Trench worm

Originally just a lone tentacle trying to make off with the Mirror like some sort of magpie, the powerful sucker-lined arm, similar to an octopus or a squid's arm, proved to be one of many such tentacles surrounding the maw of a giant worm. The creature appears to live in the unlit depths of the trench that divides the ocean floor, ambushing prey as it passes above.
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== Description ==
The giant worm that threatens Pezci and Scypho (and the Mirror) is a product of the imagination of Andreafishy, one of the co-creators of . She took the head features of the diminutive squid worm (3.5 inches long), with the "arms" that surround its mouth, and put that with the body and predatory instincts of the bobbit worm (10 feet long) and you get this. It even has the bobbit worm's legs running down its sides.
The final result is a giant green worm with a mouth big enough to swallow the characters whole, jagged fangs protruding inwards, 8 to 10 sucker-lined arms long enough that can wind completely around the merfolk present, and enough attitude to frighten the hardiest adventurer.
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== History ==
The worm makes its first appearance in The Mirror!, when it intervenes in the dispute between Madam Louv and Scypho for possession of the Mirror, grabbing hold it after Scypho regains possession when it goes free-falling towards the depths of the trench. Whether the worm intended to eat the Mirror, or whether it just grabbed for the shiny-pretty is never made clear, but it wasn't going to give it up easily. Madam Louv and Scypho work together, squabbling the whole time, trying to pry the Mirror loose, when the Mirror takes matters unto itself. Behaving like a blowtorch, flames shoot out and encourage the tentacle wrapped around its shaft to let go. Scypho once again has the Mirror, only this time several arms shoot up, and one dislodges the Mirror from Scypho's hands with a smack. At this point, the Mirror takes itself out of the fight by 'flying' off toward Pezci on pretty pink wings.
Scypho goes in pursuit, but this time he's the one to be grabbed by a tentacle sent just for him. The jellyfish manages to get hiss hands on the lip of the trench right in front of where Pezci is hiding, calling out for help. For its own reasons, the Mirror takes Pezci out of play, leaving Scypho to fend for himself. He starts stinging the tentacle as hard as he can, and it works. While he is fighting off the tentacle, the whale takes advantage and tries to get the Mirror. It refuses to budge, and by then Scypho's venom forces to tentacle gripping him to retreat. He comes up out of the trench, aggravated by the Madam's actions, and he knocks her for a loop.
The owner of the tentacles has finally had enough, and the Trench worm comes up out of the depths and lands on the lip of the trench, trapping Madam Louv and her bodyguards, and allowing Scypho to escape with the Mirror. He leaves the three of them to deal with the monster and puts the Mirror over his shoulder, with the now limp Pezci hanging down behind, her head still entrapped by the Mirror.
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