#but he is a barreleye fish :]

[etherealdr3ams]

Nice night we're having

[ehlnofay]

I need to write two characters with the most unhinged enmeshed nonromantic relationship imaginable. and I need to do it right now

[cosmicredcadet]

Watching a video about why the fear of the ocean is so common because i personally don't find it scary but instead I've just been sitting here like "how is that scary that sounds awesome!!!"

[a-book-of-creatures]

I think I stumbled upon some kind of ichthyological forbidden knowledge. Opened up a book of names that were never meant to be read.

You've probably heard of "can-opener smoothdream", right? It's practically a meme by now.

But the thing is, it's a deep-sea fish. And deep-sea fish have historically not had English names because nobody drops them into the conversation over a hot cuppa. Sure, there's generic stuff like hatchetfish and barreleye, but when you want to refer to the actual fish you're probably saying such euphonious phrases as Diretmus argenteus, Sternoptyx diaphana, or maybe even Opisthoproctus soleatus.

So whence "can-opener smoothdream"? Certainly no non-ichthyologist has ever used that name. It's not even a direct translation of the scientific name Chaenophryne longiceps - that would be "long-headed gape-toad". Which to me is even cooler than "can-opener smoothdream".

But I digress. The "dream" bit comes from the anglerfish family Oneirodidae, from oneiros, "dream", because those marvelous fishes look like they came out of a dream (Pietsch, 2009).

Note that Pietsch (2009), more or less the anglerfish bible, uses English names at the genus level only. So Chaenophryne is the smoothhead dreamers genus but no mention is made of "can-opener smoothdreams". So no luck there.

Wikipedia, root cause of a lot of misinformation, has this to say.

"Longhead dreamer" is a far more accurate name. And in fact, despite Wikipedia prioritizing "can-opener smoothdream" (because it's funny?), the links listed use "longhead dreamer" and "smoothhead dreamer" as the name and "can-opener smoothdream" as an alternative.

So. Again. Where did "can-opener smoothdream" come from?

The answer, as it turns out, lies with McAllister (1990).

In the book A List of the Fishes of Canada, ichthyologist D. E. McAllister sought out to list every single fish known to Canadian waters, providing both an English and a French name.

And when there wasn't an English name, like for most deep-sea fishes, he arbitrarily gave them a name. And his names "differ in many instances from the widely accepted names" (Holm, 1998)

This had varying results. This is his name for one of the netdevil anglerfishes.

The humpback anglerfish or blackdevil anglerfish becomes a werewolf (????).

This one is just confusing.

The white-spotted lanternfish or Rafinesque's lanternfish instead becomes...

And most embarrassingly, the Mediterranean spiderfish gets saddled with something that "violates the tenet of good taste" (Holm, 1998).

This then is the original source of "can-opener smoothdream". It was invented by an ichthyologist in 1990, and has seen little to no use outside of how bizarre the name is.

Maybe McAllister's goofier names will catch on. Who knows? They certainly aren't very popular in the scientific community though.

References

Holm, E. (1998) Encyclopedia of Canadian Fishes (review). The Canadian Field-Naturalist, 112, p. 174-175.

McAllister, D. E. (1990) A List of the Fishes of Canada. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa.

Pietsch, T. W. (2009) Oceanic Anglerfishes: Extraordinary Diversity in the Deep Sea. University of California Press, Berkeley.

[the-nothing-maker]

My second illustration for @fathomszine2023, this time a collab with @noisyghost - he worked on the design and sketch, I did the lines and colours ! Inspired by the barreleye fish, a Gothic novel cover themed illustration !

[moonspirit]

What could Armin do during sex (accidentally or intentionally) that would make Annie angry or upset with him?

I would ask about the opposite situation, but I honestly can't imagine what Annie could do to make Armin disappointed :/

Oh ahahahahah xD This is actually funny to me because the MOST I can come up with that would earn Armin a whacking (and also the punishment of blue balls) is if.... he talks about deep sea creatures in the middle of sex.

Because! Let's look at this logically!

Armin virgin (Annie too but that's irrelevant)

Virgin Armin suffering from performance anxiety

Virgin Armin actually starts off well! Everything working like it's supposed to! Initial results are satisfactory and according to expectations!

Virgin Armin soon finds out... everything is working wayyyyyy too well. Like, really fucking well.

Oh god-ohhhh goooooddd, oh-fu-

Virgin Armin on the verge of concluding on results

but WAIT-

it's only been 15 minutes, too early to conclude!

