#or he's like. a sanitized inkling?

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After a million years (or rather a few long months) I present you… A Splatoon picrew maker 

What’s so special about it you may ask? It has custom hairstyles AND you can combine parts of the hair and different gear to create unique OCs! 

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Some more splat!riptide cause you guys like it :) these are my rough early campaign designs I also have a few hcs for this hehe

Gill

basically the same as normal riptide, except he’s from some sort of advanced salmonid society under the green seas where inklings/octolings dissolve

weird ass creature that crawled to the surface from the deep who gawks at inkling society (so same as 8s backstory as well as his og backstory)

probably still the chosen one- maybe an elite soldier? Or boss salmonid at least

Pretzel is either just a normal talking pet critter like moe or order OR a child octoling gill just,,, found??

Instead of the lux pearl he’s got a mythical golden egg

Jay

she’s an ex elite Octarian soldier :) I think she’s best suited as an octoling since her backstory is almost one for one w marinas lol

she abandons the signature seaweed hairpieces later on when she’s more integrated and confident

Chip

he’s a street rat inkling prolly akin to your average joe

he’s got burnt tentacles because of the whole sorcerer shtick

109(?) spoilers!! His uh undying translates to sanitization and he becomes a sentient sanitized zombie

I don’t think they would outright be only pirates in this au, as gillion and the tidestriders/riptide pirates can def be seen as an idol group and they kinda function like chaotic agents!

Anyways I enjoy these two things dearly if you can’t tell 🫶

[lovewireds]

been meaning to post my designs for these little guys forever. insane splatoon rambling under cut to explain design choices and lore related things ... read my autism boy

btw this is a repost from our art side blog this was written and drawn like months ago <- minorly rewrote some things tho

thx splatoon users drfreeman & drcoolatta for fueling my splatvrai autism brainrot ... i hate u /J

GORDON

idk how to explain this but Theoretical Physicist is inkling coded . maybe its cuz splatoon species social hierarchy

Native ink color is Orange, but he has Dark Brown tentacle roots.

Uses custom weapons to attach in place of his prosthetic; It works best with Splatlings but can be adjusted to attach other weapons.

If the thing above didn't make it obvious, he's a Splatling main. He switches out depending on his mood though.

sighhhhh technically an Agent... stares at the ceiling...Main character...

His arm loss is like pretty much the same as in-canon but it's with the octarian army shrugs. don't ask me why he doesn't just regenerate it cuz hes a squid thats for me to know and you to find out. (get partially sanitized loser)

Born & Raised in Inkopolis pre-splashtags; He wasn't informed of the switch to Splashtags being expected when participating in most activities around Inkadia.

TOMMY

I forgot why i made him an inkling why did i do that. I think it was bc i didnt wanna make them all octolings but i was wrong srry we all make mistakes /hj I ALREADY REDREW HIM ONCE IM NTO DOING IT AGAINNN

Native ink color is orange-brown.

His hat has an eye guard for sensory reasons; He covers up as much of his skin as possible because he doesn't like the feeling of foreign ink on him.

He isn't a specific weapon main, he just uses any long-range weapon to minimize the possibility of getting ink on himself. If he has enough guarding, he prefers to use N-ZAP '89.

Makes his own gear for sensory reasons as well :) It's legal when ur dad's the G-Man.

Exclusively plays in Turf Wars, Anarchy Battles, etc with friends. He hates playing with people he doesn't know.

Born in Splatsville !! He feels like a Splatsville resident. His occupation is resident I cannot imagine him doing Anything

His dad is that creepy curtain in one of flounder heights windows /j

BENR(E)Y

Octoling bc I wanted him to be sanitized :) Other than the visual part of being sanitized, I thought him being clinically dead fits /hj also lore reasons below

Pre-sanitization, his native ink color was blue.

Great Turf War veteran; He didn't do anything in the war itself, he was just enlisted lol. He was primarily security for the Octarian Domes in the years after the war. Yes, that also means he is over 100 years old.

"Raised" (debatably) in Octo Canyon.

E-liter main (4-star Base + 5-star Scope) and avid squidbagger. He also uses any heavyweight weapons (dynamo, tenta, etc)

Absolutely hates working at Grizzco, he only does Turf Wars and Anarchy Battles. He only works at Grizzco during Big Runs. The type of guy that does X battles.

Professional Anarchy / Ranked / X Battler btw. That's literally 90% of what he does.

Got on Gordon's azz over him not having a Splashtag; i wonder what that parallels.

BUBBY

Genuinely don't have a lot to say about his design. He gives off Splatoon 2 Octoling vibes (showoff /hj) also i wanted to make his hair wispy like it should be.

Native ink color is a light blue-gray gradient.

The drawing doesn't give it credit but I swear those are glasses not goggles .. they're opaque-colored slanted oval glasses !! ^_^ u can interpret them as spiked or just eyelashes, both are right.

oh also the text under bubby says "Is Best" in some splatoon font we downloaded awhile ago . i think it was ripped from splatnet

Blaster main. I don't know how to explain this one but it feels right.

helps with the practical Map props (ie ink rails) and with some weapon gear manufacturing ^_^ tech guy

COOMER

Was going to make him an Octoling for the convenience of making his hair curly but i didn't want to make all of them octolings + i think his personality generally fits Inklings more.

Native ink color is an off white gradient.

Slosher main cuz he likes moving his arms. this makes sense to me. Also is a fan of Splatlings and other Shooters.

i felt ill trying to design coomer without making his eyes two lines with eyelids

War Veteran...Stole some octarian tech and got fucked up super limbs. Cyber Inkling stealing from octos !! [inkadia crowd goes wild] /j

anyways outside of the war™ he's a data researcher. just generally. he does shit with splatfests and eggstra work.

If you splashed him with ink he would stand unmoving. He would not shake it off.

DARNOLD

Ok i'll be honest the Octoling choice is primarily bc Octolings have the afro style & inklings have no textured hair styles (i didnt have the energy to design smth that could work) . His personality fits octoling too though :3

Native ink color is red-orange.

The fucked up guy that makes those drink effects people never use ( i use them ... )

He doesn't participate in Turf Wars or Anarchy Battles, but he works some gigs at Grizzco for extra cash every once in awhile !

the type of guy that goes after flyfish cuz no one else will . god bles !!!

not a lot to say about his design & his place in inkadia , it kinda speak for itself . he just wants to get by and make his drinks in peace . #autism ... he is pretty much exactly the same as his canon self

[loolilyumm]

I am screaming. Sobbing. Girlboss and fail-wife is my favorite dynamic. The way you draw is so pretty and your colors are so good plus people who draw 3 with sanitization scars are literally so cool I mean look at acht, there’s canonical examples of it. But literally going aaaa rn because I love your ocs.

We got Reese and Margot, how about 4 and 8?

OMG AHH IM SO SOSOSO HAPPY YOU LIKE THEM..AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ASKS I LOVE ANSWERING THEM!! 🫶🫶🫶

I want to yap about my agents in separate posts so this one will be all about 8!

THIS IS OLIVE! She became agent 8 in the deepsea metro and has been a super active agent in the NSS ever since! They are like family to her - she lived with Pearl and Marina for almost 3 years before moving in with Reese! (Captain/Agent 3)

She was 14 during splatoon 1, and 16 during the events of octo expansion. Now in splat 3 she is 19!

She mains the dark tetra dualies but can use any weapon. She's super fast and agile so she likes weapons that work well with her speed.

She was an elite solider in the octoling army - she had just become one before she was ambushed by Cuttlefish and agent 3 (Reese) and they all fell into the metro.

None of them ended up falling in the same area of the metro, and Olive ended up being found by Tartar’s sanitized octolings and taken to the sanitation chambers to have her memory erased.

Side tangent - I have a specific idea in mind about how octolings are sanitized. If you want to watch this video, it explains it really well - https://youtu.be/zu4czvg5ClI?si=wFz1lABgkv7hz8Wk

But TLDR, there are 2 stages of sanitization. Stage one includes being wiped of all memories. The subject then has to go through a series of tests and trials before Tartar decides what to do with them based on how well they did. Then they get either blended or brainwashed into oblivion! 😆😆 woohoo yay! J think based on the side order diaries it kind of confirmed that 8 went through that first process…it just never said how so I made that part up. Lol

ANYWAY..!!! At the same time Olive is taken, Reese wakes up and begins searching for captain Cuttlefish. He doesn’t find him, but you know what he does find??!!?!?

WHOAAA WOWWW HE FINDS OLIVE

He’s like holy cow..! That’s the girl that was just attacking me…😦 and he’s like ahhh! I gotta help her!

But by the time the two of them make it out, he realizes that it’s too late. Her memory was completely wiped. The sanitization doesn’t leave any physical effects on her except for her eyes - they turned turquoise. The same color as the sanitized ink.

The two of them needed to find a way to find cuttlefish and get out of this creepy place, so they kept moving. Pretty soon they made their way into a train station and found cuttlefish waiting for them there!! And there was also a weird telephone that told Olive she was the newest test subject - and that passing all these trials was the key to getting her memories back and getting to the “promised land.”

