#agent 4 never made an appearance in splatoon 3

[koreankitkat]

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[danndeemo]

Can you info dump about your silly agents?

Ohhhh hee hee…

Ok so I know I don’t talk about this often, but I’m actually a very big fan of the splat1 trio (Callie, Marie and young 3). I’m planning on writing a fic set in that time period for awhile now, just can’t finally sit down and write. It’s just something about their dynamic that’s really comforting for me. I also very much love it when I read splatoon fics and there’s capn cuttlefish and 3 interactions, they’re just so adoptive family core to me, and it’s even more like that bc 3 hasn’t felt like a part of his biological family for the last time he’s spent with them.

I never get around to making proper references of all my little guys, but there’s something I really want to not forget and include in 4’s info is that he can’t pronounce the letter r correctly. It’s tough to explain in english, since it’s not that big of a deal, but this hc mainly comes from a speech defect in russian (maybe not only russian), where it’s very clear someone can’t say the hard r. It’s something I really want to not forget when I’m writing something about human 3x4 in russian, it’s a pretty cute interaction.

8 and 3 were supposed to be rivals, and I have some very old fic drafts where they compete in tournaments against each other. But that idea kinda faded away after I assigned 3 a softer friendlier personality, so now it’ll be more out of character for 3 to start a rivalry with 8. One thing about a story of my 8’s design is that right from the start I made him a splatling main and never thought twice. Kind of like how I knew I wanted 3 to main rollers, but then also adding a charger class weapon like a mix or Callie and Marie something like that. 8’s design changed the least out of the agents and tbh, I think I hit the right spot when first designing him. 3 went so far through the most changes, mainly bc the first ones were kind of lame and uninteresting, but now I have at least a sense of where I should be going with all my guys.

Neo was a completely different character before I assigned the agent role to him. His weird fascination with cap3 came sort of out of nowhere, I just thought of it one day, and now it’s still canon in my insane splatoon au. I have a theory of some old very fucked up fanfiction about them that may have possibly I got the idea of this one sided loving attractive relationship. I probably have some hc’s that are purely based from these old times of reading absolutely strangest and most insane fics on ficbook.net… if I’m not wrong, my idea of 4’s personality came not from the splat fandom, not the media I’m basing my agents off of, but from the brief appearances of that character in fanfiction. It’s around the same time when I started shipping human version of 3 and 4 together because there was just some weird factor and made me so absolutely fucking convinced they had this “friends to lovers” chemistry. There was a fic about a different ship, but all I could do was just focus on the interactions between these two… I wrote quite a lot about them! They’re still my number 1 otp and it’s not even close. I don’t like the splatoon versions of them as much as humans, but I still think they work really well as 3 and 4.

It’s not too much… but I might reblog this to add more info…

[lady0lunamoon]

Theory : Agent 4 In Side Order

With the announcement of the Splatoon 3 DLC "Side Order", many people in the Splatoon fandom either suspect or internally demand that Agent 4 appears in the upcoming DLC — and for good reasons!

But HOW would Agent 4 fit into the story of the DLC?

What would their role be?

Well, I have an idea!

So get some snacks and a drink people, cause this will definetly take a while!

So that you will not loose the sight of where one point ends and the next one beginns, I will mark the beginning of all the points with heart emojis!

And to top it all off, because I'll be talking about Agent 4's involvement as a whole and not just WHY or HOW they could appear in the DLC, but infact ALL these topics at once, I will also divide the different topics through lines! ( "____" but longer )

Here's a base to get a better idea of what I'm talking about :

At the very end, I will also add a quick summary of all my conclusions, incase you won'tbe able to follow all the points, loose sight or it is just too many ideas and conclusions at once for you to process! _______________________________________

First, I'll beginn with the reasons why Agent 4 definetly MUST appear in the DLC:

💛 Reason one : They're the ONLY member of the Squidbeak still missing!!! Agent 8 has been confirmed as the Player Character for Side Order and the rest of the Squidbeak — even Octavio — were all in "Return of the Mamalians"! The only one still missing in this game is Agent 4!

💛 While we're at the topic of other characters, every recurring Character that has appeared in the trailers until now first debuted in Splatoon 2, but none of them have made any onscreen appearances in Splatoon 3 yet — in other words, until now they've been Splatoon 2 exclusive characters! Agent 8 and Dedf1sh never appeared in Splatoon 3 up until the trailers came, and Off the Hook's only appearance until now was through artwork and music! Pearl and Marina haven't physically appeared yet, but are all but confirmed to do so in the actual DLC! Infact, Pearl seems to be controlling a little flying drone that seems to be "Side Order"'s counterpart of "Return of the Mamalians"' Lil Buddy! Pretty much the only significant Splatoon 2 character that has yet to appear in Splatoon 3 is Agent 4 — except for commander Tartar, but that guy is dead so he doesn't count!

💛 Also, Agent 4 is actually mentioned in the Official Splatoon 3 World Map!

Therefore, it's clear Nintendo has not forgotten about 4, but wouldn't it still be weird to mention them here if they were not important to the game in some way?

Infact, Agent 4 was the ONLY other Agent appart from New Agent 3 that was mentioned on the map and the ONLY ONE who was mentioned DIRECTLY! For New Agent 3, the map just said "You Live here" but for Agent 4 it says "Agent 4's home"

💛 Also, Lil Judd is implied to be the new boss of Grizzro Industries after you complete "Return of the Mamalians" — a plot point which should probably get resolved in the DLC, considering the implications that cloning is involved! And it's confirmed that Agent 4 did or might even still work at Grizzro industries!

☝Keep this point here in mind, cause I'm not done with this yet!☝

💛 Also, if you didn't recognize the location in the first trailer, the Official DLC's Webpage read : "See what has happened to Inkopolis Square from the Splatoon 2 game, and what would've happened if Order thwarted Chaos to rule the city!"So this confirms, that Side Order indeed takes place in Inkopolis Square — the setting of Splatoon 2!

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Now that we got the connections to Agent 4 and reasons they should definetly appear in the DLC out of the way, let's start on my theory what their role might be in the DLC!

🧡 Well, Remember what I said about Lil Judd being implied to be the new boss of Grizzro Industries? Considering the recent theories about the DLC involving Cloning, it's very likely that Lil Judd is involved in the DLC, Considering he is a clone on Judd! But what does that have to do with Agent 4's role in the story?

......Remember what I said about Agent 4 and Grizzro industries?

Well, I purposefully said that they might still be working there!

Am I saying that Agent 4 is a villain in "Side Order"?

I sure am!

I know what you're thinking now...... "But why would they be evil?"

To better understand that, I first wanna adress another theory I have on the DLC: 

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🧡 Because I am very much convinced that the Final Splatfest is directly involved in the DLC!

Because..... how else could you interpret the title? Even if the central theme truly is order, the DLC is not just called "Order"! It's called "Side Order"! And there are always more than one sides — mostly opposing sides! And what were the two opposing sides in the final Splatfest of Splatoon 2? Team Chaos vs Team Order!

Which means to me that, whoever is pulling the strings — be it Agent 4 or someone else — is on the SIDE of ORDER!

The title is suppose to tell us that the Final Splatfest is the conflict of the DLC! The antagonist is upset over what has happened to the world after Team Chaos won! So now, their goal is to create a new World ORDER!

Infact, maybe the final boss fight — or at least some level in the DLC — will be based after a Splatfest battle! Like a Tri-color turf war! I mean..... in Octo Expansion we had multiple levels with Rank battles and the Final Boss fight was based after Turf War!

All that we're missing here would be a Splatfest battle! If the main conflict really is the "Chaos Vs Order" Splatfest, then one of the best ideas for the final battle would be a repeat of said Splatfest!

_______________________________________🖤 This theory might also provide an explanation for why Agent 8 wakes up in the bleached Inkopolis Square and Marina also appeanantly vanished!

Eight and Marina were both on Team Order! Wouldn't it make sense wanting the help of other Team Order members for this plan?

To get them on your....side?

But of course, 8 and Marina refused, so the antagonist resorts to kidnapping (at least in the case of Marina)!

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🖤 But that still doesn't explain why Agent 4 would be an antagonist right....?

Why would they Support Order?

Weren't they on Team Chaos for the Final fest?

Yes!

Yes, Agent 4 Indeed was on Team Chaos for the final fest!

WAS!

Take a look back at the post from the DLC's Webpage : "What would've happened if Order thwarted Chaos to rule the city?"

Many people interpreted this part like that Side Order is actually a "What If?" Alternate Universe!

However, I don't think that is the case.....

Do you honestly think we'd get a plain, over-perfectionized and colorless town as the main aesthetic for a game like Splatoon?

Instead, I believe the "What would've happened if....?" ect. part is from the perspective of a character!

You know what I think could be Agent 4's reason for suddenly being on Team Order?

Infact, what might be a central theme in the DLC as a whole?

Regret!

Have any of you guys ever felt doubts about your Splatfest choice? Maybe even regretted them?

Maybe even regretted picking Chaos instead of Order? Because the end result was NOT what you expected?

