When I logged in earlier today to get the dailies, I was surprised to see a new NPC in Volcano Island Town!!

So I talked to her, and well, it is indeed Professor Klara Lutz! I did not expect "future" (as I've said in my previous journal post to be "too soon" xD
Her intro dialogue implies that she lost her glasses. And when I took that screenshot for a closer view of her sprite, you can see that her glasses are right there haha

Basically, her available dialogue tells that she is looking for "an ancient temple said to be found in the Miscrian Jungle, here on Volcano Island," rumored to contain treasures and ancient artifacts and lore and she's pretty much excited about it! (Might also mean she has newly arrived in Volcano Island.)

And, in addition to what the Temple Troubles blurb says, Prof. Klara Lutz did misplace her journal, and her dialogue even tells that is has more information of her research about the Miscrian Temple (which should be expected as a researcher).

Transcript of the dialogue above:

Prof. Klara Lutz:  Oh sorry, I digress! Well, to find a way in I gathered all the information, lore, and rumors I could find- and, after years of research, I finally found a way in! I wrote it all down here, in my handy-dandy journal!

[Next]

Prof. Klara Lutz:  ...Is what I would say if I had it here with me!  See, I may or may not have... misplaced my journal, along with many years worth of invaluable research! Oopsie!

[Next]

And yes, we will indeed "give" the journal pages to her via the event UI. Which probably is equivalent to "talking to her" and exchanging rewards because of course going back-and-forth to her here would be pretty tedious (and be too different from the other similar limited-time-events where the rewards can be chosen in their respective event UI windows too). Genuinely, not a dealbreaker for me (I do love roleplaying and headcanoning in this game eheh)

Transcript of the dialogue above:

Prof. Klara Lutz:  Check out the event menu to see what rewards are available for returning me journal pages!

[Thanks]

Transcript of the text above the "Shop" in the image above:

TEMPLE TROUBLES

Prof. Klara Lutz has misplaced the key to entering the ancient Temple- her journal! Recover Journal Pages from Wild and Arena battles and return them for different rewards

Let me just headcanon that, when Prof. Klara Lutz lost her journal, various elements of nature and Miscrits carried the pages away, scattering them all around the available locations in-game at the moment (for some reason), and the players can find some of the Journal Pages wherever they battle Miscrits (coincidentally, for some reason). But hey, at least we are helping the professor-explorer retrieve her important notes xP

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Also a lil detail I've noticed: The mask on Prof. Klara Lutz's bag (see left) is a Magixio's mask! Magixio (see right) is a Miscrit that lives in the Miscrian Temple (even in the original/legacy game).

(sorry, i forgor to do two-column stuff in HTML besides tables... i forgot most of what i've learned about it from before the pandemic 😅)

From the dialogue with Prof. Klara Lutz, it heavily implies that she is not a native of Volcano Island, and hails from a different place in Miscria. As for where she obtained that Magixio mask, probably from a museum near her place of work or origin, or something she found during her research 🤔

Anyway, I'll be off during a warmup sketch by sketching Prof. Klara Lutz! (May or may not post it; we'll see.) Will be good practice before fully drawing my reference sheets of the four new (human) OCs I'll be including for this year's Art Fight since I've drawn mostly Miscrits this yesr so far xD