An Old Guy and The Ocean

Description

The Old Man, by The Sea, wants you to retrieve his boot. He says he dropped it off the side of his boat while he was fishing.

Tasks

• Adventure in An Octopus's Garden to obtain a wriggling flytrap pellet.
• Use the wriggling flytrap pellet to unlock The Sea Monkee Castle.
• Speak with Little Brother to unlock The Wreck of the Edgar Fitzsimmons.
• Adventure in the Wreck and open the bulkhead in the Down at the Hatch adventure.
• Obtain at least 50 sand dollars and trade them to Big Brother for the damp old boot.

Rescuing the Brothers overlaps with the Sea Monkees Quest, the main storyline of undersea adventuring.

Text

Initial Visit:

Hello there, young Adventurer. Back when I was your age, I used to be quite a fisherman. These days, well, what with my arthritis, and my gout, and this old war injury, well, I don't get out there so much anymore.

Say, is that a set of SCUBA gear you've got there? Maybe you can help me. I lost my favorite boot, you see. Dropped it right off the side of my boat. Time was I'd just fish until I dredged it back up, and boy, lemme tell you, was it a hoot! But not anymore. That dang marlin sapped the last of my strength.

Think you could go down there and get it for me? I'd be obliged, yessirree.

Oh, and hey, if you wanna take your little buddy with you, this'll help.

You acquire an item: little bitty bathysphere

• Subsequent visits:

Say, have you found my boot yet? I know it's down there somewhere.

• With the damp old boot:

Say, is that my boot you've got there? Yippee! Thanks, Adventurer! I knew you'd come through for me.

What can I give you in return, youngster? Surely there's something in this old pile of ju... treasure... that you could use.

Take	das boot
Take	fishy pipe
Take	crate of fish meat
Take	damp old wallet

• After trading for an item:

The Old Man takes his boot and gives you your reward.

You acquire... something. [[Data:{{{item}}}]]

"Take care of yourself, Adventurer. If you need me, I'll just be sitting here, dreaming about lions."

• Subsequent visits after trading:

The old man snores fitfully, muttering something about a lion. Dying. In the rain.

References

• Much of the Old Man's text refers to the Hemingway novel The Old Man and the Sea. Specifically, the line "I'm off to dream about lions" refers to the character Santiago and his dreams of watching lions frolicking on the beach.