A/U- Welp I tried. OuO;
This chapter has more than 5,000 words, A/U not included, and probably just enjoying doing a certain scene here. Didn't too well in Word Planning XP. So, anyway, don't wanna keep you any longer, and I'll let you read the chapter. Hope you enjoy!
Chapter 4 – Sightseeing
"So that's what the handle is for…" Zayd inspects the picture that is shown on Kthulhu's phone, while he takes a bite from his slice of cake. The picture is Kthulhu's Carbon Roller with the handle placed on the roller holder, "Don't you think it's kind of impractical though? Because even if it's still one-hit-splat, you still have to hit someone in the middle to splat someone with it, which is pretty difficult, especially against Chargers who has a big advantage against Rollers."
"If you're speed and reflexes are that of a sea slug, then yes, it'll be impractical and difficult," Kthulhu answered, as he puts away he phone back to his pocket, and takes a sip from his frappe.
"I guess you're right…" Zayd then takes a sip from his espresso coffee, "Ahh, espresso here tastes so good."
The whole breakfast is filled with curiosity, praises for the food, lively chatter, and banter. The group sure is having a great time together at Cephalon Haven. Friendships are formed rather fast during their time at the café, probable two of the Team Masquidteers' already knew Zayd's team, so it is easy to be friends with them.
Speaking of friends, Kthulhu looked glances back at his chair, spotting a certain DJ friend of his that is in the counter, grabbing his plate that contains a meal that you usually see during breakfasts; eggs, a hotdog, and rice, a simple Lapunian meal set. That certain DJ then glances at Kthulhu's direction, noticing him as well. He waved hello to him, as he approaches the table set the group is sitting by, unnoticed by any of Kthulhu's friends.
"Magandang umaga, K," Anthur, the Lapunian DJ greeted Kthulhu in Lapunia, his and Kthulhu's native language, "Musta dyan? Bagong mga kaibigan?"
"'Gandang umaga rin, DJ," Kthulhu greeted Anthur back in Lapunia, as the two bump each other's fists and gave each other a high five. This grabs the attention of the whole group, "At Oo, mga bagong magagandang kaibigan." Kthulhu then glances back, to see a shock-and-awe expression plastered across Zayd's face, and Eica wore a surprised expression. They seem to know him.
"Morning, Anthur, good to see you here," Raei greeted Anthur, inviting him to another fist bump, in which he immediately accepts.
"Good morning, Anthur!" Yeran and Verique greeted him unison, happy to see him again. They haven't seen him as much in days.
"Morning to you all, R, Y, and V, a pleasure to see you guys again," He then looks at Kthulhu's new friends, seeing Zayd's even more shocked face with his mouth agape, Eica's surprised expression, and Theo's awed face, "Oi there, with the fancy hairstyle and glasses, careful there before you catch a fly with your mouth open wide."
Noticing his face, Zayd shook his head, breaking him away from his trance, but he still looked shocked despite all of that. He managed to utter a word, "Y-you guys know DJ Anth4?!" Eh, not a word, a question; He managed to utter a question. He sounded like he met his idol and started fanboying.
"Yeah, he's friends with our Captain before the Duel started to be a thing," Raei answered, "Me, Yeran, and Verique met him after it."
"F-friends?! Oh my squit, I'm getting jealous of you, Kthulhu!" Zayd's tentacle suddenly turned green in envy.
"You're suddenly a little green there, brother," Verique remarks as he chuckles at the sight.
"Green of envy, for sure…"
Anthur puts down his plate between Kthulhu and Jhay then approaches the comically overreacting Zayd, in which he glances much quicker than Kthulhu could even swing his Carbon Roller, "So you're the brother of Verique, I see. I didn't know he had a brother," He then held out his right hand to Zayd, inviting a handshake, "Tell me ye' name, mate."
Zayd frantically looks at his hands, and then him. A moment later, he finally shakes his hands, now in a relaxed manner, "The name's Zayden Schneider, a fashionista, and also a DJ, like you. Call me Zayd. I'm a big fan of your works, Sir Anthur!"
"I'm glad to hear you like my music, Zayd, and just Anthur is fine," Both then let go of their hands, "And a DJ and a Fashionista, huh? I assume you take clothing commissions, yes?"
