I honestly love Splatoon, now that I have actually played it. In one Art Trade I did with one of my good buddies on my DA account, I brought in a few Inkling OCs, and in another conversation we had, I mentioned how cool a Splatoon cartoon would be and he said it would be a cool 'Splat-Toon', hence the name of this series.
Another thing, is that the show will have a sort of two stories per episode, being like two-fifteen minute episodes.
Well, let's begin. I don't own Splatoon, but I do own some Inkling OCs.
A Splatting Arrival
It was a normal day in the suburb city of Inkas in the continent of North Splatstar, where a cyan female Inkling was reading a book, the bored girl slightly adjusting her glasses that had a black rim around them, wearing a Basic Tee that was yellow, black shorts and Blue Slip-Ons. The girl stared at the book, obvious disinterest coloring her face.
"And thus, the Great Turf War ended… how?" the teacher asked, looking around the class, spotting the cyan Inkling, "...Inky,"
"I'm sorry, what?" the cyan Inkling, Inky, responded in confusion.
"Not paying attention Ah see," the teacher groaned, showing off a bit of a southern accent.
"I am, I just didn't hear the question," Inky lied, slightly moving her glasses to the right before fixing them.
The teacher sighed before she looked at her, "The Great Turf War ended how?"
Inky thought for a moment, ready to glance at her textbook.
"No textbook," the teacher added quickly.
Inky sighed and thought for a moment, "Uh… we outnumbered them in one final assault?"
"That answer is… correct, but ya forgot a detail. Ah suppose this is satisfactory," the teacher shrugged as she turned back to the white board, before she could say another word, the bell rang.
"YES!" Inky shouted as she grabbed her bag and darted for the door, only to be stopped by her teacher, "What?"
"Don't forget, yer report on the Great Turf War is due before ya go on Spring Break," the teacher warned her.
"Wh-wha-why?! Everybody else has it due after we get back!" Inky demanded to know.
"It's simple. Yer grades are slipping and ya need to get a boost in ASAP," the teacher informed.
Inky simply nodded as she turned into a squid and slide to the door.
"No turning into a squid in school!" the teacher shouted, making Inky groan and turn back to normal.
After school Inky looked around at some other Inklings, all of whom were talking, playing a video game, or just relaxing. Inky let out an annoyed groan as she looked at her book bag and then looked at a drawing, showing herself in a Turf War with a winning team.
"Man I wish they allowed Turf Wars here in this stupid place," Inky muttered as she slowly walked off campus, "I hate this stupid southern place, I hate school, I hate how they don't allow Turf Wars, I wanna be a Turf War Star!"
She kicked a can and watched it fly into a nearby stream of water, the can dissolving into it. Inky simply walked past it and continued on her way home.
"Why does it have to be Arcticday? This is the worst day of the week," she groaned as she arrived at an apartment building and opened up the door to sit down and try and relax. The cyan Inkling groaned as she saw a much older female Inkling woman working on something in the kitchen, "Heya,"
"Watch your tone, young lady," the older Inkling warned.
"...I was just saying 'heya'," Inky pointed out.
"Are you back-talking?"
Inky slowly scooted under the table and sat there.
"Good. Now then kid, you go to your room and start working on homework,"
"I just got home, can't I at least relax a little wh-"
"Your teacher called to inform me your grades are slipping. You march that little tushie up to your room and do your homework,"
"...yes ma'am," Inky relented as she walked up to her bedroom.
The room was only a small section hers, with a large chunk of it belonging to a much smaller and younger male Inkling. Inky grumbled as she carefully stepped by a tape border made by the male Inkling, going over to what little of the room was hers. She plopped her bookbag down on her bed and started to dig for something. After two or so minutes of searching, she found a sketchbook and she proceeded to begin drawing out herself as the winner of a Turf War.
'Someday… I'll be great. I'll show them all how great I'll be,' Inky thought, smiling as she continued to sketch, 'And someday… I'll get to Inkopolis… the most famous town of the Turf Wars…'
Later that evening, Inky was awoken by the sounds of a window opening up. She chose to risk getting in trouble for sneaking out in the night and climbed out the window, using her squid form to slip through the bars on the fire escapes.