Reese just went along with it because he assumed that was what octolings called the surface. He wanted to be a test subject too so he could help Olive, but the phone rejected him. No inklings allowed!

She was forced to go through hundreds of rigorous tests. She wanted more than anything to get back her memories and reach paradise. As she regained more memories, she realizes how different her old life was from the kindness these inklings were showing her now (and the two people on the radio called Pearl and Marina!). It just propels her toward finishing the tests, pushing herself to her limit, doing it not just for herself but for all of them.

She forms a really deep bond with these inklings. Cuttlefish is like a grandfather to her. Reese makes her heart flutter in ways she doesn’t even understand.

As the tests go on, she regains muscle memories from her days as an elite solider. She’s good at fighting. Really good. But these tests are really hard. 8 knows she can do it, but they’re really, really hard. And all these bad memories aren’t helping.

Through blood, sweat, and tears, Olive finally collects the 4 thangs and they can finally go to the surface! She is so proud of herself and feels on top of the world. Cuttlefish and Olive take the thangs to the telephone and wait for Reese, who’s out exploring the metro (one of the things he does to take up time and secure their safety). But the telephone is telling them they gotta go NOW and they can’t wait for Reese!

Cuttlefish and Olive say nope, nope, not happening. So they are forced into the blender and AHH!! OH NO VERY BAD!! EVERYONE FLIPS OUT AND…!!!

Reese appears and THROWS HIMSELF at the blender. Surprisingly, it works. The three of them leave the telephone and super jump through the hole Reese made in the ceiling. They’re going to get to the surface themselves.

Somewhere around the 4th phase, they are ambushed by a group of sanitized octolings. Olive gets separated from Reese and Cuttlefish. She is forced to keep moving and hope that they have made it to the elevator before her.

They have, but not in the way she thought! When she sees Reese’s partial sanitation, she doesn’t want to hurt him and holds back, resulting in herself getting injured very badly. She realizes this isn’t the friend she knows, and manages to defeat three and rescue him from brainwashing.

Soon after that she also saves the whole world and defeats Tartar. PERRIOODDD!! #slaythehousedown #girlboss

Reese and Olive got into a relationship soon after the events of octo expansion. They help each other through all the trauma of what happened down there and are the bestest friends and love each other so so much! Yay!!

And Olive got a new family that she loves so so much. YAYYY!!

AS OF SPLATOON 3…EBERYONE IS DOING AMAZING!! YAY!! Agent 4 is Olive’s new bestie. Margot (New agent 3) is like the little sister she never had. She and Reese have moved in together. She still does regular missions for the NSS and treats it as a full time job. She’s so proud of Reese for becoming captain. She couldn’t think of anyone more deserving.

I still haven’t decided what really goes down during the events of side order - I didn’t love that it was all a simulation, so idk how I’d write around that. I’ll figure it out! But for now, Let’s just say it’s not very fun for Olive.

BUTTTTT after the events of side order, she regains all of her lost memories (she left a few behind in Kamabo) and rediscovers herself.

HOLY CANNOLI I wrote a lot. I think about Olive so much and I hope you guys love her as much as I do.

If you guys have any questions about them whatsoever, please PLEASE feel free to send over an ask! I love answering them!!

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR…I love u. Mwah!

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Impulse & Skizz Splatoon AU

When the Imp- AND THE SKIZZ?! [EXPLODES]

More Splatoon AU RAAAAHHH

There's so most I wanna say about these two but you know the drill! Rambles + bonus context under cut

Wanna see more from this AU? Check out the tag #Res. Splatoon AU ! :D

Okay okay so--

Impulse is a roller main that mainly uses the Splat rollers or Big Swig depending on what's ended. Skizz is Dualie main and uses the Enperry Splat dualies or Dapple dualies (both kits)

Impulse is the proud team captain of Team Ties! The professional league team of himself, Tango, Etho and Skizz, with Skizz being his right hand man. The team started out as just Imp and Skizz competing in low level duo tournaments that later evolved as they honed their craft and learned how to work with each other.

Skizz was the one who proposed the idea to Impulse one day after a tournament, mentioning he already knew someone who competes at their level but is currently solo. Impulse was hesitant at first but after he met the sharp shooter Etho, he felt more secure about it. Imp later reached out to his old college partner Tango and formed Team Ties. The competed at small events together and walked their way up the ladder, eventually allowing some members to quit their day job to pursue splatting full time.

Skizz is an Octoling from the Splatoon 2 story mode, that's how him and Etho met! The served in the same unit and went through a lot of the same things like the collapse of the underground, but they were later separated as Etho was taken away to be sanitized. Years after Etho was sanitized, he was found and the pair was reunited. Skizz is the only one who knows the full truth of what happened to Etho.

Impulse was one of the first Inklings Skizz ever met, bumping into each other on the way to a turf field before a match. Skizz talked his ear off the entire way there, asking a bunch of questions to better understand the new area he'd be living in. They were paired together during the match and later went out to eat to celebrate their win and the rest was history.

Skizz makes a lot of bracelets and kandi for his friends as a way of showing that he cares! Him and Impulse have matching bracelets. Impulse is a piercing junkie and a lot of the pierces he got was with Skizz.

I'm gonna talk about hermitshipping now, mainly Skizzpulse and Poly Soup Group so if that bothers you, you can scroll along! YOU'VE BEEN WARNED.

Idk if y'all saw my other post about Queer platonic poly soup group but yeah, that's canon in this au. I myself am polyamorous and just wanna show a little representation because it's something that means a lot to me and is often looked down on.

Imp and Skizz are dating each other and have been for a few years now. Imp is also dating Pearl and Gem, who are dating each other. Skizz is not involved with poly soup group but supports his boyfriend. The four of them go on double dates from time to time and have a healthy relationship. Of course this took time and lots of work but they make it work for themselves.

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Agents agents agents + a couple of ocs! I remembered that my cephalopods come in many patterns so I decided to explore that!

Notes abt patterns below-

Cap3: has many scars, most have healed. Though some of the sanitation effects remain around their wrists and hands, as well as their tentacles... their left eye is almost blind.

Agent4: Naturally glittery skin and tentacles, kind of accents the metallic patterns acquired from getting partially washed out by Order. Those arent metal fingers, those are patterns!

Additional design note -- she used to be way more sparkly, but the loss of her faith in herself made her colors fade. Easier for Order to wash her out then, no?

Neo3: fucking beaste. Kept trying to eat falling into the fuzzy ooze during her mission and now has a part of it in her dna. Sometimes gets more mammalian features (fur, hair, claws...on one occasion she sprouted a tail!)

Agent8: Same as the first design I made, now with added jelleton inspired patterns due to Side Order! Maybe bc she destroyed a bunch of em wkdndk

The rings have been with her awhile, she had decided to show em off once she got out of the Deep Sea Metro.

Agent5: Patterns reflect his time in the labyrinth -- rain, the sea, the rings reminiscent of the foam kicked up by changing tides.

Agent6: ...this is just Mags! His hair shimmers like crow feathers dipped in gold. His ink is actually yellow, but he really doesnt like his hair being that shade -- so he changes it manually to reflect his preferences. His magic circles are the one set of tattoos he allows to show through in this inkling disguise.

His stripe pattern is referencing his patterns in his original form! He looks like hes always wreathed in golden flame.

(His size meanwhile befits his fighting style -- dual wielding splatana stampers)

The last two are Croissant and Melon, the first owned by @pastille-pain!

Melon: her ink is naturally pale. The powdery patterns are reminiscent of snowfall and moonlight simply bc I like that aijdje. Theyre pearlescent/opalescent, shimmering as she moves. When she gets emotional, she starts to glow with colored spots!

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talk about kinoga. NOW.

GAH I JUST THINK THEY ARE SO............. well first of all. they are so cute and handsome. look at them right now

Second of all I have one million feelings about them and it's barely an exaggeration. For those who aren't familiar, Kinoga is one of my beloved splatoon ocs and I think about them all the time. Originally made when I tossed a "what-if" idea about Trito, my first splatoon oc, who was once part of the octarian military, if he runs into one of the old squad members on the surface, and Kinoga was born with the help of @igneouskit. Brainworms ensue. its terminal. check out their toyhouse

(extremely brief rundown for those unfamiliar with splatoon lore the relevant bits are as follows: some octolings are part of a military that were forced underground after a war with the Inklings over land due to rising seas. At some point during the plot, the song Calamari Inkantation is sung by the two idols, which is apparently imbued in the DNA of all creatures and compels octolings to see the surface. In the splatoon 2 DLC, octo expansion, some octolings are recruited by a shady company called Kamabo Co, which entices participants to enroll in tests through a deep sea metro, and offers the "promised land" as a reward. Completing the tests entails collecting parts of a blender, and the "reward" is getting blended into sludge. This sludge can get injected into other octos which causes them to lose their will and consciousness ("sanitization").

timeline-wise much of their story takes place between splat 2, through octo expansion, and is currently in the splat 3 era. When they were still in the military, they ended up hearing the Calamari Inkantation like Agent 8 did. Kinoga and their squad were incredibly close to each other. Unwilling to just up and leave the underground but wanting to give their squadmates a better life, Kinoga hears about Kamabo's "promised land" and wants to seek it out, so they leave the squad to embark on the metros and promises to return. They do not <3 Some of the tests make them encounter sanitized octolings and they begin to question what's really happening in the metros. Their tipping point is when they run into Agara, one of their squadmates that decided to enter the metros to look for Kinoga and ends up being sanitized. Kinoga, facing the crushing realization that their squadmates had followed them, unaware of the danger, narrowly escapes being killed by Agara and eventually makes it to the surface.