"I do in fact! What do you want me to make, Anthur?" Zayd is getting a little too excited with this commission thing.
"Not right now, I'm just asking about it," This shatters Zayd's hopes of making clothes for his idol as he looks down in disappointment, "Maybe next time." Zayd quickly beamed and quickly bounces back to his original self.
Anthur's gaze changes to Eica, who waved him hello, "Well, hello there, milady," He then gently grabs her right hand, and softly kisses it. This made Yeran stifle a gasp, and her tentacle hair quickly turned from cyan to green, and also made her blush green profusely. She, too, is turning green of envy, but in an entirely different reason.
In Eica's case, she let out a small giggle at Anthur's polite gesture, "What a gentleman you are, Mr. DJ."
"Gotta be polite around a beautiful senorita like you," Anthur said in a politely dramatic way, making her slightly blush, slightly flattered. Yep, he definitely needed to be in a drama play, he's a perfect fit for the role of the prince. He then let go of her hand, before politely asks a question, "May I know your name, Miss?"
"Eicarin Chelfinn', Anthur, it's a pleasure make your acquaintance. Just Eica is fine with me."
"It's a pleasure too, Eica. Say, are you a… model, by any chance?"
"I guess I can call that myself; a model for Zayd, if it counts."
"A model's still a model. Do some; let us say, magazine companies, offer you to become their model for like some of their monthly magazines? Because you look like a perfect model for magazine covers, and maybe some of those commercials that most clothing company made to show off new fresh trends with Inkling models like you."
"Oh, thank you kindly, Anthur, and yeah, there are many of them that offered me to star on some of their magazine covers, as well as for some clothing commercials. It has been long ever since I have been offered to be in those commercials and stuff."
"Well ain't that a bummer."
"No worries, I still have Zayd. I work with him on testing clothes almost every day in his shop."
"Well that's good to hear."
Raei cleared his throat, getting the Lapunian DJ's attention, before speaking, "Anyway, Anthur, how about you grab a sit and eat with us? I'm sure we have so many things to tell to each other, so why can't we do that while we eat breakfast?"
"And also your shift," Kthulhu added.
"Yes, your morning shift, that too."
"Ah yes," Anthur then looked at his watch, "My morning shift. Hold on, I'll grab a chair."
He then goes to an empty table, grabs a chair, and carries it to the same table set the group is eating at, placing it by the end of the table, just by between Kthulhu and Jhay. He then sits to the chair, and there he eats his breakfast with Kthulhu's friends before going back to the Eelectric Wailers, the club he is working at.
Location: Suburbs of Inkopolis, Block #24…
Time: March 18th, 2014, 10:06AM…
I woke up with a start; my head is throbbing badly, as I sit up with difficulty, body aching, and my left hand clutching to my forehead.
This is not going so well for me…
I'm having this headache again…
Ever since I got in the train from Karaga to Inkopolis, I get the same short headache every other minute or hour so, and it is cracking my brain apart. I don't know how this happened, but my cousins said it was just overthinking. I tend to agree on them, the problem is even if I tried to relax my mind, this headache just comes back.
I tried the medicine I just bought after I return back to Inkopolis, Advil. It lessens the pain, but it doesn't really help take it away.
What is going on with me?
Another minute passed, the headache dissipates. Sadly, I know that this will come back in the meantime. I suddenly felt tired again, or worse, hot. This usually tells if an Inkling is ill, and if they have a fever. I touched my neck with the back of hand; slightly hot. Then my I touched forehead; same temp as my neck. No, not fever, just really tired.
Even if I'm not sick, I don't I am in condition to play Turf Wars. My headaches will just come back during Turf Warring, and I'll just be a big burden to my team if that'll happen during a match. So I don't want to risk myself playing match, and I decided to just stay at the suburbs for a day.
As I stand up from the couch, I fished out my phone from my pocket, and entered the chatroom my cousins and their friends, specifically Yeran, Verique, Rodhann, Zrix, and Mikaela. I then entered a text for them.
