Gamelover41592: Indeed it does

Matt (Guest): I'm weird like that. Also, don't think I forgot what I told you.

Okay, so you all know what's about to go down, so I won't waste your time.

As the sun rose over Inkopolis, inklings of all shapes and sizes came out to play Turf Wars or Salmon Run. And one such inkling had a good feeling about that day. Her name was Nicole Angelfish. Self proclaimed Salmon Run expert, she was ready for whatever the day could throw at her. Armed with her trusty Splat Dualies and dressed in her worker's head towel , Inkopolis Squaps jersey(because you always have to show support for your favorite team), and angry rain boots. She turned to face the screen as Off The Hook began their announcements.

"Y'all know what time it is!" Pearl started.

"It's Off The Hook , coming at you LIVE from Inkopolis square!" Marina finished. Pearl then started to look confused.

"Uh...Why is our producer freaking out?" Pearl asked. "Read the teleprompter, Marina!"

"Huh? Let me see here…" Marina said. A worrying image then flashed onto the screen. One that was eerily similar from two years ago. "THIS JUST IN! The Great Zapfish has...disappeared!?"

"Wait, like, for reals?!" Pearl asked. "I feel like I've heard this story somewhere before…" Rumors began to spread as people began to freak out once again. But Nicole was glued to the screen. Normally, she would have been having a maniac fit, but she felt like something was off. Marina then revealed another worrying image.

"There's more! Pop superstar Callie of the Squid Sisters has gone missing!" Marina revealed.

"NOOOO! NOT CALLIE!" Pearl cried. "This is terrible! Do something, Marina!" Now the crowd was whipped into a frenzy, Nicole included. The Great Zapfish was one thing, but a member of the Squid Sisters?! That was something worth panicking about. After, the Great Zapfish came back after a few days. Nicole then noticed something. Nearby the Salmon Run building was a lone inkling standing on a manhole cover. Nicole could make her out.

It was Marie of the Squid Sisters.

Did she know about the Great Zapfish? Nicole guessed that she most likely knew about Callie. Either way, as soon as Marie saw her, she dove back into the manhole.

"Hey wait!" Nicole exclaimed as she rushed over to the manhole. She didn't know where it would lead, but she needed to trust her gut with this. With a quick glance to make sure no one was following her, she dove into the manhole cover.

"What is this crazy place?" Nicole wondered as she looked around. She had never seen anywhere like it. She found Marie standing next to a shack of some kind, along with the other remaining Squid Sister, Sammy. Both were wearing kimonos and holding umbrellas. They turned around to face her.

"I see you followed me," Marie replied. "As soon as I saw you and your concern, we both knew you were the one."

"I'm just trusting her," Sammy admitted.

"The one? The one for what?" Nicole asked. She was both confused and utterly starstruck.

"We know you are most likely confused and a little starstruck, but we need you to focus," Sammy told her. "See, we've got a little...thing we need help with."

"I'll do anything for the Squid Sisters!" Nicole said eagerly.

"By now, you've heard that the Great Zapfish that powers Inkopolis Square is missing. Well, it's not just missing. It's been Squidnapped by the Octarian Menace!" Marie revealed.

"But I thought Octolings were good?" Nicole asked.

"Not all of them," Sammy replied gravely. "But don't get us wrong, a lot are good!"

"How do we know this?" Marie said before Nicole could ask. "On the surface, we may look like absurdly talented popstars...But in truth, we are Agents 2 and 3 of the New Squidbeak Splatoon, a secret society of heroes who save the world from evil Octrarians!" Nicole was ready to pass out. Her favorite singers were also super spies?!

"This is so freaking cool!" Nicole gushed.

"Now, we've been trying to keep our eyes on the Octarians in our downtime, but we are very busy girls," Sammy replied before quietly mumbling something Nicole couldn't make out.

"So, we need YOU to go get the Great Zapfish back from those slimy Octarians! What do you say? Are you in?" Marie asked.

Nicole didn't even need to think about her answer. "YES! Oh my cod, a thousand times yes!"

"Welcome aboard then!" Sammy said as she pulled out a uniform. "You are now Agent 5 of the New Squidbeak Splatoon!" Nicole ducked into the cabin to get dressed. The uniform felt good on her. Like she was ready to save the Zapfish! Sammy then pulled out a Splattershot for her.

"Um, I have weapons," Nicole said.

"We know, but these are top notch stuff! They don't sell them for a reason," Sammy replied. Nicole took the Splattershot, firing at some nearby training dummies to get a good feel for it.

Marie pointed her umbrella into the distance. "Now, let's go tear those Octarians limb from limb from limb from limb from limb from-well...you get the picture,"

"But before that, what's your name?" Sammy asked.

"Right! Nicole Angelfish at your service! Turf War fighter and Salmon Run expert," Nicole replied.

"Nice to meet you!" Sammy replied.

"Oh, one more thing before you go-the entrances to the Octarians Realms are invisible, so you'll have to ink them to reveal them," Marie explained.

"Shoot to reveal stuff, got it!" Nicole said as she rushed off.

"So what am I looking for in these places?" Nicole asked as she started to make her way through the first kettle she found.

"You need to find a smaller, mini zapfish. They aren't as important as the Great Zapfish, but they were still stolen and we still want them back!" Marie revealed.

