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* '''Minsc''': You might have your cloudy locks to keep the heat off your head, but do not forget that Minsc has Boo! We will be like twins, eh? | * '''Minsc''': You might have your cloudy locks to keep the heat off your head, but do not forget that Minsc has Boo! We will be like twins, eh? | ||
* '''Astarion''': We will? Gods - two hundred years and I've never missed seeing my reflection more. | * '''Astarion''': We will? Gods - two hundred years and I've never missed seeing my reflection more. | ||
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(In Harborview Park) | (In Harborview Park) | ||
* '''Minsc''': Oh, I do not know, Boo. If you buried the nuts here before we were stone, I am thinking they might have gone bad. | * '''Minsc''': Oh, I do not know, Boo. If you buried the nuts here before we were stone, I am thinking they might have gone bad. | ||
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* '''Minsc''': Perhaps this is why he has never seen fit to speak to you. | * '''Minsc''': Perhaps this is why he has never seen fit to speak to you. | ||
* '''Astarion''': How delightfully vicious. I'm beginning to like the hamster. | * '''Astarion''': How delightfully vicious. I'm beginning to like the hamster. | ||
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(By the Eastern Docks) | (By the Eastern Docks) | ||
* '''Minsc''': ASTARION! FISH! ASTARION! | * '''Minsc''': ASTARION! FISH! ASTARION! | ||
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* '''Astarion''': It's a sweet thought, but fish just doesn't have the flavour of full-blooded red meat. | * '''Astarion''': It's a sweet thought, but fish just doesn't have the flavour of full-blooded red meat. | ||
* '''Minsc''': No, you do not 'agree', Boo. I told you you have been spending far too much time around the pale one... | * '''Minsc''': No, you do not 'agree', Boo. I told you you have been spending far too much time around the pale one... | ||
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(Ascendant Astarion) | (Ascendant Astarion) | ||
* '''Minsc''': Do not think your twinkly-eyed wiles will work on us, vampire lord. | * '''Minsc''': Do not think your twinkly-eyed wiles will work on us, vampire lord. | ||
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* '''Minsc''': Do not look into his eyes, Boo! Think not of nesting in his thick and downy mane! | * '''Minsc''': Do not look into his eyes, Boo! Think not of nesting in his thick and downy mane! | ||
* '''Astarion''': You'll never know unless you try. Just once? Maybe you'll like it. | * '''Astarion''': You'll never know unless you try. Just once? Maybe you'll like it. | ||
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(Spawn Astarion) | (Spawn Astarion) | ||
* '''Minsc''': No, Boo. Astarion is a friend now - he would never bite you. | * '''Minsc''': No, Boo. Astarion is a friend now - he would never bite you. | ||
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* '''Gale''': Fear not, Minsc. You have a wizard at your side who positively encourages such curiosity. You'll fit right in. | * '''Gale''': Fear not, Minsc. You have a wizard at your side who positively encourages such curiosity. You'll fit right in. | ||
* '''Minsc''': Obliged, wizard. Should we find our way to a weaponsmith, Minsc will rough you up a little - so that you too can fit in. | * '''Minsc''': Obliged, wizard. Should we find our way to a weaponsmith, Minsc will rough you up a little - so that you too can fit in. | ||
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(In the Water Queen's House) | (In the Water Queen's House) | ||
* '''Minsc''': Umberlee - her clerics possess a nasty streak as wide as her oceans. | * '''Minsc''': Umberlee - her clerics possess a nasty streak as wide as her oceans. | ||
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* '''Minsc''': 'Blasphemy', said the temple priestess. But Minsc says: do not give horns to your statues if you do not wish the visitors to try and make them toot. | * '''Minsc''': 'Blasphemy', said the temple priestess. But Minsc says: do not give horns to your statues if you do not wish the visitors to try and make them toot. | ||
* '''Gale''': Yes, that would probably do it. | * '''Gale''': Yes, that would probably do it. | ||
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(At the [[House of Hope]]) | (At the [[House of Hope]]) | ||
