Taka woke up from the worst sleep he ever had in his life. He was on an uncomfortable mattress with thin sheets at a motel which had roaches in it. He and Yasuha were forced to sleep there because their car was gone and the next bus wouldn't come in a while. "Yasuha... wake up..." said Taka in a drony voice. He reached into his pockets and saw a bunch of crushed up mints, along with 2 cents. "Oh. Looks like I left those in there."

Yasuha eventually woke up as well, and said, "Oh, Taka... I had this crazy dream... I fought a little kid that could control rubber and stuff..." Taka said, "Get up already." The two eventually got out of their beds, and Yasuha ate the mints from Taka's pocket. "Okay so, the mall is actually not too far," said Yasuha, "If we take this bus, it should only take us about 4 minutes." "Alright then. Let's go."

The two were about to exit the room they room they were in, however, the door wouldn't budge open. Taka kept trying to turn the handle over, to no avail. Eventually, he began trying to kick the door down. This was also to no avail. "Alright Yasuha, take a step back." said Taka, activating Salad Days. The shot the door with his pizzas, but this somehow also didn't work.

"What the hell is happening!? Why won't this door open!?" he yelled, "Yasuha, try busting the window open!" Yasuha grabbed a chair in the room and slammed it against the window, which did absolutely nothing. "Uh, Taka... I'm uh... panicking here. How the hell do we get out?!" Taka exclaimed, "What if- this is another attack!?"

Yasuha raised his fist in the air and said, "Enemy, reveal yourself! I ain't no coward anymore! My new ability 'Shyness Boy' will kick your ass! I'll kick it less hard if you surrender!" Taka said, "Shut up dude. Be less loud, and try to find any trace of an enemy." The two began tearing the room apart trying to find any hiding spaces, and they eventually determined that the enemy must be outside.

"Wait-" said Yasuha, "So then how do we get out?" Taka said, "I have no idea." Yasuha began hyperventilating, "Oh god- no no no... I don't wanna die! Not in a motel... no no no!" "So much for not being a coward anymore... get up. We'll find a way out of this." Suddenly, during Yasuha's mental breakdown, a ghoulish voice began laughing.

"Hahaha! It's always hilarious seeing smooth-skins panic as I activate my ability!" said the deep, slimy voice. Taka exclaimed, "Who the hell are you!? Reveal yourself!" Suddenly, an old man spawned in the middle of the room. Immediately, Taka shot at him. Every single one of the Salad Days pizzas phased right through the man.

"Heh, I'm a spirit! You can't do jack shit to me!" said the ghoul, "I guess I'll introduce myself. The name's Nat King Cole. I'm an old inkling- well, used to be an old inkling. I love playing my guitar, which carried onto my spirit!" The old man made a guitar appear into thin air, and he began playing the Inkopolis anthem on it.

"Listen geezer, we don't give a shit. Let us out of this damned motel already!" said Taka. "Why, that's no way to treat your elders, much less- a veteran of the great turf war! Listen, I'll let ya'll out under one condition." "And that is...?" asked Taka. "You compete in a series of games, ran by me!"

"...What?" said Yasuha. "Or, I can just let you two starve here in the room with me." said Nat King Cole. "We'll take the games." said Taka. "Wonderful!" exclaimed Nat King Cole.

TO BE CONTINUED

Ability name: Keep On Laughin'

Keep On Laughin' is the ability of Nat King Cole. It is activated whenever Nat King Cole plays his guitar. It allows him to have complete control over any small room he's in, letting him manipulate the objects in it.