Wild seahorse

Wild seahorse
Monster ID	778
Locations	The Coral Corral
Hit Points	1000000
Attack	500
Defense	900000
Initiative	∞
Meat	None
Phylum	fish
Elements	None
Resistance	100
Monster Parts	head, tail
Drops
Manuel Entry
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 You're fighting a wild seahorse

This is one of the giant aquatic beasts that roams free in the great Wild West under the sea. Its powerful fins and tail make it able to pull harder than its terrestrial counterpart. So if there's something wild horses couldn't drag you away from, these things could get the job done.

Hit Message(s):

It pokes you with its pointy little mouth. Ooooo. Oof! Ooh! Eek!

It drags you away, and into a particularly sharp bit of coral. Ow! Ow! Argh!

It talks to you, which freaks you out, of course, of course. Ouch! Eek! Eek! (spooky damage)

It slaps you with one of its fins. It hurts like the fin du monde. Ugh! Argh! Eek!

It tosses a seahorseapple at you. Ew. Ooh! Ouch! Ugh! (stench damage)

It whips you with its tail, almost bringing an end to your tale. Ow! Ugh! Argh!

Critical Hit Message:

It gives birth to a litter of wild seahorse babies, which is super-creepy because it's a male. And then super-painful when they all tail-whip you. Eek! Ow! Eek! Argh! Oof!

Miss Message(s):

It tries to bite you, but can't open its mouth, so it just sits there going "Ooooo."

It tries to drag you away, but you threaten to ride it someday, and it backs off.

It tries to talk to you, but no one can talk to a horse, of course.

It starts to slap you with its fins, but decides to wait until the fin de seicle.

It tries to throw a seahorseapple at you, but you dodge.

It tries to whip you with its tail, but you dodge the tailwhipping.

Fumble Message:

It stops to give birth to a litter of wild seahorse babies. Seafoals? Aqua seafoal shame? (FUMBLE!)

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After Combat

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Occurs at The Coral Corral.

Notes

• Is immune to (takes 1 damage from) all physical and elemental damage.
• Can be tamed, to provide access to a new area, and to provide a passive initiative bonus.
  • Taming it requires three sea cowbells. It also requires a sea lasso, which you must first practice using until you become expert.
  • Successful taming message:

    You finally manage to subdue the seahorse completely. It looks at you adoringly and nuzzles you.
    
    I shall name you Lemonjack, you say. "How do you like that?"
    
    Huh. You didn't know seahorses could arch their eyebrows.

  • Taming the seahorse correctly does not consume an adventure.
  • Once tamed, the initative bonus shows up with a message:

    Atop your trusty seahorse Lemonjack, you get the jump on it.

• Seahorse names: Butterfly Pie, Cherryjack, Dazzleswim, Figjack, Flickerswim, Flitterswim, Fritterswim, Glimmerswim, Glitterswim, Greenie Pie, Hermit Bucket, Huckleberryjack, Jackfruitjack, Limejack, Lusterswim, Morning Valley, Pearjack, Pluotjack, Sailboat Munchies, Shimmerswim, Sturgeon Waves, Sushi Seagrass, Thunder Coral, Tomatojack, Tripperswim, Urchin Seaweed, Urchin Sparkle, Urchin Splash, Watermelonjack.
  • Seahorse names are randomized upon ascension.
  • Your current seahorse name, if any, appears in the "other accomplishments" section of your quest log.

References

• In seahorses, the female deposits her eggs into a pouch on the male, who then carries the eggs until they hatch.
• One of the miss messages is a reference to The Rolling Stones song "Wild Horses".
• The random names reference characters from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Specifically:
  • <fruit>jack is derived from Applejack.
  • <color>ie Pie is derived from Pinkie Pie.
  • <noun> Sparkle is derived from Twilight Sparkle.
  • <word>swim may be partly derived from Fluttershy.
• "A horse is a horse, of course, of course, / And no one can talk to a horse, of course / That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mister Ed."
• "La Fin du Monde" is both French for 'the end of the world' and also the name of a tasty beer.
• "Fin de siècle" is French for 'the end of the century' and refers to a European cultural movement during the 1880s and 1890s that originated in France, with the belief that civilization leads to decadence.