Marvelous Merchandise/2024-01-22/Story

Dialogue

(Talk to Liben)

Liben: Hello, friend. It's been a long time.

Liben, I trust you've been well?

Liben: Life is full of triumphs and setbacks. I've grown used to it, you know. A small illness is nothing to write home about, and minor losses are just part of the game.

Liben: So I suppose you could say I've been well enough, ha!

Liben: How about you, friend?

Not bad.

Liben: That's marvelous to hear!

Not so good.

Liben: ...Really?

Liben: I am overjoyed today, because I have run into you once again, my friend!

Anything interesting happening lately?

Liben: Don't you think I ought to head to Natlan and seek out new business opportunities? Seize the day and strike while the iron's hot?

Liben: Hahaha, I don't actually want to go to Natlan this time.

Liben: A few days ago, I accidentally fell into a hole and spent the whole night staring at the stars.

That definitely doesn't count as having been "well" lately...

Liben: Anyway, I was rescued by a passing adventurer, and didn't even get hungry down there! All's well that ends well, am I right?

Liben: Looking up at the stars at night, I couldn't help but wonder... What lies beyond this world?

Uh... Endless distance, and endless worlds.

Liben: You think so too, friend?

Liben: I was thinking how, what if every single star was actually a sun, and each of those suns had a planet orbiting it that we could visit?

Liben: Or what if we could even visit every single star themselves? After all, they just give off light, maybe they aren't even that hot?

The nights there would be quite bright. You couldn't sleep with that much light.

Liben: Oh, that's true. Then it would be enough just to go look. Though no one could live there like that, so I guess there wouldn't be any business opportunities.

Trying to trailblaze a new trade route?

Liben: Do the nations up in the sky use Mora too? But if those places are lit up all day long, then nobody can live there, right?

Liben: Back to the matter at hand, our old deal is still on, right? No changes?

(Continues to the options below)

(Talk to Liben again)

Liben: Ah, hello there. Need something?

I'm here for my Box o' Marvels.

(If the player has not collected the daily Box o' Marvels)

Liben: The items needed today are as such.

(Opens Liben's Daily Commission)

(If the player has already collected the daily Box o' Marvels)

Liben: I reckon you've already collected one for the day, friend! Still, feel free to inspect the other boxes. As before, you'll find that I'm no cheat.

Can you run me through your background again?

Liben: I'm Liben, and once upon a time I sold curios.

Liben: I've been doing good business recently.

What kind of business are you talking about?

Liben: Ah, it's simple. You see, you just need to find me a few basic everyday items, cooking ingredients and the like, and then you trade them with me for a Box o' Marvels that are stuffed full of all kinds of nice little treasures.

Liben: Keep in mind that I've filled these Boxes o' Marvels with the fortune I made in my time as a seller of curios. There's no booby prizes to be found here, and I treat all my customers the same.

Liben: Why box them up and turn it into a lucky draw, you ask?

Liben: What can I say, people like a gift box. It just makes everyone a little more inclined to get involved.

How are you going to earn any Mora like this?

Liben: Something like this... Let's worry about it when the time comes.

Liben: If worse comes to worst, I'll take a trip to Natlan next time.

(Returns to selection)

Goodbye.

Liben: See you around.