Currently if you have the guy in a dungeon DMap room set to Fairy neither the string nor the special item (if applicable) appears.
Bug (I believe) that's been around at least since Beta 163
Yeah, DN made it not a guy anymore, which is bad since older quests use the fairy as a guy..
Maybe a quest rule can fix this?
EDIT: My theory why is either because it's not true to the original, or he felt the Fairy needed a sex change, so now it's not a "guy" anymore..hmm...wait a second..;p
It's been around since Beta 104 or earilier, I'm pretty sure. It's caused me much grief. 😞