Well I have! And it lead me to think, if maybe other players felt the same way..... and if they did, wouldn't it be interesting to discuss this topic in the actual game? Considering the Final Fest always has such a HUGE impact on the next game in the series, it might feel natural to wonder if maybe the opposite team should've won! Because maybe the result is different from what you expected?

And you beginn to wonder "What if I picked the other team?" "What if the other team won?"

🖤 Imagine following scenario: Agent 4 was on Team Chaos for the final Splatfest and team Chaos indeed won!

At first, they were happy, just like everyone else......But then, things started to change — like Pearl and Marina said the splatfest result changed the world.... but it didn't change in the way that Agent 4 had hoped! Perhaps the changes that followed after the events of the Chaos vs Order Splatfest were different than what 4 had imagined!

.....Or perhaps Marina was right to fear what might happen if Team Chaos won,

....only wrong about who it applied to!

What if the Splatfest somehow caused some dissonance in the Squidbeak for some reason? And Agent 4 was somehow involved!

What if the other Agents left to go to Splatsville/Alterna and Agent 4 was left behind?

It would add up with the fandom's opinion that the character of Agent 4 is just being forgotten! Because I often see the fandom portray Agent 4 as being left behind by the rest of the Squidbeak!

And just like with the Splatfest Teams, acknowledgement of the fandom in such a way would be an interesting concept to touch uppon, because the fandom would relate to it!

And IF the final Splatfest really is a central conflict in the DLC, then the idea of regretting your team decision would be a very interesting thing to discuss!

Regardless of how it might've happened, the idea is that, after some time, Agent 4 started wondering

"What if I had fought on team order?"

"What if team Order won?"

🖤 Another thing that tipped me off about the concept of regret is the appearance of Dedf1sh — or "Acht" as she called herself in the DLC trailer!

Acht is an Octoling who willingly got sanitized due to "doubts and conflicts about production"!

Also track #8 in her list of songs in called "Regret", possibly showing that she regrets letting herself get sanitized!

There it is again! Doubts and regreting your choices!

And we all know that 8 is a very Important number in regards to the octarians! To hammer this point home, even Dedf1sh's nickname "Acht" is the german word for "Eight"! So, the fact that her 8# track song is called "Regret" feels to me like it is important.

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🖤 Also, side note : It wouldn't be the first time a member of the Squidbeak Splatoon became antagonistic! We saw it in Splatoon 2, with Callie and the Original Agent 3/Cap'n!

And considering the repeaded use of the number 3 in this game...... It seems like a golden opportunity (and a good excuse :3) for the devs to pull that trope a third time!

They already did it with the "Great Zapfish gets stolen" plot!

And considering the rest of the Squidbeak is busy in Alterna, Agent 4 is pretty much the only option available! _______________________________________

🖤 But even IF they want to reverse the events of the Final fest, WHY would 4 go so far? They are a hero, are they not? What happened to them that would cause them to do.....all this?!

Well, I suspect that, IF Agent 4 really is a villain or even THE villain of the DLC, they will not be in their right state of mind!

And no, I don't mean mind controlled and puppeteered by somebody else like Callie in the Splatoon 2 Hero Mode or the Cap'n/Original Agent 3 in Octo Expansion!

Like I said, the developers have the opportunity and the excuse to pull the "Member of the Squidbeak turns evil" trope a third time, but that doesn't mean they couldn't add a little twist to it, to keep it interesting!

You see, throughout both Trailers, there is a repeaded use of imagery that is reminicent of actually organic bodies, like the veins and corals that are oddly reminicent of veins!

Also look at this picture right there and tell me it doesn't look reminicent of a brain to you!

While mechanical and robotic stuff is definetly present in the trailers too, so is organic stuff!

However, the hints of natural organic things are much more suddle! It kinda feels to me like there is something intentionally being kept secret in relation to it!

Like for example....maybe the root of everything bad happening in the DLC is more of a root than we might think!

Maybe the origins of everything behind the events of Side Order is not some AI or a scientific experiment, but it's actually something natural!

Something that wasn't directly created by human hand or tentacles, but by (what remains of) the planet itself!

Remember this part from "Return of the Mamalians"' Alterna Logs: "Spurred by these impulses-and whatever else may have been floating in the polluted waters-the sea creatures began to evolve rapidly."

The important part being "Whatever else may have been floating in the polluted waters"! Implying that something other than the crystals infused with humanities desires have been responsible for the evolution of marine life!

What results would we get from the crystals mixing with different things?

For example, Mr Grizz combined some of those crystals with his own furr to create the fuzzy ooze! Although the golden fisheggs were also involved, the game even calls out that it is unknown HOW the fisheggs were used in the creation of the fuzzy ooze!

And it's said that if an Inkling or Octoling comes into contact with fuzzy Ooze, they lose their sense of self!

Loosing their sense of self..... Sound like a good trigger for someone to turn evil?

And if it were either the crystals or the golden fisheggs that are responsible for the "Loosing their sense of self" part...... Well, as an employee of Grizzro's, Agent 4 would have access to Golden Fish Eggs!

And like I said, the ocean is full of those crystals' pieces!

After all, who ever said that the effects those crystals are ALL good?

🖤 Remember, these crystals were infused with Humanity's thoughts and desires! And I doubt that the remaining humans in Alterna have been thinking happy thoughts 24/7!

Because 1 : It was basically the end of the world and their kind was going extinct!

And 2 : They're humans! It's as easy as that!There must've been some hateful thoughts at some point!

And when Alterna collabsed, causing the crystals and thereby also humanity's thoughts to seep into the ocean, nature saw what it would do with it!

Because remember: Those crystals originated from the bodily fluids of squid! The origins if the crystals lied in nature!

The positive feelings contained within the crystals allowed marine life to evolve and become the new dominant species, but what about the negative feelings? Cause I'll be damned if the remaining humans didn't have any bad thoughts or feelings! Especially considering it was the end of the world at that time!!

What if nature did something else with those negative feelings?

And if it did, what would happen if a living organism came in contact with them.....?

What influence could it have on them?

This would be far from the first time nature somehow influences the minds of living creatures!

The two most intense examples I know being Rabies and (Say it with me "The Last of Us"—fans!) Cordyceps!

My point here? If 4 goes rogue, it's possible that the cause of it is not mind control but more related to nature! _______________________________________

🤍 To sum everything up once more :

Agent 4 definetly 10000% MUST appear in the DLC!

The main conflict is not just the concept of "Order", but specifically the Chaos vs Order Splatfest!

After the final fest, for multiple possible reasons, Agent 4 ended up regretting being on Team Chaos for the final Splatfest and wanting to reverse everything! Maybe even start a second "Chaos Vs Order" splatfest!

And they wanted fellow Team Order members Agent 8 and Marina on their Side Order, but that didn't go so smoothly!

However, some outside force might be responsible for them taking it to dangerous extremes!

Though it doesn't necessarily have to be the work of another villain, but maybe, for example, coming in contact with Alterna crystals that absorbed humanity's negative feelings or whatever nature did with said crystals!

[thegg2]

Hello! This is my first Splatoon post!

Here are some of my Agent headcanons, made on Splatoon 3:

Kendra:

Someone help her realise she is not a kid anymore.

Does not have a good relationship with Agent 4.

Gets along with Agent 8 the most.

Is still not used to the Captain role.

Was genuinely sad over Gramps, as he was the one who recruited her in the first place.

Likes to be active most of the time.

Mother of the group

Mains the splatershot

Appearance:

Isla:

As mentioned before, she does not have a good relationship with the Captain.

Anger issues

Despite that though, she can make friends easily.

Likes to hang out with Agent 8 a lot.

Stays a few feet away from Smallfry (flashbacks to salmon run).

Actually got into acrobatics.

Used to be part of a clan before becoming an agent (I will explain more in another post).

Mains the Splat Dualies

Appearance:

Luna:

She’s the shy one of the group.

Is actually the closest to Isla.

Likes ice skating.

Isla refused to let her do a salmon run.

Luna managed to sneak past Isla and do a salmon run, and brought Kendra along. Both regret it deeply and never mentioned it to Isla.

Was very happy to meet Neo Agent 3.

Uncomfortable using a blender.

Was maining the Splat Dualies, but now mains the Splatana.

Appearance:

Phoenix:

“Yay! Another Octoling!” - Luna

She’s sort of…emotionless, I guess?

You know the people you don’t realise are there until they speak? Yeah, she’s like that.

Scares Isla sometimes.

Best friends with Luna.

Although she doesn’t show it, she is sort of scared of Kendra.

Likes to change her appearance constantly.

Mains the Inkbrush.

Appearance:

Just wanted to post something that was not Obey Me! related today, hope you like it.

[delightfuldevin]

I've been meaning to ask for a while now about your Splatoon self insert!! I love the Splatoon lore/world building and would LOVE to hear your takes on it and your S/Is roles in it??

Oh! Haha, well I don’t actually have much of a role in Splatoon’s main story. In fact, it’s quite the opposite!

I first got into Splatoon a little over half way through Splat 2’s lifetime. I didn’t have the game yet, and I didn’t really know much about the lore either aside from the absolute basics. I watched someone’s playthrough of Splatoon 1’s story mode (but not 2 since I did want to get it). And I watched the idols’ live performances on YouTube! I finally did get Splat 2 a couple months after the Final Fest (and I will never get over not being able to be a part of that, truly a one of a kind experience that I will never have ;^;).

