Merry Christmas everyone! My present to you is a chapter with only nice things! No big problems this time, just one small conflict! Now if you'll excuse me I just got like four new games and I need to binge play all of them immediately.
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( Sarah ) ( 13 ) ( November 14th )
Sarah shudders as she looks at her backpack.
"Do I have to go...?"
Nick pats her shoulder and nods.
"You can't be missing too much more school. Me and Jennifer got you, alright?"
Sarah slowly nods and picks up her backpack.
"Stay close to me, please?"
"Of course."
Victoria comes into the room and hugs Sarah.
"Stay safe. You'll be alright."
Sarah nods.
"Come on... Let's get this over with."
She grabs Nick's hand and points forward.
Nick snickers and pulls her along.
"You won't let me out of your sight, right?"
"Sarah. I promise. HE, is in jail, you have nothing to worry about."
Sarah takes a deep breath.
"Yeah, alright."
They walk to the school, with Sarah staying as close to Nick as possible.
"Almost there. You doing alright?"
Sarah lets out a whimper.
"I'm terrified."
Nick stops and turns around to face sarah.
"Sarah. Me and Jennifer will ALWAYS be next to you, alright? No one will be beside you except us."
Sarah hugs Nick.
"Thank you."
Nick returns the hug and turns around again.
"Stay close to me."
Sarah grabs Nick's hand and they make their way into the school.
"Alright, let's get you to the-"
He's interrupted as a crowd of people surround them and begin asking an insane amount of questions.
Sarah panics and dives to the floor while curling up into a ball.
The crowd pushes Nick back and starts questioning Sarah.
Sarah starts freaking out, and she screams before starting to cry.
Nick pushes through the crowd and kneels next to Sarah.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE! SHE NEEDS SPACE, GET THE FUCK AWAY!"
The crowd slowly disperses, with some people staring at them from down the hall.
"Sarah, shhh, it's alright. They're all gone."
Sarah doesn't stop crying, but she does uncurl herself.
Nick rubs her tentacles, which seems to relax her a bit.
"Glad you've gotten used to this."
"I-it feels n-nicer everytime..."
Nick nods.
"It's hard to get someone to respond to this. I'm glad you do."
"Can you s-sing that song I like?"
Nick rolls his eyes.
"Sweet dreams are made of these, who am I to disagree? I travel the world and the seven seas, everybody's looking for something."
Sarah smiles and wipes her eyes.
"I feel better now. Just... Please don't let that happen again."
Nick nods and helps her up.
"Let's get you to class."
He leads Sarah to the classroom and sits her down.
"Jennifer has this class, so just watch for her, ok? I need to go."
"No, don't leave me please..."
"I have to. Don't worry, Jennifer will be here soon."
Nick gets up, walks to the door, and gives a smile to Sarah before leaving.
As soon as he leaves, Sarah starts shaking and breathing quickly.
"No, no! He's gonna find me!"
She grabs her head and shuts her eyes tightly.
"Sarah? SARAH!"
She open her eyes and sees Jennifer looking at her, worried.
She sighs in relief.
"I thought I was alone..."
Jennifer smirks and flicks her head.
"You were alone for like a minute. You're fine. Trust me."
Jennifer sits down in the seat next to Sarah.
They grin at each other and class begins.
Soon, at lunch, the three of them sit at their table.
Jennifer takes a bite of her food and looks at Nick.
"How's Hailey doing?"
Nick sighs.
"She's still in recovery. It might be a while before we see her again."
Sarah puts her head down.
Nick pats her head.
"You doing alright?"
"No."
Nick sighs, and lifts her up to hug her.
"It's ok."
"It really isn't."
Jennifer joins in on the hug.
"You'll get over this someday."
"No I won't."
Nick frowns and starts rubbing Sarah's tentacles.
She sighs and slowly falls asleep.
The other two slowly let her down onto the table again.
"You like her, don't you?"
Nick nods.
"But it would be wrong to try anything right now. Don't tell her, alright?"
"I won't. You're really good at taking care of her, you know that? She trusts you more than anyone."
"She trusts you as well. I'm not the only one she places an insane amount of trust in."
