starfishlovesyou | ★4th Star☆ [Video]

[It had taken her some time, a little heavy lifting and an awful lot of reading up on taking care of fish and sea life in the library, but it's finished. Room twelve in community building three now has a fully functioning fish tank! There's a hanging filter happily bubbling away into the water of the pretty bare looking tank. Fuuko had wanted to go down to the beach and find a few shells and what not but it's really cold, so for now the tank only has some gravel along the bottom and a rock or two in it.

As the journal comes into focus it's possible to notice something in the tank past the gravel and rocks. In fact if you can't notice it you must need your eyesight checked as Fuuko currently has the journal pushed right up against the glass of the tank.

The most adorable of adorable starfish is inside, laying on top of one of the rocks. Yes, a real live starfish. Fuuko couldn't believe it either. A real live starfish! It needs repeating, okay, it's a real a starfish. REAL. Many a trance came and went when she first unwrapped the jar containing the little guy.

Having kept the journal on for a minute or so in silence whilst she shows off her new pet, Fuuko speaks up.]

Fuuko cannot thank whoever gave Fuuko such a gift this Christmas time enough! Had Fuuko been able to find a tank and supplies sooner then rest assured, Fuuko would have thanked whoever-you-are long ago!

[Turning the journal towards her face which has a giant smile plastered all over it, because hey, guess what guys, it's a real starfish. And it's her pet! Aaah!]

Fuuko has even decided to keep the jar that-- Oh, Fuuko still needs to think of a name... But Fuuko is keeping the jar he came in as a memento of this wonderful present even in his nameless state! [Giving the journal a wave she starts closing the journal-- But wait, ooone more thing.] Fuuko almost forgot to mention the Starfish Festival seeing as all Fuuko can think of right now is this cute little guy. It'll probably be in April sometime, though there's no definite date yet. Just letting you all know!

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I doubt Coda even knows how to fight.

He could hit things with his ears! [...] Fuuko has nothing. Just as well he can't fight, otherwise he might attack when he wants food,

I can't even imagine him fighting.

Maybe he doesn't need to fight because he has something inside him to scare off attackers, like some starfish do,

No. Coda would just run away if something attacked him.

...Coda-san is pretty useless, huh?

You could say that.

Not to be rude of course, that wasn't Fuuko's intention. Based on this conversation however, Fuuko has come to that conclusion. Then again, most pets aren't meant to be 'useful', they're just meant to be cute and adorable!

It's fine, it's fine. Coda really can be completely useless.

Is he useless at being adorable too?

Ah, about that... I guess he is kinda adorable.

At least he's useful for something, and being adorable is very important! What else?

What else...? Hm... _{[that's a good question.]}

...Fuuko can wait whilst you think of something if it's really that hard to pick out something useful about Coda-san.

Uh, I think he can say something useful sometimes.... Sometimes.

So in conclusion, Coda-san is kind of adorable and he sometimes says useful things. [...] Fuuko thinks that that's good enough for a pet.

It is? _{[well, since he's only a pet...]}

Is there something else you would like him to be able to do? Most pets just comfort you and keep you company when you have a nightmare and need someone to talk too after all.

Actually... sometimes I just wish he wouldn't eat so much.

Maybe Coda-san wouldn't eat as much if he were worried about getting fat.

Edited 2012-01-09 21:03 (UTC)

_{[she laughs at that.]}

Ange is always worried that she'll get fat and that doesn't stop her from eating, so what makes you think something like Coda would be worried about that?

Fuuko isn't sure, it just seems like getting fat is a worry some people have, maybe even pets and Coda-san think the same way! Is 'Ange-san' like Coda-san too then?

I don't think pets worry that much about that.

And no. Ange's human.

Fuuko did not mean to compare someone like Ange-san to something as useless as Coda-san like that... But Fuuko didn't meant to call Coda-san useless just now either as he's a little less than useless!

Don't worry about that.

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