This results in them experiencing a good amount of crushing guilt about leaving, they never knew it would lead to the possibility of dooming their whole squad that followed after them because they were loved and trusted. Kinoga had no way of letting the rest of them know that they should turn back and it's so. AAUGH. They have no choice but to continue on, finding life on the surface and eventually making it to splatsville with the belief that the rest of the squad may be gone. Agara and Trito end up running through the metro, Agara gets sanitized and Trito survives, albeit without getting a nasty scar from an accident that nearly got him sanitized.

Trito makes me insane also. he's my funny silly rabbit. I care about him so so much. trito goes through the metros, to maybe catch up with kinoga or meet them at the promised land, trusting that it was worth leaving if Kinoga decided it was worth it for all of them too.

Trito, upon learning about The Horrors in the metro later, realizes what could have happened to Kinoga and Agara and is unwilling to return to the rest of the squad with this knowledge, struck by the possibility that they're both gone. <-also has to realize that these horrible things have been happening to all the octlings that left to go do the metro tests. He too, eventually escapes to the surface and makes it to Inkopolis.

Years later, Trito, on a day trip to Splatsville, encounters Kinoga on the streets, and they lock eyes. and. fuck. They thought they were dead and had dealt with the grief and accepting that they were gone, effectively pushing those thoughts aside, and now they're physically in front of each other and they have to deal with it again. they make me SICK. Kinoga knowing that trito went to the metros and followed them and made it out also. Trito knowing that Kinoga experienced the horrors as well and survived. Neither of them able to return to tell the rest of the squad but they're both here, alive on the surface and aarrghhhhhhh. now they have to cope with this. they hastily exchange contact information, having to leave each other again, and end up meeting later to really catch up.

I'm so normal about kinoga and their relationship to trito post-domes. They don't even realize that they miss each other so much because they accepted that they were already gone. Seeing how much the other had changed. Being each other's only tie to their previous lives and it dawns on them that they never can move on from this. Kinoga struggles to tell Trito that they couldn't bring themselves to go back, not knowing if they could escape a second time, not knowing if any of their teammates were still left, already dealing with occasional spurts of being wracked by grief. Trito feeling the same, wanting to forget the terrible things and find happiness on the surface, but disheartened when learning that Kinoga also couldn't bring themselves to go back to look (though now that the both of them are together.....they do eventually muster the courage to go back to the domes to look for their old squadmates). It like. sucks so bad. They didn't intend to abandon their squad, but they were given circumstances where they just could not, and none of the other squad members could have known and suffer for it. aarghhhhh.

They end up at Trito's place, Kinoga and Trito end up being very affectionate towards each other after reuniting, definitely Trito being clingier...Compelled to hold onto each other and not let go, not after feeling so much regret about leaving in the first place. It's like. they left once before and terrible things happened out of their control, so they're allowed to hold each other as close as they can so it doesn't happen again (THE DEMONS) (GRIPS). it's irrational for Trito especially to think that he'll never see Kinoga again when they have to leave, since they live in separate cities and have to go in the morning. and kinoga knows it's irrational and they do their best to comfort him anyways because. who could blame him for wanting to keep them there after being gone for so long and so unexpectedly. The slow, crushing experience of not fully registering that someone could be gone and it creeps up to them until it hits. auuuuugh. they have to be so tender with each other, not really knowing where to take things afterwards but relishing in the moment of having each other there. riding the high of each other's comfort. fuck. this post is just getting worse as it goes. Trito breaking down in Kinoga's arms because he's had to hold in his grief and having nowhere to put it and then finally being able to release it. just being able to feel Something again. kinoga feeling so heartbroken to see trito like this, remembering that he was always so outspoken and smiling and having him curled up against them unable to say anything. holding him as tightly as they can. Feeling the need to take good care of him. They aren't his squad leader anymore but they still feel compelled to look out for him because then they can feel like they're doing at least something right. whatever. you guys get the gist. I'm way too much of a sucker for like...............pained intimacy. I'm down terrible. I think both of them deserve a little kissy and more. again. very touchy and affectionate with each other, I guess theyre still like "friends" (A WARRIOR'S BOND. OR WHATEVER) and are not "together" like a couple but here are words from igneouskit who put it better then I could ever. they love each other so much and they make me blow up. worlds most situationship

and also one bit I forgot to mention is that Trito has a huge scar on his chest that he hates talking about, it just brings back the fear and pain felt when he got it, and by association reminds him that he's alone from his squad who may never see again, so he's very protective of it. Upon getting back to kinoga, they do find out about the scar accidentally, and Trito lets them. like auuuugh they were so familiar with each other and now get to see what's changed since the last time. exploring eachother's bodies. whatever

Kinoga also ends up feeling really guilty at some point for Trito being immediately so affectionate towards them, they harbor thoughts that they don’t deserve it after having him go through that pain, and trito having to tell them that he made his own decision, nobody was forcing him to go, and besides, did it to see kinoga and now that they’re right in front of him he can give him all the love he’s been holding for them. Auuughhhh. Like don’t worry about feeling guilty for it. It wasn’t their fault. What matters to him now is that they’re both alive and with each other. I feel like blowing up

Even after Kinoga goes back to splatsville the next day trito is still aches about them......like a few days of reunion could never be enough to compensate for the years that they spent apart. every time they meet up after that trito jumps in kinoga's arms and kiss them like it was the first time they'd reunited

anyways. they eventually go back down to the domes to find the others. By that time, Agent 8 had dismantled Kamabo, the Sludge shit was no longer in operation, and octolings have started going to the surface. Kanu, another squad member, left the domes to find Kinoga, Agara, and Trito(jilon was another squad member who left for reasons I haven't decided yet). Denchu, the last remaining member, stayed behind, holding on to the hope that the missing members would someday return (denchu is a whole other can of worms. theyre everything to me and I feel so terrible for them <3). Trito and kinoga meet denchu, they update them on everybody else, leaving agara unaccounted for. Kinoga, who was the only one to see Agara firsthand, knowing that she might be completely unsalvageable, hesitates to bring it up, but Trito insists on going to look for her. aughhh. kinoga wants to spare trito the pain of seeing her dead or unconscious. They do eventually find her </3

She is alive, but not doing well at all, Kinoga desperate to maybe find some way to undo sanitization and restore her to full health, knowing full well that it may not be possible. They take Agara back with them to the surface and Kinoga spends a lot of time agonizing again over having caused this, feeling that agara's state is somehow their fault (ITS NOTT they're beating themselves up so bad for this because they feel responsible for the squad. aughhh).

I think thats all I have for kinoga. for now. obviously there are more thoughts I can get into but currently my brain has just latched so hard on trito and kinoga's fun situation and I love them so much. didn't think I'd get attached to them this bad but here we are </3. I hope everyone who has read this far also enjoys them as much as I do

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SPLATOON OC DUMP!!

A lot of this stuff is art from last year but I still wanna share it!!

introducing...

O.K.T.P.S! OCTARIAN KILLER TUNE PRODUCTION SQUAD!

An organised collective of ex-soldiers from Octavio's army, all with one goal - To show all these surface-dwelling inklings what's what!!

As long as they have their harsh techno sounds and funky grooves, nobody can stop them! These tunes are headed for world domination!

MEET THE SQUAD!

AMANA (she/her) - the bassist. tired and moody.

-Amana fondly remembers her years in the army with her fellow troops as they fought around the time in the first game. In the aftermath of the calimari inkantation however, there was a massive rise in escapees, fugitives and rebels who revolted against Octavio. Amana's team was tasked with capturing/suppressing this resistance, but one by one, as they dealt with rebel groups, Amana lost all but one of her friends - whether that be to the conflict or joining the crowd.

-Eventually staying in the army was too much for her, so she too headed to the surface. despite her internal resentment and loyalty to octo society, she was keen to start a better life, and that would start with her music.