LyKa915
hey guys
i don't feel well today
headaches
i think i'll have to retire from tw for a day
And there, I didn't wait for them to reply, as I enter my room; it is a moderate sized room, with a bed that can fit three people, a cabinet that stored all of my clothing, a hat stand that contains few of my favourite headgear; a Safari Hat, Urchin Cap, Beanie, and Bobble Hat. There also a desk where my own laptop that is in a shape of a squid and others, a basket full of worn clothes that I have yet to wash is at the right side the desk, and a mirror is placed a few feet away from the bed. It is where I exactly left them before I leave; a freakin' mess. So before my headache returns and kill me, I begin to clean my room up.
I fix and adjust my bed cover, sheets, and pillows back to its original place. After that, I opened my cabinet; it is slightly a mess, so I cleaned up my cabinet by fixing disoriented clothing on there by folding back some of the messy clothes. Then, I go to my desk, grabbed the pencils and put them back on my mug where I keep my materials, put all of my paper that I have used to draw comics scraps and put them back to their perspective folders. I put those folders away back to my drawer of my desk. And then, I cleaned up the rest of the mess…
Two minutes later…
Alright, room's cleaned up, and no headaches latched onto my head. Better leave that way for now.
I've changed up my shirt from the Vintage Check Shirt to a Blue Shirt with sleeves reaches below my elbows that I commissioned to a friend of mine. It's just a casual shirt I usually wear whenever I pull myself way from Turf Warring. Then, I grabbed my Jungle Hat and put it on, take my earphones that I have bought when I was in the Arowana Mall with Tara one time, and I make my way out of my house, through the same I door I used to enter. As soon as I exited, I put plugged my earphone to my phone, and then plug the pieces to my long ears.
It's time to take a walk for while around the Suburbs, my hands are on my pocket, getting some fresh air.
"Welp, there she goes…" Tara, who is sitting on her couch with her Squiffer and ink tank resting beside her, sighed. Kyla seems to have these headaches nowadays with an unknown cause. This worries both herself and her brother, Sero, who is putting his Squid Layered LS on, and places his Pilot Goggles on top of his head.
"What's going on, sis?" Her brother asks her sister, grabbing his ink tank and lets it rest on his right shoulder, "Something happened to Kyla?"
"Kind of, bro," Tara answered, as she puts her phone back to the pockets of her cycling shorts, "Headaches again. She won't be playing Turf Wars with us for a while."
"That sucks," He let out a sigh, worried about their cousin's condition, "I'm getting really worried. Her headaches don't seem to go away quickly."
"It fades out quickly, to be frank, but it quickly comes back to her head. She's not having this problem as much the time we started Turf Warring, but I think it gets worse when we were leaving Karaga."
"Yeah, she does look like she can't bear the pain any longer…"
The siblings fell into silence, letting out another worried sigh in unison. There must be a way to stop these constant headaches that keeps on attacking her. They have visited the doctor in the clinic before, and it did help lessen the headaches from coming after her, so visiting again might help.
Tara is the first one to break the silence, "How about we take her to the clinic again? That might work out fine."
"Hmm, yeah, we don't have any other choices anyway," Sero agreed, as he puts on his ink tank, and takes his Splat Roller that is leaning against the wall beside him, "When, though? She usually just walks around the suburbs or around Inkopolis by herself when she is not Turf Warring."
"She's rather stubborn, so doing it now is not the best idea," Tara stands up from her couch, and grabs her ink tank and puts it on her back, "Tomorrow, we will make her go back to the clinic."
"Then it's settled?"
"Si, tomorrow," She then grabs the Squiffer, and she lets it hang behind her back, "While we wait for tomorrow, how about we play some Turf? Yeran and Verique seem to be busy for some odd reason, as they haven't replied to me yet, so Rodh and Mikaela will have to go with us for now."
"Alright," Her brother then lets his Splat Roller rest by his shoulders, "Let's not keep them waiting, then."
"Agreed. Vamonos, brother! Let's see what has happened in Inkopolis Plaza while we are away."
And there, they exited their house through the door, making their way to the Inkopolis Plaza.
It's been a minute since I left the house to walk around the place, and so far no headaches came to me, which is good, because I need all my time to keep myself from overthinking about my missing brother and father. The last thing I need is an overheated mind that will be stuck with me during Turf Wars.
As I walk through the peaceful path of the Suburbs, I stopped by a big vacant lot, encountering a group of seven young Inklings that looked around the age of 8-11, playing patintero at the lot, a classic game which is pretty common in Lapunia for small kids.