* '''Minsc''': Gale! You will perhaps able to explain where Boo has not - what exactly is the difference between a devil and a demon? | * '''Minsc''': Gale! You will perhaps able to explain where Boo has not - what exactly is the difference between a devil and a demon? | ||
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* '''Minsc''': Eh. Just how-to-kill... -ical. | * '''Minsc''': Eh. Just how-to-kill... -ical. | ||
* '''Gale''': Oh. Then for your purposes, they are exactly the same. | * '''Gale''': Oh. Then for your purposes, they are exactly the same. | ||
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* '''Minsc''': Gale. Minsc worries you might send a fireball up his butt, with all of this stringy hair in your face. | * '''Minsc''': Gale. Minsc worries you might send a fireball up his butt, with all of this stringy hair in your face. | ||
* '''Gale''': Is that why you keep your head shaved? I assumed it was a custom of some sort. | * '''Gale''': Is that why you keep your head shaved? I assumed it was a custom of some sort. | ||
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* '''Karlach''': Huh. Really? | * '''Karlach''': Huh. Really? | ||
* '''Minsc''': And there is always Boo, with the needful nip when anger is slow in coming. This is not how you do it...? | * '''Minsc''': And there is always Boo, with the needful nip when anger is slow in coming. This is not how you do it...? | ||
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* '''Minsc''': Karlach - do I see you gazing long at Boo? You wish to have a hamster of your own, I think. | * '''Minsc''': Karlach - do I see you gazing long at Boo? You wish to have a hamster of your own, I think. | ||
* '''Karlach''': I wouldn't say no. But really I was thinking... how old is he, Minsc? | * '''Karlach''': I wouldn't say no. But really I was thinking... how old is he, Minsc? | ||
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* '''Karlach''': And he's always looked the exact same? No chance Jaheira's been swapping him out every few years? | * '''Karlach''': And he's always looked the exact same? No chance Jaheira's been swapping him out every few years? | ||
* '''Minsc''': Karlach! Minsc and Boo thought better of you, than to be so concerned with looks. | * '''Minsc''': Karlach! Minsc and Boo thought better of you, than to be so concerned with looks. | ||
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(Approaching the Guildhall) | (Approaching the Guildhall) | ||
* '''Minsc''': Are you familiar with the evil works of Nine-Fingers and her Guild, Karlach? | * '''Minsc''': Are you familiar with the evil works of Nine-Fingers and her Guild, Karlach? | ||
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* (''If Minsc has not agreed to work with Nine-Fingers'') | * (''If Minsc has not agreed to work with Nine-Fingers'') | ||
** '''Minsc''': Minsc means to do no working. When he breaks the guildmaster, it will be for the fun of it alone. | ** '''Minsc''': Minsc means to do no working. When he breaks the guildmaster, it will be for the fun of it alone. | ||
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(In the Undercity Ruins) | (In the Undercity Ruins) | ||
* '''Minsc''': A dead and foul place. Only a villain would nest down in these tunnels. | * '''Minsc''': A dead and foul place. Only a villain would nest down in these tunnels. | ||
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* '''Karlach''': Fair enough, buddy. Home is where the heart is, anyway. | * '''Karlach''': Fair enough, buddy. Home is where the heart is, anyway. | ||
* '''Minsc''': Ah - in that case, home is in my pocket, nestled on soft bed of flesh and fluff. | * '''Minsc''': Ah - in that case, home is in my pocket, nestled on soft bed of flesh and fluff. | ||
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(At the Temple of Bhaal) | (At the Temple of Bhaal) | ||
* '''Karlach''': What a pesthole! Can't wait to clear this place out. | * '''Karlach''': What a pesthole! Can't wait to clear this place out. | ||
* '''Minsc''': There will be much trading of threats and insults, no doubt. But Minsc will be ready when it is time for boot to meet butt. | * '''Minsc''': There will be much trading of threats and insults, no doubt. But Minsc will be ready when it is time for boot to meet butt. | ||
* '''Karlach''': You and me both, pal. | * '''Karlach''': You and me both, pal. | ||
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(At the Morphic Pool) | (At the Morphic Pool) | ||