So for my self insert, he first appears in the world in his late teens (like 17-ish) and he arrives in a very small town out in the middle of nowhere. The inhabitants of the town aren’t Inklings and don’t know much about Inkling culture so he has no one to teach him about what he is. Not that long after he settles in there, he gets a radio, which can tune in all the way to Inkopolis. From that radio, he learns about the culture of Inkopolis. He becomes invested in the story about the disappearance and return of the Great Zapfish, and even Callie. He listens to songs by the Squid Sisters and Off the Hook every day.

One day, there’s an announcement on the radio that the Squid Sisters and Off the Hook will be having a concert soon and he is determined to see it. So, he goes on the long journey to Inkopolis. He arrives the day of the concert and is so overwhelmed by everything, but still very excited. He has a chance encounter with Callie and she immediately takes a liking to him after he makes an absolute fool of himself in front of her gfhhfgfhgghv. After the concert, he gets to meet all the idols backstage. He bonds with Callie the easiest since he met her first, but he gets closer to the others over time as well. Marina actually made a custom Splat Roller for him so he could finally participate in Turf Wars!

…Aaaand that’s where my story stops, at least for now! I have yet to properly tie myself into Splat 3. I was thinking I’d like to somehow tie myself into Frye’s clan for kin reasons hdncjsbdcsj but I’m not sure how yet. For the most part though, my sona is quite mundane in the world of Splatoon. He isn’t part of the New Squidbeak Splatoon, so he doesn’t play any role in the actual story.

I have an Octoling version of myself as well who actually does play a major role on Octavio’s side, but he’s more of a secondary sona who I don’t normally present with. He’s sorta my “angsty” sona, however angsty my happy go lucky self can be lol

He’s basically a high ranking soldier in Octavio’s army who (accidentally) aided in kidnapping Callie. His story has two different endings. One: Agent 4 saves Callie as usual and Octo!Dorian defects from Octavio and joins Callie on the surface. Two: Callie is never found and Octo!Dorian overthrows Octavio, taking over the Octarian Army and ruling it with Callie by his side. He doesn’t free her because he’s afraid she’ll hate him for what he’s done so he lives a happy lie with her hypnotized by the hypnoshades instead of facing the heartbreaking reality. Yeaahhh, it’s clear why I call him my angsty sona hcnjdbkchshjcs

So yeah! Thank you for your interest!! I don’t have much thoughts on the world of Splatoon, so I’m more content just living my mundane yet ink-covered life with my faves!

[ikatako38]

I started out as closer to the second one, I decided to redeem in my fic so now he’s much more heavily leaning toward #1.

Part of the reason I made this decision is the implication that, if Cap’n Cuttlefish was bad, doesn’t that make Marie bad, too? And Callie never tried to stop any of this, so she was an accomplice, too.

In my headcanon, the entire Squidbeak Splatoon (including Agent 3 and Agent 4) were misguided because they were just following what they were told without question. Even Cap’n Cuttlefish was just following what he had told himself, and was too afraid to question whether he had made the right decisions in the past. But with the appearance of Agent 8, the Splatoon has to come to terms with hat exactly they’ve been doing, and some take that realization better than others.

Are you a “cuttlefish may have said a few out-of-pocket things, but he’s not that bad of a guy because his judgement was clouded due to feeling betrayed by Octavio” believer, a “cuttlefish is severely flawed and overall an awful person due to worshipping military ideals, but he is trying to improve” believer, or a secret third thing?

[rassicas]

Summary of the new Splatoon character chart from the Nintendo JP website

I spent a couple hours writing up a summary of all the new, noteworthy, or otherwise obscure information from this character chart. Basically, if its lore that’s been mentioned in a more known source like a sunken scroll or in the game itself, I left it out. Click the link above to see the chart, its interactive and more than what I can fit in a single screenshot. Summary under the cut, with my own notes written in brackets.

Agent 3/S1 Player character -came from a region a little far from Inkopolis where there are many prosperous towns. they left their parents at age 14 and moved to the city. [old comic in the 1st artbook followed this backstory. mentions of parents are rare in splatoon lol] -the age that inklings gain their humanoid form varies, but its usually around age 14 [mentioned in 1st artbook, nice to see it brought up again] -some inklings keen on turf wars participate in competitions held in distant lands [probably in reference to IRL competitions] Agent 4/S2 Player character -came from a place about 40 minutes away from Inkopolis square by train, so they didn't have as much longing for the city as the S1 player character -was too busy with extracurriculars to know who Marie/the squid sisters were [previously mentioned in the S2 artbook] -many Salmon Runners have become "addicted" to the work Pearl -She thought of the Squid Sisters as rivals, but the 2 duos hit it off when they performed together in a distant foreign country. -When she gets serious, she builds up emotional energy by hopping side to side [in the JP version of Octo Expansion, she does this to build up her special to use the princess cannon. this was localized to her warming up her vocal chords in English.] Marina -She loves shoujo manga and practices her crosshatching -She got the groove of the squids in her soul after hearing the Inkantation [bringing this up because in the JP dialogue there's no mention of being 'freed of the oppression of Octarian society' or whatever. She wasn’t literally sci-fi mind controlled by Octavio, and still holds some respect for him despite leaving the Octarian world] -her description is "Maiden in love," the word for "love" seems to be the romantic type. [pearlina real???????] Callie and Marie -Callie loves the outdoors, while Marie is bad with both hot and cold weather -Their debut happened after their performance at a youth singing competition in their home region caught the attention of Shy-ho-shy, who then went on to become their producer [mentioned in Splatune album jacket] Agent 8 -worked in combat in Octarian society -really looks up to Agent 3 and has a “strong mental image” of them. Watched the battle between them and Octavio. [the inner agent 3 fight was never real, its just 8's active imagination. hence the name “inner” agent 3.] Judd and Lil Judd -Judd's eyes are able to instantly determine the winner of turf wars -the voice that you hear when first arriving in inkopolis is not some out-of-universe narrator, it's Judd talking telepathically -While Lil Judd is always plotting to backstab Judd, his plans fail because he's too small -Lil Judd is basically an omnivore, but is especially interested in 'crispy prawns' -once again it's brought up that judd and lil judd are the only 2 mammals to exist, and that judd is immortal. [considering Lil Judd was intended to be a back up for Judd in case he died in cryo freezing, I wouldn't be surprised if lil judd was immortal as well. hasn’t been confirmed tho] Capn Cuttlefish -[if you played Octo Expansion then nothing really new in his info, mostly stuff mentioned in the chat logs.] over 100 years old. made the zapfish plushies that appear in place of the real zapfishes when you replay a level. Annie and Moe -Annie is a fan of metal music -Sheldon sometimes asks her to help him decorate weapons -Moe is a bit overweight because Annie feeds him a lot of sweets

Crusty Sean -he can sometimes sense that Judd and lil Judd are looking at him in a "i want to eat you" way, but he doesn't seem to care. -not new info, but the tidbit about why he uses tickets instead of cash is mentioned. Basically when he first set up his food truck, the long lines were bothersome to the folks running The Shoal, so he worked with the Inkopolis chamber of commerce to set up the ticket system to cut down on lines and bring customers into The Shoal as well.

Jelonzo -his store doesnt sell pants because jellyfish dont wear pants [makes sense lol] Jelfonzo -He won the National Karuta Tournament on his first go because of all the old books he read to memorize the Inkling language. [This tidbit was referenced in splatoon 2's sunken scroll 8 but was never really explained. Karuta is a japanese card game thats been around since the mid 1500s.]

Sheldon -The building that houses Booyah Base is owned by Sheldon's family [I think this was mentioned before in a 2015 famitsu interview] -Sheldon's grandpa, Ammoses, made a fortune off selling weapons for use against the Octarians during the Great Turf War

Spyke and Murch -both came from the same town in a nothern region [previously mentioned in a famitsu interview] -Sea urchins are good at processing Super Sea Snails, and use their spines to dexterously remove the insides -the process of applying chunks is described as a technique(technology?) developed by Murch, and that sea snail shells are used to reapply gear abilities -Flow loves to dote on Murch

Flow and Craymond -Flow loves to drink alcohol, and when she gets drunk, she loves teasing cute kids. [in the 2nd artbook theres art of her getting drunk.  In the chart, her thoughts on the player character is that they are a cute kid. This also explains why she dotes on Murch] -her age is unknown but the inklings think of her as a 'cool older sister' kind of lady -Craymond cleans up parasites that may have latched onto Flow

