The Great Relic Weapon Quests
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Gerolt:Did you find the weapon where I sent you to look.. Oh Noes it's Broken Go forth and do one of two things Spend countless hours raising your crafting level to make me this ordinary item.. then spend a few more days spirit bonding gear and praying the RNGus gives you the specific amount of materia I need you to fuse into it... Orrr just spend several days amassing the gil to buy the items off the Market Board.
WoL:..... Challenge Accepted.*proceeds to gather the funds and purchases goods* Here you go I think I paid this dude enough to furnish a house or something.
Gerolt:Crud, you must be richer than you loo... I mean well done lets fix this up in a jiffy.. well that didnt go right I forgot to ask you to go risk your life in that big dark cave in the frozen wasteland I mean Coerthas no I mean frozen wasteland getting me something I didnt think I'd need but appearently do.
WoL: Could have just asked for me to find that while I was you know hunting for the gil for all that crap you wanted off the Market Board. but will do... *proceeds to do so*
Gerolt: Geeze er... look I aint all that bright alright so I need a special special edition of blacksmithing legendary weapons for dummies get it from Rowena I'm sure she wont shaft you.
WoL:Its Rowena She's like Loloritos secret child or something. She'll want something for an otherwise useless book.
Rowena: I need you to make a side trip into Ampador theres appearently stuff in there you didnt loot last time you were there so yeah loot it and bring it back here then you can get the book.
WoL:You know... Library Cards are free... I should be able to check out the book and bring it back in a week. But we'll do it your way...*Does so*
Rowena:Good Job here you go... just remember if you ever decide for some reason to borrow another book to look up something about another weapon you'll have to do this again.
WoL: Wait what?
Rowena: Toodles.
WoL:*Brings book back to Gerolt* here you go.. you sure you dont need me to go kill something like I dunno a Hydra?
Gerolt: How did you know?
WoL: .....
Gerolt: Buck up tell ya what... I was gonna save this till you got back.. But now you need to go get stuff from ifirit titan and garuda...
WoL: Are you kidding me I already beat them.
Gerolt: hey I dont make the rules but if you dont want a pretty weapon....
WoL: I didnt say that gimme.
*WoL returns burnt with broken bones and lacerations all over* here... your stupid items...
Gerolt: Excellent here you got your weapon..
WoL: wasnt this suppossed to shine?
Gerolt: yeah about that... You need to go through a bunch of dungeouns and giant areas youve been in alot to get the stuuf you need to make it glow..
WoL:Seriously?
Gerolt: You think thats bad theres still twelve more steps just wait till my buddy tells you about that special series of books and materia mashing. And then you'll really love it...
WoL:This better be a pretty frikkin glow.