Star Trek: Starbase 777 - fishing-pools

The Fishing Pools are a series of medium-sized pools filled with enchanting blue-green water. They are deep enough that an onlooker cannot see the bottom, but silhouettes of creatures swim around, some darting back and forth and others meandering about. The game's objective is to pick up a fishing rod and cast into the pools, enticing a fish to take your bait! When you feel a fish bite your hook, reel it in and if you catch it, you win a prize based on what fish you catch!

Lowering his hoverchair to the ground near one of the pools, Ivi took up one of the fishing poles. What a cute little game! It wouldn't hurt to give it a shot, right? He cast his line into the water... 🎲91

Rolled: 1d100

[91] ➜ 91

..and pulled up a halo fish! He won three sticker sheets of the fish in the game, a plushie of a game fish of his choice, and a ticket to a top-secret private tour of the Starbase's aquarium. (edited)

...okay!?!? Lucky him, he guessed!? Iviaan selected a big plushie of the Andorian glass squid, settling it on his lap and scooting back from the pools. He'd happily annoy anyone else playing, and he knew he could take another couple of turns if he wanted, but he was content for the time being.

Hiammin sat down on the ground, picking up a fishing rod. With a shrug, the Betazoid cast her line into the water.🎲44

Rolled: 1d100

[44] ➜ 44

..and pulled up a Vulcan Brinedweller! She won three stickers, a small plushie of the Brinedweller, and a button with a fish on it.

"Good catch," the monotonous text to speech function offered as Iviaan lingered meekly behind. It wouldn't hurt to strike up some sort of conversation..

Teno had beelined to the fishing pools, noticing their carefully constructed structures almost as soon as he'd walked into the event area. The lights were glistening from the top of the pools' surfaces, radiating beautiful light back into the area. Teno was mesmerized by the water and walked up to the game, considering which pool to fish out of. He almost didn't notice the people around, but at the last moment realized there were two people hanging out nearby. He waved over at Hiammin and Iviaan, and recognition washed over him. It was his secret santa recipient! "Oh, hi!" Teno said excitedly. Looking toward Iviaan he saw that the man had a few prizes in his lap. "It looks like you caught a fish already, huh? I haven't decided which pool to fish from yet... they're all so mesmerizing!"

"Well, if it helps, they all have the same fish. It just lets multiple people play at once," Iviaan answered, fingers flying across the holographic keyboard. "This is an Andorian Glass Squid." The squid in question was maybe as long as Iviaan's torso. Big squid plushie. "It's very cute."

"Oh, okay, yeah that does help. I suppose just one that feels the best maybe, then?" He hummed, looking at the pools and then back at Iviaan. "Oh wow, that is a pretty squid! What are you going to name them?" Teno's voice was curious. The squid looked soft and pretty and had very long tentacles! "It IS very cute."

"Name?" Ivi froze, looking down at the squid, overwhelmed with responsibility and the wicked grip of indecisiveness. There was no verbal indicator, but distress was clear in his expression. "I'm not sure...?"

“Oh, oh no pressure of course!” Teno said quickly, trying to ease Iviaan’s discomfort and distress. “I name all my stuffies after what they are,” he said with an embarrassed chuckle. “My Hara cat stuffy is Cat and my Terran bear stuffy is Bear and…” he trailed off, hoping that made sense to Iviaan.

Iviaan smiled sheepishly, squeezing the little squid tighter. "My pet mice are named after... truly ancient books. Darcy, Victor, Sherlock, and Jekyll," he quoted, putting a finger up for each. "I'll probably come up with a name later. I'm a little too nervous to think at the moment."

“Oh, interesting. I recognize Jekyll I think. That’s really creative!” Teno nodded happily, his face lighting up. “I hope I didn’t make you nervous, sorry!” He smiled back at Iviaan awkwardly, gripping some of his little seaweed leaves in his hands. “I don’t think we’ve met, I’m Teno by the way.” He said, trying to seem friendly and calm even though he felt a little silly! Maybe he could make a friend.