In patintero, where there are two teams; one team are the runners, and one team will be the ones blocking the runners. There will be a line drawn to point out where one or more guards can only move in, usually three lines, depending of the number of players. The runners will have to go through the guards without getting touched by them, or else, the player that got touched will instantly be out. Runners can go one-by-one or together, the choice will be upto the runners. If a runner runs pass all of them without getting touched, they win.
I used to play that game a long time ago, when I was a little squid, but I've grown a little too old for me to play it again. I silently watch the young inklings play the game. A Lime-Green Inkling started to run pass the first guard successfully without getting touched. They then stopped by in front of the second guard and out of their reach. The Lime-Green Inkling waited and waited, and he tried to get pass the second guard, but they are quick, and the guard successfully touched the runner.
"Awwww!" The Lime-Green Inkling groaned, "You're so quick!"
"You're just slow, Wrauss!" Teased the second guard, who is a Cyan Inkling.
It is the Yellow Inkling's turn to run. They easily went pass the first guard with incredible speed, and they stopped by the second guard. The Yellow Inkling slowly sidewalks to their right, while the guard tried to line up with them to block the runner, giving both players the feel of suspense.
"You think you can pass me, aren't you, pretty girl?" Well, that guard gave away the runner's gender. Guess I won't be troubled assuming her gender, as it is difficult to tell one squid kid's gender unless experts use a device to tell it.
"Yes, I am! Watch me!" She answered. Then again, she now sounded like a girl, for sure. She sidesteps to her left in an incredible speed. The guard tried to sidestepping too, but as soon as he tried, the runner sidestepped back to her original spot, and hopped passed the guard. You go, girl.
"Oh what!?"
"Told ya!" She let out her tongue out to the guard, teasing him. She then glances back to the third and final guard, who is a Purple Inkling wearing a small pair of sunglasses, with their arms crossed. It looks like we have badass here, by their looks, there's a chance they might be a skilled player.
"Try to get past me, pretty girl!" The Purple guard challenged, as they go to a stance that you usually see in Football.
"Oh I will, bad boy!" Looks like I won't have to use those pronouns on him. The runner then slowly sidewalks to her left again, same thing that she did to the last guard she just passed earlier. The guard didn't immediately try to line up with her, and he did after she went three steps. Five steps later, the runner then side-hopped to her right again, and side-hopped again, and hopped forward for the win.
Until a hand touched her in the noggin…
The bad boy quickly picks up the pace with her, and quickly catches up with her and touched her forehead.
"What?! How did you get here so fast?!" The runner asked, baffled.
"You think I'm not fast even if I'm still a squid?" The bad boy asks smugly, as he adjusts his sunglasses up, making the lenses reflect sunlight, "My father's a profreshional track and field runner, and I inherit his speed."
"Boo, you're just lucky!"
"Tell yourself that. Next!"
She let out a huff and pouted, as she goes to the sidelines, besides Wrauss. I glanced to the last runner that will try and run through the guards. I can't even get a glimpse of last runner as they went off with a blur, passing through the first two guards within seconds. Wow, this kid's fast.
The only time I could see the last runner is when they stopped by the final guard. The runner is a Pink Inkling, with a flower on their head. This might be the only time I'll assume genders; she wears a confident smile on her lips, and she looks a little smaller than most of the kids in the lot.
"As quick as always, petals," The badass remarked as he gets to his stance earlier, "But you'll never get past through me!"
"Oh, yeah?" She said, and her voice is definitely of an 8-10 year old girl, "Then try catch up with me!"
What she did next quite a sight to behold; she is side-hopping back and forth in a quick rate, maybe even faster than the badass guard that is trying so hard to keep up with her pace. A few more side-hops later, she did a short side-hop to her right, throwing the guard off as he is too focused on her initial side-hops as he side-hopped a little too far from her. She then leaps pass him for the win.
"Yeah! Fakes for the win!" She cheered as she jumps up in the air in triumph. The other runners run to her cheering for her victory. Even the first two defenders were amazed by her speed, and joined the other runners. The last guard took a bit of time to recover, but he eventually did, and finally complimented her triumph.
Heh, kids, I smiled at the thought, as I watch the kids interact with each other, It's endearing that kids is so carefree and happy, playing games and such, I wish I could relive those days. Sadly, time really doesn't let you do that, so we have to face that inevitably cruel truth someday.