Oh gooooodd, fuuucckkk-

nonoNONONO- HE CAN'T! HE CANNOT!

Okay, temporary fix - let's pause everything for two minutes.

"Why did you stop?"

"Um... just... just give me a second..."

Project paused! Time to take a deep breath and think things through. Perhaps a shift in perspective will help!

*Deep breath*

Abyssal Comb Jelly. Barreleye Fish. Balloon worm. Big Red Jelly. Giant tubeworm. Vampire Squid. Woolly siphonophore. Sea pig. Pigbutt worm.

"What in the actual fuck?"

???? Pause aborted?

"Are you thinking of FISH when we're fucking?"

:< welp

[nazrigar]

Mermay 2023 - Marine Biology Influenced Merfolk: Odd-Bodied Edition

Continuing this month’s theme of Biology Influenced Merfolk, this week I did a theme of “weird-bodied Merfolk” inside and out. Be it fish with see-through heads (the Barreleye) or fish with literal urea in their systems (the Greenland Shark). There’s a lot of fun things to apply from nature!

Top Row:

- Old Man Ulrikson - Greenland Shark: The oldest person in town, clocking in at 499 years old. While most Greenlanders stay up north and act as sages, he likes it where he lives in Tridentsfall thank you very much. Also, no parasites in the eye for him!

- Bob Sunfish - Sunfish: A Sunfish Merman with a crippling fear of predators and the dark. The Sealions meanwhile think he’s an odd curiosity.

Middle Row:

- Benny and Fred - Halibut and Flounder: Criminal Masterminds, Master and Apprentice... at least in their heads. They’re more harmless than anything.

- Orville Colddweller - Barreleye: The guy who greets shallow-water Merfolk into the depths. He kinda wonders if he could have taken a different path in life, but decides against it.

Bottom Row:

Anat the Unlucky - Tully Monster: The unluckiest girl of the Primeval Age, whose unique look and looooooong list of misfortunes were something to behold. Tried to look for an apprenticeship and got one... who was the worst possible option.

“Honest Nasir” - Opabinia: Anat’s “mentor” and perhaps one of the most infamous conmen of his age... who kept his long list of complaints just because. Based on the knife one of said tablets... he may have gone too far one day.

[tanasha-not-yet]

Whats your favourite fish. Or your top 3 favs

im really not a fish pro as i claim to be but i certainly have favs. may be a bit corny, but they deserve attention and they will get it

1. OARFISH or king of the herrings (or queen♥️)

• big girl

• looks scary As Fuck (panik)

• but shes actually harmless and can't even move fast (kalm)

• but if you see a big one near the shoreline it means that the sea is getting hella stormy bc nothing aside from poseidon himself can bring This up (panik)

• the way she swims is kinda goofy, shes so long that sometimes she just waves w her dosal fin and thinks that's enough. girl is doing The Bare Minimum and honestly? productivity is overrated.

nothing can beat oarfish for me, though marine life is fascinating and here are other fishies that deserve attention

top 3 lil aquarium bois:

1. glofish. i remember seeing a giant vertical aquarium with these in the zoo when i was little and it probably changed me forever. they somehow managed to put the thing that makes jellyfish glow in their regular fish - im telling you, GLOfish is not just a name.

2. gourami. when we had axolotls we also had these baddies in the aquarium with them. they may seem pretty regular when you google them, but they are literally aliens. their ventral fins are long and thin and honestly pretty useless for swimming ig.... they use their fins... to touch things. have you ever seen a fish with arms. it was magic for little me.

3. ghost glass catfish. wish i saw them irl, unfortunately i only came across it when i googled the references for subnautica spices. they're described as energetic social guys, and damn i Wish there was a way to light an aquarium to make them shoot rainbows from time to time. sometimes the variety of catfish forms fascinates me, like they all have whiskers but they're soo different! we had little spotted catfish that liked hanging on the walls and an adhd shark catfish who was constantly swimming from side to side (ig they need it to make their gills move, same as sharks) but there are so much more including giant ones even.

top 3 deepsea esoteric bimbos:

1. barreleyes. idk which particular spices is the one from the pic, they all are quite similar for me bc i haven't spent much time researching. they all are equally gorgeous cousins for me. no comments. you knew i would put it here; i knew i would put it here; she deserves to be displayed and cherished. they say she can move her pretty eyes but i haven't found any good footage. the concept kinda reminds me of that squid w one big eye for looking down and one little eye for looking up. they are very.. direction oriented girls, tho there is a spices that looks forward w her barrel eyes.