-Amana is kinda like that emo war veteran in those action movies idk

KURUMA (he/him) - the drummer! Foul-mouthed and rebellious

-he's a bit of a crazy goofball who likes the idea of breaking the rules but doesnt have all of the guts to follow through with it

-he was enlisted as an aoctoling soldier alongside his bff (and crush) Hokkia - his friend would made up for the guts he didnt have so they both worked as a duo as troublemakers

-some time After the events of the first game Hokkai was reported missing whilst on a patrol. Upon hearing this, Kuruma volunteered to help search for him. After 2 months Kuruma was left as the only one still looking for him- one day Kuruma had gone out and searched for Hokkai for so long that he had been separated from his fleet and also reported missing. From there he had to find his way up to the surface in order to survive and continue looking

-once kuruma reached the surface, he resorted to making a living off of his percussion skills, which he used to practice alongside Hokkai. Due to these memories he was very passionate about his playing, which allowed him to make a living out of busking for a while until he met Amana, Moyebi and Caramote 

(Hokkai was actually captured and sanitized by Tartar but Kuruma hasnt found this out yet)

CARAMOTE (they/them) - The chill, confident guitarist

-Octocommander

-moyebi's closest friend. Gives them advice and stands up for them

-they can come off as very sassy and bitchy to strangers but supports their bandmates till the end

-never wanted to be in the army but were pressured into it due to their good tongue-guitar skills which allowed them to use commander weapons

-they always had a secret obsession with the surface and its customs - From the trendy clothes to the inkling's freedom of expression. Caramote was sick of following orders, and wanted to use their tongue not for shooting, but for playing sick guitar licks. The only thing keeping them around was Moyebi, who depended on them. But after the mass exodus caused by the inkantation, they were ready to get out of there. They convinced Moyebi to come along and together, they started a new band and a new life on the surface.

MOYEBI (she/they) - The singer/leader of the band! Sweet, but nervous...

- Twintacle octarian 

- singer/keyboard player for the band O.K.T.P.S.

-They served behind the lines in the octarian army as a mechanic for weapons and armour making

-whilst friendly and well-meaning, they often come off as awkward and lack self-confidence in their music and engineering

-They created a metal suit to emulate a humanoid body, and use it to create more of a stage presence. Although she feels more confident in it, Sometimes she feels like she relies on it too much to try and fit in.

-After experiencing the calamari inkantation, she couldn't help but be inspired and embrace a passion for singing. Her new dream was to sing and dance much like the squid sisters had done, but the only way she could acheive such a dream was by escaping to the surface, which was NOT about to do any time soon. The thought of leaving the comfort of her home terrified her. She had to be dragged along in an escape by her best friend, Caramote, before seeking out a new life outside the army.

[ablobwhowrites]

Can I send a Splatoon request (m/n) is a Octoling male idol and everyone is crazy yandere for him.anything about him will be gone in seconds, like (m/n) merch gone,concert tickets sold out etc..

Life is good, being apart of deep cut after marina and pearls final splatfest. M/n was the fourth member of the deep cut as he was friends with bigman and he was able to get m/n in the group plus shiver and frye loved having m/n around. Having a unique features made m/n stand out a lot like with his hair being similar to Marina's but just more short like her old hair style. Plus luckily everyone thought m/n wears some kind of eyeliner and many things about him being different than other octolings on the surface but shiver tells everyone that m/n is just a different species of octolings probably from another city away from here.

M/n sighed after the camera turned off for today as the director yelled "all right everyone where on commercial break!" Frye looked at m/n seeing him look down a bit "you okay m/n? Your not all happy like you are usually" frye said looking to him as shiver looked at frye then m/n as m/n quickly sat up straight "oh! Nothing, just thinking about things really. Just woke up on the wrong side of bed" he laughed a bit trying not to worry the three "well you can tell use anything if you need anything off your chest" big man said with the screen he holds turns off for now as m/n sat there in silence for a few seconds "no I'm good....just going to go to the bathroom" m/n said as he got off the stage and walked away to backstage into the hall, but not going it the bathroom but just leans on the wall and going in his phone.

Then when to splatagram (work with me here, I don't know many Splatoon canon apps) many post of some ads, inklings showing off food at restaurants or food trucks, but then m/n stops scrolling and sees a tag that caused m/n to raise his brow "fanclub? I didn't know I had a fan club....I thought shiver, frye and bigman or anyone else had fanclubs.." he said to himself as soon as he clicked the tag, a boat load of post ranging from inklings to octolings even others from far away not even in this city. It was terrifying to m/n seeing so many things about him and the merch that he didn't even know existed of him, plushies, shirts, pants, hats, figures and so much more "I never made these brand deals?! How is there so many! And how is there so much fan merch of me…" M/n then was panicking not from the people who loves him cause he just tried to make himself thing it's just everyone supporting him, even making himself think it was all just a phase everyone was going through a obsessive phase but the slim chance that dj Octavia could find this, he could get kidnapped like Callie that one time, he could be brainwashed, so many terrible thoughts run through his head thinking of so many things that could happen if he was found out, would he be sanitized? Just like all his friends to be his mindless killing machine if he's taken back? M/n screamed as he felt something touch his shoulder as he quickly turned to see who was it that spooked him so bad and it was just the jellyfish intern "mr.m/n, where about to come back on soon" the intern said as m/n's heart was still racing "right...right, tell them I'll be there just give me a bit to um...just get myself ready" m/n told the intern as they nodded and walked back to the studio to tell them which has m/n all alone again "your just paranoid, nothing bad can happen...dj Octavia won't know, even if he does marina is a long ways from here so she's safe and Octavia wouldn't do something that ambitious" m/n said to himself as he turned off his phone and walked back to the studio with his head held up high hoping this might be a good week or even a good year.

"sir! We found something you might like" a elite octoling said as she held what looked like a small keychain, it was shiny and had the picture of m/n on it, in pastel colors seeming happy with the other side having his 'friends' all with him and all looking happy, DJ Octavia was silent, he was taking in the details of this keychain pictures "m/n is on the surface...just how marina is" Dj Octavia said as he took the keychain onto his tentacle and examined it, the underground felt so empty without m/n around. The small splats of colors on the walls or just anything that was colorful he could put anywhere, the small city's of the octarian underground loved the small splats of colors, any kind it made the underground feel less gloomy but after DJ Octavia's defeat in inkoplis and that damned squid sisters music that Octavia hated so much, salt in this wound those agents gave him taking away power to the city and then now this, Octavia felt humiliated that the only octoling soldier that made the situation of the octarians being under ground feel a bit less gloomy and just less of a hell hole was on the surface cause of the now lazy inklings and the octoings that managed to get on the surface now having audacity to rub this in his face just saying to Octavia that m/n was theirs now, it made Octavia livid that his m/n and only his m/n is now on the surface, his tentacle gripped the keychain in his tentacle until a crack was formed on the sides and his grip loosened. His gaze goes back to the elite octoling soldier "bring m/n back here, no matter who you have to hurt, no matter what you have to do, bring m/n back here" Octavia said the soldier nodded and was about to go get some of the other octolings to get ready for this mission "wait, take this" Octavia handed the soldier a pair of glasses, the same ones callie had on when she was kidnapped here "it'll make it more simple but these ones will make sure m/n won't be able to fight back so easily" Octavia said as then he waved his tentacle to dismiss the soldier, the elite octoling walked out to tell her team the new mission now with the hypno glasses in hand...to be continued

(I hope this is good, I've been trying to work on my writing more)

[simp999]

A New Home Ch. 43

Various! Splatoon Manga x Skilled! Isekai'd! Reader

Wc: 1k

Warning: Vomit

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You quickly ran off, making up some useless excuse.

You found your way to the train station, figuring that was the best way to get to him. You rode with anxiousness, fidgeting with the hem of your shirt as you waited for the right stop. Once things began looking familiar, you got off and ran around.

Curse how exhausted you were from the battles.

There he was.

You barely noticed the way Rider's face fell when he spotted you, but his expression immediately hardened back into his sanitized state- brows furrowed, nose and lips in a snarl.

You were too late.

You shoot a worried glance towards the blue team, spotting Hachi. You barely get to offer him a kind wave before a battle breaks loose. Goggles hands you a hero version of your main weapon- where did he get that from...? Either way, you thanked him and focused your gaze back towards Rider.

Rider's eyes land on you while he mutters the word: "Exterminate."

You skillfully dodge his splashdown, standing protectively in front of the others- knowing full well how much stronger you are than them. Rider sends attack after attack towards you and the others, but it seems you're his main target. No- you were the sanitization's main target. You remember all the tricks to avoid attacks thanks to that intense battle you had with inner agent 3 back when you played Splatoon 2... you still get shivers sometimes when Calamari Inkantation plays.

The scene plays out much longer than you remember it being in the manga. You're dripping with sweat, and the others are down, weakened by Rider's constant attacks.

You need to hype Goggles up enough so that he has the energy to defeat Rider- you don't quite remember how he did it, but you were sure it was some sort of main character move.

Only when he does finally do what was he was meant to - which would have created a comical sweatdrop on your temple had you 1: been in an anime and 2: hadn't been in this dire of a situation. That's right, Goggles pantsed Rider.

But this time, it didn't bring him out of his sanitized state.

Maybe you needed to treat it like the original Inner Agent 3 battle, and defeat him five times? Knock off the sanitization?