"Oh no. It's just." He faltered for a moment, fingers hovering over keys. "This place. All the people. I don't get out much. If anything, you're helping," Having one person to focus his time and energy on for a bit made everything slightly easier to process. More digestible.

"Oh, well, that's understandable. And this is a really big event," his voice was gentle and understanding. He was trying very hard to convey comfort to Iviaan. "It makes sense that it is a lot to be here. But! I'm glad to have met you officially now. Would you like to fish with me? I know you already won something but.. Oh and I was thinking about going to the touch pools after I play the game if you'd rather save your extra turns for later!" He said cheerily, a big smile on his peachy face.

Kakabam was here ready to fish! He loved fishing back on T'Shen colony and was eager to see how it worked here. As they stepped into the fishing pools area they rolled up their sleeves as they assumed this fishing would be like what they did on their colony. The water was deep but the silhouettes of fish could be seen which is why Kakabam assumed this was going to be a hand fishing experience. They only saw one familiar face, Teno. The others they were not acquainted with but they gave a polite bow in greeting to them too. The also saw that everyone seemed to be using fishing rods. Not Kakabam's first idea but they took a rod and casted their line. 🎲66

Rolled: 1d100

[66] ➜ 66

..and pulled up a Bajoran shrimp! He won three stickers, a small plushie of the shrimp, and a button with a fish on it.

Kakabam looked surprised to see the shrimp, but was happy to take the stickers, button, and the plushie. He tossed the creature back into the pool and tucked his prizes into his little bag that was slung over his shoulders. The plushie was cute, Kakabam wanted to keep it for themself, but they knew they couldn't have any toy in their quarters without their son getting to it. Well, maybe this would be a good time for Riki to learn how to treat the belongings of others. Kakabam was going to give Riki the stickers anyway so it wasn't like they were going to come home empty handed. They cast their line again, hoping they'd be lucky once again. 🎲26

Rolled: 1d100

[26] ➜ 26

..and pulled up a Terran Sea Bass! He won a sticker of the bass, and a color changing aquarium patterned mug.

Kakabam tossed the bass back and put the sticker into his bag and stared at the mug for a little. It was very mesmorising, definitely something Riki would enjoy drinking out of. Kakabam wondered if they should try to fish again or if they should wait and chat with some others to see what they won. They didn't want to carry around too much and they were content with their current prizes. They had something for themselves and something for their son.

Iviaan was about to answer, but the newcomer had given him a polite bow. It was difficult to reciprocate as he was, but he could wave! And wave he did. "I think fishing could be fun! Just a moment," he responded to Teno, and then, "Oh, what did you catch?" to Kakabam, as he was curious about all the different fish in the pools!

"Oh, I caught a Bajoran Shrimp and a terran Sea bass," They were happy about their prizes, but their unchanging Vulcan-like stoic expression did not make them seem like they were excited. Their tone also did not reflect their excitement, but they were actually very enthused with how they did! "I got a plushie, a mug, stickers, and a button," Kakabam still had the colour changing aquarium mug in their hands when they said this and they held it up. They noticed the other was Aenar so there was a chance they would not be able to perceive the object Kakabam was holding in their hands so they added, "It seems to be a standard size with colour changing properties, perhaps depending on heat? I am not sure actually, I have never owned one of these. What about you? What did you catch?" (edited)

"Andorian Glass Squid," Iviaan answered, holding up the giant plushie. "That sounds lovely. Ah, I got a few sticker sheets and a ticket to an aquarium tour.. I don't know what I'll do with all these stickers," he managed sheepishly.

"I might just do one more run for now," Iviaan answered, swiveling back to face Teno. He really was being very kind, and his nerves were soothed quite a bit. "But nonetheless, I would love to fish with you!"

