Maria the Pizza Girl

Maria the Pizza Girl is an NPC you'll find in Pizza Mundi, a pizza shop located halfway through Axis Mundi.

Once found, she can permanently open Teleporters for a relatively small amount of gold.

She will also take residence at The Docks, and accompany you whenever you leave with Charon.

Quotes

Town Talk

ID	Quote
REPEAT_1	I like it down here, Stranger. The Docks are nice.
REPEAT_2	Can I take your order? Sorry, bad habit. What's up, Stranger?
REPEAT_3	I'll be heading back to the Kingdom soon. Charon keeps taking my gold, but I don't mind. I don't have anything to give, so they're just free rides.
REPEAT_4	I'll head back when you do. There's still folks out there that need help.

Cut Quotes

This is older, unused dialogue, and is not canon.

Quotes with the ID LOC_ID_DIALOGUE_TELEPORTER_NPC_PORTAL:

ID	Quote
BUILD_STORY_1	Mmmmm... Fightin' stopped long ago. Royals won, always do. Thought the celebration was a peace offering... The celebration was grand... Really put out all the stops. I played for the people in the belly of a whale, but it turned out to be the mouth of a shark. ... Used my music to corral the people together, easy way to gather the insurgents. My friends, my family, my wife... But they missed me.
BUILD_STORY_2	I was able to snag a Pizza Delivery job shortly after I decided I didn't want to be a farmer. It was good pay, but more importantly, I could make my own hours, and it put me right smack dab in the center of Axis Mundi. I delivered pizza to the hungry by day, and at night, I went to the Citadel so that I could feed my hungry mind. I studied under some of the best minds in the Kingdom and the teachers really took me under their wings. I guess there aren't many people down here with my zeal for geology y'know? But what really expanded my horizons were the deliveries. You know who orders pizza? Everyone. Like, literally everyone likes pizza... Every stratum of society orders pizza, from the wealthy and powerful, all the way down to those who have been forced into hiding because they can't pay the tolls anymore. Pizza has given me the opportunity to see both sides of the story. ... This is a stupid story isn't it. Like I bet you're sitting there thinking, 'did she pay someone to write this?' Well she didn't. And it's true. Stupid stories can still be true you know...
BUILD_STORY_3	Do you know how hard it is to deliver pizza to a place that keeps <color=blue>Shifting</color>? On rougher days, I used to used to wonder why I even bothered trying in the first place But every trip I learned something new and I got better and better at tracking customers down. Like I was strengthening my sixth sense. That's when I stopped complaining about the world <color=blue>Shifting</color>, and started looking forwards to them. If I could predict the <color=blue>Shift</color>, then maybe there was more to it than just randomness. Like a well made pizza, there was a pattern to the shift. We didn't throw all the pepperoni's onto one slice, and likewise, the castle never had all the toilets end up in one wing. It's why I started studying so hard at the Stygian Study. My intuition was a gift, but I had to nurture it. Make myself truly understand what I knew on a subconscious level. If I could do then, then maybe I could do some actual lasting good with it.
BUILD_STORY_4	Did you know I was offered a job at the Stygian Studies? They really treated me like a prodigy. I turned them down though. Even though I could've studied all day, and probably be given all of the Red Aether I'd ever need, I'd probably end up being stuck doing someone else's work. It's crazy, turning a job like that to stay as a Pizza Delivery Person. But I didn't want anything tying me down to the Citadel. I wanna help the people, and delivering Pizza helped keep me grounded, y'know? Felt like, if I left my job, I might lose my morals too... Plus I'd lose out on all that free pizza!
BUILD_REPEAT_1	I'm pooped. I'm just gonna sit here and eat some pizza.
FINAL_STORY_1	I think that's it! Every portal is now connected, which means we can reach everyone! The kingdom is large and dangerous, but with this... We can do a lot of good.
FINAL_REPEAT_1	*Whew* It took a long time, and a lot of money, but it'll be worth it. Thanks, hero. Want some pizza?

Quotes prefixed with the ID LOC_ID_DIALOGUE_TELEPORTER_NPC_OLD:

