Talos - Cretan Labyrinth

[Talos]
Daedalus' apprentice. Constantly worrying.
Cretan Labyrinth Quest
Location: Near the Cretan Labyrinth

Ah... Hey!
Did my master send you here...?
What did my master say to you?
He probably told you I would be fooling around, right?
I don't even have to listen to you. I know what he said.
For sure, that's what he said.
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Ah! I am begging you, please don't beat me!
He didn't ask you to kill me, did he?
What? He just asked you to deliver the [Planning Draft] to me?
Whew... That's good.
I assumed that he decided to kill me this time...

Don't look at me like that.
You guys are armed to the teeth...
You think it's all nonsense, but I have plenty of reasons to be scared.
He's been acting strange ever since I brought him the new blueprints for the labyrinth and my ideas for the construction scheme.
For example, my master tried to push me from a high-rise building, and he even put strange things in my food.
I feel lucky to be alive...
Even though he was always a little paranoid and egotistical, this is taking it to the extreme...

We need to solve the mystery of the labyrinth.

Unbelievable! So he sent you as a supervisor...
That's really insulting.
Ah, I am sorry! Please, don't hit me!
I will do as my master said, so please don't threaten me with your dreadful weapons!
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Yes, you are right...
Hey, you. Can you help me a little bit?
There are some necessary materials I have a hard time obtaining.
If you go near the entrance of the [Cretan Labyrinth], you can see many odd looking [Brown Horses].
Can you bring me 25 bundles of [Tough Horsehair]?

Ah, thank you so much.
I knew you could get the job done.
Whoa, whoa, no need to be suspicious.
I didn't do anything else.
That is the truth! Really, it is!
I've been following the blueprint, and waiting for you to come back!

Hang on. I'm a little busy right now.
If you have anything else to do, come back after you're done with that.

Come on, I've really been working.
By the way, my master made a note on the blueprint, saying he found something unusual.
He wrote that the violent sheep in the northwest seem to be suspicious.
Hmm, all I know about them is that their wool is very useful...
Isn't it natural that a big sheep can be a little bit wild?
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Hmm, I guess those [Black Sheep] look suspicious to me, too
I guess this is my chance.
I might as well investigate them, partly to satisfy my curiosity and partly to gain my master's favor.
Can you come back after you acquire basic information about [Black Sheep]?
HINT: You can find the Black Sheep in the northwest of Athens.

Well... I can't make any use of the information you've acquired...
If the master wasn't a threat to my life, I could investigate it myself a little further.
Wait, I'm not saying I'm going to do something he didn't ask me to!

Hang on. I'm a little busy right now.
If you have anything else to do, come back after you're done with that.

Come on, help me one more time.
If you help me with this, I can do the rest by myself.
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[Thick Tree Branches] are the last items I need, but I just ran out.
Can you get me 45 of them?
It's an easy task, isn't it?

Hey, thank you for everything.
Thanks to you, I can proceed as it says on the blueprint.
Tell my master that I've made this much progress.
You may not be able to see much difference with your eyes, but just tell my master whatever you can see.
One more thing: You have to tell him that I am not slacking off on my tasks, but rather, doing my best, understand?

Hang on. I'm a little busy right now.
If you have anything else to do, come back after you're done with that.

Ah... You came back?
What? You went to investigate the [Labyrinth 1F] instead of me?
Owww... I was planning to maintain the equipment, but out of the blue, a great number of griffins started showing up and I didn't know what to do.
I don't have any strength, and...
I don't have any defensive skills, either...
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By the way, one of the griffin feathers is stuck on your armor. It's on a tricky spot to see.
I don't think we can get rid of it that easily.
Hmm, it's not going to come out like this.
Can you get me 150 Hammers [I]?
It might be an opportunity to investigate something worthwhile.

Well... I got it.
This is all I am good for. I don't have any other special skills whatsoever, but my master keeps trying to push me into dangerous places. I don't get it...
My master forcefully confined those griffins in the [Labyrinth 1F].
He said something like, "They are there to prevent some creatures in the deeper part from breaking out."
Since they were forcefully confined there, they are probably insane by now and would attack anything they see violently.
You are fortunate to be alive from a place that dangerous.

