I have about 40 quests finished in windy, I think my fame is about lvl 6. So I went to start this quest to keep rising windy fame. I was in a hurry, so I just read this post quickly. I talked to the NPC taru first, then the cardian (mine was #1), set the greeting, and headed out to buburimu. Of course Five of Spades didn't say anything interesting, only that he is on patrol. >< Then I read everyone else's posts that you have to wait some amount of time. I guess that the quest guide here would've mentioned that, but I assumed too much...
I wish I had read the anonymous post who wisely bulleted all the required steps of this quest before I set out to Buburimu... /slap <me>
I can verify that regional control has absolute diddly squat b/c I belong to "Lastok", at least how it is on Unicorn... -_- And I have seen the cardian there even when it's beastmen-controlled. I remember running to him for assistance when I was there as a low-lvl being aggrod by all the gobs there & he didn't help me. ; ; And no other NPCs are there, only when it is controlled by a region.
Bottom line, don't head out to Buburimu until you've set the greeting (been yelled at by NPC), & waited a real day or fame allows to actually start the quest. At least it was a chocobo, and I had warp to bring me back to windy. :D
As always, if you're on Unicorn and need my help with anything, just send a /tell! /smile :>
Update:
I can now confirm that you have to wait one real day - or until midnight Japan time to receive the quest after setting the wrong greeting to the spare cardian. Then I headed out to talk to Five of Spades in Buburimu. I was worried at first that I messed it up & was expecting more to his response. All he said was something to the effect of "Are you telling Five that his greeting is wrong, but that's the first greeting Five ever learned, and that can't be right!" But I returned to the taru & it was completed. Hope that helps! Happy questing :>
Edited, Tue Oct 11 19:18:12 2005