Squidding Around
Here is chapter 5! Sorry it took so long to get another chapter in due to lazyness and being very busy causing me to hinder my progress. I hope to get another chapter uploaded soon. Hope you like the chapter!
And April Fool's too.
TURF WAR!
INK THE MOST TURF TO WIN!
Location : Piranha Pit
One team of four orange Inklings are seen turning from squids to humanoids on their spawn point, two are carrying rollers, one carrying an Splatterscope and the other one welds a Neo Splash-o-Matic.
It's the same Inklings from yesterday that joined the others when Mario and the gang were in the plaza and they look pretty excited too.
"Can't wait to splat more noobs with the roller!" Joey shouted
"I've been dying to wait for this moment again" Kevin added in, readying his Carbon roller "Picking the Splatterscope again I see, Jessica?"
"Yeah, so I'm starting to main this weapon and its fun to see those angry faces when they picked off one by one" She answered with a smirk
"I'll just go scout out then" said Becky "I hope we have a challenge this time"
On the other spawn area, there were 3 bloopers and 1 weird-looking blocky squid resting in blue ink and they all transformed into humans. Mario, Luigi, Toad and Steve all freaked out
"Dude, the hell was that? Did we just turn from bloopers to our normal selves?" Toad shivered at that thought
"When did-a that happen?" Mario asked, then he looked at his clothes which is all blue "Woah! I look-a like that retard SMG4!"
"My vest is blue!" Toad said "Well it's been blue for a long time" Even his polka dots are blue
Luigi and Steve looked at themselves seeing their clothes changed to blue. "Why is-a our clothes blue?" Luigi asked, tugging at his sleeves
"I don't know and I don't like this at all" Toad responded. He looked at everyone's eyes which now has black markings connecting around and between their eyes "Guys, why do you have dark spots around your eyes?"
READY….?
GO!
Some rock music began blaring as the Inklings took off, Joey and Kevin were painting the ground bright orange with the rollers, "Ok Kevin, you take the left and I'll go that way and ink over that conveyor belt!" They went opposite directions, Joey had some trouble going over the belt since its going in the opposite direction.
Becky is behind Joey, while he kept going straight, she went to the left to cover ground as Jessica went to a high platform and began aim down the scope waiting for the other team's member to be sighted.
Mario, Toad, Steve and Luigi began to awkwardly shoot around, splatting the area around their spawn area with the blue ink, having no idea what they're doing until Toad quickly remembered what Cassidy told them about covering the entire place with ink
"You guys realize we have to cover the rest of this place with our color?" Toad reminded them "We're just covering our spawn area". This caused the rest to stop shooting and all looked the entire place with a collective "Oh". They see the other Inklings continuing to cover the ground with orange.
"What-are we waiting for?" Let's-a go!" Mario shouted. He began shooting around in front of him as he ran off the spawn point and went to the left up the ramp. The rest followed but soon split up, Toad and Steve went straight, Luigi hopped from platform to the ground where a conveyor belt is going up and started to spray around.
Joey turned into squid form, swam to where Luigi is at while he is still shooting. "Another noob Inkling here I- "As he turned back into humanoid form, he was dazed, he realized it's not an Inkling he's about to splat. "Huh?" He hid behind a balloon in shape of a wall.
"It's that human we saw yesterday…what is he doing here in Turf War?" he asked himself this question, recognizing the clothes and the hat Luigi's wearing. The plumber decided to go up the conveyor belt inking that as well. "Now's my chance!"
He decided to go after him, with the roller painting the ground as he goes. Luigi got down, looked left and right and thought he was safe "Oh yeah! I'mma Luigi, number on- "then he was splatted by Joey.
"There goes one" he spoke. A chibi version of a mustached blooper is seen floating in the air, going back to the spawn point.
Steve and Toad were in another part of the area where 3 conveyor belts are very close to each other "Ok Steve, we gotta keep our heads down and moving if we don't want to be owned" Toad warned Steve, the blocky human doesn't seem to listen.
"Da da da da da" Steve began to sing loudly
"Shut up, Steve!" Toad was getting anxious, trying to get him to be quiet "We're gonna get murdered!"
Jessica, still on the platform heard the mushroom humanoid's yelling, turned her head to the source and see them both in the main area, she too was dazed "Are those the weird beings from yesterday? Well wish we can talk to them but we got splatting to do" She aimed at them, a long orange thin line is seen coming of the Splatterscope
Steve kept on singing, and Toad gave up on him "Well have fun getting splatted" He turned around and saw the line aiming at his head. "Ah son of a bi- "
He was splatted along with Steve. "Booyah! Double splat!" Jessica yelled. The chibi versions of themselves floated back to the spawn point. "Sniping is my specialty"
Once they've respawned again, Toad continued to yell at him "See Steve! This is why I told you to shut up!"
"Dadede da dededa da" Steve started to sing out loudly again.
