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Rox the Chirpgold




Gox
Legacy Name: Gox


The Silver Torrent
Owner: Pureflower

Age: 9 years, 4 months, 4 days

Born: November 24th, 2014

Adopted: 9 years, 4 months, 4 days ago

Adopted: November 24th, 2014


Pet Spotlight Winner
April 12th, 2016

Statistics


  • Level: 46
     
  • Strength: 68
     
  • Defense: 10
     
  • Speed: 10
     
  • Health: 10
     
  • HP: 10/10
     
  • Intelligence: 131
     
  • Books Read: 114
  • Food Eaten: 1
  • Job: Lead Librarian


Profile by Lethal
I dread the red pen...
When the head cheese at Blackmoon Books decided it was well past time to edit all three volumes of Subeta's Dictionary, there were riots in the streets of Centropolis. Illustrators set half-finished sketches on fire, screaming that they should have gone into designing new lines for Subeatique. Editors huddled under their desks, clutching their precious red pens and muttering incoherently. Nobody is quite sure what went on in the accounting department though the police tape on the door is still up. Some say the strange noises in the ventilation shafts are calculator keys being punched into a formula that will blow up the planet. Others are quick to reassure us that it is merely the protest of displaced air moving through the outdated life support system. Oddly enough, none of us feels reassured in the least.

What happened to us humble field researchers, you may ask? We are still in the field, clipboards in hand. Budget cuts have reduced our number to eight and we have each been assigned a part of speech.

I got nouns. The demi in the office next to mine got conjunctions. I really want to punch that guy in the face.

Each new entry must be no longer than four lines, and I am to limit my research to items not familiar to even the youngest Subetan. For instance, we are all familiar with the Aemis, a legendary bow with the power of hurricane winds but the Accordion is an item that caused great bewilderment when it was introduced to the Sacred Lands for the first time.

I must first locate the item that is my current focus. I must study it in great detail and record every single one of those details so I can give the most accurate description possible. My entry might look something like this:

Accordion

A fascinating musical instrument, the accordion is often overlooked for the colorful variety of sounds it brings to Subeta's music scene. This one-of-a-kind instrument comes in a glossy black that is easily customizable with a few strokes of a magic eraser or extra stickers not required to fill slots in your album. When played by a master musician, this wondrous instrument gives one the feeling of sitting on the bank of a canal with one's sweetheart, listening to the distant strains of a love song. In amateur hands, it is more likely to remind one of a very angry feli with a clumsy owner and a sore tail.

Well, it is four lines.

The first round of editing will undoubtedly cut my beautiful prose in half, leaving me sitting up for three nights with the drink special of the day from Libertine Lounge. I will call my editor around two in the morning to ask in what possible way I have insulted her. She has gotten wise to my routine and her phone will be off.

The second round will be even more brutal. A mortiking or velosotor in a business suit will question my use of half the words not already slain by the red pen. My poor article will limp back to me and I will bandage it as best I can.

The final edit will neatly remove any witty phrases that have survived to this point. The entry that makes it into the new edition will run something like this:

Accordion

A musical instrument that utilizes keys and buttons to produce sound.

Lines as dry as ruffie kibble are organized into neat columns read only by bored students required to define the object they are required to write a report on. The head of BmB will rage at the head editor, demanding to know why profits are going down. She will scratch her head and demand a two-hour coffee break to think the matter over, a break that will ultimately lengthen into a two-week vacation on Delphi Beach.

Maybe I should take up accordion playing.

Story by Pureflower
Profile by Lethal

Pet Treasure


Accordion

Subeta Dictionary I

Subeta Dictionary II

Subeta Dictionary III

Red Permanent Marker

Red Glowing Pen

Red Pencil

Red Colored Pencil

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