Bisk -the 3 shoes he wears are his favorites -mentions the thing about him leaving his lover to pursue a band career in the city of Inkopolis, but that’s not really new info CQ Cumber -Kamabo Co. continues operation nowadays just for the sake of those living in the Deepsea -CQ detonates the ink-filled backpack on test subjects when they fail without hesitation because they're faithful to their duties -life form created solely to operate the deepsea metro. there are many of them spread throughout the metro. [this tidbit was previously mentioned only in Haikara walker concept art and the Nintendo Dream interview in 2018] Telephone/Tartar -being left alone for over 10000 years made it go from 'lonely' to 'completely out of control' [the 'lonely' part was previously only mentioned in a couple dev interviews, nice to see it brought up again] Iso Padre -the bag he carries is said to be filled with 'hopes and dreams' DJ Octavio -described as indomitable, and able to escape and rise up after defeat -his wasabi DJ style is unique to him -the music played throughout the Octarian world is mixed by him. The rhythm regulates the dilligent octarians [again, Octavio is not literally mind-controlling his soldiers! think of 'regulate' like how a commander keeps a military in line.] -He once hijacked Inkling airwaves to provoke the Inkling world. The Inklings, however, thought it was a new promotion or something and didn't care, but they appreciated the music. Octarians -Extremely dilligent, follows the music that is played in Octarian society -due to their diligence, they dont really care about how their designs (of their machinery) look -There are two types of octarians: those that are made from tentacles cut off from a host, and those that can become humanoid. more limbs=more intelligence [Essentially, it seems that Octolings reproduce the same way as Inklings, while other Octarians like Octotroopers are made through severed tentacles. octarian reproduction FINALLY clarified after years of confusion massive W] Mr Grizz -described as a mysterious entity, seen by nobody and unknown whether he really exists -the benefit package for Grizzco is described as "excellent" : free transportation, no overtime, and free uniform rental -golden eggs are used as a high-performance energy source, and may be contributing to the overall energy situation in Inkling society [i speculated this for years FINALLYYYYY THEY CONFIRM THIS OUTRIGHT] -some inklings are addicted to the experience of using the illegally modified grizzco weapons, since its a feeling you cant get in normal turf wars... Salmonids -They can live in both land and water, and have the intelligence to weaponize junk that sinks underwater [like ive been saying guys salmonids arent a bunch of dumb animals, thanks] -many of them feel that they are prisoners to their part time jobs [im unsure if this is referring to ω-3 or to salmonids as a whole tbh] -[personal note: the "smoke rises from the 7 rings" bit from the sunken scrolls is brought up and not explained, but i finally realized... the seven rings is in reference to a shichirin 七輪, a small charcoal grill... the literal translation for the kanji is "7 rings." same tattoo ariana grande got lol]

[shadow3142]

1 for your main splatoon fic!

Parker’s steps were slow and careful, every click of his shoes against the metal platform echoing throughout the abandoned octarian dome. He could see each shaky breath he took appear before him in a puffy white cloud, and then quickly dissipate into the darkness behind it. He shuddered against the cold, clutching his weapon close in an environment that sat eerily still, as if at any moment something were going to leap out and attack the poor man. Still, he shouldered on, through the blistering underground chill and the dark abyss that surrounded him, pushed away by nothing other than the dim glow of his flashlight.

Despite not wanting to be here, the inkling didn’t have much of a choice. A few months ago, he’d joined a group of vigilante-type agents and made a promise to find one of their missing members, Agent 3. He’d been off the radar for weeks before then apparently, as he’d been told, and the group’s captain and leading agents had begun to get worried. Then, Parker came along and innocently offered his help. He was temporarily crowned ‘Agent 4’, and was sent off into the unknown, with nothing but Agent 3’s last known location and physical description to guide him. Ever since then, he’d been travelling between hundreds of Octarian domes, most abandoned like the one he was in currently, but others were still active and bustling with hostile life, all in the distant hope that he would find a man that he was beginning to consider dead.

After months of searching, the whole operation began to feel like a wild goose chase. Of course, no one else but Parker would be the one to fall victim to some old man’s vicious prank, send a boy out into the territory of an enemy once thought extinct after someone that may not even exist, and just sit and watch the disaster unfold. A boy not built to be a fighter being sent into an ancient war—what better entertainment?

Then, something clinked against the floor.

Parker reeled out of his pessimistic rabbit hole and back into the black cavern around him, the beam of his flashlight flying into the direction of the noise. Vines and grass climbed up the rundown walls, the metal sheen of the steel now long faded and replaced by dirt and mold. Dust floated through the air and across the beam of light, and in the center sat a small bolt, which was slowly rolling to a stop on the dirty floor. Panic spiked in the inkling’s chest, and the haunting feeling that he wasn’t alone began to ooze over him like sap trapping a fly in amber. His flashlight flew upwards, illuminating the dark ledges and catwalks that sat above him. He searched around, checking several beams of steel and chainlink walkways, only for nothing to be there other than a never-ending darkness. He sighed, trying to calm his racing pulse, and cautiously stepped onward.

The exact moment his flashlight lowered, there was a quick succession of footsteps behind him, and he was barely able to turn around before it barreled into his chest and knocked him to the floor. Parker yelped in terror, bucking and kicking to try and wriggle free of his attacker, only to fail and for something sharp to suddenly dig into the back of his neck. In an adrenaline fueled shove, the inkling managed to free himself, pushing the figure away with a muffled oomf. Parker scrambled backwards the moment he was able to and fumbled for his weapon, a sharp, irritated pain running down his spine from where the object had once been. There was a frustrated hiss and a soft click, and when Parker managed to flip onto his back, he was staring down the barrel of someone’s gun. He cried out and ducked under his hands, silently preparing himself for the ring of a gunshot and for everything to go dark. Would there be a light? Would there not be? Would it just be nothingness? He didn’t know what to expect from death, but he was soon about to find out.

Only, the gun never fired. There was never a shot, no eternal darkness, only the feeling of the cold nipping at his nose and the dull throb in the back of his neck. After a moment, he hesitantly opened his eyes and peered at his attacker. Their face was shrouded in the low light, aside from the glint of a pair of glowing headsets. Then, the mystery-man lowered their weapon and reached down, grabbing Parker by the collar of his jacket and lifting him off the ground. Only then was he greeted by the scarred and angry face of the person who’d nearly killed him. He had dark and threatening blue eyes, his nose and lips wrinkled in a vicious snarl, revealing an equally vicious set of sharp, glinting fangs. However, his dark hair was tied back in a smooth ponytail, no sign of an octoling’s signature suckers, and under his baggy eyes was a thick, black mask than ran over the bridge of his nose, only broken in the center by a gnarly scar that ran from his eye to his jaw. Parker swallowed as he slowly realized his enemy was in fact not an octoling, but rather an inkling.

Before he could question anything though, they suddenly growled and bared their teeth. “Who are you, and how the hell did you get here? Where did you get that gear, where did you come from?”

Parker stammered, his brain trying to balance between answering those questions and focusing on the scar. He vaguely remembered Cap’n Cuttlefish saying something about a scar, a long, nasty one that Agent 3 had apparently earned at one point. Blue eyes, and a long, jagged scar that ran from his eyebrow to his lower jaw. Parker’s eyes popped open as the realization suddenly struck him.

“Y-You, You’re Agent 3!”

Agent 3 hissed and suddenly reached for his collar with his opposite hand, carrying him another few feet and aggressively pinning him against the wall. The inkling yelped as his back slammed into the metal, the stinging in his neck suddenly flaring up.

“The fuck do you care?” The agent growled.

“Cap’n! Cap’n sent me!” Parker cried, bracing himself for whatever punch Agent 3 might throw at him. “Captain Cuttlefish, he sent me to come find you. I’m not your enemy, I swear!”

Instead of throwing a punch, the agent sniffed and let go of his collar, leaving him to slide down the wall and onto the ground with a thump. He rubbed at his neck for a moment before craning his neck to look back up at Agent 3. He stared down at him intensely, his brow furrowed and his eyes glinting in the light of his fallen flashlight.

“Who are you?” He asked.

“Parker, th-though Cap’n named me Agent 4.”

“There’s no Agent 4 as far as I know.”

“Y-Yeah, but—okay, wait, let me explain. Cap’n lost track of your signal, and no one could reach you. He and the other members of the Splatoon got worried, so they found me and sent me to come look for you.”

The agent was silent, and for a moment Parker feared he thought he was lying to him, but before his fears could come true, Agent 3 sighed tensely and walked away. Shakily, Parker stood and moved to get his flashlight from the ground. Once he grabbed it, he looked back up to see 3 standing some distance away, his shoulders bunched as he rubbed his chin in thought.

“Cap’n sent you?” he asked, in a tone that sounded like he didn’t quite believe him.

“Yessir.”

The agent huffed and suddenly glared at Parker. “Well, congratulations, you found me. Now go away and leave me alone.”

His eyes widened, and his gut suddenly dropped. In a meek voice he responded, “I . . . I don’t think I can do that.”

Three narrowed his gaze. “Well, you’re going to have to, before I make you.”

The inkling shrunk back and gulped. “No, no, really, I can’t. C-Cap’n gave me strict orders to find you and bring you back to the outpost.”

The agent sniffed indignantly. “And what makes you think I’m going anywhere with you?”

“Well, what do you want me to say to him? Tell him I couldn’t bring you back home because you refused to come with me?”

Three snarled suddenly and lurched forward, bringing himself nose to nose with Parker. “Don’t get short with me, you shrimp. As far as I’m concerned, you’re lying to me and only came here to kill me.”

The inkling swallowed nervously as he backed away, a faint sting in his chest at the agent’s remark. “Why would I . . .”

“Tell me,” he barked suddenly. “What did he say to you?”

“Wh-What?”

