Fountain pen
As every intelligent species, the calamor discovered writing a long time ago. They had an advantage on that one but a couple of disadvantages too.
Their advantage is that they can produce ink within themselves. They do not have to mine, synthesize, or create it any other way. It comes to them naturally. But what was a good defense for wild squids, it is hard to use for writing.
The first problem comes from that somehow the ink needs to be stored. You cannot just puff it into the water and use it for writing. In the past, the most convenient method was a jar held at the end of their ink funnel, and the skat’ra just shot the ink into the pot. After that, the jars were put onto beaches to dry the ink. The dry pigment was used for writing and drawing. Many calamor still use this method because the technic used by the scribers is repulsive to many of them. The scribers open their funnels, put a tube into, and the ink shoots through this tube into an ink holder. This is the actual fountain pen, but non-calamors use this term for every pen used by the calamor.
The second problem was that the ink dissolves extremely quickly in water. Again, this is perfect for wild squid but not useful for writing. The trick to this was that they mixed the ink with whale fat. After the mixture, the ink wasn’t as dark as expected. But the fat binds the ink and makes a nice, smooth mixture, you can smear it onto every surface, and it is water tolerant. In the fountain pen, the ink shoots into the holder that already has liquid whale fat in it. It needs a good shake, and your ink is ready for writing.
There is a smaller, portable version of the fountain pen. In this case, you do not have to attach the tube to your funnel, but you will get a ready-made ink holder with the pen.
Yes, it is painful but efficient
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