How ironic is it that I planned a remake, cancelled the remake, then started to pretty much do the remake anyway by improving each chapter?
Oh yeah, and Improved #3.
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Callie peered down the roof of Moray Towers upon emerging from the spawn point. "Does everyone still hate this stage?"
"I think so." Marie replied. "Don't see why, though. This place makes getting splatted that much more costly."
"Alright, Rie, Lie. What's our plan?" Rose said.
"I'll take the ramps going down," said Callie. "Got the Roller to cover that. Rie, take the high ground?"
"On it. Man, if only Simon was here. He'd make this a full team."
"Simon?" Rose asked. "Is that..." She peeked to make sure the fourth guy wasn't listening. "Agent 3? The one that smells bad?" She whispered.
Marie nodded. "That's him. He's on a mission with Gramps, the captain. We haven't seen him since he went to fight that one highly-trained Octoling in Octo Valley. I'm sure he's fine though. The mission was mostly secret anyway."
Rose felt a bit concerned despite that. She had seen personally what Octarians were capable of.
Out of the blue, a clap from the speakers on the side of the buildings sounded. The match started.
Since Rose had Dapple Dualies, she could quicken her descent by dodge-rolling midair. She would have been the first to reach the center, but she pivoted to the right, aiming both Dualies forward.
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Callie, from the top, turned to roll over the ramps and charge her special, but she didn't know what it was.
It's symbol was on the button on the bottom of the weapon's handle, like it always was. But, however, she didn't recognize the symbol.
By the time she reached the bottom, it was charged, so she decided to hit the button.
"Whoa!" She exclaimed. "Rose, what's this?!"
Rose emerged from behind cover and shot over it. "Baller! Head up the enemy ramp! I'll follow you!"
Like always, the Turf War was very fast-paced. Callie followed Rose's instructions and rolled up the enemy side.
Once the two got to the wall to the left, they split. Callie kept going up the ramp while Rose climbed the wall. The Baller exploded before it could get much farther, much to Callie's surprise.
Rose reached the top of the wall, then found an enemy waiting for her. She rolled to his left just as a Splat Bomb left his hand. It tumbled down to the floor below, right next to Callie.
"Watch out!" Rose yelled as she splatted the enemy with a barrage of ink from her Dualies
Callie dove back down, dodging the explosion, but had a bad landing. She caught herself with her arms, but her sunglasses fell off. Callie was unmasked.
A loud gasp came from everyone that could see.
It occurred to Rose that the Squid Sisters hadn't publicly announced that they're fine. She wanted to say something, but no words came to mind.
Wasting no time, Callie frantically reached for her sunglasses, put them on, and super jumped away before anyone could swarm her.
Marie growled. "We're so getting banned for this," she murmured, then jumped after her.
A whistle sounded, signifying the match's end. Since one team had two more players then the other, the match was automatically cancelled due to the system detecting a heavily one-sided battle.
Rose, with nothing left to do, returned to Deca Tower. She super jumped from the enmy's side back to the spawn point, and it opened up to a tunnel leading back to the lobby. She swam through the dimly-lit tunnel. There were no turns since it led straight to Inkopolis Square.
Upon swimming out of the hole, she looked at the screen in the corner of room. "CANCELLED", it said. At least she wouldn't get penalized.
"Yeah, I had a feeling," said the other person in the lobby.
Rose turned around. "Feeling about what?"
"That they've returned. The Squid Sisters. Marie's eyes gave it away. That, and the Charger," he smiled, showing a flashy beak. "Name's Sid."
"Rose," she said. Sid looked older than she was, taller and more mature-looking. His hair was combed back, and he had an overall lanky build. "How could you tell those two were the real deal from just those two things?"
"Their playstyle was familiar to me. Marie's big on camping. It gets annoying sometimes, but only for the other team." He paused, leaning on his Brush. "That... makes me sound like a stalker. I've played matches with them before. I used to be part of the backstage staff for their concerts. At least until Callie... yeah, you get the point. Then Marie soon after..."
Rose sat down on the couch. "Well, I guess there's no need to worry now. I've never met someone so close to them before." Except for herself. "Wanna go a few more?"
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So I'm writing this specific author's note after the long break I took. If you're not aware yet, I broke my jaw, then finals, and yeah I'm all good now. I have two updated chapters this time. #3 and #4.