2. goblin shark. they're just a lil person. a lil sib. not very photogenic, their photos are quite creepy but the video of their attack may actually be the best illustration to the word 'ñom' ive ever seen. they goofy. look at them. just caught a fishy and pretend it's not them. they make me feel Emotions

3. snailfish. ive watched a bunnch of whalefall vids but i don't remember the decomposers being fish? like usually they're some mollusks like octopi, or mb crabs or worms. but apparently i missed these guys, they looked pretty fishy, i checked them and boom. snailfish. these bros do the important job of cleaning the bottom. pretty boys, it's a pity that i haven't discovered them earlier. i usually don't like the boney deepsea gulper eels or anglerfish so it's nice to see such pretty creatures down there. also poor crabs lol, these fish lay eggs in them :(

top 3 beautiful 'regular' fishies

1. gobys!!! damn himbos, they cant find a way without a map and they have no pens to draw maps so they are disoriented ! found one in a dolphin's skull, he was legitimately like 'where exit :('

2. ruffs!!! i didn't even dare touch the adult versions, even lils are so sharp 😭 i get you bbg i get you. they have sharp spines and they are Mad at you all the time. i connect with them on a deeper level.

3. me. im a nice fish.

[diving-likea-snailfish]

Welcome to my blog

This is mainly going to be coining stuff, but i don’t know what it’ll be fully

My special interest is oceanic animals, specifically any from the Bathypelagic (midnight) Zone and bellow

Name ~ Salmon

Age ~ Agenull Inapplicage Chrono adult

Pronouns ~ He/They/Snail/Twist/Morph/Rot/📼

Labels ~ Bisexual, Acejump, Aroflux, Gay, Lesbian, Libramasc, Intersex, Liminalgender, Glitchgender, Kelecoric, Agaplatonic, Senstetic, Pansensual, AFAB, AFicAB, AUnAB, ASSAB, Queer4Queer, ND4ND, Alterhuman4Alterhuman, Agre4CG, Nerd4Geek, TransID4TransID

Blankqueers ~ 🌙☀️🌙, 💤🔌

(Current) Stances ~ Contact-Selective Pro-consent, “Ship and let ship” Neu-ship, Block Freely, Pro-TransID/TransX, Radqueer neutral

CisIDs ~ ADHD, Autism, Depression, C-PTSD, BPD, DPDD, GAD, Gender Dysphoria, Tourettes Syndrome, Tremors, COCSA, CSA, DID, High Tide Trauma

TransID ~ Species (Snailfish), Yandere, Immortal, Selective Mute, Aquatic, Cannibal, Perma Roleplay, Null Period, Prey, Braces, NPD, Perma Manic, Sea Dweller, Hadalpelagic Dweller, Perma Nitrogen Narcosis, Deep Sea Race, Sea Sickness, Chronic Waisting Disease, Gills, Ocean Abled, Beach Scentian, Whale Fall, Ocean Diverse, Synesthesia

Tags ~

#Deep Sea Fishing ; Hoard

#Deep Sea Giants ; Image Posts

#Deep Sea Mysteries ; Text Posts

#Ancient Coelacanth ; TransID Hoard

#Lantern Fish Glow ; Queer Hoard

#Greenland Shark Scales ; Asks

#Snailfish Meal ; Coining Posts

#Barreleye Fish Sight ; Deep Sea Fish

Anyone on my DNI can use any terms i coin

[skullvins]

Inspired by a friend we're doing coroika queer hcs under the cut

Goggles: he/him aro queer guy. Probably like quoiro he's a bit in love with everyone

Specs: he/him transmasc bi ace

Headphones: she/her, it/its if she's feeling funky. transfem pansexual

Bobble: genderfluid, mix of all sorts of pronouns, changes most days. Wears a bracelet with different colour beads depending on the pronouns of the day just to make it easier for friends

Rider: transmasc aroflux gay guy he wears a million layers at all times

Army: he/him transmasc bi lesbian, gender fuckery makes it hard to define his attraction as strictly gay or straight

Aloha: he/they transmasc enby, bisexual, acespec, scores major bitches (he wishes)

Mask: they/he enby, likes men but hasn't got time for that shit, acespec

Skull: he/she bigender aro queer, also polyam, kills it however he dresses tbh

Avi: shoutouts to Avi. he/him aromid queer

Gloves: he is so transgender and so homosexual, he/him

Emperor: he/him trans guy, bisexual

Prince: he/him trans guy bisexual BUT he's aro as fuck teehee

Npacer: cis woman, any pronouns. Fucks with gender and what terms she likes. Bisexual

