CREATUREFEST JULY 2025

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THE VPET GAZETTE



modem and wire are about to head out and leave their second generation with us- lorewise, they don't actually have kids or anything, nor will these be related in their final character iterations. but, it was a bittersweet time last night as i had to explain to como how this stuff tends to shake out and the process of tamagotchi generations in the connection mechanics, and that yes, tamagotchi times on Earth are often very, very short. 



we both decided to give the process some genuine gravity and take the night to commemorate our successes together, and i finished modem and wire's plushes in order to give them a "first date night on Earth"- the plush versions will live with us in our apartment, after all, having emerged from their little spaceships and finding their forever homes. we picked out a movie (The Batman, 2022- seriously fucking good film if you've been starving for like, genuine capeshit cinema and also it's just a good movie. i don't recommend 3 hour films like this often.) and got cozy, and it felt like a fairly magical affair. 

i don't think i've ever really had the space to experience something like this before. no one i grew up with IRL truly understood the emotional weight of stuff like this for us, and even other kids ridiculed us for caring "too much" about this shit. to this day, i have never been able to purposefully give a tamagotchi a care mistake, and any i get are incidental. it comes too close to my weird animism/object sapience beliefs and i dont beat myself up for care mistakes at all, but fuck, i just can't purposefully neglect. 

i guess i'm just really happy and lucky and emotional over getting to live with and be married to someone who not only gets that but can share it with me. i'm really happy.

abyss is gonna grow up either tonight or tomorrow. the anticipation is killing me. i feel like i may have gotten some care mistakes but anything fucking goes, really. i have been looking at atlantic ocean sea creatures as well- i will need to see how it goes, but i'm kind of feeling Scalloped Ribbonfish as an inspo for abyss' design/plush...and boy, ace hooked us the FUCK up with socks for these and the new guys coming in. i am deeply excited. the two new ones on our RV3s (modem and wire's devices) will also be aquatic themed! i should ask what sea creatures como likes...



poppyseed is still on pause for a bit, but i miss her and i think i'll be good to have her around tonight again. her plush is in the works and i'm shocked at how well it's going, i built this up soooo big in my head but it's really not that bad! her plush is even JOINTED WITH A DESIGN I ENGINEERED!!! so exciting. 

confetti is still here and i kind of like the idea of just having her vibe for a while. the m!x is so good for having long term tamas, i'd be remiss not to give it a go until i feel ready to have her move on. besides, i want to get used to the device again. 

lorewise, her and poppyseed are also lesbians now. very important. 

PETZ
no petz update today bc i have beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen busy and i am still adjusting to actually doing petz again.

VIRTU.PET TIME

did not get full logs for stuff but heres how its been going.



tidepool did another zap on periwinkle and we got a fucking awesome octopus. not even what i was expecting but first fucking zap is on theme! banger! genuinely thrilled about this.


petpets have this cute little thing where you can type dialogue at them and get random dialogue within a pool for the petpet's species (and maybe color....? i'm not sure), it's not even proper chatbot shit but i always loved it as a kid. like magic 8 ball tier ridiculous but very fun for writing prompts! it looks like this might be a bit hard mode, though. enjoy your bitchy new octopus. 


quest time.


tidepool continues to be awesome instacart shopper boy and he is soooo good at getting people diet coke. 


bought a chew rope for periwinkle with some funds, i feel like that's where his funds are going for the next god knows how long.


spot volunteers at the local kadoatie shelter, this is his new thing when not doing ice cream machine i guess. the fact that these are actually feedable is a trip to me considering how bullshit they are to deal with on OG neo. 


chu and felicity go to the merry go round and have a lovely time.  they're friends.


we get to use nerkimids and get some good ol' neopets food.

i'm already really bonding to these guys. i should rig them properly for SL soon, id love to do some proper pictures/renders.


WOBBLEDOGS


fishquest has been going well. i realized this is a really good game to just leave running and poking at it when needed when sewing and got a lot of progress done as a result. the Flat Fuck Fish Shape seems to be going strong, and i'm enjoying the process a lot. i especially like the sashimi look i seem to get sometimes...maybe green dogs with salmon pink body tofu chunk things (as como calls them) are the move? i'm feeling it out organically.



shoutout to Snacks, who i did not get any special screencaps of beyond what was in the last post but was a particular pain in the ass during that session. he lived a long life and was food averse and mean so he just kind of starved and screamed about it and was perpetually angry and i will remember him very well as a result. also no, i did not name him that on purpose, the RNG just decided to be a huge bitch. 


more to come i am sure!