Making her way into the amazingly underwater themed winter ball, eyeing every little decoration and bit of sea life, real or holographic, Elwyn quickly stumbled across what looked like... A game? A game to play? A game to play at the winter ball that was themed appropriately? Oh heck yeah, best winter ball ever! Grinning, she went and got herself one of the fishing rods to play the game with and wandered over to one of the pools. Casting her line into the pool, she waited to see if she'd get a nibble, remaining quite still so as to not spook the fishies... 🎲38

Rolled: 1d100

[38] ➜ 38

Similar to Elwyn, Eicran had been wandering in awe while taking in the setting. He had so many questions - the majority of which revolved around the topic of 'how did the Operations people have the imagination and creative design to come up with all of this.' That question mentally repeated when he stumbled across this game. Was there anything these people hadn't thought of? For a minute he milled around between the pools, watching people play the fishing game. He wanted to try his hand at it (instead of wandering and probably looking a bit lost,) but he had never fished before, not even on the holodeck. He wouldn't know where to start... But there was one way to learn: observing someone else. He watched as Elwyn pretty much immediately managed to... Fish a fish? Was that the term? Her technique was clearly worth copying.

..and pulled up a Terran Clownfish! She won a sticker of the fish, and a color changing aquarium patterned mug.

Ooooooh! Clownfish! The funniest fish! Letting out a happy little noise her writer couldn't figure out how to describe beyond 'eeeee', Elwyn let the fish go after looking at it for a moment and collected her prizes happily. A sticker?! A mug?! Best. Winter. Ball. Ever! Staring at the colour changing mug for a moment, she soon noticed someone who had been observing her. Giving the man a friendly smile and a wave she wandered over to him, looking up at him with her prizes and rod in her hand. "Hi! I'm Elwyn! Enjoying the ball?"

Konstantin rolled into the fishing pools area after finally deciding on what he wanted to do, though there were a lot of things he wanted to do but the fishing game he saw looked the most intriguing at the moment. He watched the other people fish for a moment before finally deciding to pick up a fishing rod of his own and nodding a hello with a following scout salute to the other people in the room. 🎲9

Rolled: {1d100}

{[9]} ➜ 9

The man's intentions hadn't been to disturb this person performing the fishing game, but she didn't seem annoyed at the fact he was watching. Instead, she waved - and Eicran gave an awkward half-smile and half-wave back. "I'm Eicran," he introduced back - actually doing an introduction instead of forgetting to tell the other person his name. "I am - it's all very impressive! I was just thinking about how much work must have gone into designing everything." It was then that Konstantin arrived and, with the same ease as Elwyn, caught a fish. Eicran looked back and forth between the two people. Time for a question that might be a little cheeky, but hey: he had ended up talking to someone, so he might as well make use of that! "...Do either of you fancy teaching me how to do that? I've never held a fishing rod before, never mind, you know -- fished a fish. Is it difficult?"

..and pulled up a Qo'noS Meat Oyster! He won a sticker of the oyster, and a color changing aquarium patterned mug.

Konstantin laughed a little at having caught the oyster out of all things, he threw it back into the fishing pool of course and took his prize in excitement, he was eager to fish some more. Konstantin used to fish with his adoptive father a lot when they went camping and hiking back in the day, it was a lot of fun. He turned to Eicran with an enthusiastic smile, he was quite excited about teaching someone how to fish. "Sure, no problem! So you pick up the rod, hold it like this with two hands.. then you hold the line swish it over the water, let go of the line and reel it in with this spinner. Or if you use a different lure you can just wait for the bob to go down which means you've caught something then reel it back. I hope that makes sense!" He said quite quickly with a nervous smile and his usual excitement, he explained it just like his adoptive father had which made sense to him but might not have made much sense to others if not shown physically how to do it. "I am Konstantin by the way, pleasure to meet you..?"

"It's lovely to meet you, Eicran!" Elwyn immediately nodded in agreement when the other person said it was all impressive. The amount of work it must've taken was most likely a lot. "Oh yes! It's really impressive! I love all the little details and all the fish! It's so cool!" She responded in agreement. "I'd love to teach you! Fishing for fishies is easy when you get the hang of it!" The android responded enthusiastically. Just as they were about to open their mouth Konstantin spoke up, immediately reeling off in significantly greater detail than she would've thought to give on how to fish. Giggling, she spoke again. "You see I was just gonna show you how to hold the rod, cast it, and tell you to wait, but that's a much better tutorial!"

