It was nightfall in Inkopolis. Every kid, squid, jellyfish, and whatever else sea creature was fast asleep. All were resting except for one of course: DJ Octavio. He was patiently waiting for someone to arrive. A few minutes passed and someone super-jumped, landing directly in front of the snow globe. Cap'n Cuttlefish stirred, but ended up just rolling over, still fast asleep. The kid pushed his red tentacle hair out of his eyes. His skin was a pale peach and his eyes were a piercing green. He was wearing a black sleeveless wetsuit. There was a metal plate across his chest and back. His boots and gloves were also black. He was obviously an Octoling.
"It took ya long enough. What's the deal, yo?" DJ Octavio whispered, in an irritated tone. The kid rolled his eyes and replied.
"My apologies. I had to keep the Octarians in line. I'm here now, so give me my mission." DJ Octavio sighed.
"Well whatever. Here's the deal. I need you to go to Inkopolis to do some recon work." The kid looks up somewhat surprised. He pushes his "hair" out of his face again and replies.
"You want ME to go to Inkopolis? An Octarian who steps foot in there is basically fish filets! What's preventing you from going?"
"Cuttlefish set up tighter security." He points to a bell hanging above the snow globe. The kid rolls his eyes once again and sighs. "Anyways. That's why YOU will become an Inkling. Did you receive that package I sent for you?"
"Yes."
"That box contains all the stuff you'll need to pull this off. It has photos of the agents, wigs, inkling ear replicas, contacts, and Inkling eye masks. You'll need to get the rest of the Inkling getup yourself, though."
"I understand. I'll do my best, father." Octavio sighed.
"You really need to loosen up, yo." The kid remains silent and stares with a deadpan serious expression. "I put some money in your bank account, so you can stay at a motel or whatever while incognito. I'm counting in you, Octavio Jr. For real, yo. This time we Octarians will win."
The kid nods and heads to the kettle leading to Inkopolis. He transforms into an octopus and phases through the grate in the top. His mission begins.
He reaches Inkopolis and before he exits the grate he peeks out a little. The store owners had just closed up shop and were headed home now.
"Hoo! Great day for business as always, am I right?!" said Crusty Sean happily. "All my kicks were flying off the shelves!"
"Congratulating you, Crusty Sean! Jelonzo was also having the body clothes doing the flying off of the shelves!" peeped Jelonzo.
"Business was quite good on my end as well. The Luna Blaster was quite popular with the kids! Annie, how did it go for you?" Sheldon asked, adjusting his glasses.
"O-oh. It was fine, I guess... We made a lot of sales..." she replied, pushing hair out of her face.
"WE GOT TONS OF LOOT!" Moe, her little clown fish, chimed in.
"Well, I'ma get going. See y'all later." Crusty Sean said waving bye.
"I'll be seeing you on the next day! Jelonzo says goodbye to you all!" Jelonzo also waves and goes off on his way.
"We should get going too. Would you like a drive home, Annie?" Sheldon asked.
"O-oh... OK... Sure..." Annie replied shyly.
"LET'S GET GOING!" Moe chimed in.
The four store keepers were finally on their way and Octavio Jr climbed out of the grate. He looked around Inkopolis. It was quiet as no one was there and most of the lights were off as well. The Great Zapfish was coiled around the tower sleeping. He looked up at the sky and the moon glimmered through the clouds. It was the first time he had been to the surface in a long time. He sighed and turned his attention back to the stores. He walked out over to Booyah Base and began picking the lock of Ammo Knights' entrance door. He picked it successfully and made his way in.
He began checking out the weapons and seeing what suited him. He decided to take the Splash-o-Matic and the Aerospray MG. He exits the store and locks the door behind him. He then makes his way over to Cooler Heads. He does the same and tries out different headgear. He ends up taking a few different headgear and accessories. He repeats this process until he has enough clothes to last him a while. He put some of the clothes on and the disguise his dad sent him and he was ready to go.
He returns to Octo Valley.
"How do I look?" Jr asked. DJ Octavio jumped upon seeing him, but relaxed when he realized it was his son.
"You look fresh, yo." Jr doesn't reply. "You're ready to start your mission. Good luck. "
"Thank you, father." And with that he returns to Inkopolis and makes his way to a motel. He goes up to the counter.
"I'd like a room." Jr said. The motel owner looks up from his book and grins at him. He leans on the counter and replied.
"Aren't you a little young to be checking into a motel yourself?"
"Don't patronize me." Jr retorts. The owner backs off and hands him the keys. Jr paid the fee and headed to his room. It was a bit old and musty, but beggars can't be choosers. He put on his pajamas and climbed into bed. He cuddled up to his stuffed octopus. Tomorrow he'd be making his way to school and he sure wasn't excited for that. No kid in their right mind would be excited for that.