Emo Squid

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Familiar number: 30
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Emo Squid
Life is so hard for This weeping cephalopod. Nobody loves him.

Weakens enemies and prevents them from attacking you
Can breathe underwater

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Ability: Combines the properties of a Levitating Potato and a Barrrnacle

Throne/Bjorn: Combat Initiative +20%, sometimes stuns opponent

Hatchling: emo roe

Familiar-Specific Equipment: gazing shoes

	Ultimate Cage Match	Scavenger Hunt	Obstacle Course	Hide and Seek

Mumming Trunk Abilities:

+15% Meat Drop	4-5 MP	+4 Muscle statgain	+15% Item Drop	+4 Mysticality statgain	8-10 HP	+2 Moxie statgain
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Can breathe underwater

Combat Messages

• Regular messages:

  <name> whines to your opponent about his ex-girlfriend, depressing him... Sigh.

  <name> writes the lyrics to a sad, sad song on the ground with his ink. Your opponent reads it and gets depressed.

  <name> wraps your opponent up in his tentacles, preventing him from attacking you. He also mentions some band you've never heard of, and that he himself probably doesn't even listen to.

  <name> wraps his tentacles around your opponent and begins weeping, preventing him from attacking.

• Enthroned in the Crown of Thrones:

  <Name> gazes at his shoes and sings a depressing song. It is too depressed to attack this round.

• With lucky Tam O'Shanter equipped:

  <name> asks your opponent if he can bum some Meat.

• With miniature gravy-covered maypole equipped:

  <name> stands in front of the maypole absolutely motionless, then cries some silent tears. I guess that's how Emo Squids dance.

• With wax lips equipped:

  <name> smiles brightly with his wax lips, but the pain inside still seethes and burns. <name> begins to sob.

Arena Messages

• None - familiar has no weaknesses.

Notes

• Was available in the Mr. Store in on April 1, 2005, but replaced by the Personal Raincloud on April 2nd.
• The first two messages appear only at the beginning of combat, and emulate a Barrrnacle, deleveling int(weight/2) in levels.
• The second two messages appear during combat, and emulate a Levitating Potato.
• Can breathe underwater.

References

• "Emo Squid" is a play on the term "Emo Kid", used to describe a fashion or subculture which is usually defined to have roots in punk fashion and subculture, as well as some attributes of gothic fashion and subculture.
• All combat messages parody the stereotypical behavior and lifestyle elements of this subculture.
• The emo squid could also be a reference to the Despair Squid featured in the Red Dwarf episode "Back to Reality", which uses its venom to induce suicidally depressing hallucinations in its victims.