Infestation in Inkopolis! IC

[Splatoonlover1]

Hope follows Coral, excited to finally participate in Turf Wars again. Wish is within, and he's also excited.

 

[Cephalobro]

The shop is currently only a skeleton of what is going to become as the neighborhood is being developed. On the way there, Coral asks Hope if she wants to hear a story.

"So, while we're walking, do you want to know how Kelp and I became a couple?" Coral asks Hope.

 

[Splatoonlover1]

Hope nods, wanting to know. "はい," [Yes,] she says. The specks of dark purple ink are growing a bit, almost with excitement, showing that Wish is doing good from within and that he's also wanting to hear.

 

[Cephalobro]

"So, we were underground, my brother and I lost our parents and we were fleeing for our lives. We were too young to fight back at the time." Coral muses for a second, trying to keep his composure to tell the rest. "So we lived in an orphanage until our former enemies, the Crimson Octarians attacked. Believe it or not, we were just one Octarian species, but that horrible DJ is the one who caused our species to split into two, we were the Ringed Octarians."

"When are you going to tell her that we met?" Kelp says impatiently.

"Hold on, I'm getting to that part." Coral replies. "Anyways, this happened before the battle that our parents fought in, before I was born and during the first two years of Clam's childhood. However, when Octo Valley started crumbling a big piece of the skybox fell right on my house, or what used to be my house, Clam and I were children at this time, we were outside playing with each other while our parents were inside."

"I can see how these meeting stories can be long." Kelp realizes.

"When we were taken into the orphanage, I was very depressed, and even cried a lot due to the death of my parents. I didn't play with other kids there much because that horrible image was a dominant thought that wouldn't go away." Coral continues. "When I finally reached 14, I got a package with what my dad has bought me when he visited Inkopolis which is the clothes that I wear now, along with his one-of-a-kind Octo Shot that has the ability to change sub and special weapons for different situations, the exact same one you see me using." he remembers clearly. "When he used it during the war, he had used the Inkzooka."

"This is interesting." Kelp says.

"Now back on track, the crumbling situation became worse little by little every day, the real war between the Ringeds and Crimsons, the two sides that used to be one began again and this time, I was fighting in it along with my brother. We were enlisted by General Anemone, little did I know that his entire army was only composed off survivors as he didn't know where else to look, so we were a very small group." Coral explains. "But our general didn't give up hope, he had an idea to rescue the Inklings who were squidnapped by our former Crimson enemies and have them join his army with the promise of returning to Inkopolis. This is before we knew of that plan. But before then, we had to acquire a special kind of bus, Clam and I were sent on a path together while Kelp, whom I didn't know was in the army before was sent by herself."

"This is getting exciting!" Kelp exclaims.

"So, as my brother and I were looking around while escaping a big squad of enemies, we see this girl being surrounded by another squad of enemies." Coral points to Kelp. "She ran out of ink and was surrounded, she tried her best to fight back then she called for help. So my brother and I sprang into action, splatting the enemies that surrounded the Octoling. We introduced ourselves when a rebel Crimson, joined us. The first of many Crimson Octarians and Octolings to help us."

"I couldn't take my eyes off Coral." Kelp adds.

"So when we finally got that last bus to combine with the others to make a base that can split to move to another place and merge to become a base again, Clam drove us back to our camp, where these busses combined for the first time." Coral continues the story.

"We didn't have uniforms at the time and the buses had a rainbow Spawn Point inside of them." Kelp tells the smaller, but important details.

"So, General Anemone has decided on who sleeps in which room. After his speech of hopefulness through our efforts and getting the Inklings rescued to join us, we were given our uniforms, then we were free for the rest of the evening, Kelp and I were assigned to the same room. The way that the uniforms looked made Octolings look attractive to the opposite sex. So when both Kelp and I tried our uniforms, we were nervous at first. But then I realized something: I was in love with her. So I did something bold, which I asked her to be my girlfriend." Coral finally gets to the part. "Almost forgot to say that she yelled 'yes!'"

