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Stray into the Shadows
Rogue class quest, level 10. 55th of 178 in play order.
Quest giver: Jacke, Dutiful Sisters of the Edelweiss (X 6.0, Y 6.1).
Steps
- Speak with V'kebbe
. - Speak with the fishmonger girl at the Hyaline.
- Speak with V'kebbe.
- Use Hide to gather information at the Bismarck.
- Use Hide to gather information at the ferry docks.
- Use Hide to gather information in East Hawkers' Alley.
- Speak with V'kebbe in front of the Rogues' Guild.
- Speak with V'kebbe and retrieve the firearms.
- Speak with V'kebbe in front of the Rogues' Guild.
- Speak with Jacke.
Journal
- Jacke has another assignment for you.
- Jacke has tasked you with reclaiming a shipment of stolen firearms. The pirates responsible for the theft have been apprehended, but it seems the muskets had already been fenced. Speak with V'kebbe, and discuss how the job should be approached.
- V'kebbe suggests you check in with one of rogues' spies to see what information can be had regarding the fenced firearms. Speak with the woman posing as a fishmonger at the Hyaline.
- The “fishmonger” informs you that the pillaged muskets were purchased by a south seas organization known as the Traders of Edge. Speak with V'kebbe at the Hyaline and relay your discoveries.
- After you tell V'kebbe what the spy knew of the Traders of Edge merchant, she decides that further information gathering is required. Visit the Bismarck, the ferry docks, and East Hawkers' Alley, and use your Hide ability to surreptitiously listen in on any potentially useful mutterings.
- You have gathered information from your assigned locations. Rendezvous with V'kebbe in front of the Rogues' Guild and share what you have learned.
- Based on the information you have gathered, V'kebbe deduces that the shady merchant means to depart by ship in the very near future. The Stray proposes her plan: wait for the trader to stack his goods on the pier, then sneak past the hired blades and steal back the Yellowjackets' firearms. Speak with V'kebbe once more when you are ready to begin the operation.
- You have successfully reclaimed the stolen muskets and returned them to the Yellowjackets. Report to V'kebbe in front of the Rogues' Guild.
- Jacke joins you outside the Rogues' Guild, and praises you for a job well done. While he is informing V'kebbe of the unfortunate conclusion to the missing sandwich saga, however, his deception is inadvertently revealed by the arrival of an oblivious Perimu Haurimu
. V'kebbe then responds as she would to any violation of the code. Head inside the guild and see what has become of its supper-stealing guildmaster. - Suffering from several nasty rope burns but otherwise none the worse for wear, Jacke appears sincerely contrite for his act of sandwich larceny. He explains that being strung up is one of the least of the punishments a person might suffer at the hands of the rogues. Return to disciplining your body and mind that you might properly dispense justice to those that defy the code. ※The next rogue quest will be available from Jacke upon reaching level 15.
Hidden
uses it to say the trader means to slip away soon. nickname, 'the Stray'. To stray into the shadows also fits a quest about hiding.Characters 7
The Yellowjackets have caught the pirates who stole their muskets, but the muskets are gone.
Jacke has another assignment for you.
What you know from earlier quests 3
- #52 My First Daggers: Jacke asks if you are a pirate, then explains the job. Rogues enforce an old code in Limsa's back alleys: never rob fellow Lominsans, cheat a crew, or trade people. He gives you daggers and says to dress light.
- #53 Stabbers in Yer Fambles: Jacke sends you to fight lambs, rats and pugils, one at a time. He says a rogue is a dancer, not a butcher. Speed, precision and light gear matter more than force. He may have a job for you.
- #54 A Dainty Dilemma: Jacke explains privateers: pirates licensed to loot only imperial ships. He pairs you with Underfoot to recover a stolen firing mechanism. The Dainty Demolishers mistake him for an errand boy. He then tells how the Upright Thieves became the Rogues' Guild.
Jacke
privately thinks the missing sandwich belonged to Perimu Haurimu.What you know from earlier quests 1
- #54 A Dainty Dilemma: Underfoot is reluctant to guide a new recruit but agrees. Jacke calls him one of the best. He teaches you to dodge, sends you to I'tolwann
for news, watches the goblin camp, and lets you take the credit.