Eging Jr: transmasc bisexual, a he/it

Laceless: queer, defo likes men. Little cis boy

Vintage: he/him, likes xe/xem over text sometimes if he's close with you. non sam aro transmasc queer. qpp moment with skull

Omega: she/they, weird girl who's not so girl these days. doesn't label her sexuality but would probably say bi just to shut you up if you ask

Double: I think it's funny if he's cis, bi tho

Red sole: aroace arogender girlypop, she/her

Fierce: he/they, a homosexual

Justice: he/they/it/she/some neos, robogender lil man tbh. non sam aro

Jet: the woman ever. she/it, aro, qpr with justice

Hive: transmasc, I see this man using a shit load of pronouns too. Chronic men liker, arospec

S3 era

Braids: bisexual she/her transfem

Sunsun: he/him, gay as shit

Horn: she/they lesbian

Shady: he/she bigender, every eliter is bigender. woman liker. he's a guy who's a lesbian for men does this make sense

8 bit: she/it/he transmasc enby. Gender is unexplainable. arospec. in some kinda qpp vibes thing with shady

Ocho: the gayest little man you've ever seen

Wire: he/him aro trans guy

Barreleye: he/him transmasc bisexual also I'm a barrelbraids enjoyer tbh

Shellmet: wow queen, you're so aro, she/her

Smallfry: a fish

[asexual-spongebob]

so um. I gave vela a bf. abt time I posted abt this boy.

meet Ghost! :3

he’s an emo boy. his favorite bands are pierce the veil and picture me broken but he also likes other stuff and genres. he’s from Scotland but moved to the us.

he has mommy issues. and his mom is a transphobic asshole. his dad is nice tho and uses his chosen name. unfortunately he doesn’t get to see him most of the time tho cuz he works aboard a lot.

his favorite shows are the X-files and Star Trek. his favorite movies are Lilo and Stitch and also Casper the Friendly Ghost.

he’s Dib’s future son-in-law™️ Dib wasn’t very fond of him at first but after learning about what his life at home was like, he felt bad for the kid. He’s now the cool Midwest emo and trans elder that Ghost can look up too. :) Zim was nice to him from the get go tho.

his fav color is green. and he 100% has the homestuck typing quirk.

His favorite bugs are green June Bugs. And his favorite animal are barreleye fish and also vampire squid’s. He also likes dogs, (especially Golden Retrievers) and Cats tho. And also geckos.

I’m gonna be writing some oneshots about him and Vela! :3 I also came up with a ship name for them . VaGhr / GhaVr (idk how someone would pronounce that tho.) and I also have another food related one which is Toxic Waste . Like the sour candy. they just kinda remind me of sour candy/pos (probably cuz ghost loves green.)

[ripjaws]

I love the symbiotic relationship thing, I have a similar headcanon :}, and what kind of abilities should Ultimate Ripjaws get and what changes to his appearance?

hrrrmm I think id want them to play even more into the deep sea fish element. it's hard bc he's already so perfect but give him more bioluminescence, a more eel like body just the way that he moves and just more creepy in general.

there's so many cool deep sea fish like barreleye heads are so weird but I feel like do something with that for his head. just lots of frills, lots of spikes, maybe some barnacles and stuff U know? those different length teeth viperteeth have as well would be cool.

as for abilities hrrmmm maybe some camouflage stuff like an octopus, some electric eel kind of powers being discovered could be fun since he's vulnerable to electricity as he is now so giving him power over that now perhaps??? probably some water from the mouth kind of power just let him shoot that stuff out whenever he wants and jaws just completely unhinged even bigger than they are now. just make him a creepy, unsettling deep sea fish is all I ask 😔😔😔

[passsionfish]

Funky guy (he head is clear)

BARRELEYE FISHIE I KNOW HIM I LOVE HE

its like an among us tmnt rise donnie mashup but fish OMG WAIT NO ITS LIKE HOW I DREW PLANES WHEN I WAS YOUNGER (not that i have learned to since ghasjgsajgs) THATS WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE HERE

SAME ANIMAL

[sawdusst]

Theft of a Crew (Coroika Pirate AU) Chapter 2! ⚓

hi gamers we're on chapter two :D im not sure if i should start linking the previous chapters or not

but here's chapter 1 in case you'd like to see it

i couldn't figure out how to end the chapter for the life of me ;-;; i tried my best but i hope it's alright :'D i had a bit of fun writing it though! anyways, i don't really have a lot to say here soooo enjoy! :D

here's the link to the main thread as usual

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[Check Out Shops]

Barreleye leaned against a wall outside the weapon shop. He enjoyed the soft breeze and the busy ambiance of the town. He took one last look at the weapon store before turning to leave. He looked around the market stalls and stopped in front of a wooden message board in the center of the cobblestone road.

