![Shing Jea monastery gw2 eod](https://i0.wp.com/scoutwarband.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/shing-jea-scenery-gw2-eod.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1)
This is a busy week for me, but I managed to grab half an hour to play before work. There doesn’t seem to be much going on in this zone, which may help explain why I didn’t encounter a single other player while I was there.
Also it was 6:45 on a Tuesday morning. That might have something to do with it.
I found two events. The first was “Help the sailors deliver their goods.” I couldn’t figure out what I was supposed to do. I accepted a fish from a man on the docks, then accidentally dropped it 10 feet away.
Apparently there’s some kind of fish-delivery mechanic I’ll need to work out before I can complete this event. Another time, perhaps.
The second event was an escort mission, but the NPC was bugged and wouldn’t move. “Sucks to be you,” I told him, and left.
![Bugged NPC Officer Roz escort mission gw2 eod](https://i0.wp.com/scoutwarband.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/bugged-npc-gw2-eod.jpg?resize=600%2C449&ssl=1)
Fashion Wars 2 side note: I’m starting to feel like my Prize of the Boneskinner backpiece and Metal Legion Band T-Shirt aren’t really working with the Shing Jea aesthetic.
![Prize of the Boneskinner backpack and Metal Legion band t-shirt GW2](https://i0.wp.com/scoutwarband.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/boneskinner-backpiece-gw2.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1)
My Mini Beach Gourdon also kinda spoils the effect, but I love him too much to pick a different one.
![](https://i0.wp.com/scoutwarband.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/shing-jea-monastery-gw2-eod.jpg?resize=600%2C446&ssl=1)
Without time to get involved in anything serious, I fell back on some of my favorite in-game pastimes: Eavesdropping on NPCs and generally snooping around.
I found a man having a lengthy heart-to-heart with his water buffalo.
![Worker having a long therapy session with his water buffalo](https://i0.wp.com/scoutwarband.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/water-buffalo-npc-gw2-eod.jpg?resize=600%2C449&ssl=1)
Got my first look at a siege turtle.
![siege turtle GW2 EOD](https://i0.wp.com/scoutwarband.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/siege-turtle-gw2-eod.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1)
Examined the food you can’t buy at local food carts. (Rude.)
![Food cart at Shing Jea monastery gw2 eod](https://i0.wp.com/scoutwarband.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/shing-jea-food-cart-gw2-eod.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1)
And was delighted to find one of my favorite NPCs, Snargle Goldclaw. This time having an argument about his latest slashfic with his publisher, Kippo.
![Snargle Goldclaw's slashfic gw2 eod](https://i0.wp.com/scoutwarband.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/snargle-goldclaw-slashfic-gw2-eod.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1)
Sounds like he’s working on publishing the highly-anticipated (by me) sequel to Destiny’s Pledge.