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This is not a spinoff of Inkinators: a Splatoon fanfiction, Kazrthen. I'll reveal later the timeline in which the events took place, using the Author's Notes.
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Grina was shaking her head, slowly.
"No…"
SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!
The wheels kept rolling on the terrain. The vehicle moves towards the Inklings, with gradual speed. They screamed, while diving in different directions. The vehicle passes near them: it stops with a screech, turning around.
"HUNRY!" Grina turns her head over him. "SLIDE AWAY!"
"I can't!" His lungs were growing and shrinking. "I'm too tired!"
SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!
The vehicle sprints towards Hun: he rolled to his right, impacting on a small rock, as the wheels were passing nearby. The boy yelped, holding his back. Mirii rushes towards him, while the car slides and twists around, near the front door.
"ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!" She stretches her hand.
Hun grabs it, standing on his legs.
"Ow… my back…" His eyes were a bit watery.
Mirii looks behind: Grina and Bars were picking rocks, throwing them at the vehicle. The girl lowers her eyebrows: she bends down, picking up 3 small pointy rocks. She runs over a tree, standing in front of it: Mirii throws one rock, almost hitting the right car light.
The wheels were rotating towards the girl.
SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!
The vehicle speeds in Mirii's direction. She was standing still, frowning slightly. The car almost reach the girl: she jumps on the left.
CRAAAASSSHH!
A medium-size branch falls down on the right-front seat: an owl hoots while flying away. The car lights were shut, the motor wasn't rumbling and the windshield had big shards around it. The Inklings walk over the vehicle, going on its left side. Grina lies her hand on the hood, with the front-part a bit crumbled.
"No!" She throws a punch on it. "Our hummer…"
"Wait, girl!" Bars stands on tiptoes. "Maybe the motor is still safe! Let me check in!"
Grina looks down on him.
"How are you going to lift the hood?" She folds her arms.
"Ehm… with my strength?" He scratches the back of his head, grinning.
The girl shakes her head, tapping the terrain, with her eyes closed.
"I don't even know if we can lift that at"
VRRROOOOOOOOOMMMMM!
Grina opens her eyes, as they were expanding: the car lights were on and the motor was rumbling.
"Oh… oh." She twists her head, over the hood.
SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!
"FOLLOW ME!" Hun becomes a Squid, sliding on the ground.
The Inklings dive inside the trail of ink, left behind from the boy. The hummer backs away, then as the wheels kept rolling forward, the vehicle passes on the ink. The car was getting near the blue Squid: screams were heard from below the ink.
Hun turns on his right: in front of him there were multiple trees near each other. The hummer slides, as the wheels were rotating to the right. The Squids swam near the trees. They returned to their original forms, as their eyes were resting on the vehicle, which wasn't moving.
"Ha! Too big to fit here?!" Grina shakes her fist, frowning. "Leave us alone, already!"
The hummer's lights were shut off, as the motor stops rumbling: the kids screamed, looking around. Mirii lowers her eyebrows, as her eyes were staring at the bag she was holding with the ropes.
"All right, everyone." Mirii lays down the bag. "Let's all restart the game, here."
"START A GAME?!" Grina turns over the girl. "WITH SOMEONE TRYING TO KILL US?!"
"Grina." She picks the game box, from the bag. "Don't you understand that he'll keep chasing us, if we don't finish his game?"
The game… you have the game.
Everyone raise their heads.
"Yes." Mirii pats the box. "What are you going to do about it?"
Silence followed up… for a moment.
Do you really want to… play?
"Yes! We told you that even before!" Grina clenches her fists, growling. "Why you are keep attacking us?!"
Because… you failed.
"Dude! The game is like impossible to beat! Every single card sends us back to the start!" Bars opens his arms.
"Yeah!" Grina frowns. "We will take all day to finish everything up!"
The game is… too hard?
"Yes." Mirii nods. "If you are so kind to let us return home, we are going to play it immediately and try to finish it now."
Silence fell down once again. The Inklings' lungs were growing and shrinking, as they were shivering.
Go.
"Thank you." Mirii smiles, looking the shining stars. "Let's go everyone."
Mirii walks ahead, followed by the other kids.
"Ehm… will we really not get hurt?" Hun bends his back and arms, as he keeps looking left and right with his eyes.
"Yep!" Grina grins. "He finally realizes how honest we are!"
Suddenly, the ground trembles: the Inklings fell down.
"HEY! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!" Grina stands up, looking the blue sky.
Friends… I still want to kill you.
Mirii gasped, lying a hand in front of her mouth.
"Wh-why?! We want to finish your game!" She looks up, frowning slightly.
You broke… the promise.
"You mean the message, dude?!" Bars growls, lowering his eyebrows.
You didn't finish the game…
All the sudden, Grina stops breathing for a moment.
"Wait… is there something we don't know yet?!" She grits her teeth.
Silence passed by.
Walk… home.
"Tell us what you have in mind!" Grina frowns.
No… requests.
Bars lies his hand on Grina's shoulder.
"Let's just get inside, girl." He pats her shoulder.
Grina turns her head over the boy: she nods. The kids start walking, along the blue ink trail: Mirii was grabbing both her arms, Grina breathes on her hands, Bars' teeth were tapping and Hun was pulling his pants up. They all had raised eyebrows.