Hang on. I'm a little busy right now.
If you have anything else to do, come back after you're done with that.

Judging by the feather I obtained from your armor, I believe that something gave the griffins these strange symptoms.
Abnormal breeding, saturated photosynthesis and much, much more we don't even know about...
It's very serious.
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Go back to my master with this feather.
Don't forget to tell him that something alarming happened to the griffins!

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Hang on. I'm a little busy right now.
If you have anything else to do, come back after you're done with that.

You came back again...
He you to check on me in case I was slacking off, didn't he? Am I right?
For sure, he compared me to you.
Ah, he went too far.
I don't think anybody would compare a technician who works all day at a desk to an adventurer who travels all over the world.
By the way, are you on your way to see Queen [Pasiphae]?
Between you and me, I am not too crazy about her.
She has so many secrets, and when we built the labyrinth, she kept bugging us to do only the things that she wanted us to do...
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You'd better watch out.
Rumor has it that she is the evil mastermind who created all the creatures that were locked up in the labyrinth.
Queen [Pasiphae] is probably somewhere around the gate of [Athens].
She is always spying on my master and me from the shadows...

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Hang on. I'm a little busy right now.
If you have anything else to do, come back after you're done with that.

Ah, you came back.
Hmm... It's not all useless knowledge, but some professional knowledge as well. The point is that the master recognized at least some of it.
The only thing I am doing, even though he didn't ask me to, is reading some books. That's all.
Have you ever met a man named [Goncourt]?
He carries around lots of books.
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I received so many books from [Goncourt]...
You can trade books you don't need for something more useful. He may even give you a box containing lots of other books.
Pay a visit to [Goncourt] and try exchanging a book you don't need for something else. One more thing: since [Goncourt] always travels around the world, you should ask [Livingstone], who is somewhere around Bucharest, about his whereabouts. Be sure to say hello on my behalf as well!

You probably need many books, right?
He will be a great help.
Even though you need a little bit of money...

Hang on. I'm a little busy right now.
If you have anything else to do, come back after you're done with that.

Why did you come back?
Hey, I can smell something strange...
Oh, my! This is the smell of werewolf's blood.
You... You've been fighting them.
You have to get rid of that smell, right?
Well, you can't really do that with ordinary methods.
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[Chief Werewolves] in the Labyrinth 2F act like parental figures to the other werewolves.
I feel a bit sorry for them, but...
Hunt the [Chief Werewolves] and bring me 20 Bottles filled with [Werewolf Blood].

Whew... Good job.
With the slightest slip, you can be infected by the werewolf's blood, so we'd better hurry up.
These werewolves are very pitiful beings.
I don't think you know, but originally they were regular human beings.
My master probably confined the chief werewolves in the labyrinth intentionally.
And you know what? Many people have gone missing around the [Cretan Labyrinth].
I think somebody is kidnapping innocent people and locking them in there.
Most of them are probably either dead or werewolves by now.

Hang on. I'm a little busy right now.
If you have anything else to do, come back after you're done with that.

One day, without knowing anything, they woke up and found themselves there. It's only reasonable that they would be enraged and go on a rampage.
What can we do? We just have to go on with our lives.
Before I forget, you have to keep the werewolf's serum in a silver container. Otherwise, it can be contaminated.
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Since you are in such a rush, I will make the container with the materials I have...
Can you go get 10 [Silver Ingots] for me?
Since it's an expensive material, I have to make up for it before my master finds out.

Well, what am I to do now!
You should've been back earlier.
I had almost completed making the cleanser when my master dropped in out of nowhere...
He scolded me for doing something unrelated to work, and took the cleanser with him.
I think he has amnesia now as well.
Go see Master [Daedalus] quickly!
You have to take it back before it's too late!

Hang on. I'm a little busy right now.
If you have anything else to do, come back after you're done with that.

