Lahai-Roi Compilation of Side Quests

Return to Light

Misha's mother has been away for quite a while. She may need some help...

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Misha:

Mom hasn't been home in a long time...

Misha:

I really want to go out and look for her, but...

You look at frail little Misha. A gust of wind could knock her over.

Misha:

I was born with a weak immune system, so I can't go outside.

Misha:

Mom's working so hard, earning money to pay for my medicine and food.

Misha:

She does a bunch of work. She was a shepherdess, then a delivery girl... She's always on the road.

Misha:

When Mom came home, she'd bring back stickers every time. She said little girls outside all loved them, and I'd like them too.

Misha:

She used the stickers to tell me stories about the world outside.

Misha:

There are two Soliskin, one is my Mom working, and the other one is me waiting at home.

Misha:

Mom says we're all like the Soliskin—growing under the Exostrider's light and eventually returning to it sooner or later.

Misha:

Maybe my time will come a little early, but as long as I'm a good girl, I'll have nothing to be scared of.

Misha:

I'm not scared of going back into the light. I'm just scared I'll never see my Mom again.

Misha:

Wah... Mom told me she would come back last week...

Misha:

...! Thank you, {Male=big brother;Female=big sister}!

Misha:

Mom said she was going to bring back more of those Academy Soliskin stickers and tell me what school is like.

(Academy stickers... that sounds promising. I should be able to detect frequencies on these stickers in the tent to track down a lead.)

Warm, gentle, and tinged with sorrow.

A mother's love has been poured into these stickers. Her care and concern are still anchored to home, but they're slowly drifting far away.

The tent is empty now, but it still bears traces of having been recently inhabited.

The sticker shows a little Soliskin reading a book, radiating that same familiar frequency.

The tent is pitched on a cliff's edge, but it still bears traces of having been recently inhabited.

This sticker depicts a playful little Soliskin with a familiar frequency.

(Being a courier sure isn't easy...)

(But why would she stick her daughter's stickers in a place like this?)

Angry Outcast:

Don't you dare touch Vantier's stickers!

Intervening Outcast:

Back off! Those are for her daughter, Misha!

The sticker shows a curious little Soliskin.

Its frequency carries a longing for a better life, and beneath that, a sorrow it can't hold back.

The sticker depicts a Soliskin reading, driven by curiosity.

The frequency on the sticker grows even sadder, its sorrow tinged with weariness and a reluctant hesitation to let go.

The sticker depicts a slightly bashful Soliskin.

Two notes are tucked under the sticker.

You hand Misha the Academy stickers, supplies, and the first note.

Misha:

So that's what happened...

Misha:

Thank you, {Male=big brother;Female=big sister}, for doing so much for Mom and me.

Misha:

Could I ask you for one last thing?

Misha:

Help me cover the tent with Soliskin stickers, please. I... I miss Mom.

{message} Misha:

{Male=big brother;Female=big sister}, come to my tent.

{message} Misha:

I have something for you.

Abby:

This sticker's scent... I smell other stickers nearby!

Rover:

Let's search the area carefully.

Abby:

This sticker's scent... I smell other stickers nearby!

Abby:

I smell something familiar. There should be more stickers nearby!

After you finish collecting the stickers, the Soliskin slowly drift away. Only two remain, a large one and a small one that seem familiar, watching you with eyes full of gratitude.

Rover:

Please calm down. I'm here to help Misha find her mother.

You tell the Outcasts why you're here.

Now-calm Outcast:

So that's how it is... I'm sorry. I was out of line.

Now-calm Outcast:

Vantier is Misha's mother and the area's delivery courier.

Now-calm Outcast:

She's always been kind to us. She once helped us. You know how most people look down on Outcasts.

Friendly Outcast:

So we're more than willing to help her in return.

Friendly Outcast:

Lately, the Void Storm has been getting worse. Cargo-carrying Exoswarm will get confused and lose their way in the storm.

Friendly Outcast:

Vantier stuck these stickers, imbued with her own resonance, on tents along the route. If the Exoswarm lose their way, they can follow that familiar frequency back.

Friendly Outcast:

She can infuse her frequency into the stickers, that's Vantier's Forte.

Friendly Outcast:

Her Forte takes form in the care and worry she feels for her daughter Misha...

Now-calm Outcast:

These stickers were meant for her daughter. They're precious to both of them.

Now-calm Outcast:

Putting them on occupied tents adds an extra layer of protection.

Now-calm Outcast:

Vantier said that if she doesn't come back, then we should return the stickers to Misha...

Now-calm Outcast:

It's already been a week, and she's still not back...