More wanted posters were plastered all over its face, the light brown ink faded from being in the sunlight. The posters had a variety of different criminals, some of the posters ripped off from their tacks. Barreleye looked around, then noticed his own poster in the corner of his eye. He laughed to himself, gently tearing it off the metal pin and looking at it in his hands.

“500,000 cash, not bad,” Barreleye said to himself with a smile. He rolled it up, stuffing it into the pocket of his navy blue jacket. He looked around some more, hurrying over to the market stalls with curiosity in his eyes.

He wandered over to the merchant from earlier. It was a tall wooden stand with a cloth canopy over it. Scattered on the table were an assortment of black logs and shiny pendants. 

The merchant was a bright cyan octoling that wore a dark red shirt and a black top hat. They had a fish bone hanging from one of their ears and a bright yellow bandana around their neck. There was a large, messily painted sign next to them propped up on the table.

SHADOW WOOD -> 5000 CASH 

“So… Shadow wood, huh?” Barreleye asked as he picked up one of the black logs.

The merchant nodded eagerly. “It’s quite the rare find! You probably won’t find it being sold anywhere else. Not even the auctions at Hagglefish would have ‘em.”

“Oh— Wow,” Barreleye replied, “How’d you even get it in the first place?” 

“It was rather tedious, you know,” the merchant replied, resting a hand on the table, “The currents around the island are so unpredictable— that’s how a lot of sailors crash there in the first place. But! There’s a small opening on the island that not even the shadows know about. They say it’s the last beam of sunlight on that gloomy chunk of land.” 

“Woah, really?” Barreleye replied, “So— You’ve never actually seen a shadow?” 

“I-I mean— I have,” the merchant replied, raising their hand in opposition, “They’re nasty little things— they sort of look like inklings and octolings like you and me. Except they’re— shadow. Oh! They’ve got razor sharp teeth that could probably snap a bone with one bite. I’ve heard that’s how they tear sailors’ flesh apart! But luckily, I barely managed to escape with my life and a few pieces of wood.” 

“Oh wow…” 

The merchant nodded, raising up one of their arms. “I almost lost my arm to one of them. Oh! That reminds me—” They continued talking to Barreleye about the shadowy island the wood had come from while Barreleye listened.

While he was listening, he also looked around a bit more. He noticed in the corner of his eye there was a trading post further down the street.

“—You should consider buying a piece,” the merchant continued with a grin on their face, “If it’s your thing, you can carve it into whatever you want! It’s soft enough for a whittling knife to shave. It’s also a great addition to your collection if—” 

“Oh...maybe another time,” Barreleye replied with a nervous laugh. “I don’t exactly have any money on me at the moment and—”

“That’s okay!” The merchant insisted, “You can start with a down payment of one-thousand cash and hand the rest to me later!! However, I do have to warn you I charge a 4% simple interest fee. It’s sort of like putting it on credi—”

“Ah— Well— I’m— uh— just here for a business trip,” Barreleye lied, “I’m only traveling here for a few days… I don’t think I could pay you back if I did that. I wouldn’t want to steal from you. Thank you though! I’m sure there’s someone else who would like one.” 

As Barreleye turned to leave, the merchant spoke up again. “Wait! How about this—” But, before they could finish their sentence, Barreleye was already gone. The merchant sighed in defeat as they slumped their shoulders with disappointment.

Barreleye walked to the trading post. He opened the door, a rustic bell ringing as he walked inside. 

It was a quiet, old shop with tattered wooden floors and windows frosted with scratches. Barreleye’s boots tapped the floor as he walked through the trading post. The interior was a bit cramped, with various trinkets hanging on the walls and sitting on shelves collecting dust. Barreleye made his way to the front desk— a rusty glass display case with a bulletin board behind it. Two wanted posters were nailed into the bulletin board behind where the shopkeeper normally stood. Two pirates with ridiculously high bounties.

Barreleye looked around but the shopkeeper was nowhere to be found. He shrugged it off, continuing to walk around the trading post. Barreleye found a bundle of sisal rope. He picked it up and carried it with him while he wandered the quiet shop.

