The trip was definetly a short one from Gizamaluke's Grotto to Qu's Marsh. Quina and the gang stepped out of the Invincible after Zidane had landed it. Quina wasted no time, dashing straight towards the depths of the marsh. All that the rest of them could do was follow behind her. They ran passed Moggy and his brother without saying a word, except for Eiko, the last runner in the group, who greeted the two moogles with a slight nod.
Quina ran through the long grass with no trouble at all, Zidane and co. had to fight to keep up and keep from being lost. After they emerged from the grass, Quina slowed her pace and looked longingly at the numerous frogs hopping around.
"No…Gotta keep moving! I no catch frog today."
The others could hardly believe what they had just seen.
"Did you see that? Quina just passed up the opportunity to catch frogs!" Said Vivi.
"She must be very determined!" replied Dagger.
Shortly afterwards they were in front of Quale's shack. Quina knocked on the door three times.
"Quale, open door! Quina here!"
After several moments an irritated Quale opened the door.
"Yeah, what you want? Another Gastro fork?" He snapped.
"No, want to learn something!"
"Oh, okay! Get in house! Leave friends outside, no room!"
They stood frozen in their spot as Quina said "Sorry, guys! Me no take long". She then shut the door behind her and approached Quale.
"Ok, Quina, what you want to know?" asked Quale, sitting on a stump he used as a stool.
"Me wanna know 'bout Platinum Platter! What you used to say to me?"
"Platinum Platter? That just story, Quina, you old enough to know now."
"Well, tell me story then!"
"Ok, fine, but don't know why…"
Quale rose from his makeshift seat and found a book of legends in a rickety bookshelf. He flipped through a few pages, repeating the words Platinum Platter over and over until he had found what he was looking for.
"Ah! Here it is. Wow, this one real short!
The Platinum Platter is said to be a Fountain of Youth of sorts. Many people claim that this ancient Qu artifact is long gone, or that it never existed in the first place. All that expert archeologists know is that this relic would have been found somewhere in the continent of Mist, near a place where other such artifacts have been excavated.
Below the text was a map of Mist with a circle indicating the general area where Qu relics were found.
"Oooohh…Thanks much, Quale! We borrow book?"
"sigh If something happen to it…"
"Me take good care of Quale's book!" Quina said excitedly
She then ran out the house, slamming the door a little TOO hard on the way, knocking it off of it's hinges.
"Oh, that Quina…" said Quale in an exasperated tone. "Me hope her buddies take good care of her
When Quina got outside, the others stopped talking amongst themselves to see what she had to say.
"What's the story, Quin?" asked Zidane.
"Me learn lots! Look at book!"
Zidane accepted the book and read the passage aloud. "Quina this isn't a lot of information to go by…" he then passed the book around for the others to see the map.
"But we still look, right?" Zidane wanted to say no to Quina, but the look in her expression made him refuse to decline her.
"Yeah, Quina, we'll try…"
"Kay, good!"
"Um…Chocobo's Forest is in this circle…maybe we could go there?" offered Vivi.
"Oh, excellent suggestion, Master Vivi!" said Steiner, grinning from ear to ear.
"Um…Yeah, what he said." Replied Freya, raising an eyebrow at Steiner.
"Ok, then, it's off to Chocobo's Forest, then!" Said Zidane, Picking up a small pack of supplies he had brought with him. "I haven't seen Choco in a while, anyways."