"Wow, I didn't realize I was that excited." Kelp says.

"Since then, Kelp and I had done so much together." Coral concludes his story.

 

[Splatoonlover1]

Hope reassuringly places her hand on Coral's shoulder, trying to help him remember what she said earlier about his parents always being with him despite them being gone.

 

[Cephalobro]

"Thank you Hope. Also, I forgot to tell you, Kelp acts very motherly to me in subtle ways. Only I know about it." Coral adds.

"It's true, I try not to exaggerate so as to not embarrass him." Kelp confirms.

 

[Splatoonlover1]

While this is happening, Hope looks around and spots an Inkling and... a bird. (Mind if I introduce more characters?)

 

[Cephalobro]

(I don't mind, but I think I will make the Inklings to be visiting the neighborhood if that's okay with you.)

 

[Splatoonlover1]

(It's okay with me. I'll just add these new characters to the Character Sheet thread.)

 

[Cephalobro]

"I didn't know we had visitors. As long as they don't interfere with the neighborhood's development, then they can see around." Coral notices the same Inklings that Hope saw.

 

[Splatoonlover1]

Mirage and Sven arrive at the Octarian neighborhood, amazed by the development of the place. They look around afterwards and spot Coral, Kelp, and Hope. "Oh. I guess I didn't notice you three. Hi. I'm Mirage, and this is Sven. Nice to meet you," says Mirage. He shakes their hands one by one, and Sven quacks in greeting.

 

[Cephalobro]

"Ah, you must be one of the first visitors that was granted access here. I'm Coral and these two girls with me are Kelp and Hope." Coral greets the two visitors.

"Great to meet you!" Kelp says excitedly. "Oh yeah, Hope doesn't speak either of our languages, but we gave her a translator that says everything she says, but in our languages instead."

 

[Splatoonlover1]

"こんにちは、ミラゴ。スヴァ," [Hi, Mirago. Sva,] says Hope. Her tentacles, eyebrows, and the specks of ink change color to indicate that Wish is talking. "こんにちは," [Hello,] he says, shaking Mirage's hand and Sven's wing.

Mirage is quite confused. "...um, what just happened?" he asks, referring to Hope's change in tentacle color. Sven quacks in confusion.

 

[Cephalobro]

"Oh yeah, forgot to mention, Hope is actually two people in one body. Oddly enough, they are two halves of one whole." Coral explains.

"In the simplest terms, you can consider them soul twins." Kelp adds.

 

[Splatoonlover1]

Mirage is a bit confused. "Soul... twins?" he asks. "Hey, want to see something?" he asks a bit later, wanting to show off a bit of his powers.

 

[Cephalobro]

"Honestly, I'm just waiting for more developments to happen as Octoling bring funds from ink battles. So I'm down to see what you want to show." Coral accepts.

"Me too. And about the soul twins, well, Hope was split apart when we met her. The other half aka Wish octonapped her, forcing Coral and me to battle Sanitized Octarians just to reach her, then Wish attacked. We managed to imprison and eventually reunite him with Hope." Kelp explains.

"He also had strange powers that he used against me. Don't worry about it, I'm used to encountering a lot of weird stuff during battles." Coral adds.

 

[Splatoonlover1]

"Speaking of strange powers, check this out!" Mirage says. "Aura Sphere!" the electronic Mewtwo-turned-Inkling figure exclaims, producing an orb of cyan light. A short roaring sound effect plays as well. The sound is loud and clear, and the light is shining brightly, so he isn't weak yet.

 

[Cephalobro]

"Wait, how did you manage to do this?!" Coral asks, amazed.

 

[Splatoonlover1]

"I've always had this power," says Mirage. He quickly dismisses the Aura Sphere so it doesn't dim and he doesn't weaken. "Unfortunately, I get weaker when the light dims," he warns. "Neither of us know how that happened," he continues.

 

[Cephalobro]

"Then I hope you can keep that power under control, who knows what would happen if it ever went rogue." Coral says with a worried tone.