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The Diaries of a casual newbie on World of Warcraft
Note: I normally try to keep to one voice, in this blog - my own voice, Dàchéng the mage. Sometimes, when discussing matters relevant to Earth, such as the state of the euro, I might use the voice of my avatar in Earth Online. Usually it's clear from context who is 'me'. In this piece, though, I find myself jumping between several voices like a schizophrenic. I leave it to you, dear reader, to figure out which voice is which.Incredibly, it took me until this month to explore the turtle's back with my Pandaren, Paoquan. Sadly, I didn't find the Pandaren starting zone all that satisfying. Lack of immersion was the problem - all these wise old men telling Paoquan what a great fighter she is at level 5 or 10. It just reminds me of their insincerity. All these monks are relying on some dumb noob to fix their problems.
If them tablets were correct, all ay got ta do is a small dance ritual and the big thing o' the deep will be summoned.
A little context is needed here, because you have to understand what the adventurer knows about them "tablets". The short answer is "Nothing." The longer answer is "Almost nothing". And the complete story can be discovered by reading the introduction to this quest was Tortoise Mastery. Let's just check what that was about (you'll have to look it up on wowhead, because of course you can't read it in-game any longer - you just handed that quest in):
Granted, tortoises are not big game but they can be mean game. They also work as the perfect bait for bigger game!
Gotcher found some ol' tablets sayin' that the Torjari Pit is a sacrificin' site. The old empire used ta' feed unruly sorts to the waters as it were.
Well ah mean to see me what's down in that water. Gather up some fresh tortoise shells and meet me at the pit.
Let's see if ol' legends be true.
So, let's see then. Some guy called Gotcher (don't ask) found some tablets (don't ask). As a result, you have to collect tortoise shells (don't ask) and then meet young Nesingwary Jr (I'll call him Jack). Let's see. You get this quest at "Nesingwary's Safary". You look at your map, and head off in the direction of the Torjari Pit. When you get there, you find yourself among ruins populated by tortoises. You kill the innocent tortoises until you have the appropriate number of shells.
You're about to return to Nesingwary's safari camp, when you remember that Jack said he's meet you at the pit (that is, you remember, if you're doing the quest the same day as you got it). Sure enough, there he is among the ruins. You hand in the quest to him, and give him the tortoise shells (I still don't know what he wants them for), accept the next quest, and he disappears. This bit is very important, though you would never know beforehand. You have to watch what Jack does next. If you blink, or read the quest text, or look in your bags, or examine your quest log or scan for danger, you missed it. He disappears by jumping into the water, while you're still reading the quest text.
Water? Oh, yes. Apparently there's a pool of water behind him. You never saw it because you approached from Nesingwary's camp, and came to the ruins first (which are labelled Tortuja's pit on your map). In fact just a metre north of the ruins lies the pit proper.
Okay, so you didn't see where Jack went, you were busy reading the quest text. But that'll tell you where he went, right? Well, to repeat myself, here's what the quest text says:
If them tablets were correct, all ay got ta do is a small dance ritual and the big thing o' the deep will be summoned.
What to make of that?
If them tablets were correct, all ay got ta do is a small dance ritual and the big thing o' the deep will be summoned.
When it comes out, we'll get 'em and show me pop we are both true big game hunters like him.
And it's 1, 2, 3, what are we fighting for?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop Jinyu Ut-Nam
And it's 5, 6, 7, open up the mantid gate
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
WHOOPEE we're all gonna die