I kept swinging around as I come to halt before I landed gently on one of the light poles, kinda like spider man but not entirely.
I wanted to reach my target to get a closer to it and analyse it, but hearing there gibberish voices got me a bit agitated as I desperately wanted to understand them completely. Zoe approved through my thoughts as she started to gather data while I continued to hear them. It also gave me the chance to get a closer look on everything before me up close on everyone and see there daily routine.
I am now hanging on of the light pole in the middle of what it looks like a wide marketplace. People buying and selling all sorts of things as I observe their merchandise using visor's zoom. Somewhat aquatic based materials, others are just basic stuff like tool box and items to fix stuff, duck tape and wires alike…. Zoe updated me on her translation work, she just needed more data to work with. I kept observing and hang around until she finish the job. Hm...even food stands with snacks, drinks and more.
I peeked at one of the stands and I see one that looked like a small food stand with a guy who looked like a big lobster with a chef uniform appeared to be in annoyance with a shark like looking customer with a somewhat casual wear. I still can't understand them, but I CAN pick up of there saying through their body language: the shark like costumer seems to have a fits with the lobster chef as he had complaint about his dish…..or is it something more? Shark then pulled out of what it looked like a wallet of his with his fin like hands as if it were claws before he put his money on the counter as he looked at him before talking to the chef. The currency looked like small gold coins with a dashed squid like figure…..Are those humanoid squid's are the main dominant creatures of this world?
The lobster chef then looked at him in annoyance again before shaking his head slowly face down as he took the coins with his left claw like hand as his right looked complete lobster claw, he then started making another dish for the shark costumer, a few minutes passed before the lobster served his food in a take out box. Then….with a smell of the sweet blessing aroma of real freshly made food that tickled my nose from below, my stomach then begin to violently shake like a damn traitor as I hang on the pole even tighter as if a feral animal is wishing to be released from it's captivity of hunger, crying and howling for a real hunt for food. My tears begin to shed uncontrollably in pain from hunger as I felt my body go numb for a moment..I don't remember how many times I've cried, but I really hate it. However the shear experience of what happened to m .left me a bit broken. I haven't had a real meal since I was….
Before then...I hear voices of my own telling me to risk everything, take my chance to order a proper meal for once. But I resisted the desperate urge to eat as I calmed myself before Zoe told me to switch a pole as I notice a couple of eyes were in my direction and see them with a confused expression between head scratching movement followed by camera shot's from there squid like phone and arm folding with eyebrow suspension, then looked at the light pole I am hanging on as it looked like I left a low deep hand marks on it. In surprise I used the jet thrusters to stealthily and slowly flout away from the marked pole to the untouched one. I then hold my stomach in pain before I rubbed it and ease it down, then returned my gaze to them as I observed. Some of their gaze where still on it, were some who just didn't even bother to notice as there something is going in the lobster's food stand.
Zoe:" Jack, hold your guts and look" Zoe said quietly in surprise turning my attention to witness something happening in the lobster's food stand.
The shark customer is attacking the chef from behind the counter, the customer is trying to bite the lobster before he blocked his teeth from reaching him with his right claw as he's trying to free himself. While everyone else are either watching and taking video or pics(typical), trying calling for help, scared to do anything or even try to get involved.
The fight is getting worse as the shark customer is getting the upper hand, he punched the chef repeatedly on the mouth before he make a one last punch from below his stomach as the chef screamed and grunted in pain as he is on the rolling ground, while few drops of blood from coughing as he tried to escape before people who try to get involved come for his aid. A few fellow squids shot the shark in his face with the same kind weapons but some of it looked more like big paint rollers or a Grenade launcher type of deal, stunned him as he is also grunting in pain in his eyes. He attempts to wipe it off with his fin like hands, the other chef's abandoned there food stand and tried help out by holding and pinning aggressor down on the ground.
The squids kept their weapons against him as I just smiled at their efforts as things were going well before more people started to help out the chef. Then I see of what it look like few authority city police guards showed up before the shark customer got arrested. However unsurprisingly, he resisted to the arrest and forced them to use stun gun. It worked but not for long as the shark was still moving, the police guards tried to forcefully hold him down and chain him handcuffs.
As I kept on watching and observing the situation and it looked like they are handling it pretty well, but then that shark tried to bite one of the officers arm but to no avail as they used there black metal sticks. I suppose they have things for a certain events like this, to which it is pretty impressive! The next move of the police surprised me as they pressed the switch of the black metal stick to electrify the shark and knocked him out like a wild fish.
Zoe:"Fatality..."she said with a low happy tune.
Jack:"Rude, yet effective" I said with a low tune of agreement before they finally arrested him as the cuffed him tight from both his hands and his mouth.
Zoe:" That's how I want you in bed~"she unveiled her desire as I just rolled my eyes.
jack:"Cut it out" I ordered her in small annoyance with still low tune.
Zoe:"Ok you know we don't have to be this quiet since we are in stealth mode right? He-he~ Nobody will notice even if we go as loud as a fucking level kind volume~" she informed teasingly as I just shake my head before I kept on watching of what's going to happen next.