- #54 A Dainty Dilemma: Underfoot is reluctant to guide a new recruit but agrees. Jacke
V'kebbe is at the guild and starving, because the sandwich she saved has gone missing.
What you know from earlier quests 1
- #54 A Dainty Dilemma: When the Dainty Demolishers barge into the guild, V'kebbe starts to explain that the doorman lets in only clients, recruits and one other sort. The captain cuts her off, and a fight starts.
This merchant is a foreign trader staying in Limsa, with hired swords guarding his business.
Milala is a Yellowjacket soldier, a member of the city guard.
What you know from earlier quests 3
- #4 Way of the Marauder: Wyrnzoen accepts you as a student and sends you to kill lambs, rats and ladybugs outside the city. He teaches that marauders overwhelm their foes. He says you came back harder, and gives you a hunting log of training targets.
- #35 Axe in the Stone: Wyrnzoen sends you to learn the guild's old rock splitting training, then to clear megalocrabs for the Red Rooster Stead. He knows of the fierce beast that killed Sighard's
parents, and warns you are not yet strong enough for revenge. - #51 Wake of Destruction: Wyrnzoen names the beast Kujata, the "Stampeding Mountain", and urges your revenge. He sends you to protect folk from galagos and to save a farmer's spilled cargo from plainstriders. He swears to train you until Kujata falls by your hand.
What happens in this quest spoilers for this quest
- Yellowjacket: V'kebbe has this Yellowjacket wait near Hawkers' Alley. He takes the muskets from you and says the quartermaster is pleased.
- Jacke sends you after stolen muskets meant for the Yellowjackets, with V'kebbe as partner. He secretly ate her egg sandwich. When Underfoot gives him away, V'kebbe strings him up. He says real code breakers suffer far worse.
- Perimu Haurimu: Jacke sends Underfoot to fetch a fresh sandwich from the Bismarck, a restaurant. He returns and blurts out that Jacke ate a fellow rogue's supper. He calls V'kebbe's punishment the swiftest string-up he has seen.
- V'kebbe, the Stray, is the guild's best at sneaking. She teaches you to hide and listen, plans the theft at the pier, and leads the guards away. Learning Jacke ate her sandwich, she strings him up. Limsa is her home.
- Medicine merchant: This merchant belongs to the Traders of Edge from the south sea isles and bought the stolen muskets. He bribes a ferry pilot and plans to leave. When you steal his crate, he sends his guards after you, then gives up.
- Milala is unhappy that the Yellowjackets now owe the Rogues' Guild a debt, and wishes the rogues were jailed next to the thieving pirates.
Dialogue 101 lines
Accepting the quest
Jacke
A fine evenin'/day to ye, [name].
V'kebbe
I've spotted the mark at the end of the pier. Sneak over there an' lighten his load.
We've no place to run... Time to get yer stabbers out!
Slink past any other swads in yer way, an' get them goods to the Yellowjackets.
I'll lead these culls a merry chase. Meet me in front o' the guild once all is bob!
Bollocks. This ain't how the job was meant to end...
Merchant
Thieves! Scoundrels! A bonus to the one who brings me their hides!
Yellowjacket
Aye, these are our stolen muskets. The quartermaster will be pleased.
Jacke
An' a fine evenin'/day it is for a spot o' work, wouldn't ye agree?
This time 'round, it seems some eager buccaneers scampered aboard a local merchantman an' made off with a shipment o' muskets.
Now, seein' as it ain't lawful to cloy from a Lominsan vessel to begin with, the Yellowjackets fell upon them daft coves afore their boots was even dry.
Aye, they caught the pirates right there on the docks, but the stolen boomsticks was nowhere to be found─fenced in a longboat deal, I'm thinkin'.
That's when our guild was officially contracted to retrieve the goods. ...Which weren't really needful, since the code would have had us on the job, anyway. “Ye don't bite the purses o' yer fellow Lominsans,” an' all that.
So, this's yer assignment, me natty lass/lad: find out where them weapons went, an' bite that shipment back.
Seein' as the cutters as hit that merchantman are already rottin' in irons, ye needn't rush in with yer stabbers a-stabbin'. I want this job handled quick an' quiet, an' I've the perfect partner to show ye how it's done.
This here's V'kebbe the Stray. Ain't no other rogue what can match her in the arts o' skulkin'.
