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Okay, so I was informed by Lolly that she had planned to put a shark squid in with a Fish Ink and similar mix inks to Nereus and figured she'd put Nereus in instead. Of course after learning this, I figured... Why not have both Nereus AND the shark squid in there? Enter Bruce.:

Yeah, Bruce is the commonly-accepted fan name of the shark from Jaws. At least it was for the books; not sure about the movie. I think I got a good ink for Bruce: Tooth Ink! Yeah, I figured that would work because sharks shed their teeth regularly, so why not? Here's a transparent image of the squid: https://i.imgur.com/ipvaLcg.png
For the info, here's what I got.:
**Name:** Bruce
**Description:** This rough-skinned squid might bite your finger off.
**Initial Price:** 2.8e540
**Ink Produced:** Tooth Ink
For the skills, here's what I got.:
**Level 10:** Loose Tooth (This was to be expected): Increases Bruce's colored ink production by 30%
**Level 25:** Dental Hygiene (duh!): Increases Bruce's black ink production by 130%
**Level 50:** Shark Attack! (duh!): Increases all squids' black ink production by 50%
**Level 75:** Smell of Blood (Sharks are attracted to the smell of blood): Doubles the length and effectiveness of baits dropped into the tank when this skill is active. Active time: 30 seconds. Cooldown time: 15 minutes.
**Level 100:** Shark Week (Some program about sharks): Increases Bruce's black and colored ink production by 50%
As for mission skills, here are the names I came up with for them.:
**Level 10:** Shark Bite (Duh!)
**Level 25:** Surfer's Bane (Shark attacks tend to happen a lot on surfers.)
**Level 50:** Jaws (Duh!)
**Level 75:** Great White (Duh!)
**Level 100:** Sharknado (A terrible-yet-good movie featuring sharks... In a tornado... What?)
As for the mixed ink recipes, here's what I came up with (inks from Nereus are included):
**Hammer Ink:** Brick+Steel Ink
**Shark Ink:** Tooth Ink+Fish Ink
**Crocodile Ink:** Tooth Ink+Green Ink+Black Ink+Water Ink
**Stingray Ink:** Sand Ink+Shark Ink+Oceanic Ink
**Tiger Shark Ink:** Tiger Ink+Shark Ink
**Hammerhead Shark Ink:** Hammer Ink+Shark Ink
**Great White Ink:** Grey Ink+Shark Ink+Oceanic Ink
**Megalodon Ink:** Fossil Ink+Shark Ink
Well, I think I managed to set Bruce and Nereus apart from each other. Hopefully this'll make things cooler.
That aside, I also made a new chest. The game hinted at further chests than a Sapphire chest, but that isn't the case, so I went out of my way to make one of my own. Enter the Ruby Chest.

I designed the Ruby Chest to resemble a royal crown, hence the pearls and the gold trim. I picked Ruby because the Ruby Shell came right after the Sapphire Shell, so the next chest would obviously have to be ruby, right? For this one, the shell value would be... 40x a regular chest, I believe? Yes, 40x a regular chest's shell value. Seems about fair considering these are the shell values for each chest.:
* Normal: 1x
* Bronze: 2x
* Silver: 3x
* Gold: 5x
* Neptune: 10x
* Sapphire: 20x
Sapphire chests, out of personal experience, were more common than Neptune chests. As such, I'm thinking that Ruby chests would be just as rare as Neptune chests. Also, these would be purchasable with Gold Doubloons at a price of 500 Gold Doubloons.
When should these be unlocked? I'm thinking they'll be unlocked upon completing Business Level 2500 or 3000, whichever one sounds more balanced (I'm thinking 3000 myself). I dunno what artifacts I'd like them to contain; but I have thought of the shells for the chest. Here they are.:
  
As traditional, I came up with three shells. The shells are as follows: Niobium, Diamond, and Neptunium. Fun fact: did you know that neptunium is an actual material? Yeah, it's a synthetic metal right after uranium. Here's what I think they should do.:
* Niobium Shell: +30% bonus shells from both Neptune and Ruby chests
* Diamond Shell: +30% bonus shells from both Neptune and Ruby chests
* Neptunium Shells: +30% bonus shells from both Neptune and Ruby chests
As such, not only will Ruby chests get their fair share of shell boosts, but also Neptune chests. They deserve the love. By the way, to make the shells, I used Photoshop to modify the colors of an existing shell. Mhmm.
Lastly, to help find Ruby chest more often, here are the maps I had in mind.:
* Blackbeard's Map: A treasure map belonging to blackbeard. Raises the chance of finding a Ruby chest by 15%
* Divine Map: Ancient map with a golden trim. Raises the chance of finding a Ruby chest by 22.50%
* GPS Device: A GPS device, which is usually better than any map. Raises the chance of finding a Ruby chest by 22.50%
For the rewards, well, I'm thinking beyond the usual doubloons, the Ruby chests would provide Tier 2 and 3 ingredients (as opposed to Tier 1 and 2 ingredients for Sapphire chests) and Silver and Gold coolers (as opposed to Bronze and Silver coolers for Sapphire and Gold coolers only for Neptune chests). That's what I got at least.
So yeah, there's that. Hopefully these would get through.
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