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Tide-Hour Squid

Horologium maris

Coastal22 cm mantle · Schooling · punctual

Field record

They arrive with the turning tide and nowhere else in my logs — a loose school moving in from open water on some clock I haven't matched to any calendar of mine. By the time the tide turns again they are gone, and the reef keeps whatever secret tells them when to leave.

Marginal note:comes and goes on a tide I can't read

Habitat

Depth range0600 m
DiscoveryNot in the water on any given day — tied to a rotating local calendar, present roughly one day in a handful.

Catching it

A Coastal-tier catch needs at least a Fine Mesh Net— anything under that rating can never hold it, whatever the throw. Bought at the Quartermaster’s counter for 90 crystals. A held net inks this entry for good and pays its ledger bonus on the spot.

Ledger bonus on capture+3 Luck

Full capture mechanics — sighting vs. capture, the aim ring, why a net below a creature’s tier always bursts — in The Ledger.

Sharing this water

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