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Hello everyone and welcome back! I recorded this about three weeks ago, but I want to call attention to this bit in the chat log:
[4:34](?Yukiko S.Famfrit) ...............holy crap
[4:34](?Yukiko S.Famfrit) i read that lp
Eevee and I queued up for a numbers roulette because I was short like 100 poetics for some gear I needed. And apparently a fan of the LP was in the dungeon with us. It was nice to meet you, Yukiko S. from Famfrit!
Anyway, on today's docket we have this innocuous quest from Wymond. You may not remember him, but he's the first person Ginger ever talked to in the LP that wasn't Brendt. Seriously.
It was a different, more pale skinned, Ginger at the time. But the one we all know and love did the same thing. Wymond has been standing here for the entire game and outside of a single sidequest, I'm not sure what he does.
He was important enough to show up in the "all of Ginger's friends see her off on her first airship journey" cutscene, though.
I hear you've been busy as a bee, Ginger. Seems half the whispers what come my way relate to your comin's an' goin's. Bein' the active type you are, I reckon you'd be interested in investigatin' some queer rumors, am I right? But before that, let me ask: ever heard of a man named Hildibrand?
I don't believe I have. I'm sure I'd remember a name like that...
To hear him tell it, he was Eorzea's greatest an' most famous inspector. Still, can't say I'm surprised you don't know him. To his credit, Hildibrand an' his assistant had a knack for showin' up when somethin' shady was afoot. As for sussin' out the culprits, well...he had his moments, though I hesitate to give him sole credit.
Anyroad, five years ago he gets it in his head that he's "cracked the code" of Mezaya's seventh verse. Dalamud, the Calamity-all of it can be stopped, he says, so long as he finds the hero of prophecy. An' wouldn't you know it-the hero was Hildibrand himself! So he flies off towards Dalamud. Aye, that's right: he flew. Launches himself straight into the air somehow, ridiculous as it sounds. 'Course, it's only logical that he's got to come back down-though it was only recently that we found his body.
Hmmm... I had reason for bringin' this up... Ah, right. So Nashu, Hildibrand's erstwhile assistant, has since become an inspector in her own right. At present, she's investigatin' the queer rumors I mentioned earlier. She's a sweet lass-a bit daft, but sweet nonetheless. So when I hear she's at wit's end, I want to help. Thing is, I prefer to meddle in the affairs of the livin'-zombies are most definitely not my forte.
So, if you're willin', I'd be grateful if you lent her a hand. As for where to find her, she's like to visit Hildibrand's grave in the lichyard when she's frustrated. Try lookin' for her there first.
I decided not to show it off at the time and now I'm wishing I had. Back in the early spring there was the Little Ladies Day event. I did it on Ginger, but I didn't bother recording it. Little Ladies Day is Eorzea's celebration of idol culture, and it features concerts by Eorzea's own idols, the Songbirds.
The reason I bring this up is because one of the Songbirds is named... Masha Mhakaracca. She specifically mentions that her sister travels around with a man of "questionable reputation" and says strange things like "cor" and "blimey." That describes Nashu to a tee. So Nashu is the sister of an idol!
That doesn't have any relevance on anything, I just wanted to bring it up to give you kind of an idea who Nashu is.
Oh, if only you were still alive, Inspector. You'd know how to stop these zombies...
Tranquility
By the way, I changed something with my recording setup. I started copying the text out of the game's chat log, which includes song changes being called out thanks to the Orchestrion plugin. So now when I play and record, I can get all the song changes instead of having to squint really hard at the chat log in my recording.
Ah! You there! Could it be...? You've come to offer your services to me!?
Wymond said you might need some help, and helping is what I do best!
Oh, but where are my manners! Allow me to introduce myself. Ahem. My name is Nashu, agent of inquiries! Extraordinary inspector!
At least, that's what I'm trying to be. It's not quite as easy as he made it look...
Inspector Hildibrand was a great man-a real Eorzean hero!
Nashu is very animated, so expect me to be showing off her different poses as much as I can.
We traveled the world, me and him, solving cases and thwarting evil! No matter the mystery, you could always count on the inspector to solve it with grace and style!
Forever Lost
But then there was the final case. "The case of the century," he called it-how to stop the red moon from destroying the world. To save us all, he flew into the sky, and all I could do was watch...
But then...then he came back down, and he...he...
*heartbeat*
Time for a flashback!
The Echo
This is all a joke-a big, funny joke. Right, Inspector? Any moment now, you'll burst out of the ground and shout, "Surprise! Had you fooled, eh?" And...and we'll laugh and laugh...
Poor Nashu... 
Father Iliud leaves her to her grief.
<sniffle> <sob> They say...they say no one remembers the Warriors of Light. Their names, their faces...all gone forever. But I remember you, Inspector-no, Gentleman Hero Hildibrand!
She's determined at least!
After a moment, she changes into a pretty nifty-looking outfit.
I, Nashu, inspector extraordinaire, will carry on your legacy!
I think Nashu was talking at Ginger while she was off in Echo-land.
Unfortunately, I don't know where he is, or how to find him. But now that you're here, my faithful assistant, you can try the one good idea I've come up with so far! If you go to where these dapper zombies were last seen in southern Thanalan, you might find them! And then you could...um... Ah! You could become their friend and ask to meet their leader! Yes, that's sure to work!
I've never tried making friends with a zombie, but I don't see why it would be hard. Just moan, groan, and pretend to be dead.
There's a FATE that we need to do in South Thanalan. Thankfully, this FATE is up damn near 100% of the time. Seriously. It has an uptime of like 99%. The only time it's not spawned is for like a couple minutes after it just ended.
