Upgrade - Cunning Hare Nicole
Last updated 2026-03-02
Upgrade - Cunning Hare Nicole is a Trust Commission commission for Nicole Demara in Sixth Street.
Steps
- Help Nicole
Gameplay Notes
- Completing this commission unlocks the Achievement Only Second to Denny.
Dialogue
- (Idle)
- Debt Collector: Your grace period's up! Pay your debt or suffer the consequences!
- Debt Collector: Don't even think of using any tricks this time, Cunning Hare Nicole!
- (Talk to Nicole near the convenience store)
- Story summary:
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- You admired Nicole's clever tactics against the debt collectors... "Cunning Hare Nicole" really is something. So, when will Nicole pay back the money she owes you?
- Nicole: Perfect timing! Quick, you can vouch for me, right?
- Nicole: The Cunning Hares are an honest, above-the-board business. We always pay our debts!
Nicole is trustworthy.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (I can testify that Nicole is trustworthy.I can testify that Nicole is trustworthy. /
I testify that Nicole is trustworthy!I testify that Nicole is trustworthy!) - Nicole: See! This person knows what I'm about. I'll be able to pay you back real soon!
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (I can testify that Nicole is trustworthy.I can testify that Nicole is trustworthy. /
- You owe me money, too.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (The money you owe me though, is that...?The money you owe me though, is that...? /
Don't forget you owe me a fair amount, too.Don't forget you owe me a fair amount, too.) - Nicole: How could you ever suggest I won't pay my debts with a friendship like ours? I'm just... holding onto some of your funds for a little while!
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (The money you owe me though, is that...?The money you owe me though, is that...? /
- Debt Collector: What, you gonna vouch for Nicole? How do you two know each other? You're not partners in crime, are ya?
- Nicole: How, how dare you! Our partnership is absolutely ethically spotless, that's all there is to it!
- Debt Collector: That sounds even more suspicious! Neither of you are going anywhere!
- Debt Collector: If you can't pay me back the 200,000 Dennies today, I'll chop off one of your hands, both of ya! I'm generous though, so I'll still leave you one hand each to hold hands!
- We really don't have that kind of relationship...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (What can I say,What can I say, /
You've got it all wrong.You've got it all wrong.) We really don't have that kind of relationship...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (What can I say,What can I say, /
- I have nothing to do with her...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (Aren't I innocent...?Aren't I innocent...? /
I'm innocent!I'm innocent!) This really has nothing to do with me...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (Aren't I innocent...?Aren't I innocent...? /
- Right in the middle of this tense moment, another dodgy-looking group approaches.
- Smart Debt Collector: Finally found you, Nicole of the Cunning Hares! You almost had us!
- Smart Debt Collector: That Etheric matter you used to cover your debt was only worth 300,000 Dennies. But you owe us 500,000!
- Nicole: O—Okay, take it easy! My clueless subordinates must have made a mistake!
- Nicole: We just got in a batch of super high-grade Etheric matter, but my crew must have just grabbed any old one off the shelf without checking the price!
- Nicole: If you wait a sec, I'll ask them to send the remaining nine pieces over to you right now...
- Smart Debt Collector: Okay, I believe you— Hang on, something's fishy!
- Smart Debt Collector: Are you serious? With everything you've tried to pull, we aren't accepting any collateral from you. It's cash only from now on!
- 300,000 Dennies worth of Etheric matter is casually flung to the ground. It rolls on the ground, before finally resting at the feet of the first debt collectors.
- (This stuff...)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (This doesn't look like the cheap stuff.)
- Debt Collector: Well... If that's the case, I guess we'll just have to take this.
- Debt Collector: 200,000 Dennies base, plus 100,000 interest... carry the four... plus nine... divided by six... That's exactly 300,000, right?
- Nicole: 100,000 interest?! That's even worse than what I did! ...I've got contracts over at PubSec. They won't let you off the hook!
- Debt Collector: Alright, fine. I'll give you back 30,000. That's only 70,000 interest. I guess that makes me the kindest creditor in all of New Eridu, right?
