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A World of Color
Chapter 2
Gearing up
"WwwaaaAAAAAaaOOFF!"
Roderick faceplanted into concrete. He groaned due to serious pain in his face. He laid there for a few seconds, until he felt something tap his shoulder. "Hey, sir? Are you alright?" He heard a voice say to him. Roderick lifted himself off the concrete and his eyes fell upon a girl of about 14. But, one thing stuck out to him in particular. Her hair had... Tentacles? not only that, but it was a dark purple. He shook his head in disbelief, then stared wide eyed at this strange teenager. The girl raised an eyebrow. "Might I ask why you are staring at me like that? Is there ink on my face?" She asked. Roderick continued to stare. He finally came back to his senses to ask, "wha.. Where am I? Who are you? And wh... Why does your hair have tentacles?!" He asked, absolutely frightened now.
The girl looked at him, perplexed. "Are you sure you don't have a concussion?" She said. "No, seriously! I have no idea where I am!" He exclaimed. "There was a portal, and I walked into it, and, and, and I started being transported through a blue and orange vortex, and then I-" "whoa, woah! Slow down! I'll explain some things, but first I need you to shut your trap. This is Blackbelly Skatepark, and there is a Splat Zone currently being fought out there, and our main city is Inkopolis, and, wait, where are you from?" The squid girl asked. "Oh, I'm from Colorado Springs. " he replied. The squid girl seemed to think about this for a moment, and then began to talk again. " well, from what I remember, Colorado Springs is in America, right? Right. So, all of you land critters went exsinct, due to the rising sea levels, which made room for us to come up and grow into squid-human hybrids. " she said.
"So, like squid kids?" Roderick asked. The squid girl gave him an irritated look. "Seriously? Squid kids? You should take a look at your face." She replied, and handed him a mirror. He aimed it at his face, and saw it was all scarred up. "Wow, it doesn't hurt as bad as it- OH MY GOD!" He wasn't staring at his scars now, but at his head. Where his black, messy hair usually was, there was now shiny, Light blue hair, and what looked like tentacles were tied up by a beaded band. "My... MY HAIR! It's hideous!" He yelled, trying to cover it with his hands. "Come on, there's a turf war starting in a few minutes, and I'd really appreciate if you could stop screaming about your hair and help us out." She said to him. "Uhh, sure!" Roderick replied. The squid girl's face lit up a bit. "Great! By the way, I'm Kira." Kira said. "Oh, I almost forgot! You're gonna need some gear!" She said, and ran over to a small wooden shed. "C'mon!" Kira gestured for Roderick to follow.
The shed had a wooden sign on it that said "SPARE GEAR" in black paint. Kira opened the door. "You're gonna need this. And this. And some of these." She said, and started tossing things to Roderick, who could barely hold the Ink Tank she gave him. "Ok. This is your ink tank," she said, and took it out of his arms and held it upwards. "This holds the ink that you fire from your weapon, which brings me to this," she took a small, rectangular gun out of his hands. "This is the Splattershot Jr. It's the most basic weapon, but everybody started with it at one point." She said. "It's with this that you fire out the ink that's for covering the ground and for splatting enemies." Finally, Kira took a pair of simple black sneakers out of his hands. "What do I need those for? I already got- wow! These shoes are cool!" He just then noticed his pair of blue and yellow Seahorses he was wearing, and stopped to admire them. Kira rolled her eyes. "Well, you don't want to get your snazzy Seahorses covered in ink do ya?" She said. "You're gonna encou- uh oh." She said.
Roderick quickly turned around to see a tallish inkling with blue hair and a graphic tshirt, and was carrying a Splattershot Pro. "Well, well, well. Another noob has joined the party. You're gonna eat my ink!" He cackled. Roderick whimpered and cowered away. Kira stepped in front of Roderick. "Seriously, Indigo? You're so immature! Give him a chance." She said defensively. Indigo Withdrew. "Oh fine. You always seem to find a way to minipulate me, Kira. I can't wait to crush Squishy here when the match starts. I'll see you losers then." He turned without a second glance and stalked off. "Alright, the match is just about to start. I hope you're ready." Kira said to Roderick. "Hah, are you kidding me? I'm ready for anything! I'm gonna splat that big dunce so hard he's gonna flip!" Roderick said, overly confident. Kira just rolled her eyes and said, "I hope so."