Squidding Around
Here's chapter 2! Hope you enjoy it! Sorry for the somewhat long wait...it's school you know how it is.
Millions of questions raced through the minds of Mario and his friends as they're still confused about what just happened. A couple of octopus humanoids tried to kill them but now this squid girl managed to save them…who is she exactly? And what is this place? They're looking at her as if she was a completely different creature.
"Wait…so if they were Octolings…then what are you exactly?" SMG4 wondered, raising an eyebrow
"Me? I happen to be what you call an Inkling!" She explained, this left the heroes puzzled and scratching their heads.
"An Inkling?" said Mario, looking confused still
"It means I'm part kid and part squid…just watch" She hopped into the air and turned into a squid, diving back into the ink. Her squid form reminded them of the squids back in their universe…
Freaking bloopers.
The Inkling rose from the ink, turning back into humanoid form "See?"
The heroes now believed her but now wondering if she's still a kid…or a squid they'll probably never know. "And uh yeah…I can definitely tell you guys are not from around here are you?" She was very curious as she never these guys before.
"Nope…tell that to this fat tub of lard, he came from Stupid Town" Toad directed his insult at Mario. "Said the-a one who was butt hurt earlier" was his response. This caused the Inkling to laugh a bit and went to a stop "So who are you guys?"
"Glad you asked…I'm SMG4 and these are my friends Mario, Luigi, Toad and Steve" SMG4 introduced themselves "It's a pleasure to meet you and thanks for saving us"
"A pleasure to meet you too and you're welcome" She smiled, bearing her sharp fangs a bit. "They're some weird beings…what are they?" She thought
"What's your name?" Toad wondered
"Oh…uh" She looked a bit uneasy, but she quickly responded "I'm Agent 3"
"Agent 3? What an unusual name"
"You mind-a telling us where the heck we are?" Mario sounded a bit demanding, quickly changing the subject
"Oh right…right now, we're in the outskirts…it's not too far away from Inkopolis" She said with little enthusiasm in her tone
"Ink-a what?" Luigi asked
"Inkopolis, the freshest place around and it's really awesome! There are a lot of things to do and see!"
This got the heroes seem a bit interested in this "Inkopolis" place. "If this place is awesome as you say it is…then where is it?" Toad asked. The Inkling pointed behind them
"It's right over there" The Mario Bros, Toad, SMG4 and Steve all looked where she's pointing and saw the same buildings and a huge creature Toad was babbling about earlier and they saw a huge eel like creature wrapped around the tower "Damn Toad, your mom really let-a herself go" Mario insulted again, causing some laughter.
"Shut up Mario" Toad has an irritated look on his face
"Looks-a pretty cool...let's-a go" Luigi said
"I'm down" Toad joined in
"Eh why not? How about you Steve?" SMG4 turned to his cubed friend
"Sounds like a great idea" He spoked
Mario sighed an annoyed sigh "It's gonna be-a one of those days…ok let's-a go"
"Great! Can't wait to show you around, follow me" Agent 3 walked past them and the rest followed her. Mario still has that glum, bored look on his face but he still came along and he began to wonder if there is more of them…well he's about to find out.
"Wait is there-a spaghetti there?" He asked bluntly
Inkopolis
Another 20 minutes later has passed; Mario and company finally arrived in the plaza of Inkopolis and were a gaped of what they see. The plaza is a rather large area, the center of it looks like crossings you see in a major city, there some shops nearby, a train station behind them, a coffee shop and a shady-looking alleyway right beside it.
There's a huge white fox statue with rosy cheeks on one building and a weird monkey thing right across from it and below that there's a huge TV display and what seems to be a studio right below it as well.
They immediately have their ears greeted by rather catchy music blasting from the speakers hanging from below the tower, they were all amazed of how this place looks. They discovered more Inklings roaming around the plaza and little jellyfish creatures in different spots of the area, but they're not paying attention to the heroes however. The Inklings were wearing different variety of clothes and accessories showing off to the others.
"Wow! This place is jumping!" Toad commented, looking around
"Hey look! There's-a more of those Inkling things!" Luigi exclaimed, pointing at them
"This is awesome" SMG4 was a gaped and smiling
Mario and Steve just looked around silently.
Suddenly, an Inkling appeared beside them; Agent 3 is now wearing different clothes, she is wearing a white-T shirt with a logo on it, black pants and bright red sneakers.
The heroes were a bit confused on how she changed clothes all of a sudden but distracted by the sight of the city. "Pretty cool place huh?" she declared
"Yep!" They all agreed
"See told ya it's an awesome place…let me pin point out the places" She looked around the plaza and pointed, starting with the buildings on the left. "That right there is the Booyah Base...it's where you can buy fresh clothes, shoes, and headgear and weapons"
"Weapons?" Toad asked "As in you murder each other?"
"Oh no! You see we don't get "killed"…we get splattered with weapons like the one you guys saw earlier " Agent 3 explained, smiling nervously "Once you get splattered, you respawn at your spawn area…uh I'll explain later" Seeing how explaining the mechanics might overwhelm them.
"What about the Octolings?" Luigi questioned
"Those guys are gone, I think they respawned elsewhere" She answered, then started pointed again at another building to their right with a sign with numbers that resembles "1v1" on it.
"That there is Battle Dojo, where you can pretty much practice and duke it out with a friend or whoever"
"Great! That means I can-a kick Toad's ass in Battle Dojo!" Mario exclaimed
"Ha! You wish Mario!" Toad retorted back
"What's that tower with the big electric eel thing on it?" SMG4 awed at the giant electric catfish wrapped around the tower, according to him. It has a derpy expression.