Jennifer nods.
"Should we skip class and watch over her?"
Nick nods.
"Agreed."
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( John ) ( November 28th ) ( 16 )
"So, how's that business thing going?"
Julie shrugs.
"I'm getting somewhere. I'm waiting for a response back on my loan request."
John nods and eats the rest of his chocolate.
"Let me know if that job opportunity becomes available. I need some money."
"Don't worry, I'll find somewhere for you. But I have to get everything situated first."
"Where are you gonna run it from?"
"There's this abandoned lot near the residential area. It's pretty big, so space won't be an issue."
"How much space do you need for a bodyguard business?"
"You'd be suprised."
She yawns, and looks around.
"Still thinking of running away?"
John nods.
"But I need money for that. Hence the urgency."
"I don't blame you. It seems so much better up there."
John nods.
"I want to find some inkling to be around. One that won't base me on my sex ability."
"Where does that place me?"
"You're odd. Why don't you want to have sex again?"
"I find it pointless. I don't feel anything when I do it, it might be a condition."
"That sucks."
"I can live without it. Now, about that movie you wanted to see?"
"Yeah, it's on in 10. Come on, we better get moving."
They start down the street, talking about various ways they could get the business started.
"Flyers maybe? Or maybe we could just pay for an advertisement."
"Too expensive. We might just have to have a recommendation system."
"Oh, hey!"
They turn to their left, where Wendy is leaning against a lamp post with only a skirt on.
"You out for a walk Wendy? Or just fishing for attention?"
Wendy shrugs.
"I felt like feeling the cold night air on me. But, law says you can't go out COMPLETELY naked, so..."
Wendy walks over to them and joins their walk.
"Where are you two off to so late?"
"The movie theater."
Wendy looks at the two of them.
"So-"
"It's not a date."
"Oh, alright."
Julie rolls her eyes.
"Don't you have somewhere to be?"
Wendy thinks for a moment.
"Nope. Who else do you think I talk to?"
John laughs, and Julie rolls her eyes again.
"You're ridiculous, you know that? I take it that skirt is the only thing you're wearing?"
"Yep! No shirt, no shoes, no underwear, just the skirt!"
"Skank."
Wendy chuckles.
"Hey, that may be true, but it feels soooo nice. Athough I doubt you would know."
Julie flinches and turns to glare at Wendy.
"Excuse me?"
"You can't feel pleasure, right?"
Julie narrows her eyes.
"How did you know that."
Wendy looks confused, and pulls up her phone, where a social media site is up.
Julie takes the phone and reads the post by someone named "iknowallyoursecretslol".
"Julie is unable to feel any kind of sexual pleasure, which is unfortunate for her. Someone should see if there's a cure for that!"
Julie hands the phone back and punches a nearby wall, which does nothing but make Wendy and John jump in suprise.
"Whoever posted that, I will rip their throat out."
John looks at the post.
"How would this person know that anyway? You only just told me tonight."
"Maybe they were spying on you guys?"
"Maybe- wait a minute. YOU!"
Wendy raises her eyebrow and crosses her arm.
"Me?"
"Yeah! You were out here, weren't you?"
"What does that have to do with anything? I came out here to be almost naked and kinda cold."
John snickers.
"I still don't know why you would do that."
"Because she wouldn't! She was clearly spying on us!"
"Now let's not jump to conclusions..."
"Yeah, I wasn't out here because I was spying on you."
Julie grinds her teeth.
"Look, we're gonna miss the movie...!"
"No, I'm not done-"
John takes her by the arm and drags her off.
"Hey! What are you doing!"
She tries to struggle, but John glares at her and she stops.
"Look, let's just see the movie, alright?"
Julie groans and shakes John off.
"Fine."
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( Aurie ) ( December 15th ) ( 15 )
"This is boring."
Aurie picks her head up off of her desk and looks at Lily.
"You don't say?"
Lily snickers.
"QUIET!"
Aurie and Lily snap to attention, and the teacher glares at them before resuming his lesson.
Lily sighs and puts her head down on the desk, facing Aurie.
Aurie does the same, facing Lily.
