Fish pet

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Fish pets are sold in Morayna's Pet Shop in Solhaven, alongside pet supplies. They are an old, simple pet script that remains readily available. In order to get a fish pet, you first need to purchase a fishbowl from the same pet shop. Fish need fish food given to them regularly to stay alive.

Fish

The pet shop sells three specides of fish as pets: goldfish, cloudfish, and bettas. The size and coloration of the fish for sale is randomly generated and cycles out periodically. LOOK IN AQUARIUM while inside the pet shop to see the current species' size and coloration on display.

Fish must be housed inside of a fishbowl. They cannot live outside a fishbowl, and they also need fish food fed to them regularly to stay alive. They cannot be interacted by themselves, but they can by manipulating the fishbowl.

Analyze

You analyze the green veiltail goldfish and sense that there is no recorded information on that item.  It may or may not be able to be worked on by a merchant alterer.

You get no sense of whether or not the goldfish may be further lightened.

Fishbowl

Fishbowls come in different sizes. Small ones can hold one fish, medium ones can hold two fish, and large ones can hold three fish.

Analyze

You analyze the glass fishbowl and sense that the item is largely free from merchant alteration restrictions, but the creator has stated that "The item type should not change."

The creator has also provided the following information:

This glass fishbowl can hold fish.  You can TAP, TURN, TOSS, or POKE the fishbowl.  You can POUR fish from one fishbowl to another.  You can PUT fish food in to feed your fish.

Long descriptions are fine, but the show description cannot be changed.  The fishbowl's adjective (the second 15 characters in the 15/15/15 rule) determines the material of the fishbowl itself.  Acceptable materials include glaes and glass of any color.  You can have the fishbowl suspended from a chain made of any standard functional metal.

You get no sense of whether or not the fishbowl may be further lightened.

SHOW

The glass fishbowl is a perfectly formed glass sphere that provides a suitable home for any aquatic life that wants to take up residence within.  Blue-green pebbles are scattered across the bottom of the fishbowl, providing a suitable crawl space for a singular snail that treks from one end of the tank to the other.  The very top half of the glass fishbowl slides off of the sphere to allow food to be placed within.

Usage

Verb Status First Third
POKE Fish Present Your orange fantail goldfish swims to the top of your fishbowl, aroused by the poking of your finger aginst the glass walls of the fishbowl. Person prods the top of her glass fishbowl with the tip of her finger, spurring the curiosity of her orange fantail goldfish, and causing it to swim to the top.
POUR Fish Present You quickly unscrew the top of both your fish tanks while precariously balancing both tanks and simultaneously opening both of them. You slowly pour some water and a rotund orange fantail goldfish from your glass fishbowl into your glass fishbowl. Slowly, the water in your glass fishbowl seems to refill itself out of nowhere. Soon after, water begins to release into your glass fishbowl until that too is filled to the top. n/a
TAP Empty You turn your fishbowl upside down, causing the pebbles on the ground to fall to the other side. Person turns her fishbowl upside down, causing the pebbles on the ground to fall to the other side.
Fish Present As you tap a small glass fishbowl, the water within vibrates slightly, causing the orange fantail goldfish within your fishbowl to dart nervously away from your finger. As Person taps her glass fishbowl, the water within vibrates slightly, causing the orange fantail goldfish within her fishbowl to dart nervously away from her finger.
TOSS Empty You hurl your glass fishbowl into the air, causing the pebbles within to fly in all directions within its glass confine. Person hurls her glass fishbowl into the air, causing the pebbles within to fly in all directions within its glass confine.
Fish Present You hurl your glass fishbowl into the air, causing the pebbles within to fly in all directions within its glass confine. The fish within dart about nervously as their home is tossed into the air. Person hurls her glass fishbowl into the air, causing the pebbles within to fly in all directions within its glass confine. The fish within dart about nervously as their home is tossed into the air.
TURN Fish Present You turn your fishbowl upside down, causing the pebbles on the ground to fall to the other side, disturbing the fish within. Person turns her fishbowl upside down, causing the pebbles on the ground to fall to the other side, disturbing the fish within.

Fish Food

Fish food is sold in cartons. It can be removed a pinch at a time to be fed to fish in a fishbowl.

Analyze

You analyze the wooden carton and sense that there is no recorded information on that item.  It may or may not be able to be worked on by a merchant alterer.

You get no sense of whether or not the carton may be further lightened.

Usage

Verb First Third
GET {FOOD} FROM {CARTON} You get a few grains of fish food out of a small wooden carton. Person gets a few grains of fish food out of a small wooden carton.
PUT {FOOD} IN {FISHBOWL} You slide off the cover of your fishbowl and drop a few grains of blue fish food into it. The food quickly arouses the curiosity of the fish in your fishbowl. All of the fish swim for the food rapidly, but the orange fantail goldfish gets there first, and gobbles it all up before the other fish get a chance. Person slides off the cover of her glass fishbowl and drops a few grains of blue fish food into it. The food quickly arouses the curiosity of the fish in her fishbowl. All of the fish swim for the food rapidly, but the orange fantail goldfish gets there first, and gobbles it all up before the other fish get a chance.

Additional Information

Fish Appearances

Betta
The spectacular bright green betta has a narrow body completely surrounded by fins, save for its bulldog-like face.  It has large eyes and a heavily overshot lower jaw which is full of tiny but sharp teeth.  The betta's gills flare out as it breathes, revealing numerous bony plates and ridged membranes that make the fish's head appear deceptively large.  Sleek, silky fins ripple languidly behind it as it moves, occasionally fanning full out in an impressive display.
Cloudfish
The thin, narrow crimson white cloudfish has a prominent, dark stripe upon its lateral line and shimmering small metallic scales.  Its narrow, threadlike fins trail behind it, occasionally flaring straight out and the fish skitters sideways in an erratic motion before returning to a normal glide.  The dorsal fin is particularly fan-shaped, standing out from the long filamentous projections of the others.
Goldfish
The orange fantail goldfish has large eyes and wide, diamond shaped scales.  Its dorsal fin is tall and heavily ridged, tapering down the middle of its back.  The fish's pectoral fins stick straight out of its sides and its pelvic fins droop like small triangles below its body.  Sprouting from the end of its body is a long, forked tail that wiggles back and forth as it moves.

See Also

Fish pet Information
Type Fluff
Item Classification Creature
Miscellaneous
Item(s) Applied to Fish
Fishbowl
Fish food
Alterable
Light/Deep
Item Verbs
GET POKE POUR PUT
TAP TURN TOSS