am disturbed.

[permetaform]

There...is a problem.

See, I went on a retreat for this weekend and came back and...

Vash is missing.

Wait, lemme clarify: Vash, my goldfish, is missing.

I would understand if Vash decided to go belly up. I would be peeved, but I would understand. [Wolfwood died before him and it was only a matter of time after all ;)]

But, see, there was no body.

No. Body.

Words cannot expressed how utterly confused I am...

[update]

It was in a pan, no filters; and I've checked behind the desk, no body.

[update2]

Checked through the paperwork on the desk. No fish. Windows were closed, so it couldn't have flown or flipped out.

Going to check the fridge...wish me luck.

[update3]

checked fridge AND freezer.

no fish.

::is stumped::

[update4]

...and here's the thing, I REMEMBER putting Vash back into the pan after I washed it out 'cause it looked vaguely confused. I was amused that it looked "er?" (much like Orlando Bloom) and then sprinkled some fish flakes on top.

Then I ran around getting stuff together for the retreat and then I ran out the door.

The fish flakes are still there, floating.

Somehow that's sadder than anything else.

[update5]

Expanding search parameters to 5m around last known location.

[update6]

...hairballs on floor. Still no fish.

[update7]

::ponders:: If it ascended, think it'll be back, come Easter?

[update8]

Roommate has returned and reports no fish sighting as she was gone for the week as well. As she is not prone to practical jokes or random thievery I am inclined to believe her.

We are suspecting the landlord.

Comments

[suzvoy.livejournal.com]

Huh. That's just weird.

[berne.livejournal.com]

O.o

Could it have been eaten? Cats? Birds? Little brothers?

[darkeyedwolf.livejournal.com]

HE'S NOT DEAD IF THERE'S NO BODY

BRING BACK BLACK VASH

[treetracer]

Alien abduction. The only explanation.

[lierdumoa.livejournal.com]

Oi. That's shady.

[sequinissues.livejournal.com]

*boggles*

*goes to check on Soapsuds to make sure it's not a mass epidemic*

[emrinalexander.livejournal.com]

What this boils down to is that basically, apparently: Your goldfish ran away from home?

I had a turtle that got lost under the bed once, but never any fish...

[fuzipenguin.livejournal.com]

sometimes fish get suicical and jump out and wriggle away. No joke. You find them a few days later under the bed or chest of drawers or something. It's an odd thing.

[linzeestyle.livejournal.com]

Maybe he's stuck in a filter or something? That happened to me once - at first there were three fish, then there was only two...we found the third a month later in the filter.

Either that or he simply ran away. Maybe you should put up fliers? *g*

Linzee

[permetaform]

none of the above...no other pets, college apt.

[permetaform]

::snickers:: true...

but it's so...gone.

[permetaform]

::nodnod:: am confused.

[permetaform]

Your goldfish ran away from home?

but, see, it can't live without me!!

[permetaform]

just went and checked, no biscuit.

[permetaform]

no filter...::checks under desk again::

[permetaform]

meep, I hope it's not...

[permetaform]

y'know, I was thinking of that too...

[permetaform]

no kidding..::checks around the bowl again::

[rohandove.livejournal.com]

Oh dear.

That is just odd. Did he jump out?

[guede-mazaka.livejournal.com]

Weird. How big is it? And how cluttered is your desk? You'd be surprised how long fish can flop around; it might've tucked itself into some random pile of debris.

[wikdsushi.livejournal.com]

It's Goldfish Jesus!

[laizeohbeets.livejournal.com]

Maybe he fell beyond the veil.

[linzeestyle.livejournal.com]

Well, there's only one answer then.

Your goldfish has been ascended to a higher plane, a-la Cordelia in "Angel." He's out there right now - glowing, shiny and very, very bored.

Linzee

[bathsweaver.livejournal.com]

You know, that actually happened to me once, only weirder: my family and I went away for the weekend, leaving no one in the house except for my two turtles, safely in their terrarium and my cat. When we came back, the turtles were gone. Completely gone. No rendered carcasses, no empty shells, nothing.

I'm sure Smokey is capable of figuring out how to lift off the lid to their home, eat their meat, and even figure a way to close the lid again using his little kitty paws; but I cannot imagine how he could have made the two mid-sized turtle shells disappear afterward. Spooky.

DId you lock your room before you left? Could someone have seen that Vash had died and disposed of the body for you?

[permetaform]

hmm, good point. ::goes to shuffle paper around::