#sea cucumber phone

[rassicas]

Is this true? Showed my friend your recent blog...

I don't think that's necessarily true... let me gather the Phone Lore I could've sworn I'd translated and posted this one excerpt from the artbook but I guess I didn't?

Chunky and User-friendly Sea Cucumber Phones The worldwide craze of this mobile device all started with the youth of Splatsville. At first, the many antennas made it troublesome to use, but the “seriously, you can get a connection anywhere,” level of communication quality led to its rapid increase in market share. With its enhanced functionality in conjunction with the lobby, it has become an indispensable device for battles. (The Art of Splatoon 3, page 151)

The phones were also asked about in the april 2023 dev interview with Famitsu

---Is there any reason why there are so many Sea-Cucumber Phone users in Splatsville? Inoue: Those phones, the sturdiness and the strength of the antenna, which can be connected anywhere, make it suitable for the Splatlands, so it has a significant share of the market.

What we can gather from this is that connection out in the Splatlands is Not Great, and without Grizzco's influence, the phones were already super popular.

This reads more to me like "use your device that you already have to conveniently find a job!" rather than "buy this phone." I feel like i've seen job hunting service ads in japan that look like this.

[commandertartarsmoocher]

[insert detailed post about the many parallels between Octo Expansion & Side Order here]

[darewolfcreates]

Big run results are in.

@crazy-fox2 got 140 and gold was 141

[splootdoolies]

letting my agent 8 enjoy a lil vacation in splatsville!! before he is subjected to The Horrors (side order)

[pop-n-schlock]

A bunch of Kikura doodles... she is so cool I love drawing her

[rottenzombrainz]

Tokyo Debunker; silly headcanons for each ghoul!

Just little silly traits for each ghoul. They're not meant to be good or bad, just silly!! :3

Frostheim

Jin Kamurai - Jin has a one-of-a-kind limited edition Hello Kitty lighter with a pink flame.

Tohma Ishibashi - Tohma's the type of guy to say "it's a quarter to one" "it's half past nine" "It's three eigths past six" etc.

Lucas Errant - Luca has absolutely no grasp on satire. Like, imagine Kaito showing him one of those "blink if you need help" videos and Luca is just like "Kaito?!? Why are you laughing?!? This person needs help!!"

Kaito Fuji - Kaito unironically likes "I'm 14 and this is deep" content.

Vagastorm

Alan Mido - Alan wears the same Halloween costume every year. Every single year. If it gets damaged or doesn't fit anymore, he just buys a new one that's the exact same.

Shohei Haizono - Sho would be really into collecting designer shoes. Bro probably has an entire wall of fancy basketball shoes.

Leo Kurosagi - Leo will just randomly say "*sucks teeth* Don't worry I'll edit it out in post" during normal conversation. You'll never know if he's actually recording or not

Jabberwock

Haru Sagara - This is already kinda canon, but Haru definitely falls for any and all scams. He probably buys things like dehydrated water and a treadmill even tho he's running around Jabberwock all fucking day.

Towa Otonashi - Towa loves gnarp gnarp alien cat videos. He loves them. immensely.

Ren Shiranami - I feel like Ren would have a really hard time pronouncing certain words like "anomalous" and "anemone" (just like me fr)

Sinostra

Taiga Hoshibami - Taiga would really easily fall down YouTube rabbit holes. Like he'd start off with watching a firearm review or something... and two hours later he's seventeen parts deep into SpongeBob conspiracy theories

Romeo Lucci - Romeo is deathly afraid of piss. human piss, animal piss, dirt ( he thinks it's all just worm poop...which it kinda is).

Ritsu Shinjo - Ritsu is one of those people who can't sleep if there is a single spec of light.

Hotarubi

Subaru Kagami - I feel like Subaru would have one mobile game on his phone that he's reached level 844 on or something. Something like a word puzzle or match three game.

Haku Kusanagi - Haku fucking loves cunty scene crunkcore music. S3R3L, Millionaires, 3OH!3. Inside, he's just a pretty rave girl.