"That right there is the Lobby Tower and that is the Great Electric Zapfish" Agent 3 explained
"That's pretty neato!" The blue plumber said
"Heh,well welcome to Inkopolis!" Agent 3 announced
Then the music died down of a sudden to almost inaudible. The TV display changed to purple with lime-green splotches and showed a logo with two hands, one purple and one green while playing music, this got Agent 3 excited.
"Oh the Squid Sisters are about to announce today's Turf War stages!" She exclaimed "Wonder what stages we'll have today?" She looked at the huge TV display along with the other Inklings.
"Turf Wars?" Toad spoke, looking at the others which they shrugged in response.
The TV then showed two Inklings on screen, one wearing a black outfit with magenta markings on it, she has two black, long tentacles, white ear rings, a pink and white hat that looks like sushi, white gloves, a shirt collar on her neck and ninja star pupils and her eyes are slanted up.
The other wears a green dress, with leggings under it, has a suction cup of a squid as a hat, she has ear rings as well, white gloves, ninja star pupils and her eyes are slanted down. Her tentacles are milky-white, and she also bears a shirt collar on her neck.
"Who the heck are they?" SMG4 wondered "They look different"
"A bunch of divas probably" Toad replied "Really bad ones"
The black, tentacled one spoke first, "Hold on to your tentacles…"
"It's Inkopolis news time!" The white one said.
Immediately the heroes noticed that as they talk, their names appeared near the bottom of the screen, saying "Callie" and "Marie" on both sides
The scene transitioned and goes back to them. "We're here to announce today's Turf War stages!" Callie seems to be excited, while Marie on the other hand seems to be more laid-back
"All right" she said
It showed an image of an oil rig, that says "Saltspray Rig" on top.
"A day spa would be awesome here!" Callie assumed
"On a oil rig Callie? Not the best place to open up one" Marie assured
Then another image showed up, a skateboard park that looks similar to the one Mario and his friends were before which was labeled "Blackbelly Skatepark"
"Watch me bust a sick move, Marie!"
"Oh you'll bust something alright…"
"Wow, a bit savage" Luigi commented
"Now onto the current Ranked Battle stages…"
"Sweet"
The scene transitioned and went back to them again showing an image of billboards on floating platforms with hotels in the background near a huge pool that said "Mahi-Mahi Resort"
"Look at that water going up and down, it must be a tide pool!" Callie was smiling with her fist in the air.
"Uh, I'm pretty sure that's machinery, Callie…" Marie said, looking unamused
Another image popped up, showing a bunch of offices labelled "Ancho-V Games".
"I heard that employees get free food here!" Callie claimed
"Where do I sign up?!"" Marie demanded
The scene transitioned again.
"Until next time…"
"Staaay fresh!" They both did a pose and the news ended.
The heroes were not sure what they watched, but the Inklings did sure enjoy it as they saw lots of them head towards the tower.
"Well that was one weir-hey where did she go?" SMG4 asked, he looked around and he didn't see her anywhere "Hey guys did you see where she went?"
Mario blinked his eyes and looked the blue plumber "No, was she-a there with you?"
"No, that's why I asked you"
"Nope, haven't seen her" said Toad "She just took off"
"Oh great! We're-a lost here!" Luigi cried out, groping his head
"No we're not lost you dip-stick, we just need some directions around!" Toad suggested
"We don't need directions!" Mario shouted
"You said that before we left the castle, go to Koopa Park and now look where we at!" Toad shouted back
One lime-green Inkling wearing glasses, a white collar shirt with black polka dots, black pants and brown boots turned his attention to the heroes as he was done laughing with three others, he was very curious as he's scoping them out, narrowing his eyes. An orange female noticed him looking away, she was puzzled "Hey Joey what are you looking at?" she asked
"Those guys over there…I never seen them before" He pointed at them. The female looked, seeing Mario and Toad arguing, she was bewildered "Who are they?"
"I don't know, maybe we can greet them or something?" Joey suggested.
"What are you guys on about? Whoa, who're those weirdos over there?" A yellow Inkling butted in, with a surprised look on his face as the heroes continuing ranting.
Pretty soon, the others turned their attention on Mario and his friends, each of them wanting to get a closer look at them, some of them whispered and muttered to each other. One by one, they all started to go to them beginning to form a little crowd.
Mario and Toad are too busy going at each throats to notice this. "Uh guys! Guys!" SMG4 caught their attention "What?" They both said in unison
"You guys might want to look behind you" He pointed behind them
They both did and they see the short squid-humanoids coming towards them. Their faces fell "Uh oh…"
"Yep we're screwed again"
"I don't think so this time…"
They continued to gather around the heroes, as if they were trying to surround them.
"Then why the crap they're-a staring at us then?" Mario requested, looking angry
"Because, we look nothing like them you dingbat!" SMG4 answered him
In the Squid Sister's studio, Callie started to notice a bunch of Inklings started to gather up near the plaza which left her wondering, as she's looking out the huge window. "What's going on?" she muttered, she managed to get a glimpse of the heroes "Oh, who are they?" she said to herself. "Strange visitors…"
"Hey Callie, can you help me move tha- what in the heck is going on? Why is everyone gathering in the plaza for?" Marie walked up to next to Callie and looked out too.
"Because of those strange people down there"
"What people?"
"Them" Callie pointed at the visitors
Marie narrowed her eyes, getting a good look at them, resting her chin on her hand. They don't look like Inklings...at all
"What should we do, Marie?" Callie asked
"Looks we need to contact Agent 3 and get them in here before anything else bad happens..." she recommended, they both nodded in agreement
Well that was the second chapter! Sorry if it seems rather sloppy, I will do better next chapter hopefully.
That being said, I'm off to be the very best in the Pokémon Red vs Blue Splatfest!
Stay Fresh!