Chapter 4: "Enter! Inkopolis"
Yeeeah, I won't not sugar coat this,
When I met Kyounix, I thought he was insane, CRAZY insane.
But can you really blame me? He just came out of nowhere and enter a personal conversation I was having with myself!
WITH MYSELF!
Ugh… but you know what, that might be the best thing about him… sure he might seem a bit weird but what's saying someone might be even more insane than him? But no matter how you roll the dice, Kyounix is a good friend. He will stay by your side though think and thin
And that free spirited personality he has really brings you up when you're feeling low, maybe he knows… or maybe that's just him.
So I guess in a nutshell I'm trying to say that I'm glad I decided to be friends with the crazy Inkling,
And I'm glad he decided to be friends with me…
The train chugged itself along the tracks as our Inkling duo rode the rails to Inkopolis. Kyounix had fallen asleep in his chair while the world flashed by scene by scene through Asters eyes, he shifted his body back around into a comfortable position and checked the time its… 5:57… he thought in his mind.
Aster glanced over to Kyounix, the other Inkling laid back making some strange snoring like noise "Is he humming in his sleep?" Aster thought aloud to himself "He's getting stranger and weirded by the second" he sighed with the shake of a head.
"Attention, we shall be arriving Inkopolis Station in about 3 minutes. Please make sure to bring all of your personal belongings off of the train when you leave. We hope you enjoyed you're ride on Fintrak!" The voice was cheerful as the announcement came to a close, Aster had started to nudge Kyounix genteelly to wake him up "Kyounix! Kyounix wake up!" Aster continued but drew his hand back when he noticed the Inkling twitch awake
"Huhz? Oh, Heya Aster! What's up?" the sleepy eyed Inkling asked as he stretched his arms wide "It's almost time to get off. Inkopolis is just around the corner, I can feel it!" Kyounix nodded back at the reply and sat up straight, grabbing backpack off the floor and letting it sit in his lap.
"So, Kyounix?" the Inkling turned to aster "Yupz!" "You never told me what you were heading to Inkopolis for?" Kyounixs face grew an even bigger smile, As if one wasn't on it already "Oh? I guess I forgot… huh, Anyways, my play is to!-" he stopped midsentence, as if he had no clue what to say "My plan… is to…" Aster had noticed his stutter at the words now and gave Kyounix a confused look, Kyounix nearly did the same as well "I… don't know…"
Asters eyes spread out wide "Y-you don't know?! You just went on your way to Inkopolis for no reason at all!?" Kyounix's head shook rapidly "N-no! I mean I forgot… I just can't figure out how…"
It only took a couple of mere seconds for Kyounix to start a panic, Aster was still confused by the whole thing but was searching for a way to solve the problem to the best of his ability "… Well… when did you forget? It couldn't have been too long ago?" Kyounix was shutting down but still tried to the best of his ability to search for an answer "…No. I can't. But why~, Come on, this shouldn't be hard!" The furious Inkling grabbed his tentacles in anger and gritted his teeth "Kyou-" Aster was cut off the train had lost most of its speed and came to a slow halt
"We have arrived at Inkopolis Station! Please gather your belonging and exit through your carts available doors. We are were glad to have you aboard and thank you for choosing Fintrak!" Kyounix was up before Aster could truly react "Wait up Kyou-" but before he could finish Kyounix was already out of the train. In a dash Aster snagged his book bag on and ran after him, luckily the area was an enclosed and a mass of Inkling could be heard and seen around the area
Aster instantly caught up with Kyounix "Let's worry about it later, okay?" Kyounix said in a cheerful tone, Aster looked over at Kyounix, his attitude had changed in such an abrupt fashion that it threw him off as he said the words "Are you sure? You were seemed really uptight about it?" Kyounix nodded ecstatically "I'm one hundred percent, you've already asked too many questions about me but yet told me nothing about you!"
Aster was discombobulated but just shrugged his arms and answered "Well ok then, So, is there anything you would like to know specifically?" the hyperactive Inkling went into thought "Wellll… Ummmm…" his fingers snapped and he looked straight back at aster "Got it! Why are you here? As in going to Inkopolis?" the sound of this made a grin grow upon Asters face "I'm here to compete in one of the best sports made in the history of all history!" Kyounix's head bobbed over "Huh?"
Aster folded his arms "I'm here for Turf War!" Kyounix's head bobbed to the other side "And whaz that?"
Aster was silent, but instead of becoming enraged he started to explain the theme of turf war and how two teams would have to work together weather they like it or not to win, Kyounix seemed to listen to every single part of it all too, his face gleaming with joy. The two continued on and on about turf war and eventually found themselves exploring the whole area the train had dropped them off in, it was a full on mall! Kyounix asked more and more about Turf War as They ate out, picked up a couple of little nick knacks and enough candy for a good week (Though all of it was gone in about an hour). Now with the two Inkling making their way to the exit of the mall they close up their conversation…
"Wow… It sounds Nawsome!~" Kyounix screeched into the air, he could tell that his friend was excited but had to clue his voice would react like that "Jeez! Try to keep down a bit!" Aster said with a couple of chuckles. Kyounix nodded with a smile plastered across his face "I'm sorry! I just can't wait to try it out!" Aster stopped "Wait!? You're going to try it out?" Kyounix turned to him "Of course I am! You're doing it! It sounds amazing and insanely fun! There is no reason NOT to!" Aster's smirk grew "… Well alright then!" tilting his visor he started walking again "Let's go get em Kyounix!" "Mmhmm~" the duo then made their way out of the doors, heading into the true city of Inkopolis.