She then saw the young boy she shared the room with along with two others all looking at something. Inky then got a closer look and saw it was a weapon from a Turf War, but it lacked colors. Inky let out a gasp as the three boys turned around to face her.
"Inky!" the young boy she shared a room with gasped.
"Leave us alone!" another boy nearly yelled, tossing a pebble at her.
"...Troy, what are you, Austin and Michael doing up this late?" Inky inquired.
"My brother got back from Inkopolis, Splatkyo and he brought us a souvenir," Michael stated quickly as he showed a sort of bulky blaster of sorts, which Inky quickly grabbed and caused it to change to cyan, "...h-h-h-how did you-"
"It doesn't matter, you're to girly to hold something like this," Austin shouted as he attempted to make a grab for it, which Inky was easily able to avoid.
The older female gave a roll of her eyes and gripped the weapon tightly, "A Splattershot Jr., I finally have a Turf War weapon…"
Inky smirked as she then took aim and fired some ink, the same cyan color that her hair was, which covered up a bit of the ground. She gave a mischievous giggle and smirk and fired much more rapidly, her zeal over-taking her as she splatted more ink on the buildings nearby, around the ground and then she turned into a squid to recharge the Splattershot Jr. a little bit.
"Give me back my souvenir!" Michael shouted, before he hid behind Jason of nervousness.
Inky said nothing as she turned around and then proceeded to splat more ink, nearly hitting the three boys. She growled a bit and then slowly realized she nearly hit them and could've very easily hurt them.
"WHAT IS GOING ON OUT HERE?!" the caretaker of Inky and Jason shouted as she walked out, gasping upon seeing the ink around the area, "...ink?"
She then took a single look at Inky holding the Splattershot Jr. and growled at her.
"I didn't hit them…" Inky responded.
Later the next morning, Inky was in a child service office and was waiting for somebody to talk. The young female Inkling slightly kicking the air in thought, before somebody handed her papers of eviction.
"I'm sorry Ms. Inky, but… you have been removed from your foster family," an older male Inkling informed, "This means that unless somebody else is willing to take you in, you will be put in a foster family. ...assuming you aren't taken to juvie for having a Turf War weapon,"
"Somebody brought it as a souvenir for their younger sibling when they came back from Inkopolis," Inky informed as the gears in her mind began to turn.
"You'll need to appear in court about this 'souvenir', and to face charges for attacking the kids,"
"I didn't hit them!"
"...that's not what your caretaker and those kids are saying…"
Inky let out a loud groan as she thunked her head against the wall in annoyance. As the older male Inkling took his leave, Inky began to think and realized her best bet was to find a way to Inkopolis.
"And how does the court find this young Inkling?" a manatine asked the court of jellyfish.
"Your honor, we find this Inkling… not guilty on all charges," a jellyfish informed.
"WHAT?! BUT SHE HAD AN ILLEGAL WEAPON A-" Inky's ex-caregiver snapped.
"It was not hers, she didn't attack anybody, thus, not-guilty. However, due to the fact we cannot find a weapon registration file for the real owner of the item-"
"The Splattershot Jr.," Inky informed quickly, earning looks, "...what? I read about Turf Wars,"
"...then the weapon shall be given to this girl for safekeeping, but is to not be used," the jellyfish added.
The manatine thought for another moment before nodding, "And she shall stay here until we find somebody to take her in. This court, is adjourned,"
Inky sat in a room in the child care service office, the Inkling simply waiting for a moment to be left alone so she could bail and try to find a way to Splatkyo. She looked at the Splattershot Jr. in thought, the girl aiming it and mentally trying to recall the code to unlock the safety lock on the weapon.
'What was it? ...uh… 02 something?' she thought. The cyan Inkling was interrupted from her thoughts by a child care employee walking in.
"Good news Inky, there's somebody who's willing to look after you," he informed, "...unfortunately, we couldn't find somebody here in Splatonio, but we were able to find a nice person in the city of Inkopolis. We told her to not remove the safety lock until you reach the age they allow Inklings to be in the Turf War,"
"Alright," Inky nodded as she put the Turf War weapon away. She gave a wide smile, extremely happy she'd be heading to the most famous town for Turf Wars…
Soon enough, Inky was on a boat on her way to Inkopolis. The girl was in a seat in the captain's room, giggling like a schoolgirl about finally going to Inkopolis. She was currently in the middle of sketching a picture of herself in the city by the famous Inkopolis Tower, a tower that had been in existence long before Inklings had begun to record history.
