??? Fish

??? Fish is TheGlassPenguin’s 4thundefinedfish. It was revealed through an alternate-reality game performed via the Mineral Fish IRC channel, before having its full texture revealed shortly after on the Scratch forum topic.

=Alternate-reality game= ??? Fish was initially revealed through a ARG game. On December 17, 2022, a guest user controlled by TheGlassPenguin joined #ShellfishMeetings and posted a GoFile link to an image scrambled through VideoCrypt, an obsolete video encryption method used commonly to protect television broadcasts.

The unscrambled image reveals an image of a monitor with a text file showing a transcript of a meeting. Within, multiple people referred to by numbers discuss various things, such as cutting ties with the Lunch and the Kumquats, before bringing up the concept of making a fish using ‘that darkness-ore...thing’. This vaguely refers to ??? Fish.

On December 18, 2022, TheGlassPenguin posted ??? Fish’s final name and official texture.

=Design and Abilities=

??? Fish is a dark red fish with lighter colored pixels. It has a lighter colored top fin (implied to be the ‘darkness ore’ referred to in the ARG).

It can shapeshift. Before it can transform into something, it must have come into contact with the object. If something like clothing gets in the way, it won’t work.

Right before it transforms, the top fin glows purple and if it is touched, it will stop transforming and revert to its original form.

For some unknown reason, it cannot remember anything related to the Lunch or the Kumquats.

=References=