Visitor Verification
After completing Companion Mission A Knight Stranger, Luocha will periodically appear in the Astral Express' Parlor Car or Party Car.
After completing Companion Mission Clouds Leave No Trace, Luocha will stop appearing and will leave an additional message in the Guest Book.
I must thank Dan Heng...
- (Idle quote)
- Luocha: It truly is a stunning view...
- (Initial interaction)
- Luocha: I must thank Dan Heng for his invitation — this journey upon the Astral Express has been well worth my while. Interstellar warp jumps with merchants are often dull, and rarely ever feel like an actual journey.
- Luocha: The Astral Express... The Cloudstrider really was an Aeon of taste.
...Who are you?- Luocha: Oh... Forgive me, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm an interstellar merchant — my Xianzhou registered name is "Luocha."
- Luocha: I met an acquaintance of yours several days ago named Dan Heng. He invited me to board the Express should I have the time, and so here I am.
- Luocha: Astounding! The retro design of this locomotive, the comfort of its cabins! If only our own spacecraft could be modified in such a way...
So? Modify it!- Luocha: Hah, now that would be something... but on a merchant ship, load, security, and sterilization take precedence over creature comforts...
- Luocha: What I mean to say is, comfort comes second to business. We generally use the Company's mass-produced transport ships.
- To be honest, it's not as good as you think.
- Luocha: Really? After listening to Dan Heng, I assumed you all liked it...
- Luocha: Such a train can be likened to a solitary candle in the darkness of night... One may peer upon civilizations where strife, hardship, desperation, and sorrow exist seemingly in a separate plane of existence...
- (Obtain Stellar Jade ×10)
- (Subsequent interactions)
- Luocha: Such a train can be likened to a solitary candle in the darkness of night... One may peer upon civilizations where strife, hardship, desperation, and sorrow exist seemingly in a separate plane of existence...
People on the Express are...
- (Idle quote)
- Luocha: ...
- (Initial interaction)
- Luocha: People on the Express are shocked at the sight of me.
- Why's that?
- What's so shocking?
- I'm not shocked.
- Luocha: I heard Dan Heng mention that before he boarded the Express, there was a passenger who looked remarkably like me.
- Luocha: He was seemingly up to no good and left a lasting psychological scar.
- Luocha: The gentleman in spectacles — Mr. Welt Yang — he walked away as soon as he laid eyes on me. A while later he used a device to transfer a book to me called "On The Matter of Environment - No One Is Born Evil."
- Luocha: ...I'll wager that fellow was an intriguing character.
- (Subsequent interactions)
- Luocha: ...I'll wager that fellow was an intriguing character.
*sigh*
- (Idle quote)
- Luocha: ...
- (Initial interaction)
- Luocha: ...
- Luocha: *sigh*
- Why are you looking at me?
- What's with the sighing?
- If you have something to say, say it!
- Luocha: Goodness! I don't mean to offend... I happen to have some medical knowledge, and while observing the flow of your qi, I noticed something unusual about your pulse.
- What's that supposed to mean!?
- Luocha: You're not in the best health.
- Can I trust your judgment?
- Luocha: ...I would say so.
- How long have I got left?
- Luocha: It's not that serious...
- Luocha: Those who travel the vastness of the universe for extended periods will often find their bodily cycles to be in some sort of disarray. It's a form of space sickness.
- Luocha: Let me prescribe you something to soothe your body and mind — take it before bed. It's best that you establish a regular work and sleep schedule.
- Thank you, o miracle doctor!
- Luocha: Ahem, you are truly too kind...
- Can I trust your medicine?
- Luocha: Well, again, I would say so...
- I hardly ever sleep...
- Luocha: Well, in that case there is little I can do.
- Luocha: Take care of yourself.
- (Subsequent interactions)
- Luocha: Take care of yourself.
I have a question for you...
- (Idle quote)
- Luocha: ...
- (Initial interaction)
- Luocha: I have a question for you that I am hesitant to ask...
- There's no harm in asking.
- Ask away.
- Luocha: Whenever I am in your vicinity, I sense a sort of... power. Could it be you have a Stellaron in your possession?
- How did you know?
- Luocha: It is a feeling I have encountered when approaching worlds that have been polluted by the Cancer of All Worlds...
- Dan Heng told you this too?
- Luocha: You are mistaken. Dan Heng told me nothing of the sort — this was my own conjecture.
- What nonsense!
- Luocha: Ah? Then I am most likely mistaken.
- Luocha: The sense I speak of is familiar to me, yet unexpectedly characterized by a calmness. It lacks the fervor and greed that the Cancer of All Worlds possesses.
- (Trailblazer): (He has a strong intuition...)
- (Subsequent interactions)
- Luocha: The sense is familiar to me, and yet...
So, this is the Herta Space Station?
- (Idle quote, the Astral Express must be parked outside of Herta Space Station)
- Luocha: Herta's Curio collection...
- (Initial interaction)
- Luocha: So, this is the Herta Space Station? I wonder, are visitors permitted onboard?
- I heard there were restrictions.
- It's under reconstruction, no entry for unauthorized personnel.
- Luocha: Is that so? What a shame.
- Luocha: Madam Herta's reputation precedes her of late — her name is constantly mentioned in the company's broadcasts and programs.
- Luocha: Prior to her, they say that the last member of the Genius Society who was willing to showcase their talents was Elias Salas.
- Luocha: Elias Salas's contributions ushered forth a great galaxy-wide technological leap. Now that Madam Herta is on the scene, perhaps another technological revolution looms...
- Who is Elias Salas?
- Luocha: A genius from long ago. It is said that he invented ultraremote sensing and the telepathy beacon, only he signed them over to the Intelligentsia Guild.
- Luocha: Out of the many members of the Genius Society, you could say Elias Salas was... different. He didn't want to extend his lifespan, and so passed away at the age of 103. It's estimated he had at least a hundred different methods for prolonging life, yet he chose not to use them.
- Is Herta really that awesome?
- Luocha: She's a member of the Genius Society. Only those approved by Nous may join — the smartest of the smart... her genius is one in a trillion.
- Luocha: At least half the members of the Society have etched their names on the universe's wall of history — there's Aiden, Emperor Rubert, Elias Salas, Dr. Primitive, Screwllum...
- You seem to know quite a lot, don't you?
- Luocha: Haha, what can I say, I'm a merchant, and information is also a commodity.
- Luocha: I really hope I get the chance to look around the space station.
- (Subsequent interactions)
- Luocha: I really hope I get the chance to look around the space station.
I hope my presence here...
- (Idle quote)
- Luocha: A few meager gifts as tokens of my appreciation...
- (Initial interaction)
- Luocha: I hope my presence here has not proved a nuisance to you all. Here, a few meager gifts as tokens of my appreciation.
- Well, then, I'll gladly take whatever you've got.
- The least I could do.
- Better to give thanks to Akivili.
- Luocha: Please, take them. They're not exactly valuable, but they have their uses.
- I really shouldn't...
- Luocha: You're welcome.
- Thank you, I'll take them then.
- Luocha: I should be thanking you.
- Then, next time, bring me more valuable stuff!
- Luocha: Hehe, well noted...
- Luocha: Wandering the universe on the Astral Express... *sigh* One can only be envious!
- (Obtain Stellar Jade ×10)
- (Subsequent interactions)
- Luocha: Wandering the universe on the Astral Express... *sigh* One can only be envious!
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