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The basic cost of any Shapeshifter pet is currently set at 3000 gold.
The cost of breeding will be determined at a later state, when breeding your pet becomes an option.
If a pet is returned to the store, it can be re-purchased by a new owner, and the price will drop by 500g for every stage it has grown (i.e. if you buy a shapeshifter in it's baby stage, it will cost 2500, 2nd stage, 2000, 3rd stage, 1500.)

Shapeshifters are available in basic colors and color combinations. For example, colors like brown, tan, black, white, red, blue, ect... Colors that will not be available right off are specialties, such as starry, rainbow combinations, and anything requiring special marking (such as a flame-patterned color)

When you win a flatsale pet or an auction, you must fill out a form like this, and PM it to me:

Standard (flatsale) Pets
Name:
Owner:
Which Pet You Won:
(not much of a form, is it...)

Custom (auction) Pets
Type:
Name:
Owner:
Gender:
Main Fur Color:
Accent Color:
Eye Color:
Other (ex: special markings):



So far, there are three types of pets for sale.



HUNTER





IKTYS





WINGLY







There are no items currently available for your pets ^__^;

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General Rules
1.Do Not Steal The Images! art thieves will be hunted down and reported.
2.Be respectful to everyone in the thread, at all times.
3.Co-Owning a pet is not allowed. You may purchase a pet for a friend, but only one name will be on the tag. Because these are roleplay pets, having two people would just make it inconsistent and confusing.
4.Do Not PM us with questions! Ask your question in the thread, or read the updates/events/F.A.Q for more info.
5.Shapeshifters can only be sold when still in box-form! If you want to sell/trade your Shapeshifter, it must be done before it matures to animal form. A percentage from any profit over 3k must be returned to the shop.
6.Items will only be available for the pet's final stage. This makes it easier on the artists, and makes it so your pet grows up uncluttered ^__^=

Flatsale/Auction Rules
*Auctions will be held in a separate thread*

1.No Sniping! Auctions will end 24 hours after the last bid is made, to prevent people from coming in at the last minute and bidding, and to give everyone a fair chance.
2.Do not PM us asking when the next flatsale or auction will be! Check the updates/events sections for times and dates.
3.Be Respectful To Everyone!
4.Items will be accepted at Minimum GEN Value only.
5.All auctions will begin with a 4k starting bid. Because the coloring and lineart will be unique and different from all the other pets, the starting price for customs in an auction is higher, as they require more work.
6.All auctions will begin with a question. This is to ensure that you have read the front page and rules for these particular pets. PM the answer to either merangue or lil_princess_kelly, or whoever started that particular auction. Do Not Post The Answer In The Thread! if you do that, you will not be able to bid in that auction, and subsequent bidders will be asked a different question.
7.All flatsales will start with a 'go' post After the 'go' post, you may express your interest in one of the pets up for sale. In the event of more than one person wanting the same pet, the first person to have expressed interest in the pet will win the pet. The remaining people may then make a second choice.
8.Do not ask us to reserve you a pet! Shapeshifters are fair game for everybody,a nd to reserve you a pet for a flatsale or auction would be unfair to others who actually try on their own to get a pet. The only people guaranteed to get pets are merangue, kelly, jade-chan, and kysiria.

RolePlay Rules and Information
1.Roleplay at least once a week, or your pets will be taken away.
2.All roleplaying is to be done in the shop thread (easier to keep track of ^_^; )
3.No God-Moding! Be mindful of other pet's habits and personalities when interacting with them.
4.If you take good care of your Shapeshifter, and try to roleplay more than the minimal once weekly, you may get a surprise after the third stage of your pet's growth...

Maid In Korea asked a very good question. Just how big are shapeshifters anyway? And here's the answer:

the chest/trunks are about the size of a shoebox (with a curved lid), and rather light.

HUNTER:
first stage: about the size of a full grown cocker spaniel (roughly 14-15 inches high, so, a little over a foot)

second stage: about the size of a german shepherd (females: 22-24 inches, males are slightly bigger, 24-26 inches.)


IKTYS:
first stage: about two feet in length, from nose to tail tip (the tail comprises most of the length, at 14 inches)

second stage: 5 feet or more from nose to tail tip, as long as an average adult human is tall. The tail is usually of equal length to the body (2 1/2 feet) but can be longer than the body, as well.

WINGLIES:
first stage: the size of a small dog (10 inches or smaller. Under a foot tall, at any rate)

second stage: close to the size of the german shepherd again, if not slightly bigger. has a 5 1/2 to 6 foot wingspan.

third stage for all pets: the approximate height of a young child. Only slightly taller than the second stage (for hunters and winglies), though the heights will vary from child to child. The only variation for this is the iktys final stage, which has a long tail, thus making it 'taller' than the others.

Breeding Rules
1.All breeding must be approved by merangue or kelly. Please ask us before deciding you are going to breed your pet ^_^; We must know ahead of time, so that the artist has a chance to draw up your offspring.
2.Shapeshifter's mate for life! Once you're pets have chosen to mate, they cannot chose another mate, ever!
3.Breeding will cost as much as buying a pet. Since we still have to draw and color and tag the new pets, it requires paying a breeding fee.
4.Shapeshifter's cannot breed until they have reached their final form! Do not make any breeding requests until your shapeshifters are in their final adult form. They will be denied.
5.[Shapeshifters may only breed once a month
6.Before breeding, the two Shapeshifters must have RPed together, to have formed some sort of relationship. No casual unf-ing people!



