Dessa

Dessa

Race

Asura

Location

Fractals of the Mists
(The Mists)

Dessa is an asura that plays a big role in the Fractals of the Mists dungeon. She refuses to believe that she can leave her own lab, out of fear that if she did she would never be able to return to the Mistlock Observatory, which itself is an anomaly within the Mists.

Dialogue

Dessa: 'Ah, a volunteer. I'm Dessa, and I'll be your experiment manager. You've been briefed on the fractals?'

'What do I need to do?'

Dessa: I hate to ask, but I need combat specialists to dispose of the hostile elements we acquired in the fractals during Mistlock. Can you do this?'

'Yes. What's the next step?'

Dessa: 'Outstanding! Use the portal to enter a fractal. Once it's stable, I'll transport you to the next one. Eventually, you'll loop back here.'

'What's waiting for me inside?'

Dessa: 'The Mistlock gathered a moltey menagerie of everything cruel and lethal. I urge you to tread carefully.'

'Why don't you do it?'

'Sound's dangerous. What will you give me return?' [sic]

'Thanks for the warning.'

'Why don't you go in and do this?'

'That sounds dangerous. What will you give me in return?'

'And if I refuse to go in?'

'Got it.'

'And you don't do this because...?'

Dessa: 'I'm a scientist, not a fighter. I can teleport you between fractals, but I need experienced combatants to ensure stabilization.'

'What's waiting for me inside?'

'And I'm doing this for free?'

'I'll think about it.'

'And in return?'

Dessa: 'Oops. I thought you knew. I can't pay you, but you may keep any treasure you find.'

'Why don't you go in and do it?'

'What's waiting for me inside?'

'Let me think about this.'

'What if I say no?'

Dessa: 'That would be a disaster! The fractals need to be pacified. Please, reconsider. I require your assistance.'

'What's waiting for me inside?'

'And in return?'

'I'll think about it.'

'I'll think about it.'

'What are you talking about?'

Dessa: 'The...fractals. I can't believe I made explorable chunks of reality from the Mists. I've dreamed of doing it for so long. Now, it's real.'

'Is that important?'

Dessa: 'Obviously! We can now lock down and enter any point in the Mists. The legacy code of Tyria is ours to explore, assuming it doesn't collapse.'

'What do I need to do?'

'Who are you?'

'I'll think about it.'

'What would I be volunteering for?

'Who are you?'

Dessa: 'I'm Dessa, krewe chief of the fractals project. We have chunks of the Mists for study, and that's where you come in.'

'What do you need me to do?'

'How did you get connected to that gate in Lion's Arch?'

Dessa: 'Lion's Arch? No, there must be a misunderstanding. We'd never launch this lab from that pirate haven.'

'But...never mind. What do you need me to do?'

'Good-bye.'

'Why don't you get some Consortium help? Aren't you with them?'

Dessa: 'Those money-grubbing connivers? It's bad enough I lost my boyfriend to those shady "businessmen." Take my advice: reject their advances. Nothing good will come of their machinations.'

'What do you need me to do?'

'How did you get connected to that gate in Lion's Arch?'

'Thanks for the advice.'

'Good-bye.'

'Congratulations. Good-bye.'

'What is this place?'

Dessa: 'My laboratory, but it's dangerous until the fractals are stable. Thank the Alchemy you volunteered.'

'Wait, volunteered? For what?'

'Who are you?'

'Good-bye.'

'Good-bye.'