Zenji Kotodama - Whenever he plays online games, Zenji would mistake NPCs for real people. I feel like he'd also say "thank you!!" to virtual assistants too.

Obscuary

Edward Hart - Ed would fucking love those Tiktok videos with the TV show clips and subway surfers gameplay at the bottom.

Rui Mizuki - Rui has an uncanny obsession with the Sims 4. He has all the dlcs, an entire hardrive of mods, hundreds of save files, and is a top creator on the Sims 4 Gallery

Lyca Colt - I think it'd be really funny if Lyca had a pollen allergy. Especially since Obscuary is full of plants.

Mortkranken

Yuri Isami - Yuri is incredibly bad at ice skating and roller skating. He always falls on his ass, bruises something, takes a bad fall, etc. Which is the real reason he hates going to Frostheim!!! /j

Jiro Kirisaki - I feel like Jiro has one thing that he just absolutely loves that isn't medicine. a special interest, one might say... And it's probably the most niche thing ever too. Like sea cucumbers. imagine - he just fucking loves sea cucumbers. You're getting your health checkup and you ask him "read any good books recently?" and he's like "Yeah, I read this book on sea cucumbers the other day" and then you just have to listen to him talk about sea cucumbers for the next 20 minutes.

[fatkish]

Aizawa x Autistic Cat Quirk Reader 2/3

(Again artwork is not mine, I found it on Pinterest)

The link for part 1 can be found below

(Now let’s continue)

After the Boss’s wife took charge and interfered with (read as: lovingly made sure your socially awkward and shy ass wouldn’t pass up a perfectly good chance to get with a ‘handsome and sexy man’) your love life and set you up for a date with the scruffy yet handsome Pro, Aizawa texted you two weeks after the exchange asking you out to lunch on a Saturday.

After freaking out and panicking for a good 30 minutes worrying about what to write back you texted back a thumbs up emoji followed by “yes”

Aizawa gave you the details for what day and time he’d come pick you up two weeks before your planned date and told you not to stress about anything and that if you were more comfortable meeting up outside the cafe then he’d be happy to pick you up there.

Needless to say two weeks went by fast and you couldn’t sleep that Friday night and started getting ready 5 hours before you were supposed to meet. You did your hair after taking a shower and put just a bit of makeup on to hide your tiredness and to accentuate your eyes. You dressed up in cute and semi-fancy outfit that was still comfortable and made sure to bring your keys, wallet, phone and your preferred fidget.

After you and Aizawa met up he took you to a food stall and got you something to eat and then took you to an Aviary/Aquarium.

After you got your tickets and entered the place you latched onto his arm sticking to his side. Due to the various stimuli and being in a new environment you were rather nervous and anxious. When Aizawa saw this he took a pamphlet with a map of the facility and led you through the place guiding you so you didn’t have to think or take in your surroundings, just walk and he’ll guide you.

After some time of walking and dissociating from your surroundings, Aizawa led you to the Kelp Forest exhibit. When he told you to look up you were greeted with this

(Picture of Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Kelp Forest Exhibit. Picture courtesy of google. This is the only big Aquarium I’ve ever been to and can be found in Monterey Bay California. If you visit the Aquarium’s website you can see live cams of the exhibits. Also most of this date is going to be heavily based off my experience at the Aquarium)

The view was amazing and and the lighting made it look magical. Your eyes pupils dilated as you took in everything. You walked up to glass and watched as small schools of fish swam passed, lager fish swam and maneuvered through the giant stalks of kelp. Small sharks passed by as you took it all in.

The sight of everything made your mind go blank as you watched in awe. All your anxiety vanished as you watched the kelp sway.

Aizawa walked up to you and simply observed your reaction happily watching you fixate on the large exhibit.

After a few minutes you grabbed his hand without realizing and began moving onto the next aquarium in the exhibit. You guys saw octopi, various different kinds of fish and invertebrates and even got to learn about the Kelp Forest environment and all the animals that take part in this ecosystem. You pointed out the moray eels and their faces staring them in the eyes.

