Taking Breaks When Needed
And here's the second chapter! This one won't really have any action because this is just a random filler chapter I wrote, so hopefully you do like it. This chapter is a bit longer and took a bit longer to write, but it's here! If you want to see my schedule of when things can be updated, just check my profile.
Disclaimer: I don't own Splatoon
It was early in the morning in Inkopolis, six o' clock to be exact. Agent-3 was in her bed in deep sleep. She was engulfed inside the cozy, warm blanket, with her tentacles lying neatly on top. As the sun rose, sunlight slowly crept through her bedroom window, shining onto her face. Three winced from the sudden light, attempting to fall back asleep. She turned over to the other side, hoping it would block out the sunlight. However, soon the room became more lit up and bright, forcing her to slowly open her eyes and awaken. She reluctantly rose from her position on the bed and stretched her arms out wide while yawning simultaneously. Three turned to see that she had left an imprint on the bed and pillow. Throwing the blankets off herself, she got up and walked out of her room over to the living room of her apartment.
"Eight must not be awake yet." Three said to herself as she looked up at a clock hung up on her wall. Three mentally slapped herself when she realized how early in the morning she woke up. Trudging back to her room, she threw on some clothes she found in her closet and grabbed a splattershot before grabbing her Squidphone, which was on her nightstand. She quickly texted Eight that she was leaving to participate in Turf War before walking out the door.
In the her bedroom, Agent-8 was still asleep, unaware that Three had gotten up and left. It was eight o' clock in the morning now, and Eight had finally woken up after several minutes. Feeling energized and ready for the day, she hopped out of bed and stretched for what only seemed like a few seconds before bolting out of the room to go wake up Three. She burst through the doorway happily, only to see the blankets had been thrown in a pile at the end of the bed and said agent was not there.
"Three? Where did she go…" Eight asked herself, walking out of Three's bedroom and going back to her's.
"Maybe she left me a message! Yeah, Three would always tell me where she would be!" Eight said to herself aloud as she grabbed her phone, which was shaped like an octopus, and looked at her messages.
"Woke up earlier than expected. Went to go do some Turf." Eight read aloud to herself before shrugging. She changed into a Black 8-Bit FishFry t-shirt and some simple shorts before running out of the apartment. She ran toward the Square, her Octo-Shot in her hands. Once she arrived, Eight smiled at the sight of Inklings and Octolings talking to each other casually.
"Hm, I wonder why all the young Inklings don't mind Octolings." Eight thought to herself as she approached the lobby and sat down, waiting for a round of Turf War to start. Six Inklings and an Octoling walked inside, filling up the lobby. One of the Inklings stared at Eight, making her slightly uncomfortable, however, she just tried to ignore him. She just hoped he would stop and would eventually look at something else, but the Inkling just kept on staring. Eventually, as if someone from high up had seen her and pitied her, the group was told that the battle was starting. Everyone was then sent to one of the stages, which was Arowana Mall. The group was split into two teams as they emerged from their respective team's respawn pads. Eight's team was light blue while the enemy team was pink. Eight looked around to see she was in a team with the Octoling and two Inklings. The Octoling had a Splat Charger while the two Inklings had an Aerospray MG and a Rapid Blaster. The other team, which was completely Inklings, had two Rollers, Enperry Splat Dualies, and a Hydra Splatling. The round started, and both teams rushed toward the middle. Ink flew everywhere, covering the surfaces of the stage in the two colors. Eight managed to surprise the Inkling with the Enperry Splat Dualies, splatting him in less than a second. However, an Inkling with a Hydra Splatling threw an Autobomb, which quickly started to track Eight. Eight turned into her octopus form and swam away, with the Autobomb closely behind. She managed to swim up one of the ramps quick enough to dodge the explosion, where she turned back into her humanoid form and fired several shots to cover some more turf. In the distance, the Inkling with the Aerospray had been splatted by a Splashdown courtesy of an Inkling using a Splat Roller. The Roller charged towards Eight, but she noticed it and quickly gunned him down. She wiped some ink that was on her cheek before swimming up another ramp that lead towards the middle. As the round progressed, Eight could see that the enemy team was making a comeback. Eight and the other Octoling found a high place to camp near the side of the stage. The Octoling sniped an Inkling with a Splat Roller while Eight activated her Inkjet and started to bomb the incoming enemy team from above. They were all splatted in two shots and Eight used the rest to cover turf before she was launched back onto the ground. Their team was now winning by a little bit when the timer started to count down. Eight attempted to cover as much turf as she could until the round ended, with Judd and Lil' Judd looking at the percentage of ink on the map. They soon got up to present the winners, and Lil' Judd pretended to faint. Eight's team won the match by two percent. Once it all ended, the Inklings and Octolings left the lobby. Eight walked out and saw Three standing in the middle of the Square and waving towards her. She quickly ran up to Three and the two began walking toward one of the empty tables near Ye Olde Cloth Shoppe.