* '''Minsc''': Karlach, this brain we go to bully - Boo has suggested it is large. Wizard-brain large? Boo-brain large? | * '''Minsc''': Karlach, this brain we go to bully - Boo has suggested it is large. Wizard-brain large? Boo-brain large? | ||
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* '''Shadowheart''': The dark is Shar's domain. You wouldn't have been lonely if you embraced her. | * '''Shadowheart''': The dark is Shar's domain. You wouldn't have been lonely if you embraced her. | ||
* '''Minsc''': Evil! Never! | * '''Minsc''': Evil! Never! | ||
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* '''Shadowheart''': Hey Minsc, How do you judge what's evil? | * '''Shadowheart''': Hey Minsc, How do you judge what's evil? | ||
* '''Minsc''': Enough trick questions! Evil is clearly evil. | * '''Minsc''': Enough trick questions! Evil is clearly evil. | ||
* '''Shadowheart''': Am I evil? You called my goddess so. | * '''Shadowheart''': Am I evil? You called my goddess so. | ||
* '''Minsc''': If I decide you are evil, my blade will inform you of the fact. | * '''Minsc''': If I decide you are evil, my blade will inform you of the fact. | ||
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* '''Minsc''': Shadowheart. I saw you pluck Boo from the ground, when you thought no one was watching. | * '''Minsc''': Shadowheart. I saw you pluck Boo from the ground, when you thought no one was watching. | ||
* '''Minsc''': It pleases you, to hold him? And you have truly cleansed yourself of Shar? | * '''Minsc''': It pleases you, to hold him? And you have truly cleansed yourself of Shar? | ||
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* '''Minsc''': HMMMMMMMM. Then for one day only, you may carry him in your pocket. So long as it is clean. Padded. Well-aired. | * '''Minsc''': HMMMMMMMM. Then for one day only, you may carry him in your pocket. So long as it is clean. Padded. Well-aired. | ||
* '''Minsc''': And full of nuts! | * '''Minsc''': And full of nuts! | ||
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* '''Minsc''': Boo will not permit himself to be held by you any longer, Shadowheart. | * '''Minsc''': Boo will not permit himself to be held by you any longer, Shadowheart. | ||
* '''Minsc''': He fears you will sacrifice him in some Sharran ritual of dark oils and leather. | * '''Minsc''': He fears you will sacrifice him in some Sharran ritual of dark oils and leather. | ||
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* '''Wyll''': A bloody display of murderous power. Bhaal means to stoke fear, make us cower. | * '''Wyll''': A bloody display of murderous power. Bhaal means to stoke fear, make us cower. | ||
* '''Minsc''': All it does is make Minsc wonder if Boo has already eaten this villain's eyes. | * '''Minsc''': All it does is make Minsc wonder if Boo has already eaten this villain's eyes. | ||
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(At Danthelon's Dancing Axe) | (At Danthelon's Dancing Axe) | ||
* '''Minsc''': Danthelon's Dancing Axe...? Minsc would sooner fight with a sword - even an annoying one, which talks out of turn. | * '''Minsc''': Danthelon's Dancing Axe...? Minsc would sooner fight with a sword - even an annoying one, which talks out of turn. | ||
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* '''Minsc''': The sword is simpler - only one point, so you know which end the evil goes on! But I suppose a warrior must wield whatever weapon he can. | * '''Minsc''': The sword is simpler - only one point, so you know which end the evil goes on! But I suppose a warrior must wield whatever weapon he can. | ||
* '''Minsc''': Sword, axe, boot... Minsc once choked an ogre with its own loincloth. The smell might be the closest I have come to tasting of death myself. | * '''Minsc''': Sword, axe, boot... Minsc once choked an ogre with its own loincloth. The smell might be the closest I have come to tasting of death myself. | ||
<hr> | <hr> | ||
(At the Wyrmway Puzzle) | (At the Wyrmway Puzzle) | ||
* '''Minsc''': A puzzle, is it? Boo is most adept at their solving - no matter where Minsc hides the nuts, Boo is always able to sniff them out! | * '''Minsc''': A puzzle, is it? Boo is most adept at their solving - no matter where Minsc hides the nuts, Boo is always able to sniff them out! | ||
* '''Gale''': I'm rather a dab hand myself when it comes to a spot of intellectual intrigue... | * '''Gale''': I'm rather a dab hand myself when it comes to a spot of intellectual intrigue... | ||
