Testifying in a climate of fear

A story of death and turmoil

Soon after the interactive aquarium was rejuvenated, replenished – even pimped out Mario-style – several of our fish friends went belly up. The cause remains uncertain but rumors indicate that these were not deaths of a natural cause.

Three of the newly added Swords – one Candy Sword known as Harry Potter and two Velvet Swords, Hermione and Ron – were simply too young to pay a debt to nature. FroZone’s nameless brother is the latest addition to the death toll. He used to suffer from amnesia, and now, well, he’ll never suffer again.

The evidence indicates that this was, in fact, a quadruple homicide.

According to my sources, the Clown Loaches Bozo and Homey, longtime residents in the interactive aquarium, have recruited the new tiger barbs – S, E and O – in their stripe supremacist gang.

Although many of the remaining fish are in a state of shock and unwilling to testify for fear of the consequences, fins are pointing toward the tiger barbs. Pucker was the only fish willing to comment.

“I may be a bottom-feeder,” uttered Pucker as he trembled in an alley behind Princess Toadstool’s castle, “but these delinquents are simply pond scum. Time and money has been put into this community and the last thing we need is an increase in the crime rate.”

Gang violence is a problem many of the interactive aquarium veterans are not familiar with. Harmony and balance (pH or otherwise) are very important for the quality of aquarium life. Let’s hope that the non-striped fish can come together to stop the violence.

BREAKING NEWS: A mostly eaten fish corpse was found on the bottom of the interactive aquarium recently. The identity has yet to be confirmed. Evidence indicates this may be another stripe supremacy hate crime.