Epilogue: 7-15-15-4-2-25-5

Immediately after getting up from my couch, I shut the television off as I walked toward the door and heard Denver hastily talking to someone on a phone until I opened the door and heard him let out a short yelp before forming a smile on him.

"SAM! Holy fucking shit, man! I thought you were being murdered in there by someone that broke into your house with all the screaming I heard out here! I was calling the police, and they'll be arriving here shortly!" He said with worry as I weakly smiled at him and let out a sigh while rubbing my eyes, completely tired after the whole fight against Genocide 3 and having seen everything. I didn't want to lie to him out of all people, so I told him everything that happened while I was playing the game. Even though he didn't believe me and found the fight against Genocide 3 far fetched, I could tell that he looked concerned for me as we both soon heard distant police sirens heading towards us and parking near my driveway.

The police soon questioned me about what happened, to which I told them about Genocide 3 in the game whom almost killed me by paralyzing my heart and lungs. They didn't believe me in the slightest whatsoever, but still searched through my house. Eventually, they left some minutes later and told me to go see a psychiatrist if I was starting to get insane or delusional as they left me and Denver all alone.

I asked him if he wanted to come inside, and he accepted my offer as we both went inside and got ourselves some snacks. I just wanted to get some sleep, but I managed to stay awake long enough for me to tell him the rest of the story of how things in the game went with all of the corrupted stages and boss battles in the game.

After a while of eating, drinking and talking, he soon told me that he would be going back home and asking me if he could hang out with me tomorrow. I accepted his request, and smiled with a tired look as he left my house and bid him a farewell before closing the door behind.

I was all alone by myself once more as I sat at one of the chairs in the kitchen, looking at my drink as I felt as though someone was watching me. I turned to look behind me out of paranoia, and caught a glimpse of a shadow walking into my room as I was confused. I looked at the clock, and saw that it read 5:23 PM as I got up from my seat and walked toward my door. I soon heard something strange once I was standing in front of my door, as though I heard the familiar giggling of Emily within the room. I was slowly getting somewhat afraid, but considering that this was Emily's giggling out of all the noises, I opened the door without any second thoughts as I immediately widened my eyes in shock at what I saw laying on my bed.

What laid on my bed, was the actual in-game version of Marie looking at me with a smile on her, but I could tell that it was one of the "hallucinations" as I saw it having one key difference: Her eyes.

Her pupils were black with blue irises around it unlike the golden irises with ninja-like star pupils as I just stared at her with a surprised look. I didn't even feel my sanity drain, despite looking at the hallucination as I soon heard her speak up for the first time in Emily's voice.

"Hey, Sam. Have you missed me?" She said to me with joy in her voice as I chuckled nervously and sighed as I spoke up myself and slowly began walking toward her.

"E-Emily... heh, I... I don't know how to react to this! Should I be shocked, surprised, or scared?" I could feel my heart racing as I looked down at her as the hallucination looked up at me with the same smile on her lips.

"You should be shocked how I am able to talk to you, first of all. Secondly, you should react surprised as to how my touch can't kill you unlike the other hallucinations. And third, you should be scared, because... well, you're pretty much speaking to your dead girlfriend here." She grins at me as I just chuckle at her third reason, and feel her hand soon touch mine. She was right, unlike the hallucinations whom have aggressively chased me down and tried to kill me, her touch didn't do anything to me in the slightest as I just stared into her eyes and sat down on my bed next to her as she sat up herself.

"Emily, I'm actually so happy to see you after like, 8 months or so! I didn't get to ask this before, but what have you actually been up to, ever since you... became Marie of the Squid Sisters?" I sounded so stupid asking that question, but I saw her continue to smile at me as she relaxed and laid back down on my bed and let out a sigh.

"Oh, nothing much... I've just been hosting news broadcasts and doing Splatfests with my virtual cousin and became a singer myself after winning a tournament along with Callie. What have you been up to?" She looks at me as I laid down next to her, feeling her warm hand holding mine as though she was actually laying next to me, despite not actually being real.

"Well, I've just been living all alone here by myself, playing Splatoon and having been fired from my job as an animal feeder at the aquarium... eh, it's a somewhat boring life now, to say the least..." I lowered my eyelids and let out a yawn, feeling as though I wanted to go to sleep as I felt Emily soon embrace me and giggling as we both continued looking at each other.

"Boring life, indeed. My life in the game has been just pure fun, overall! Well, except for when... "he" wanted to torture me. I think you know who I'm talking about..." Her happy look soon fades away, as I mention the one name that visibly makes her shake and grimace in a bit of disgust.

"Genocide 3?" I said as she looked at me with the same disgusted look.

"Yeah, him... But now he's gone, and I finally have the world all to myself. But..." She soon falls completely silent, until I could soon hear her sniff and start to cry as I saw some tears drop onto my bed as she looked up at me, tears forming in her eyes.

"I... I just feel so alone without you, Sam... Every inkling boy that I meet in my world just doesn't interest me in the least bit, and I've been stuck thinking about you for a long time..." She buries her face on my chest as I just felt bad for her and continued looking at her for a while, caressing her tentacles.

