Dylan watched as Marigo set up a TV. He hid under the bed snuggled up to his stuffed bunny. Marigo smiled and sat down in front of the TV.
"Come watch Char and her friends, Dylan." She gestured at him, " This is just a TV, it don't going to hurt you."
"A TV? What's that?"
"Oh um… It shows video on a screen? I think that's how you would describe it…"
She thought about an easier way to explain it.
"Huh really?" Dylan looked at the TV, "We had holographic screens that appeared when we wanted to watch some shows or 'TV'. Never mind that, what are they doing?"
"This is a worldwide popular game called Turf War. It's usually a four on four match where team tries to ink up as much territory as they possibly can. It's pretty exciting to watch, so how's about it wanna watch with me?"
"I don't really have anything better to do" he rolled his eyes.
"Great, I'll get the popcorn."
Dylan thought the popcorn would be fish or seafood flavored and shuddered. He crawled out and watched four orange squids change form into their humanoid form, and the other dark blue do the same. He took the remote and increased the volume.
"Callie, I understand that this is exciting, but let's not blow up everyone's eardrums, okay?" a calmer and more mature voice replied.
"Aww, how can I not be excited?! This is the semi semi finals! The real question is why aren't you excited Marie?"
"Well, we all know who's gonna win, Sea Stingers. They are looking confident and stylish in orange. We have Nami, fashionable as always, with her favorite weapon the Neo Splash-o-matic. Easelle, a masterful and sleek ninja with her Ink Brush Nouveau. Shan, the unmovable tank with his Dynamo Roller. Lastly the pinpoint master and leader himself, Quil with his E-liter 3K! He has the highest Splat rate of 85%! He rarely misses! Rarely misses! I don't know, if the other team stands even a chance against a team like this one."
"No way! Colorful Coral Reef for the win! Bold blue, and they do things with style! We have Ari and his Octoshot Replica, the squid with a loud bark and bite to match. Link, the quiet and shift, with her Sploosh-o-matic. Cuddlefish a scary, hot headed squid- *Cuddlefish shot at their glass* EEK! I'M SORRY! She is a fashion queen and also a pinpoint master with her E-Liter 3K Scope. Last, but not least Corol! A skillful tactician and leader, who can fight when pushed into a corner. His favorite weapon always by his side, the Aerospray MG. This team will not go down without a fight!"
"And off they go!" the two cheered as the loud buzzer started both teams off.
Dylan watched the inklings paint the area. He became intrigued about the game. He was actually enjoying it. It was exciting. Marigo walked in and sat beside him.
"So I take it, you are enjoying yourself," Marigo offered the bowl to Dylan, "Char's match should be next."
"This is looks like fun…" Dylan took some popcorn and put it in his mouth without thinking, "Char does this for fun? Does it hurt?"
"Well, the force at which the ink is fired is mildly painful. We are made up of ink so if we get hit too much with a different color we'll pop. But we regenerate ourselves at the spawn point."
"Y-you guys pop?!"
"We call it splat. So be hit with too much of different color ink, or water, and we'll splat."
"Does that hurt?"
"Yeah, I guess it does, but not as much as you would think. The ink we are using is mixed in with some water. So nobody will actually be harmed, by the ink at least."
"You guys are weird…"
"You're one to talk. To us, you are the weird one."
The match ended with Orange covering the majority of the area. The two teams walked to the stage where a fat black and white cat danced and pointed to Sea Stingers. Colorful Coral Reef all looked at each other. They smiled and applauded for the winners.
"Hey good match! Hopefully, we can play again someday!" Corol walked up to Quil holding out his hand.
"Please, we'll play if you and your team get better." Quil walked past him.
Corol and the others just watched Quil walk off. Quil's teammates ran over to meet Corol's team.
"I am so sorry about that!" Nami apologized, "Quil, didn't mean it..."
"I don't know about that! What a jerk!" Cuddlefish crossed her arms.
"He's just cocky, please pay no attention to his words," Easelle replied, "You guys were really good."
"Yeah, it was a good game. Let's hope to meet again soon." Shan held out his hand.
"Of course! Best of luck to you guys in the finals!" Corol happily shook it.
"Hey, guys let's go SHOPPING!" Cuddlefish beamed as her team squirms,
"OH HEY ARI I THINK MOM'S CALLING US HUH?!" Corol took a step from Cuddlefish,
"O-OH YEAH! COMING MOMMY!" Ari and Corol took off.
"YOU CAN'T ESCAPE ME!" She ran after them.
Link stood there blinking, she smiled and walked after them.
The Camera returned to Callie and Marie. Callie was pouting and Marie was smirking at her.
"See? What did I tell you?" Marie rested her head on her hand.
"Oh well, no hard feelings. Both teams did their best. At least, next, we have the match of the Summer!" Callie beamed, "Yes folks, it is Storm Strikers versus Sea Stingers.
"No way! No way! Do you know what this means?!"
"Yeah I do! The last match against team Storm Strikers is going to be one you simply can't miss!"
"Yeah, how could you?! We have Jazzy, the sleek chic with her Luna Blaster. Chizel, the cunning and versatile weapons master himself. This time going in with a Slosher Deco."
"Don't forget about Leon! He's rolling out with a Krak-On Roller. He's a video game master, who plays games and turf war instead of doing his homework!"
"Callie… I don't think you were supposed to tell people that… especially considering his parents may have been watching…"
"Oh… errr… opps. I mean just kidding! heheheh...heh."
"Anyways!" Marie stood in front of Callie, "Finally, we have Char! The kindhearted and brave leader. She is going in with her Aerospray MG. She has proved herself to be a force to be reckon with countless times!"
"Alright, let's see what the two teams are up to!"
-Author's Notes-
In my opinion, this chapter not really all that strong. But whatever it's a learning process. So like always, how am I doing and is there anything I should fix? Thanks for reading!