Everything looks ok from the looks of things before I see a couple medics rushed in to help the lobster chef aiding to his wounds, the crowd grouped up around them as they film, take pictures and what not. Then Zoe told me that the translation is fully completed as she waited for my command to permanently implant all the language information inside my head…This is gonna hurt isn't it?
Zoe:"Yup. You'll be deaf for a second, but you'll be fine. So clinch your ass and prepare for permanent augmentation." she informed as she warned while she is ready for my command. I then looked at every living being I see before me as I was a bit both nervous and worried of what sort of things there going to say.
Jack:"Fuck it...Do it!" I said as I shut my eyes tight.
Zoe:" Begin permanent data implant transfer into organic brain"
With those words I hear...a sudden sound of ringing and pain on my ears as if there was a flash grenade nearby with a small sting in my causes to grind my teeth while the ringing still continues. Then….I hear a small muffles, the voices are very distant yet very close at the same time. Soon enough the pain on my ears and the sting from my brain begin to subside slowly. I hear their the voices...
? 1:"I- ?!£$ believe $*%$ this"%$-guy- £$?!"
? 2:"it's fiiiine, he did h- *£ *^%^*%-way"
? 1:"i still can't that he j-%$%£$*£ !"
? 2:"eh...probably he got butt hurt s- much by j-*-st not having th-$ best kind of food, I think hi- standards are so lo*er then m rie's coz"
? 1:" you me n c llie?"
? 2:"whatever ma an, the squid sisters really not my thing anyway, those idle fuckos just keep setting in there ass behind the window glass doing nothing but crap shit singing and look at there news about nothing other then stages and shit in inkopolis plaza anyway"
? 1:"at least they make new songs"
? 2:" songs is the only thing they do from day n day out!…..'sigh'…..let's just get out of here...the new weapons just came out today and I'm plaaaaning to get my ink pumping reeeeeal haaaard"
? 1:" Alright fine…..Just keep your ink boner in check ok?...I got shit to do after the turf war anyway"
? 2:" No promises~, now let's get to the Inkopolis Plaza! I gotta see if Ammo Knights has the new weapon ready or not….I have to splat a lot of weak asshats with this thing!"
jack:" I can!…..I CAN UNDERSTAND THEM! IT ACTUALLY WORKS! Fuck yeah! Silence, my baby! " I overjoyed in thought as a huge smile put on my face...despite their conversation is not something to behold...but nonetheless...IT WORKS!
My brain can pick up there every words with more complete celerity of there saying, the two male squids were just talking to each other as I now fully understand them with no issue what's so ever, making more and more questions: Turf war? Squid sisters? Idle singers? News on Inkopolis Plaza? Hm, definitely gonna do some research on that. On other hand it conforms that I am in the right place.
Zoe:"Preeetty neaaat huh?) See how that function makes your inner ears just break through the language barrier in un instant from huh? You just need to keep listening until the data is fully completed and ready to get transferred, though of course…..the language through writing, reading and speaking is more of a literal physical barrier that we have to manually learn by ourselves..." she informed as I just only smiled with a sly remark.
Jjack:" Guess class is still in session no matter what you are huh?" I said with a sly tone as Zoe giggled that we already set a class for to night~.
Then all of the sudden the odradek moved and shaped like a flower before it starts to flap slowly with the colour red, must be hostile mode. It points down towards the hostile individual as I see things are escalating rather quickly, what the odradek was pointing on the shark man as I like to call him for now. Huh, look at that, he already escaped of the police's custody, running and screaming like a maniac towards the ones who splatted his face. They saw him coming back straight at them as they immediately get ready to attack him yet again, there were five squids against one shark as they dodge his first bite and fist attacks before they splat him yet again. They have some kind of weapons that I considered odd but they proof somewhat effective against him as what they have as a paint roller, gun, sniper, shotgun and a bucket, an all of them have some kind of ink container in there back. Actually every single squid I've seen so far have those, including that one orange squid with the number three on her shoulder….though hers are more unique then normal.
Zoe:"Gross and weird..."
Weapons a side, their skills are actually very promising. They keep dodging his attacks as if they've been in a situation like this before. Dose it happened every so often everyday, or is it just here? Do they have a constant battle in there everyday life with no break from it? More and more of these questions begin to rise one after the other before it come to halt as I see the five squids and the police are already on the floor, coughing blood..or its ink? There are all kinds of colour of there ink blood or its just their broken ink canisters mixing with blood?...Damn it, how long have I been lost in thought to miss this?!
The shark man was covered in all kinds of paint of colour as he holds the lobster chef by the throat with crazed look on his face, while the crowd and the medics watch in fear. I was in the edge of my seat as I hold tight on the pole yet again, squeezing yet again but not with hunger…..but with rage.
Shark man:" I told you make me another tasty plate, and you had to fuck a simple order like that!?" he said with a crazy smile on his face as I over hear his conversation with the chef while my tight grip on the pole still continues.