You attacked each other relentlessly until you were ready to collapse. There was something holding you back from attacking at full strength- you didn't want to put Rider in more pain than you assumed he was already in with the sanitization.

Finally with one last swift dodge to the left and you manage to land a perfect hit on the gross sanitization, knocking it off. Once your ink falls from his face, you're left slack-jawed and eyes wide at the nasty chemical burn it seems to have left.

Now this wasn't canon. You worriedly pick him up in your arms, glad to have had all that strength training. The others begin slowly waking up as you shout at them to get on the train home.

You wore a worried expression the whole ride as the others stay silent.

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

You ran into the S4's home with Rider unconscious in your arms. You began barking out orders, gently placing him on the bed in the spare room he was sleeping in earlier. You asked Aloha for a damp cloth- inkling safe water of course- and Army for a first-aid kit. They bolted off while Skull and Mask stood nearby, checking out his wounds. Mask appears uninterested, but you can tell he's slightly curious as to what happened. Before he has time to walk off and forget about it, you order him to get a blanket for Rider. He's freezing cold, yet he's sweating profusely. His skin feels weird, as if it's 10% of his squid form.

Aloha comes back with a damp cloth, and you gently place it on the previously sanitized area of Rider's face as he stirs in his unconscious state. Army follows after Aloha, returning with the first aid kit and hands it to you. You place it on the nearby side-table. Then comes Mask with the blanket. You ask Skull if he can go get you a chair or bench that you can sit on instead of kneeling beside the bed to care for Rider. You sit down beside him, gently putting his hand in yours and rubbing the back of it with your thumb.

Suddenly, he bolts awake and you can see his face is greener than usual. You're quick to grab the nearby trash bin and softly rub his back as he vomits into it, not before skillfully catching the damp cloth as it falls from his face. You whisper reassuring, sweet nothings to him, telling him he's going to be okay and that he's safe now. You glance up towards the S4 members, gesturing towards the doorway as they get the hint.

Once he's done belching for the moment, he finally gets a good look at you. Your caring eyes, your soft expression-

The injuries littering your body.

Did...did he do that?

His expression falls and tears begin to build up. The previously sanitized eye is barely able to open, but the other one is wide with worry. When you lean forward to help him not fall backwards, he shoves you away.

He attempts to speak, but no words come out, only a small hiccup. You calm him down, assuring him he doesn't have to speak just yet if it hurts too much.

Everything. Everything hurts. Why couldn't he speak? He felt like his throat was burning just as badly as his face. You place the cloth (the other side of it,) back on his face after beckoning him to lie back down, bringing your hand up to his face, and rubbing your thumb across the cheek with the non-irritated skin. He weakly but roughly grabs your hand, shoving you away. You didn't understand what he was trying to say. His expression was filled to the brim with worry and pain, yet he was pushing you away? You were just trying to help. Did he wish to be left alone?

He needed rest anyway. You nodded at him, asking him if he could try to get some rest for the time being. He immediately turned onto his non-burned side, facing away from you.

You left the room, a nervous expression lingering on your face.

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July. 9. 24

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[friskdistrollerroblox]

So... I decided to share this little AU i'm working on, a Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion inspired thing where this takes place after the events of the org DLC, and also to give a bit more spotlight to both sp2 main agents, 8 and 4. So welcome everyone to this small side story, this is: Splatoon 2, Octo Sanitization

First of all let's talk about the story of this AU, the story goes like this...

Time ago, Agent 8, with the help of Marina and Pearl was on his way to get out of the deep sea metro and go to the surface, of course it wasn't easy. During the long way, Agent 8 encounter Agent 3, except that he was brainwashed by the crazy phone, and now 8 must fight him to keep going, luckily Agent 8 was victorious, but when the ooze on Agent 3's face explodes, it goes flying everywhere, leaving a mark on 3, some of it landed on 8's ear, sticking to his skin, being unavailable to remove it. 2 years after the events, 8 one day starts to hear strange sounds from the damaged side of his ear, as if he still could hear the deep sea metro operating, worry something might have happened he decides to return once again to investigate and to finally put an end to the Kamabo corporation and their plans, along side with his roommate, Agent 4 who now joins him in this adventure.

Let's talk about the main characters! Starting with...

Agent 8 🐙

Agent 8 is a 18 year old male octoling with a scar on his left ear due to some of the sanitizer ink exploding and landing on his ear, and orange amber eyes, he is cheerful and a good pal to be around, yet still always seems to be hiding his past from the event occurred in deep sea metro, he is constantly in pain due to his ear burning him in certain occasions, he still wears his classic Octo Expansion outfit, with the difference he now wears his eggplant mountain coat.

Agent 4🦑

Agent 4 is a 20 year old male inkling with purple eyes, and a member of the Squidbeak Splatoon, he has lived with 8 sense the day he escaped from sea metro, 4 despite he tends to be a goofball from time to time, he does act serious when the time comes, as well as being really skilled, he wears a modified version of his classic hero hoodie, now being a blue with dark purple on the top, he wears the same test subject pants as well as a test subject bracelet to get access to certain facilities.

Small extra:

Small side to side edits as "poster" for this AU!! I might make an ask blog for this AU as more of the story gets out soon, stay tuned!

[the-kingdom-of-wei]

2024 Wrap Up

Rules: it's time to love yourselves! Choose your 5 (or so) favorite works you created in the past year (fics, art, edits, etc) and link them below to reflect on the amazing things you brought to the world in 2024. Tag as many writers/artists/etc. as you want (fan or original) so we can spread the love and link each other to awesome works!

tagged by @ray-elgatodormido ! thank you so much man!!

no pressure @maryannsa @radiantvengeflykingstruggler @zhao-zilong @trisshawkeye @its-not-a-pen and anybody else that wanna join

here are my faves :] i didnt draw a lot tbh

1. zhao yun but he probably ascended

2. splatoon oc (lusca!!)

3. dnd artwork

4. pogon fanart

5. my girl dian zhao!!

[gojinka]

How does Fuzzification and, Salmonification? work in homerun? Specficially if theres any mental changes!

Ramblings under the cut! :

To preface, I’m gonna start off with some Inkling biology: Inklings are designed to transform and explode (splat) and be tricky and swift via means of completely deconstructing their bodies into a bunch of memory holding parts that are capable of reattaching themselves and forming DIFFERENT parts depending on the command given… this is the act of transforming between kid and swim form, and it’s possible to linger on phases between transforming. This makes inklings extremely powerful and vulnerable in the same stroke. Sort of a glass canon species, no muscles, no true bones, just ink that shifts and exists in gooey messes, or in mini pressurized blasts that mimic muscle when needed or condense into super compressed pressurized parts that stand in for “bone”, the only true separate organ that exists outside of the ink blueprint that mimics organs is the membrane outside the skin, and this is only because it is made of a different series of material than organs and ink (which all contains the same cells, the one that allow them to splat / transform / etc). This “membrane” is a super thin organ that holds all of the “ink” when they get splatted, though it doesn’t physically “hold” the cells, in simpler terms it sort of acts as a thin bag that carries the blueprint cells, it is the structure that allows the cells to fill in details…

The membrane functions like … imagine a plastic glove, the glove is the membrane, next to the glove is a puddle of ink, the ink is the organ/transforming cells. The glove has the ability to pull the water inside of it, and the water is always attached to the glove, even if not inside it, and the glove can pull and release the water at will. When filled, the shape of the glove makes it so the water inside the glove will always, even when stretched or pulled, form a hand. If the glove is torn, the shape distorts, or doesn’t fill properly, depending on the tear. The membrane is able to release ink by seperating very very slightly, enough for ink to burst out of the gaps. (I imagine inklings feel like water balloons filled to the brim… like on the brink of popping? Squishy, yet “dense.”)

Sanitization was a means of replacing the membrane with thick scale like skin. (Btw, this was because in the more detailed sanitization designs I made in the past, I made the skin resemble the scale like patterns used in skin grafts on humans. A thing Inklings wouldn’t ever necessarily need.) Tartar’s quest to make this species who he has deemed worthless feel “even an ounce of humanity” , as a torturous poetic revenge, make them “human.” It forces the membrane to thicken into skin, they can no longer splat or transform. Organs still float in ink globs a tad uselessly inside of them, “useless” organs (as in extra hearts) are surgically removed. There are many complications with sanitization, as it is project made by a damaged rouge ai which was— during the development of santization— unable to speak or communicate eloquently, trying to convey the mess of the emotions it feels via commands and actions. And unfortunately, in this case, it’s squid body horror, it’s physically rejecting taking part in this project, and instead is turning squids into something else entirely.

Cycloid Serum works similarly, but rather it burns off the membrane and heals over it with scales, cycloid serum was the science that was attempted to be created when sanitization was developed. Cycloid serum is more effective on Inklings, since Octolings already have a denser skin. The commander could have probably had printed out a more thorough and in depth explanation of the science used in sanitization… But, oh well. “a tragic error occurred in the device used to develop it, leading to the project’s abandonment.”