"So, how was Turf War?" Three asked while taking out her Squid Phone and browsing her messages.
"It was great! Still my favorite thing to do when I'm bored. How was your matches?"
"Horrible. I kept getting stuck with these two Inklings using chargers. That's the thing about people using chargers: they're either really good or really bad." Three said.
"Well, at least it isn't like Ranked."
"Nope. Anyway, you wanna go do something else?" Three asked Eight, who had put away her Octo Phone. The Octoling had a small smile on her face, which Three always thought was cute.
"Okay, let's go." Eight replied before stuffing her phone back into her pocket. She followed Three out of the Square. The two walked around the city of Inkopolis, happily chatting away until they reached a small park. There, they saw many Inklings gathering around a small stage. There were several posters and signs hung up all over the stage, and an Inkling was on top, speaking to the people. Above him was a sign saying "Octolings, Go Back Home!". Upon seeing this, Three grabbed Eight's hand and angrily marched over to the stage. The sudden movement made Eight yelp a bit as she was pulled toward Three. As they approached, they could hear what the man was saying.
"Octolings are the bane of our existence! When we won the Great Turf War back in the day, we won fair and square! Many died trying to fight for what they believed in, and I respect that. What I DON'T respect is the fact that these Octolings are now mooching off from our victory, invading our home! They are not welcome here, they are a dangerous, barbaric species that deserves to live underground where they should rot and decay! We can obviously see how evil they are from the attack that happened when the government tried to make peace with the Octarians! They obviously don't want peace, they obviously just want war to give themselves an excuse to kill us!" the man angrily ranted to the people. The crowd was mostly made up of adults, with very few younger Inklings in there. Three pushed through the crowd until she finally reached the stage, where she glared daggers at the speaker.
"Octolings can live here as they please! You just can't accept that, so now you're just harassing them!" Three shouted, pointing an accusing finger at the speaker.
"Little girl, your brain isn't fully developed at this age, and thus, you probably don't understand. You see, your Octoling friend here is very dangerous. For all we know, she could probably kill all of our families, friends, and loved ones." the speaker said calmly to Three. This statement only angered Three further, who looked like she was going to explode.
"BULL CARP! My brain is as developed as it can be, you frikkin moron! Everything you're saying is bull carp!"
"I understand your anger, little gir-" Three suddenly reached out and pulled the man by his shirt collar, making him fall off the stage and onto the ground where she was. She pulled him close to her face, glaring daggers at him. Meanwhile in the distance, Rewind and Eject were walking on the sidewalk. Eject was wearing a strange hat while Rewind had one finger on the side of his head. There, a small red dot of light beamed, showing that he was currently recording everything around him. He turned to Eject, who was waving at several passersby. They occasionally waved back, often with confused looks on their faces.
"Eject, that hat is scaring people." Rewind said, pointing to the hat he was wearing. It was a beanie styled to look like an Inkling's tentacles. The two long tentacles reached down to Eject's knees.
"Hey, I'm just trying to blend in, you know? Marina said it's best not to stick out."
"I don't think THAT'S what she meant. Besides, that's a female hairstyle, not a male's."
"Pfft, whatever. Hey, isn't that one of those nativist group speeches? You know, "anti-Octoling" and all that?" Eject pointed towards the park, making Rewind spin around to see. Eject was correct, it was one of those nativist groups. Suddenly, Rewind noticed something strange about it.
"Hey, I think I see Agent-3. She's with Eight, and it looks like she's- oh no…" Rewind said before running towards the crowd gathered there. Eject just shrugged before running after his best friend, where they saw that Three had repeatedly punched a man. Eight was there, holding her back while the man stumbled away, wiping some ink that was leaking out of his nose.