Teno smiled at Iviaan. "Wonderful, then we should move a little closer and grab a fishing rod, right? They all look the same I think," he said, perusing the line of rods and picking one with green accents. He held the rod in his hand and felt the weight of it, gently moving it up and down as if he were going to cast his line. He'd fished many times back home on Bajor and hoped that it would help him play this cute little game. "I can't wait to see what I catch!" He said, and whipped the rod back and then slung it forward so the hook would fly into the water with a nice little PLOP. He felt a little tug shortly after and reeled in in to reveal a... `

31 (edited)

Rolled: 1d100

[31] ➜ 31

It was intently that he listened to the explanations which were given firstly by Konstantin and then by Elwyn. He figured that he might as well give this a try: and if he managed to do something incredibly wrong like try to cast the line and manage to wrap it around his arm then at least it would provide some amusement. "I'm Eicran," he commented when prompted by Konstantin. He nodded to the direction of his other fishing teacher too, figuring it would be polite, "and this is Elwyn. ...I suppose I'll give this a try. One of you will save me if a giant fish drags me into the pond, right?" With that he procured his own fishing rod and did his best to mimic the demonstration that he had been given, plus the information that Elwyn had given too. Hold the rod like this with two hands, hold it over the water, let go of the line... And hope the fish don't ignore you. 🎲80

Rolled: 1d100

[80] ➜ 80

Teno pulled up a Terran Clownfish! He won a sticker of the fish, and a color changing aquarium patterned mug. Eicran pulled up a Spiny Lobe Fish! He won a sticker sheet of all the fish in the game, as well as a small holoprojector + large plushie of the fish.

"I'm a certified lifeguard, so I will!" Elwyn reassured the man with a friendly smile. Watching as he cast his line, not intending to put any pressure on him but just enjoying herself, the off duty Health and Safety Inspector hoped he'd catch something. Soon enough, something happened... "Ooooh, well done!" Elwyn congratulated Eicran enthusiastically, giving him an excited grin as he successfully fished a fish. "You're a natural!" She added with a giggle. Putting her two prizes down away from the water nearby, wanting to keep them safe, the android decided to give it another go, sharing the pool with Eicran and casting her line yet again. "I wonder if I'll get anything else!" 🎲64

Rolled: 1d100

[64] ➜ 64

"Good to meet you Eicran! And Elwyn!" He said with his signature smile mixed with enthusiasm, excitement and happiness, something you'd quite commonly see him with, he rarely never smiled if it wasn't a super serious situation that is. "Well I for one am not a lifeguard so I'll leave that up to you." He laughed, then watched Eicran shoot his shot at fishing and successfully to, he clapped his hands to congratulate him. "Well done indeed, my first try was a lot more miserable.. I ended up getting stuck in the hook and line." He laughed a little remembering his first try at fishing with his adoptive father up in the mountains. "I think I'll try again as well!" He said excitedly as he swished the rod and over the water, the hook fell down and now he prayed that a fish would take the bait. 🎲53

Rolled: {1d100}

{[53]} ➜ 53

Elwyn pulled a Morfan Octopus! She got three stickers, a small plushie of the caught octopus, and a button with a fish on it.

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Konstantin pulled an Andorian Glass Squid! He got three stickers, a small plushie of the squid, and a button with a fish on it.

Konstantin made a small victory sign as he caught the squid and got his prizes, a plushie and button how cute he thought, that would definitely go somewhere in his quarters. He laid down the rod thinking that was enough fishing and winning prices today, he didn't need a whole lot more stuff in his quarters. "These plushies are adorable! I love them." What a fun day this was, the most fun he had off duty since a long time and being reminded of fishing again gave him back warm memories of his childhood with his adoptive father.

