Guild Wars 2

I’ve got several D/Cs just now.

Appears to be fixed now. I just got a connection.

Same issues here. But it was working fine about half an hour ago.

I got it off a festive skritt in Brisban Wildlands while just map completing.

Any idea on where to find said “cleaning rag?”

Here is the flavor text and what I’ve been able to find out based upon it:
This seems to be the cog that Collector Terksli told you to take to Rikka, who’s hiding in Rata Sum. If you had a cleaning rag, you could probably clean it.
Double-click to clean.

I did find Rikka in Rata Sum, but nothing came of the conversations. Double-clicking does tell you, you are missing something.

I found an item called “Extremely Dirty Cog.” And I have no clue what to do with it.

What do I use to clean it and where can I find it?

The wiki has no information on this.

During some events and the meta-events, the progress bars for them are not showing up at all. Is this a bug, or is there a way to turn them on? I did peruse the options, and didn’t find anything that could help.