- Nicole: Hang on. Let's talk this out... Don't go yet, I'm begging you—
- The first debt collector throws down a few banknotes amid Nicole's cries and makes off with the snatched Etheric matter.
- You okay, Nicole?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): You okay, Nicole? (Money isn't everything you know.Money isn't everything you know. /
Uhh... Money isn't everything you know.Uhh... Money isn't everything you know.) - Nicole's pained expression vanishes as soon as the group leaves. She picks up the scattered banknotes, counts them out, and hands them around.
- Nicole: Your 10,000 Dennies, as usual. Great work~
- Smart Debt Collector: No problem! Come find me whenever you need a hand!
- Don't tell me...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (Is this second group of debt collectors just actors you hired?Is this second group of debt collectors just actors you hired? /
Were those other debt collectors just actors you hired?Were those other debt collectors just actors you hired?) - Nicole: Don't say that, people will get the wrong idea... Kids on the street aren't supposed to have friends?
- But that piece of Ether material just then should be real.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (But if I'm not mistaken, that piece of Etheric material just then was the real deal.But if I'm not mistaken, that piece of Etheric material just then was the real deal. /
But if I'm not mistaken... That piece of Etheric material just then — it was the real deal.But if I'm not mistaken... That piece of Etheric material just then — it was the real deal.) - Nicole: Sharp eyes. Could you tell just by looking, or are you guessing? That piece was really worth over 300,000.
- Nicole: Street kid rule no. 3: To catch a big fish, you gotta cast a long line. That piece was just the bait. The main score is the other nine pieces.
- Nicole: They get greedy and think we're too dumb to figure out the true value, and undoubtedly try to buy up the rest real fast.
- Nicole: Those are the cheap ones, of course — after the deal is done, if the other side wants to make trouble, Public Security will deal with them!
- What if they don't take the bait?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (Very clever.Very clever. /
Very clever!Very clever!) But what if they don't take the bait? - Nicole: Ha, that guy's always been greedy. There's no way he wouldn't gamble on the score being worth the risk.
- Nicole: But there's always the chance that someone doesn't take the bait when doing business. And in that case...
- Nicole: ...We'll claw back what's ours with our awe-inspiring might! The Cunning Hares are specialists in this business!
- That's our Nicole.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): That's our Nicole. Thinking about it, it's something only you could do.
- Nicole: Haha! You know me too well~
- You're actually pretty clever.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (You're actually pretty clever.You're actually pretty clever. /
Wow, you're pretty smart, Nicole.Wow, you're pretty smart, Nicole.) - Nicole: Saying that like you haven't always known I'm a genius?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (You're actually pretty clever.You're actually pretty clever. /
- Nicole: Oh yeah, and thanks for your help just now! Looks like we make a pretty good team.
- Nicole: Don't worry. I'm nothing if not loyal to my friends. If I hit the jackpot this time, dinner's on me!
Trust Rank Upgrade to Trusted with Nicole Demara
- (Idle)
- Nicole: Hehe, I'm raking in the big bucks this time~
- (Talk to Nicole again, optional)
- Nicole: If things go smoothly, the prize money could cover the rent for the Cunning Hares for the whole year! Just thinking about it makes me giddy~
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | Upgrade - Cunning Hare Nicole |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 升阶-狡兔妮可 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 升階-狡兔妮可 |
| Japanese | ランクアップ-邪兎のニコ |
| Korean | 승급-교활한 토끼 니콜 Seunggeup-gyohwalhan Tokki Nikol |
| Spanish | Mejora - Nicole, la liebre astuta |
| French | Amélioration : Nicole la Lièvre rusé |
| Russian | Улучшение — Хитрая Николь Uluchsheniye — Khitraya Nikol' |
| Thai | ยกระดับ - Cunning Nicole |
| Vietnamese | Tăng Cấp - Thỏ Xảo Quyệt Nicole |
| German | Hochstufen – Nicole die gerissene Häsin |
| Indonesian | Misi Peningkatan - Nicole dari Cunning Hares |
| Portuguese | Aprimoramento: Nicole, a Lebre Astuta |
Change History
Released in Version 1.0 - Welcome To New Eridu