A Discerning Eye

Repeatable quest Reward: 500 gil MUST have Airship access, as the starting NPC's are inside the waiting area.

Starting in Port Bastok, Port San d'Oria, Port Windurst, and Kazham. The quest will show up under the quests of the city you started it in. As such, the fame will be assigned to that city

You talk to the NPC, he/she informs you that a they found a lost package, and asks you to return it to the owner as they cannot leave their post (of handing out lost packages?). You CAN at this point say "no", and carry on with your travels.

If you do accept, you will be shown the 'owner' in a psuedo panaramic circle around view. The 'owner' is a randomly generated NPC, including Race, face/hair, and clothing. You will be allow to repeat the viewing until you say "Ok". At this point you recieve the key item "Lost package". Now get your buttaru on the airship before it takes off.

Once you are "in the air" you have until you land to find the true owner. I say "true" because there are fakes, almost, but not quite 100%. I've noticed, but cannot confirm, that the variations are always in the clothing, and not the race/gender/face Sometimes the npc's are in hard to view places, such as the top of the canopy over the stairs from below deck.

If you are 'wrong', the npc will take the package, and you get no reward. (cannot confirm, but possibly loose a little fame)

If you do not turn it in by the time you land, you still have it, but it is useless now. You must return it to the NPC in the town you started in. Nothing bad happens if you dont do it right away, but you cannot get another package from another city until you do.

If by somechance you did get it right, they are very happy! They take the package and give you your 500 gil reward! (doesnt sound like much, but that more then pays for airship entrance fee).

If you think you found the right person, talk to them, you do not give it to them right away, but they do turn to face you. This is a good thing, because they to be looking at walls alot.

I can confirm that it is the same npc for all people on that single trip. Friendly people usualy /sit next to the right one if they find it.

Since you are never forced to leave the airship boarding area, you never have to repay the boarding fee, and there for can, in theory, spend hours/days doing this, raking up fame and gil. Not a extemely profitable quest, but for almost no work, can be fun if you are bored.