"Kaj, the chieftain's son, is in love with Pinja, a young woman with a heritage drawing from many tribes. Unable to show her his true feelings, he invokes an ancient ritual which allows a warrior to capture a bride from a rival tribe...."
Background
Kaj wants you to protect him as he tries to capture himself a bride, in accordance with a now-disused Lossoth ritual.
Objective 1
Talk to Kaj.
- Kaj: 'You are fortunate to be able to witness this ritual, you know; few Sivullinen get to see it. It has... well, fallen out of use in recent times.
- 'I am going to go into that house with the components. When I come out, I will have a...bundle on the sledge.
- 'Your job is to make sure I am not interrupted while I am securing the bundle inside -- she, that is, there are three brothers, and they might object, but no-one is getting hurt! I promise.'
Objective 2
- Prevent Pinja's brothers from interrupting Kaj
Pinja has three brothers. Make sure they do not interrupt Kaj in his performance of the ritual for which you helped him prepare.
- Kaj says, "Pinja's brothers don't approve of me. I double-checked, er, that is... I've been told that they're on a hunting trip. So we should be fine."
- Kaj says, "But just in case... Keep an eye out, will you? And -- wish me luck!"
- Etu: 'Who are you? What are you doing here?
- 'That braggart Kaj? He is not half good enough for Pinja -- I do not care if he is the chieftain's son!
- 'Get out of our way. We will teach him a lesson he shall not soon forget! No? Then you shall be taught in his place!'
- Etu says, "You will regret this insult!"
- Ikka says, "You dare come to our home and cause trouble for our sister?"
- Etu says, "We will fetch Manu. He will get rid of you for certain, interloper!"
- Ikka says, "Too rich for my blood!"
Objective 3
- Prevent Pinja's brothers from interrupting Kaj
Pinja has three brothers. Make sure they do not interrupt Kaj in his performance of the ritual for which you helped him prepare.
- Manu: 'What is this that I have been told? You are helping that bashful little flower Kaj? Who do you think you are, Sivullinen?
- 'You may have driven my brothers off, but you will not find me so easy to deal with!'
- Manu says, "Oh, you are in trouble now, right enough!"
- Manu says, "Spirits of the ice, I do not believe this! Forced to flee by a soft-lander!"
Objective 4
Kaj's prospective bride seems to have offered some unexpected resistance. Perhaps she had not been informed of the ritual?
- Kaj says, "Ow. That didn't go quite, ow. As I had hoped it would."
- Pinja says, "How dare you try to carry me off like so much cut timber?! ...And on a sledge, no less!"
- Kaj says, "I found accounts of this ritual, and it looked like it might remove some of the guesswork..."
- Pinja says, "I would not have had a problem being alone with you, had you but asked."
- Kaj says, "Er. Well. All right, then. Is that... Um. ....Will you marry me?"
- Pinja says, "You would have gotten that answer if you'd asked me a year ago. Of course I shall marry you."
- Kaj says, "Hah! You see? It worked; the ritual worked! ...This is the best day ever."
- Pinja: 'This is the most ridiculous situation I think I have ever been in. I think it would be best if you were to leave me to sort it out.'
- Pinja: 'I think we should be able to handle this matter from here on out, Sivullinen.'
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