My train of thoughts were broken when the kids saw me watching over them playing. They seem to recognize me, as they happily wave at me with their cute and tiny arms. I smiled at the sight, as I wave back at them. After that, they immediately get back to whatever they are doing, and they started to run around the lot. I decided that it's time for to move along, as I walk pass the lot that the kids are playing at, and move to somewhere else.
Better not let them see me when I suffer from my damn headaches…
Here I am… in the Suburban Centre…
It's in the centre of the suburbs where people can hang out and does stuff, like shopping, play video games that you not normally see in the Plaza, eat in restaurants, and many more you could think of. It's not as big and popular as the Inkopolis Plaza, but it's pretty well known for most of the residents in the Suburbs. It's not that far from my house, so it's easy to travel here on foot.
Nothing has changed much in here. The place doesn't have much people here at the moment, as its still morning, and the time that this place will be crowded is afternoon. So I have still have time to roam around without getting squished by big crowds here.
First thing to do; get to a vendor that sells beverages, and find a chair to sit on, that's it for now; my legs are getting kinda tired of walking, and my throat is getting dry a bit. I walked up to a vendor that sells Pearl shakes, like those you can find in Cephalon Haven, a café somewhere near Inkopolis Plaza. They have great food and desserts there.
I bought myself a Milk Tea Shake with Pearls at the bottom, and I found myself an empty table with two seats, one from each side, and a big umbrella is planted in the beside the table. Before anyone can take it, I sit on one of the chair at the empty table and cross my legs. I proceed to take my straw, put it on my drink, and I sip it through the straw.
While I do so, I observe around the centre; Inklings goes in and out of the video game shop, go inside the small restaurant establishments in the plaza, goes to the fountain and throw a coin in there to make a wish, buy clothes on the nearby shops, and probably other more things. Even if there aren't much Inklings at this time, the place is still bustling with activity.
There's not much observation I did, because as soon as I put down my shake at the table, my head suddenly pulsated in pain, like my liquid skull is getting bashed with a baseball ever second. Dammit, my headache's back! I immediately started to rub my temples to ease my headache and lessen the pain.
While I attempt to ease the pain in my head, someone appeared on the other seat; a little Inkling boy that looks like at the age of eleven years old standing in the seat opposite of me. They are wearing dark red shirt, and long kid's pants. They color is awfully familiar red, and his is… closed… like mine… wait… no, it can't be him… Then, the next second he suddenly disappeared in thin air, as my ears started to ring, and weird wavy things started to swim in my sight.
A minute and a half later, my headache dissipates once again, my ears stopped ringing, and those wave things disappeared. I put both my hands on the table, blankly staring at the shake I just ordered, wondering; what the heck is really happening with me? Why is this headache coming back to me? What's the cause of it? Am I hallucinating? Did the Shake worsen it? No, not really, I've continuously got this headache ever since I got here in Inkopolis, and I got the same headache before I even get a Pearl Shake. If it's not those things, then what is it causing me to get this headaches?
Damn, I really need to consult either a therapist or a doctor right now…
"Have something on your mind lately?" A deep and familiar voice came into my right ear, "…or are you thinking a-head for something?"
When I heard that voice, I looked to my right, and I saw a dark-skinned Inkling that is as tall as me. He has five tentacles tied up, all are in color of the sky; light blue, with its tips are colored dark blue. He wears a big grin on his face, and his eyes are all pitch black with the exception of his pupils, in which is like small and pure white orbs that looks like their floating in his eyes. He wears a blue furry hoodie, light blue shirt, black baggy pants, and blue sneakers.
Yep, it's definitely him, the lovable dork in the shop Ammo Knights; Zrix Denur, one of my first ever friends that I met during my first few days of my Turf War career in Inkopolis. He didn't change much ever since I met him; he still tells me bad puns, and he didn't change his choice.
His appearance suddenly changed the mood, and I smiled thanks to his appearance, "Musta, Zrix, long time no see."
"Yeah, Kyla, good to see ya', too," He then spreads his arms, inviting me for a hug, "Give your old pal a hug," Heh, typical Zrix. I stood up from my seat, as I walk to him and give him a hug-
PFFFFFFFFFT!