"Okay! Let's turn these octo-freaks into sushi!" Nicole said as she rushed ahead.

"Tone it down a little, Agent 5," Sammy warned. "You shouldn't get too cocky,"

"Relax, I'll be-" Nicole began to say, before a rouge shot from an Octarian splatted her, sending her back to a nearby spawn point. "Okay, I had that coming,"

"So these guys have their own resort?" Nicole asked.

"I...guess?" Marie said, sounding very confused.

"Well, I guess even bad guys need a holiday," Sammy offered.

"I'm going to need a holiday when this is all over," Marie deadpanned, much to Nicole's glee. She had been waiting for Marie to get snarky. It wouldn't be Marie if she didn't. She then noticed a weird robot thing cleaning up all the ink she had just spread over a wall.

"Hey, what's that weird robot doing!?" Nicole exclaimed.

"That's a Squee-G. They suck up ink, but they're pretty harmless," Sammy replied. "Just get up as fast as you can."

"Wee!" Nicole cheered as she rushed over the dash track. It was super fun launching herself. There were ride rails in the area too, but she had seen those in Turf War before.

"Focus on the mission, Agent 5!" Marie chastised her.

"Lighten up Marie!" Sammy fired back. "Besides, I've seen you enjoy them before,"

"That...that was only done ironically!" Marie replied.

"I still should get going," Nicole admitted once she calmed herself down from her laughing fit.

"So what is this place?" Nicole asked. Once she had gotten all the Zapfish in the area, a much larger kettle had opened up. Inside was nothing but a circle arena and a large puddle of Octo-ink.

"An Octo-Weapon," Sammy replied. "Stay sharp! These things are tough!" Nicole nodded(not that they could see her) and jumped down. A Zapfish was lowered down as a tentacle grabbed it. Out of the ink rose….

A giant oven.

"What the heck?" Nicole said. "This looks like something out of a fever dream I am or may not have had!"

"TMI, but you still need to focus!" Sammy ordered.

"It's called the Octo Oven. The end of the loaves look deadly. That's why I never eat the end slices," Marie joked. Nicole quickly saw the pattern. The oven would fire out its loaves, trying to ram them into her. Thankfully, they weren't hard to dodge. Finally, the oven fired them all out and kept them out, allowing Nicole to ink up it's sides and hit the tentacle on top.

"Donut stop! You knead to keep going!" Sammy said.

"Really Sam?" Marie asked. The Octo Oven then fired off several gushers. "MMM! CHURROS! Wait, nope. They're just columns of ink,"

"Now you have me thinking about those!" Nicole whined. Either way, the gushers made dodging the bread harder, along with the fact there were now less inkable surfaces on the oven. Either way, she was able to hit the tentacle again.

"Good. But doughn't start loafing around or things might go a rye," Sammy said, barely able to keep from laughing.

"Ugh," Marie groaned. The oven proceeded to put armor on parts of the bread.

"Wait… Armored bread? But… Armor? On bread?" Sammy was dumbfounded by what she was seeing. From the side of the oven, a large spreader came out and started chasing Nicole. "Uh… Some kind of…glazing machine…has appeared,"

"Don't strain yourself, Sammy," Marie said. With a chuckle, Nicole managed to scale the machine, dealing the final blow.

"This guy's toast!" Sammy cheered.

"Enough with the puns already!" Marie barked. Nicole struggled to even reach the Zapfish from laughing so hard.

"Good work, Agent 5!" Marie said once Nicole returned with the Zapfish. "I sure know how to pick 'em!"

"Whatever you say," Sammy said with an eye roll.

"Gotta hand it to the Octarians, though. I didn't expect them to have fully operational octobosses at their disposal," Marie said nervously.

"Well, I'm going to dispose of them," Nicole said proudly.

"Either way, we think it's time to call in the big guns," Sammy said as she pulled out a radio. "Let's see here. Sheldon? Can you hear me? Over!" Nicole groaned a little. She didn't need to hear Sheldon's long boring rants while being a hero.

"I hear you loud and clear, Sammy! Over! OH MAN THIS IS SO COOL! Ahem..." Sheldon replied. "Agent 5, I'm Sheldon from Ammo Knights, the only weapons shop in Inkopolis with over 542 million years of trusted service...Sammy and Marie told me everything! To think that my signature weapons can be of help to the New Squidbeak Splatoon! I'm honored! But I'm afraid I can't just let you treat my vast arsenal like an all-you-can-ink buffet. I do have a business to run, you know,"

"Oh I know," Nicole snarked under her breath.

"So let's help each other out-I want you to test the weapons I am currently developing!" Sheldon explained. "All you have to do is use them in real-world conditions! If you can do that for me, I'll be able to gather all sorts of amazing data! That data will help me get the approvals I need to make retail versions of the weapons! And once the retail versions are out, you can use them in Turf War battles! It's a real win-win, don't you think!?"

"Yeah!" Nicole agreed.

"Ok. Down boy," Marie said. "I think Agent 5 gets the point."

"Let's get back to work, Agent 5," Sammy said. "Stay fresh!" Nicole grinned, she was going to enjoy this.

So, much like Jax, Nicole is based on my Splatoon 2 avatar. Same outfit and everything! Anyways, hope you all enjoy!