"It seems you are too attached to the enemy. Fine then, go join them! Go betray your species!" the man shouted. Three lunged forward, but was pulled back by Eight's arms.
"No Three! Don't! You promised not to hurt people like this(1)!" Eight said, holding her down. Rewind and Eject pushed through the crowd, with Rewind occasionally saying "excuse me" and "sorry". They eventually made it, where they helped Eight calm Three down. The four of them left the crowd, with the speaker spitting out one final insult:
"You'll never win! The Octolings don't belong here and you know it! To hell with them!" They could hear him as they left. They walked in silence before finding a bench to sit on. The park was quiet now, with the speaker gone. Birds chirped and flew from tree to tree. The grass swayed back and forth in the wind. The calm scenery of the park did wonders to calm Three down as she let out a sigh of relief. Finally, Eject broke the silence.
"What kind of stunt was that?" Eject asked.
"I-I don't know. All the things he said, it just...it just made me pissed off. I'm sure the guy never even lived with an Octoling."
"Well, true, but I'm sure he'd rather be at the other end of Shockwave's cannon than have to live with one. Besides, it's one guy, you can't please everyone." Eject said. Three looked at Eight, who was fidgeting with the bottom of her shirt. She noticed several people staring at them. Actually, they were just staring at Eight.
"Hey guys, can we move somewhere else to talk? Everyone's staring at me and it's making me uncomfortable." Eight said, looking up at Three. The group got up and walked away from the park, back into the city sidewalks. After some time, Eight started to chuckle. It was quiet, but still audible. Three looked back at Eight, seeing her smiling.
"What's wrong? Why are you laughing." Three asked, making Eight point at Eject's head.
"He looks funny with that hat on." Eight giggled. That's when Three just noticed his hat and started to burst out laughing. The two Cybertronians turned around, incredibly confused at what was so funny.
"What? What's so funny?" Rewind asked. Three was clutching her stomach because she could hardly breathe from all the laughter. With her other hand, she pointed at Eject.
"H-h-his hat! It's so out of place and awkward!" Rewind looked at Eject before he started to laugh. The other Autobot wasn't very amused.
"Oh come on guys, it's just a hat! I'm trying to fit in and look fresh!"
"Not like that, you aren't!" Three said. This only made everyone laugh harder.
"Okay, okay, haha, very funny! It's off now, you can stop laughing!" Eject shouted. He took his hat off and the laughter died down.
"The funnier part was that the hat had a girl's tentacle style." Eight pointed out. Eject just handed the hat to the Octoling and the group just continued to walk and chat with each other.
Agents 3 and 8 were in their apartment. Eject and Rewind had went off to meet Off the Hook, with Eject mentioning something about "destroying Pearl in video games while Rewind is recording". The two agents were sitting on the couch while watching some horror movies. They watched as an Inkling girl walked right into a room and get killed, with her screams echoing through the room.
"What an idiot. It was pretty much obvious not to split up. Plus, that other guy specifically said 'don't get lost'." Three commented aloud while grabbing a handful of popcorn from the bowl, which sat nicely on Eight's lap.
"These horror movies aren't really scary, right Eight? Eight?" Three asked, but with no response. She turned to see that the Octoling was leaning on her shoulder, asleep.
"Hm, this movie must have bored her to sleep. Oh well, better go to bed I guess." Three said to herself aloud. She got up from her spot while holding Eight's head so that she doesn't wake up the sleeping agent. She then picked Eight up and started to walk towards her room.
"Wow, Eight's pretty light for someone her size." Three thought as she slowly lowered Eight onto her bed. Three pulled the blankets out and covered Eight, tucking her in. Eight quietly snored while she slept on the bed.
"Good night, Eight." Three said, petting her friend on the head before walking to her room to get some sleep.
"I don't get it, why are you guys making fun of my hat? It looks perfectly fine to me!" Eject said. Off the Hook, Eject, Rewind, Three, and Eight were walking on the sidewalks of Inkopolis. The city was quiet clean, with almost no litter on the ground. The city also seemed to be nice and quiet, with large screens on tall skyscrapers advertising different things. It also smelled nice, reminding the two Cybertronians of what the Golden Age of Cybertron was like before the War. Eject decided against bringing his Inkling hat to prevent himself from becoming the laughing stock. Pearl and Marina had heard about it from Rewind, making Pearl almost die of laughter the other night. They approached a large part of the sidewalk which was crowded with inklings and some Octolings. In the middle were some people in costumes, which Pearl and Marina noticed.
