Interview Floofty!

Interview Floofty! Time to ask the scientist questions. Objectives: Why is Floofty here? What caused them to leave? Do they know what happened to Lizbert?

Interview

Have time for an interview?
I am not here to spew gossip for that obnoxious rag you call a newspaper.
I am only after the truth.	I want to hear from the smartest Grump in town.
Very well. If you insist, I will educate you.
Who are you?	I am Floofty Fizzlebean, the world’s first Gastroentomologist.
➜ Wat is a Gastroentomologist exactly?	In baby language, I study Bugsnax and their effect on Grumpuses.
Why come to Snaktooth island?	To study Bugsnax. Obviously.
➜ But you didn’t knew what Bugsnax were until you got here.	*Sigh* When Elizabert Megafig was recruiting for her cult of personality, I observed something strange about her arm. She was keeping it hidden, but she displayed early stages of snakification. That piqued my interest.
Thoughts on Bugsnax?	You are asking for opinions instead of facts. I’m not going to discuss my feelings with you, you emotional parasite.
➜ Emotional parasite!?	Every time I try to publish my groundbreaking research, you journalists instead churn out slander about my ‘dangerous’ methods or my ‘questionable’ behavior! Stop editorializing and focus on the science!
Why did you leave town?	I simply wanted to continue my work, Eggabell or no, but Shelda blamed ME for the disappearances. I’m no stranger to witch hunts. I vacated before the pitchforks could come out.
➜ Is it true that you eat Grumpuses?	Heh heh. Don’t be ridiculous. I’ve only eaten one Grumpus.
➜ Why is there a severed leg in your hut?	Would you prefer I keep my severed leg in the outhouse?
Any info on Lizbert?	The truth. Ha. Elizabert was an arrogant coward, unlike Eggabell.
➜ What about Eggabell?	Eggabell truly understood my research. She was hungry to participate in it. Our work together was fruitful, even pleasant, until somebody interfered.
➜➜ Who interfered?	Shelda. That mummified fraud stoked Elizabert’s fear of my work, weaponizing her ‘relationship’ to Eggabell. Scrambling her fragile emotions, and fabricating a binary choice between myself and Elizabert.
➜➜ So what happened?	Ultimately, Eggabell chose sentiment over science. And I surmise that was the death of her.
Any final thoughts?	Yes. I have the password to Eggabell’s personal storage box. It may be of interest to you. You’ve wasted enough of my time now. Leave.
New Clue! Floofty gave you a mysterious key! Check your journal for details.

Interview notes

After having conducted the interview, notes are added to the Journal's Grumpedia section regarding the interview and some of the Journalist's own observation.

Interview notes
• Observed Lizbert's transformations in public.
• Dislikes journalists for painting them as creepy.
• Ran experiments on Eggabell as a willing subject.
• Shelda stoked Lizbert's distrust of Floofty, and they fled.

References & Notes

• The Mystery Key unlocks the lockbox which is provided by Shelda after one's interview.