Oh cod, that trick again…
As the whoopee cushion lets out air that sounded like farts, I can hear Zrix lets out an amused chuckle, amused on his own joke, "Heheh, ahh, the whoopee cushion on the hoodie trick-"
"-is always, isn't it?" I finished, as I let out a small chuckle, but part me remained unamused. I know him a little too well to know what he is about to say.
Zrix let out another chuckle, as the both of us break free from each other's hugs, "Yeah, y'know me well, Kyla Yun Zhao. Ya' know me really well."
Both of took a seat, as I go back on the same chair I sat earlier, and he sits at the chair opposite of me. After that, he asked, "So, how's life on your hometown?"
"Ehh, it's been pretty normal," I answered. There's nothing much new in Karaga, except with some new trends that has exploded all across SplatNet, "Still the same 'ol Karaga that I always know since I was a little squid."
"Nothing much has changed, huh?"
"Yeah, but me and my cousins did some errands there for my uncle, so it did not get that boring there."
"Well, that's glad to hear. I would've bust my way to your home, and give you and your cousins a good laugh or two."
"I bet you would."
"Not would, but I will, sweetheart."
"I already told you many times to stop calling me that!"
"You are just as sweet as a chocolate. That's why I always call you a sweetheart."
"Maybe because you know that I like eating sweets and stuff."
"That, and because you're just actually pretty sweet person."
"Double tease?"
"I call it, complimenting."
"Well, I call it, teasing."
"You wanna call it flirting?"
That made my face flush in embarrassment. I swear to cod, he always fluster me every time he gets a chance, "I-I didn't said that! Don't say that out of blue!" Wait a minute… ah, shet…
"Nice pun, I'm proud of you."
"Argh, what have you done to me?!"
"Aww, you look so cute and sweet, you give me diabetes."
"Stop teasing me, Zrix! Geez!" In the end, both of us just laughed it off, like all of those playful teasing are just jokes to bring up the good atmosphere. Although, there's a big limit of how much I can handle the heat that is rising in my face right now and I think I have reached it.
"So, ahem," Zrix cleared his throat, his tone turns from playful to friendly and carefree, the tone that I always hear from him, "Teasin' and jokin' aside, even if there's not a lot happened in your hometown, there's… so many that happened here…"
"Can you update me with what's trending here? It does seem like there are a lot that happened." I'm always interested on what has been happening here in Inkopolis. You can't miss on the new trends so that you can keep up making yourself fresh here in the city.
He doesn't reply immediately, as he leaned his slightly to his left, as if he is looking at someone, "Well, if you have good hearing, hints are on those two Inklings over there right in that restaurant entrance." Huh? What does he mean? I glanced behind me, seeing apparently the two Inklings that Zrix has been talking about; two girls. I listened to their conversation;
"Have you heard about the Duel, Ria?" The girl with green tentacle hair, and she wears a black Rockenberg Tee, and Pink Trainers, with no headgear, "That Duel was intense!"
"Yeah, I heard about it few days ago," Ria answered, the one girl that has cyan tentacle hair with camping hat that is by her neck, a Camo Layered LS, and Red Hi-Tops, "The Duel is pretty scary; one guy against three people. I would immediately back out if I have to face against the likes of Yudius. And that lone guy is pretty new in Turf Warring, too!"
Yudius? What is his problem again? He doesn't stop going on newbies and challenge for no absolute reason. I continued to listen;
"True, poor guy got his ass kicked in the first half…" Anger somewhat boiled inside me, a feeling that I don't normally feel. But when I heard about him getting beaten up in the first few minutes of the match, is just annoying.
"Damn that Yudius guy. Good thing he is now banned…" Wait, what? Arrested? Did the Duel got interrupted or something?
"Yeah, that guy is one big a-hole, he deserves it! He deserves it after he insulted Kyla!" Huh? He did what?
I glanced back at Zrix, confused of what they mean, to see him having a sudden interest in my shake, his white pupils are gone. Is it really that bad? I looked back at the two girls gossiping, and continued to listen;
"-doesn't really like what they said to her for sure, he got so angry he kicked Yudius' team's ass in the second half!" The first girl told Ria. Hmm, the newbie have beaten Yudius and his team, thanks to his anger. Who is this guy? "The time Yudius fired a shot from his Bamboozler, and that guy with the skull bandana threw his burst bomb, he suddenly becomes a god and blocks both of them!" That guy is not a newbie. Must be a smurf mistaken for a newbie.
