5 Months after the previous events… (5 Months Later…)
Taking a walk through Inkopolis wasn't too bad every now and then, there was so much other stuff than turf war, since it consumed the city attention
Checking the time I dug into my pocket and took out my phone, it was 12:34. Huh, the irony.
I had agreed to meet up with Bristle at lunch, later on we had plans to go play some turf war but with the current maps being no all that good we had time to spare until the next rotation
The sun made the Ink in my body nearly boil, today was a hot day without a doubt and it sure didn't help that I was actually starting to get hungry
I must have jinxed myself, my stomach growled the second I thought about I was hungry.
I wanted food- no. I "needed" food. Before I could complain anymore my phone buzzed in my hand, someone had texted me
It was Bris "Where are you at? Gonna take all day getting here I see. Hurry up if you can, I really need to talk to you."
Sighing, I slid my phone back down into my pocket without replying, I started to stretch out and loosen up "I'm going to regret this." And I started up a sprint
Getting to the fast food shop took about 4 minutes but I was out of energy. I took deep breathes of air while I opened the door to the shop
I was greeted by a strong waft, a sweet, deep fried snack or desert, I had no clue what it was but I didn't even need to see it to know I wanted some. I looked around in the direction it blew from but instead of the dish my eyes caught something else
It was Bristles hand, calling me over to a side table, which was basically a small table connected to the wall with a small lamp, napkin holder and other needs
The point was that it was a two person table, it looked like we would be by ourselves for this meal
"Hey, that's a new record for you Radia." she said as I sat down in front of her "You made it here in a total of approximately…" she poked around on her phone as if she doing an equation
"2 Lightyears… and a half" she smiled at me half seriously " . Classic, Bristle" I was overflowing with sarcasm "Hilarious."
She did a small bow and came back up, just in time for the waiter to come by and ask to take our orders "Hello and good morning, are you two ready to order?" we both nodded and he pulled out a small note book "Okay then, I'm ready when you are."
Bristle barely had to open her menu before she started calling out what she wanted "I'll have Puffer Poki's and~ give me some fries and a burger." The guy wrote it all down on a small pad "Original or Sweet Kelp fries?" he asked in returned but Bristle expected it "Original, please."
He turned to me, I was somewhat caught off guard since I had been starring at their conversation and hadn't checked the menu at all "And what will you be having Sir?" I quickly dashed through the listing of foods looking for something to order, I would have took my time if we didn't have things to do after this
"Um, uh, just give me Red Kelp fries and a double burger. Oh! And can you add Mayo on it as well?" the waiter stopped writing my order down and gave me that stare for a second, he judged me right on the spot, unmoving and unblinking.
"… I'll ask them to add it on in the back." He finished writing "Anything else, drinks perhaps?"
That however was set, I had known my drink before I even got inside the place and I was positive that Bris knew what she was getting too
"Ruption, with an additive of strawberry, orange and cherry, as in actually add a cherry inside the drink, please!" we recited it at the same time, both staring at the Waiter as he looked down at both of us, shocked and confused
He shrugged his shoulders and wrote it down, I was glad that he actually remembered all of it, normally we had to tell it back to the waiter one by one "Okay then, I'll be back with you order in about…" he looked at the tablet "14 minutes or so?"
"Okay!" Bris said as she sent him off with a smile and he went on his way. I rolled my eyes after he left, he had some attitude to judge the people who are basically filling out his paycheck
"Can you believe that guy?" I said to Bris in a lower voice "I can understand if he did it in the kitchen with the cooks but he stood there and stared at me, talk about nerve!"
A female waiter came around this time, she placed our drinks down on the table. They might not have the best employees but their service was top notch, It had barley been a second since the guy left!
Bris tilted her head as she slid her drink closer to her "What are you talking about?" I guess she didn't really pay attention to my order, she kept looking down at her phone anyway
"My order! Just because I wanted to get mayo on my on my burger the guy looks at me as if I've lost it!" she looked at me, half laughing "What?! You put mayo on your burger?! Since when?"
I rolled my annoyance into a sigh, it wasn't going the way I hoped "No! That's not the point! Well, it is... But not the format you're talking about!" she laughing and gave me a smiling look of disbelief "But seriously, who puts mayo on their burger?"
Great. She was on this random guy's side. Double the judgement from some random waiter who could tell some people about it and care less later and my friend who could spread it like wild fire among people I know.