I-is... is it true?
I was afraid of Queen [Pasiphae] because I could never tell what she was thinking.
I never thought my research on werewolves w-would turn out like this...
To be honest with you... some of the missing people were my friends.
Of course, they are probably dead by now...
I've secretly researched this in depth, hoping that if some of my friends did become werewolves, I could find a way to bring them back to being human again.
That's all I wanted to do.
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Inside [Labyrinth 3F], you can find lionmen.
I believe that like werewolves, they were originally innocent people.
Can you hunt [Young Lionmen], [Lionman Sorcerers] and [Chief Lionmen], and collect 10 Clumps of [Lionman's Mane]?
I'd like to investigate them.
I might also find a way to bring the lionmen back to whoever or whatever they were originally.

Ah, thank you so much for all your hard work.
Since the queen said she is going to check on me, I'd better watch out.
Even if I must be extra cautious, I'm sure I can still find some free time to research this.
Please tell Master [Daedalus] that I'll do what he asks me to do and I won't cause any more trouble.
I am serious. I am really going to do what he ordered me to do!

Hang on. I'm a little busy right now.
If you have anything else to do, come back after you're done with that.

H-h-he... he found that?!
Shoot... I don't know what to do at this point.
Yes... You are right. I secretly installed it.
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Please, don't take it the wrong way!
I just felt so sorry for them.
That's why I wanted to help the young and innocent ones secretly escape from there. That's all I was doing!
Even if they are wicked and evil, I don't think the young ones know much about anything!

Weren't you suspicious, too?
Griffins, werewolves, lionmen, and minotaurs.
No matter how I looked at them, except for a few, they all seemed to be very innocent.
Just because the queen gave an order, they're all locked up in there for no reason!
If I had ignored them, their hatred would only grow until there was no way to contain it!
Please, try to understand how I feel.
Didn't you feel the same way when you saw them?!
The grief, fear, and hatred in their eyes!
I am begging you, put in a good word for me with my master.
Master [Daedalus] might understand me better by now.
If the queen finds out about this, she will kill me!

Hang on. I'm a little busy right now.
If you have anything else to do, come back after you're done with that.

I... I found...
Something really big, horrible, and... dangerous.
If the queen finds out, she will kill me right away...
The [Minotaur King] is no other than the son of Queen [Pasiphae].
Nobody knows how she ended up giving birth to a monster. One thing...for sure is...
the two are blood-related mother and son.
Finally, everything makes sense...
The queen created all this to hide her sin!
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Re... Read this.
This is the one that the master confiscated...
This is a [Copy of Suspicious Letter] that was inside of the [Broken Clockwork] that you found in the [Heart of the Labyrinth].

Oh... I am really scared. It's too scary, I don't even want to know anything about it anymore!
Yeah... Surely, Master [Daedalus] knows more about this!
Ask the master about it!

Hang on. I'm a little busy right now.
If you have anything else to do, come back after you're done with that.

What...? Queen [Pasiphae] asked me to be her right-hand man?
Hmm, that's a very tempting proposition, but...
Even if she treats me very nice, she is still the same person that would kill her own son in cold blood.
I doubt I'll be able to summon the courage to show her my skills.
Especially after being through all this, I know I'm not brave enough...
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Like my master, I'd rather forget all this.
Before I do that, I'd like to make a record of all the things I've uncovered...
I am sorry to ask you this, but can you get me some [Parchment] and [Quills] at the market?

Thank you for granting my last wish...
The record will be completed in a minute.

Hang on. I'm a little busy right now.
If you have anything else to do, come back after you're done with that.

You are going to keep traveling, right?
Since you have so much skill and strength...
Even if you get mixed up in fearful trouble like I did, you can weather the storm.
I envy you...
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Here, take it.
Bring my [Secret Memoirs] to the queen.

...

Hang on. I'm a little busy right now.
If you have anything else to do, come back after you're done with that.

Ah, you came. I've been waiting for you.
Can we meet again later?
Circumstances may have changed then.
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Come on! I'm okay, so just spray the perfume.
I want to be free from this nightmare as soon as possible.

...Ah! Somehow, my head feels so much clearer.
Huh? What, what are you doing?
My God! I am begging you, please don't beat me!
Those weapons you are holding in your hand look scary.
Did my master... send you here?
Please tell him that I am obediently following his orders and I am not doing anything else.

Hang on. I'm a little busy right now.
If you have anything else to do, come back after you're done with that.