That Velveteen Dress
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That Velveteen Dress
- Quest giver
- Redolent Rose
- Location
- Ul'dah - Steps of Thal (X:14, Y:13)
- Quest line
Disciple of the Hand Quests
┗ Weaver Quests- Class
- Weaver
- Level
- 25
- Required items
- 1 Undyed Velveteen
- Experience
40,800- Gil
557- Previous quest
Materia Concerns- Next quest
- Miner on a Mission
- Patch
- 2.0
- Links
- EDB GT TC
Redolent Rose has need of your assistance yet again.
— In-game description
Rewards
- In addition to the above, choose one of the following options:
Walkthrough
High Quality items are made by increasing the "Quality" bar to its maximum by using Touch actions. Their effectiveness is governed by the Control attribute.
Steps
- Speak with Kokomo.
- Speak with Babawai.
- Speak with Redolent Rose.
- Deliver a bolt of undyed velveteen to Redolent Rose.
Journal
- Redolent Rose has need of your assistance yet again.
- A sudden deluge of orders has the Weavers' Guild working at full stretch, and Redolent Rose can not spare the time to attend a consultation with one of his clients. Go in the guildmaster's stead to the Gold Court and speak with Babawai and his daughter Kokomo.
- Your meeting does not prove as enlightening as you had hoped due to the complete disinterest of your young client. Return to the Weavers' Guild and tell Redolent Rose what you have learned.
- After a moment's consideration, Redolent Rose decides to craft a velveteen dress. Conscious of Babawai's reputation for exacting standards, he concludes that only the finest fabric will suffice. Weave a bolt of high-quality velveteen and deliver it to the guildmaster.
- The guildmaster praises your velveteen, and assures you that it will make a most magnificent dress─albeit one which he suspects Kokomo has no intention of wearing.
Dialogue
Accepting the quest
This is indeed an unfortunate development...
Oh, Forename! Thank Nymeia you're here. I need your help.
The entire guild is presently engaged in dealing with a sudden deluge of orders. Amongst them was a commission for a bespoke dress, all aspects of which I had intended to handle personally. Alas, I have just this moment received yet another request─this time from Her Grace─which must, naturally, take precedence.
Since you have some experience engaging with customers, I would send you to speak with the client, Babawai, in my stead. We had arranged to meet at the Gold Court later this─ Ah, where has the time gone? Ahem. We had arranged to meet now.
Babawai will be bringing his daughter Kokomo, for whom the dress is intended. Be sure to speak to her as well.
Speak with Kokomo
You're from the Weavers' Guild? I'm terribly sorry you had to come all this way.
Truth to tell, I don't really want another dress. But Father insisted, and when Father insists... <sigh> I just want this over and done with, so please, ask my father what he prefers, and I shall defer to his wishes.
Speak with Babawai
And who might you be? I was under the impression I would be meeting with the guildmaster. Well, it is of little matter, I suppose─provided the famous Redolent Rose still intends to design my daughter's dress.
As for what manner of dress... Simply put, I'll not have my Kokomo garbed in common cotton. A jeweler's daughter must be refined─resplendent. A ruby amongst the riffraff.
Her mere presence should reassure my customers as to the quality of my─ Ahem. I believe I have made myself clear. Pray relay my requirements to your guildmaster.
Speak with Redolent Rose
Optional dialogue
Ah, you're back. So then, what manner of dress does our client desire?
...Something “resplendent,” which isn't made of cotton, you say? <sigh> I might have known. His commissions rarely stipulate anything beyond “ostentatiously expensive.”
And all for a poor girl who would rather the eyes of the world look the other way.
Well, vanya silk would achieve the desired effect, though I doubt she would feel comfortable wearing such an extravagant dress. Velveteen, though...yes, velveteen might work.
A fine weave of cotton yarn and diremite silk with a short, soft pile─beautiful yet subdued, like our modest maiden.
It will be painstaking to prepare, but so be it.
I shall see to the patterns. The velveteen, I leave in your capable hands.
Know, though, that Babawai will not be satisfied with any ordinary fabric.
Only the very best will suffice. In short, I require a bolt of the finest velveteen you can weave.
Deliver a bolt of undyed velveteen to Redolent Rose
Oh, have you woven the velveteen already?
The player hands over the Undyed Velveteen .
Start of cutscene....It's been far too long since I last worked with quality velveteen.
You've truly outdone yourself, Forename.
Babawai's daughter shall have a most magnificent dress.
A pity she is no more like to wear it than her father...
Though nothing would please me more than to be proven wrong.
But I rather suspect another dress is the last thing that girl needs.
End of cutscene.