Cycloid Serum was made using Salmonid Skin parts as an effort to reduce the deaths caused by rising tides for Inklings. It was mostly used on rouge outskirt inklings who are separate from Inkopolis Inklings. It seems most Inkling’s who agreed to the testing were already seeking out greatness, the test subjects all seemed to be talented and well famed— it later proved that this project was to create ink-salmonids that would rule on the front lines, and the reason “popular / famous / talented “ inklings were chosen is because it directly ties into Salmonid’s religious culture regarding home running.

This project was scraped, but the few remaining Salmon-Inklings are very popular for their sleek design— especially among Dome-Salmonids, who have similar beauty standards to New Inkadia Octarians due to growing up AROUND Inklings/Octolings, meaning short muzzles and humanoid appearances are desirable. (Such as Frye, in the Alterna, aka Cat Hell.) Unfortunately, these Subjects still have Running instincts; and can transform.

Fuzzy Ooze was a separate project not related to the creation of the Cycloid serum. The company who funded this project was still the same, though. Fuzzy Ooze is dense and is layered on top of the Inkfish, and slowly melds into the skin, unlike the previous serums, Fuzzy Ooze CAN infect other species, but it seems it works BEST with Octarians, fuzzy inklings tend to not last, and splat and are capable of fully removing the fuzz, but since Octarians contain more MUSCLE and actual flesh compared to the Ink + Membrane species, Fuzzy Ooze works more effectively. I’ll probably make a detailed post regarding the anatomical differences in each species.

Mental Changes: (ie: what the ask was originally about before I went rogue.)

Santization wipes the memory wholly and totally, and the first moments are rough, as they’re completely hollowed out; they need training to re-remember certain actions and behaviors, most Sanitized subjects are nearly catatonic and unresponsive the first week. Usually after that, they slowly remember ‘habits’ they may have had, such as tapping their foot, dominant hand, humming tunes, if is exclusively muscle memory and mostly they are not responsive nor do they recognize the importance of the behavior. Previous traumas or fears no longer trigger reactions.

Cycloid Serum does not wipe the memory, but rather it forces them to inherit Salmonid Instincts; which makes them inherent generational traumas + inclination towards swimming + cravings and changes in diet… ie experiencing desires inklings would NOT desire. (Mostly because Salmonids NEED water, they need to keep their gills moist to survive, Cycloid Serum victims don’t…) Most have a hard time sorting out memories, much like the Mud; but slightly different… mostly due to being aware and alert. They have their memories, but because they are fueled with random instincts, the “importance” or “significance” of events in their mind will warp… leading to what could be perceived as memory loss, they do, mostly, just thier goals are warped. Because they follow Salmonid Instincts, they can homerun.

Those infected by Fuzzy Ooze will have a change in diet + behaviors + and May develop aches or pains that Inklings wouldn’t typically develop as a result of slowly churning their insides into red blood guts. They also don’t experience memory loss, but as a result of a rush of new emotions + instincts, they can come off as if they DON’T know you, because certain memories are labeled as nonsignificant. There are probably certain types of fuzzy folk depending on the DNA used… but ultimately they are NATURALLY non-violent.

Both Fuzzy and Cycloid’d inkfish can transform. Not neatly nor safely. But they can.

[nemeyuko]

I would put this on my writing account, @mister-jekyll, but @pnksolong made art of my au here.

My Re-Animator Splatoon au

Daniel Beaker, an inkling, is a doctor/turf war specialist and makes sure that the games go well and no one gets bad injuries and respawns fine. Cue an octoling who started working with him name Octobert or Bert for short. Bert was uh… well he was sanitized. Bert voluntarily sanitized himself but has no memory. It was found after the end of Octo expansion, after Commander Tartar’s defeat and the destruction of the Deepsea Metro, with some of the sanitation chemicals by him.

Bert becomes Dan’s new roommate and Megalo Halsey, a fellow octoling like Bert and Dan’s girlfriend, realizes she knew Bert before he was sanitized. She becomes more and more concerned as Bert figured out how to reanimate dead inklings and octolings with the sanitizing chemicals and other chemicals Bert made.

Art by @pnksolong

[loolilyumm]

I CARE SO MUCH ABOUT YOUR CAP 3 PLEASE MORE IF YOU WOULDNT MIND???

JUMPING UP AND DOWN IM SO GLAD YOU ASKED I WILL SO HAPPILY YAP ABOUT HIM

THIS IS AGENT THREE! Most of the people in the NSS call him “Three” or “Captain,” but his real name is Reese.

(SIDE NOTE- I really have to do proper character sheets for them. Please stay tuned for that!!)

He was 15 when he was hired by Cuttlefish and 17 during the events of octo expansion. Now he is a mature 20 year old inkling. So so mature.

He mains the E-liter and typically uses chargers or shooters.

Despite his “cool guy” persona, agent 8 brings out a different side of him… the loser baby side…!!! In Splatoon 2 When the two of them fell underground, Reese was actually the one to find 8, and he had to rescue her from sanitization chambers (you know, the octoling selection screen at the beginning of octo expansion?) but couldn’t save her in time to restore her memory. But she was (relatively) okay! And since then he’s been really protective of her. 8 was registered as a test subject and Reese had to stay behind and watch as she went through rigorous testing.

At that point Reese was really descending into a dark place after realizing that he wasn’t really the big hero he thought that he was. But 8 helped him through it and they formed a really close bond deep in the underground. (Cuttlefish was also there third wheeling. LOL) Reese started to feel flustered and shy around her. He’d never felt that way before, and definitely didn’t expect it. And it CONFUSED HIM!! He was like wtf? Why is this happening to meeee waahwaahhhhh ueueueuee

And then y’know……the rest is history! The blender incident happened and it was the scariest moment of his life. Reese was about to lose the only two people he had ever cared about. He has a tendency to throw himself recklessly into dangerous situations, so he just THREW himself at the blender and well. It worked! In my version, he never got knocked out, and he travelled upwards with 8 and cuttlefish until about the 4th phase. Then he and cuttlefish got separated from 8 and attacked by Tartar - that’s how he was brainwashed.

The battle between agent 3 and agent 8 was BRUTAL. Reese harbors extreme amounts of guilt for what went down - he blames himself a lot and thinks he should have been stronger. 8 got really hurt but she managed to save him and THEN save the whole world. #girlboss! Period.

The two of them are working through the events of octo expansion together! If you want me to yap about 8 too I will gladly do that. (Also maybe I should write a fanfic about it. I am cringe but I am free.)

Cut to 3 years into the future - During splatoon 3, Reese becomes captain of the NSS. He doesn’t think he deserves the title but is honored to accept it.

The new agent 3 that they recruited reminds Reese a lot of himself. Her name is Margot. She’s the quiet kid that he used to be. He sort of takes her under his wing and teaches her how to defend herself and her comrades. She is like a younger sister to him. They bicker and bond just like siblings. I LOVE THEM.

I actually haven’t really thought through what happens during the events of splatoon 3. I’m running with the idea that agent 4 and agent 8 go missing during the events of side order. (I know it’s all virtual but like I might add other things to it IDK IDK) I don’t really know yet. But Reese is a good captain and he can find them ☺️☺️

BUT YEA. AFTER ALL THT IS SAID AND DONE - they’re the NSS! And they are all besties.

Thank u for coming to my ted talk.

[xandes-regular]

Tartar wins

the zombie AU

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Written by Xande and Nora B)

“[Congratulations, number 10,008! The door to the promised land will now open!]”

Those words echoed through the tunnels of the deepsea metro. Agent 8 and Cuttlefish stood in front of the telephone as it lifted the thangs off the ground and merged them together. Completely unaware that the artificial intelligence was assembling a device that would end their lives.

Unbeknownst to them, a few floors above an inkling was sneaking around the entrails of the complex looking for a way to reunite with their captain. Having received a distress signal on their CQ-80, Agent 3 swiftly made their way through the cramped corridors of the facility towards the location of the signal.

“[INGREDIENT ACQUISITION COMPLETE… REFORMING MATTER…]”

The voice rang once more, somehow even more robotic than before, sending chills through 3’s whole body. They knew time was running out and that their master was in danger. Room after room, the young squid passed by like a gust of wind, their heartbeat ringing loudly in their ear. Entering the next room they saw ahead a large window that gave them a view of the floor below. Then they saw it in the distance, their captain and an octoling trapped inside an oversized blender, its blades slowly descending upon them. With no hesitation, Agent 3 took a step back and thrust themselves forward, jumping through the window and dropping to the floor below.

3 crashed into the glass ceiling of the metro terminal, diving into it as if it were a pool. It was as if time had stopped. The determined agent descended from above like a sea angel coming to the rescue of their trapped allies. However, to the dismay of all the inkfish present, Agent 3 didn’t quite make the mark, their jump not quite powerful enough to reach the machine and knock it over.

