"And that is all that you say you saw of their 'tech'?" An older Inkling with glasses holding a tablet asked me, I nodded and replied "As far as I saw for any advancements that weren't already listed, yes, the rocket was the only unusual object there"

He took down notes, Bristle sat next to me as I was being interviewed, I was easy to tell that she still was in that mood of guilt, and it seemed to be spreading onto me "Cheer up Bris, seriously. None of this is your fault. You're putting way to mu-"

"I'm sorry, Radiant, but we need to get this done as quickly as possible, may we move onto the next question?" though he did cut me off it was hard to be mad at him, his manners made him respectable, and the topic only helped him win me over even more

"…Yes, sir" he gave me a strange smile, as if he gained the dominance he wanted over me while respecting my answer "Grand, now this is the last question…" I noticed everyone else in the room perk up, we weren't the only 3 after all, there were at least a good 18 of us in total and these were only the officials that needed the information

"The Octarians, any and all behavior please" this had always been the last question, most likely because it can range from minutes to 1 or 2 hours just explaining a couple of abnormal Octarians, I didn't understand why, weren't they just like Inklings? "Um…"

"Anything at all that you found to be the slightest bit strange?" I thought about her, the Octarian commander, as far as I was knew she was different but nothing that wasn't already documented or anything good to document about her anyway, the other group actual faced off against her and with more visuals then I have I'm sure they fully detailed her

"No, nothing that shouldn't have already been recorded" he put a quick scribble down and read over his paper"…Well alright then, if that's all you have to give us then have a good day, Radiant. I can't tell you the chances of this happening to you again… it's quite-"

"Ironic?" he looked up at me as I cut him off "Yeah, trust me, I know…" I guess my voice started to trail off as if something was wrong, the man looked at me and smiled "We appreciate your help Mister Radiant, everyone does" though I wasn't feeling bad I could see why that comment could make me maybe feel a tiny bit better, I only hoped it would somehow make Bristle feel a bit better

In seconds everyone around the room was talking over there notes, the usual mumbling that was heard after me or bristle told our stories of the original attack. A chair rubbed against the floor next to me, I looked over to see that Bristle had gotten up "We should get going, Raid. They have a lot of work to do…"

I looked up at her and she looked down at me, she just didn't seem like the Bristle I talked to earlier that day, I hoped she was okay

"Yeah, you're right…" I looked back at them, they were all carrying on with what they needed to attend and us sticking around would only get in their way "Let's get going" I said as I pushed out my chair and headed for the door, Bristle opened up the door and walked out, holding it for me to hurry along

I noticed that she was actually holding the door open with her tentacle, it was an advantage that females had over males sure but none of them ever actually used them to do physical activ…

I stopped and stared at her tentacles on the door, I did forget something "…Wait!" Everyone stopped talking and turned to me and Bris, who was still outside the door "I forgot something! There were 2 other Octarians there… But they weren't… like the ones that we saw before."

Nobody said a thing, the man who was talking to me in the beginning stood up with his clipping board, his interest was spiked again but his face didn't look joyful, it just looked urgent "Please, Radiant, go on…"

"They were Octarians, that's without a doubt! But… they didn't have the form of one… um, they were-" I heard a small gasp but I didn't hear the direction, suddenly from behind me someone spoke up "humanoids?" I turned to them and nodded "Yes! That's it! They weren't humanoid!" it was Bristle who had said it, but she didn't look happy on guessing it, she instead looked dreadful

"Octarians… without a human form?" I turned back around nodded to him, giving him a reply as well "Yeah, and they had these weapons that worked exactly as a snipers would" another inkling official in the room walked out, raising his hand "That description fits an Octo Sniper, is that what you are talking about?"