“Cap’n,” Agent 3 snapped. “Tell me exactly what he said to you.”

Parker bit his lip and stifled a tense sigh. “Agent Four, I need you to go find Agent 3. I can’t do it myself, and Agents one and two are too busy to devote extended time, so the only person I can count on is you. Go, find him, and bring him home.’”

Agent 3 paused. “Cap’n said that?”

“Exactly that,” Parker responded. “Just like you asked.”

The agent stared at him for a moment, then huffed and turned on his heel. He began pacing around the room, his long, worn cape trailing behind him. Parker watched him for a moment, and then went to rub the back of his neck. The mark stung for a moment, and when he pulled his hand back in front of him, there was a long, dark smear of blood across his palm. He attempted to swallow the fear rising in his throat, before quickly moving to dig through his supply bag for a bandage. Once he found one he peeled the large patch open and slapped it over the wound. It wasn’t the best, but it would do for now.

A shadow suddenly fell over Parker, and he looked up to see Agent 3 looming over him once more. “Fine,” he huffed. “I’ll go back.”

The inkling sighed in relief and slowly stood as Three began to walk away. Quickly, he grabbed his things and started to trail after him. The agent then suddenly stopped and tilted his head over his sulking shoulder.

“That wasn’t an invitation for you to follow me,” he growled.

“Well, I, uh,” Parker stammered. “I don’t exactly remember the way home, so I figured you’d be . . . able . . . to . . .” He trailed off as the agent’s gaze bore into him. As much as his gut wanted to curl up and hide, this was the one thing he had to stand his ground on. He didn’t know how to get home, Agent 3 needed to take him back.

“Fine.” The agent sniffed suddenly, then held up a pointer finger and jammed it into Parker’s chest. He could feel the prick of the inkling’s claw through his jacket, threatening to poke a hole in his chest. “But you listen to me, and you listen loud and clear. Stay, out, of my, way.”

Parker gulped as the agent’s claw retracted, and he swiveled on his heel to continue walking. He sighed to himself, trying to drain the mountain of stress that had built in his chest. However, as he moved to follow Agent 3’s hulking figure, he couldn’t shake the horrible feeling that this was going to be a long road home.

[platinumparadax]

Phantom, Agent 4 Phantom spent most of his life being raised by his brother Pluto. He looks up to his older brother and when Phantom witnessed Pluto's "death" he was distraught and having another friend in Python give his freedom up to save him only added to his guilt. Phantom lost vision in his right eye that day and even though he's always been left handed aiming any kind of weapon was challenging. He pickup the team Pluto had left behind and named it the Guardians. Their goal, to prevent any more inklings from disappearing in the underground and for Phantom to get revenge on DJ Octavio, his brother's murder. During this time Phantom found a strange inkling trying to get some kind of electric collar off their neck, knowing his way around tech he managed to disable the collar thus freeing this inkling. The inkling introduced themselves at Plat and was held prisoner by the octarians for months before returning to the surface recently. A noise set the inkling off and Phantom noticed his slit pupils, asking more about it Plat explained that was an effect from the various test they did on him in the underground and that the lab he was trapped in was destroyed by his now roommate. Phantom told Plat about the Guardians and gave him his number, in case he was interested. Phantom then went back to his home and dismantled the collar reveling that it was genuine octarian tech with the number 78 marked in the inside of it.   Phantom hadn't really expected to hear anything back from Plat, but lo and behold the inkling showed up in the same place again claiming he prefers to speak not call, and that his friend wanted to see him. Phantom tensed as a 6.5" tall octoling stood up from behind the short 4.6" inkling. Jackson, Phantom learned later, was the roommate and boyfriend? of Plat and was the one who destroyed the lab turning his back against his own kind. Phantom never thought he would ever befriend an octarian but the trio became fast friends and Jackson was one of Phantom's closest if not his closest friend. When Plat had told Phantom about the Agents one question kept nagging Phantom, was Pluto an Agent? No it couldn't be, Plat had just told him Agent 3 was alive, besides he didn't even know what 3 looked like and Plat refuses to say anymore. Plat then told him he was leaving to find Agent 3 and to not tell Jackson, just saying Plat was out with family.   Phantom had kept his word for the most part 3 months later Phantom went by himself to find Plat but ends up finding Marie instead, who had been following him? He was requited into the New Squid Beak Splatoon on a mission to find Plat, and avenge his brother's death. He was a natural and with the improved armor he could be a bit reckless, Marie made sure to comment on that. It was until Phantom saw Plat, hypnotized by glasses did his careless get the better of him. He toyed around with Plat knowing a bit of his behaviors but he underestimated him and Plat's speed, eventually being paralyzed by Plat's bite. Just when he thought he was a goner the zapfish he had saved had electrocuted Plat, before sniper fire knocked Plat onto the ground. Phantom then blacked out seeing Marie rushing toward them, her weapon, a charger at her side.   When he came round, a young inkling? named Bolto had treated them in the canyon with a side note about Plat's conditioning worsening and white marks appearing on his skin, that weren't there before. Maybe because it had been 3, no 4 months but he didn't remember Plat having white markings before. Plat explained the marks had appeared about a month ago and weren't from the octarians well not directly. It wasn't until about a week ago that the octarians had noticed and captured him, although he does remember following an inkling who had seemed to be working with the octarians but could never get a good look at her face but she seemed familiar. Marie then told them about Callie, how she had disappeared around 9 months ago, and also how she had Bolto and his brother Tanner following Phantom and Plat, who had matched the description Agent 3 had told them. Plat seemed saddened by this, but was assured Agent 3 was still alive but, different. Marie was Agent 2 of the NSBS and Callie was Agent 1 of which Plat had no idea and geeked out a bit of how much he loved their music (much to Marie's delight) but they had to get back to the topic at hand. Getting Callie back. Plat couldn't remember much, but after seeing the glasses that he wore his pupils slit and he growled, he knew what it was but wouldn't say, leading Phantom to question Jackson about them. Hypnoshades, he called them they where tested on Plat and nearly blinded him in the process. Jackson also revels although he's not sure how much Plat remembers about that time Plat did take the lives of some inklings and octarians while wearing those glasses. Phantom decides it best not to have these around Plat, but also keeps them to tinker around with later.        Plat then takes up new gear that is tailored to his size, surprisingly. The pair team up and aim to defeat Octavio together, until the octarians attacked the city. Plat, Phantom, along with the rest of the Guardians (Jackson, Sasha, Vixen, and Mickel) to prevent the octarians from getting the zapfish. Plat and Vixen had reached the power plant, and stopped a hypnotized Callie from taking any of the zapfish. While Jackson and Phantom dealt with an Octostamp terrorizing the other end of the city. Once that was done Marie had contacted Phantom saying an old boss weapon had emerged in the upper part of the city. Jackson and Phantom headed to that area with Plat being contacted to head over there as well. The trio find a distraught Marie talking down an aggressive Callie who tells her to join them, that they can be superstars again, that they would never be forgotten the DJ would make sure of it. The Octomaw jumped out, and attacked. The trio managed to defeat it easily and the octiaran army begun to retreat. Marie threatens Jackson who Plat then told her to back down and who Jackson was. Marie was on edge, and after the octarians attacked she begun to question if the Agents where really doing anything.    Either way Plat and Phantom begin planning, with Jackson's knowledge of the Hypnoshades low tide ink would work best and he could source that himself. Sheldon will be able to supply any weapons they need including modifying Plat's charger to shoot from two different tanks and Plat also asked Sheldon to made a new hero weapon for him, on commission of coarse. Phantom will never understand where Plat gets his wealth from, but he always had enough for something expensive. Although it won't be ready in time for them to fight DJ Octavio but that wasn't part of the plan anyways. Once they got everything together for the final kettle they couldn't find Marie anywhere. Plat suggested she might already be with Sheldon? Phantom shrugged it off and the two headed in.   They had expected Callie, but not Marie to be there too. The duo danced on the stage DJ Octavio provided the calamari inkantation blaring over the speakers. Phantom noticed Plat shaking, and reassured him, they can do this. Plat nodded and the two super jumped into the arena. Sheldon notified them Marie had never showed and now they had a reason as to why. Phantom tells them to stick to the plan and that they can do this, even if Marie won't help them. Plat stays back aiming mainly toward the Squid Sisters and destroying projectiles to help Phantom. Sheldon flies in and Plat hops on top managing to get a better view of of the Sisters and manages to shoot Callie, they fly closer with Plat pulling Callie onto the back of the van. Callie is geared up, and Plat manages to get another shot on Marie and pulling her up onto the back before sliding into the passenger seat. The duo begun singing together and Phantom is set up for the final shot. While riding the rails, Phantom is pulled backwards seeing the arm launching directly at him instead of at Plat. It was the same one that took his brothers life and the hint of hesitation, he's struck from behind falling to the ground and blacked out, he felt himself getting caught but he's back felt like it was on fire.    Phantom woke up and felt himself being pushed back down. Bolto informed him of Plat and Jackson leaving to find Agent 3, and that Phantom would have a permanent back scar, a small zapfish crawled onto Phantom's lap. She had followed them and was powering the NSBS base. Phantom named her Ghost as to her ghostly appearances. Phantom in the following weeks, leading into months helped out Bolto. Well more Bolto distracting Phantom so he doesn't hurt himself further. Watering the plants, harvesting crops, etc. Phantom found this work fun and as he got closer to Bolto feelings started to develop. They two cemented their relationship with two rings Marie gave him. Marie noticed them getting closer and had given the rings to Phantom, the rings are trackers partly so she can keep an eye on Phantom mostly. Phantom then asks about Agent 3, and his happiness fades away. Agent 3 WAS his brother, but something happened an accident Marie called it. When the other agents returned Phantom was going to have to deal with some... feelings. Until then Phantom pushes it aside and continues to have fun with Bolto who he later discovered was half octoling, he didn't mind but Bolto often did hiding his ears in public. Phantom assured him that no one would care even now since octolings lived in the city now.    When the agents returned, Plat was in a sorry state and Pluto wasn't fairing much better. Phantom left them alone and thought maybe Pluto would speak to him later... Or not. Pluto didn't speak to Phantom and was more worried about Plat, Marie later told him Pluto had lost his memory in the accident. Phantom wanted to talk to Pluto, or Plat no Emerald? Emerald also lost his memory at some point? Phantom had a lot to deal with, and for the future? Who knows what lies in store.

