The Story of the Office Fish

Once upon a time, there was the Instigator of all Things Fun. Her name was Catelyn.

And Catelyn said to the friendly office witch, Mirasol, “We should get office fish.” And Mirasol agreed.

Catelyn’s fish was named Panchito and Mirasol’s was Humberto. Both fish were named after characters in a telenovella.

Soon they convinced the Basque intern, Saioa (pronounced Cy-owe-ah) to get her own fish. Saioa adopted Jose’ Carlos. Unfortunately, she left him in her car overnight, and he died. The next morning she tried to revive him in the microwave (seriously), but it was a no go. And so, a slightly wiser fish parent, she adopted Jose’ Carlos Dos.

Panchito was a sickly fish and just could not hold on. He was replaced, by the absolutely fabulous Sebastian Blanco.

Soon, the counter of the coins, Teressa, was feeling left out. She wanted a fish too, but she did not watch telenovellas. It was decided that Teressa should adopt a green fish and name it Tinker after her favorite Disney character, Tinkerbell.

But there were no green fish to be found. So instead, she adopted beautiful Rufio.

Shortly, Humberto became ill. The good witch tried to fix him, but to no avail. Humberto had always been a badass, and as such, he did not want to die a slow, lingering death. One day, when Mirasol got to work in the morning, she found that he had committed suicide by jumping out of his bowl. And so came Ines.

Catelyn, being an excellent Instigator of all Things Fun, decided the fish should be bred. She adopted Paquita Palomita Blanco-Garcia La del Barrio to be a breeder-in-training.

Ines, being the oldest female, and Jose’ Carlos, being the male with the largest bubble nest, were picked to be the first parents. They were placed in an separate tank and thus the breeding experiment began.