"I can't wait… Inkopolis, here comes the newest Turf War star," Inky smiled happily as she finished her sketch.
The New Squid in Town
Inky arrived at a small house, where a paper note was taped onto the door.
"'Sorry. Busy with work. Go on, help yourself to whatever. Wait until tomorrow until going into town,' ...boo," Inky groaned as she walked on into the house, seeing it was rather fancy looking. She sat down and continued her drawings, the female Inkling simply wanting to head into the town to do some exploring and sign up to get her Turf War on.
Inky waited for hours and hours, raiding a pantry to get some food after two hours and simply continuing to sit and draw, all the while she was attempting to crack the code for the safety lock. She was able to decode a 0, 5, 2, and another 5. She continued to sketch and attempt to crack the code late into the night. She eventually dozed off on the couch, the girl being placed underneath a blanket as she snoozed.
"...huh?" Inky blinked as she slowly woke up, looking at the blanket that was put over her. She then saw another note, "Ugh… more reading? 'Dear kid, sorry, had to leave for work early. Left you some pancakes you could microwave. Forgot to unlock your weapon, but you're free to go into town.' ...I can go to Inkopolis!"
Inky wasted no time as she got up, headed over to the pancakes, heated them up, ate them, and proceeded to head for the main part of Inkopolis.
She soon got in closer and saw some balloons floating around, Inky proceeding to aim the Splattershot Jr. at them… only to remember it couldn't fire due to the safety lock.
"...I hate this," she groaned, before she sat down to think the code over. She knew there was a 0, 5, 2 and another 5, but that meant there were still four more left. She slowly thought about how the code could be inputed. Inky then growled in anger and tossed it to the ground in anger, the thump hitting some button or something, causing the code to reveal itself, "Huh?"
Inky picked up the weapon and saw the code read '05-28-20-15'. She then pressed a button, causing the safety lock to fall off and allow her full use of the shooter. Inky quickly began to splat some of the roaming balloons and some of the nearby ground, allowing her to head forward and on the path to Inkopolis. After roaming around a bit, she wandered into what looked like a skate park that nobody was playing in. Inky continued forward and saw a large gap and some glass that meant she couldn't ink up the wall.
"...okay… here I go," she gulped nervously as she inked a trail in front of herself and then a bit of the area in front of her with her sub weapon, the Splat Bomb, thus she headed into the ink and made her jump attempt, just narrowly missing. Inky stuck out of the ink, still in her squid form, "...the squid jump… the one thing I can't do,"
Inky and her elementary school class were playing a game in gym class that had ink over the ground and they had to jump over and catch a flag. Everybody in Inky's team had made the jump, leaving the kid on her own.
"Hey come on Inky," a friend of hers called out.
Inky nodded, diving into the ink and then making an attempt… only to fall a bit short, thunking into the wall.
"You okay Inky?" her friend shouted.
"...I'm fine," Inky responded. She swam back up to the jump and attempted it again, but fell short yet again. It happened again, and again, and again.
"Okay Inky, enough!" her gym teacher shouted, "You've tried your hardest, but you can't make it… I'll let you pass, but it won't be higher than an 90,"
Inky whimpered a bit as she looked down to the ground.
Inky swam back up the steps and attempted the jump again, but failed again. She went back up and tried again, once again failing. She didn't give up, attempting to go from a bit more of a distance, but it didn't work out. Inky was there for about fifteen minutes, before somebody happened to walk up and see her.
"...I can… do this… need… to… get to… inner… Inkopolis," Inky panted.
The male figure rolled his eyes as he picked Inky up and tossed her like a football over to the other side, Inky landing in the ink, a bit shaken by what just happened. The male fired at the balloons, revealing his weapon to be a Splatterscope. He said nothing as he simply went on ahead to the city, ignoring Inky.
