Well this is embarrassing. I cried on Live TV in front of over a thousand people. I guess that lowered my badass status to a normal person. That's good. But. I need a break. I kinda wanna explore the streets of Inkopolis.

"Hey Dylan are you okay? That was the first time you opened up to us and that was a lot." Marie said with a worried face.

"I'm fine. I feel way better now that that's off my chest. But I could go for a walk around the streets, to get some fresh air." I say truthfully.

"Hey, that's a good idea! Jamie can tour you to popular places! This time, without getting in a fight." Marie says with a giggle. Wait, is it just me, or did she wink at Jamie?

"I mean, only if she's okay with touring me. She's already done a lot for me." I say politely. Looking at Jamie, I notice something. Why is Jamie blushing? You're not clueless Dylan. Let me do the walking here. She clearly likes you. And admit it, you like her as well. You may be right, but I still want you to shut up. You do know this is just you creating this persona in your head right? So when you're telling me to shut up, you're actually telling yourself to shut up. Oh, that means I can just think you away, right? Shit. Aaaaaand that persona is banished to the back of my head.

Jamie speaks, bringing me out of my head. "I-I wouldn't mind. It might actually be pretty fun!"

I could see Marie whisper something to Jamie and she turns bright red. Well it seems Marie likes teasing her about liking me. I can tell Marie is quite observant. She must have known since yesterday.

"Hey guys, I think I'll go back in and say that I'm perfectly fine and end the news?" I say, trying to make the mood less embarrassing.

"Good idea. Although, Pearl and Marina might still be teary. That was really emotional. People are already posting reactions on Splattube." Maire replies.

Entering the room, I see the camera still on, but tilted so that people can't see Pearl helping Marina stop crying.

"The r-reason I'm crying so m-much pearlie is that when I first came to the surface, it was kind of like that. I left my family and friends, and found myself in a place where I am the only one of my kind. But I made that choice on my own. Dylan was forced into this, due to the mistakes of the rest of his kind." Marina had calmed down and stood up.

"Sorry you had to see Marina like this Dyl', she's never gotten this choked up. Not even for that movie that Judd made called "A Cat's Purpose". I'll admit your story was sad, but it wasn't too bad. But I think it triggered some flashbacks for Marina. You come back to end the show?"

"Yep. So how do you usually end these things?" I say

"Mar' and I usually end on a pose, saying "Don't get cooked, Stay off the Hook"

"Doesn't seem to bad." I turn on the microphone again and tilt the camera back towards us.

"Before we end this, I'd like to say thank you to Pearl and Marina for having me on. It was good getting all that out of my system. Be aware, that if you're ever feeling depressed, try to talk to family and friends. If you have nobody to talk to, I'll try to start a service that pairs you up with somebody else not feeling well. I'm not sure if those can even happen, or how I could start it, but I'm sure somebody could expand on that idea. I'm not completely sure how to do this, but I'll follow Pearl."I say. Hopefully somebody does expand on it.

"Alright. Until next time… Don't get cooked, Stay off the Hook!" Pearl shouts doing a pose. I also do a pose from an anime I used to watch called JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Stinks that the world ended before Part 5 of it could be animated.

"Well, it was nice meeting with you! I'm going to tour the streets with Jamie. If any scientists happen to visit, tell them I'll be back here tomorrow." I say excitedly, and leave the room.

1 HOUR JUMP CUT -

Jamie has been showing me tons of popular places around Inkopolis. She's shown me places like "Urchin Underpass" and "Blackbelly Skatepark". She even pointed to a place they call "Moray Towers". It's funny how they're all related to some sort of sea creature. I'm enjoying the tour until I hear a voice.

Song Request:"Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable OST: Another Face, Same Mind" With that song request you already know what's happening… :)

There he is. Exploring the city with that girl like a fool. He'll be in my collection soon. Woah what the hell? Am I imagining this? Did somebody say that? I should tell Jamie. This HAS to be from earlier. "Hey uhhh Jamie?" I say hesitantly.

"Yes Dylan? Confused on anything?" She responds.

"I ummm, I just heard a voice. I heard the voice say, "There he is. Exploring the city with that girl like a fool." And then it said something about a collection." I claim. What in the? I-Is this human able to hear my thoughts? WHAT THE KELP? There it is again! Wait…. Does this mean? IS THIS GUY NEAR US? Hey, calm down. He just called you a fool, there's no way that he means any bad intent r-right? Right? Jamie's face of shock takes me out of my trance.

"I-I-It must be HIM!" Jamie takes my hand and we start running. WHO'S HIM? WHAT DO YOU MEAN JAMIE? I don't bother asking, since it would waste my breath. Oh great. Not only has he got away, but he somehow has the ability to see my thoughts. Wait, is he listening right now? Can he here everybody's thoughts? What is it's ra- the voice cuts off

Stop the music.

We finally stop running, and Jamie is somehow out of breathe. I guess Inklings have smaller lungs than humans. Finally able to speak I ask "Jamie, what's going on? If this is about earlier, which it most likely is, you HAVE to tell me. For you to run away like that...it seems so abnormal."

"Marie and *Pant* I, didn't want to have you remember *She pauses to get some air* didn't want you to remember this morning with how your body started going insane. Winston said that for a while, his technology wasn't able to analyze your thoughts. I didn't even know that Winston could see your thoughts, but the fact that his technology couldn't reach into your head when apparently it worked great before was odd. He told us that it wasn't any sort of technical problems, but… apparently it was because your headset was slowly being pushed off of your head. It was freeky. We saw the mechanisms that hold it on start to expand, as if somebody had pressed a button. Winston tried to stop the mechanisms, but for some reason it wouldn't stop. The headset fell off, but I caught it and put it on the table" She says.

Jesus that's a lot to understand at once. Recap. My body throws a fit, Winston can read my mind! But it probably relates to the headset which must be why it didn't work when it was coming off. How in the world was it coming off? And why was my body going insane?

New song:"JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable OST - The Fate Which Still Remains" This end segment is short, but I want you to play this track once Chapter 12 comes out.

"Now to get onto the reason why your body threw a fit." Jamie says with a serious and scared expression.

"Did somebody attack me?!' I shout. Whatever happened had to be bad, for them to hide this from me. " Nevermind,I don't think that happened, since my body seems perfectly fine. But what did happen.?"

"Well, according to Winston, it began when you first woke up…."

While Jamie is explaining what happened, tune in to my other story "Missing" to find out what's happening with Joseph. "Missing" is highly influential to the plot, so I recommend reading it. And that's the end of this chapter, sorry if I'm super slow. Like I said before, school is a pain in the woomy. Seeya next time! Eventually.