Life Aquatic Collection Device

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Life Aquatic devices can be GAZEd through while on an Open Sea Adventures ship or on the Flotilla to capture replicas of various sea creatures.

Life Aquatic Collection Device, Tier 1

This tier creates a Paper Sea Creature, which can be used to put designs on various paper.

Usage

Verb First Third
GAZE Leaning into the water at the edge of the pier, you gaze through the device and notice a pale celadon starburst anemone floating along beside the pier. If you would like to capture its likeness, then please WAVE the device in the next 30 seconds. n/a
WAVE You wave your tubular device, causing it to hum slightly as it creates a replica of a pale celadon starburst anemone inside. XXX waves his/her tubular device, causing it to hum slightly as it creates a replica of a pale celadon starburst anemone inside.
WHISPER (OPTION PAPER) You discreetly whisper into your tubular device your desire to have the anemone within changed to a paper, causing it to become papery thin. n/a
SHAKE Uncapping the end of your tubular device, you wiggle a pale celadon starburst anemone out of it and then seal it back up. Uncapping the end of his/her tubular device, XXX wiggles a pale celadon starburst anemone out of it and then seals it back up.

Life Aquatic Collection Device, Tier 2

This tier can turn your replicas into a gemstone. These can then be used as any standard gemstone can, including in Weaving Lathes, Veola hair accessories, Joola items, Cobbling, and more!

Usage

Verb First Third
WHISPER (OPTION GEM) You discreetly whisper into your tubular device your desire to have the snail within changed to a gem, causing it to crystallize. n/a

Life Aquatic Collection Device, Tier 3

This tier will turn your replica sea creatures into delicious treats. You can choose from HARD, CHEW, or CHOCOLATE candy.

Analyze

Welcome to the Life Aquatic Collection Device!

This device works all across the seas of Elanthia and allows you to look at all the lovely sea creatures that the waters have to offer.  Once you've captured the likeness of one, the device lets you imbue them with magic.  This magic lets you transfer designs featuring the little critters to paper.

Instructions:
1. GAZE through the device as you wander the various seas and oceans
2. WAVE the device when you find a sea critter you'd like to capture the likeness of
3. SHAKE the sea critter out of the device to retrieve it

You may look at the device at any time to see what, if anything, is inside it.

Once you have a sea critter inside, you have a few options.

OPTIONS:
1. WHISPER MY device OPTION PAPER - Paper is the default, but if you move away it will get you back.
2. WHISPER MY device OPTION GEM   - This will let you transform your critter into a gemstone.
3. WHISPER MY device OPTION CANDY {hard or chew or chocolate} - This will transform your critter into one of the specified candy types.

The device is currently 3 of 3 Tiers.

Alterations: You may alter the device provided it stays some kind of glass, tube-like device.  Noun can be tube or device or cylinder.

Usage

Verb First Third
WHISPER (OPTION CANDY HARD) You discreetly whisper into your tubular device your desire to have the snail within changed to a hard candy, which causes the contents to be reshaped by skeins of molten sugar that rapidly cools. N/A
WHISPER (OPTION CANDY CHEW) You discreetly whisper into your tubular device your desire to have the snail within changed to a chew candy, which causes the contents to be reshaped by skeins of gelatinous sugar. n/a
WHISPER (OPTION CANDY CHOCOLATE) You discreetly whisper into your tubular device your desire to have the snail within changed to a chocolate candy, which causes the contents to be reshaped by the sudden appearance of drenching chocolate. n/a

Life Aquatic Collection Device, Fishing Unlock

This unlock allows you to capture the likeness of fish found Fishing. If the fish is dead, pulling its likeness will cause it to decay. If the fish is alive, pulling its likeness will kill it. You may only pull the likeness of each fish once.!

Analyze

It also has the fishing tier unlocked.  POINT the device at a freshly caught fish to capture its likeness.

Usage

Verb First Third
POINT You point your tubular device at your striped golden trout, causing it to hum slightly as it creates a replica of a striped golden trout inside.

Your striped golden trout decays away.

Fisherman waves a thin glass tubular device, causing it to hum slightly as it creates a replica of a striped golden trout inside.

Fisherman's striped golden trout decays away.

Paper Sea Creatures

Paper Sea Creatures are created by the Life Aquatic Collection Device. They can be used to transfer designs to qualifying paper. Each sea creature type has multiple design options that can be changed using WHISPER. The "octopus" creature type does not have plural options.

Analyze

You analyze your dog whelk snail and sense that the creator has provided the following information:

A spire-pointed dog whelk snail has been captured and replicated by an Aquatic Life Device.
It is designed to be POINTed at a piece of qualifying paper and will transfer its design to that paper.

This particular snail will change the paper's LOOK description to:

Wearing a tiny pirate hat, a spire-pointed dog whelk snail rides atop an eyepatch-wearing reef shark painted along the borders of the (paper adj.) (paper noun).

Once it has done this, it will disintegrate.

Due to the nature of the snail, it cannot be altered.
You may WHISPER DESIGN to the snail to change the provided paper option to BORDER, CORNERS, HEADER or WATERMARK.
You may WHISPER PLURAL to the snail to change it to ONE, TWO, THREE, or SOME.

Usage

Style Option First Third
WHISPER (DESIGN) BORDER
CORNER
HEADER
WATERMARK
You whisper quietly to the snail, knowing that when you point a spire-pointed dog whelk snail at a piece of paper that it will create a border design. n/a
WHISPER (PLURAL) SINGLE
PAIR
TRIO
SOME
You whisper your desire to your dog whelk snails and watch as it transforms in your hand to a pair of spire-pointed dog whelk snails. n/a
POINT (at paper) Various You lay your dog whelk snails upon a papyrus parchment, which instantly responds by transforming the snails into a fine mist that slowly settles into the parchment. XXX lays his/her dog whelk snails upon a papyrus parchment, which instantly responds by transforming the snails into a fine mist that slowly settles into the parchment.

Additional Information

Sea Creature Types

  • Anemone
  • Barnacles
  • Cowrie
  • Crustacean
  • Jellyfish
  • Krill
  • Lobster
  • Moonsnail
  • Nassa
  • Octopus (rare)
  • Seadragon
  • Sea Horses
  • Sea Slugs
  • Shrimp
  • Snails
  • Starfish
  • Fishing Fish

See Also

Life Aquatic Collection Device Information
Type Fluff
Item Classification Miscellaneous
Item(s) Applied to Device
Alterable Yes
Light/Deep No
Original Release Venue Duskruin
Original Release Year 2022
Tiered Yes
Number of Tiers 3
How to Unlock Certificate
Corresponding Item Scripts Life Aquatic Storage Pail
Restrictions Must remain a glass, tube-like device.
Item Verbs
GAZE POINT SHAKE WHISPER