Something told him that if this had been real life fishing then he wouldn't have had such luck, but he certainly wasn't going to complain... Especially when there were prizes to be had. After setting the 'fish' free (it was only a 'fish' right? A hologram? They wouldn't have put real fish in here?) he found himself laden with stickers, a little holoprojector, and his favourite -- the rather large plushie. How many years had it been since he had owned a plushie? You were never too old for that, right? He could offer it to one of his sisters' children whenever he saw them next... Or he could just keep it for himself. It was kind of cute.

Teno smiled at Iviaan and held up the fish. "Wow, look at this little guy!" He said, laughing happily. Clown fish were so cute! The stripes and orange, white, and black patterns were so vibrant. He took the fish from the hook and gently placed it back in the water at the edge of the pool, watching it swim away deep and down into the fishing pool. "That was fun," he said as he took his prizes, marvelling at the sticker sheet and the mug. He held the stickers in one hand and the mug in the other, inspecting them curiously. "Maybe I'll keep this mug at my work station in the Sciences Labs." He said with a chuckle, turning to Iviaan. "I can't wait to see what fish you get this time!"

"An Andorian glass squid, i have never seen that fish before," Kakabam looked at the plushie when the other held it up. Living on T'Shen, there was a lot of biodiversity, but it was still just another Vulcan colony and thus many of the animals were limited to those found within Vulcan space. "I did not know one could win tickets for a tour. Perhaps i should cast my line again," Kakabam said in response to the nice Aenar telling him about the tickets. Kakabam gave the doctor a polite nod before casting thier line again 🎲52. They wondered what they would get this time. Kakabam waited with their line and watched as a few other people entered the fishing pools area and chatted amongst themselves.

Rolled: 1d100

[52] ➜ 52

And (ironically) when Kakabam pulled their reel out of the water it revealed an Andorian Glass Squid, in the flesh! In turn, Kakabam received three fishy stickers, a small plushie of an Andorian Glass Squid, and one button with a pretty fish on it!

Kakabam was surprised when he pulled the Andorian glass squid the nice Aenar had just told him about! He happily took the plushie and the button and tossed the lil squid back into the pool. Perhaps he could keep one of the plushies he won and give the other to Riki since now he had two. "Jolan tru, Teno, did you catch anything interested?" Kakabam looked towards Teno who seemed to be having fun fishing too!

Teno looked up from Iviaan's face and toward the direction of a familiar voice coming up behind him. "Oh, hey Kakabam!" He said cheerily, waving with the hand that was holding the sheet of stickers. "I caught a Terran Clownfish just a moment ago. It was a little orange guy with white and black stripes and if I remember correctly, they live in anemone..." He raised a curious eyebrow, thinking very hard about the xenobiology classes he'd taken at Starfleet Academy. "I think I'm going to fish again, see what else I can catch. How are you doing? That's a nice stuffy!"

"I had no idea there was a fish named after a clown," Kakabam knew little to nothing about alien fish. "Living inside an anemone, if I recall those are... venomous? Poisonous?" Kakabam remembered hearing that the two terms had slightly different meanings but did not recall which ones were which. It was obvious that Kakabam was no marine biologist or any sort of natural science minded. "I am fine. I caught a Bajoran shrimp earlier and got a plushie of it as well," Kakabam's little shoulder bag was now full of gifts to bring back to his son. "And now I have two plushies. I plan to present both to Riki and let him pick which one to have," Kakabam gave the squid a little squeeze. "You look nice tonight. I like the gloves and... the seaweed look. it is very you. Have you been to any of the other areas yet?"

Teno nodded at Kakabam's factoid about anemone. "Yes! I believe anemones sting similar to jellyfish and the like. The two have a symbiotic relationship - the anemones offer the Clownfish protection!" Teno smiled happily, pointing at a sticker on his sheet of a clownfish peeking out of an anemone. This moment clearly showed his correct choice of natural sciences as his profession. "Oh, a Bajoran Shrimp! I love them and all their little legs. They look funny when they swim, and they're quite fast. Kind of hard to catch, to be honest." He chuckled a little and put his stickers in his hand with his mug, then held out his right hand and flexed his fingers. The silky glove shined in the light and when Teno moved his arm some very deep green glitter in the fabric of his shirt glimmered. "Thank you, Kakabam. You look magnificient in your outfit too! I really like your horns!" He said, gesturing with a pointed finger to a spot above his own head that did not have horns. "No, I haven't gone anywhere else yet. I was thinking about casting one more time just to see what else was in the pools and then going to find some food or something!"