After a bit you guys went to the next exhibit which was the coast line.

You guys walked through the small shark exhibit and the sea bird exhibit that showed different kinds of birds and where they nest. (Aizawa had to pull you away to keep you from jumping over the glass partition and hunting down the birds)

Next you both moved onto the tide pools exhibit where you could pet the stingrays and touch the various creatures that are found in the shallow tides such as starfish, various sea weeds, sea cucumbers, purple sea urchins, small sea anemones, decorator crabs and other small creatures.

Aizawa used this as an opportunity to get insight on what kind of textures you do and don’t like. He even chuckled whenever you got excited and your tail began to sway.

After that you guys moved onto the Splash zone. This exhibit showed you how the waves interact with the coastal rocky landscape and how the animals react and what it looks like.

When the wave mechanism for the splash zone dumped the water to imitate a crashing wave you jumped and grabbed onto Aizawa and tried to scurry away only for him to hold you in place and wrap his arms around you.

After calming you down from being spooked you both walked outside onto the overhanging balcony and outside theater. You both walked over to the railing and looked off into the distance seeing the coastline and the far off boats.

When you went back inside you guys went to the jellyfish exhibit. The tranquil atmosphere and nearly thoughtless movement of the brainless creatures was almost enough to put you both to sleep. You both moved on before you could fall asleep in the middle of the exhibit.

The next exhibit was the open ocean. In a giant tank there was hammerhead sharks, giant tuna, sea turtles, various kinds of rays, a few sunfish and different kinds of sharks.

At one point you fixated on a particular fish and followed its movements and even tried to grab at it when it swam by only for you to remember there was thick glass separating you. Aizawa took a short video on his phone recording your little experience.

The same thing happened when you saw the anchovies and Aizawa had to hide his laugh as you circled the round tank chasing a particular anchovy without realizing what you were doing.

After the open ocean you both went to the tropical exhibit where various different types of fish and corals where on display.

You guys talked about how interesting it would be to take a field trip with his students to the place to learn about the various environments and potential hero-ing and how to handle certain situations.

When you entered the tentacles exhibit you got to see various types of cuttlefish and other cephalopods. Aizawa told you about his one student who would probably enjoy this exhibit.

After that, it was The Deep. This exhibit was designed to show off how the aquarium used its research and technology to explore the sea floor.

Here you got to take a look at what the researchers found and what it’s like to take a dive in their research subs and what kind of stuff you’d see.

Here you were able to see creatures like wolffish and other deeper water inhabitants.

You suggested to Aizawa that it would be a great opportunity to exercise different types of underwater rescues and different types of situations where his students would be in a similar environment and how to go about it.

The more you talked about it the more Aizawa began to see the potential for you to be a teacher. Or at least a guest speaker. As you continued to spew word vomit about the topic he realized how important it would be for his students to understand and gain experience interacting with people who were Neurodivergent and had similar disabilities and cognitive difficulties/differences than them.

After that you guys went to the penguin exhibit as you continued to come up with different situations for his students to learn from.

At the end of the day the last exhibit was the sea otter exhibit. You both watched the otters play and dove into the water. After a bit you realized you had been talking most of the time and had genuinely forgotten to keep boundaries in line.

Fearing that your display of your natural personality would be a turn off for Aizawa and that you ruined any chances of getting together with him you began apologizing rapid fire.

Aizawa was quick to reassure you that he had a good time and would love to continue to get to know you. He told you that he didn’t mind your Autistic tendencies as well as your feline behavior.

After you guys left the aquarium you both decided on a time to meet up again and have dinner.

Aizawa made sure to walk you home as you rubbed your face against his arm.

Once you got to your door you turned around and pounced on Aizawa catching him off guard and nearly knocking him over. You gave him a kiss on the cheek and nuzzled your cheek against his head. Aizawa smiled and scratched you behind the ear as you purred and began grabbing fistfuls of his shirt and kneading it.