Lily sticks her tounge at Aurie.
Aurie frowns and exaggerates a glare back at her.
Lily covers a chuckle.
Aurie bites her lip and smiles, and Lily goes wide eyed.
"Now?"
"Now."
Lily smiles, and they both jump up in unison and shout:
"I need to go to the bathroom!"
The teacher looks at the both of them.
"Alright... Be back quickly."
A couple of kids snicker.
"Yeah, right!"
Aurie and Lily grin and run out of the room.
"You think we should keep doing that?"
"What, escaping like that? It's alright, we got some backup."
"Those guys are the best."
Lily nods.
"Now... Let's have some fun!"
The push open the door of the bathroom and begin making out as they enter.
They fall to the floor, slowly discarding their clothing.
"Yes, please, oh I've missed this..."
Aurie starts sucking on one of Lily's breasts, and Lily moans loudly and puts her hand on Aurie's pussy.
Aurie shivers and grinds on her hand, moving her head back up to kiss Lily again.
"I love you so much..."
Lily nods and pulls her back in.
Aurie breaks away and moves downward.
"Aurie, I love you so much that I can't imagine a time without you anymore!"
"Never leave me Lily... I want to be with you forever..."
Aurie begins moving her tounge before Lily can respond.
Lily gives up on holding herself and let's her head fall back.
"I would never leave you... You're the best thing that's ever happened to me..."
She finishes soon after that.
"Can... Can we just cuddle for a bit?"
Aurie smiles and drags herself up so she's laying on Lily's chest.
"We should probably get out of here. Someone's bound to come in."
Lily murmurs an agreement and grabs one of the shirts.
"Wanna cuddle on the floor of the classroom?"
Aurie nods.
They quickly re-dress and are about to leave when the door opens again.
Marina enters, and looks at the two.
"Is this the before, or after?"
"The after. We were about to leave."
"Aww..."
Lily pulls marina closer.
"If you come back in two days, we will include you~!"
Marina grins.
"I'm looking forward to it. Enjoy yourself you two!"
She walks past them, and Lily and Aurie kiss one more time before exiting.
"You know I would never leave you, right?"
Aurie nods.
"I love you more than anything. However cheesy that sounds, it's true. When we were caught back in inkopolis, I wasn't worried about me. I was worried about you."
"That rhymed."
"Shut up and cuddle with me."
They enter the classroom, and go to their desks, where they don't sit down, and instead get on the floor.
"What are you two doing back there?"
Aurie sticks her head above the desks.
"Cuddling! Don't mind us."
She sinks back down, and the teacher rolls his eyes and turns back torward the board.
Aurie gets back to laying on Lily's chest.
"Hey."
Lily chuckles and pulls Aurie closer.
"Hey."
"You look amazing today."
"So do you."
"I want to be with you forever..."
Lily brings Aurie up and kisses her.
"And you will. I'm not going anywhere."
Aurie smiles and relaxes into Lily.
"Don't fall asleep, the bell rings soon."
"Oh who cares..."
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( Fizz ) ( December 17th ) ( 12 )
"Mmm..."
"You ok?"
Fizz lifts his head off the gym floor.
"Let me think. No."
Zoey helps him up, and Rece walks over.
"What happened...?"
Fizz cracks his knuckles.
"I tripped. Simple as that. Don't worry about it though, I'm fine."
"You've got a inky nose..."
Fizz frowns and feels the spot under his nose.
Some blue ink covers his fingers.
"Oh. Well, rip me then, eh? I'll be back in a bit."
He waves at the others and leaves the gym.
"Do I go to the office or the bathroom?"
He shrugs and goes to the office.
The secretary takes a look at him and tosses a box of tissues at him, which he catches.
"Thanks."
"Sit down and clean yourself up."
Fizz rolls his eyes and sits down.
He starts cleaning his nose, when another guy walks in.
"Another fight, Marshall?"
"Yep. Call em up."
The secretary groans and picks up her phone.
"Go sit down."
Marshall grins and takes the seat next to Fizz.
"Hey. What happened to you?"
"I tripped."
Marshall frowns.
"Damn, I was hoping you would say you got into a fight too."