"And after that, he kicked their asses with his agility and speed! He even managed to redirect an Inkstrike back to them!" Redirecting an Inkstrike? What do they mean? "He literally redirected that with his own hands like a boss!" Definitely a smurf mistaken as a newbie, there's no way he can redirect that Inkstrike just by manually change its trajectory. That's impossible.
"How about we talk more inside, hmm?" Offered the first girl, "More food in our stomachs, we can spit more stories to tell to each other, yes?"
"Sure!" Ria accepted, "I'm pretty hungry, anyway. I haven't eaten breakfast this morning." And there the two friends go inside the restaurant named Harbour Waves Feast.
Well… that was interesting at best… The Duel, eh? That happened when we were away? When did that happen? Who's that newbie guy that just beaten three opponents alone that got challenged by Yudius? So many questions generated after that. Maybe Zrix knew about this.
I glanced back at Zrix, and to my surprise, he is nowhere to be seen. He is not in his seat anymore, and my shake is gone too! Sheesh, that freakin' bonehead, he's so rude to leave a lady alone on a table and take her shake with him. Then my phone rings, as I fish it out of my pocket. In the notifications bar, shows Zrix has sent a message to me.
Zrix
-yo, zrix here
supah jump to moray towers
coordinates is on my info
i gave you and only you access
we could talk more there in private
ok?
my sj coordinates is at my pb, so you can easily be here faster
How the heck did he get there so fast?! The Towers is miles away from the Moray Towers, it'll take like an hour to get there! Screw him and his shortcuts…
Well, I still have many questions that I need to be answered anyway. So I navigate through his contact info, and pressed "Coordinates", and I proceed to Super Jump to his location.
At least I didn't get a headache during that Super Jump…
After what seems to be the longest Super Jump I've made in my whole career, I arrived in Moray Towers, as I am about to land at one of the starting points of the stage, but not the way I wanted to be. As soon as I was about to land, Zrix, who is waiting by the marker that is made whenever Inklings Super Jump, catches me as I am about to land and turn back to Inkling form, in bridal style, all while holding the plastic cup of the shake I bought earlier before he took it away from me.
"Gotcha', lad," Zrix said as he catches me, "Looks like I got myself a lucky catch!"
In squid form, I stared at him, unimpressed, "Never letting go of old habits, eh, Mr. Denur?" He's been doing to me so many times outside and even inside Turf Wars, so it doesn't really faze me anymore. He's not doing it anymore during Turf Wars, because when I match up against him and he catches me super jumping, I just slap him with my Inkbrush or just squish him by turning into a Kraken with the Slosher Deco or just splash him with ink with it.
"Nope and maybe never will, sweethe-" I interrupted him by lightly punching him by his stupid grin on his face, which never leaves his face as he lightly chuckles. He then puts me down afterwards, and finally gave my shake back, "Didn't really take you long enough to get here. You learned something from those two babes?" Hearing him call them babes, I suddenly feel funny inside my chest.
Ignoring that, I answered, "Well, I did learn something, about The Duel-" Zrix's eyebrows slightly furrows, it's like The Duel is a poison for his ears, "-but the info I got from them… is rather little… so, since you are still here after we leave Inkopolis for a while, you mind telling me some of the battle's details?"
Zrix, again, didn't immediately answer, as he stares at me for a few moments, a gesture that he does when he directly asked or question about something. Ten seconds has passed, he sighed, as he answers, "I'm not going into too much detail, but I'll tell you some great and important bits and pieces of the match."
He then goes to the edge of the Tower where Inklings can see the city, "How about you sit down for a while I tell you the story? I bet you're tired after that trip of yours." In fact, I am, but because of the trip, but because of me napping and wake up with a headache. Nevertheless, I sat down at the edge, with one of my legs hang by the edge, and my other leg rests at the tower, "Just careful though, you may fall off."
"Don't worry, about it, I do this all the time. So tell me, what happened during that battle?" I started to ask as I take a sip from my shake.