[jayde-sketchin-moved]

Ref for Noodle in the Splatoon AU! This is after she reaches the surface. And I know that canon Agent 8 is speculated to be 16 to 18, but Noodle is 14 in this AU, like she is in phase 2. Also to ward off Noodle shippers. Now for some backstory.

Noodle was originally known as 23E, as all Octarians/Octolings are given code numbers instead of real names due to the military nature of their culture (at least that’s my personal headcanon). Noodle grew up as a cadet, eventually befriend 2D who would go on to become her tutor. She had deep respect for him , especially due to him being more compassionate than other instructors. No harsh punishment for one simple mistake. He encouraged her, told her about her flaws and how to fix them, and acting like the parent she never had. But then came the dreadful day 2D was voluntold to join the newest project in collaboration with Kamabo Co. The Sanitization Project. It was mostly kept a secret from cadets, for if the project was a success they would be subject to the process as well.

A year later, after Noodle turned 14 and gained her kid form, she was put on a patrol duty that would change her entire life. The patrol was at the cliff faces of Octo Valley, why she would need to patrol that area was a mystery to her since it basically deserted. In a chance encounter, she happened across Agent 3 and Captain Del of the new Squidbeak Splatoon, breaking into a fight for her life. Sometime during that fight, Del had attempted to tackle and subdue her. Though, neither accounted for the cliffside crumbling, causing them to fall into the depths of the valley.

By the luck of whatever entity watched over their realm and it’s deziens, the two survived the fall, somehow ending up in an abandoned station of the Deepsea Metro. The two called a truce, having lost their weapons and not knowing where in the world they where. They explored the tracks, and eventually they found themselves at the Central Station. There they also found... a ringing telephone? This telephone identifies Noodle as “User 10008”, telling them of the mission to reach the promised land, the 4 “Thangs”, and that Noodle does not appear to have the proper attire and equipment. After receiving a new outfit, a CQ Card, and a CQ-80, Del deduces that “the promised land” is the surface. And they’re only hope to reach the surface again in to find the 4 “Thangs” somewhere in the Metro.

They set out, meeting new people along the way. Like C.Q. Cumber and Iso Padre, and eventually come into contact with the members of the music group “Crackpot”: Paula and Cyborg. Paula had also made the mention that 23E was no proper name for a person, causing Del to nickname her Agent 8 after the “User 10008” thing. Though that still didn’t sit right with Paula nor Cyborg, so they opted to name her after Cyborg’s public name: Noodle.

From there its up to Noodle to collect the 4 Thangs and get to the surface.

[dinnerkingdedede]

A rough outline of my Splatoon 3 dream campaign (Long post inbound!):

| SYNOPSIS/PROLOGUE |

-The game takes place 3 years after the events of the second game. -Chaos had won the final Splatfest, and order has fallen. -You start the hero mode with a little prologue mission set in Inkopolis (renamed Pearlepolis). -This mission involves the player stepping up against Pearl, the self-made queen of Pearlepolis. -The two of you then engage in personal combat. -You best her in this fight, but afterwards Pearl breaks out her Killer Wail and obliterates you. -Cut to the campaign's world 1 hub, which is a small outpost where the Squidbeak Splatoon fled to after chaos took hold. -You wake up injured. With blurred vision, you notice a figure standing in front of you. -As you eyes start to regain focus, the figure turns out to be Marina in her Team Order outfit. -She takes a note from Keanu Reeves in Cyberpunk 2077 as to what she says next before you officially start. -"Wake the heck up, agent... We have a city to take back."

| PLOT ELEMENTS |

-Cap'n Cuttlefish has sadly passed away sometime between the final Splatfest and the 3rd game. -Along the journey, you have to save Agents 3 and 8 from the clutches of whatever crosses your path. -Being as clumsy as she is, Callie somehow gets herself brainwashed again. But this time she's wearing a crown. -You have to fight her at some point on your journey in some form while a dark reprise of Bomb Rush Blush (with bits from Nasty Majesty thrown in) plays in the background. -Once you win this fight, Callie will join you in your cause. -Of course it wouldn't be a Splatoon campaign without everyone's favorite deliverer of spicy wasabi beats, DJ Octavio. -This time around, Octavio has become Pearl's second-in-command (a king for her queen if you will) and is seen wearing a crown just like the one Callie was wearing earlier. -You have to fight him in the square before you can climb the Pearlepolis spire to apprehend Pearl once and for all. (Yes, Pearl left the spire alone) -The level where the final spire climb takes place would be called something like "Acid Hues Collide! Your Nasty Majesty Awaits..." -The climb works much like the latter end of the Octo Expansion. -At the very top, Pearl reveals that she turned her Killer Wail into a superweapon capable of wiping out the entire planet. Why? BECAUSE SHE CAN. -And it's powered by none other than the Great Zapfish (You can't have a Splatoon campaign without that either). -Marina and the rest of the crew appear before the big fight. -Marina walks up to Pearl and attemps to stop her insanity by playing the Calamari Inkantation on her phone. -Pearl ends up taking the phone, dropping it on the floor, and crushing it with her heel. This will show that the Inkantation cannot change everyone's heart. -She then pushes Marina off the spire, and the impact of the fall renders her unconscious for the rest of the game. -The ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny (heh, ancient memes) then ensues with a dark reprise of Nasty Majesty playing in the background. -This rematch will not be as hard as Inner Agent 3, but it will be very tough.

| LEVELS |

When it comes to the levels themselves, it should mostly be a trip down memory lane. -World 1 would be the new Squidbeak outpost, the introductory portion of the journey. -World 2 would be Octo Canyon, where the aforementioned brawl with the twice-brainwashed Callie awaits at the end. -World 3 would be the Spawning Grounds. Here, Agent 3 gets in trouble with the mother of all Salmonids. Maybe we could see Mr. Grizz in the flesh for the first time here. -World 4 would be the Deepsea Metro. Agent 8 returns to find that the sanitization was never truly gone... -World 5 would undoubtedly be the city of Pearlepolis, torn apart by chaos. -Oh, and since this is Splatoon we're talking about, we gotta cram as many pop culture references in the level names as possible.

| COMIC RELIEF |

If you think this whole thing sounds too dark for a family show, that can be countered with some lighthearted comedy. -Pearl would have a different crown for every mood, much like Rumpelstiltskin had a wig for every mood in Shrek 4. -When Marina lands head first from the spire, all the other Inklings and Octolings below pile on her and start brawling in a cloud of dust like they do in cartoons.

| TL;DR |

It’s basically about taking Inkopolis back from the clutches of queen Pearl and her forces of chaos after Team Order lost the final Splatfest.

That’s all I can come up with for now. The rest is up to your imagination.

[danndeemo]

What's up with three and twins and how does that make him remember his past?

no fucking way agent 3 lore

3 has a (emo) twin brother, who was his parent's favorite. but it wasn't like, too bad. at some point 3 began liking the fact that he wasn't the favorite child because of how much extra work with studying his brother was put through. 3 was like the adopted brother, except he wasn't adopted and him and his brother used to look almost identical when younger. the only reason they changed their appearances was just so that others wouldn't confuse them.

3 has no grudge against his brother, if anything he was 3's only real friend. 3 tried to make friends, but it just never turned out so in the end he was always the replaceable one and he always was the one to initiate the conversation, nobody came up to him to talk.