I looked around the room to see who he was talking to until I realized that everyone had their eyes on me "Huh?! M- Me?" he nodded "Yes, you Mister radiant, is that what they were?" his voice felt pressuring and he seemed somewhat urgent for the news, almost as if it depended on his life to know

"I'm sorry sir, but I don't know what an Octo Sniper looks like…" I could tell now that he wanted the information bad, he started to try and make his way over to me "Goggles! Covering its eyes, one is blocked by the laser ri-"

The man with the clip board stood in front of him, in a shielding manner he jested him to move back "Urshin, please, you are overflowing him with too much than he can handle, he wouldn't even know what you are talking about" the man seemed to snap out of it and backed off, standing in his old position next to his colleagues

The man with the clipboard now turned back to me, he was able to keep calm, I could feel everybody else's tenseness "Now, this Octarian you are talking about, did you see a laser and did you know if it had goggles?" I gave a very calm and slow nod "Yes, it did." He nodded back to me and started to write down something else on his paper "Thank you"

He turned back to the rest of the group now, he seemed to be quick and stern "We need to have a meeting immediately, I need all of you to get your executives and if you are on any other board but the safety and concern make sure to be in center hall. This is urgent, I expect to see all of you in… 25 minutes, this session is dismissed"

In a rapid scatter everyone started grabbing their stuff and heading for the door, the leader of the meeting brought us over to the side of the wall where the other Inklings from the game were waiting "Thank you so much Radiant, I honestly don't know where we would be without you" he must have noticed the rest of the Inklings behind me watching as all of the officials as they left the room "You all are free to go, thank you for your time"

Multiple sighs and sounds of annoyance rose up as the Inklings started to walk out towards the center hall, the man turned towards them "Don't forget about your free ice cream waiting for you all at the desk~" he let it ring into a little chime, all the Inklings looked back at him and then suddenly bolted towards head of the building

I started to laugh a bit, I was somewhat surprised when Bristle giggled to, it was nice to see her in her element again, even the leader of the meeting had a small laugh with us until we all calmed down "You all should get going now, I have to go and get ready for this meeting. Watch yourselves out there, okay?" We both nodded and started towards the entrance of the building

It was dark when we got to the outside of the city hall, I hadn't even known what time it was when we first went in the building "What time is it?" I took my phone out with one hand, holding my ice cream in the other "8:37" I just looked at my phone and sighed "We really spent the rest of the day there, didn't we" I heard bristle mumble a "Yeah" as I put my phone away

I started to unwrap my ice cream, it was strawberry red coral-crunch, easily one of my favorite flavors. Getting ice cream after these interviews was one of the cooler thing's about the council, they knew how to treat their guest right "You gotta give it to city hall, they don't only get you ice cream but they get you name brand-"

Mid way though talking I looked over to Bristle, her eyes seemed nearly shut, as if she was tired after staying up for such a long time but she held her head up, staring up into the sky while semi eating her ice cream. Her whole entirety just looked so sad but at the same time peaceful

I stayed quiet after that, just eating my own ice cream and doing the same, I looked up to the sky as well, I hadn't even noticed the moon was out and stars along with it, it was almost a full waltz of stars

"I'm- I'm sorry, Radiant…what were you saying?" I looked back over to her, she was rubbing her hand on her head in relief or something, she really must have not been feeling well, I just smiled towards her, I didn't want her to worry about any of this anymore

"It was nothing, Bris. Come on, let's just enjoy this sky… together." I'm not the best with words, I guess something just told me to add the last part in to let it feel as if she wasn't going in alone, that I would be with her along the way of it all

She just looked at me for a bit, I hoped that she finally saw that this wasn't her fault at all, she smiled a bit gave a very faint and soft nod, together we both stared back up towards the sky

I eventually lost track of time again, we were supposed to be going straight home but instead we took a trip, going around our neighborhood, passing house after house, we just lost ourselves in time and tried to delve ourselves in the moment for as long as we possibly could, it finally came to an end when we started to head down the route to my house

The streets were quiet by this time of night, only some street lights lit the side walk so that people could actually see where they were going, I twirled around my popsicle stick in my hand, trying to think of what to tell my mom when I got in the house, but before that I needed to close out something else

"Bristle, I'll walk you home, its barley any farther from here you know?" she didn't say anything at first, I watched as she turned her gaze towards me, she looked like she wanted to say something again but she wouldn't let herself