V'kebbe
...A pleasure.
Jacke
...There some problem, V'kebbe? Ye seem a bit out o' sorts.
V'kebbe
I'm bloody starvin'. I had one o' them finger sandwiches set aside─ye know, those egg-filled tasties they make at the Bismarck─but when I got back from me work, it was bloody gone...
Jacke
(Uh-oh. That was V'kebbe's? I'd thought it was Underfoot's...)
- FR C-c'était donc ton déjeuner, ce sandwich ? ‘Ah!? Uh... s-so that sandwich was your lunch?’ English has Jacke think it privately to himself; French has him say aloud to her that it was her sandwich.
- JA あれ、お前のだったのかよ。 ‘Oh? So that one was yours?’ English has Jacke think it privately to himself; Japanese has him say aloud to her that it was hers.
Ahem! Well, ye just head out on the job, an' I'll see if I can't turn up that missin' sandwich by the time ye return!
- FR Ne t'en fais pas, je te promets de retrouver le responsable de ce méfait pendant que tu aideras [name] à ramener les armes à feu, d'accord ? ‘Don't worry, I promise to find whoever is responsible for this misdeed while you help [name] bring back the firearms, all right?’ English promises to find the missing sandwich; French promises to find the culprit, though Jacke is the culprit.
V'kebbe
...All right, Jacke.
Jacke
Ah, one more little detail ye should know: them muskets was meant for the Yellowjackets' armory, so once all is bob, ye can hand the goods to one o' their culls directly.
Speak with V'kebbe.
V'kebbe
We can start whenever yer ready, [name].
I've had a colleague keepin' a wattle out for aught that might help us, so I suggest ye have a few whids with her first.
Ye'll find her at the Hyaline, posin' as a fishmonger.
Speak with V'kebbe.
V'kebbe
That lass down there─the one stinkin' o' fish an' ocean. Go over an' ask her what the catch o' the day is.
- FR Tu veux bien aller lui demander de quoi il retourne ? ‘Will you go and ask her what it's all about?’ English uses a code phrase, asking for the catch of the day; French simply says to ask her what's going on.
- JA 奪われた銃について、聞いてみて。 ‘Ask her about the stolen guns.’ English uses a code phrase, asking for the catch of the day; Japanese says openly to ask about the stolen guns.
Use Hide to gather information in East Hawkers' Alley.
'Ello there, miss/sir. We've carp an' trout, lobster an' shrimp...but I 'ear tell ye've been lookin' for a special breed o' fish─the long, shiny kind what's bark'll put a bloke on 'is arse.
- FR Je sais pourquoi tu es là, et j'ai des infos croustillantes pour toi. ‘I know why you're here, and I've got juicy info for you.’ English talks about the guns in fish code; French simply says she knows why the player came.
- JA ……売り払われた銃のこと、調べておいたよ。 ‘I looked into the guns that were sold off.’ English talks about the guns in fish code; Japanese openly says she looked into the sold guns.
We don't sell that kind 'ere, but ye might try them foreign merchants─what was they called again?─ah, the “Traders of Edge.” They 'ail from the south sea isles, an' are known for dealin' in all types o' nasty spitters an' cutters.
I should warn ye: these folk ain't ones for questionin' the source o' their merchandise. In fact, they seem more'n 'appy to pay for goods what came from “belowdecks,” so to speak.
- DE Diese Leute werden nicht gerne nach der Herkunft ihrer Waren gefragt. ‘I should warn you, though: these people don't like being asked about where their goods come from.’ English says they never question where goods come from; German says they dislike being asked where their goods come from.
But if yer still keen to get yer 'ands on those rare fish, then ye'd best 'urry─the Edge merchant what's visitin' Limsa is lookin' to load up an' leave the city afore long.
Just 'ow 'e means to transport 'is goods remains a mystery, though. What with all the 'ired blades 'e's got nursin' 'is operation, it makes it 'ard for a girl to get close enough to eyeball the competition, it does!
I'll be sure to keep an eye peeled on yer behalf, but it might be as ye can learn a little more from the folk 'round town...
Speak with V'kebbe in front of the Rogues' Guild.
V'kebbe
...Traders of Edge, eh? Well, if one o' their merchant's been stayin' in the city, then someone'll know somethin' to point us in the right direction.
