This is my first story, so I'd appreciate criticism! I really love Splatoon and the fanfics people made for it, so I decided to try it out myself! I hope to make new chapters at least once a week or so.

-The morning rays shone throughout the clear windows of Calamari County, known for being the birthplace of the ever-so-popular Squid Sisters: Callie and Marie.

This would've been a peaceful start to my day, if it weren't fo-

"LANCE, DEAR! BREAKFAST IS READY!"

-well, if it weren't for that.

"Okay mom, I'll be down in a minute!"

And with that reply, I got out of bed.

Hello, I'm Lance Splatterson. And I'm just an average Inkling that just wants to rest once in a while.

But look, it isn't like I wake up late, okay?

Compared to most other Inklings, I get up pretty early every single day. It's just that my family has, to put it simply, high expectations.

And, naturally, those expectations were aimed at me.

Don't get me wrong, the last thing I want to do is betray said expectations, but it's pretty hard to meet them when you're constantly compared to the massive prodigy that is my sister.

With her mastery of switching forms at the age of 10, she's become fluent in about 300 ways of being superior to me in the short amount of time she's been training. Armed combat, CQC, mathematical expertise, stealing my wallet, you name it.

Even now she's training at Mount Nantai, honing her skills to once again impress her- ah, our, parents.

They suggested that she join the County Police Force, where she could use her talents to help out with protecting our home, but I'm sure she's aiming for a quite different future:

Turf Wars.

Despite everything everyone (see: parents) tells her, she still clings to such so-called "trivial" matters. I can see why she'd go for such a plan. Who wouldn't want to get to play awesome matches, make new and exciting (sometimes salty) friends, and all around be happy and have fun, and still get paid for it?

But my parents don't take her thought process all too well, and still press her to go for being an officer for obvious parental reasons.

Doesn't really help that I'm a bit of a let-down compared to her overwhelming talents and whatnot. I guess skill doesn't run in the family, or my blood, at least.

I mean sure, I've gone through training a couple of times, but I'm still probably below average compared to your standard Inkling. Being the older sibling, I probably should've shown more dedication, but I'm probably not made for things like that, at least not as much as my sister is.

To be honest, I pretty much don't care about those matters, I just want my peace and quiet for once, rather than being constantly compared, pressured, and having to be the object of yet again more disappointment.

But, oh well, it seems like Cod has some other plans for me.

And so there's the first chapter! It's a little short since it's just an introduction of sorts, but it's all I could come up with. See you guys next time!