King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (1992 Video Game)

Don Messick: Ali, Gnomes

Quotes 

• Narrator : Alexander hears someone coming.

  [Then the five Gnome guards walks right over to Alexander] 

  Gnomes : Five fierce guards of the isle we be! "Watch for a foreign man," said he! With ears and nose, tongue, hands, and eyes. Its nature cannot be disguised. If it man it be, then man it dies!

  Gnomes : Old Tom Trow, smell your smell. Do that which you do so well.

• Gnomes : Listen! Hark you, Grovernor! Do your duty as you swore. With your ears, please tell us more.

• Gnomes : Taste, Grump-Frump, that we might know, whether friend or whether foe.

• Gnomes : Trilly Dilly, use your hands. Is it beast, or is it man?

• Gnomes : Old Bill Batter, never fatter, vision can resolve this matter. Look you now and end this chatter!

• Ali : Hello, I will be right up.

  [Ali walks up to the counter] 

  Ali : Now, what can I do for you?

• Narrator : Alexander picks up the book from the small table.

  Ali : Oh yes. Please take that book. You have my most humble thanks for doing so good sir.

  Prince Alexander : Really? Thanks.

• Prince Alexander : Good day, sir. I'm a stranger in this land. What can you tell me about the Land of the Green Isles?

  Ali : That is quite a question, young man. Who are you? And what would you have me tell you?

  Prince Alexander : My name is Alexander. I know I'm on the Isle of the Crown, but I'd like to know whatever you can tell me about this island, and if there are other islands nearby.

  Ali : You are indeed a stranger. Anxious is the man who knows not the customs of the land beneath his feet. This island is called the Isle of the Crown because the royal family's castle is here. Besides the castle, we also have this village, and the docks over to the west. There are at least three other islands, the Isle of the Sacred Mountain, the Isle of the Beast, and the Isle of Wonder.

  Prince Alexander : At least three? Does no one know for certain?

  Ali : Ha ha ha ha ha. This is no ordinary land, Alexander. The Land of the Green Isles has always been a place of vague boundaries as if islands come and go. Legend speaks of a fourth island, an isle shrouded in mists. I myself have never seen it. Then too, the Land of the Green Isles is said to exist on the boundaries of this world and the next. Even darker places are reputed to be closer here than anywhere else in the world.

  Prince Alexander : That's quite a claim!

  Ali : Heh heh heh. Claim yes, but probably just local superstition. We who live here on the Isle of the Crown, at least, sleep well enough at night.

  Prince Alexander : Those first three islands you mentioned. How might I learn more about them?

  Ali : Ideally, a young man seeking such knowledge would travel to their shores and learn about them first-hand. Meeting the leaders of each place would be helpful, naturally. Unfortunately, the ferry no longer runs between the islands. There has been much political unrest, and it has been too dangerous to travel for years. Perhaps the ferryman can tell you more. He has little enough to do these days. And if you haven't been there already, you might seek an audience at the castle.

  Prince Alexander : Thank you kindly merchant, for all your good advice.

  Ali : Ah, but advice is free Alexander. Making use of it costs much more.

• Narrator : [If the player clicks on the poem page]  Alexander picks up the fallen page. It's the love poem he particularly liked. It must've fallen out of the poetry book.

  Ali : I see that old volume has lost another page. You may keep it if you like sir. I have glued this stubborn thing back in place two times already!

  Prince Alexander : I do rather like it. Thank you, merchant.

• Prince Alexander : How much for that book on the counter, merchant?

  Ali : It is a fine book, is it not? I obtained it from the estate of the one and only magician this kingdom has ever had. Poofed himself into an aardvark in the end, or so I heard. I never found the spells all that useful myself, but then I lead a boring life. I tell you what, if you can find another rare book, something a bit more marketable, I might be willing to exchange the spell book for it.

• Prince Alexander : [If the player clicks the rare book icon on Ali]  I found this rare book and I thought of your offer.

  Ali : Very interesting! Oh it is a wonderful riddle book. Riddles are much more marketable than spells these days. I guess people believe more in mirth than in magic. Here is the spell book you wanted, and a fair trade it is, I must say. Enjoy it.

  [Ali takes the rare book and gives the spell book to Alexander] 

  Prince Alexander : I certainly hope so. We shall see how rusty my spell casting truly is.