The trick is to listen without bein' seen. Ye'd be surprised at how culls'll cackle when they think no one else is about.
We'll focus on places what see plenty o' traffic. Ye can have the Bismarck, the ferry docks, and East Hawkers' Alley.
I'll try me luck at a few other spots, then meet ye in front o' the guild when I'm done. Remember: keep hidden, keep quiet, an' keep yer wattles open.
Ugh! The sneer on that customer's face! Does he think I can command the skillet to cook more swiftly just to meet his pressing departure schedule?
I don't know how things are done in the south seas, but here in Limsa Lominsa folk appreciate that fine cuisine cannot be rushed!
- FR Et nous, pauvres travailleurs, on devrait satisfaire leurs moindres désirs uniquement parce qu'ils ont les poches remplies de gils ! ‘And we poor workers are supposed to satisfy their every whim just because their pockets are full of gil!’ English says fine cuisine cannot be rushed; French complains that rich merchants expect every whim met.
- JA 南洋諸島の商人だか何だか知らないが、ありゃ、金さえあればいいと思ってる輩に違いない！ ‘I don't know if he's a south seas merchant or what, but that one must be the type who thinks money is all that matters!’ English says fine cuisine cannot be rushed; Japanese calls him the type who thinks money is everything.
...Come now, Dove, you must not speak ill of the patrons. Now, what was next on my list? Ah, another finger sandwich for the Dutiful Sisters. Someone there must be rather fond of eggs...
- FR Ah oui, le sandwich à la Bismarck à livrer en urgence à la Société de négoce de l'Edelweiss... ‘Ah yes, the Bismarck sandwich to deliver urgently to the Edelweiss Trading Company...’ English sends the sandwich to the "Dutiful Sisters"; French sends it to the Edelweiss Trading Company.
- JA 次は……そうそう、急ぎでエッグサンドを作ってほしいって、「エーデルワイス商会」から頼まれてたっけ……。 ‘Next is... oh right, the Edelweiss Company asked me to make an egg sandwich in a hurry...’ English sends the sandwich to the "Dutiful Sisters"; Japanese sends it to the Edelweiss Company.
Ugh, simply infuriati─
Yes, miss/sir? Pray place your order with one of the servers and we'll prepare your meal with all due alacrity.
Curse my sense of duty... Would that I had stayed at the Wench for that extra pint instead of returning early.
- FR Et dire que je devais être de repos aujourd'hui... ‘And to think I was supposed to be off today...’ English regrets leaving the Wench early instead of another pint; French says he was supposed to be off today.
I didn't ask to see anyone being bribed! And certainly not my relief pilot! I wonder what that merchant was about? Smuggling? Most likely...
Should I report this to the Yellowjackets? ...But what if I'm being watched? I could end up facedown in the harbor...
What to do, what to do...
Oh! G-Greetings, miss/sir! Do you seek passage to Aleport? Or Costa del Sol, perhaps?
You have quite an eye for quality, sir! We've a splendid range of produce from every corner of Eorzea, but one simply cannot visit Limsa Lominsa without sampling some of the local specialties!
Would you care for some freshly squeezed La Noscean 
orange juice? Or perhaps our famed salt cod is more to your taste...?
An excellent choice! Might I also direct your gaze to these items on the bottom─
Ah! Another customer! Welcome, welcome! Did you see aught you like? Pray stay and browse to your heart's content!
Speak with V'kebbe and retrieve the firearms.
V'kebbe
Welcome back, [name]. I hope yer skulkin' went well.
Ye might be an angel o' death with the daggers, dove/colt, but any rogue what shuns the shadows is headed for an early grave. A sneaky mort/cove can nose about without riskin' a scrap, or slip herself/himself into the best position to ambush a mark.
Once they've seen ye, though, yer rum fun is done. Hidin' is part concealment an' part distraction, an' ye won't be disappearin' on a cove what already knows yer there.
All right, I'm done prattlin'. What'd ye manage to learn about our musket-buyin' merchant friend?
Slippin' coin to a ferry pilot, was he? An' by what ye heard from that chef at the Bismarck, this trader means to hop the twig, an' soon.
That matches with me own findin's: he's vacated his rooms at the inn an' paid his dues in full.