"How lovely of the anemone," Kakabam said upon hearing that clownfish and anemones coexisted peacefully together. They always liked hearing about different relationships between other organisms. "I am surprised the Bajoran shrimp was the first thing I caught," Kakabam said as they tucked their newly acquired goods into their bag. They watched as Teno moved his arm to show off the green glitter. To Kakabam, green was a very bold colour since it was the colour of blood. "And thank you," Kakabam lifted their hand up to touch the brown horns that seemed to blend in with their naturally brown hair. "I decided to dress up as a Kakabam'in'hhui. It is a type of Vulcan and Romulan fish that shares my namesake. It is known for swimming up stream in large groups. There is a legend involving a waterfall and a school of Kakabam'in'hhui. In the legend, the elemental deity of water promised to turn any Kakabam'in'hhui who swam up the waterfall immortality and they could become a dragon. So I am a... Dragon Kakabam," Kakabam expained their outfit, holding out their arm and shaking it so Teno could see how the fabric flowed. "i was also intersted in checking out the food options. I do like fish."

Teno nodded. "Mhmm, I think they're pretty neat." He perked up, eyes growing wide as Kakabam described the legends behind their outfit, marvelling at the beauty of the flowing fabric and also the strength of the fish in the legend. "How wonderful," Teno said, awestruck. "Thank you for sharing that with me. It is a very fitting namesake for you, truly." He smiled, and turned toward the fishing rod he had set down before. "Ok, I'll play once more and then we can go explore the dining hall. I bet there's tons of delicious food to try! OPS really went all out." And with that Teno picked up the fishing pole and gently cast his hook back into the water, wondering what he'd pull up next. He got a bite shortly after and reeled it in, revealing...

... a Gorn Stone Crab! For that, Teno received three stickers and a fish button, as well as a small plushie of said crab.

"Oh wow, a crab!" Teno gently released the crab from the fishing hook, rubbing a thumb across the shell. "Interestingly textured. This guy is so neat!" He chuckled and walked back to the edge of the pool and carefully put the crab back in the water, watching as it sank and then scuttled away to go do crabby things. "Nice," he said upon receiving his prizes, thanking the volunteer who gave them to him and turning back to the two he'd been speaking with. He held up the plushie to Kakabam and Iviaan, smiling from ear to ear. "Now I have one too," he said with a laugh, sticking the stickers and mug in one of his pockets and the plushie under his arm. "Shall we go find something to eat?" He said to the two of them, inviting Iviaan to join them if he wanted.

Iviaan smiled sheepishly. "It's alright, I'll wait here. I don't want to impose," he insisted, waving Teno off. "Have fun, though!"

"Okay, sure!" Teno said, glancing back and forth between Iviaan and Kakabam. "Maybe we'll see each other around?" He gave Iviaan a smile and then turned to Kakabam. "Okay, let's go!" And he turned and strode toward the #buffet !

Kakabam watched Teno carch the crab and clapped softly to cheer for him. "And thank you, I do like my name. I know it sounds rather odd in many other languages," Even within Vulcan space, a lot of people assumed his name was non-Vulcanoid or from a far off place. It wasn't uncommon for people to have names from other parts of the galaxy after all. But Kakabam's name was very much Romulan in origin, it was chosen by his father who also gave his sibling 'Jinsol' their name. "Hopefully we will see each other around," Kakabam said to the kind person who won the glass squid earlier. "Yes, let us investigate the food." Kakabam nodded and followed Teno towards the buffet area.