Keeping my mouth closed and getting rid of the subject seemed like the best decision "*sigh* just… forget about it." I looked back up at her, ready for the topic at hand "You said something about wanting to talk to me in your text, right?" Bristle had calmed down by now and was taking a soft sip from her soda
"Mmhhm!" she mumbled without taking her mouth of the straw, I gave her an annoyed look "Well you sounded kinda urgent about it, is everything okay?" she stopped drinking and pushed the drink away, she looked up at me, semiserious
"Today is our last required log in for the attack." Yeah, it was as I thought. Ever since the Octolings fell in on that missile, me, Bristle and the rest of our teams have had to go to these meeting like conferences, to explain what happened to people who wanted to know and learn more about the events from other sources
It was originally a volunteering program but after the attack we basically were forced to go, it was for the better of not only us but everyone else "Well that's nice to hear" I said it, but I wasn't truly sure if I meant it
"Yeah, kinda. I get this bitter sweet feeling when thinking about it. The information they have there is really interesting… Oh well, it's not like we can't go back anytime we want too" she went back at her drink
"So, who's going today as our rep?" also, after the first meeting with everyone, since me and Bristle had been in the same area we only have to send one of us instead of both of us each time, it saves time and hassle on both parts. The same was likely for the other teammates "Me"
I looked up at bristle, her answer was so quick and sharp, she had even stopped drinking "Huh, you really want to go, don't you? I told you, I have no problem with tagging along with you, I actually wouldn't mind going" but she shook her head
"But if you just go out into turf war and start playing, you can get warmed up and I can just jump in later after I'm done, with a lot less of a problem. Either way, you already went for the last 2 months, I still have one more to even it all out" she was right, but no one ever said we had to split up the months evenly. She gave me a advantaged smile and said one more thing "You're not getting out of this one, sorry"
Technically, I was trying to get in but I just kept quiet until I gave off another sigh "Fine, fine. Sorry for giving you such a bother about just helping you out…" she gave me a sly look, I was obviously being sarcastic, and it was feeling like one of those days after all
"Aw, don't worry about it! After all, I get to tell everybody about how you cried like a baby and I had to come down and save your life. Trust me, they love the story and it never seems to get old" we both stared at each other with gritting smiles
"So that's why you want to go back so bad, huh?" she didn't say anything back, just smiling while still drinking her soda
"Annnd here is your order!" the speed in which the waiter had dashed in caught me off guard, there was no way 15 minutes had passed by that quickly? He placed down the trays of food in front of us, it steamed, once again with top notch service.
Before he even placed down all the food something caught my nose, it was the sweet smell I had smelt when I walked into the restaurant, I looked around at the tables surrounding tables then noticed then noticed that the smell was right under my nose, literally
A curved platter with small little spiky brown doughnut like pastries were on bristles tray, she noticed me looking at them
"What's up? You smell the Puffer Poki's?" so that's what they are called, the name dose make since, after all, they do look like little pufferfish
"Yeah, I had smelt them when I came in before, they look delicious" I stared at them but when I looked up I saw Bristle with a devious smile
"Want one?" she said, but it just felt too innocent but I decided to take the bait anyway
"… Sure" She picked up the small little dough ball and held it out to me, I was about to take it until she took it and bit it in half, causing more steam to rise from the fluffy core, as she chewed her smile almost turned to laughter and she held it out to me once again
I took it, she kept on smiling as I held it in my hand, staring at it, then back up at Bristle who was smirking her whole entire face off. However, I was going to get the last laugh
Carefully, I dropped my hands under the table as I stared at the treat, I then ripped a piece from the farthest back part of where her lips met the fluffy cake but left enough to make it looked as if it wasn't tampered with, the rest of the scraps were dropped on my lap
Now I lifted my hands back above the table, the heat had started to die down from the little doughnut so it was now or never "Down the hatch it goes."
