Rugnolia

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**Rugnolia** is a character found in Ooblets (game). She is an inventor and gives the player their Grumboire. She also enlists the player to gather items for her inventions, like the Hankerbot and her Ooblet scanner.

## Location

Rugnolia can often be found inside the Lernery. However, during the afternoon, she will go out for a walk around Badgetown, stopping in front of the Town Hall to the left of the entrance by the bench.

## Appearance

Rugnolia has black hair, which is done up in a bun which rests on top of her head. She wears round, pinkish-purple glasses. She wears a blue dress with white polka dots on it with a black collar and a thin brown belt, and an orange cardigan on top. She wears black tights with light blue and gray shoes. She wears a green backpack.

## Ooblets

Rugnolia has two ooblets: a common Plob, and a common Whirlitzer.

## Interactions

### Story

Upon arriving in Badgetown, the Player will need to introduce themselves to some of the local residents, including Rugnolia. She will begin by asking if the Player is the research assistant she had requested, before properly introducing herself. She will then provide the Player with the Grumboire, the progress-tracking mechanic for Ooblets (game). The next time the Player meets Rugnolia, she will enquire about the Grumboire.

Rugnolia has several experiments that she will occasionally discuss with the Player, including a robot-ooblet hybrid.

### Friendship Stickers

*"You've been a surprisingly adequate research assistant. Please accept this sticker and small token of gratitude."*

 Five

### Tasks

* Bring 4 harvested lopauliflowers for Rugnolia – she will reward the Player with 120 gummies for doing so
* Bring a beanjuice to Rugnolia – she will not give the Player any rewards for doing so

### Rugnolia's Research Notes

Occasionally, the Player can find shiny pieces of paper on the tables in the Lernery, which are research notes prepared by Rugnolia. They are:

*Abstract: Through observations of my brother who has convinced himself he's an extraterrestrial being, I evaluate how he navigates a world that is alien and difficult for him to parse.*

### Quotes

* "Something becomes a field of study when you capitalize the first letter of it."
* " \*YOU\* are statistically significant and don't let anyone ever tell you otherwise."
* "I've been trying to no avail to come up with a null hypothesis to my assertion that I'm a genius."
* "I've drawn the conclusion, after some analysis, that you're pretty okay."
* "My new patented predictive weather model indicates that it's going to rain within the next 0 to 180 days."
* "I've determined that if we outlawed hopdob consumption, dangeous environmental emissions would decline by 23%."
* "If an experiment doesn't prove your hypothesis, just try again with a smaller sample size."
* "I think today I'm gonna go down to the creek to do some data dredging"
* "I've read that there's interesting research being conducted on artificial ooblet resizing. Which brings up the obvious question of whether abnormally giant ooblets would choose to eat people..."
* "The greater the complexity of a system, the greater a chance that subspace grublins will spontaneously pop into existance and run amok."
* "The people who advertise their personality types from personality tests actually all have the same personality type."
* "Daylight Savings Time was a psychological experiment that got way out of control."
* "It's a little known fact that when scientists tell journalists about breakthrough scientific discoveries, they're always just kidding."
* "The only thing that separates us from ooblets is the scientific method. Also, we're taller."
* "There's a fine line between scientific progress and giant hideous mutants rampaging through the streets."

## References

1. ↑ *"Are you the research assistant I requested 3 years ago?"* – **Rugnolia**
2. ↑ *"Introductions, okay, sure. I'm Rugnolia and I operate the Lernery, which serves a variety of purposes too complicated to get into right now."* – **Rugnolia**
3. ↑ *"It keeps track of all your tasks, items, friends, that sorta thing."* – **Rugnolia**
4. ↑ *"Oh hey, how's the grumboire working out for you? No unscheduled explosions I take it?"* – **Rugnolia**
5. ↑ **Rugnolia**: *"Hmm oh yes, dailyo, Have you seen a rabidly dangerous robot-ooblet hybrid experiment running loose around town?"* Player: *"No…"* **Rugnolia**: *"Probably for the best then. I'll mark that one down as "needs further study"."*
6. ↑ *"Howdo! You're just the sort of natural go-getter I could exploit, er, find a fun task for! You like fun tasks, right? Great! I need you to bring me some samples of lopauliflower to study. About 4 will do."* – **Rugnolia**
7. ↑ *"These will do. Very fine work. Please have these gummies from our discretionary funds as a reward."* – **Rugnolia**
8. ↑ *"Oh perfect timing! I'm on the verge of an important brain-shattering discovery. Do you think you could bring me a cup of beanjuice to get me through to the end?"* – **Rugnolia**
9. ↑ *"Oh thank you. That aforementioned discovery is right around the corner, I can just feel it!"* – **Rugnolia**