After having caught the squid and won his prizes he laid down the fishing rod thinking that was enough for this time. Next time he was going fishing he was going to eat the fish and not just throw it back in, but that was for when he was going camping on shore leave. "Well that's enough for me for today! I'll be heading to the ballroom and have some fun. See you both some other time." He said enthusiastically with the same kind smile he always wore on his face, he waved the two goodbye before leaving for the ballroom and if he was lucky maybe get a dance in before this all ended.

The pools were quieter now, and Iviaan was shameful to admit he sighed with a little bit of relief, shoulders relaxing. This definitely isn't his scene, and he is, unfortunately, more than aware of the fact. He took off the suit jacket for the time being, draping it on the back of his hoverchair and going for a fishing rod. Why not? In it went..! 🎲51 (edited)

Rolled: 1d100

[51] ➜ 51

He pulled an Andorian Glass Squid! He got three stickers, a small plushie of the squid, and a button with a fish on it.

Iviaan blinked, tracing the shape of the small plushie in his arms, and realized he had made a Mistake. Oh well. Two squid plushies. Mother and child....... Unless? "Does anyone want to trade for a baby squid?" The text-to-speech rang out to those remaining.

Uncertain where to go, Evoras ended up wandering in the direction of the fishing pools and silently observed what was going on, before deciding there really was no reason not to try. In fact she knew at least two people that would be elated if she sent them a sea creature themed gift. She took a fishing rod and raised an eyebrow as she inspected it, before casting it into the pool. 🎲57

Rolled: 1d100

[57] ➜ 57

She pulled a Gorn Stone Crab! She got three stickers, a small plushie of the crab, and a button with a fish on it.

After picking up the crab plushie she approached Iviaan. She really did not care what animal she had which made trading a logical action. "I am able to offer this..." Evoras turned the crab over in her hands inspecting it from all sides, she had no idea what kind of animal it was exactly. "... crab? If you would be interested in it."

"Oh, yes!" Iviaan held out his baby glass squid for the exchange, happily getting a feel of the stone crab to have some semblance of a visual. "Thank you very much. It's a cute crab, I think."

"There is no need for thanks. I plan to gift this to a friend's child. They will certainly be intrigued by this squid." She held it up slightly and inspected the glass squid. "The crab looks like it its kind is rather resilient and like it would be hard to detect if it were sitting on top of the right kind of stone."

They were carried by Dion into the room and sat beside the fishing pools, able to fish on their own just fine, though they looked less like a guest and more like they were part of the scenery - like a costumed actor in a theme park.

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🎲80

Rolled: d100

[80] ➜ 80

They pulled out a Spiny Lobe Fish! For this catch, they got a sticker sheet depicting all available fish in the pools, as well as a small holoprojector and a big plushie, both depicting their caught fish.

"A Tilonian fish. I know little about it compared to other fish, unfortunately, except that it is edible. I should replicate it sometime." They fully intended to give fun fish facts to whoever was listening, whether they wanted to hear them or not. (edited)

Allan did want to hear the fun fish facts! "Oh? What's it taste like?" Allan was also gonna try and fish - he ended up being a little silly with it and spinning the fishing pole a little like he once saw in a really old animated movie musical about some anthropomorphic dogs before he made the cast. 🎲71

Rolled: 1d100

[71] ➜ 71

Out of the water, a Caldorian Eel popped out! For that, Allan got a sticker sheet of all the fish as well, a small holoprojector of the eel, and a big (or rather, in this case, long) plushie of the eel.

"I don't know, haven't replicated it yet. Did you know the longest Caldorian was about four and a half meters? The average length isn't that much less - four meters." They cast their line again... 🎲89

Rolled: 1d100

[89] ➜ 89

Still keeping it up in the big prize league, this time a Denobulan Green-finned Purple Carp was pulled out! Thalass received another sticker sheet, another small holoprojector and a big plushie - the latter two depicting the carp this time.

