Side questLevel 7
Quest giver Bhirdraeg
in Middle La Noscea
Because puks eat the bees, his workers must pollinate every orange by hand. With the hatchlings gone, the bees can work. Bhirdraeg still calls the ex-pirates the real pests, 'whelps-out-of-water' (like fish out of water), and wishes you could rid him of them too.
Summerford's cash crop, picked by you because the ex-pirates won't; the same oranges go astray in MSQ #6 Double Dealing.
Summerford Farms & the ex-pirate farmhandsThe ex-pirate farm of Ch. 3: why the Admiral's settlement initiative struggles there.
seeks to restore equilibrium by having the local fauna culled. by culling five puk hatchlings. and inform him that the puks stop here.Next in the play order: Fool Me Once. Niniya
says the key lesson for new adventurers is to question everyone's motives.
The lines worth a second look, in the order you hear them, and what each one means.
The only pests plaguin' my orchard are those woeful whelps-out-of-water.
Bhirdraeg twists 'fish out of water', someone in the wrong place, into 'whelps-out-of-water'. Whelps are young dogs. This is for the retired pirates stuck on a farm. Bhirdraeg wishes you could rid him of them, like the puks.
The journal says 'the puks stop here'. This twists Truman's famous 'the buck stops here'. It was his motto that responsibility cannot be passed on.
The Encyclopaedia Eorzea says puks are also called 'wind dragons'. But these fierce little creatures have no proven link to any real kind of dragon.
The title is Orange Crush. That is the name of an orange soda brand and of an R.E.M. song. But here, you crush puks to save the oranges.
Who they are, and what they do in this quest.
Bhirdraeg wants five puk hatchlings culled at Summerford Farms. Puks (small, fierce beasts) eat the bees his oranges need.
Because puks eat the bees, his workers must pollinate every orange by hand. With the hatchlings gone, the bees can work. Bhirdraeg still calls the ex-pirates the real pests, 'whelps-out-of-water' (like fish out of water), and wishes you could rid him of them too.
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 | 真心仕込みのオレンジ ‘Oranges Raised with a True Heart’ |
|---|---|
| French | Touche pas à mes petites bêtes ‘Hands Off My Little Critters’ |
| German | Schädliche Puks ‘Harmful Puks’ |
We have to pollinate each orange by hand because of the blasted puks that prey on the nearby bees.
Ces arbres requièrent déjà eux-mêmes beaucoup de soins, mais en plus de ça il faut aussi protéger les petits insectes qui en favorisent la pollinisation contre des prédateurs.
‘These trees already need a lot of care themselves, but on top of that one must also protect the little insects that help pollinate them from predators.’
English says they pollinate each orange by hand; French says they must protect the pollinating insects.
If we could only eradicate some five puk hatchlings, it would save us from having to do nature's work.
Dann werden sich die anderen bestimmt auch bald zurückziehen.
‘Then the others will surely soon withdraw too.’
English says culling would spare them nature's work; German says the other puks would then withdraw.
The only pests plaguin' my orchard are those woeful whelps-out-of-water.
Mais je ne peux pas m'empêcher de continuer à penser que tout serait plus simple pour tout le monde ici, si ces tire-au-flanc de pirates décidaient de se mettre au travail.
‘But I can't help still thinking everything would be simpler for everyone here if these shirking pirates decided to get to work.’
Vielleicht nehmen sich die Ackerpiraten ein Beispiel an dir und engagieren sich in Zukunft mehr für die Landwirtschaft ...
‘Maybe the field pirates will take a leaf out of your book and do more for farming in future... That would be nice.’
まぁ、それもこれも海賊上がりの連中が、素直にシャキシャキ働いてくれりゃ、いいって話なんだがね。
‘Well, all of this would be solved if the pirate-turned lot would just work briskly and do as they're told.’
English calls the pirates the only pests in the orchard; French wishes they would get to work.
English calls the pirates the only pests in the orchard; German hopes they follow the hero's example.
English calls the pirates the only pests in the orchard; Japanese wishes they would just work.
Highlighted words have a note: click one to open it under the line.
La Noscean orange nectar is sweet, but rest assured it's paid for in sweat.
We have to pollinate each orange by hand because of the blasted puks that prey on the nearby bees.
Ces arbres requièrent déjà eux-mêmes beaucoup de soins, mais en plus de ça il faut aussi protéger les petits insectes qui en favorisent la pollinisation contre des prédateurs.
‘These trees already need a lot of care themselves, but on top of that one must also protect the little insects that help pollinate them from predators.’
English says they pollinate each orange by hand; French says they must protect the pollinating insects.
If we could only eradicate some five puk hatchlings, it would save us from having to do nature's work.
Dann werden sich die anderen bestimmt auch bald zurückziehen.
‘Then the others will surely soon withdraw too.’
English says culling would spare them nature's work; German says the other puks would then withdraw.
The buzz on the wind tells me you've done the deed.
Bhirdraeg twists 'fish out of water', someone in the wrong place, into 'whelps-out-of-water'. Whelps are young dogs. This is for the retired pirates stuck on a farm. Bhirdraeg wishes you could rid him of them, like the puks.
Mais je ne peux pas m'empêcher de continuer à penser que tout serait plus simple pour tout le monde ici, si ces tire-au-flanc de pirates décidaient de se mettre au travail.
‘But I can't help still thinking everything would be simpler for everyone here if these shirking pirates decided to get to work.’
GermanVielleicht nehmen sich die Ackerpiraten ein Beispiel an dir und engagieren sich in Zukunft mehr für die Landwirtschaft ...
‘Maybe the field pirates will take a leaf out of your book and do more for farming in future... That would be nice.’
Japaneseまぁ、それもこれも海賊上がりの連中が、素直にシャキシャキ働いてくれりゃ、いいって話なんだがね。
‘Well, all of this would be solved if the pirate-turned lot would just work briskly and do as they're told.’
English calls the pirates the only pests in the orchard; French wishes they would get to work.
English calls the pirates the only pests in the orchard; German hopes they follow the hero's example.
English calls the pirates the only pests in the orchard; Japanese wishes they would just work.
If only you could rid me of the parasitic pirates as you did the pesky puks!