Garuda Area (story) & Missing Purchases

Hello,
Just a couple of (hopefully) quick questions.

I've just reached the normal Garuda trial in the main story and from what it looks like I'm currently in a very locked-in area, stuck between the airship (which I can't board) and the Garuda dungeon marker. If I teleport out of there to go sort out some other things (see next question) will I have any trouble continuing the story/getting back to that area? I know I can join the DF from anywhere but after most duties it just throws you back wherever you were before you joined rather than where the story needs you.

Second question, I bought a new weapon for my SUM (from the marketplace) in anticipation of the Garuda fight and the money has gone but the item isn't in my inventory or my armoury - I've not noticed it before but is it possible it could have gone straight to one of my retainers? I'm just trying to find the thing XD

Many Thanks :)

Don't worry, for your first question as soon as you arrived in that small area on the Enterprise, you would have automatically unlocked the trial area in the Duty Finder anyway, so you're free to teleport out of there - when you're ready to face down the Lady of the Vortex simply open up Duty Finder and select under 'Trials (A Realm Reborn)' the trial labelled 'The Howling Eye'. Entering through Duty Finder is exactly the same if you entered through the entrance, as it will immediately load up the cutscenes for that trial regardless of how you entered (as far as the game's concerned you entered through the entrance).

As for your second question, are you sure it really isn't in your inventory, but may be a higher level and thus it's icon is greyed out and will then be less noticible? Otherwise it might have bugged out - I'm not sure if SE can restore the item if it's truly lost in this manner, but it's worth a try contacting a GM if you really cannot find it (items you buy on the Market Board go to your inventory or the relevant part of your Armoury Chest - if you have no free slots in both, it won't allow you to complete the transaction and would have just thrown up an error and are not sent to your retainers).

Hopefully this has helped. :)

You may wish to try doing another market board search for the item to right click the result and select the "search" option. It should then tell you specifically where it is in your inventory or armory chest.

And in general, there's always a way to get back to areas you need to access to complete main quest steps.

Thank you both, I found it hiding in my inventory (the search function is actually really handy, I should use it more often) and as you said I had no problem getting back to Garuda. Cheers! :)