As I dropped it in my mouth I watched Bristles eyes grow wide and her cheeks nearly burst into a flood of red, the tides had turned as I felt my smile grow so wide it actually hurt my face, not to mention the flavor of the cake was delicious. As I ate it and looked back at her she just gave me a semi shocked look, she didn't expect me to do it and that was the richest part of it all
Then it turned back to a sly smile "Haha, wow, I did not think you were one of those Radiant" she poked her tongue out in a mocking yet cute way, placing her finger on it
"You? A spit tasting pervert? Huh, guess I never would have thought it…" I laughed a bit and replied back "Would you just eat your food already so we can get out of here?" on second thought, the way I phrased and said the sentence was very, very bad and I'm positive she picked up on it
Bristle changed her face into an innocently shocked look and fluttered her eyes, looking away, I tried to ignore her but only ended up staring at her "Whatever you say… big brother." I felt myself flushing in embarrassment, she had picked up on it as I thought
Replying though gritted teeth I held back a stubborn laugh "Oh, shut up"
We had started to eat our food and it once again felt like seconds before we were done, Bristle continued to taunt me with the Puffer Poki's and then each time I took a bite into me Hamburger she would say something like "Mayo Boy" or "Cream Kid", it was annoying but as long as she kept the joke between us It didn't really bother me. At last it was time for us to leave, we both approached the counter, paid and then headed on our way
Nearly as soon as I got outside I felt the coolness of the store vanish of my skin "Wow, you weren't kidding when you said it was boiling out here." Bristle said, shielding her eyes "Yeah, but now's not the time to be talking about this, you have to get going" I took out my phone, forcefully shielding the sun away with my hand to read the clock "Its 12:53"
Her eyes snapped open as she just turned to me "What? Already?" I nodded as she spent no time putting her visor on and adjusted it to fit her properly
"I'll see you later Radia!" yelling back to me from down the street, she waved as people passed by her but I could make out her figure perfectly
Today she was wearing something different then her normal style, her diamond like turquoise tentacles matched her top which was colored in a cool purple, blue and sky blue in multiple layers, it even had an added little frilly part at the bottom that made it look like as if it was going into a skirt. Her shoes were Zombie High Horses, multicolored with mostly the same as her top and though she wasn't wearing it now it was either the visor she already had on or her pilot goggles, they illuminated her orange eyes but she rarely wore them the proper way
Yeah, all of that made up one heck of a girl. I've known her for nearly the longest and our friendship has been a ride of its own but it stayed strong through it all
"Huh?" My phone went off in my pocket "Maps changing soon, head to Booyah Base!"
I kicked my shoes on the ground, I didn't feel like running back. Turning into a squid I changed up my ink and shot off into the sky, super jumping to Booyah Base instead
It's only took a minute or two of free flying over Inkopolis, when I landed I rolled into a sprint, people staring at me as I dashed into the tower, not wasting a second
"8/8. Lobby Filled. BATTLE TIME!" I had dashed in at the perfect time, at just the right time to enter the upcoming match and in no time we were transported to the match
The stage smelled fresh and when I opened my eyes I was greeted with… Camp Triggerfish. Huh, ironic.
Actually, this day was full of Irony, the time when I went to lunch with Bris, the fact that the main scent that filled my nose in the store was the same as what she was going to order, the drink doesn't truly count but now this. The same day that we were attacked and the map just so happens to be same map…
Irony sure has a way of amusing itself, and I won't lie, it's actually a bit funny to me as well
"2…" I jolted at the noise, I was barely focused on the match at hand! On the notice I properly gripped my Splash-O-Matic and focused in
"1…"
"GO!" and we all flew forward into the air, dashing all over the field to take out ground and truly make it ours
"Alright guys, lets show them what we've go-" but I was cut off by something loud, something that sounded so familiar
The sound of metal and wood crashing into each other in utter disharmony, but not only one but multiple
I whipped around and turned towards the direction from where the sound came from, it was actually our spawn, but when I looked at it… It looked nothing like our spawn
It now looked bent out of shape, with a torch like metallic figure sticking out of it. I had no doubt that it was out of order and we would most likely no longer be able to use it, but the most disturbing part was what stood on top of it all
The figure was surrounded by uprising steam and smoke of our Ink color but the sun revealed that something stood in the colorful mist and dew, a feeling like no other welled in the depths of my stomach as realization now took hold
I head a sweet laughing from the mist, a metallic rimmed and magenta ink filled looking spalt bomb flew down in front of my now aware team, we all lunged backwards to dodge the radius, one of them tripped over but they didn't get up before the entity jumped down into the ink and made their appearance
"Well then. It looks like my eyes didn't deceive me." She looked at me, her metallic goggles staring at me and my eyes trying to make this all into disbelief. It was the Octoling leader from the last time
"Talk about Irony. Don't you say, Inkling?"
AN: Hello again guys! I keep having this problem of writing longer chapters then I intend to, I'm not too sure why this is happening but I have a slight idea on why. So this chapter was somewhat complicated, for one I wanted to introduce more of Bristles character type since the events of this chapter aren't in a major chaos and panic so she can be shown as who she really is, same with Radiant (Radiant is the main character, otherwise known as the person who is talking, just in case you didn't catch on :3) though his was much more lacking. So! After this reading this chapter what do you think? Sorry if the plot seems a bit rushed but I don't want to waste too much time, in chapter delaying. This chapter would have been split up into 3 with the appearance of the Octoling squad leader being its who other chapter but I figured why not put a bit of interest on into it. Okay, I'm done talking now! As always thank you for readying and I'll see you guys next time!