’
Wiltswys sighs and thinks of cutting ties with her mother. In English she just refuses to reply.
Wiltswys softens at once, and the journal says she will go home soon. In English she stays angry.
Es stimmt, ich habe sie schon seit einer Ewigkeit nicht mehr besucht.
‘It's true, I haven't visited her in ages.’
The title names a flower of loving remembrance. It fits, since here Wiltswys admits she has neglected her lonely mother.
Es ist immer ein bisschen langweilig auf ihrer kleinen Insel, deswegen fahre ich nicht gerne dorthin.
‘It's always a bit boring on her little island, so I don't like going there.’
English says she fled fields, nets and passing sailors; German says the island is just a bit boring.
Ich sollte mich mehr um sie kümmern.
‘I should look after her more.’
English says she will not reply to her mother; German says she should take more care of her.
はぁ、何もかも、貧乏が悪いの？
‘Sigh, is poverty to blame for everything?’
English defies your opinion of her coldness; Japanese asks whether poverty is to blame for everything.
いっそのこと、縁切っちゃおうかしら。
‘Maybe I should just cut ties with her altogether.’
Japanese: she sighs that poverty is to blame and muses about cutting ties; no angry speech about island life.
of Camp Skull Valley: she takes over S'nairoh
's chain (Nest We Forget) and returns at the end of Ahldfoet's (Scythe Extra Large, I Hereby Relieve You).