* '''Minsc''': The nuts are in my pocket, wizard. Please do not go patting at Minsc's person. | * '''Minsc''': The nuts are in my pocket, wizard. Please do not go patting at Minsc's person. | ||
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(If Wyll is being romanced) | (If Wyll is being romanced) | ||
* '''Minsc''': Minsc has felt Boo's heart is fluttering faster than usual... for our friend the Blade is bethrothed. | * '''Minsc''': Minsc has felt Boo's heart is fluttering faster than usual... for our friend the Blade is bethrothed. | ||
* '''Wyll''': Ah, my thanks. Perhaps we might even marry, if fate wills it. | * '''Wyll''': Ah, my thanks. Perhaps we might even marry, if fate wills it. | ||
* '''Minsc''': If you cannot find a bear to be the bearer of your ring, Boo would like you to know that he is available. | * '''Minsc''': If you cannot find a bear to be the bearer of your ring, Boo would like you to know that he is available. | ||
<hr> | <hr> | ||
(At the Lodge) | (At the Lodge) | ||
* '''Minsc''': Who is this large man of sternness and stone? Boo mislikes his look - as if he is knowing things that Minsc is not. | * '''Minsc''': Who is this large man of sternness and stone? Boo mislikes his look - as if he is knowing things that Minsc is not. | ||
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** '''Wyll''': It's Balduran. Our city's valorant founder {{Blur|- and now, the illithid we carry in that gods-forsaken prism.}} | ** '''Wyll''': It's Balduran. Our city's valorant founder {{Blur|- and now, the illithid we carry in that gods-forsaken prism.}} | ||
** '''Minsc''': Ah. Then Minsc and Boo prefer him this way. Better stern than smug. | ** '''Minsc''': Ah. Then Minsc and Boo prefer him this way. Better stern than smug. | ||
<hr> | <hr> | ||
(At the Morphic Pool) | (At the Morphic Pool) | ||
* '''Wyll''': Our great adventure nears its climax. If I should fall, I want you all to know it's been an honour to fight beside you. | * '''Wyll''': Our great adventure nears its climax. If I should fall, I want you all to know it's been an honour to fight beside you. | ||
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* '''Halsin''': Perhaps you should study the druidic arts - with wildshape, you could make yourself as diminutive as you please. Smaller than Boo, even. | * '''Halsin''': Perhaps you should study the druidic arts - with wildshape, you could make yourself as diminutive as you please. Smaller than Boo, even. | ||
* '''Minsc''': Oh. OHOHOHO. | * '''Minsc''': Oh. OHOHOHO. | ||
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(At Felogyr's Fireworks) | (At Felogyr's Fireworks) | ||
* '''Minsc''': Bah. Boo says the many colours remind him of home, but Minsc has never enjoyed these fireworks. | * '''Minsc''': Bah. Boo says the many colours remind him of home, but Minsc has never enjoyed these fireworks. | ||
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* '''Minsc''': ...Archdruid. You are as formidable in mind as you are in muscle. | * '''Minsc''': ...Archdruid. You are as formidable in mind as you are in muscle. | ||
* '''Minsc''': Gather the sparking sticks, Boo! With sword in one hand and these in the other, we need truck with wizards no more! | * '''Minsc''': Gather the sparking sticks, Boo! With sword in one hand and these in the other, we need truck with wizards no more! | ||
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(If Halsin has been romanced) | (If Halsin has been romanced) | ||
* '''Minsc''': Boo has been speaking to a certain squirrel-friend who frequents our camp, Halsin. | * '''Minsc''': Boo has been speaking to a certain squirrel-friend who frequents our camp, Halsin. | ||
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* '''Jaheira''': And hamsters don't have hackles. | * '''Jaheira''': And hamsters don't have hackles. | ||
* '''Minsc''': Does Jaheira not set your heart at ease, Boo? It is comforting, to know that one so wise can be so wrong. | * '''Minsc''': Does Jaheira not set your heart at ease, Boo? It is comforting, to know that one so wise can be so wrong. | ||
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(In Bloomridge Park) | (In Bloomridge Park) | ||
* '''Minsc''': All of these statues - could they, too, be heroes all? Frozen in stone until the city has need of them? | * '''Minsc''': All of these statues - could they, too, be heroes all? Frozen in stone until the city has need of them? | ||