After you said goodnight you closed and locked your door and immediately went to bed having drained your social and mental battery.

That night you slept well and Aizawa smiled as he headed to his house to get ready for patrol.

That’s it for part 2 and I plan to make a third. Thank you for all the likes and hope you guys enjoy this one too.

(Sorry @atsukawolfcat if I didn’t tag you. I don’t know how but I hope this is right)

[dellalyra]

𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙮 - 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴

ɢᴏᴊᴏ ꜱᴀᴛᴏʀᴜ

A/N: a request from my angel @soraya-daydreams <3 and an homage to episode 3

CW: fluff, mutual pining, Suguru can’t handle this anymore, hints at spice so mdni.

“So… are they always like this?” The young Riko Amanai asks Geto Suguru, who’s sitting beside her on sun lounger on the beach as they watch a lanky white haired being chased by a cackling young woman, who was waving a pile of seaweed at him.

“This is mild.” Suguru rolls his eyes.

“And they’re definitely not dating?” Riko asks, disbelieving.

“Nope.”

“But? They’re completely in love with each other?” Riko presses.

“Yup. Have been since day one too. Dumbasses.” He rolls his eyes. He laughs to himself thinking of the tissue he passed to Satoru earlier, nosebleed effective immediately the second you walked out in your swimwear.

“Dumbasses.” The girl agrees, nodding her head.

Geto takes his phone from his pocket and opens the video camera app.

“Riko - will you say what you noticed about Y/N and Gojo?” He asks, pressing record.

The girl smiles and faces the camera.

“These two are completely in love, it’s so cute! He’s obviously like, crazy about her - the way he looks at her is just the cutest! She’s like - constantly looking at him too, she started blushing so much earlier when he fixed her hair I thought she’d faint.” She says, as she points to the two figures still running around the beach.

Geto stops recording and sends the video to Shoko, knowing she’ll definitely get a kick out of it.

Meanwhile, down the beach - you had just been tackled into the sand, a large pale hand grasping the back of your head as you tumble down.

“No! No more seaweed for you, young lady! You’re too dangerous, it’s a weapon above your grade.” Satoru says as he uses a beach to take the slimy plants from your hand and whoosh it back into the ocean.

“Give it back, asshole! I found it, so it’s mine - and if I want to throw it at you then I will!” You say as you (fruitlessly) try to wrestle out of his grasp.

“Absolutely not! Nope! Look, it’s gone now. I’ve disarmed you. Submit to me, wench.” He laughs as he leans in to tickle your sides.

The voice in your head whispers that you’ll submit to him any day, and in that moment you’ve never been more glad nobody here can read minds.

That thought seems to click something in your mind as you realise the position you’re now in.

You lay, flat on your back on the soft, warm sand as Satoru hovers over you, thighs caging in your hips and arms pinning your wrist above your head. You feel your face flush, and you feel his breath on your face take a sharp intake as he obviously snaps out of the sunny reverie too.

He lets go of your wrists, quickly covering his flush with a smirk and a joke. He takes a moment to admire you, shining in the sun and all your curves and edges looking tantalisingly soft - every inch of you sheer, lust-inducing perfection to him. He whips his head away, staring any longer would cause consequences that his thin swim shorts wouldn’t be able to hide.

“If I find a sea cucumber, it’s on sight.” He says, poking your nose and trying to hide the slight tremble in his hands as he rolls of you and picks you up to toss you over his shoulder. He thinks you might be the only person capable of flustering him this much, he’s Gojo Satoru - the strongest, incapable of being demeaned. Yet with you, he’s just Satoru.

He likes that.

A lot.

You squeal as he begins to run with you over his shoulder to where the others are sitting. Riko making a sandcastle with Kuroi nearby, and Geto sitting eating some sushi from the store you got your day’s supplies.

