Infestation in Inkopolis! IC

[TurnItUpAnOctave]

Sean gulps. This can’t be good…

 

[Cephalobro]

Coral: Just a heads up, the otternapper could be related to the king in some way, so let's not go all aggressive. It's better to lie to prevent many lives from being lost.

 

[TurnItUpAnOctave]

Sean bites his lip. If I know my father, he wouldn’t have trusted just anyone for this job. I’m betting he sent my sister on this mission…

 

[Cephalobro]

Coral and Kelp start seeing Evelynn in the distance.

Kelp: For now, let's pretend we are working for the king so the lie actually works, okay?

 

[TurnItUpAnOctave]

Zia blinks. “-... ..- - / . ...- . ⸺ .. .. -. -. / .-- .. ⸺ ⸺ / ... . . / - .... . .. . . ..- --. .... / - .... .. ... / ⸺ .. . .-.- / .-- .. ⸺ ⸺ / ... .... . / -. . . - -..-.“
{But Evelynn will see through this lie, will she not?}

 

[Cephalobro]

Coral: That might be bad, unless... I can silently convince her to go along with the lie.

Kelp: We are arriving soon, so let's not get excited yet, at least hide your excitement and relief so it can be possible to deceive whoever otternapped her.

 

[TurnItUpAnOctave]

Sean blinks. “Wait- Zia can do it! I dont think Salmonids speak Morse! Cory! Can you transmit a translation telepathically to certain people and not others?”
Cory nods a tiny butterfly nod- yes, in fact, he can.
Sean‘s heart flutters hopefully. They just might be able to pull this off.

 

[Cephalobro]

Coral: Be careful, oh and tell the otternapper that the king relieves them of the mission. This is actually the truth that's okay to tell.

 

[TurnItUpAnOctave]

Zia realizes that everyone is looking at her. “. . .... .-.- / .. / .- -- / --. . . .. -. --. / - . . / -.. . . / - .... .. ... / ... . . ⸺ . . -..-. / --. . . - .. . .... .- ..--.. / .. / .- -- / - . . - .- ⸺ ⸺ .. .. / --. .- -- . ---.“
{Oh, I am going to do this solo? Gotcha. I am totally game!}

 

[Cephalobro]

Coral: I'll go with you, but I will need to wear something to trick both to make sure it works.

Coral pulls out a defunct Octoleet Goggles and puts it on.

 

[TurnItUpAnOctave]

Zia shakes her head. “-.. . . / -. . . - / . .. .. ... -.- / -... ⸺ . . .-- .. -. --. / .. .. . . ..- . .. / .. . . . ...- . . .. ..--.. / .. / .-- .. ⸺ ⸺ / -... . / . . -.- .- .. .. ..--.. / -... . ... .. -.. . ... .-.- / .. / .-- .. ⸺ ⸺ / .... .- ...- . / .. . . . . .. .. .. / .-- .. - .... / -- . ---.“
{Do not risk blowing your cover. I will be okay. Besides, I will have Cory with me!}

 

[Cephalobro]

Coral: Okay, just be careful.

 

[TurnItUpAnOctave]

Zia nods, takes a beep breath, and then she and Cory walk slowly out of the shadows to confront Evelynn and the otter-napper.

 

[Splatoonlover1]

Wish dismisses the Shadow Ball, with him, Mirage, and Sven taking cover and watching from the sidelines.

 

[Cephalobro]

Coral and Kelp also take cover.

Coral: I hope this works.

Kelp: This has to work.

 

[Splatoonlover1]

(heavy boop - maybe a side plot with some other characters? I honestly don't know what to do with our main characters since Octave doesn't seem to ever be returning...)

 

[Cephalobro]

(Yeah, I don't know either. So a side plot could work.)

 

[Cephalobro]

(I have an idea, we can do a side plot with our other characters. Aside from three RPs (one of them is a reboot anyway) and this one, my other characters didn't interact with other people's OCs, so let's change that.)

After looking at the clock on the wall, Clam grew impatient with Coral's absence.

"What's taking him so long?!" he exclaims to himself. Before long, he decided to head outside the Octarian neighborhood, despite General Anemone's orders to stay inside until Octolings get the rest of the Octarians accepted.

Heading to Inkopolis Square, he asks around.

"Hey, have you seen an Octoling who has his tentacles tied?" he asks an Inkling, not knowing this one is called Blaze.

(As a reminder, Clam is an Octotrooper.)

 

[Splatoonlover1]

Blaze hears an Octotrooper calling out to him, asking if he's seen an Octoling with a strange hairstyle anywhere. The Inkling shakes his head, as he hasn't seen an Octoling like that at all. Blaze gets some notebook paper and a pencil out. "Sorry," he writes on the paper. He's not sure where that Octoling is.

 

[Cephalobro]

"Well, that's a shame, he happens to be my brother." Clam replies. "He sometimes goes into dangerous situations without me knowing and I worry it's going to happen one of these days."

"Before I resume looking for him, I think I should introduce myself. My name is Clam, I came from Octo Valley, so Inkopolis is sort of new to me." Clam introduces himself.