With a dry and loud thud, 3 hit the cold floor of the deepsea metro. It was silent for a minute as the inkling tried to hold their head up to look at Cuttlefish, their eyes locked one last time. 3’s captain had a solemn but proud look on his face, he closed his eyes and gave an approving nod and smile to his prodigy. In the blink of an eye, the blades came down upon the old squid and the young octopus. Agent 3 had failed to save them. Tartar had won.

The squid was paralyzed, their mouth hung open in shock staring ahead at the large blender-shaped contraption now filled with a viscous off-green substance.

“[REFORMING COMPLETE. TOTAL BIOMASS SUFFICIENT FOR CANON OPERATION. TRANSPORTATION REQUIRED]”

The telephone spoke again, a loud buzzer could be heard after its voice stopped. The subway train idle in the terminal suddenly sprang to life and sped off. Taking its place came a more disheveled-looking cart. It was much older than the other train and also much taller. Its doors slid open and out came a few green octarians. Although Agent 3 knew they were dangerous, the young squid found no energy at the time to stand up and fight. Luckily, the sanitized octopodes paid them no mind. Carefully, they placed the blender atop a transportation device and led it back towards the train, the opening barely just large enough to fit the whole machine through. As quickly as the subway cart had arrived it had departed, only the sound of its take-off was left in the abandoned terminal.

The defeated agent sat up, taking a moment to calm themselves and think of what to do next. Their captain was gone and they had no communication with the surface world, and they were stuck underground with no one to help them. The thoughts were overwhelming, they could feel the emotions welling up in their throat and the tears pooling in their eyes. What should they do? What could they even do now?

The squid slapped themself and shook their thoughts away. There was no time to be caught up in insecurities, they had to go after that computer and stop it from completing its plan. They stood up and shook the dust off their uniform, following the noise that still lingered in the tunnels. It felt like they had been running for hours, the roars reverberating and replaying with no end. Anxiety welled up again, what if there’s no escape? What if they had to spend the rest of their life underground?

Bang!

Their mind was rushing with so many thoughts they didn’t see the train parked in front of them and hit it at full speed. The squid shook their head and reoriented themself, realizing they had reached some sort of service terminal. They walked through the large door and found themselves in a room that had no roof, the walls seemed to extend endlessly upwards. It was an elevator. Perhaps to the surface? 3 quickly made their way to the control panel seated on the wall and pressed the button to ascend.

Everything in the metro seemed to take an eternity, it was like the whole building was asleep waiting for something to happen. The elevator was no different, the travel up was dull and long, exacerbated by 3’s anxiety. It felt like a week had passed once they reached the top.

The lift had led them to a spacious room, screens displaying complicated graphs and charts decorated the walls and ceiling with control panels placed beneath them. Before Agent 3 could give their surroundings much thought the floor began to shake, knocking 3 off their balance.

A large window at the end of the room suddenly opened, revealing that they were just above the water. 3 fought through the tremors and approached the glass. They could see inkopolis just barely out on the horizon, but the more the structure shook the better they could see the city. That's when the agent realized the room was getting further and further away from the water, the whole facility was emerging from the depths. Then it all stopped abruptly, the building was perfectly still again. The intercom buzzed suddenly, startling the young squid.

“Krrrt… [Greetings, Interloper.]” The same voice from the old telephone spoke again “[This is commander Tartar. I assume you’ve followed my trail into this room in the hopes of stopping me. However, your efforts were in vain, Inkling.]”

The words shook and confused Agent 3, surely they weren't too late, surely they could still stop whatever the AI's plan was. Once again the room began to shake, Agent 3 once again looked outside and they could see that right below them a large machine was extending from the structure.

“[Now behold as I destroy the world you know and my new perfect civilization rises from its ashes.]”

The machine that had appeared began to whirr and glow as it charged up. 3 jolted around the room trying to decipher the data on the screens, pushing buttons, and pulling levers in hopes of stopping the cannon from firing. However, no matter what the Agent tried, nothing worked. All 3 could do was stand and watch their world in its final moments as time ran thin, hoping something or someone would come and stop the cannon.

All of a sudden the whirring and the light were gone. For just a second, it’s as if time had stopped, giving the young squid some tranquility. Then just as suddenly as it had become quiet it became loud. The machine let out a grueling scream as a blinding flash began to emerge from its nozzle. Following the light, a stream of green ooze shot out. This substance was similar to what the agent’s captain had been turned into. 

Agent 3 watched in silent horror as the ooze quickly traveled toward inkopolis. The sludge covered the buildings and streets, taking in everything in its path. They imagined it covering the citizens and flooding their houses, causing absolute destruction. 3’s body shook and their legs gave out, dropping to their knees in awe and horror as the bright green light flooded the room. 3 had just watched the world die.

Beep!

Once again the ground shook and the cannon retreated into the building's gullet. Though 3 had been stunned by what had just occurred, the sudden noises had snapped the young agent back to reality.

Soon enough the room would be filled with sanitized octarians, 3 had to move quickly. Hastily, the defeated squid stood up and ran back to the elevator, riding it back down to where the old train was.

The doors of the carriage were open and Agent 3 cautiously checked the inside to make sure it was safe. As soon as the squid stepped foot inside something vibrated in their pocket, their CQ-80 device had sprung back to life. As soon as 3 took the machine out of their pocket it vibrated once again and manifested a holographic display. It was a map of the metro.

The agent took a moment to study the interface, the location of the old train was displayed with a glowing circle. Maybe the device could control the train? 3 felt it was worth a try. Their eyes darted around the map looking for a station near inkopolis, the map was impressively huge but after a second of looking they found it.

Simply marked as “final station” was a far-off terminal that linked back to inkopolis square. Without thinking twice, 3 selected that location. The doors slammed shut and the old wagon sped off towards the destination. In a flash, they had arrived at the terminal barely giving 3 the chance to take in how fast the train was moving.

As soon as the doors of the old carrier opened a very particular smell flooded the inside. At first, it almost smelled like pungent rotting fish but very quickly that gave way to an overwhelmingly clean and sanitized smell close to that of a hospital. The weird combination made the agent gag. They took a deep breath, covered their mouth, and walked out cautiously.

The terminal was eerily quiet. The only noise was the humming from the train and the howling winds outside. After walking around for a bit, they could see the exit of the terminal just above a short flight of stairs. 3 carefully made their way ahead, stepping around the small puddles of green ink that dotted the station floor.

Exiting the terminal, 3 was hit with an unpleasant sight. Green sludge covered the streets, mixing in with the rubble from the surrounding shops. The city looked completely foreign to what it used to be. 3 had to push through, they knew they couldn’t afford to dwell any longer.   The city had never felt so abandoned before. Agent 3 began to ponder and a dreadful realization washed over them.  Despite the city just being hit by a giant cannon, 3 had not seen a single body, not one trapped inside a car or lying motionless in the street. It was as if the town had been completely emptied of life. That notion almost gave 3 some comfort, maybe the civilians had escaped the attack and were all safe.

After constant walking, 3 had arrived at a place that seemed much more open, it took them a second to realize that they had arrived at inkopolis plaza. It was clear this place had been the main target of Tartar's attack. Though the rest of the city was somewhat intact, inkopolis plaza was almost entirely gone. The buildings had seemingly disappeared, leaving in their place rubble and more splotches of the bright green ooze.

Crack!

3 had no time to gawk at the uncanny sight. A sound ate away at the silence from a dark corner, a crackling of glass shards. The agent quickly brandished their weapon and cautiously approached the noise to investigate.

The rummaging sound continued as the young agent got closer, the sound becoming clearer as they did. The glass noises became sharper and it was now accompanied by a second wetter sound, it was similar to a water balloon full of slime expanding and slapping the floor. It was a gross sound, as gross as the smell that had followed them since they surfaced. Agent 3 swallowed dryly and trudged forward towards the source.

The agent’s eyes widened as they turned the corner. Crawling in the rubble was a horrific creature, its body was made from that same green ooze that tainted the city, and it limped sluggishly across the floor as if it were struggling to keep itself together. 3 took a step back in shock, accidentally stepping on some broken glass. The creature immediately stopped when they heard the agent. What seemed to be its head flipped 180 degrees to face the young squid, its sunken hollow eyes locked with the young squid the creature let out a grueling noise.

“Ahhhgg-…”

A gurgling sound came forth as air escaped the monster’s throat, it began to move towards the agent. Slimy arm-like appendages extended from the oozy mass reaching for the cowering squid, clumps of green ink falling off of it. Agent 3 was frozen for an instant but their survival instincts quickly snapped them back. Pointing their splattershot at the creature they opened fire and submerged the mass in their own orange ink.

The horrid noise ceased and the agent breathed a sigh of relief taking a moment to recollect their thoughts. As they stared at the orange pile they wondered what that monster was, its strange anatomy reminded them of their own inkling body, maybe it was trying to copy the agent? Before they could give much thought to that idea they noticed the puddle of ink in front of them ripple and warp, its copper sheen slowly rusting to a sickly green.

A figure emerged from the puddle, the creature had been reborn, and Agent 3’s attack had only slowed it down. It resumed its stagnant pursuit of the young squid, this time the bubbling noises were louder and twisted themselves into what seemed like words:

“Hhun... grryy-...”  