"Guys, whatever you do, don't make eye contact with those guys and if they ask you a yes or no question, always say no." Marina said. This confused Eight, Rewind, and Eject. Rewind focused his small head camera at the people. They were in many strange costumes, some of them in Inkling costumes, Octoling, squid, octopus, or even a Seanwich.
"Dude, these guys are weird. Besides, where the hell do you find a SEANWICH costume?" Eject asked.
"The internet. You could find almost anything on the internet." Pearl responded. Eject just shrugged while avoiding the costumed people. However, one of them grabbed Eight's hand, holding onto it tightly. When Eight tried to walk, she felt like she was being pulled back, making her turn around and see who had grabbed her. One of the costumed people, one in a Inkling costume, was holding her hand. The strange part was they had the head of the large costume open, so you could see their actual head around where the neck would be. She saw that it was some strange Inkling, staring her dead in the eyes. He smelled horrible, worse than when Three forgot to take a shower in two weeks. He gave a creepy smile with his crooked teeth, making her uncomfortable.
"Picture? Want a picture? C'mon, let's take a picture!" the man demanded, still holding onto her hand.
"N-no thank you. Bye." Eight responded, trying to pull away. The man's grip was strong however, and he held onto her tight before pulling her a little closer.
"Picture? Let's take a picture! Come here…"
"B-b-but I don't- ack!" Eight was grabbed by the man, who put his other arm around her shoulder while still holding her hand. Eight tried to escape, but she couldn't. Her tentacles started to move erratically, showing that she was in an uncomfortable state.
"You're kinda pretty…" the man whispered, freaking her out. Suddenly, pushing through the crowd, was Three and Marina.
"Hey! Let go of her. Now." Three demanded.
"But she's just taking picture…"
"We mean it, let her go." Marina said. She then pulled out some money, outstretching her hand toward the guy.
"Here, I'll give you some money, but only if you let her go." Marina said. The man looked at Marina's hand, staring at the money as if his mind drifted away to some unknown land. He then looked back at Marina, who was getting creeped out already. She was hoping he would take it and let go of Eight, but the man refused.
"More."
"Sir, this is as much as I'm willing to give you. Please, let her go."
"No, give me more." the man started to bring Eight closer to him. Eight thought she was gonna gag from the toxic stench coming from the costume. She could feel the scent crawling to her nose. The idea of it plus the smell made her want to throw up and gag right there.
"C'mon dude, just let go of her! You're scaring her!" Three demanded. It was quite obvious Eight was freaking out internally, judging by the movement of her tentacles and her heavy breathing. The commotion from this particular area seemed to have attracted more people in costumes, who started to reach out for Marina and Three. One grabbed Three's tentacles while another went to grab Marina's waist.
"Get off!" Marina demanded, trying to step on someone's foot.
"What the hell!?" Three exclaimed angrily. Suddenly, eight very loud gunshots echoed through this part of the city block, freaking out the people walking by and the ones in the costumes. The man released Eight, running for his life. Soon, the place was empty except for the three of them. Three held onto her tentacles, making sure nothing was on them before being bombarded by a giant hug from Eight. Three was surprised at first, but she quickly returned the hug, the frightened Octoling in her embrace.
"T-thank you…" Eight said as she buried her head into the Inkling's shoulder. Marina patted her back, comforting her.
"You're okay Eight, we're here." Three whispered.
"Uh, we didn't make those noises, so who did?" Marina looked around to see Pearl, Eject, and Rewind, with Rewind projecting a recording. The three looked at the projection screen, seeing someone shooting another.
"Check it out! We scared the carp out of those guys!"
"Wow, look at that, a time when we actually needed your stupid footage!" Eject said.
"First of all, it's not stupid. Second, what happened? I only had that file up in case we needed to do that." Rewind said.
"My idea, by the way. Totally put the suggestion out there." Pearl said.
"Well, we were walking when I noticed Eight wasn't with us. I turned around and next thing you know, one of those guys had Eight in his arms. We tried to bribe him, but he wouldn't let go and all the commotion from our side kinda drawed more people in…" Three explained. Eight was still in her arms, although she seemed to have calmed down a bit more.