Lobster chef:" For the last time I told this is a fucking stand not a cod damn restra-guhhhchee!" he said before the shark kept squeezing his throat.
Shark man:" Not my problem!…..Now do me a favour and die here will ya?"he said with sinister tone as he begins to choking him to death.
…I think that's enough.
I let go of the pole before the thrusters kick in to slow my landing towards them as the odradek begin to rapidly spinning faster and faster before it slows down while the pedals are flapping slowly as well. I landed on the ground next to the them while being extremely careful on the rest of the fallen squids as I use a sneaking approach on the shark man while I prepare my might. Aiming to his sides so he'll be forced to release his grip on him. Then I will chock and electrify him with my tentacles until hopefully he will lose consciousness without killing him. Or I can make it simple
Shark man:" For cod's sake fucking just die al!
I punch his back slightly, biting his attention as he eased his grip and started to turn around.
Shark man: "Who did that?! WHO THE FUCK JUST DID THAT?!"
He started so loud and angry but the moment he saw my silhouette his face expansion changed.. He even stepped back and shook, nearly losing his balance and dropped the victim to the ground.
Jack: "Good morning, sunshine. And goodnight!"
Right hook on his side made him flinch and groan in pain. Despite the confusing he tried to attack back, but I launch a direct punch straight in his nose. And he fall unconscious like a big old locker. Zoe just told me to be careful while everyones reactions were to be expected as all of them were majorly both confused and afraid at the same time. Can't blame them. That shark just got K.O-ed the wild, he-he~. I looked at the injured squids, still laying on the ground along with few irrelevant casualties. This shark caused quite a mess and destroyed all of their equipments during his rampage….Everyones reactions shift from fear and confusion to extreme shock along with few screams while medics carefully approach me in attempts to safely help those in need.
The odradek then flapping and spinning along that the colour red becomes blue before taping me on my shoulder with a few pleasant sounds as it formed a thumbs up hand gesture, letting me know I did a good job before forming back to standby mode. Medics said that they have called in the ambulance to get here with ETA ~5 min before they comment of what just happened, however…..Visor shows that vital signs of those squids are at the bring of kicking the bucket. Poor cephalopods won't last that long.…shit shit shit SHIT! I had to think quickly if I want to risk another involvement and raise more suspension of what's going on, I thought long and hard before I see some of them are having a hard time breathing and keep themselves together. They're dying.
Ugaaaaaa to hell with it all! I extended all the arms around in all different directions to finish all this in one go, (aside from the shark man) then released the healing white gas on them as I moved the arms around very quickly in a fast motion, covering the area. The medics and everyone who was near backed off in fear, gazing at the miracle before their eyes with confusion. Some even took pics and film it, else's reaction. Don't care about them, brave squids shows a sign of improvement as they feel a lot better before I finished as I got ready to leave. But then I looked at the shark man's take out white plastic lunch box as it was left untouched.
They won't mind if I'll take that...and leave payment. I approached the lobsters stand, Zoe touched it with one tentacle arm as it becomes invisible to the naked eye before I take it and put it inside my bag. As for the payment..ah, gold ingot will do. I leave on the counter, then I thought if there's any sort of refreshments as I peeked behind the counter. There are several drinks of all sorts with different kinds of flavour. I wasted no time and took one of each flavor. After that I quickly and quietly left the scene of the crime before I start thinking of what would happened If I got involved, along with the lobster chef when sees that his dish and few drinks stocks have been stolen despite the gold ingot payment as I was observing from afar on top of an apartment building.
Zoe:"Don't. I go-"
Jack:"Nah, let me do this" I said as I opened the arm-droid menu in the visor since I'm in stealth mode.
I used Zoe's hacking function to send a message to the chef's phone. I activated it and sew his phone's home screen as it looked colourful with all kind of odds in there. But still a phone nonetheless...kind of arrow shaped tho. Anyway, I looked something that is close enough to messages or something in that notion because they have a gibberish language from before, make it somewhat harder to find of what I was looking for….however….this language looks somewhat different….how many new languages out are there? Before then, Zoe just translated the texts with ease as I wasted no time questioning it before I clicked on the messages icon and begin to write of what I had to say before I see the chef was already back in his stand, wandering were his dish and his stocks of drinks has gone to before he sees the small gold ingot on the counter before he take it and examined it.
I send my message as it follows:" I hope you and the others are alright. My apologies for taking the dish and stocks of drinks of yours as I was very hungry after a long slumber. But I do hope this payment will be enough to suffice what just happened, it looks delicious by the way~. With great sincerity from a long extinct friendly customer" his phone buzzed before he looked through the message as he's expression looked extremely shocking before he showed it to everyone along with the police.
Zoe:"So much for stealth and keeping ourselves low profile"
jack:"I know…..hmhmhmm~"
Zoe:"Ok what the hell are you scheming here?"
jack:"Oh nothing special really~…...just figured that they need to look forward to our big show~" I said with a sly tune as Zoe liking were this is going before I had to fly off and continue on my current objective while saving my meal for un appropriate place for it to eat.