~I only have ___gold, can i have one anyway?
-Unfortunately no. It would be unfair to the customers who are paying full price if we were to let you have one for a discount. Please wait for a special event, and see if you can snag one then ^__^;

~What is a Shapeshifter?
-A Shapeshifter is a changing, breedable sig pet, that starts life as a box of mystery, then morphs into various animal stages, finally ending up as a humanoid-animal hybrid chibi.

~What is a Custom Shapeshifter?
-A Custom Shapeshifter is a Shapeshifter with unusual markings on a non-standard fur color (see Dream ) Please note that all custom Shapeshifters will have unique lineart

~When can I purchase a Custom Shapeshifter?
-Custom Shapeshifters will be available during Custom Auctions, and only then

~Can I purchase a custom species?
-Unfortunately, not at this time. Custom species are only avaialable through breeding. You may, however, suggest a type of pet you would like to see, and it may be used.

~Can I purchase mixed breeds?
-No. Mixed breeds are only available through the breeding program, or if somebody has returned unwanted offspring to the store.

~When can I breed my pet?
-Shapeshifters reach breedable maturity once they are in their final stage. At this current point in time, breeding is not possible, though. check the updates to see when breeding is introduced.

~I don't want my Shapershifter anymore:
~Can I return it?
-Yes. if you return your Shapeshifter, please be sure to remove all urls from your sig. the returned pet will then go up for sale.
~Can I sell it?
-As it states earlier on, Shapeshifters can only be sold or traded when they are still in box form. Any form after that, and it cannot be sold by you.
~Can I get a refund?
-No. You bought it, we invested time, effort, and resources. It is not fair to get money for abandoning your pet.

~Project Gold? what is it?
-Project Gold will be maintained by kelly, and will be a way to earn points towards purchasing items for your pets, for yourself, entering games, and participating in the exchange.

~Exchange? õ_o
-This will function much like the actual GAIA exchange, where you can purchase and trade items, using the points you've accumulated in project gold. This will be available much later, when everything is suitably organized.

~Freezing? Huh?
-Freezing will be available for people who only want to show their Shapeshifter in their signatures. This means that they will be stuck in the stage that you freeze them at. It will cost 300g to freeze your pet at the first stage, 400g for second, 500g, for third and 600g for the fourth stage. Once frozen, it will not be able to breed, RP, Have PG( Project Gold) or participate in any RP events. To reverse the freezing, it will cost the same amount as you paid for it to be frozen. The owner list will also say if your pet is frozen or not.

~I heard about a lottery. What is it?
-Lottery tickets will be sold for 100PG each. If you want a ticket, please PM me, and your pet's PG will be dedeucted by the number of tickets you want to purchase.The pot gold depends on how many other people have bought tickets. The pot gold will ALWAYS start out at 200PG. You are NOT buying tickets for real gold! You will be given a three digit number, and I will personally give you your number by PM. No two numbers will be the same. The tickets will be sold from Monday to thursday. Friday, I will pick another three digit number, and the Winner will be announced in both the title on first page, and in the special event post. 3nodding

~I need some PG, but I don't have enough. What can I do?
-You can RP and wait until Friday, where your PG will rise depending on how much you RPed, but, there is also a bank. You can save your PG there, so that even if an event occures, the PG in your bank will not be effected. In the bank, you can also BORROW PG. There is a maximum amount, which is 3000PG. The minimum amount of PG is 1pg. If you want to borrow some PG from the bank, you'll need to PM Kelly, with this form:

Pet you want to give the PG to:
Username:
Amount of PG:
Amount of time you'll need to give it back:

This information will be stored, and when the time's up, I will Pm you asking for the borrowed money back. If You STILL don't have it, your PG will go negative _____ of how much you owed.


BLACK LIST
I was hoping not to have one of these, but it seems some people just can't grasp certain concepts. Like paying for a pet.

-Samana-failure to send a pet order form back after winning a custom auction, failure to pay for said custom pet. It's been three weeks since the auction finished.
Samana is hereby barred from participation in any future Project Shapeshifter event.
Length of Term indefinite

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Shapeshifters can breed (though not quite yet). They reach breedable maturity once they are in their final/adult stage. Shapeshifters are also capable of inter species breeding, meaning that a Hunter-type of one gender is capable of breeding with say, a wingly-type of the oposite gender, and produce offspring with characteristics from both species. However, there are rules to how the traits are passed on from parent to child:

The main breed of the produced offspring is derived from the mother, and the secondary characteristics from the father. So, for example, if the mother is a Hunter-type, and the father is a Wingly-type, the resulting offspring will be a Hunter type with wings and possibly one pair of talons. If, however, the Mother was a Wingly-type, and the father was a Hunter-type, the resulting offspring would most likely be a Wingly with a Hunter tail and paws.

2nd Gen pets produced in a regular fashion (same-species breeding, ie: wingly x wingly) are capable of breeding, and of cross-species breeding.

Cross-Bred offspring (ie, hunter x wingly) CANNOT breed

Shapeshifters mate for life, meaning that once you have chosen a mate, you cannot chose another. Pick your mate wisely!

When breeding pets, they may produce one or two offspring. You may choose basic (ie: brown, white, yellow, ect... not starry, rainbow, fire-like, ect...) fur color, eye color, accent color, and gender.

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