On a shelf, there was a cloudy glass bottle with a rolled up piece of paper in it. Barreleye tilted his head with curiosity, taking it off the shelf and brushing off a layer of dust. He looked at it with confusion. He tugged on the cork in the top of the bottle, but it didn’t seem to budge. 

“I wonder what’s in there,” Barreleye asked in a quiet voice.

“Probably a treasure map or something.”

Barreleye flinched and nearly dropped the bottle in his hand, looking up to see another silvery-blue inkling standing right in front of him. The inkling had a topknot-hairstyle and wore a simple white shirt with black pants. 

“Oops, sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you there,” he said with a light chuckle, “I was just about to take a look at the bottle as well.” 

“Oh— Here,” Barreleye said, handing it to the latter. 

“You could probably just break it open and take out the paper inside,” he commented, looking at the bottle. “This thing looks like it might be an antique— I wonder how the shop owner even got it in the first place. Maybe they’ll know what’s inside…”

As the other inkling talked, Barreleye couldn’t help but notice there was not a single ounce of emotion in their eyes. No matter how happy they sounded, their eyes still appeared to be clouded and dull. 

“I think you should ask the shopkeeper whenever they get back,” the inkling said, handing the bottle back to Barreleye, “My captain’s talked about looking for one before— It’s quite funny, actually. He said something about it being from an old friend…?” The inkling shrugged it off. “Could’ve been a different one though.”

“O-Oh— Is that so?” Barreleye responded, “Well— um— I hope your captain finds whatever it is he’s looking for.” He grabbed the ropes he was holding onto from earlier.

“Thanks!” The inkling replied, “Say, are you a sailor too? You sort of look like one.”

“Oh— me?” Barreleye replied, “I guess I am. I just— travel the seas with a few friends of mine. That’s pretty much it— nothing really more than that. I’m just stopping here to pick up a few supplies.”

Barreleye looked around and set the bottle back onto the shelf. “There’s so much stuff here… It’ll take a whole day just to look through it all…”

As he wandered around the shop some more, Barreleye carefully tucked the bundle of rope in his coat pocket. Barreleye then wandered back over to the glass display case, finding an assortment of tools under the freshly polished glass. There were compasses, maps, quills, telescopes, and other things a sailor might need at sea.

“I wonder if we need any more nails back at the ship for repairs,” Barreleye asked out loud. He rested a hand on the glass counter and looked around— noticing there was still no sign of the shopkeeper. 

Barreleye then noticed a grappling hook that rested on the wall behind the front counter. It was in surprisingly good condition, with only a small amount of rust on the claw’s tip. He also found a bronze compass in the display case. The compass had an anchor engraved on its case— embellished with silver trimmings. It was sealed away underneath the glass casing.

“I don’t have a lot to trade on me,” Barreleye commented, “I don’t think I can take everything with me… I’m really tempted to get a grappling hook, but I don’t really have a use for that at the moment.”

“You might later on,” the inkling shrugged, “But if anything, you’ll probably get more use out of the compass or nails.”

“Fair enough,” Barreleye replied, “But I’m not sure which one I’ll need the most at the moment…” He glanced over his shoulder at the bottle with a piece of paper rolled up inside it. “I’m especially curious about what’s in the bottle— But it’s probably just someone’s letter or something…

“I'll take the nails with me, just in case we need it back on the ship," Barreleye said, “As for the other things...”

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Sawdust name your background characters challenge: impossible

yeah um-- i really gotta improve on that part,, but other than that this chapter was pretty fun to write ^^ I realized I haven't formally posted about the shadows, which I should probably come around to doing one of these days

thank you for reading! :D have a nice day/night! See you on the next chapter ^^

[megabuild]

Honesty hour give me your top 5 fish species and your true opinion on belfio bwrival

Umm. 1. That hot dilf fish from finding nemo idk what species he was the scary guy in the fish tank Like If I was a fish....anyway. 2. The deep sea one with the transparent head. Barreleye fish. So weird and freaky 3. I don't know any more.sorry. Also I love you you're my bestie you're seriously like a little brothersisterthang to me and I love hearing your thoughts on music and art even if a lot of them are beyond my primitive understanding. You're so real. I want to smoke with you

[eldritchships]

Flatline: Lionfish or betta

Wyvern: Tiger shark

Ozzie: Clownfish

Hextrum: Uncertain, but he has koi fish vibes. Could very well be a catfish that painted/tattooed himself

Paramonos: Jellyfish, maybe a barreleye if we want something more fishy. Something either see-through or very pale blue

Panic: Decorator crab

Gravesly: Moray eel or mantis shrimp