Bein' a merchant, we can be sure that he won't be leavin' without his merchandise. So, here's the plan: we wait for him to stack his goods on the pier, then you ghost in an' grabble them firearms.
- FR [name], nous devons absolument l'empêcher de retourner chez lui avant de l'avoir interrogé. ‘[name], we absolutely must stop him from going back home before we've questioned him.’ English reasons he won't leave without his goods; French says they must stop him leaving to question him.
I'm hopin' we can get the job done quiet an' under cover of darkmans, but it never hurts to be prepared for the worst. Sounds like he's got a small army o' sellswords on the payroll...
Speak with V'kebbe in front of the Rogues' Guild.
V'kebbe
I'll send word to the Yellowjackets, an' have 'em post a cull near Hawkers' Alley. That way ye won't have far to bolt once ye've bitten the goods.
The mark should be along any moment, [name]. Have ye got yer skulkin' boots on?
You! You are not supposed to be here! I thought I ordered my hirelings to keep this jetty clear!
- FR Vous avez fini de rêvasser, oui ? ‘Hey, you! Are you done daydreaming, or what?’ English yells that someone should not be there; French scolds his guards for daydreaming.
Hm? ...One...two...three... ...There's one missing.
- DE Fünf ... Sechs ... Sieben ... ‘Hm? ... Five ... Six ... Seven ... One is missing.’ English counts one, two, three; German counts five, six, seven.
My crate of muskets! It's gone!
Thief! Stop her/him, you useless sluggards! What am I paying you for!?
V'kebbe
That turned hairy, didn't it, dove/colt?
Once ye reached the Yellowjacket, though, the merchant called off his blades. Wise enough to cut his losses, I'll give him that.
I'd say we're all done here. Let's head inside an' tell Jacke the bene news.
Use the Hide ability to retrieve the stolen firearms.
Deliver the firearms to the Yellowjacket near Hawkers' Alley.
Speak with Jacke.
Jacke
I heard the sounds o' fightin' comin' from outside, an' now I've whiddled the cause of it. ...I thought we were aimin' for “subtle” on this job.
- FR J'ose espérer que tout s'est passé comme prévu ? ‘I dare hope everything went as planned?’ English chides them for not being subtle; French asks hopefully whether everything went to plan.
- JA 仕事の具合はどうだよ？ ‘How did the job go?’ English chides them for not being subtle; Japanese just asks how the job went.
That many swads, was there? But ye got the Yellowjackets what they wanted, so all's well that ends well, eh?
V'kebbe
Yer on yer way to becomin' a first-class rogue, [name].
Aye, the job didn't unfold exactly as planned, but do ye see the value o' keepin' out o' sight? Skulkin' might seem slow, but it can save ye time─an' a fair amount o' bleedin'─in the long run.
- FR Elle/Il a parfaitement évité d'attirer l'attention des gardes et s'est faufilé(e) entre eux comme une vraie professionnelle/un vrai professionnel. ‘She/He perfectly avoided drawing the guards' attention and slipped between them like a true professional.’ English admits the job did not go as planned; French says the player perfectly avoided the guards' notice.
Jacke
Ah, speakin' of unexpected developments... I've a bit o' bad news for ye, V'kebbe.
I searched high an' low, but it seems some unprincipled cove has yaffled yer sandwich. There were naught but crumbs to be found.
- FR Je t'assure que je l'ai cherché partout, mais impossible de mettre la main dessus... ‘I assure you I looked for it everywhere, but it was impossible to get my hands on it...’ English blames some scoundrel who ate it, leaving crumbs; French only says it could not be found.
- JA 俺は必死に奴のことを探したが、奴は……ついに見つからなかったよ……。 ‘I searched desperately for him, but he... was never found in the end...’ English blames some scoundrel who ate it; Japanese talks of the sandwich like a missing person never found.
V'kebbe
No... My sandwich... It was a Bismarck special...
Do ye know how much I was lookin' forward to that meal!? Me belly's about ready to cave in on itself!
Jacke
'Tis a tragedy o' the highest order, love. An' ye know I can't bear to see me rogues in such distress...
So, I gave Underfoot a special assignment─he should be back any moment now...
...with a freshly made Bismarck special finger sandwich!
V'kebbe
Ye did that for me!? Yer not japin' with me, are ye, Jacke!?