"...what a jerk, doesn't bother to help me and just flings me like a sport ball… I feel so violated," Inky groaned as she turned back to her humanoid form, she looked up and saw the straight line of ink, "...must have some sort of a Charger…"
Inky continued onwards after a moment, swimming under some grates and coming to a stop upon seeing a large UFO surrounded by some purple colored ink. The cyan Inkling then tossed a Splat Bomb down to give herself some breathing room before she jumped down, going back into the ink to recharge her weapon, and then continuing to spread more ink along the ground as she headed forward. Inky couldn't help but look at the UFO with curiosity, seeing the tech seemed to be something that slightly looked like what the enemies in the Great Turf War had used.
Inky shrugged off the thought before she continued onwards using Splat Bombs to blow up some crates and then head upwards, inking along the way. She finally arrived at the stretch that lead to the main part of Inkopolis. Inky took a moment to sketch out what the tower looked like from the distance she was at before using a Super Jump to head for the inner part of town.
Inky landed, posing a bit as she did so, happy as a kid on Squidmas morning. She giggled and looked around the city in amazement, the beauty of a modern area capturing her eyes and her excitement.
"I made it… I finally got to the best city for Turf Wars!" she squealed, before she earned a 'shh' from some Inklings. Inky looked in confusion before seeing their attention at a monitor.
-Hold on to your tentacles…- one girl on the monitor began, filled with excitement and energy.
-It's Inkopolis News Time.- the other girl continued, being a bit less excited but had an air of enjoyment about the announcement.
The two announced the current popular Turf War stages, before somebody whispered something to the one to the left.
-News flash! News flash!- the girl to the left began.
-What is it Callie, what is it?!- the girl to the right asked.
The girl to the left, Callie, checked some signs from off-camera as pictures flashed on screen, showing some large black item attached to the Great Inkopolis Tower.
-Well Marie, it looks like… Inkopolis' Great Zapfish has… vanished!- Callie exclaimed.
-Wait… seriously?!- the girl to the right, Marie, gasped as she looked outside to check this for herself.
-If it isn't recovered soon, are we gonna lose power?- Callie asked.
-Oh. Uh… I-I-I'm sure it'll be fine… probably.- Marie responded, attempting to mutter the 'probably' part.
Another image was shown on screen being a very blurred picture of what appeared to be the same UFO that Inky saw on her way over.
-I wonder if it has anything to do with that UFO crash?- Callie pondered.
-Sounds likely to me.- Marie responded.
The news ended, with Callie and Marie regaining their normal composure.
-Well, that's all for now. Until next time…- Callie began, before she and her sister posed announcing -Stay fresh!-
Inky smiled softly as she then noticed the Inkling who tossed her earlier. She instantly growled and then walked over to him, "Hey you!"
The male Inkling, who was wearing the Backwards Cap, Dark Urban Vest, black shorts and Black Moto Boots, turned around to face Inky, "What?"
"Why did you throw me?!" Inky demanded to know.
"You were taking to long, I had to get here," he responded.
"But that's no reason to toss me!" Inky stated.
"Oh shut up, girly," he scoffed as he walked away.
Inky growled in anger and then charged right at him, only for him to side-step her, "Ow…"
"You're 100 Freshness Levels to low to stand a chance," he stated, "The name's Paintara, and you'll soon see me kick your sorry butt back to whatever hole you came outta,"
"Oh yeah? Well… I'll see you in the Turf Wars, meanie!" Inky growled as she walked off in a huff.
"...what a lameoid," he shrugged as he walked away.
Inky looked at the Great Inkopolis Tower with a smile, sketching out what it looked like happily.
"Just watch… I'll be a great Turf War Star… you'll see," Inky smiled as she sketched herself with another female Inkling, the two smiling happily…
Phew! I just narrowly finished this in the nick of time. Had to look up a video of the first bit of the game since I can't remember. ...yeah, don't have a great memory.
Regardless… if I had to pick a favorite part… in "A Splatting Arrival" it would be when Inky was told she could head for Splatkyo and then in "A New Squid in Town" it would be her joy upon arriving in Inkopolis… really encapsulates the joy of finally making it to the town when I first got the game.
With that, we end off. Just Live More.