After your (fruitless) fight, Satoru sets you down on the second sun lounger so gently, as if you were a feather, and pats your head. You place your big floppy sun hat on your head, to afford you some protection in the midday rays and reapply some sunscreen to your arms and legs. As you squeeze the bottle, you notice it says that it’s not waterproof.

“Satoru! C’mere, since you were in the water you need to put more sunscreen on!” You say, beckoning him to sit by you, to which he eagerly obliges and plonks himself on his knees on the lounger.

He lathers some on his arms and you can’t help but look out of the corner of your eye, the lingering sea salt and gloss of the cream made his pale skin shine and emphasised the toned muscles of his arms, and the defined lines of his torso - he’s been playing so much basketball lately, and it’s clear the training has been paying off. His physique in first year had been much more boyish, both of you only 16 at the time, and now - at almost 18, you can see all traces of adolescence leaving him.

You’re snapped from your trance by a snort coming from beside you, and a smirking Geto Suguru seems to be the culprit - you scowl at his jeering, embarrassed he caught your staring.

Satoru snaps the bottle shut.

“Eh? Satoru, you didn’t put any on your face!” You say - poking his nose.

“It’s slimy! It’s not going on my face!” He protests, pouting.

“You will burn! You’re far too fair to be without sunscreen! Infinity doesn’t keep out UV rays!” You argue.

“I don’t like how it feels on my hands! Nuh-uh, no way! Not wearing it!” He says flicking the bottle toward you, like a stroppy toddler.

“Okay - how about if I do it?” You try to reason.

He considers for a second.

“Fine. But just so you stop pestering me.” His nose scrunches.

You squeeze a little on your fingers and you hear the buzz of his infinity come down. You warm it on your fingers and lean in to him, gently rubbing it into his enviably soft skin, careful to avoid his eyes as you go. You try not to flush cherry red at the way his sparkly eyes never leave your face as you sit so close to him, you think the heat must be getting to you because you thought his eyes flicked down to your lips at one point, must be dehydration.

You add a tiny bit more to the tip of his nose and then smile.

“All done!” You smile, trembling hands being tucked away.

Satoru seems like a man in a trance.

“Ya’ know, you’re gonna make a great mom someday.” He says, voice low and soft - a glimpse of the gentle, vulnerable Satoru you’ve been honoured to witness.

You smile, your heart full and butterflies swarming - your mind immediately thinks ‘hopefully to your kids’ and images of white haired cherubic babies come to mind.

You giggle, and he smiles.

“I hope so, I want to be.” You shrug.

The moment is broken by one Riko Amanai.

“Alright lovebirds and professional third wheel, it’s time to go to the aquarium!” You and Satoru just apart at the accusation and Geto grumbles about not being a third wheel, but you all stand up anyway.

This is her day.

You slip your sundress on over your bikini and before you can lift your beach bag, Satoru slings it over his shoulder without a word, just a dazzling smile to make you weak at the knees.

The aquarium in Okinawa is stunning, a wide range of species housed there and lots of feeding shows and wildlife to see.

Geto wanders to go find you all food, and you decide to give Riko and Kuroi some time to themselves. You grab Satoru’s arm and pull him to sit on a bench overlooking the manta rays.

“They need space. We need to look after her but, they need time. Kuroi is… almost like a big sister to her.” You say, and Satoru nods.

“I just don’t get how she’s so okay with it all.” He says.

“It’s all she’s been raised for. This is what she knows, and she believes in his destiny. In that way, I think she might be the bravest person I’ve ever met.” You say, eyes following the girl at a distance.

“Is it what she wants though? What if she changes her mind?” He asks.

“Do you think she will?”

“She should at least have that option.”

“Are you saying what I think you are, Satoru?” You ask, turning to face him.

“I think we give her the option.”

“If she refuses, the higher ups will lose their shit. We’ll be targeted. Blamed.” You say, voice serious and low.

“Does that bother you?” He looks at you, a smirk on his face.

You can’t help but smile back.

“Nah. Fuck ‘em.” You say, nudging his shoulder with yours.

