Captain Craig was walking around the shack and trying to figure out how he could make his mistakes go away in a flash while looking around the valley. Something just couldn't be anymore south than it already is with Octavio's plan and him trying to do something about it...If only that wasn't stuck with a third leg, the job wouldn't be as if not more difficult in the state that he is right now. He then decided to review some of the sunken scrolls he had thanks to agents 3's effort before the new member has joined the cause. In some regards they got a bone to pick with both him and Octavio. He knew that one day some of the things they've done will backfire, however, he couldn't imagine how it'll happen.
For a moment he felt sins of the past knocking and crawling on his back, fingers flipping pages re-discover truth about both him and his old friend alongside propaganda about inklings. Then more about what happened in the past with this tuxedo cat who of course happens to join the history with this new generation, as he wakes up all too soon with them and joins the inkling in the war that happened two thousand years ago. Though the war is long over, its aftermath is still hanging both species in fractured balance. Both sides knew that well, yet they want to keep at it for unknown reasons that haven't been cleared to everyone yet.
That's what the wraith and A.I going to uncover of course, but not without pushing the odds to their favor in order for that to happen. Craig just looked up in the sky, partly blocked by the ceiling of the shack. Few faint sounds of birds chirping and echoing through the valley; he kept listening to the comforting sound of life and remembering the golden days when things were simpler and better...or so he thought. He thought about events leading to the Great turf War and what he'd done if he knew the consequences. Could've he saved the world from the bloodshed?
He stopped at that thought before looking back at the current page of the sunken scroll and stumbling across a picture of a human doing a peace sign with a cat holding on to him. But what's more surprising about that picture, is there is someone else in it. Tho this person is the only one who's clear enough to identify with clarity, this person also has a lab coat, and with a face that has a white beard and white hair, ocean blue eyes. And his pose was gesticulating an insult to the camera while leaning to them while one hand free is holding the waist of the first person with an affectionate kind of expression. Needless to say, Cuttlefish was weirded out by this picture itself, not by that other person's pose. But he felt that these eyes were already watching him… 'Could it be?', he thought before looking at it closer to it, as the eyes faintly changed to orange.
Weirded and creeped out by this, he hurriedly closed the book and rubbed his eyes as if he was seeing things. Then he looked at the time before feeling a bit hungry from all of this; so he decided to call it a day from his daily dilemma and put the book behind the back of the shelf inside the shack then went to his mini-fridge and brought out the good stuff from his home before it went to shit after a certain grandkid of his made things worse, but still wanted to be the supportive grandfather until someone makes them stop.
He begins to eat his meal quietly in peace before trying as hard as he can to ease the pain with the good food he got from home, but in each bite just kept disobeying his desire. He kept eating anyway. And the more he ate, the more he wanted to stop, but hunger proved to be stronger as it pushed him past the threshold so he can just finish this homemade garlic chicken bits with beef stripes on bread. Finally finishing his lunch, he put the box aside and felt at least somewhat better. From what he just saw and the memory lane he had to keep track of every day, then he just rested for at least a good amount of time as he felt a good momentary peace.
?:"And that's how you get the job done with four zap fish on hand!" said the familiar robotic voice before the said zap fish was already here on his very eyes.
Two with the wraith on the tentacles tangling about thanks to the robot mind, and the other two are with Celine as she holds them between her armpits.
Celine:"you really surprised me there, I thought for sure they got you really good"
Wraith: "If you have brain cells of knowing that everything is utter and complete bullshit from the get-go through and through, believe that you are the master of your own bullshit and have common sense - the world is your own magnum opus with the free will of a burning your own mark on it~" I said with a proud remark before Celine just smiled widely at me with how much she saw back there while Zoe just kept giggling excitedly of our today's work with the new show we performed earlier.
It's actually really surprisingly adorable how much IQ that bastard has if he dares to even consider the mere possibility of getting his ugly dirty tentacles on me as if I'm just another nobody susceptible to every lie they say. Reminds me of media and how the public always swallows every day's bullshit like a god damn fucked up dopamine for idiots, exclusively for you when don't think it all. I use to rely on that shit until I realized that everything I see and believe was just pure fiction with no real proof for anything that was supposed to be right. From that point on I only treated everyday information as a mere reference until I see the real deal with my own eyes or make it myself. That's the price that I had to pay dearly for thinking of what's best for me and my family. It's truly something liberating for both the mind and the soul, which is something that these rescued octarians desperately require right now.
rescued octoling /m.1:" Thank you so much for rescuing us, my lord"
former king soldier /f.1:" We really thought that you're a goner once we put that hypnotic-mask on you, but you really have a stronger will than all of us combined."
rescued octoling/m.2:'' Yeah. And I didn't think that the agent 3 herself are now following our lord's footsteps. I think she's doing a great job while making sure that he's safe."
