Side questLevel 6
Quest giver Bhirdraeg
in Middle La Noscea
Bhirdraeg is delighted with the sweet oranges and pays you partly in goods, including 10 Orange Juice. He wishes scurvy (a sickness fresh fruit prevents) on the ex-pirates he finds lazy, and mocks the Admiral: you can't teach an old sea dog new tricks.
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.
's La Noscean oranges are ripe and ready for picking. has asked you to pick his ripe La Noscean oranges. The irascible pirates under him would rather pick fights than fruits, leaving the labor to you..Next in the play order: Orange Crush. Because puks eat the bees, his workers must pollinate every orange by hand.
The lines worth a second look, in the order you hear them, and what each one means.
If that lackadaisical lot of retired pirates comes down with scurvy, it'd serve them right!
This is a nod to the real world. Bhirdraeg wishes scurvy on the lazy ex-pirates. In the past, sailors cured scurvy with citrus fruit. Men 'away at sea', he adds, should value fresh fruit.
It just goes to show you can't teach an old sea dog new tricks. You'd think the Admiral would know that!
Bhirdraeg twists the saying 'you can't teach an old dog new tricks' to make fun of the Admiral. The Admiral sent retired pirates to farm.
Bhirdraeg grows oranges, so it fits that part of your pay is in goods. The quest's reward includes 10 Orange Juice.
The title uses the saying 'the time is ripe', which means the right moment has come. Here, it is also true word for word: Bhirdraeg's oranges are ripe for picking.
Who they are, and what they do in this quest.
Bhirdraeg grows La Noscean oranges. They are ripe and about to fall, but the retired pirates working under him refuse to pick them.
Bhirdraeg is delighted with the sweet oranges and pays you partly in goods, including 10 Orange Juice. He wishes scurvy (a sickness fresh fruit prevents) on the ex-pirates he finds lazy, and mocks the Admiral: you can't teach an old sea dog new tricks.
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 | 手に届く太陽 ‘A Sun Within Reach’ |
|---|---|
| French | Les fruits du soleil ‘The Fruits of the Sun’ |
| German | Reife Früchte ‘Ripe Fruits’ |
Bah, I can't even rely on those rotten pirates to pick these ripe oranges.
Auf die lauffaule Lumpenbande von Ackerpiraten kann ich mich dabei nicht verlassen ... Bis die sich mal aus ihren Hängematten erheben, ist aus jeder reifen Orange schon ein neuer Orangenbaum gewachsen!
‘I can't count on that bone-idle rabble of field pirates for it... By the time they finally haul themselves out of their hammocks, every ripe orange will already have grown into a new orange tree!’
Bhirdraeg mocks how slow the ex-pirates are. The English Bhirdraeg just grumbles.
If that lackadaisical lot of retired pirates comes down with scurvy, it'd serve them right!
Mais bon, l'idéal, ce serait que ces maudits pirates arrêtent de se tourner les pouces et nous aident pour ce genre de travail...
‘But well, the ideal would be for these cursed pirates to stop twiddling their thumbs and help us with this kind of work...’
Von den trägen Taugenichtsen - du weißt schon, wen ich damit meine - hat sich keiner blicken lassen ...
‘Of the lazy good-for-nothings - you know who I mean - not one showed his face... But I expected nothing else.’
やれやれ……それにしても、海賊上がりの連中は、結局、誰ひとり収穫の手伝いに来なかったのか……。
‘Good grief... still, in the end not one of the pirate-turned lot came to help with the harvest...’
English jokes the idle pirates would deserve scurvy; French wishes they would help with the work.
English jokes the idle pirates would deserve scurvy; German notes none of them turned up.
English jokes the idle pirates would deserve scurvy; Japanese notes none came to help.
It just goes to show you can't teach an old sea dog new tricks. You'd think the Admiral would know that!
Was für eine Schnapsidee von Admiral Merlwyb, diese Mörderbande hier anzusiedeln!
‘What a crackpot idea of Admiral Merlwyb's, to settle this gang of murderers here!’
English mildly chides the Admiral; German calls settling this gang of murderers a crackpot idea.
Highlighted words have a note: click one to open it under the line.
Bah, I can't even rely on those rotten pirates to pick these ripe oranges.
Auf die lauffaule Lumpenbande von Ackerpiraten kann ich mich dabei nicht verlassen ... Bis die sich mal aus ihren Hängematten erheben, ist aus jeder reifen Orange schon ein neuer Orangenbaum gewachsen!
‘I can't count on that bone-idle rabble of field pirates for it... By the time they finally haul themselves out of their hammocks, every ripe orange will already have grown into a new orange tree!’
Bhirdraeg mocks how slow the ex-pirates are. The English Bhirdraeg just grumbles.
Yet if I leave them a day longer, they're like to fall from the boughs.
Mayhap you can grab a few for me. You're not afraid of a pesky hornet or two, are you?
Look at those luscious oranges brimming with nectar! They could drop any second!
Ah, ripe to perfection! How sweet it is!
If that lackadaisical lot of retired pirates comes down with scurvy, it'd serve them right!
This is a nod to the real world. Bhirdraeg wishes scurvy on the lazy ex-pirates. In the past, sailors cured scurvy with citrus fruit. Men 'away at sea', he adds, should value fresh fruit.
Mais bon, l'idéal, ce serait que ces maudits pirates arrêtent de se tourner les pouces et nous aident pour ce genre de travail...
‘But well, the ideal would be for these cursed pirates to stop twiddling their thumbs and help us with this kind of work...’
GermanVon den trägen Taugenichtsen - du weißt schon, wen ich damit meine - hat sich keiner blicken lassen ...
‘Of the lazy good-for-nothings - you know who I mean - not one showed his face... But I expected nothing else.’
Japaneseやれやれ……それにしても、海賊上がりの連中は、結局、誰ひとり収穫の手伝いに来なかったのか……。
‘Good grief... still, in the end not one of the pirate-turned lot came to help with the harvest...’
English jokes the idle pirates would deserve scurvy; French wishes they would help with the work.
English jokes the idle pirates would deserve scurvy; German notes none of them turned up.
English jokes the idle pirates would deserve scurvy; Japanese notes none came to help.
It just goes to show you can't teach an old sea dog new tricks. You'd think the Admiral would know that!
Bhirdraeg twists the saying 'you can't teach an old dog new tricks' to make fun of the Admiral. The Admiral sent retired pirates to farm.
Was für eine Schnapsidee von Admiral Merlwyb, diese Mörderbande hier anzusiedeln!
‘What a crackpot idea of Admiral Merlwyb's, to settle this gang of murderers here!’
English mildly chides the Admiral; German calls settling this gang of murderers a crackpot idea.