The rest of the day was spent in the aquarium. Satoru couldn’t keep his eyes off you when a worker asked if you wanted to hold a starfish, and the light in your eyes was so bright he was in awe. You showed Riko, and using a small amount of your cursed energy, politely asked the starfish to lift an arm to wave at the girl who squealed and jumped up and down and asked if she could give it a high five, to which you nodded. You looked so happy, so beautiful - he thinks he couldn’t possibly love someone as much as he loves you. He thinks he’d like to bring you back here sometime.

You were in much the same boat, the blue light of the water reflecting off Satoru’s hair and eyes entranced you like hypnosis, you couldn’t tear your eyes from him - marvelling in the smiles he gave you when you pointed out a pretty fish. His laugh made your soul bubble every time he pointed at an ugly fish and turned to Suguru saying ‘bro look, it’s you!’.

The day came to a close and you all went your separate ways to your hotel rooms that night, all of them part of the presidential suite that Satoru had rented for the night. Suguru’s eyes flicked between you both, as he said goodnight and left, leaving you standing on the balcony with Satoru.

“Not your bedtime?” He says, poking your arm.

“Nah, I want to savour this for a while longer.” You say, smiling and looking over the ocean view, soft summer breeze stroking your hair in balmy warmth.

“The view?” He asks.

You look at him, and smile softly - if anyone had seen you they would have clearly seen the purest love reflected in your eyes as you looked at the boy beside you.

“All of it.” You say.

He smiles back, and takes a chance and stretches his arm around your back to pull you into his side. His chance pays off, as you lean your head on his shoulder and sit to watch the moonlight bounce off the gentle lapping waves of Okinawa, bathed in comfort and joy.

Suguru peaks through a crack in the door, and sees your head leaning on his best friends shoulders. Smiling, he whips out his phone and snaps a photo. Maybe, the never ending wait for you two to confess your love wouldn’t be much longer.

5 years later, Okinawa aquarium had four visitors on a warm summer day. A tall, broad and muscled man with white hair and dark sunglasses had his arm wrapped around the waist of a shorter woman in a sundress, kissing the top of her head as she smiled at the fish before her - she was giggling, head thrown back when he pointed to a sea urchin then to the little boy by his other side, which seemed to greatly displease the young dark haired boy beside them, as a brunette little girl joined in on the giggles and snapped a photo of her brother on a disposable camera beside the tank of urchins.

ᴿᵉᶜᵒᵐᵐᵉⁿᵈᵉᵈ ᴸⁱˢᵗᵉⁿⁱⁿᵍ

ᴴᵘᵐᵐⁱⁿᵍᵇⁱʳᵈ ⁻ ᴹᵉᵗʳᵒ ᴮᵒᵒᵐⁱⁿ, ᴶᵃᵐᵉˢ ᴮˡᵃᵏᵉ

[clannfearrunt]

I was reading abt holothurins on my phone and I switched to discord for all of five minutes and when I went back to my holothurins tab it had been replaced with a beginners guide to learning toki pona instead. Are the sea cucumbers telling me something

[dogtoling]

possibly a dumb question but do you have any idea why all the inklings started using flip phones in splat3 when they had smart phones in the last one? it's been driving me crazy. like. why did they go backwards in time. i know it's probably just aesthetic but ???

there actually IS a reason for this, it's elaborated on in the third artbook!

the sea cucumber phones are supposedly sturdy and simple to use which makes them popular, but the biggest reason that they're so widely used in the Splatlands is that they can pick up signal even in the middle of nowhere, which is kind of a big deal living in a desert. All of the nubs on the lid of the sea cucumber phones are actually antennae! It means they work well even in environments where normal phones would achieve absolutely nothing, like wastelands or the deepsea.

[rassicas]

I found a kamabo co poster with an eye symbol on it(the square). There is an ad that has a big eye on it in splatsville ....

Is Tartar literally advertising ?

Is this foreshadowing????

