LambC the Whalerarium

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LambC
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"-no no no no. seriously, how on earth do you expect this thing to work?"

*creaking noises* *outer hull gets knocked on*

"you know, by winding it up? like any other clockwork object?"

"this doesn't look like clockwork. i feel like it would be a whale with a whole terrarium inside."

"that's curiously specific. alright then. in case you haven't noticed, there's a latch beneath the waves on the left side- look, see here."

*old metal groaning* *metal clinking as the latch is revealed*

"-looks like the perfect size for a certain key, no?"

"have you thought about what might happen when we wind it up?"

"well for starters, it's probably going to unfurl into a little blue whale. not an actual sized whale of course- this thing may be huge, but i don't think there's enough material to make a huge whale- unless the inside is made of glass or fabric or something."

"mhm. alright, i'll wind it up. step back in case something happens."

*metal ticking* *sudden loud metal screeches as the waves unfold and rearrange into metal and glass* *some glass bits shatter*

"oh- oh my dear lord."

"jesus christ it's huge."

*takes step back to admire the monstrosity* *metal settles* *woodboards creak* *silence*

"...what was your first clue?"

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About Whalerarium Eggs

This egg is cradled by cresting, frozen water. A cold wind must've been involved in its freezing.

About the Whalerarium Creature

With some of the largest appendages in the world, Whalerariums are the largest terrarium-like creatures on Ark. It is estimated that the inside of a Whalerarium can be home to up to 10,000 different creatures. The Whalerarium has no digestive process, so these creatures aren't eventually absorbed into the Whalerarium. They continue to live abundantly. Rather, the Whalerarium generates its energy through massive amounts of photosynthesis that occurs invisibly in its glass.

The Science and Research Center in Ark City estimates that there are only 100 Whalerariums left in the wild. All attempts to raise them in a nursury—for the purposes of conservation—have been unsuccessful. Scientists have not been able to hatch a Whalerarium egg and crack the code of how to get the egg to hatch.