"Whoa," was Allan's response to both the eel and Thalass's fact about it, holding the eel in his hands and then holding it up above his head to let it dangle just above the ground. "Is this shit - I think this is taller than Saren, right? Maybe around Renakir's - wait, I think it's as tall as you, maybe, can you stand up-" he closed his mouth when he remembered Thalass's predicament. "We'll check later." And with a smile, he proudly wrapped the eel plushie around his neck like a little scarf as he made his next cast! 🎲38

Rolled: 1d100

[38] ➜ 38

Now that's a familiar face - a Terran Clownfish! Allan got a sticker of it, as well as a color changing, aquarium patterned mug as a prize.

They raised an eyebrow at Allan. They did not raise their body, stuck on the ground as they were. "Later." They showed Allan their plushie. "There is a rare mutation of this that is green with purple fins. People spend excessive amounts of time trying to find them - and by people, I mean me. It is my white whale. But purple. And a carp." Third and final cast: 🎲45

Rolled: 1d100

[45] ➜ 45

The third and final pull was the Vulcan Brinedweller! Three stickers, a small plushie of the brinedweller, and a fish button were Thalass' prize for this catch.

He laughed a little, looking down at Thalass's plushie and then back up at his own. "Damn, I mean - green and purple's a pretty good combo, I don't blame 'em. What color are they normally?" He put the cool little mug down carefully (he'd have to come up with somewhere good to put the clownfish sticker - before making the third and final cast!! 🎲21

Rolled: 1d100

[21] ➜ 21

A Terran Sea Bass! Allan received a sticker of the caught fish, and another color changing, aquarium patterned mug.

"The Denobulan Green-finned Purple Carp is purple with green fins." No shit. "More interesting, however, is the Vulcan brinedweller. They are almost entirely chemosynthetic beings, which is to say they get most of their nutrients by processing chemical energy to produce sugars. Essentially, they rarely need to eat - and even when they do, they eat the specific types of tube worms, clams, mussels that eat chemosynthetic bacteria, so in a sense, it's all chemosynthesis all the way down."

"Ohh." Duh. He was listened intently to Thalass, hardly paying attention to the own fish he caught - instead, he'd set the mug down next to the other one, figuring he'd give one of them to Mo - well, both of them would be in their quarters, really, but still, it was the principle that mattered. It was really interesting information, and he was nodding along, but... "That's... sooo, like, they just need the chemicals? Not anything else, but isn't it - isn't everything chemicals..?" He hardly understood it but he really wanted to know! It was always fun to listen to people talk about things they knew a lot about, after all. It was only then that he looked down at his sticker and realized what fish he'd caught. "Yooo, a bass? I'mma slap this somewhere cool for sure. Just like a real bass." Said like the bass guitar 'bass'.

"No, it's -" and then they launched into an explanation of what chemosynthesis actually is. Not the short version, either. Allan was getting the whole TED talk. Consequently, I've decided I'm not writing allat. Google is free. " - So you can see why a creature that almost exclusively inhabits brine pools, which have almost no oxygen but do have high concentrations of hydrogen sulfide and methane, would develop that way." (edited)

Allan listened to the whole TED talk - this was interesting stuff! He actually at some point sat down beside them, folding his long dress underneath him as he did, arranging his little mugs and sticker sheets in a neat little pile beside him as he leaned one elbow against the edge of the pool. "Ahhh, okay, gotcha, yeah-" he looked over and down at the pool again for some reason, and then back at Thalass, "kinda badass, really, of them to do."

Having successfully pulled an adorable octopus-lookin' thing (Morfan? Gonna have to spoogle that later!) and acquired her THREE (3) stickers, a plushie! and a button!, Elwyn felt quite content with herself, but... What the heck, why not try one more time? Placing her prizes in her slowly growing Prize Pile, the android cast her line again, before glancing over and noticing a few more fimiliar faces arrive, offering Dion, Allan, and Thalass a friendly wave as she waited to see if she'd catch anything... 🎲29

Rolled: 1d100

[29] ➜ 29

A Terran Sea Bass! Elwyn received a sticker of the caught fish, and a color changing, aquarium patterned mug.