Location: Someone's house…
Time: 10:10AM, earlier…
Just woke up now…
I sleepily sit up from my messy bed, yawning loudly. I got exhausted after all the work I did in the shop yesterday, so I woke up much later than I usually do. The morning sunlight shines at my face, as I try to block it with my hands, and face away from it to keep it from blinding my eyes.
"ZRIIIIXXX!" Yelled a high-pitched sound that came from downstairs, "GET YOUR LAZY BUTT DOWN HERE AND EAT YOUR BREAKFAST!"
"Comin', Qorr!" I shouted back, as I stand up from my bed, and get my everyday clothes; a cyan tee, furry jacket, baggy pants, and blue sneakers. I grabbed my phone, and opened it. I immediately notice a Notification from my group chat, Squids 'n Sea, from… LyKa915…
I entered my phone's passcode, and looked at the message Kyla just sent.
LyKa915
hey guys
i don't feel well today
headaches
i think i'll have to retire from tw for a day
Hrmm, headaches, ehh?
And wait…
I squinted my eyes to the final sentence that she typed in; "i think i'll have to retire from tw for a day"… She has returned from the trip!
Suddenly, a big surge of energy swam through my veins, knowing that Kyla have returned to Inkopolis. With this newfound energy, I burst out of my door, and then I came running downstairs. I saw Qorr, my younger brother, is preparing a sandwich and a pasta in the table.
"Hey bro! Gotta go, Kyla's back!" I said as I immediately grabbed my sandwich and I quickly dashed out of my house, with the annoyed and inaudible screams of my brother echoes behind me.
I am now at the Inkopolis Train, riding it to the Suburbs as I eat the delicious sandwich my brother just prepared. Every second the train is travelling to the suburbs, the more I get excited. She is back, and I'll have so much fun teasing the shite out of her. But as soon as the train is halfway there, I suddenly remembered when I was in the Battle Lobby, listening and witnessing the event unfold inside it. Brother of Kyla…
He suddenly remembered what Sheldon has said to him one time during his shift. "If she ever comes back here in Inkopolis, do not tell her anything about Kthulhu! Aside from the Duel, that is, but do not tell that it was actually him that is the fought Yudius and his gang, ok? Kthulhu would freak out, and Kyla… I don't know what will happen, just don't tell her about him ok?"
"Why though?" I questioned him, a little bit confused "You sound like they haven't seen each other for ages."
"That's exactly the reason why, Zrix! They haven't seen each other for like two years!"
The same thing that Kthulhu told me about her, but this time;
"Like Sheldon told you, don't mention me to her, especially my cousins, Tara and Sero. I am not ready to face my sister after not seeing her for at least two years. It's best that she doesn't know about it at the moment. Tell them about the Duel, yes, but do not mention it was me who fought against them."
I am somewhat baffled that the man who fought three Inklings at once would be a wuss when it comes to her sister knowing he is hear. Then again, if I had a sister, and not see her for the same amount of time he hasn't seen his, I would freak out and will have no idea what to do about it. Just the thought of her living without her brother changed her to something either much better or much worse than you could imagine is just a scary.
Hrmm, I would probably tell her about the Duel, but not much details about the one who fought them, probably just gonna tell her he's just a random dude that they challenge. She would totally believe that because she knows what Yudius has been doing. Gotta respect a friend's wish.
Then I heard my train stopped, reaching the station to the Suburbs, my own train thoughts derailed.
As soon as the door is slid open, I finished eating my sandwich, and dashed my out of the crowd of people inside the train, running my way to Kyla's house.
A/U – And that's a wrap! We have advanced to the next day, and we able to see Kyla's moments during her walk around the Suburbs around Inkopolis, and somewhat fleshed out her friendship with Zrix, Kthulhu's friend and a worker on Ammo Knights as a Tester, Repairman, and Tinkerer. On the next chapter, we will continue to see what the newly-made Masquidteers are doing in their second day of Turf, starting off at the same time Kyla has sent her message!
There will be no preview for today, to avoid spoiling the surprise, and have to change up some scenes from the previous story so it can correlate to this one. It's either a minor or major change, but I think it's necessary.
And yes, patintero is an actual game in real life, pretty common one too, here in the Philippines. I did not really accurately describe how the game works, but I tried my best to. And also, dunno if that's how being a model works in the fashion business, so tell me in the reviews if I did it somewhat right, or if wrote it incorrectly, I'll try to change it.
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