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* '''Minsc''': Well. Boo would also think you would have noticed when Minsc himself was frozen for over a century. | * '''Minsc''': Well. Boo would also think you would have noticed when Minsc himself was frozen for over a century. | ||
* '''Jaheira''': ... do you know, I had forgotten just how catty your hamster can be. | * '''Jaheira''': ... do you know, I had forgotten just how catty your hamster can be. | ||
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(In The Blushing Mermaid) | (In The Blushing Mermaid) | ||
* '''Minsc''': Jaheira, Minsc's memory of his last time in this taproom is a little... fuzzy. Did he...? | * '''Minsc''': Jaheira, Minsc's memory of his last time in this taproom is a little... fuzzy. Did he...? | ||
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* '''Minsc''': Oh, praise the Three! Minsc was afraid he had shamed myself. I will, eh, leave a penny at the bar. | * '''Minsc''': Oh, praise the Three! Minsc was afraid he had shamed myself. I will, eh, leave a penny at the bar. | ||
* '''Jaheira''': Best leave two. I cracked her with my own, afterward. She was drinking grog - Boo's backside could only have improved it. | * '''Jaheira''': Best leave two. I cracked her with my own, afterward. She was drinking grog - Boo's backside could only have improved it. | ||
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(Entering the Sewers) | (Entering the Sewers) | ||
* '''Minsc''': AH! The smell of adventure, in the very heart of the city! | * '''Minsc''': AH! The smell of adventure, in the very heart of the city! | ||
* '''Jaheira''': The city's lower intestine, perhaps. | * '''Jaheira''': The city's lower intestine, perhaps. | ||
* '''Minsc''': Better yet! What swifter way to strike at evil's butt than to crawl through its innards? | * '''Minsc''': Better yet! What swifter way to strike at evil's butt than to crawl through its innards? | ||
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(In the Guildhall, before meeting [[Nine-Fingers Keene]]) | (In the Guildhall, before meeting [[Nine-Fingers Keene]]) | ||
* '''Jaheira''': If Nine-Fingers survived the fray, she will be right back to work in there. We ought to speak to her. | * '''Jaheira''': If Nine-Fingers survived the fray, she will be right back to work in there. We ought to speak to her. |
Revision as of 11:41, 22 September 2023
A collection of Minsc's remarks and overhead conversations with other characters.
Remarks
- ""
Looking in a mirror
- "Boo, Minsc has something in his teeth. would you mind...?"
- "Bounce light all you wish, little mirror. Minsc will only bounce it back!"
- "Perhaps I should paint the rest of my skull. What say you, Boo?"
Finding a locked item
- ""
Location Remarks
Act Three
Party Banter
Spoiler warning: The following content contains unhidden spoilers. Read at your own risk. |
Minsc and Astarion
(By the Basilisk's Gate)
- Minsc: Ah, but it is a fine thing to walk with friends beneath the warming sun!
- Astarion: Friends' might be a stretch, but otherwise - yes, I fully agree!
- Minsc: You might have your cloudy locks to keep the heat off your head, but do not forget that Minsc has Boo! We will be like twins, eh?
- Astarion: We will? Gods - two hundred years and I've never missed seeing my reflection more.
(In Harborview Park)
- Minsc: Oh, I do not know, Boo. If you buried the nuts here before we were stone, I am thinking they might have gone bad.
- Astarion: Minsc! Enough! The hamster isn't saying a damn thing and you know it.
- Minsc: Well, Astarion. Boo is of good breeding, and so only speaks when he has something nice to say.
- Minsc: Perhaps this is why he has never seen fit to speak to you.
- Astarion: How delightfully vicious. I'm beginning to like the hamster.
(By the Eastern Docks)
- Minsc: ASTARION! FISH! ASTARION!
- Astarion: Minsc, please - slow down. Use your words.
- Minsc: Minsc has thought how you might be a more virtuous vampire - feast on fish instead. They are made of naught but neck!
- Astarion: It's a sweet thought, but fish just doesn't have the flavour of full-blooded red meat.
- Minsc: No, you do not 'agree', Boo. I told you you have been spending far too much time around the pale one...
(Ascendant Astarion)
- Minsc: Do not think your twinkly-eyed wiles will work on us, vampire lord.
- Astarion: Oh, I know I could never tempt you, but maybe your little friend would like to perch on a more elegant shoulder?
- Minsc: Do not look into his eyes, Boo! Think not of nesting in his thick and downy mane!