Wraith: "She sure is. But don't forget that I can handle myself just fine even without assistance"
I said before looking at him while all of them just bowed to me as I switched at Celine whom she only shook her head. She doesn't look like a believer and honestly, need more time to know for sure, otherwise, I might slip in deep with something that she might not be fond of. And again, I happened to have few guesses but still need more clarity.
rescued octoling/m.2: "Oh no doubt that you are well armed and ready to defend yourself. But we can't help but worry about our lord's safety for doing a great purpose to our kind" he said with a humble smile while I told him that I do more than just that and they just agreed to everything I told them.
Ever since we began our rescue hunt for these poor fools king's ranks began to slowly decrease. However, some of the ones we rescued just stayed behind for their families that we haven't rescued yet because they are in the other sectors. I did promise them to come and get them once we have the means to advance before leaving. Some didn't want to be rescued as they stayed loyal to their king...Once I give them a beating lecture and a piece of my mind, they wish they'd reconsider when they got the chance. I may not know that octocunt personally, but his executions so far are not something that you want to stick around. And I don't care if they have good reasons to begin with, because it's time to stop and get out of that comfort zone they created. And others are just children with families that are already in this sector as I let them stay behind while the soldiers and the ones who know how to use a gun are in both the front and the back. They showed me a map of a pipe system that connects all the other kettles, along with a large round gate that connects all of the sectors, quite useful. Said gate is supposed to be guarded by a squad of elite soldiers
Of course, my troops can take care of this but given the fact that they getting overly confident might cause unwanted complications. I'd say it's better to send them back to the base for well-deserved rest. Having a small private army is good and all, but going in unprepared both mentally and physically is one big 'no-no' in my book….Hmm, maybe once Nicky and her squad finally finish their regiments even by little, I would take them with me instead.
And once my army is up and ready, we'll dropkick the false king from his rotten throne.
Celine: "Cod damn. I can't believe we are that efficient when we reclaimed the zap fishes, even when reinforcement arrived! How the fuck was that even possible when I was actually having a somewhat of a hard time dealing with them. Can you explain to me how the fuck did we that in the first place?" she asked a sort of brain rick kind of question while putting the two small batteries inside the shack before coming back and adjusting her clothing armor she found...which honestly look like shit dipped in a can of paint.
I think I know now what to give her, I just hope that blue is still intact and not corrupted like all the rest.
Wraith: "My best advice to you agent 3 is this: know your enemy, exploit their weakness." I said with pride before I had to call her by her code name
agent 3:"...huh. I actually never thought of it that way before, that's actually I really goo-"
Zoe: "That and taking these free hypno goggles like candy!...look how much we got!" she said just before she saw the amount we collected inside the bag as it now reached to its full capacity.
Agent 3:"Riiiight. Keep those things as far away from me as possible, I don't want to become some ugly bastard's girl toy like what that king is doing to octo-valley right now. And I like to keep myself clean both in and out thank you very much" she said before folding her arms together and keeping her distance away from me.
At this point I need to keep the dangerous stuff away if I want people to be close to me-...Wait, did she just, did it also survive as well?
Wraith:"...you watch ani-"
agent 3: "No..." she immediately shut me down before evading her eyes away from me.
...thank you lord for giving mercy to our japan's masterpieces of the century. Hmm, I wonder if these sealings have picked up anything good and improved upon it. I then looked at my followers as they looked a bit tired from the work they had joined while doing my bidding. I told them to rest easy and take a breather while the armed ones took turns to look out for each other and the place. Zoe then scanned them all and there conditions seems minimal, I decided that I'm not taking any chances and give them all some healing before. But then I see the children, who are still in the development of becoming real octolings. They only have small features of hands, masks along with their hair but their entire body is still in a semi octopus stage, as their skin is still full of ink color. I was walking among the rescued survivors while they bowed to me, including the watcher as I passed by him with only a nod from me. Chatter filled the air, octolings discussed how their life is going to be since their home is no more. Parents were worried about both of their children. I went and squat near them, they noticed me and bowed.
Octoling father: "My lord Wraith...do you want anything from us?"
Octoling child: "Mommy?...is that our god you've been talking about before? The one who saved you and daddy?" said the child before pointing at me as I only smiled and gave him a faint nod.
Octoling mother: "Yes my child, but don't point at him like that I told you that it's very rude to so….I'm very sorry my lord. My children are just confused and upset about what happened these past few months" said the apologetic humble mother as I only chucked before holding my hand up to let her know that it's ok while she smiled in relief.
