Saero's view
It had been a full year since we defeated Octavio. Even though my contract with Sheldon had ended, I asked to continue working there. I had also gotten word from the officials saying that my weapons were legalized for Turf Wars, including my SR Squiffer. As a weapon maker, that made me pretty happy.
Not only that, but a lot has changed since last year. Thanks to Carrie and Marie, the Octolings were now allowed onto the surface world, and were even allowed to play in Turf Wars. It took some time for the Inklings to get used to, but now they're on pretty good terms.
It was my day off, so I met with Nira and Dorea in the plaza. We did some window shopping and talked about stuff until I tripped and fell onto another Inkling. "S-Sorry!", I said, holding out my hand to help him get up, though he didn't take it. "The heck was that for?!", he asked me. "I just tripped.", I said, "I didn't-" He suddenly pointed toward me. "Be at Inkopolis tower in 30 minutes.", he said before walking off with some of his friends."
I gave out an annoyed sigh as I sat on the bench. "Dang it, why did this have to happen?", I said, "I have no interest in Turf Wars anyway, but that guy will probably get even more angry if we don't show up." "Even if we went, we can't play.", Dorea said, "We still need one other person." "Um, excuse me.", a female voice called out. I turned to where I heard the voice from and saw an orange Inkling that looked to be 14 years old. "I-I can play with you, if you want.", she said, "Though I might just drag you down." "Yeah, sure.", I said, scratching my head before holding out my hand, "My name's Saero. What's yours?" "I-I'm Anni.", she said, grabbing my hand. "It's nice to meet you, Anni.", Dorea said, "I'm Dorea." "And I'm Nira.", Nira told her. "Y-Yeah...", Anni said. "Anyway, we should get going.", I said, "That guy will be expecting us in a few minutes.