- Astarion: You'll never know unless you try. Just once? Maybe you'll like it.
(Spawn Astarion)
- Minsc: No, Boo. Astarion is a friend now - he would never bite you.
- Minsc: Yes, vampire?
- Astarion: Yes... I mean - no? I am not interested in biting the rodent is the point.
- Astarion: Not least because he lives in your trousers...
Minsc and Gale
(At Sorcerous Sundries)
- Minsc': Minsc has never trusted places such as this. Too much of a wizard's power can be simply packaged and picked up.
- Minsc: Well, picked up by all but Minsc. When he touches the many delicate little jars, oh how the wizards shout and stare!
- Gale: Fear not, Minsc. You have a wizard at your side who positively encourages such curiosity. You'll fit right in.
- Minsc: Obliged, wizard. Should we find our way to a weaponsmith, Minsc will rough you up a little - so that you too can fit in.
(In the Water Queen's House)
- Minsc: Umberlee - her clerics possess a nasty streak as wide as her oceans.
- Gale: So their reputation suggests - especially among the good folk of Waterdeep. I'm curious to learn how you fell foul of them...
- Minsc: 'Blasphemy', said the temple priestess. But Minsc says: do not give horns to your statues if you do not wish the visitors to try and make them toot.
- Gale: Yes, that would probably do it.
(At the House of Hope)
- Minsc: Gale! You will perhaps able to explain where Boo has not - what exactly is the difference between a devil and a demon?
- Gale: A fascinating question, one that boils down to which criteria we choose to apply. Are we speaking about the physiological? Theological? Etymological?
- Minsc: Eh. Just how-to-kill... -ical.
- Gale: Oh. Then for your purposes, they are exactly the same.
- Minsc: Gale. Minsc worries you might send a fireball up his butt, with all of this stringy hair in your face.
- Gale: Is that why you keep your head shaved? I assumed it was a custom of some sort.
- Minsc: Oh, no! Most warriors of Rashemen wear long battle-braids, weighed down with stone. Minsc can show you, when next we camp?
- Gale: Thank you, but I'm more wizard than warrior. I'm not sure my scalp would stand up to such a plaiting.
Minsc and Karlach
- Karlach: Minsc, you come from an entire nation of berserkers. Give me some of those good Rashemaar pointers.
- Minsc: Oh. There is much to be learned. Deep breaths. Meditative trances. Strange and stinking mushrooms.
- Minsc: But Minsc could master none of this. Which made him sad. Which made him mad. Which made him the berserker you see before you.
- Karlach: Huh. Really?
- Minsc: And there is always Boo, with the needful nip when anger is slow in coming. This is not how you do it...?
- Minsc: Karlach - do I see you gazing long at Boo? You wish to have a hamster of your own, I think.
- Karlach: I wouldn't say no. But really I was thinking... how old is he, Minsc?
- Minsc: He is quite obviously in his prime. For a miniature giant space hamster.
- Karlach: And he's always looked the exact same? No chance Jaheira's been swapping him out every few years?
- Minsc: Karlach! Minsc and Boo thought better of you, than to be so concerned with looks.
(Approaching the Guildhall)
- Minsc: Are you familiar with the evil works of Nine-Fingers and her Guild, Karlach?
- Karlach: I've Heard of her - and everyone knows the Guild. They're not bad if you know how to work 'em.
- (If Minsc (grudgingly) agreed to work with Nine-Fingers)
- Minsc: Hm. Boo and I, we are in need of honest berserkers to keep the Guild honest in turn. Will you show us how this 'working' is done?
- Karlach: Sure. The trick is to let them mess with you just once, and show 'em what happens. They won't try again.
- (If Minsc has not agreed to work with Nine-Fingers)
- Minsc: Minsc means to do no working. When he breaks the guildmaster, it will be for the fun of it alone.
(In the Undercity Ruins)
- Minsc: A dead and foul place. Only a villain would nest down in these tunnels.
- Karlach: Hang on, weren't you living in the sewer?
- Minsc: Entirely different! That was foul only in its smells, and the way our water tasted. But it was home.
- Karlach: Fair enough, buddy. Home is where the heart is, anyway.
- Minsc: Ah - in that case, home is in my pocket, nestled on soft bed of flesh and fluff.