3's parents really wanted their sons to have a music career, so when 3 wasn't able to play any instrument as good as his younger brother it was clear he would be a disappointment and unworthy of "being shown off" to other parents or anyone (3's parents are obsessed with being praised for either their or their children's talents/skills).

it was fine when his brother was home, as he was the only family member who talked to 3 as often, but when his brother was in music school or at some sort of camp, 3 would feel like he isn't part of the family and instead some kid his parents were nice enough to house. his interaction with his mother were just her telling him about what food they have in the house, and how to prepare some meals so that when she doesn't have time 3 could at least feed himself.

it wasn't blind favoritism though, at some point 3's parents did notice the neglect of their older son, so in some cases they would try to spend time with him while the younger was busy with something like piano practice. but 3 felt like they were being forced to do that, and he hates it when people do things for him not because they want to, so he decided to "not be a burden" and try to find another way to preoccupy himself.

seeing twins on the streets doesn't remind 3 of how bad his childhood might have been, it mainly reminds him of his choice to run away from home. of things he lost that night. back then, he thought his intentions were reasonable, but later he realized the stupidity of his decision, but it was too late, so he continued living his life alone in inkopolis plaza.

before becoming an agent his life was just constant stress, and every now and then he'd break down in his apartment. he'd cry for some time late at night in his bed, but he knew coming back home wouldn't make his life easier. in his case he got lucky to join squidbeak splatoon and meet Craig Callie and Marie. it took him some time for their relationship to become an actual friendship instead of being just coworkers, and it was like, the best thing that happened to 3 in years.

3 also met neo back then, and their friendship made him realize how much he just didn't understand how friends work after he stopped trying to make friends as a kid.

in general, 3's life gets better for him after octo expansion, when he realizes, that even with his face being scarred, 4 can still love him, and others aren't actually disgusted by it as much as he thought they'd be. it gets easier for him to feel self worth after he gains 8 as a friend and later 4 as a lover.

3 does feel guilty about leaving his family and not even updating them with letters or anything like that. the only person 3 really feels bad about leaving behind is his brother, but right now he's just debating on whether he should try to find him or have things remain the same.

his family issues are the reason he only mentions his first name, because he thinks his life would be over if by some chance 4 or any of his close friends would happen to know his family for their music history.

another fact is that his and his brother's tentacles were reddish orange and pink when young, so now wearing orange ink is a little awkward for 3 and wearing pink just makes him remember his brother. it's not too bad for him though, just brings down his mood a little

sorry if it's bad or cringe it's just like that

[cephalo-trio]

Deepsea Escape Part 6

A Splatoon 2 Story written by Splat-Tendency

Starring: Lexi Camellia (POV)

((Lexi was on her way to deliver the last mail at first, and then she wakes up in the underground subway station. She has no clue where she is or how is she going to get back to the surface. She has no choice, but to venture through this abandoned station alone.))

"Eight. Can ya help me out for a bit?" Cuttlefish asked, after I brought the 2nd thang to that phone guy. He happened to be holding a notepad and a pencil. "We have been traveling through this facility for quite some time. Yet, I still haven't seen Agent 3.."

Agent 3 did say, he was going to investigate a little further after our encounter. "Yeah, sure. What do you want me to help you with?" I got up from my resting bench and approached the captain.

"I need you to describe what he looks like. That way someone might know where he is." Cuttlefish got his pencil ready, waiting for me to describe Agent 3's appearance.

"Fine, I guess.." I nodded. "He's around my age.. His hair is half-shaved, different from the casual hairstyles.." I described to him, specifically as Cuttlefish is scribbling on his notepad. "And his face has a few battle scars.. And his eyes are amber, too.."

I couldn't stop thinking about that iron-willed agent. Then again, he used to be my enemy when I was an elite trooper. ("Why do I care about the agent who got me into this mess...? Then again... he did found me while I was unconcious and gave me some snacks..") I would hate him, but he was a lot kinder when I first met him for 4 years..

"Agent 8? Earth to Agent 8!" I snapped out of my daydreaming as Cuttlefish called me. "Is this what're talking about?" Cuttlefish had drawn a pretty good sketch of Agent 3. How did he draw so fast, I wonder?

"Y-Yeah.. That's him." I nodded as I took a good look at his appearance. He's a lot different than our last encounter, 4 years ago.

"Splendid! You'll post this on the this wacky telephone. If anyone has seen Agent 3, we'll be sure to find him! Right now, there's only 2 left to find! I'm counting on you to get us outta here! Never give up hope!" Hope. This is what Cuttlefish has said to me once we returned to the train.

"Pearl.. Mind if I ask you something?" I asked them while I continue to collect the Mem Cakes. I'm currently in the E-Line in search for the 3rd thang.

"What's up, Eight?" Pearl is the one communicating with me, while Marina is typing away on her personal laptop.

"Earlier, Cuttlefish told me to never give up hope.. What even is 'hope' to you..?" I asked her out of curiosity. I have been fighting my way through a lot of challenges.

"Hope, eh?" Pearl replied. "Well it's like if you're feelin' down, you gotta get back up and go with the flow. Rina over there is the reason, I never give up hope. Ever since we first met and started makin' music"

"Awww.. Pearlie.." Marina was actually blushing.

"Listen, Eight. Don't let anyone bring ya down. We'll be there 100 percent, yo!" Thanks to Pearl, I'm motivated to keep going.

"I see.. Thank you for your time, Pearl.." I hung up after our conversation. When I do escape, I wouldn't mind listening to their music.

A few tests later, I stumbled upon another station between E-12 and F-01. After a lot of struggles, I'll soon have a chance to get home. The more I travel deep into the underground, the more worried I get.

"So, this is the Drop the Bass station..." I read the sign once I arrived at my destination. Something about this battle arena seemed familiar.

"Something seems a bit off, don't you agree Cap'n..?" There was no mistaken it. I have been to this area before. Was it just a coincidence?

"Nothin' familiar to me.. Just that much pile of green gunk on the floor." I shruggged hearing Cuttlefish's response. It could be yet another horde of the Sanitized trying to stop me from clearing a test.

Without delay, I took the launchpad and super jumped into the battlefield. C.Q Cumber has recommended me to use the Dualie Squelchers for this task. I don't pay much attention to the other weapons as of late but this will indeed help me.

As I ventured closer to the huge pile of sanitized ink, I saw a few jolts in the air. Before I could react, something colossal emerged from the ink. It was a huge cube-like enemy with short legs and it happened to be coated with some kind of silver armor. The huge enemy has a huge tentavle like the ones I've seen back in Octo Valley. My jaw dropped as I recognized what that thing is.

"Th-The Octo Stomp..?!" I cried as I stood still like a deer caught in the headlights. "I don't understand..!! Why is one of the Octobosses from the Canyon here..?!" This new form of Octo Stomp is extemely different than the one in Octo Canyon.

"Did you just say the Octo Stomp..? 4 years ago, Agent 3 splatted that thing to a pulp! Isn't he your ally, Eight..?" Cuttlefish remembers one of the Octoweapons all too well.

"Now's not the time for a history lesson, Cap'n..!! It's about to attack me..!" The Octo Stomp Redux charged straight towards me, leaving a huge trail of ink. It was so fast, I managed to get away from his assault.

Suddenly, an Octotrooper appeared on the top of his head. Along with the built-in Splatling, the trooper began shooting at me. With all the bubbles this Octostomp is creating makes it hard to move around. I noticed there was some kind of shield on his nose. That must be a weakpoint.

I made a b-line through the tainted ink, avoiding enemy fire. "Now, take this...!!" I dodge rolled forward to directly shoot at the face guard. That was enough to break open his coat of armor.

"Good going, Eight! It's armor is gone!" Marina was analyzing the enemy's weakness. "Still.. To think there are also a sanitized versions of the Octobosses.."

"I have no idea either, Hyperfresh.. We'll talk about it, later.." After contacting with Marina, I heard a loud roar from the Octostomp. Now that his armor is broken.

"Cry all you want, I'll just keep my distance.." I safely backed up before the Octostomp does another bodyslam. Or so I thought.

Instead, he made a long jump and slammed against me, causing my battle suit to break from the impact. As I shrieked in pain, I was tumbling down to the bottomless pit. Luckily, I quickly grabbed the ledge with one hand. "W-What the hell...?!" I winced from the tainted ink touching my skin. I was careless and didn't the long jump coming.

I thought back to what Pearl just said. To never give up hope and get back up. With all of my might, I climbed back up from certain doom to restore my suit's armor. That impact made me drop my Dualie Squelcher on the floor.

The Octostomp was still on the lookout for me. It seems it'll be pointless to reason with him at this rate. I stepped into the area again to pick up my weapons. That didn't take long to notice me.

The Octostomp got up close and personal and tried to drop his whole weight on me. Now that I'm in range, I can climb up there and up an end to this fight. As the enemy slammed down, it started blowing bubbles from both sides. Without warning, I recklessly climbed up the enemy. The contact from the bubbles does sting as I winced, but I didn't care. This fight will be over soon.

"To think they could duplicate the same boss tentacles in order to create the Octobosses... I bet Marina might analyze this ASAP.." Before I splatted the Octostomp, I took a quick snapshot on my CQ-80 for evidence. To think this device does a lot more than just gather and spend points. I quickly shot the huge tentacle, creating a massive explosion. I morphed into an octopus and jumped out of here safely.

The Octostomp was no more as it bursts into a huge puddle of my ink. My test is complete, but the whole duplication thing was bothering me. "I have to report this to Cap'n and Marina.." I stared at the picture. There's one mystery that needs to be solved.

Meanwhile back on the train, I got an earful from Cuttlefish while he was treating my minor injuries.

"I know you're still eager about gettin' us outta here, but.." Cuttlefish sighed as he patched up my arm from that harsh blow. "Don't go pulling a reckless act in the near future.. Otherwish you'll do more damage than your back.."