"Bristle?" she snapped at the second time she heard me call her "Um- yeah, Radiant, what's up?" there was something wrong, I just knew it. I stopped walking, and as I expected Bristle did as well, I looked back over to her "Bristle… please tell me what's wrong"

Her face looked shocked, she didn't say anything back though so I carried on "At first I thought it was with the turf war, and it may still very well be that but I just want your truthful and honest answer, please just tell me what's wrong!" her eyes grew shameful and I could feel mine pleading, I wanted my friend back, not her covered in a fake persona

"Please…" it was my last plea, if she didn't want to tell me after that it was fine, I wasn't going to put even more on her shoulders than she already had to carry, but before I knew it she took in a deep breath and sighed "Radiant… I…" she fumbled with her hands in front of her "I… I'm-"

An upbeat song started playing, it was from Bristle, she paused and took out her phone, looking down at who it was from, she quickly picked up the call

She didn't take any time to let the other person on the phone talk "I'm still walking-" the rambling on the phone spiked up after hearing what she said

"Yeah, I know, I'm sorry I just got caught up-" a tiny bit of rambling cut her off this time, it was very short

"…" she said nothing, and from the faint sound of the phone neither did the caller, her eyes seemed to swell up though, it was hard to see what emotion she was trying to display, unless she was consumed in all of them

The caller started talking again and went on a bit more, it seemed to repeat something then peaked again "Okay… I'm on my way." And she hung up her phone and put it away

Bristle looked at me and I looked at her, I guess I was still waiting for my answer, she started to back away from me "I'm sorry, Radiant, but I have to go, but to answer your question…" she put up a smile "I'm fine, trust me, I'll be back to normal by tomorrow. See you in school!" and then she dashed back down the road we came

I watched her run back down the road, I wanted to grab her and hold her back from running away, talk about timing, I started to think back to my luck of irony before, it made me feel funnily sick, probably because I didn't feel like joking at the moment. All I wanted to know is what was going on…

And something told me deep inside that what she told me wasn't the truth, though I didn't need it to… it was pitifully obvious.

I sighed and placed one hand on my side and one on my forehead "I really hope you are okay… Bristle"

I turned around and started heading towards my house, my mom had to be worried sick about me by now

I walked through the door to see her standing right there, she was emotionless and didn't even flinch when I entered the door "Radiant" she started walking towards me, I got scared at what she was going to do "Mom" I replied before she made her way right in front of me

"So, how many times…" I shut my eyes in brace for a shunning "are you going to go out here…" I had given up at this point, I was ready for No Turf War for a Week, double chores and… and… "…" I still kept my eyes shut, usually she cut me off whenever I got that far on listing my punishments

I felt arms, warp around my body, when I opened up my eyes my mom was hugging me "And risk your life playing a stupid game…" her voice was so soft it nearly made me break into tears, I watched as my mom barely but cried softly onto my shoulder, I hugged her tighter and split a few tears myself

"Mom, I-…" I stopped and gave off a single laugh "I'm just lucky, mom. That's all…" once again I started to lose time, it's different if anybody else was crying but my mom, and over me… I don't know about anyone else but that can send me straight to tears, I was honestly surprised I only split a couple

"Okay now, that's enough" I didn't let go of her "Is this thing broken?" she poked my head repeatedly until my grip loused, I started to snicker but didn't give in, she grabbed onto me next, I tried to squirm free but it was useless "Hello~ anybody there?"

She started to play with my hair, I instantly let go and nearly fell to the floor laughing, trying to crawl away from my mom to get her to stop "That's what I thought. Good grip, kiddo" she flicked her hair as she stood back up "But not good enough for me" well maybe if she didn't cheat and use my hair I would have clapped for her

Because my tentacles are extremely sensitive, tickle done and I'm down for the count

"So, you hungry? Or are you going to just head to bed?" she looked over at the clock "It's 10:11, so it's up to you" I blinked at the time, how long were me and bristle walking for? I figured it was too late to fix anything, I would just make breakfast in the morning

"Nah, I'm just going to go head off to bed, but…" I paused" do you mind telling me how you found out about today?" she snapped a laugh at me "Sure, I'll just tell you about it tomorrow as well" I blinked at her and she fluttered her eyes innocently, yeah, that's my mom

