Up to my neck in paperwork, Player. Got more paper cuts than an Ellie librarian, so I go and tell command, and you know what they do? Give me a special assignment. Typical.

I want you to look at it for me. Sounds exciting, and you get to stretch out those legs of yours. Now, here's what's what. Odella and Odium have both been sprouting up all over the black market.

Streets of the stuff, enough to drive a Shugo tradeship into the ground. But the thing is...we heard that the Black Claw lot have actually been producing LESS Odella because their Skurvs have been getting abduc...

Player: "Hang on. When did I say I was on board?"

When you stood there like a plum listening oh-so-intently to my little story, that's when. Now pay attention!

So...where was I? Oh yeah. Odella volumes up, Black Claw Odella production down. Something ain't right. Turns out the Black Claw Skurvs were being abducted and taken away to a hidden Odella plantation! Right under our bloody noses.

We haven't found the place yet, but have narrowed down the entry point to just one location. All I need now...is someone to do the leg work. Someone like you, Player.

Player: Accept.

Good stuff! Knew you'd have your nose in once I told you the story. Ignore my impatience; every time I come up from my studies and duties, I feel like a different person....

You need to head over to Impetusium and speak to Gulkalla. He's been trying to coordinate the search for this new plantation, but you know...I hear the stress has made him...distracted.

Anyway, that's between us. Go and see him, he'll be waiting on the upper levels of the reconstruction site. Unless he fell off, like that other one....

Player: "I'll head over now."

Oh! You must be that...Twigsteps! No wait... he went looking for the Red Mane.... Oh! Player, right? I heard a [%userclass] fitting your description would be winging over to me. Thought you'd be taller though.

So, the reconstruction job. We need some quality artisans to help get this place back up and running. I've heard you're pretty handy with a chisel, but this'll be a com...

Player: "What? I'm here to find an Odella plantation."

...pletely...what? Really? Oh. I had you down for a different job. Hang on. Let me think. Right. You need to look for two things.

First, Odium shell fragments. They're what you get after you extract Aether out of Odium crystals, and they've been spotted a couple of times around here. Find a Discarded Odium Piece and a Discarded Odium Pile.

Once you've got them, hunt down a Shugo named Moorilerk. He's been seen sneaking around Impetusium for a while now, and we think he might have something to do with the plantation.

Player: "Two shards and a Shugo. Easy enough."

(The dark green crystal feels light in your hand, and when you squeeze the shell you hear it cracking under the strain.)

(It's clearly been depleted. This shell is next to worthless.)

Player: "I'll keep hold of this."

(This crystal has been depleted too. It looks like the entrance to the hidden plantation must be somewhere in or around the Abandoned Relic Site.)

Player: "Hmm."

Haramel? N...no...never heard of it, Daeva. And Gesta...Gesta...nyerk! Stop looking at me like that! Make a Shugo's fur fall out with those eyes!

But cannot help you, Daeva! I'm not a smart Shugo! Not smart enough to avoid you...nyerk....