Toad face palmed "Ugh…." Then he saw Luigi, trembling "Oh hey Luigi, come on we got to go out there again but…how do we transform?"
"Oh boy…" Luigi whined
Mario on the other hand was having fun. He began shooting like he's an expert but in reality he's just painting the walls. He then looked at the other side and saw how far it is. "Hmm…how do I turn into a blooper?" He asked himself, then he randomly bent down and turned into one and back again "Oh okie dokie" He chuckled a bit.
ONE MINUTE LEFT!
The music changed indicting this match is about to end. "Oh no!" Mario yelped, he turned into a blooper and swam through the blue ink, getting rid of any orange he came across until he reached the other side of the map without being seen. He reached the other team's area and began to cover it up "I think we're-a going to win this one!" He said
He was later joined by the other three and helped him out. "Oh! Hey Mario!" Toad greeted which annoyed the plumber "What-a took you so long?" he demanded
"Blame Steve! He wouldn't shut up with his obnoxious singing!" Toad answered
"Don't worry it's-a always his fault!" Mario agreed with him
"You know how to-a turn into a blooper Mario?" Luigi wondered.
Then suddenly a mustached blooper leaped beside him and waved at him in slow-mo before going to the platform below.
Becky happened to be there as soon as Mario leaped from above, she examined him and recognize the clothes too "It's him! The human! Dang, wish I would like to know more about him but we have to follow the rules" She transformed and sneaked up behind him. Mario was too busy boasting "Yahoo! It's-a Mario time!"
Becky then began firing her Neo Splash-o-Matic and splatted him hearing him groan in pain. She sees his mustached blooper form floating up high.
10…9…8…7…6….5…4…3…2…1
When Mario respawned, he was pretty angry "You-a mother, slimy son of a-bi- "A whistle was blown before he can even say it.
GAME!
Judd appeared out of nowhere and began totaling up the ink by both teams. The results were… he pointed a flag to the right and it was 43.4% to 56.6% which means the Mario team lost their first match.
We see them throw temper tantrums in frustration. They all earned about 3 ink points and they decided to not to continue. They all left the lobby with angry expressions written on their faces. Cassidy and SMG4 were silent as they walked up to them, they weren't sure whether to speak or not to speak.
"So…uh how did it go?" Cassidy asked with nervousness in her voice
"Well we did get splatted, sniped and smushed…so I say we did made it out somehow" Toad said
"And the results?" SMG4 joined in "And your clothes are blue"
"We-a lost…" Mario said in an indifferent tone.
"Lost? Boy that's not good…but hey you guys are just starting out no sweat" Cassidy tried to be optimistic "I remember losing my first match...I was pretty upset"
"Ha! You guys suck and it's my turn to go in with you guys" SMG4 smirked. Toad picked this opportunity to stay behind "You guys can go...I'll stay with Cassidy" he said
"Alright let's-a go!" Mario yelled again. The plumber trio and Steve ran back to the lobby tower.
"Ha! It's like they're asking to get owned" Toad commented
Cassidy looked him strangely "Didn't you just get owned a few minutes ago?" She raised her eyebrows
"No! I got 360 no-scoped, 180 degrees off the platform fakie!" Toad responded "There's a difference…I think"
"What?" The Inkling became very confused of what he said "I don't get that…is that a reference to something?"
The mushroom humanoid puts on a "really" face "You gonna learn some stuff from us Cassidy"
TURF WAR
INK THE MOST TURF TO WIN!
Location: Hammerhead Bridge
One team of four purple colored Inklings are seen turning from squids to humanoids on their spawn point, carrying various weapons.
"Let's go!" One of them said
"Yeah, time to ink this place up!"
"I'm scared of heights…."
"Oh great"
On the other spawn area, there were 3 bloopers and 1 blocky squid resting in blue ink and they all transformed into humans. SMG4 freaked out, as he rubbed his hands on his body "Did I just- "
"Yep, it's-a weird but you'll get used to it" Mario answered
"It's still-a nasty Mario" Luigi said
SMG4 looked at his clothes, they're lime-green colored "Woah, when did my clothes changed color?" He tugged at his overalls
"That happens too" Luigi replied
READY….?
GO!
"Don't worry guys, we're gonna kick their asses!" SMG4 boasted
10 minutes later…
They all left the lobby tower with infuriated faces. They lost the match.
"Dude, that-a was stupid!" The red plumber shouted "You saw those-a guys jumping from place to place like that? I call-a hacks!"
"Mario, they were turning into squids and they kept splatting you at the corners because you keep throwing bombs everywhere" said SMG4
"So? It worked with the-a Bomb-ombs!"
Toad and Cassidy happen to be in the plaza when they walked up to them. The mushroom humanoid snickered "Let me guess you losers lost huh?"
"Just keep on trying until you'll eventually get the hang of it, now wish I can stay but I have something to take care of so…bye guys" Cassidy sprinted off
"See ya" The whole crew said
They were left hanging with blank looks until Luigi broke the silence "You guys want to do-a Turf Wars again?"