A cold sensation stabbed the agent on their back as they realized the creature’s intention. 3 began stepping backwards as the monster crawled towards them. They tap shot the creature but it simply absorbed the inky projectiles into its body. Realizing the uselessness of their weapon, the young squid turned their back to the oozing mass and sped off towards the manhole opening that led to the octo valley.

As the young squid ran through the empty plaza, the piles of rubble that circled the place all began to shake. More creatures like the one pursuing the agent rose from the cracks, flooding the streets and blocking the way to the manhole. 3 saw no option but to retreat to the empty streets.

Though the creatures were slow individually, as the living piles of goo stacked against one another their slow crawl turned into a monstrous wave chasing after its prey. 3 ran through the tight street corners making their way to inkopolis square, the once quiet and dead town was now filled with the screams and pleads of a hungry tidal wave crashing against the buildings just behind the agent.   The manhole cover finally came into view, but there was no time to stop as the large mass was following close behind. The agent positioned themselves by the manhole cover and quickly jumped in.

In the blink of an eye, the young squid found themself in the splatoon HQ atop the octo canyon. Thinking quickly, they put the heavy snow globe over the exit hole to stop the creatures and then: Thud!

A loud bang echoed out as the mass hit the blockade, Agent 3 could tell it wouldn’t hold for long but it bought them some time. 3 ran to the camp’s radio system and tried to get communication with the other agents, they tuned into every channel they could but they were only met by static.

“Hey, I think that noise came from over here.”

3’s ears perked, a voice suddenly rang across the HQ. A pair of footsteps approached from within the canyon, a duo of octolings now stood at the inkling’s base. The agent instinctively raised their weapon at the amazones.

“Whoa hey!” The octoling stumbled back and raised her hands. “We’re not a threat! Please don’t shoot at us!” Pleaded the octoling trooper. Although 3 was trained to deal with soldiers much like the pair in front of them, something in the octopus’ voice made it clear she wasn’t lying, reluctantly, the squid holstered their weapon.

Both troops relax and lower their arms. “We’re just here to investigate this outpost.” Explained one of them as the other walked over to the covered manhole, seemingly reacting to the octopus’s presence. The snow globe began to shake violently as the creatures tried to push their way through.

“Hey, that squid was followed! We gotta retreat right now!” Yelled the octoling back at the group, taking her attention away from the cover for a moment. As she got up to run a gooey hand slid through and snatched her arm, quickly riding up her limb, trapping her. More and more slime creeped out of the drain, clumping up into a humanoid shape over the ensnared soldier.

3 stood up and tried to run to save her but was stopped by the soldier’s companion. “No, don’t do that. The oozers already got her, we have to go. now!” The agent didn’t listen to her, however, escaping the octoling’s grasp, they ran to the rescue of the poor soldier. 3 grabbed the octopus by her shoulders and tried to unstuck her, but the creature did not let go of its prey.

The agent could see the monster’s teeth were carved into the soldier’s flesh. 3 pulled harder trying to free the octopus but it was no use. Suddenly, 3’s fingers sunk deep into her shoulders as if they were made of slime, pulling their hands back in shock they noticed they were covered in green sludge.

A green hand reached out and grabbed the squid’s tentacle, it was the soldier’s, she had turned into an oozer. The newly turned zombie bit into 3’s hair, ripping a part of it off. The other octoling quickly pulled 3 away from the ever-growing green mass. She took out a knife, cut off 3’s tentacle, and tossed it back into the pile. “Damn it, Inkling! I told you we had to go!” The soldier yelled, grabbing 3 by the collar as they hastily fled from the breached camp, hoping into a kettle that blew them down into the depths of the Octarian turf.

The duo landed in Cephalo HQ, the soldier fiddled with her shades for a moment before letting out a sigh and grasping 3's arm. “Our fall damaged my communication device so we'll have to make our way to the shelter on foot.” She said as she led the inkling through a hidden path in the cliffside.

Although Agent 3 had explored these underground channels countless times before, the octarian soldier was leading them to a destination 3 did not recognize. The inkling started to wonder if perhaps this was a trap laid out by the octarians to capture the agent.

Snap!

“Hey, inkling. Pay attention.” The octarian snapped her fingers, waking 3 from their thoughts. The soldier knocked at a large metal door, a little window slid open.

“Who goes?” Asked a voice from behind the opening. “I'm part of one of the scout teams. I found this inkling while investigating the Tentakeel outpost.” The octoling answered back, there was a short pause. “Er. I see that much. Where's ya pair?” The soldier sighed. “She was… Taken…” The metal door slid open revealing an octarian troop behind it. “My condolences, Soldier. Make sure ta report back ta ya superior.” The octoling saluted and marched past the guard, 3 tried to follow but was barred by the troop. “Ya follow me now. There’s someone who would like ta see ya.” Nudging Agent 3 just past the door, the octarian slammed the door shut and led the young squid a little further down the tunnel.

Yet another large metal door stood before them, the tentacle person opened it and pushed 3 inside, closing the door behind them. The inkling found themself in a long narrow room, bunk beds lined the walls and a few octarian troops walked around the place. Standing in the center of it all was a tall metal construct, it almost resembled a throne. The top of it suddenly rotated to face the lonesome inkling.

“Oh… What a surprise.” Said a voice that sounded familiar to 3, the metal structure compressed lower to the ground making its pilot evident. “If it isn’t the mighty agent from the squid beak splatoon.” Dj Octavio’s voice boomed, the squid instinctively reached for their weapon at the sight of their old enemy, a large metal hand lunged from the throne and grabbed the agent’s gun.  “Relax, Kid. It sucks for me too but we’re in a truce here.” The octoling emperor motioned towards an empty bunk. “Come on, I can tell you need a break. Sit down, I wanna have a word with you.”

3 sat down on the uncomfortable metal frame of the bed, Octavio followed and sat on his machine in front of the squid. They could see a large cut over the king’s eye they hadn’t noticed before. “First things first… Where’s that old geezer you have for a captain?” The agent was taken aback by the question, all the things that had happened today had distracted them from the loss of their master. They lowered their head somberly. “Ah… I understand. Part of me hoped I’d be there for the old man’s final moments…” Octavio looked away, seemingly deep in thought, the two inkfish shared a moment of silence for their fallen friend.

The DJ’s dry and harsh voice broke the silence. “This whole situation happened so fast. I was still trapped in that snow globe when it all started. Those two cousins were sitting around waiting for the agent to come back, then the sky just…” He waved his tentacles “It turned green, I saw those two trying to contact someone then they just got up and left. I have no idea where they went, but they never came back for me so I just broke outta that glass prison myself.” The king sighed, he was clearly tired and shaken. “My old tentacles don’t work the same as they did long ago so it was a slow trudge through those battlements up there. Luckily I came across some of my soldiers, they told me they were running from the octo valley base, some ‘green creature’ had invaded the place and was attacking the soldiers and their weapons didn’t work on it or whatever…” His eyes focused on the cut tentacle that hung from the side of the squid’s head. “You’ve already come across those ‘oozers’ haven’t you? So I don’t need to explain it to you…  Have you seen the other green ones though?” 3’s ears perked up, their head lifted to meet with Octavio’s gaze.

“I see… It seems sometimes, when an oozer bites someone, they don’t turn into another one of their kind, sometimes…” The king swallowed dryly, bringing a tentacle up to the scar on his eye. “Sometimes they keep their minds and bodies. I came across one of these while I was coming down, it attacked me but luckily my soldiers were there… It gave us quite the fight and ended up running away.” 3 leaned over and put their hand on octavio’s tentacle in an effort to comfort the octarian king.

3 wasn’t used to this more vulnerable side of Octavio, the octopus emperor always seemed cold and evil but right now the agent could see him for what he was, a person. “Inkling… I have a proposition for you…” the squid’s attention was fully directed at the king’s words. “These smart infected could be very dangerous, but I know you’re dangerous too.” He placed his tentacles on the agent’s shoulders. “I’d like to recruit you as an elite among my troops, to protect the innocent people that live underground…” The king’s eye was wide open, they could tell the conflict he was feeling, the same themself was feeling, that of forming an allyship with a past enemy.

The agent was quiet for a second considering the emperor’s words. In some form this whole conflict was their fault, they were the one that failed to stop tartar and the cannon after all. 3 nodded their head in agreement to Octavio’s proposal. “Perfect. Thank you, Kid.” The DJ’s face contorted to the closest thing he could make of a smile. “Now, please, take a rest. You must’ve had a full day.” The king’s throne activated once more and carried him away.

The young squid laid down on the bed, though only one day had passed it had felt like it had been weeks, everything seemed to be crawling at a snail’s pace forward. Much like the deepsea metro before, now it was like the whole world had been plunged into stasis.

3 sighed and closed their eyes. Tomorrow is another day

To be continued 

(This was my first ever writting project so i really hope you guys enjoy this, thank you so much to my friend nora for helping me with this)