(… Chapter end? Not yet!)
The afternoon wind brushed by the two Inklings as the setting sun blinded their eyes from seeing anything, luckily Aster got a small bit of view due to his visor but it wasn't enough. Bringing a hand up they both blocked out the soon and glanced around "…Wow, look at all this…" buildings scraped the sky high above, sporting logos of Fire Fin and multiple other brands "This place really is pretty!" Kyounix said to follow up Aster "They have buildings, stores- Oh! And look at that tower down there!"
The words snagged Asters ears "Tower… Wait. A tower?" he replied "Yeah! It looks like you can see over the whole land scape of Inkopolis from it. It's also got a really like that lime green!" Aster looked down to Kyounix's direction and saw it with his own eyes, the tower he always noticed Inklings going into, it was also part of the TW-TV Logo "Kyounix. That's it…" Kyounix had no clue what he was talking about "What? The tower?" and in a sudden like the first time, Aster grabbed Kyounix's wrist and dragged him straight behind him "Yup! And we've got no time to waste!" Kyounix nearly tripped over with each step "W-wait! Just hold up a bit!"
"Huh, so I guess you figure that you're the new FRESH KID on the block here don't 'cha?" Aster kept running through the city with Kyounix right behind him as the street lights and neon banners reflected into his eyes, the voice appeared out of nowhere, though it slightly freaked him out he decided to answer it regardless You bet, and nothings gonna stop me! "Nice, I like that attitude, but don't expect to run this city with just words kid, your gonna have to back it up with some skill, some good old fashion-" Aster smirk seemed to glow as the two interlocked in speech "TURF WAR!" The now sounded slightly surprised "… You got something bright, I feel it, you and your bud back there are gonna go places with spirit like that" by instinct Aster closed his eyes as a truck passed by on the corner of the street "Aughhh! I can't even-OOAAHHH~!"
Blinded by the light, Aster fell into a strangely placed underground skate park and due to his rush ended up dragging Kyounix straight down with him, the two hit the ground quite hard "Owww…what the, are we in-" "Oouuhh!~ my head~"Kyounix cut aster off, grasping his head with a mass of force. Aster followed after his actions, he got up rubbing the back of his head "Hey! Quit waistin time! Let's get going!" "Your still here, great." He whispered under his voice, Aster looked around a bit "How do we even get out of here?" Kyounix sniffed the air "Hhmmm, Follow me!" Kyounix turned to his friends "I think I got it!" Aster turned his head in confusion "What the? How?" Kyounix giggled "Just trust me!" With as dash Kyounix playfully ran in a direction that led deeper into the skate park "Where!- Do you even kn-"
"Ey!, squido! Rule #1 to getting turf fresh, you can't do it alone. Gotta trust your teammate no matter how dark things may get" Aster rolled his eyes, he was getting quite annoyed of being cut off each time he tried to talk "So what? Are you gonna Lead me though every step? I just want to know where he's going…" "That's why you just gotta believe! And don't for-"
Aster tuned the voice out, he already had to follow the trail that Kyounix was laying out for him and also figured it would just be a rinse and repeat, but as he ran through the park a figure caught his eye, it looked like a figure of some sort, living but at the same time unidentifiable and before he knew it, it was gone… What was that? Was that eve- "YOU ARE REALLY GOOD AT WASTIN MY TIME KIDO! YOU KNOW THAT?" The voice boomed in his mind and defiantly set him back on the straight route "Oh my, COULD I JUST HAVE A SECOND TO TALK? JUST. ONE SE-" "One." The voice struck back "…Ugh, real funny aren't you?" Aster groaned in fury "Listen kid, I'm not trying to mess you but you need to Stop it, you wanna corrupt your story? Steer clear from the shadows and keep on the path" The voice sounded quite faint and the tone changed into a much irritated voice but Aster still heard it all the ways though "What are you talking about?" the voice didn't respond.
They kept going for a while as the two trekked on until they approached a large wall with their own colors on it "Your almost there! And I gotta admit, you definitely earned it squider… even if half the time you didn't even here me." A snicker escaped from Aster "Thanks-" but another inkling replied at nearly the same time... "Hehe, Appreciate it!" It was Kyounix, The two stared at each other "So… you hear it to?" Aster asked in a bland unsurprised tone "Yup! Ever since the city!" Kyounix said as the two approached the jump pad.
"Now go, burn your legacy into the future and never return to the past!" Aster turned around and stared down back at the park, it had been littered in their color orange previous to their arrival… strange "It was gnarly meeting you two, I can't wait to see what you show the world, now go get 'em!" Hesitation at hand, Aster walked up next to Kyounix onto the launch pad 'Seeya voicy!" Kyounix said in glee "Yeah, thanks for help voice! But trust me, I'm not leaving my past…" The two turned into squids and shout though the sky "I'm just creating my future!" Aster felt free as he soared "… by the way, do you even know where this leads?" Kyounix pointed down to the ground "There! I did it, you can see it from here!"
staring down the two looked down at the city far in front of them, there laid a small plaza which multiple lights shined on what seemed to look like dots from far away. Aster had made it, the trip felt so long but the destination had finally show itself. Now they were truly in Inkopolis, the true home of Turf War.
We made it... (again XD)
Seeya guys next time!
