You're playing hide-and-seek with Scaramouche. Having bypassed some fallen tree that has been rotting on the road for a long time, you notice a note with a hint where Scaramouche may be. On it, in an illegible handwriting, the following is written:

"I hid where it's hard to see from afar and good up close. Guess what it is and find me"

These hide-and-seek games are getting more interesting.