So naturally I go to do the FATE and it has 90 seconds left. Ginger is good at killing, but she's not that good. Not yet.
We still got about 33% done, but that's not good enough for the quest.
A little less than 3 minutes later and it pops back up.
In this FATE, Ginger needs to defeat a bunch of Dapper Zombies who are flexing and talking about being all Gentlemanly.
That only took just a couple minutes. FATE farming if you're really powerful doesn't take long at all. It can get tedious, though.
Just ask the poor bastards who capped out Shared FATEs in every zone of Shadowbringers. The expansion has six zones. You need to do 60 FATEs in each zone. While that doesn't sound like a lot, it is quite tedious. If you only do six FATEs a day, that requires two months of daily effort to cap out.
Nashu is still chilling near Hildibrand's grave. At least it's in the shade. She's pretty pale, and I can't imagine direct sunlight would be great for her.
Did you find the zombies? You did!? That's wonderful! I've been busy, too-the head zombie will rue the day he meets me, you'll see. So, tell me: what did you learn?
Uhhh... I found this paper.
Oh, so you weren't able to make new friends. That's a shame. But this parchment... This is a map of the Sagolii Desert. There's a spot marked here in the south, and look-there's something written here. "A gentleman is, rather than does." That sort of reminds me of...um... Well, no matter-let's see where this map takes us, assistant! Onward, to the Sagolii!
The fuck's going on with the sky there? 
I've seriously never seen it do this before. It even persisted into the cutscene. 
Nashu is over here in the far southern end of the desert.
I don't think I misread the map... Maybe they're just shy, though. I say we call out to them and let them know we come in peace-and when the leader shows himself, we strike!
Ginger I'm going to trust you with our order's password.
Tell it to literally everyone I run into just for the sake of a joke? Gotcha.
I will go whither the wild rose blooms!
Hmmm... That didn't seem to work. Maybe you should try shouting something else?
Nothing else works besides the correct answer so...
A gentleman is, rather than does!
Damnation (I shit you not, it's this exact cutscene. So be sure to watch it!)
Urrrgggh... Hurrrggghhh...! Who summons the Gentle Dead Men?
You, uh, may understand why I didn't include my own video link here.
My brothers, lend me your ears! A gentleman does not dine upon his guests!
Out of every time I have ever used in this LP, it has never been 100% correct until now.
The unknown speaker portrait is a shadow-ized version of Hildibrand and has been the entire time.
Conundrum (Once again, it's this exact same cutscene. Thank you Mekkah Dee!)
Spare these two fair ladies your mastications. Withdraw, I say, and harass them no more!
Up in the sky, look! It's a bird- No, it's an airship- No! It's the inspector!
All the zombies adopt the pose of their leader. It's the same pose the zombies in the FATE were practicing.
All the undead flee the area.
And the leader hops down from the spire.
...graceful.
It is you, it really is you! I knew nothing could kill the great inspector Hildibrand!
Hildibrand Zombibrand here is just as animated as Nashu. He likes to pose. A lot. So expect to see just as many shots of him as her.
What are you saying!? You're not an undead overlord-you're a gentleman inspector!
Urrrgggh... Hurrrggghhh...! Inspector... Overlord... Inspector... Overlord...
Bliss (Still this same scene. Mekkah Dee is good.)
Oh, Inspector, you're just confused is all. Don't worry-I'll knock some sense back into that noggin of yours!
Nashu is very proud of her bombs.
St-Stay your hand, m'lady. You know not what you do...
Even if I were the esteemed gentleman you purport me to be, the concussive force of the blast is more like to liquefy my-
If crashing into the ground made you forget, then an explosion of equal force ought to make you remember! I'll save you, Inspector-or kill you trying!
See!? Even you acknowledge the possibility that this plan will result in my-
Nashu winds up...
The bombs are away!
Death...
Zombibrand accepts his fate.
You just know Ginger is wondering what the hell she's gotten herself into.
*bike horn*
By the way, in case you haven't figured it out yet, this isn't a serious quest chain. This is very explicitly comedic. You either love it or you hate it and I fucking adore the Hildibrand quests.
Hildibrand's legs flailing is actually made funnier by the LSD sky.
Uh... you okay, man?
Normally I would applaud your ingenuity, Nashu, but I would have preferred that you found a more elegant solution!
Yes, yes, I remember you, my faithful assistant. What I do not quite remember is how I came to be here...
*heartbeat*
The Echo
The flashback picks up where the previous one ended.
Nashu turns back for a second and then continues on.
Much later on...
A thunderstorm is ravaging Thanalan.
Ahhh! Such a wonderful dream. I slew a dragon, and-
Hm? What is this place? And for that matter...who am I?
Hildibrand seems confused. And to make matters worse...
Zombies found him.
He's understandably concerned.
*nods*
They're understanding and supportive, though.
Hildibrand poses for them, which they seem to like.
I- <sniffle> <sob> I always knew you'd come back to us!
Be it red moon or black dragon, no fiend is a match for my legendary might! And who might this fine lady be? Hmmm, could she perhaps be one of my many admire-
Oh, but what is this faint tingling sensation in my arm!? This ringing in my ears, this dizziness... Could it be...a case?
Fucking Palace of the Dead...
After trashing my currently-existing phoenix down and skipping all those cutscenes from shouting the password...
Amazing, isn't it? He wasn't dead-he was just badly injured, and needed to hibernate! I didn't even know people could do that!
I think that's a pretty good place to call it quits for now.
NEXT TIME: Hildibrand investigates a case and Ginger kinda follows along for lack of anything else better to do.