"Sorry.." I apologized to Cuttlefish. My back hasn't recovered just yet and it still stings. "There's something I wanna show you and Marina.. It's about the enemy that I fought.." I pulled up chat log and sent the photo of the large sanitized tentacle. "Something's been bothering me after I completed my task.."

Marina and Cuttlefish examined the tentacle, trying to figure out who or what created those sanitized beings. "It looked like the same tentacle that dragged me down in this facility..!!" Cuttlefish cried. "It happened when I was looking for Agent 3!" He points at the image on the holograph.

"Wait.. That's how you ended up here..?" So, he didn't just fall into the hole like I did. That same tentacle tried to attack Cuttlefish. "...Marina. Think you can locate the other bosses on the map..?" I asked Marina since she knows her way around the facility.

"Of course! Give me a sec..." After a few types away, Marina finally revealed the last three bosses's locations. "I've all ready pin point their locations, Eight. You'll be able to find one of the bosses between the F and J line."

Pearl looks over Marina's shoulder and noticed someting interesting. "That ain't all, Eight. There's the 3rd thang in the C line. You can nab that while you're beatin' the carp outta those things!"

I nodded to the two idols. "I'll do my best as always. This time, I'll proceed with caution!" I'm finally halfway there to the end. I'll soon reach to the surface and see the light. My friends must be worried sick about me. I still need to about my father's whereabouts. I guess, escaping the underground comes first.

To Be Continued...

[yamuraiiha]

OC factfile!

This is really long, so feel free to just scroll past

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Basics!

Name - Cei (pronounced kay). She's named after Sir Kay, king Arthur's foster brother and one of the first knights of the round table. The difference in spelling is because I went with the Welsh version!

16 years old

Demigirl - She/they

She's an Argonaut! Or paper nautilus, but she thinks the first one sounds cooler

Skin/ eye colours;

Big ol' lesbian

Currently single, but I do plan on giving her someone to pine over (if I ever get round to it-)

Outfit - Fake contacts, steel platemail and steel greaves

She's a Nautilus 47 main! And no, this is not a joke. I decided her weapon before her species and am only now realising this.

Backstory

She's actually an octoling who you meet on the last level before fighting Octavio! ((This one:

She made it to the surface thanks to agent four. They used the hero charger to clear that level, and when they went for Cei, instead of splatting her, they hit her glasses instead. They fell off and smashed on the ground, causing Cei to break out of her hypnosis. With the sudden sensory overload due to being able to hear things and see things normally again, she had a panic attack in the middle of the battle. The agent tried calming her, and gave her their headphones, which were playing an 8-bit version of maritime memory.

They left Cei propped up against the zapfish's cage while they went off to fight the other octarians and win the level. When they came back, Cei had managed to calm down slightly and analyse her surroundings. She couldn't remember anything from her time being brainwashed, minus a few blurry faces and distorted voices.

4 took them back to the island with Marie, who, despite personal grudges, took her in and helped teach her about the surface. They were soon joined by Callie, and after a month or so of living on the island, were finally able to move into inkopolis! She's currently staying with Callie & F1sh in an apartment, while Marie lives with Gramps.

Everything else!

Despite her strong appearance, she's actually a huge dork! She's awkward, brash, and finds it hard to talk to people sometimes, but she's trying her best!

She stutters and blushes a whole lot

Has taken to calling Callie 'Mama' and F1sh 'Mom'

She's p much the older sister type friend - she's fun to mess around with and teases you a whole lot, but won't hesitate to cut a fish if someone hurts her friends

She's very over protective, sometimes a little too much

Really likes listening to Rex orange county! Or at least the splatoon version of them...

Whenever she gets excited she jumps around a whole lot!! Flaps her hands about!! Lots of yelling!!!

She has a really loud voice, and often starts shouting without realising

Has a new crush every 20 seconds

If a girl tries to talk to her she will spontaneously combust

An absolute disaster!! What a mess!!

Her room hasn't been tidied since she moved in

Even though she plays nautilus, she has an extremely rough play style, something that you'd see a dualie's play rather than a splatling

Strong as FUCK babey!!!

She doesn't like wearing the helmet because she can never see out the damn thing!

Her obsession with knights is thanks to a book she found lying around the cabin - 'the story of king Arthur'

It belongs to 3, who left it there on accident. They let Cei keep it after seeing how attached she was to it

Visual references

That's all! Feel free to send asks about her, or anything like that! Sorry this was so long,,

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My Top Posts in 2021

#5

wait im confused so is ranboo perma-dead???, or is he just trapped in the prison??

4 notes • Posted 2021-11-28 21:26:35 GMT

#4

SPLAT 3 LORE RAMBLE LETS GOOO PT. 1

GENERAL RUNDOWN

from what we've seen far we know that

A. someone (probably tartar) is trying to revive mammals using octarians as a base and might be working together with Octavio on this, seeing as he is free and in an advanced mech suit

B. that someone (again, probably tartar) also appears to be making a GODDAMN SPACESHIP for some reason(maybe he wants to colonize another planet with his octomammels?)

C. the squidbeak splatoon has set up shop in the splatlands in what appears to be a snowy area, possibly a mountain, whether this is a temporary setup to deal with tartar and his octomammels or a permanent move is yet to be seen. it also appears that cap'n cuttlefish has retired, or is at least on vacation and agent 3 has taken his place as leader, but more on that in the screenshots. something else i've noticed is that there is no sign of pearl or marina in the trailer which is odd, considering they seem to have had such a major impact on the splatoon considering octo expansion and the final splatfest which also reminds me that we haven't seen agents 8 & 4 either, which makes me think they'll either show up later in-game or be mentioned by other characters at least, now, onto the screenshots

THE SCREENSHOTS

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5 notes • Posted 2021-09-24 01:06:49 GMT

#3

SPLAT 3 LORE RAMBLE LETS GOOOO PT. 2

HERES PART 2 LETS DIVE IN (GO READ PART 1 FIRST, YA DINGUS)

THE SCREENSHOTS

since I ran out of image space on the last post I never got to talk about the octarians or octomammals so I'm doing that now, starting with this image of Octavio in a mech suit with a similar colour scheme and design to the kamabo.CO building which makes me think he agreed to team up with the big bad (probably tartar) for some reason and will probably show up as a boss battle, if my theory that I stated earlier about tartar wanting to start over on another planet is correct then it could be that he struck a deal with Octavio that in exchange for octarians for him to convert into octomammals he would help him conquer the earth and steal the zapfish before he left for the new world. now that we talked about Octavio, lets talk about the octomammels themselves

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6 notes • Posted 2021-09-24 01:34:15 GMT

#2

oh god whats happened now

12 notes • Posted 2021-05-19 23:03:05 GMT

#1

i think torturing C!dream was very pogchamp of C!quackity actually

26 notes • Posted 2021-03-17 08:55:12 GMT

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[transinklingboy]

...I've had the biggest urge to talk about my splatoon ocs.

Ivory: he/him, very gay, loves being green. Is my agent 3. He's the one in my icon. The oldest of the three at 22 he's in a loving relationship with Agent 8 (Roy, and not pictured). They met through the octo expansion and he needs an art update. Mainly a roller main but got better at guns through having to be an agent. Has a little cowlick tentacle that never comes down. His beak is actually a little crooked on the bottom. Has brown stripes from his dads side. Still plays turf war and ranked and usually goes on salmon run jobs to keep his and Roy's apartment since being an agent doesn't pay the big bucks.

Cello: Rhymes with Jello, Agent "4.5" friends with Agent 4, followed after him into octo canyon and got recruited by Sheldon to test those pesky agent weapons. So she basically ended up repeating "levels" 4 went through, replacing run out zapfish toys so the octolings don't realize they've been stolen (and also why theres toys they generate about as much power as the zap fish so the society doesn't collaspe. Completely a headcanon, the toys themselves can run out of power and it takes every single try of every weapon to finally have the perfected toy in place for the octolings that don't run out of power)

Was caught on agent radio talking about how she doesn't like the Squid Sisters music. Marie wasn't impressed but Sheldon salvaged it saying 4.5 was needed for the possible future agent 5's weapons to be the best. She's 21, absolutely loves girls, has a celebrity crush on Pearl. Is jealous of agent 8 and 4 having met Off the Hook.

Sheer: Agent 8.5, 18, and nonbinary. Their in my header. They don't remember how they ended up in Deep Sea Metro. More then half of their memories are still locked away behind tests. They met Agent 8 when he was exploring the subway and found Sheer. They talked and agreed upon leaving together. Sheer never met Cap'n or Padre as he hid far away from everyone, too nervous to talk. He completed some of Agent 8's tests in exchange for being able to leave with him. Sadly the events of "leaving" didn't go exactly as planned. Sheer escaped out the hole Agent 3 made but took the same back tunnels Agent 3 had to make it to the surface. They're learning to deal with their lost memories but do hope to head back down there one day to retrieve them.

They got shot in the eye and clipped in the ear during Girl Power station and now their right eye appears to be partially saniatized. They wear contacts and glasses to make up for the fact that eye has a lot of trouble focusing. Usually their main color is octoling pink. They hate being green, reminds them too much of the fact they could have been sanatized.