"Pfft, costume freaks. And you thought my HAT was bad." Eject said.
"Fine, your hat was bad, and this was worse, happy?" Pearl asked.
"Mm, slightly under happy, but I'll take it." Eject replied, petting Pearl on the head.
"Uh guys? People are coming back. Might want to run before we're 'pictured' to death." Rewind said. The group snuck way until they thought they were out of sight. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, with Eight being calm now.
"That was...very scary." Eight said.
"Indeed. I'll try to map our destinations and the routes there so that we go around that area." Rewind said, projecting a 3D map with his camera. He started to outline the area they were just in before leaving a annotation saying not to go through there. The group finally reached their destination, which was slightly outside the city: Pearl's Mansion. Pearl was in the front of the group, unlocking the gates and letting them walk on the property. When they got to the gigantic mansion, Pearl opened the front doors with a spare key she had and everyone walked in. The sight was amazing, astonishing everyone but Off the Hook and the Cassettes, who lived here. The room they entered was HUGE, with extravagant red carpet on the floor. On top of the ceiling, three gigantic chandeliers hung, light reflecting off the surfaces of the crystals on it. Two large stairs curved towards the back part of the room to a ledge that led to another large stair, which led to the second floor. The scene made Three and Eight's jaws drop as they looked around.
"I-I wow. Never knew you guys were this loaded…" Three said.
"Pearl's the rich one. This is her family's mansion." Marina said.
"It's big…" Eight muttered as she walked around the room, touching everything she could. Three saw that Eject and Rewind haven't been amazed, which kind of shocked her.
"How come you guys aren't shocked or at least amazed at this? This house probably costs a fortune! I wouldn't even get something like this in a lifetime!"
"Well, first off, it DOES cost a fortune. Second, we've been here for most of our time in Inkopolis, since we kind of were and still are Marina's equipment."
"Where's Blaster?" Eight asked, touching an expensive looking vase that sat on a table. Inside were some large flowers, which Eight delicately touched with her fingers.
"Blaster's already here. I'm assuming he's doing stuff in the game room or watching movies in the theater."
"You have a theater!?" Three asked, jaw dropping once more. Pearl just shrugged like it was nothing. Pearl soon led them upstairs and into a large room. The room had a large flat screen TV inside, air hockey, ping pong, and foosball tables in the middle, three arcade machines near the back corner, and two pinball machines right next to them. Surrounding the TV were large bean bags where people could sit, and several different gaming consoles underneath the table the TV sat on.
"Woah…" Eight and Three muttered. Three rushed straight to the arcade machines, with Eight quickly following her. Pearl and Marina sat down on top of the beanbags while Eject and Rewind were playing some ping pong. Pearl and Marina picked up some controllers from where they sat before playing what seemed like a fighting game. The two were extremely concentrated, however it seemed Pearl kept getting destroyed by Marina.
"How are you so good? You never even played before!"
"I don't know, I'm just pressing random button combinations to see what does what." Marina replied, defeating Pearl yet again in another match. Meanwhile, Three was focused on trying to beat Pearl's high score on an arcade game that appeared to be a shoot 'em up involving a small ship fighting giant insects(2) in space. Three spammed the shoot button, destroying several insects quickly and trying to avoid being sucked in by one of the insects or being shot at. She only had two lives left after an earlier mistake she made, and she wasn't about to lose. Eight cheered her on as she finally reached another wave.
"Just gotta beat this one, then I beat Pearl." Three muttered, shooting several of the insects down quickly. With lightning precision, she made several really accurate shots on three incoming insects that were gonna kill her. Suddenly, an insect popped out of the bottom of the screen and blew up her ship. Three was now down to her last life, and down to her last insect. She concentrated. She kept shooting at it, but kept missing as well. Eventually, the insect shot too much missiles at her and she exploded. The game over screen showed up, showing her hit and miss ratio, as well as other things. Three was a bit disappointed at her lose, but she didn't expect Eight to hug her.
"You did fantastic! You made it to the leaderboard, see?" Eight pointed. There, Three could enter a name. Three quickly entered a name before saving it onto the leaderboard. The two then walked over to where Pearl and Marina sat, where they both sat down on one beanbag. They watched as Pearl and Marina were playing a different game, a racing one. Pearl was in first place, but marina was close behind.
"You'll never beat me!"