"Whatever" I said in a defeated tone, Istarted heading upstairs to my room until I heard my mom call out after me "Oh yeah! Make sure you set your clock early for tomorrow, you have to bring your sister to school while I stay at home tomorrow" I almost forgot about my sister for some reason, it would be tedious getting her to school and still making it on time but I accepted my task with a simple "Yes, mother"

I carefully walked into my room, my sister was out cold with her laptop nearly leaning off the bed and her headphones tangled up in her, I walked over to her and slowly took the wraping off, almost with placing the laptop safely on the floor and closing it, she went to sleep with all that bright light in her face, eyes, impressive or not

I carefully tucked her in, pulling her covers over her and making sure that she wasn't going to burn up, it was actually pretty warm out. Next I moved onto the clock, I didn't want to get up that early but it seemed as if I didn't have much of a choice "Okay… and six… thirty… five" it clicked after I set it, just to confirm that it had been dialed in

Next… I fell onto my bed, I was tired, and surprised that I have even made it through the whole day, there was no need in bothering to take my clothes off and switch into my normal sleeping gear, I would fall asleep before I even finish

But, I did forget to do one last thing for my sister, I got back up out of bed drowsily, walking over I looked down at her, she slept so gracefully that it nearly made me laugh at how she acted when she was actually awake, I pulled back the ink flowing hair covering her forehead and kissed her on it, I never liked doing it but my sister acted like she loved it. Personaly, I feel that she actually doesn't

Putting on a show for mom is all she really likes it for, and I guess it just grew into a routine, one that I despise with a passion. I started heading back to bed until I noticed that I actually didn't take my shoes off, I flicked them off my heals, maybe it was pay back for the pointless kiss of something or whatever nonsense she calls it, yeah, she gave it a name.

So I laid back down and stared out the window that split our two beds apart, the stars still lingered and the moonlight shined down through our window and lit up the floor. Tomorrow would be the day when I piece together absolutely everything, what I gathered today and what I'll gain tomorrow

I might be out of this whole ordeal for now but I want to know everything I can, with my luck I might just run into them again, and maybe this time I can stop them with not only fighting but reason…

I laughed a bit but stayed quiet enough to make sure I didn't wake up my sister, what did I think I was, a hero? Maybe so, maybe I'll be a hero for just a day, just for the feeling of it all... but who was I kidding? I'm just another kid in turf war that happened to fight against our sworn enemy race, I'm nothing special, as I said earlier, I'm just a lucky draw from the pot

I didn't even pull the covers over me, I just turned towards the moonlight so that something could at least comfort me, so I could see the same moon light in my room that watched over Bristle even when I couldn't, the thought would have given me shivers if I wasn't so sleepy

"Night-Night Big Brother~" the voice was startling, I opened my eyes to see her, my sister drowsily looking over at me, a slim smile on her face, I thought over my previous actions and I bet she was awake the whole time. I had been used.

"Shut up and go to sleep, Kolorz"

AN: Hey, Whats up guys? I return, from a long ranging final battles of lime and pink...

Yes , I speak of none other than Splatoons grand finale, the Grand Waifu Wars FINAL Splatfest...

Oh, was it a sight to behold.

But yes, I do return! (Though, I never actually left...) This chapter believe or not was actually done by the time the third one for Octo Strike was uploaded and funny enough this has turned into a routine for me. The reason why I don't upload them instantly is so I can review over them and fix things that were either errors or just needed revision for story line reasons or just to smooth out what may be necessary and what may not. So no, I wasn't just sitting here like 'I'm going to watch them burn' I just never went around and properly reviewed the chapter.

I guess there really isn't much more to say... huh? you want to know my team for the Squid Sisters Splatfest? ... Maybe another time

Anways, Radiant and Bristle, Radiants mom and little sister, Kolorz... wait, Kolorz? That a strange name... *Cough.* Great, rambling. Well, I'll see you guys next time!

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This games winner is! MARIE

(Its bitter to watch you go Splatfest... but on the bright side, good game everybody and stay fresh!)