I saw some of the children are just unsure of what to think of me, as they hid behind their parents; a normal reaction finally. Though I need to let them know that I am not threatening them, I pulled out a pen from my palmed hand and told them to focus on it. Then I just snapped it open as some odd sea creatures with colourful neon looks on them came out from both pieces before the two snapped parts just exploded with bubbles being flying around by the odd sea creatures as they were dancing with it.
The children loved the show as they came out of hiding, intrigued and driven by the newfound entertainment. I left the pen with the kids, let them laugh, and giggle; their parents would breathe easier for the moment. Zoe told me that she'll handle the rest from here as I looked back to the ones before me.
Wraith: "Hello there! I heard about the situation and I am here to fix the whole thing. I have a secured place for you to stay with everything you need for the time being before I can make another call to improve the situation. However, I have a question to ask: do you have the technology to make things invisible to the eye?"
Odradek/zoe: "I think it will help us greatly because we have the rest of our brethren at home but they have no info on that department. Anything on that would be very great!" she said to them before making a thumbs up with a few flashes...they looked at each other before talking about it for a few seconds and turned back to me.
Octoling father: "I'm sorry my lord's but, we don't know anything about that. Were only the underbelly of this sector and we have no one here with that sort of knowledge"
Octoling mother: "Not even local soldiers know either, we only granted what we have and not what we need for all of us. Please forgive us for not being of any use to you my lord" they both informed of what they know before bowing their heads for an apology as I told them to relax.
I began to think of a way to get that technology. Of course, I have the source of income but I need to do more work to get rewarded for the amount of effort done. After looking around the area I had to talk with zoe for a moment, gonna know if there is a way to bring the sub into the plaza since that pipe over there is leading back to both inkopolis and the plaza. However the more I think about it the more I'm giving the risk of having these guys exposed to the public. And I can't bring it here either because of the giant black creator underneath us...damn it! There's got to be a way to bring them all to my base, whether exposed or not I need to get them out here, Hmmmm. Then again...what if...
?:"..excuse me?"
I was interrupted in my own thought, before I was greeted by the captain himself, he is talking to me now?...I didn't even reach at least four other sectors and now he's talking? Or, is it about the octarian's that I have with me? I do have the end tentacle ones that also have us joined as they betrayed their ranks to be with us instead.
Graig:"Just now, I heard that the hypno goggles didn't have any effect on you," he said while looking at me in wonder.
Agent. 3: "Yeah he did...it's actually kind of a shocker to me too. Ive never seen anybody even have this sort of strong will against something this strong to mess with your head. It's actually kind of amazing to be honest" she said while looking at me with a proud smile as if I errand a bit of respect from her.
Helmet/zoe:"Niiiiice~, one point for the grave walker. Zero for me~, see Jack!? I told you I would be your wing girl!"
Jack: "Oh hush you, I did it all by myself, didn't have much trouble back then so it doesn't count"
Helmet/zoe: "At least you're counting dating tips of your own making, other than these useless tips that you find online. I mean seriously dude have you seen the shit inside these losers are trying to fool anyone who thinks that is highly afflictive? it's pure shit man"
Jack: "At least it's not from Octavio"
Helmet/zoe:"….yeah ok that's bad, like. Really bad, and I don't want you to ever say that. it's really grouse and I think Celine would diffidently hurt from that joke"
Jack:" Point taken." I said in private mode while Zoe used the odradek to make a hand that looked like a phone next to my face underneath before going back to normal as both Celine and the captain were waiting for us to finish.
Graig:"…..how did you do it?"
Wraith: "I'm sorry?"
Graig:" How did you overcome something that is not meant to be adaptive to begin with. And what happened?" he asked in a sort of eagerness but more of a desperate kind of wanting to know kind questions.
Agent.3:" Wellllll….here's the thing," she said in a sort of kind of not wanting him to know of what happened back there as if it's something that it might not be going to believe or even want to to begin with.
This might going to hurt the old fools head, can't exactly blame her since I went a bit overboard on her with this trick of mine. I usually go for cheep tactics if the situation was too dyer, but that was just for my amusements for what I can do now before then. I mean it did bring good results at the end, however. as much as I want to enjoy relieving the moment that I planed out and zoe improved the ecstatics. I have to clear thi-
Agent.3:" 'sigh'...let's just say he made things easier for me and everyone else with his preforming arts. that's all you need to know" she said in a sighing tune as if she didn't want to over complicated with the details.
She looked at me only for a split seconds, before having a faint blush on her face and looking down in the process while the captain looked at in confusion.
Hmm~, I suppose I left quite of impression then.