There were other odd things happening to her as well... She could swear she was being followed... She didn't know why... She just... Felt that prickly feeling on the back of her neck when a predator was stalking her... And, she seemed a little short tempered all of a sudden... She'd been a bit short with the clerk in the surf shack for pretty much no reason... It was so odd... Before that dragon attacked, she'd been in such a good mood! Now however? She felt agitated and uneasy... Was she worried about the dragon? Or... Was it something else...?
As the Dormouse ghoul walked along, she rubbed her head with one hand and rubbed her chest with the other. She had a general air of discontent about her and it caused some of the villagers she'd helped to worry a bit... However, none approached her, they just kept a eye on her. Finally, she comes to a stop in front of what looked like a Bulletin Board. Deciding that fretting about the odd feelings wouldn't help her, she looks at the board curiously. Only to regret it moments later...
"Virus Investigation...? Some of the Minipetlife have shown up with a strange Virus and I need help collecting a few! Please contact-" she reads aloud before checking the name and location. A knot of worry begins to settle in her stomach as she holds her egg a bit closer... A Minipet Virus? Could that be what killed off all those Wyvern parents...? Surely it couldn't get into Minipet eggs... Could it...?
As she began to fret over the safety of her egg and the general safety of the local minipetlife, Camilla decides she should definitely help this person investigate!
Quickly, she hurries over to the listen location, and when she finds the person described in the poster she trots up to him. "Excuse me! Are you the Virus Investigator?" she asks politely as she comes to a stop next to him. "Hmm, I sure am! Hmm. Might ya be lookin' to help me? Hmm?" the cloaked man asks in a bit of a slow tone while humming periodically... "Yeah! I'm worried about the Minipets and would like to help!" she explains eagerly. "Hmm, whelp, thats good to hear! Hmm. Hmm... Do ya happin' to have a good strong nose? Hmm?" He asks after a moment. "Heh! My nose isn't too bad!" she says both jokingly and modestly. "Hmm. Good good! Hmm Hmm! I needs someone to go'n find a Onion minipet. Hmm. Mah nose ain't what it used teh be unfortunately. Hmm hmm... Do ya think ya can find one? Hmm?" he asks slowly. Nodding, Camilla smiles cheerfully! "Heh! I cook with Onions a lot! I can definitely find a Onion Minipet!" she announces confidently! "Hmm. Good good! Well, off wit' ya then! Hmm Hmm!" he says before motioning for her to head into the forest. Nodding, Camilla turns and makes her way inside.
As she enters the foggy forest, she quickly realizes how lucky it is she'll be finding her minipet by smell rather then sight... The pea soup fog now was more like tomato puree! All the fog did unfortunately muddy up the scents a bit too... Fortunately something as strong as Onions should come out as clear as day!
And so it did! It didn't take the Dormouse ghoul long to smell the tell tale scent of vegetable matter and sulfur! Finding the mini in this fog would be the problem however... Carefully, she follows her nose and traces the scent down.
Soon, she was on her hands and knees sniffing around the base of trees. Forba moment, she worried she had simply found wild onions growing, but as she neared a hole in the base of a tree she discovers it was in fact a minipet! A Onion Treat more specifically! Despite how she wanted to cheer, she knew doing so would likely scare the minipet off. So instead she simply smiles at the tiny creature warmly. "Hi there little one... Would you please come out? I need to show you to someone, then you can go about your business." she asks softly before explaining things to the minipet. Unfortunately, It looks at her skeptically and stays where it was. Figuring that would happen, Camilla was already in the process of pulling out a small bag of home made spookies she kept in her pocket.
Slowly, she takes one of the plain sugar spookies out and holds it near the hole. "Hey... If you come out I'll give you this spookie. And if you come with me I'll give you another..." she says gently. Food bribes usually worked well on Minipets. And it did on this one. Tentatively, the Treat pokes it's head out of it's hole to sniff the Spookie. After a moment it takes a bit of a nibble and decides it liked the spooky! Soon, it was fully out of it's hole and holding the spookie with both paws as it nibbles on the it.
OOC
For OOC info please see the 4th page of Camilla's journal.
