The group of four had walked onto a platform with holes in one of many in the tower. All four of them got on, and a glass tube surrounded them, sealing them in it, a machine attaching to the roof of it and opening a hole in the glass. Aureolin knew this was normal, but no matter how often she went through it, she never got used to it. The machine began to pour in lime green ink, filling the glass tank up that they all were in. Everyone patiently waited. It only took a minute for it to get full before the ink began to drain away with them in it. This was a glorified teleporter, and though it had an odd method, that was how the transporter to the Turf Wars went.

Aureolin had her awe inspired look as she, Linen, Myrtle and Folly all appeared from the ink. All of their clothing was now coloured lime green, and they were armed with various ink weapons. They each had tanks on their backs that were filled with the lime colour of ink. In a Turf War, the one to paint the most area under a certain time limit won. However, both teams colour ink were randomly selected. The ink weapons were for mostly painting than to fight. They couldn't swim through the enemies colour, and if it wasn't their colour, that ink hurt. When hurt too much, an inkling will fall unconscious and reappear on the platform. Linen was stuck with a blaster, Myrtle had a splat charger, Folly had an oversized paint roller and Aureolin had the splattershot.

"You guys know what to do," Folly stated. The yellow squid girl didn't want to remind them that she was new to their team. It was still unnerving to some of her teammates. The map they were competing on was the Urchin Underpass, an area that was basic but good for practice. They all darted off, Folly pressing the roller on the ground and running ahead, the long streak of paint developing behind him. Everyone else was already blasting every piece of unpainted ground they could, but it didn't take long to scatter into different directions. Aureolin wound up going alone through a side alley, when she saw one of the enemies. His clothes had been painted purple to signify his team colour. Thankfully she had most of this area painted.

"Heh, this should be easy," the boy smirked, aiming his splattershot at her and opening fire. Aureolin began to run to the left. He was gunning for her, his ink blotches hitting the walls and covering them in purple paint. The yellow inkling tried to retaliate, firing back at him. She hit him in the arm, forcing him to stop firing and leaving a painful bruise on his arm covered in lime green paint.

"I've got you now," Aureolin giggled, aiming her gun at him, though when she squeezed the trigger, nothing happened. Her eyes focused on her weapon, shaking it. Though no matter what she did, nothing came out. Aureolin realized she was out of ink in her tank on her back. Her opponent took advantage of this and threw something triangular shaped, filled to the brim with ink. Aureolin screamed before it exploded, coating her in purple ink and a small radius around her. The stingy pain of the ink burnt her skin as she fell unconscious. She melted away into the paint as her enemy ran off, having won that fight through the use of an ink bomb.

Aureolin gasped as she reappeared on the platform. All that paint on her thankfully was gone. She got up and growled.

"Focus, Aureolin, focus!" she told herself before running off to the right side of Urchin Underpass, this time to hopefully regroup with her teammates. She could see their side of Urchin Underpass which seemed to be pretty well covered in their team colour. Very soon she found Myrtle hiding behind a wall.

"Are you okay?" Aureolin asked, seeing her somewhat tall teammate nod, though she was clearly annoyed.

"Two of them are keeping me pinned here. Linen is somewhere trying to get behind them," Myrtle answered. She was doing her best to keep this side covered in their team's colour, though the enemy was able to keep the two pinned down with constant shooting. Myrtle had tried to wait until they ran out of ammo, but they were able to replenish the ink quite easily. The most the two inkling girls could do was take pot shots from around the corners they hid in.

"I don't think Linny made it behind them," Aureolin stated. They had to do something about it. She quickly sank into their paint below them, changing into her squid form which was a small yellow one. She quietly swam under the ink, going unnoticed by the enemy. She got as close as she could before changing back into her inkling form, emerging from the paint and opening fire with her Splattershot, hitting one of the enemies in the face with paint and knocking them out. Myrtle was able to shoot the other one before they had any chance to fight back.

"Good job," the long tentacle haired girl said. Aureolin nodded, thankful for the help, though they got distracted, not noticing that another enemy was coming behind them with a roller, and she looked far too excited to be speeding towards them, about to run them over. They both screamed, not being able to escape in time before being run over by the paint roller, being crushed. Their bodies vanished, and they reappeared on the platform coughing.

"I hate rollers…" Myrtle growled. But then they realized their time was up. The round was over, Linen and Folly reappearing on the platforms beside them.

"Hey, how'd you two do?" Linen inquired. He could tell that Aureolin was embarrassed. Her score was 1-2. She had defeated one enemy, but had been knocked unconscious twice. Otherwise she had held her own decently. Myrtle had been knocked out five times, and she had rendered the enemy unconscious fifteen times, much to her own pleasure.

All four of them sank back into the platform. It only took a quick moment, but they reappeared back within the Tower of Inktopolis. All of their clothes reverted back to their original colours. They saw the enemy team beside them, the four of them having big grins. They all had a huge amount of knockouts and nowhere near as many unconscious states. Soon enough, they saw a bipedal cat. He had white and black fur that looked like he was wearing a tuxedo. He was Judd the Judge, the one who declared the winner.

Aureolin bit her thumb nervously. Linen patted her back to reassure it would all be fine.

"Purple team, you covered 37% of Urchin Underpass… and green team, you covered 63% of it! The winner is… Green team!" Judd announced loudly. The enemy team all seemed to be in disbelief. Aureolin felt an overwhelming relief wash over her as she hugged Linen tight. He just chuckled at her snug squeeze.

"How'd you idiots win?! We brutalised you twice as much!" the enemy leader demanded an explanation angrily. He had light red tentacle hair that was short in length, sides of it resting on his shoulders, and he wore a hat on top of his head with a mushroom decal on it. Folly stepped up.

"Because we focused on painting, not killing like you did. I hope you don't go entering the tournament tomorrow, because if you plan to with that attitude and that kind of strategy, you will just be a waste of time," Folly explained to them that they didn't focus on the objective. This made the red inkling bite his tongue as he had to hold himself back. With that, both teams left the tower. Outside, it was beginning to get late at night.

"You did great there, Aure," Linen exclaimed, though she knew she hadn't done too well. She saw Myrtle and Folly leave to get home.

"We'll see you two tomorrow. Glad to have you on board, shorty," the pink tentacle haired leader joked, gaining an unamused look from Aureolin. She gave a small wave, seeing them leave. She was happy to know she was now on a team. Linen offered his hand to her.

"Wanna celebrate at your place tonight? How's pizza sound?" he suggested they celebrate this night in the best way they could. His best friend thought it over for a second. If it wasn't for Linen, she wouldn't be on a team at all. She figured it was worth spending the night together. Aureolin nodded, taking his hand in hers as the two began to leave Inktopolis plaza.

"Of course, but you're paying."