The Inklings' eyes track the house. Their pace got faster. Grina reaches the door knob: twisting it, a click sound came out from it. She pushes the door, passing through, being followed by the others. Ahead, there was a blurry light, behind a semi-open door.
The kids look at each other: they rushed ahead. They all stop near the chimney, which have fire inside: all their palms, except Mirii's, were facing it. The girl puts the game box on the armchair, then she stretches her arms, as her palms were in front of the chimney.
"Aaaaah… such a relief!" Grina smiles.
Suddenly, the fire forms a face: small eyes, large mouth with pointy teeth out and small pointy ears. The face opens the mouth wide: the kids screamed, falling backwards. The face bites thin air: it returns to be fire.
The Inklings' lungs kept growing and shrinking at fast rate.
"IS THIS YOUR IDEA OF GETTING RID OF US?!" Grina frowns, looking the ceiling.
The fire was cracking loudly.
Begin.
Mirii twists her head to the right: on the long table, there are two lit candles.
"Are those candles going to attack us too?" She looks up, lowering her eyebrows and standing up.
I said… begin.
Mirii frowns a little. She picks up the game box, walking near the long table. She puts the box on the table, then she pulls a chair near her, sinking on it. Hun walked over Mirii, sitting on a chair nearby. Grina and Bars walk behind the table, as the girl sits on a chair in front of Hun and Bars sits on a chair, next to Grina, as he looks Mirii ahead.
The girl lifts up the lid: as her eyes rest on the items, those expanded. The Yellow statue was depicting Grina, as she was grinning with her eyes closed. The Blue statue was depicting Bars, as he raises the left fist, while grinning. The Orange statue was depicting Mirii, folding her arms and lowering her eyebrows. The Green statue was depicting Hun, as he was smiling while puffing his chests.
"Wh-what's the meaning of this?!" Mirii picks up her own statue, looking around it.
"Those statues weren't depicting us!" Grina holds her own statue.
Bars picks up the deck, seeing some cards.
"Those seems the same to me!" He divides the deck.
Hun takes the map, unfolding it: all the panels have a ? on it, except for the START panel and the FINISH panel, near a green dragon with a very large stomach.
"That's not!" Grina stands up, pointing at the center of the map.
She looks the ceiling.
"What did you do to the game?!" She opens her arms.
One thing… to say.
Grina looks at the other Inklings, with her mouth a little open.
No… escape.
"You mean… we can't retreat?" Mirii lies her elbows on the table.
Yes… don't leave the room.
Mirii positions the statues on the START panel: the Mirii statue was near the Hun statue, the Bars statue was behind Mirii statue and the Grina statue was behind the Hun statue. Grina takes the dice, holding it in a fist.
"Ok…" She shakes the fist. "Let's decide the turns."
She throws the dice on the map: six dots were shown above. The other faces of the dice have six dots too.
"Huh?!" She bends her back, looking at the dice. "The dice have 6 all over the place!"
"Dasquid?!" Bars raises his back with his hands on the table.
"Hey!" Grina looks up, frowning a little. "How can we decide the turns, if the dice shows the same number?!"
You… start first.
Grina's jaw dropped a little. She gulps.
"How many spaces…?" She picks her statue.
"6." Mirii lies her hands on the table.
The girl puts the statue on the 6th panel: she picks a ? card. Her eyes were going left and right: suddenly, her neck stretches forward, as the girl holds the card with both her hands.
Sweat is coming down from your forehead, your feet start feeling burnt and your tongue is getting dry by the second.
Grina lowers her hands, looking at the other kids. Silence dominates inside the room. All the sudden, the girl's were growing and shrinking rapidly.
"Is it me or… the room is a bit too warm?" She waves her hand near her face.
Sweat was sliding down from her forehead, as her skin was gradually getting red.
"No!" Mirii stands up, with her hands on the table. "That's the event card giving you this!"
Grina was breathing loudly: she was red almost all over her body.
"He-help!" She opens her mouth, sticking out her tongue, as she stands up. "HELP!"
The girl runs towards the door.
"NO GRINA, STOP!" Bars stands up, stretching his arm.
Grina stops, turning around.
"DON'T LEAVE THE ROOM!" The boy moves his arm down. "COME HERE!"
"Bu-but I'm burning!" Tears are coming down from her eyes. "I-I don't want to get burned!"
Hun trembles. Mirii was tapping her cheek quickly, while looking up: she expands her eyes, as she turns over the girl.
"IGNORE IT!" She grits her teeth.
"IGNORE IT?! ARE YOU TAKING ME FOR AN IDIOT?!" Grina clenches her fists, as her arms stretched down.
"Think about it!" Mirii slams on the table. "If he had the possibility to burn us alive, he would have done so much earlier!"
Grina was breathing loudly and fast: she screams loudly, with her eyes closed, as her skin was completely red. She grits her teeth, slightly opening her eyelids. The girl walks slowly towards the table, sitting on the chair.
"Girl, please!" Bars holds her hand.
The girl looks at his eyes: she grasps his hand even more. Sweat was gradually disappearing from her forehead and her skin was assuming a lighter color. The two Inklings smile at each other.
"Thank you, Barsy." Grina winks.
Bars' cheek got a little red.
"It worked!" Hun stands up, smiling at Grina.
"Yes." Mirii nods, looking at him with a smile. "Better remember this."
Girl… your turn.
Mirii looks up, as her eyebrows lowered a bit.