Moronis

You walk up to Moronis after taking the quest from Buraddo mun. "Have you seen these pups?" you hold up a crude missing poster made from tree bark and carved out with claws. Moronis examines the 3 pups on the poster, before shrugging. Buraddo mun told you he was dishonest, so you ask again. "I won't ask again, have you seen these pups?" you push it closer in his face. He snarls. "I told you I don't know! Screw off!" Moronis snapped in your face. You jump back a bit, growling. "You're the only one who even knew them!" you shout as he raises his tail. "Who the hell told you that!? You don't even live here, how would YOU know?" he's right. You don't live here, so how could you know that Buraddo mun isn't lying? But she didn't smell deceptive.. Moronis does. You sigh, slowly slinking off holding the poster as you spot Isla entering the crowd, the smell of something horrible, mixed with the scent of long-rotten squirrel carcasses, and...3 individual pup scents that you don't even recognize from the pup dens. Wait.. it couldn't be! Buraddo mun did tell you that most of the pack thought it was Isla.. what if you followed the scent trail of where she came from? You dash off to collect Buraddo mun, dropping the poster. You pause in front of her, panting as she cocks her head. "What happened? Is Dakushepado stalking you again?" she asked, looking around for any signs of the brown wolf. "No.. I just.. Isla came back from the forest, and she had the smell of 3 pups on her and something.. else. I don't know what that 'something else' is. Follow me!" You run toward the scent trail of where it was last, hoping not to lose it. Buraddo mun followed. as you stop at the scent trail, she gasped. "Oh my lord! It IS the missing pups! Hurry! Follow it before it fades!" You both follow it until you stop abruptly half way. OH GOD- THE PAIN WAS BACK, AND IT WAS EVEN WORSE!

As you stopped while running at least 50km per hour, you go flying, tumbling all over the place until you smack into a log. You hold back screams of pain as Buraddo mun rushes over with panic in her eyes. "What the hell happened to you?!" she exclaims. Suddenly, everything around you goes black, and you hear a voice in your head.


"卄乇ㄥㄥㄖ, (ㄚ山几)" It announced. The voice was distorted and twisted, and sounded like a million frogs croaking all at different times. You open your mouth to speak, but the pain was so terrible that all that came out was a yelp. You shut your mouth to avoid screaming again.
"丨 山ㄖ几ᗪ乇尺, ㄚㄖㄩ ㄒ卄ㄖㄩᎶ卄ㄒ ㄚㄖㄩ Ꮆㄖㄒ 尺丨ᗪ ㄖ千 爪乇? 丨 几乇ᐯ乇尺 ㄥ乇卂ᐯ乇 卂 Ꮆㄖㄖᗪ 卄ㄖ丂ㄒ.." Host? What was it talking about? You never had this happen in your whole life! All of a sudden, appearing from the pitch black, it showed you yourself, on the ground, screaming in excruciating pain as you disintegrate into lunar dust. "ㄒ卄卂ㄒ 山丨ㄥㄥ 乃乇 ㄚㄖㄩ 丂ㄖㄖ几. 乃ㄩㄒ ᗪㄖ 几ㄖㄒ 千乇卂尺, 丨 山ㄖ几'ㄒ 爪卂Ҝ乇 丨ㄒ Ɋㄩ丨匚Ҝ." He won't make it quick? He's the virus, he means?! "YOU--... YOU'RE THE..VIRUS?!" It took lots of strength to get that out of your mouth. After all, you can barely breathe. "乃尺卂ᐯㄖ, 乃尺卂ᐯㄖ! ㄚㄖㄩ 千丨Ꮆㄩ尺乇ᗪ 丨ㄒ ㄖㄩㄒ! ㄒㄖㄖҜ ㄚㄖㄩ ㄥㄖ几Ꮆ 乇几ㄖㄩᎶ卄, 爪ㄩㄒㄒ. 丂ㄖㄖ几, ㄚㄖㄩ 山丨ㄥㄥ 乃乇匚ㄖ爪乇 ㄥㄩ几卂尺 ᗪㄩ丂ㄒ, 卂几ᗪ ㄒ卄卂ㄒ ㄥㄩ几卂尺 ᗪㄩ丂ㄒ 山丨ㄥㄥ ㄥ卂几ᗪ ㄖ几 丂ㄖ爪乇 ㄖㄒ卄乇尺 山ㄖㄥ千'丂 千ㄩ尺 卂几ᗪ 丨几千乇匚ㄒ ㄒ卄乇爪 卂丂 山乇ㄥㄥ." The dust is what spreads the infection.. how did you even get infected dust on your fur at all?! You never entered the dreamlands. "丨 卄卂ᐯ乇 几ㄖ ㄒ丨爪乇 ㄒㄖ Ꮆ乇ㄒ 尺丨ᗪ ㄖ千 ㄚㄖㄩ 几ㄖ山. 丨 山丨ㄥㄥ 尺乇ㄒㄩ尺几, 卄ㄖ山乇ᐯ乇尺. 千卂尺乇山乇ㄥㄥ, (ㄚ山几)!"

Everything went back to normal. Buraddo mun was shaking you vigorously, and when you woke, she stopped. "WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU!? YOU LITERALLY-- DIED!" Died? You temporarily died? "No, I didn't die.. everything went black around me, and then I heard this.. disturbing voice. He claimed to be the virus itself, and then he showed me an image of myself fading into lunar dust.. he said he's not done with me. I'm afraid the salve didn't work." You try to explain as calmly as you can, but it's hard to be calm after everything happening today. And the pain was gone, strangely. Buraddo mun whimpers. "That's not good.. I might have to tell Badger. We must abandon the mission to save the pups, but I'll mark the area so we can come back. You nod slowly, as you pick yourself up. That slam into the log really injured you. She helps you back to the pack site as you're too weak to stand on your own. This pack is truly insane.