Fizz glares at him.
"You seem to be happy about getting into a fight."
He shrugs.
"School is boring. So I make it interesting by attacking people."
Fizz leans away from him.
"Relax, I only attack people I don't like. I just met you, so I wouldn't know yet."
"Yeah, because that's reassuring."
Marshall frowns.
"You don't seem to like me very much."
"I just met you, and you've already indirectly threatened me."
"Fair. You seem young. 7th grade I'm assuming?"
"Yeah, why? Are you in 8th?"
"Probably? I lost track after I got expelled for the third time."
"What."
"It was a fluke the first time. The other two were because those schools sucked."
Fizz rolls his eyes.
"Yeah, well. It was... Interesting meeting you, but my nose is clear, and it's time for me to go."
He stands up and throws his tissues in the garbage.
Marshall waves at him.
"See you around, blue head."
Fizz scowls and exits the room.
"What is with that guy..."
"Who?"
Fizz swings around, where aulbrey is leaning over the drinking fountain.
"That guy in there. Marshall, I think."
Aulbrey chokes on her water and coughs.
"You actually talked to him?!"
Fizz nods.
"He was... Very up front about his violent tendencies."
Aulbrey grabs fizz's shirt and pulls him to her eye level.
"What did he tell you?!"
"Woah, woah! He just said he had gotten expelled and that he had gotten into a fight!"
Aulbrey shoves him away, causing him to stumble back and fall on the floor.
"Good. I told him not to say anything."
"About what...?"
Aulbrey blinks.
"Uh... Nothing! Go back to class you... you... Oh, whatever, just fuck off!"
She does another glare at fizz before turning and leaving.
Fizz puts a hand on his head and looks around, confused.
"What is WRONG with people?! I just wanted to clean my inky nose!"
He stands up and stumbles back to the gym.
He sits down on the sideline, where Karl comes over and looks at him.
"What happened? You look upset."
"I'm... Fuck if I know, to be honest."
Karl shrugs and goes back into the court.
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( Octoling ) ( ? ) ( 14 )
Hopper walks out of a portal back into the void.
Octoling smiles and runs over to him.
He ignores her and walks over to the bedding area.
Octoling loses her smile and tilts her head.
He collapses onto the "bed", and sighs.
"Someday, I will go back. And when that day comes, it will be a great day."
Octoling frowns and looks at the fanfic sheet.
A line appears over a fanfic called "mending time".
Octoling hums.
She turns back to hopper.
She opens her mouth, before closing it and biting her lip.
She walks over to hopper, who turns to her.
"Oh... Sorry octoling. I'm not really up for anything right now."
Octoling takes a deep breath.
"Are you ok?"
Hopper sits up straight and gawks at octoling.
"Wha-you-talking?!"
Octoling smiles.
"I'm ready to talk now... But first."
She grabs hopper in a hug and squeezes him.
Hopper sighs.
"Thank you. Mending time was just such a nice place, it felt like home for once."
Octoling nods.
"Take all the time you need before heading to the next one. I'm here for you."
Hopper chuckles.
"Haven't heard anyone say that in a long time."
Octoling releases him, and stands up.
"Really? You've been in a bunch of universes and no one has ever said that to you?"
"Nope. It's usually me saying it."
Octoling frowns.
"That's sad. I'm sorry."
Hopper lays back down.
"It's not a big deal. Anyway, what's the next place I need to go to?"
"Requiem of the splattered."
"The one with the zombies? Cool, a break. I should be going, the sooner I finish everything on that paper, the better."
"You can take some time to compose yourself, if you want..."
Hopper stands up.
"No, I'm fine. Moving on is for the best."
He opens a portal.
"See you later. Maybe when I come back you can tell me your name."
He exits.
Octoling grins.
"No, I don't think I will. At least... Not for a long while."
She giggles.
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Year 2 has ended! That was fucking long, and we still got 4 more years to go!
Of course, as per usual, I'll be adding another character to the lineup this time around! So be ready for that.
Aurie's quite fun to write, I must admit. I think my least favorite would be Anthony?
Anyway I'm gonna stop stalling, here we go into year 3!