Item:Inkbound whelpling

inkbound <type> whelpling
Look:	Roughly the size of a large housecat, the magical construct is equipped with articulated wooden legs and jewel-bright eyes. Across its parchment-clad body, hazy shadow-black symbols slide ceaselessly in tidy lines, never settling into readable form.
Weight:	5 stones
Metal:	No
Appraised Cost:	62,500 Kronars50,000 Lirums <br />45,100 Dokoras <br />62.5 LTBpoints <br />62.5 Tickets <br />62.5 Scrips <br />
Properties:	This is an item. This item has more than normal or unusual verbs. This item is part of the vanity pet system.
Dimensions:	1 length x 1 width x 1 height
Sources:	Source is Tiny white ink-elixir in a spotted vial, Silvery ink-elixir in a wolfling-shaped vial with an agonite stopper, Pink ink-elixir in a feather-etched vial, Orange ink-elixir fitted with a flame spinel stopper, Opaline ink-elixir with a prismatic stopper, Miniature ink-elixir in a lion-shaped vial tied with a scrap of goldweave, Mayvarin, Iridescent ink-elixir with a crystalline stopper, Ice-white ink-elixir with a niveium stopper, Golden ink-elixir swirling in a round vial with a bear-shaped stopper, Fragile glass spell-tome with gilt-gold corners, Fenvol's Folly 456/Incidental Loot, Diminutive ink-elixir in a petite vial stoppered with wuthering goldfyre, Colorful ink-elixir in a scale-etched vial, Bright ink-elixir in a narrow vial limned in ka'hurst

Verbs

STUDY whelpling
Being quite familiar with the whelpling, you believe you could interact with it in a number of ways, including: put*, pet, clean, poke, whisper, hug, kiss, smooch, scratch, tickle, snuggle, get or give**.
[For more information, please ANALYZE the whelpling.]

ANALYZE whelpling
Verb Clarifications:

• These whelplings ONLY enjoy being placed inside their own special containers. Don't lose yours!
  
  • These whelplings CAN be given away. Using GIVE clears you as the owner.

Moods:
The whelplings have moods. Certain verbs can increase their level of agitation or affection. The same verbs can generate MANY potential responses depending on your whelpling's current mood!

Upgrades:
Whelplings can be upgraded by one tier per spell-tome. Each tier adds new verbs and/or effects.
This whelpling is currently tier 1.

• tier 1: Being quite familiar with the whelpling, you believe you could interact with it in a number of ways, including: put*, pet, clean, poke, whisper, hug, kiss, smooch, scratch, tickle, snuggle, get or give**.
• tier 2: Being quite familiar with the whelpling, you believe you could interact with it in a number of ways, including: put*, pet, clean, poke, whisper, hug, kiss, smooch, scratch, tickle, snuggle, feed, wave, greet, get or give**.
• tier 3: Being quite familiar with the whelpling, you believe you could interact with it in a number of ways, including: put*, pet, clean, poke, whisper, hug, kiss, smooch, scratch, tickle, snuggle, feed, wave, greet, drop, get or give**.

Alterations:
Certain alterers may be willing to transform your whelpling into a new version of itself. Not all alterers will be willing to work with them. We will not, under any circumstance, allow alterations that imply abuse or cruelty. The alterer has the final say to what they will allow -- please don't argue.

Types

All inkbound whelpings fall into one of the following categories, which impacts their messaging and the types of creatures they can potentially be altered into.

• anserine - type of goose/swan, has feathers and a honk
• aquiline - type of raptor, has feathers and a shriek
• bovine - type of cow, has hide, and a moo
• corvine - type of raven/crow, has feathers and a caw
• leonine - type of big cat, has fur and a chuff
• lupine - type of wolf/coyote, has fur and a howl
• saurian - type of lizard, has scales and a hiss
• strigine - type of owl, has feathers and a hoot
• ursine - type of bear, has fur and a growl
• vulpine - type of fox, has fur and a yip

There is also an additional category which is limited to auctions:

• draconian - type of dragon, has ?

Appearance

Base Appearances

The appearance of of the whelpling you receive from Mayvarin is randomized from the following list, and will appear as: an inkbound <type> whelpling

If you use an opaline ink-elixir with a prismatic stopper you can randomly change your whelpling to another one of these options.

Base Types

• anserine (goose-like)
• aquiline (eagle-like)
• bovine (cow-like)
• corvine (crow-like)
• leonine (lion-like)
• lupine (wolf-like)
• saurian (lizard-like)
• strigine (owl-like)
• ursine (bear-like)
• vulpine (fox-like)

Advance Appearances

If you use an iridescent ink-elixir with a crystalline stopper there are more advanced options that you can get.

Advanced Types

• an inkbound bear cub
• an inkbound coyote pup
• an inkbound falcon fledgling
• an inkbound fox kit
• an inkbound lion cub
• an inkbound tiger cub
• a <color> inkbound calf
• a <color> inkbound eaglet
• a <color> inkbound gecko
• a <color> inkbound gosling
• a <color> inkbound lizard
• a <color> inkbound owlet
• a <color> inkbound ravenling
• a <color> inkbound wolfling
• a <size> bear
• a <size> calf
• a <size> crow
• a <size> fox
• a <size> inkbound owl
• a <size> swan
• a miniature inkbound cow

As noted in the above table, some of the types have random color or size adjectives.

Colors

• argent
• bronze-limned
• caramel-hued
• chestnut
• cinnamon-hued
• cobalt-tinged
• copper-traced
• flaxen
• gold-limned
• golden
• honey-colored
• ivory
• niveous
• pale
• paper-white
• pink-streaked
• ruby-streaked
• russet
• sand-colored
• sepia
• sienna
• silver-traced
• silvered
• tawny

Sizes

• diminutive
• little
• miniature
• pint-sized
• small
• tiny

Custom Appearances

In addition to the random options, there are also items available at MT events which can set specific appearances for your whelpling, and alterations are an option as well.