Firefly container

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Firefly containers are scripted items that can be used to capture a glowing firefly in the wilds - or from a special collection of caught fireflies in pet shops. Firefly containers that are tubes are sold in Morayna's Pet Shop in Solhaven. They have also been sold in jewelry form at festivals.

Fireflies will eventually die if they are kept inside a container for too long. When a container has a firefly inside, it will glow according to the firefly's own color. Fireflies themselves cannot be interacted with, even inside a container.

Analyze

You analyze the frosted glass droplet and sense that the item is largely free from merchant alteration restrictions.

The creator has also provided the following information:
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This frosted glass droplet is a container for holding glowbugs. There is currently an active glowbug inside. It traps the verbs OPEN, WAVE, TOSS, TURN, and TAP. You can find a skilled merchant to customize the attachment material. Currently set to: translucent silk You can find a skilled merchant to customize the attachment point. Currently set to: thread You may only alter the item's base description, but it cannot have a long or show description.
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You get no sense of whether or not the droplet may be further lightened.

Usage

Verb Status First Third
OPEN Firefly Present You pry open your glass tube and a chartreuse firefly comes flying out angrily. It hovers beside you for a moment, then quickly flits away. Person pries open her glass tube and a chartreuse firefly comes flying out angrily. It hovers beside her for a moment, then quickly flits away.
TAP Firefly Present You tap rapidly on the side of a translucent glass tube glowing chartreuse, causing it to flicker briefly. Person taps rapidly on the side of a translucent glass tube glowing chartreuse, causing it to flicker briefly.
TOSS Firefly Present You toss a translucent glass tube up into the air! A streak of chartreuse light follows its arc, ending at your hand when you catch it. Person tosses a translucent glass tube up into the air! A streak of chartreuse light follows its arc, ending at her hand when she catches it.
TURN Firefly Present You spin a translucent glass tube around quickly in the palm of your hand, causing it to glow brightly chartreuse. Person spins a translucent glass tube around quickly in the palm of her hand, causing it to glow brightly chartreuse.
WAVE Capture Failure You wave your glass tube through the air randomly, but when you look inside, it's still empty.
Roundtime: 30 sec.
Person waves her glass tube through the air randomly.
Capture Success You wave your glass tube through the air randomly, and somehow manage to catch a orange firefly.
Roundtime: 30 sec.
Person waves her glass tube through the air, seemingly at random, and somehow manages to catch a orange firefly.
Firefly Present You wave a translucent glass tube around, drawing a chartreuse pattern in the air. Person waves a translucent glass tube around, drawing a chartreuse pattern in the air.

Additional Information

Ambient Messages

Your glass tube glows brightly for a moment, casting odd chartreuse beams in all directions.

Your glass tube flickers for a moment, turning a darker shade of orange, but then quickly returns to normal.

The orange firefly inside your glass tube flits about unhappily, making a strange noise as it crashes into the tube's sides.

The yellow firefly inside your glass tube emits a low buzz as it flaps its wings unhappily.

The yellow firefly inside your glass tube raps against the tube's side in a pathetic attempt to establish a rhythm, or escape.  You're not sure which.
Firefly container Information
Type Fluff
Item Classification Accessory
Miscellaneous
Item(s) Applied to Firefly container
Alterable Yes
Light/Deep
Customizable Yes
Custom Attachment material
Attachment point
Restrictions Base 15/15/15 alterations only.
No longs or shows.
Item Verbs
OPEN TAP TOSS TURN
WAVE