"Don't bet on it." Just then, a butler came in with a large tray of food. Pearl thanked him before placing it all down. It was a bunch of sandwiches, which smelled delicious. The wonderful aroma of fried food filled the room as all of them looked at the mouth watering food.
"Let's eat!" Pearl finally said, grabbing a sandwich and taking a big bit. The others did as well, taking large bites out of them. The butler soon returned with some drinks, which Pearl thanked him for again.
"So...mmmph...what do you guys want to do now?" Pearl asked while her mouth was full.
"I don't know, maybe a movie? I'm sure Eight and Three would love to check out the theater." Marina replied.
"Yes, that would be fantastic!" Three added. Eight, meanwhile, was offering some of her sandwich to Rewind and Eject, who kindly refused.
"Sorry, but we can't eat that. We aren't allergic or anything, it's just that Cybertronians only eat certain stuff." Rewind said. Eight just nodded before taking another bite. After they all ate, the group went to the theater inside the mansion. It wasn't the biggest theater, but it was big enough to fit them all in there. They watched some random movies that Pearl just happened to have in there, with time flying by quickly. Soon, Three was asleep on Eight's shoulder while Pearl and Marina fell asleep on each other.
"I think it's getting late. Here, you take Agent-3 to one of the guest rooms upstairs. I labeled the rooms, so you'll know where it is."
"Why did you label the rooms again?" Eject asked as he picked up Marina and held her over his shoulder. Rewind easily picked up Pearl and they walked with Eight upstairs.
"Because Marina got lost sometimes."
"Well, now she doesn't get lost."
"Hey, guests could get lost. You got lost one time."
"Hey, that was because I was tired!"
"Terrible excuse. You just got off the recharge slab, you shouldn't have been tired." Eight shushed the two Cybertronians, who quietly apologized as they walked up to the bedrooms. Rewind and Eject walked into a large bedroom while Eight walked into another room, labeled "guest bedroom 8". Eight just laid Three's sleeping body onto the bed before pulling the blankets up and laying them over her. Eight yawned, rubbing one of her eyes. She could feel herself becoming sleepy while she sat on the bed. The bed was comfy and soft, and soon, Eight just fell asleep on the bed.
"Hey, I just noticed: where the hell is Blaster?" Eject asked as the two Cassettes(3) left Pearl and Marina's room, shutting the door quietly. At the bottom of the stairs, Rewind and Eject saw Blaster playing with Steeljaw. Blaster noticed them coming down, and waved to them.
"Dude, where were you!?" Eject asked before being tackled by Steeljaw. Ramhorn just walked next to Rewind, who petted him.
"Well, I was recharging and forgot you guys were here. Whoops?" Blaster said.
"Eh whatever. You missed out on the best ping pong game between me and Rewind ever." Eject said, swinging around an imaginary ping pong paddle as if he was playing against an invisoble person.
"Isn't that what you call every game against Rewind?"
"No. Not all the time." Eject said, crossing his arms.
"Yeah...anyway, you two want to go watch a movie?"
"Nah, did that already." Rewind said.
"How about...rearranging everything in Pearl and Marina's room so when they wake up, they get all freaked out?" Blaster suggested
"You bet!" Rewind said. Eject laughed at this idea.
"Best idea EVER! Where do you come up with this stuff!?" he shouted, getting shushed by both Blaster and Rewind. He whispered sorry before they all rushed back upstairs, with Blaster projecting his holomatter avatar so he could fit through the doorway.
(1): See Renegades, Chapter 8: What Lies Below the Ink
(2): Based off Galaga, one of my personal favorite shoot 'em ups
(3): The reason they are called "Cassettes" is because in the original toy and cartoon, transformed into cassette tapes.
Note: Rewind and Eject are about the height of Marina, if not taller. This makes them taller than most of the characters, but it also means they are pretty tiny Cybertronians.
Hopefully you enjoyed this filler chapter. Again, as this series is being written, Renegades Splatoon story arc is being written as well, so I suggest you check it out (insert self-promotion joke here). I had recently went to New York City, and I saw these guys in these weird costumes that offered to take a picture with you. Only problem was, their costumes looked cheap/bad, and they just grabbed at you rather than asking. Afterwards, they would force you to pay them. They kinda creeped me out, so much so I added an exaggerated version in this chapter! (New York was still amazing.) Reviews are welcome as always, and if you have any questions please PM me.