ID	Quote
INTRO_TALK_1	Pssst. Pssst! ... Wait, why am I whispering? Fella, can you help a sister out? Name's Bell, and I'm in a bit of a predic-ta-ment. I triggered some kind of trap, and I've been stuck in here ever since. There's a door nearby that will cut the energy source. Door's caved in, so you need to be pretty small... If you can't fit, d'you have any children? I really need your help! If you can free me I can totally help you out. I'm an amateur archeologist by night, and a... Pizza delivery woman by day. So I could let you in on my discovery, or I could get you 50% off on your next order! Whatever you want man! You gotta help me!
INTRO_REPEAT_1	Please man, you gotta help me! If I miss anymore shifts I'm gonna lose my Pizza Delivery job, and I'll be back to working the farms. You should be able to free me if you can enter that caved in door.
SAVE_TALK_1	You did it, you got the doo-hickey! That's amazing! And just so y'know I don't think you're short at all! I think you're awesome. Now please, free me! Free the Archeologist/Pizza Delivery Girl?
SAVE_CHOICE_1	Free the Archeologist/Pizza Delivery Girl?
SAVE_DENY_1	NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Fella, you gotta let me go!
SAVE_ACCEPT_1	OOOOOH BANGARANG! Now to begin murdering everyone again! ... Just kidding, sorry being locked in that cage for so long has made me a little crazy. Anyways I found what I needed, I've got prrof that leylines exist! They're real, and I detected them. Me! A pizza girl! I gotta finish my shift first, but if you ever bump into me out there come give me a chat. I'll be around! Oh, and before I go, here's my business card. Just in case!
SAVE_ACCEPT_REPEAT_1	Hey, you go on ahead. I'm fine, I just wanna double check on some things before I bail.
PORTAL_EXPLAIN_TALK_1	Hey again! Thanks for freeing me back there. I said I'd pay you back, and here we are! Remember how I said I was onto something back at the castle? Well I was examining leylines. They're mystical energy sources that are embedded in the earth. This world we live in, it's always changing. Rooms move around, buildings get shifted, heck, even entire pieces of land get shifted. But the leylines? They're always the same. I've been able to trace the energy from the leylines coming from these portals, and if I can get the resources I need, I can totally unlock this portal permanently! So whaddaya say? I'll need {0} Red Aether and {1} gold to permanently unlock this teleporter.
PORTAL_EXPLAIN_REPEAT_1	I'll need {0} Red Aether and {1} gold to permanently unlock this teleporter.
PORTAL_BUILD_NO_1	Oh, not interested? That's ok... I've still got my Pizza job.
PORTAL_BUILD_FAIL_1	Oh... You don't have enough resources. Sorry, I can't build it on hopes and dreams.
PORTAL_BUILD_YES_1	Perfect! This is exactly what I needed. Just give me a few minutes and I'll be able to build this. If you close your eyes, this'll make it easier for everyone.
PORTAL_BUILD_DONE_1	Annnd done. Now you can teleport back even if you haven't found it yet. The power of ley lines!
PORTAL_BUILD_STORY_1	I used to be a farmer y'know. It really got me interested in the earth. Like, why does everything move? I know that's not how it used to be, but we've been down here for so long I think everyone just took it for granted. Made me wonder why I took my life for granted too...
PORTAL_BUILD_STORY_2	I was able to snag a Pizza Delivery job shortly after I decided I didn't want to be a farmer. It was good pay, but more importantly, it was shorter hours, and right in the center of StackTown. It let me start taking night classes, and let me study up on Geology and everything that I was interested in! But, I also got to see a lot more people... Y'know who orders pizza? Yeah, it's a lot of lazy people... Like a LOT, but it was also the old, the feeble, and the sick. These are people that'd be marked as rebels. Those that have gone into hiding because they can't pay the tolls anymore. The ones who are a weight on society. We were always told that they were bad people, but they were just people who wanted to live.
PORTAL_BUILD_STORY_3	Do you know how hard it is to deliver pizza to a place if it keeps shifting? I don't even know why we try in the first place Delivery pizza is like a treasure hunt. If the land shifts, you've gotta call the customer and they'd give you clues, and you'd have to find them. But, after a while, I kept getting better and better at tracking the customer down. Sort of like a sixth sense to how the world was moving. That's when I stopped really caring about the WHY the world was shifting, and started looking into the WHERE. If I could get a feel for it, then maybe there's more to it then just random chaos. And if I could predict the chaos... Maybe I could actually do something really good in life.
PORTAL_BUILD_STORY_4	I aced my courses when I went back to school, I was even offered a job at the Grand Studies. Sure, I'd get paid well, probably have all the red aether I'd ever need, but I'd be stuck doing someone else's work. It's crazy, turning a job like that down to be a Pizza Delivery Person. But somehow, I feel like it's all paying off. I got to do what I wanted to do, make discoveries on my own... And I found out that I fricking love to eat Pizza!
PORTAL_BUILD_REPEAT_1	I'm pooped. I'm just gonna sit here and eat some pizza.
PORTAL_FINAL_STORY_1	I think that's it! I think we've connected every portal together for everyone! With this, we can get everyone out. The old, the feeble, the... Whoever else couldn't make the trip. This kingdom's large, and the path isn't safe. But with this... I think we can do a lot of good.
PORTAL_FINAL_REPEAT_1	*Whew* It took a long time, and a lot of money, but I think this is worth it. Thanks fella. Or should I say, hero.