(At the Temple of Bhaal)
- Karlach: What a pesthole! Can't wait to clear this place out.
- Minsc: There will be much trading of threats and insults, no doubt. But Minsc will be ready when it is time for boot to meet butt.
- Karlach: You and me both, pal.
(At the Morphic Pool)
- Minsc: Karlach, this brain we go to bully - Boo has suggested it is large. Wizard-brain large? Boo-brain large?
- Karlach: Like... as many Boo-brains as a mortal mind can fathom. It's an elder brain, after all. You heard of those?
- Minsc: Of course!
- Minsc: What is an elder brain?
- Karlach: Honestly, I'm not completely sure. But I know it'll be no match for you, me, and the hamster.
Minsc and Lae'zel
- Minsc: Bah! Fine, Boo. Lae'zel - my hamster wishes me to tell you:
- Minsc: You are the most beautiful thing he has ever seen.
- Lae'zel: I'm afraid I can't return the sentiment - but I know of some githyanki who would find him quite... appealing. Mouth-watering, in fact.
Minsc and Shadowheart
- Shadowheart: Hey Minsc, what was it like, being a statue?
- Minsc: Dark. Lonely. Helpless.
- Shadowheart: The dark is Shar's domain. You wouldn't have been lonely if you embraced her.
- Minsc: Evil! Never!
- Shadowheart: Hey Minsc, How do you judge what's evil?
- Minsc: Enough trick questions! Evil is clearly evil.
- Shadowheart: Am I evil? You called my goddess so.
- Minsc: If I decide you are evil, my blade will inform you of the fact.
- Minsc: Shadowheart. I saw you pluck Boo from the ground, when you thought no one was watching.
- Minsc: It pleases you, to hold him? And you have truly cleansed yourself of Shar?
- Shadowheart: I suppose you're right. On both counts.
- Minsc: HMMMMMMMM. Then for one day only, you may carry him in your pocket. So long as it is clean. Padded. Well-aired.
- Minsc: And full of nuts!
- Minsc: Boo will not permit himself to be held by you any longer, Shadowheart.
- Minsc: He fears you will sacrifice him in some Sharran ritual of dark oils and leather.
- Shadowheart: Oh, he's far too precious for that. I'll go find a comely barmaid or guardsman instead.
Minsc and Wyll
(Entering Devil's Fee)
- Minsc: Who adorned these walls? Better to have hung a mirror, and taken a good long look at themselves.
- Wyll: A bloody display of murderous power. Bhaal means to stoke fear, make us cower.
- Minsc: All it does is make Minsc wonder if Boo has already eaten this villain's eyes.
(At Danthelon's Dancing Axe)
- Minsc: Danthelon's Dancing Axe...? Minsc would sooner fight with a sword - even an annoying one, which talks out of turn.
- Wyll: I'm surprised you're so fond of swords. A battleaxe would seem more suitable for a man of your... stature.
- Minsc: The sword is simpler - only one point, so you know which end the evil goes on! But I suppose a warrior must wield whatever weapon he can.
- Minsc: Sword, axe, boot... Minsc once choked an ogre with its own loincloth. The smell might be the closest I have come to tasting of death myself.
(At the Wyrmway Puzzle)
- Minsc: A puzzle, is it? Boo is most adept at their solving - no matter where Minsc hides the nuts, Boo is always able to sniff them out!
- Gale: I'm rather a dab hand myself when it comes to a spot of intellectual intrigue...
- Minsc: The nuts are in my pocket, wizard. Please do not go patting at Minsc's person.
(If Wyll is being romanced)
- Minsc: Minsc has felt Boo's heart is fluttering faster than usual... for our friend the Blade is bethrothed.
- Wyll: Ah, my thanks. Perhaps we might even marry, if fate wills it.
- Minsc: If you cannot find a bear to be the bearer of your ring, Boo would like you to know that he is available.
(At the Lodge)
- Minsc: Who is this large man of sternness and stone? Boo mislikes his look - as if he is knowing things that Minsc is not.
- (Before Balduran's Reveal)
- Wyll: Relax, the both of you - it's Balduran, our city's valorant founder.
- Minsc: Ahh, this makes more sense! Some relation to the Baldur who owns the gate perhaps, Boo?