"Hell yeah! Let's go!" SMG4 cheered. And they all rushed to the tower leaving behind one person each time then the next thing you know they all barely reached level 10 within 5 hours so they're back in the plaza again. The sun is beginning to set again, settling into the night.
"Okay you guys think we're "fresh" enough or what?" SMG4 asked
"Maybe, if we go to those stores over there we can find out if we are" Toad pointed at the Booyah Base
"About-a freaking time…I'mma tired" said Mario
"What are we standing around for, let's go! I'm getting sick of the damn music" The whole crew began to go towards to the Booyah Base
"Hey you humans!" A male Inkling voice called out to them. They stopped in their tracks and looked back.
There stood four Inklings, two males and two females looking at them. They're the same Inklings Mario, Luigi, SMG4, Steve and Toad all fought before in the Turf War but they hardly recognize them due to them all looking the same.
"Hello you squid things" SMG4 greeted, smiling
"Look bro, whatever happened in this place we didn't do it" Toad blurted out
"I think Steve-a did it" Mario smugged at his blocky friend who gave a derpy stare
"Whatever Mario" he spoke
Joey chuckled a bit "Nah, it's not that…it's that me and my friends are a little excited to talk to you" He looked back at his friends who all waved awkwardly
"Are they-a ok?" Luigi asked
"Excited? They look more scared than excited" said Toad
"Oh yeah they're fine...it's just that we haven't seen humans before because they're all gone but I hope you guys enjoy your stay here in Inkopolis" said Joey
"So how long you guys been here?" Kevin asked
"About a day I guess" SMG4 answered
"Really? It feels-a like we've been here for weeks!" Mario butted in
"Heck yeah it does" Toad agreed
"A day huh? I can already feel the fresh vibes coming off of you guys…been splatting it up in the Turf Wars and getting those Inklings huh?" Kevin wondered, having a smug on his face
"Took us like forever to do it but we got this" Toad assumed, looking confident as he crossed his tiny arms
"Oh yeah" Mario said
Jessica hesitated to try to speak up but she found it difficult, she gathered whatever confidence she has and talked "We didn't get a chance to talk you when you guys arrived here and everyone started to gather around"
Mario and Toad groaned mentally, appearing to be bothered by that event.
"Yeah, we also saw you guys leaving with some girl to that alleyway or whatever" Becky reminded them "What you guys think of Spyke? Shady right?"
The Mario crew all nodded their heads "yes".
They noticed the sun is almost gone at this point, the stars are beginning to shine one by one in the dark navy blue sky.
"Well whaddya know…it's getting kinda late" said Jessica
"We've gotta go guys" Becky chimed in
"Yep, gotta deuce man but hey it's been nice talking to ya…you guys seem pretty cool" Joey complimented
"We should get to know each other better…how about we meet up at Arowana Mall?" Becky suggested
"Arowana Mall?" SMG4 asked
"Yeah, we'll give you the directions" Becky began to write down the directions
"Yep, one of the best places to go shopping other than Booyah Base over there" Jessica explained
"Hmm ok we'll see if we can meet up at this "Arowana Mall…" SMG4 wasn't too sure about too
"Okay great!" Becky handed the directions to SMG4 "We'll see you guys tomorrow if you can make it"
"Thanks" He said
"No problem!"
"By the way…" Joey stated, walked up a bit closer to the gang "The name's Joey and that's Becky, Kevin and Jessica" He pointed to each of them
"Nice to meet you…I'm SMG4, this is Mario, Luigi, Steve and Toad"
"Hello" Mario and Luigi greeted
"Hiya!" Toad screeched
"Hey" said Steve
"Nice to meet ya too...but yeah we've gotta go see ya" Joey and the rest left in a hurry.
"Hmm they seem pretty ambitious…" said Toad "But anyway, let's go home I'm frigging tired"
"So that means…" SMG4 spoke
"Yes we're going to that "Boo Pace Base" whatever that place is called"
"Yes, let's-a go I'mma tired" Mario yawned
"Oh yeah" Luigi agreed
They began to leave Inkopolis and heading down the street towards Flounder Heights.
"I wonder what-a this "Arowana Mall" is-a going to be like?" Luigi wondered
"Probably full of-a salty squids" Mario answered
"Arowana Mall…more like marijuana mall" SMG4 insulted the name of the name which caused the others to start laughing.
"Ha! Nice one bro" Toad said
Then they arrived the apartment building to get some rest in their apartment. What they didn't realize the whole time is that some certain villains may be looking for them, especially a fat dragon turtle looking Koopa…and an alternate colored evil version of SMG4...
Well looks like the villians may pay Inkopolis a visit...if they know where's it at. Since Mario and the gang have not returned to the Mushroom Kingdom, they'll probably be concerned about it. Stay tuned for the next chapter. Also, I apologize if it seems rushed to you.
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