"And even though I'm here now, I don't have much time before I have to return back to the game, and never see you again..." Her voice was somewhat muffled, but I could still make out her sentence as an idea soon sparked in my head that I knew was going to include someone getting killed.

I know this idea sounds like crossing the line, but it's what I decided to do: I wanted to stay with Emily in the game so both me and her can be happy together. I'm sorry, but I couldn't stand to see Emily being alone in a world without someone there who genuinely cares about her and loves her as I soon proceeded to tap her shoulder as she looked up at me with a sad look on her.

"Emily... I want to stay with you in our new world." I bluntly said, as I saw her look at me with confusion at first, and muttered one word.

"What...?" She quietly said, before I said the same thing again. To which I saw her form tears in her eyes again as she slowly backed away from me with a smile on her lips.

"N-no, Sam... I don't want you to be stuck like I am. You have a world that you live in, a world where you have a job and-" I completely ignored her, and immediately hugged her as I began to form tears in my eyes as well as I felt her place her hands on my back as we both held ourselves close to each other.

"Emily, please...! I just care about you so damn much. I want us to be together again in your world that you live in, because I can't stand living my life here without you! I've lost my job, and my life overall is just a soul-draining MESS! So please, I want you to take me with you, PLEASE!" I screamed that last word out loud as I heard Emily gasp and remain silent for a few seconds until I heard her chuckle quietly as we both looked at each other in the eyes, eye contact remaining unbroken.

"You... you really do care about me that much?" She simply asked as I nodded and smiled at her, wiping my tears off of my eyes and continued looking at her with the same smile.

"Hehe... well, if this is what you really want for me and you... then I'll do it. I'll give you a chance to do anything necessary before we both leave this world together and head into mine, alright? This cannot be undone, so be careful with your decision..." She said as she lets go of me, allowing me to walk through my house.

The first thing I did was check the computer and see if anyone has responded to my comment on that Splatoon update video on YouTube, but no one has responded to it. I then proceeded to unlock the front door if Denver decides to come to my house tomorrow, despite the fact that I may be long dead before he even finds me, and the second-to-last thing I did was grab my Splatoon disc and putting it inside of its DVD case as I place it next to my computer along with putting a note on it, telling him to explore the rest of the game that I failed to go through, and shut the game off whenever something starts to fuck with his mind or feeling as though he's in danger while playing it.

The final thing I did, was finish and publish this story that I've written for you all since I first started playing through this new update. I know some of you may not believe that this story is real, but I honestly don't care whether or not you believe it's real or fake. By the time I publish this, I am already long gone, and I do not want you all to send me a private message or try to add me on any social medias that I have. Denver, if you somehow find this story here through the internet, this has been everything I've experienced in the game, as well as in real life with the hallucinations chasing me down. I'm sorry if I didn't ask you that I should've made you remain anonymous, but I'm sure that you'll be alright with me adding your name into this story of mine, as well as the fact that I'm giving you my copy of Splatoon so you can see the new update for yourself and explore things in the game that I didn't get to see.

Well, I suppose this is my last good bye, everyone. I think it's time for me to finally reunite with Emily again after all of these months. I really do hope, that I can at least find some joy with me probably living my new life in her world full of inklings, knowing that me and Emily will probably meet each other again when her world is remade, and I get to be the new Agent 3.

THE END

Author's Note: Aaaaand, curtain!

Nothing much to say here, except that I actually did like making this story while it lasted, and now I will mention something that might surprise you.

Yes, there IS going to be a sequel to this story! I won't be spoiling the title, because that will already give away the premise of the sequel. And unlike this, where there is some action and romance involved, the sequel will have NONE of that. It will focus on subtlety and horror, and won't have any of the "dead girlfriend" trope in it like this story has.

Now, I know that there are some problems that people pointed out, so I will knock the problems out of the park so I can improve on the sequel.

"1: Intersplicing songs"

This was a terrible mistake, and I shouldn't even have done it in the first place. And I truly blame myself for it, but I actually am glad that Ultrapyre has helped me improve on that, despite the episode I kind of suffered!

"2: It's too similar to the NES Godzilla Creepypasta"

Another terrible mistake pointed out by NovaScienceNever. I wasn't being original for the finale in the slightest, and just borrowed elements straight from the creepypasta in a plagiarism type of way which I feel extremely guilty and sorry over. Like the first point, I shouldn't have done that, and I should've just thought about how to handle the finale more.

"3: It lacked subtlety, and had clichés"

Can't say I am too surprised by this. I really should've thought more about the hallucinations and how they would act, but the sequel will mainly focus on the subtlety factor and I will try to refrain from clichés as much as possible, especially the whole dead girlfriend thing.

Anyways, for those whom enjoyed the story, I'm actually glad that I managed to make some people happy despite some glaringly obvious problems that will be fixed for the sequel. Hey, the sequels usually fix things, right? RIGHT!?

Thanks for having supported me through and through! Speaking of which, I think I should be focusing on finishing another story of mine that only needs two more chapters before being finished as well. Ciao! ;)