- (After Balduran's Reveal)
- Wyll: It's Balduran. Our city's valorant founder - and now, the illithid we carry in that gods-forsaken prism.
- Minsc: Ah. Then Minsc and Boo prefer him this way. Better stern than smug.
(At the Morphic Pool)
- Wyll: Our great adventure nears its climax. If I should fall, I want you all to know it's been an honour to fight beside you.
- Minsc: You will not fall, warlock. And if you do, Minsc shall simply pick you up again. What - do you doubt us in this final hour?
- Wyll: Yeah, but you... you're Minsc.
- Minsc: And you are Wyll of the Pale Eye. Now hush, and turn your mind towards our many, many many enemies.
Minsc and Halsin
(At the Elfsong Tavern)
- Minsc: See, Boo? They have made their repairs. The owner once used Boo to mop up her ale, and she and Minsc had a discussion on the matter.
- Halsin: Trouble seems to seek you out, Minsc. I know the feeling - the larger you are, the more likely someone wishes to test themselves against you.
- Minsc: Minsc sometimes wishes he was small as Boo - so that he might sit and listen to the storytellers in peace.
- Halsin: Perhaps you should study the druidic arts - with wildshape, you could make yourself as diminutive as you please. Smaller than Boo, even.
- Minsc: Oh. OHOHOHO.
(At Felogyr's Fireworks)
- Minsc: Bah. Boo says the many colours remind him of home, but Minsc has never enjoyed these fireworks.
- Halsin: They may have their purposes. You could cast fireballs of sorts, without having to spend years studying magic tomes.
- Minsc: ...Archdruid. You are as formidable in mind as you are in muscle.
- Minsc: Gather the sparking sticks, Boo! With sword in one hand and these in the other, we need truck with wizards no more!
(If Halsin has been romanced)
- Minsc: Boo has been speaking to a certain squirrel-friend who frequents our camp, Halsin.
- Minsc: He was turned from a red squirrel to a grey, all by one shocking sight. Minsc thinks you owe him an apology.
- Halsin: Apologise for partaking in one of nature's most solemn rites? That squirrel should be glad to bear witness.
- Minsc: ...No, Boo, I do not know what this has to do with the bears...
Minsc and Jaheira
(Entering Cazador's Palace)
- Minsc: If Minsc had any hairs on his head, this place would set them all a-standing. And look how Boo's bunches his hackles!
- Jaheira: We three have come through darker places than this together, Minsc.
- Jaheira: And hamsters don't have hackles.
- Minsc: Does Jaheira not set your heart at ease, Boo? It is comforting, to know that one so wise can be so wrong.
(In Bloomridge Park)
- Minsc: All of these statues - could they, too, be heroes all? Frozen in stone until the city has need of them?
- Jaheira: The Harpers keep records of those who fought for the city - I think I would recall mention of a bare-assed little cherub in all our story and song.
- Minsc: Well. Boo would also think you would have noticed when Minsc himself was frozen for over a century.
- Jaheira: ... do you know, I had forgotten just how catty your hamster can be.
(In The Blushing Mermaid)
- Minsc: Jaheira, Minsc's memory of his last time in this taproom is a little... fuzzy. Did he...?
- Jaheira: Fear not, Rashemaar. It has never been your way to over-indulge.
- Jaheira: But you did offend one of my contacts by letting Boo paddle around in her tankard. Pewter, I believe - she cracked it over your head.
- Minsc: Oh, praise the Three! Minsc was afraid he had shamed myself. I will, eh, leave a penny at the bar.
- Jaheira: Best leave two. I cracked her with my own, afterward. She was drinking grog - Boo's backside could only have improved it.
(Entering the Sewers)
- Minsc: AH! The smell of adventure, in the very heart of the city!
- Jaheira: The city's lower intestine, perhaps.
- Minsc: Better yet! What swifter way to strike at evil's butt than to crawl through its innards?
(In the Guildhall, before meeting Nine-Fingers Keene)
- Jaheira: If Nine-Fingers survived the fray, she will be right back to work in there. We ought to speak to her.
- Minsc: She has you in her thrall, Jaheira. Minsc will still her serpent tongue, before it has a chance to twine around your thoughts!
- Jaheira: That, she will definitely have something to say about.