- FR Rien que d'y penser, j'en salive déjà ! ‘Just thinking about it, I'm already drooling!’ English has her touched that Jacke did it for her; French has her just drooling over the sandwich.
Jacke
This ain't no japin' matter. 'Tis a guildmaster's responsibility to see that all his coves an' morts are at their best for the job.
- FR Mais patience est mère de toutes les vertus ! ‘But patience is the mother of all virtues!’ English Jacke claims caring for his rogues is a guildmaster's duty; French tells her patience is a virtue.
- JA だから、もう少しだけ辛抱しろよ。 ‘So hang on just a little longer.’ English Jacke claims caring for his rogues is a guildmaster's duty; Japanese just tells her to be patient.
Perimu Haurimu
Ah, Jacke, there ye are! I've got that sandwich ye ordered!
An' didn't the chef give me a wattle-ful when I said we was in a hurry! Maybe next time ye could think twice afore ye yaffle a fellow rogue's sup─
...Oh, bollocks.
Jacke
...
V'kebbe
...Jacke. Did you eat my supper?
Jacke
Now, now, lass, let's not be hasty. There's a fresh new sandwich right here for ye. No harm done, eh?
- JA ある意味で奪還完了だろ？ ‘In a way, that makes it a completed recovery, right?’ English says no harm done; Japanese jokes that in a sense the item has been "recovered".
V'kebbe
Ye've cloyed somethin' what belonged to me, Jacke. An' I can't ignore the code...
Jacke
Ahahaha, aye, the code! We mustn't ignore the code! ...Yer havin' a laugh, aren't ye, lass? ...Lass?
Aaargh!
Perimu Haurimu
...That might be the swiftest string-up I've ever seen.
V'kebbe
A punishment to fit the crime. Take a good long look, [name].
The code exists to preserve peace in Limsa─to keep the alleys from runnin' red with blood. This city's me home, an' I'll draw daggers on any cove fool enough to threaten that peace.
- FR Si l'un d'entre nous l'enfreint, ça peut avoir une influence néfaste sur tout son entourage. ‘If one of us breaks it, it can have a harmful influence on everyone around them.’ English says the code keeps the alleys from running with blood; French says breaking it harms everyone around.
- FR Là est tout l'aspect spirituel de la voie de la double lame. ‘Therein lies the whole spiritual side of the way of the double blade.’ English has her vow to fight anyone threatening her home's peace; French calls it the spiritual side of the rogue's way.
- JA 破られたら、必ず誰かが悲しんでる……。 ‘When it is broken, someone is always left grieving...’ English says the code keeps the alleys from running with blood; Japanese says breaking it always makes someone sad.
Perimu Haurimu
A pointed lesson. Let's head inside, eh? Yer sandwich'll get cold.
Jacke
Jacke: Hey! Do ye mean to leave me here all night!? At least ye gave me a grand view o' the harbor! ...Gods' piss, these ropes are tight!
- JA 反省したから下ろし……イテテテ！ ‘I've learned my lesson, so let me dow- ow ow ow!’ English jokes about the grand harbor view; Japanese says he has repented and asks to be let down.
Milala
Yellowjacket Soldier: And now we find ourselves indebted to the Rogues' Guild. The Rogues' Guild.
Yellowjacket Soldier: Hmph, the impropriety of it all. Would that I could see them occupying a cell next to those thieving pirates...
Jacke
Ow... Them ropes'll leave chafe marks for a bleedin' week. I may've wriggled meself free, but that's the last time I let me belly do the thinkin'...
- FR C'est fou ce qu'un simple sandwich peut provoquer comme remous, quand on y pense... ‘It's crazy what a stir a simple sandwich can cause, when you think about it...’ English Jacke vows never again to let his belly think; French marvels at the fuss a sandwich can cause.
- JA どうにか自力で抜け出してきたからいいものの、エッグサンドの恨み……怖ぇよ…………。 ‘I somehow got myself free, so it's fine, but a grudge over an egg sandwich... is scary...’ English Jacke vows never again to let his belly think; Japanese says an egg-sandwich grudge is scary.
An' just think: V'kebbe strung me up over an egg sandwich. Those coves what well an' truly stomp on the code get it far worse. Keep up yer trainin', lass/lad, an' ye'll soon be handin' out rogue justice yerself.