Cerrena started walking. Then, she remembered something. "Hey, other agents? Who on earth is Mr. Grizz? And why can't we tell agents 4 and 8? And do we have agents 5, 6, and 7?"
"Good question. Who IS Mr. Grizz?" Agent 1 asked.
Agent 2 responded. Apparently she knew everything. "Mr. Grizz is the person who runs Grizzco Industries. Remember that place, Agent 1? The part-time job area in the most sketchy part of Inkopolis Square, and you go collect Golden Eggs?"
"Oh, yeaaaahhhh! I remember now." Agent 1 said. "But why can't we tell agents 4 or 8?"
"Because they work there sometimes, then if we tell them, they'll realize that their boss betrayed them, and they say they're his most loyal employees." Agent 2 explained.
"Oh. Right. And if we tell them, they'll be really mad, right?"
"Yup."
"Wait wait wait wait. What is Grizzco Industries?" Cerrena asked.
"It's a part-time gig where you go to a certain area, you beat up Salmonids to collect Power Eggs, you also defeat Boss Salmonids to collect Golden Eggs, and you have to meet a certain quota in a certain amount of time." Agent 2 explained. She really does know everything.
"Okay. Do we have agents 5, 6, and 7? I never heard you mention them." Cerrena wondered. Did they just skip three numbers?
"No, I don't know what happened in the deep sea metro, but Gramps recruited an agent, and dubbed him Agent 8. No idea why, but you don't really question Gramps." So Agent 2 DOESN'T know everything?
"Uh, okay. Well, I'm going to continue on, bye!" She kept walking forward. She stopped at a kettle, just for more Power Eggs. When she hopped in, something dawned on her.
"WAIT. In Grizzco Industries, you beat up Salmonids, right?" Cerrena looked down at Fish.
"Yup. Why?" Agent 2 asked.
"That guy is going DOWN and he's going down fast." She was NOT going to let this guy get rid of the rest of Fish's race. It was NOT going to happen.
She chose a weapon (The options were: Hero Shot, Slosher, and DARK TETRA DUALIES. You know which one was picked), and she hopped into the level.
The moment she started walking, Agent 1 said something. "Hey, I think the Octohoppers are hoppy to see you!" An Octohopper heard it, and started to fire ink at Cerrena. She dodgerolled, and splatted it.
"Thanks Agent 1. You made them hopping mad." The next two Octohoppers did not enjoy that, so they started attacking Cerrena. She splatted them quickly. "Okay, so they don't like puns. Great."
She swam up a wall, and splatted a normal Octarian. She was about to hop over a gap in between platforms, but an Octohopper suddenly spawned right there, so she splatted it. "Ha. Dead. No more hopping for you." She continued on, and splatted another hopping guy.
"Your puns made them really mad, guys. They're…uh…hopping mad." Agent 2 said.
"Thanks Agent 2. It makes me hoppy when these guys are angry." Cerrena responded. She wasn't losing a pun battle, no matter who it was up against. The next tall pillar had a speedy thing that when you go on it, you get shot forward. Whatever they were called. On top of it was another one, and it shot her to the next platform.
She saw some more normal Octarians circling around a pillar, and splatted them all. She was about to use another speedy thing, but she asked Agent 2 what it was first.
"They're called dash tracks." she responded.
"Cool. How'd you know?" Cerrena asked.
"Agent 4 used them." Agent 2 explained.
"Okay." She went up it, and there was another floaty platform in front of her that had another dash track on it. She went up, and Agent 1 said something…odd.
"Careful, Agent 3! Don't let them have the hopportunity!"
"They may have the high ground, but they underestimate my power!" She challenged them. She splatted an angry Octohopper, then three more hopped in.
"Sorry, but you can't just crash my party! Now I'm hopping mad!" She splatted them. She used another dash track to get to the top, and boom there was the final checkpoint. She broke some boxes, and continued on. She could see the goal just ahead.
"Hop…to it, Agent 3! Ugh, there are no more good hopping puns." Agent 2 said.
"Yeah. There are more shark puns." Cerrena agreed.
The Octohoppers still didn't like Agent 2's pun, even if it was bad. Cerrena splatted them, and continued on. She jumped over a gap, and BOOM! Four more Octohoppers spawn. "uWAAH!" She stumbled back, and fell into the gap. She climbed back up, and jumped over again, and proceeded to splat the stupid Octohoppers. "That was TERRIFYING." She got to the goal and hopped back to Alterna.
After that, she went to the big Fuzzball, and got rid of it. "Good job Fish. Good thing your appetite is really big, because there's so much Fuzzy Ooze here." He made Salmonid noises back at her.
She moved on to the next area, and it was a long one. She moved forward, and got rid of a lot of Fuzzy Ooze, courtesy to Fish. Then she saw Agent 1. "Hi, Agent 1, how'd you get here before me?"
"Skills. Hey, I have something for you." Agent 1 said, smiling.
"Ooh, really? What is it?" oh boy oh boy oh boy PRESENTS!
"It's some Power Eggs from the Captain! She thought you might want some." Agent 1 handed her a pack of Power Eggs.
"Cool! Tell the Captain thanks for me."
"Got it!"
Cerrena continued on. She had to get rid of a big Fuzzball, but that's okay. She moved on to the next area.
This area wasn't like the others. It had lots of different buildings, each a different size. At the top was one more big kettle, right where the last signal was coming from. In front of her was the start of…a ride rail! "Sweet! More ride rails!" she inked it, and it led her to the next building. She found another ride rail, and hopped on it. Lots of hopping today.
She went on multiple ride rails, and passed lots of buildings. She never imagined she would be able to be on someone's roof without getting in trouble, but here she was, on the top. She eventually made it to the big kettle, and jumped in. No hopping this time.
She chose her weapon, and went into the launchpad. When she landed, she said, "Alright Big Man. It's your turn." And Big Man came in.
Author's note: Uh. Hi. Sorry it took me a while, we got busy. Again. It always happens: I plan on getting this out, we get busy, and boom it takes forever. I wanted this out like right after Christmas but NOOOO! So here is your week-late Christmas present, but if you celebrate a different holiday, this is your holiday present.
This pun kettle wasn't as good as Shiver's battle, but Shiver is better than Octohoppers. Also there are no good hopping puns. BUT BIG MAN IS HERE. So yayer (Agent 1 quote. I got the first Splatoon for Christmas! Then finished the hero mode the same day. hehe.)! Big man. We're nearing the end of the story, so. Yeah. But I have a few After-Story things planned, so yeah.
New Splatfest coming up! Spicy, sweet, or sour? I'm team spicy myself.