Mr. Grizz knockoff

I believe tartar was advertising, especially in the octarian world, and i imagine that was how it acquired some of its test subjects. There is a kamabo ad in the haikara walker artbook on page 191. none of this is ever made super clear though.

but i really don't think the posters in inkopolis square in s3 are foreshadowing, but the opposite, they look old and torn, i think that's just showing what was there. tartar was destroyed in s2 and side order i think makes that fact clearer since that story is all about the recovery of the sanitized octarians. as for in splatsville, are you sure it's a kamabo co poster? do you have pictures? there's a few signs i can think of in splatsville that feature eyes and arent kamabo. The only kamabo-adjacent thing in s3 i can think of is the sea cucumber phones, with the logo being the same on the CQ cards and text being in deepsea script

but i dont think tartar has anything to do with this since it is Dead, but rather some other company in the deepsea (likely related to CQ Cumber).

[meringuejellyfish]

FIRST PERFORMANCE AFTER OTH WORLD TOUR 💕🎶🦑🐙

i filled my sea-cucumber phone with like a squillion videos. booyah! so fresh <(◕‿◕)> ♡ LOVE YOU OFF THE HOOK! #pearlandmarinaforever #offthehookooklive

(sorry the audio is a little quiet, just had to be there haha!)

[real-mr-grizz]

*I walk into Mr. Grizz's office holding a sea cucumber phone in front of me* Hey viewers, for my 100 subscribers special, I'll be speedruning getting fired from grizz co! Yo, Mr. Rizz! I believe in salmoniod rights! Imagine having fur, couldn't be me!

I'm scheduling you on more shifts, you clearly lack experience, it would benefit you to be out in the workforce

[crazysnor1ax]

SO how does the fight turn out then? And Im interested in the kinda conversations that would follow :D

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Hahaha, imagine I made a whole drabble in response to this ask! That'd be so silly! Imagine I sat down and shat out a drabble in one sitting, all in response to a single tumblr ask, that would be so silly goofy of m-

Fog filled Callie’s head as her form finally began to change. It felt as though static was sending itself through her limbs and tentacles as they shrank–a familiar but still painful sensation. Her clawed hands shook as she gripped her bedsheets, with her claws retracting and disappearing into her hands. The fanged beak resting behind her lips shortened back to its usual length, her snout disappearing with it. After a few more moments the fog in her mind cleared and she was back to her inkling state.

Her quickened pulse and shaky breath had gone nowhere, however.

She made eye contact with her cousin, who sat beside her and was eyeing her with concern laced in her eyes.

“They know,” Callie breathed.

“Callie-” Marie started, but stopped as Callie’s head fell to her bedsheets.

“Acht knows!” She screamed. There were so many thoughts and words she tried to get out but they only took the form of stuttering and animal-like whines and growls.

Marie slowly inched closer to Callie on the bed and placed a hand on the back of her head.

“I think,” she exhaled, “if anyone was going to find out, they’re a good pick.”

Callie peeked up at her from behind a fistful of bedsheets. “You’re a terrible liar–I can smell your heartbeat, it’s racing.”

Marie’s head fell as she sighed. “I’m not–I’ve just been worried about you for the past 30-or-so minutes.” She rested her head on her hand. “I really don’t think Acht will tell anyone, they’re not that type I don’t think.”

“I don’t either.”

Marie’s eyebrows furrowed. She eyed Callie as she sat up again, breathing heavily. Callie noticed her newfound attention and let out a strained whine.

“They’re gonna hate me is what I think. You saw their expression, smelled their hormones–they were terrified, Marie.”

Marie didn’t have the heart to tell Callie that she in-fact did not see Acht’s expression from behind their thick, crimson shades. Though Callie was right about them being stressed, she could definitely smell that.

“I–” Callie started, but groaned. “Cod, they’re never gonna wanna see me again, they’re gonna think I want to eat them or something, they–”

“Well hey hey,” Marie spat, raising up a hand. “You don’t know that. Neither of us do. Acht’s reasonable, they’ll probably understand once we explain everything to them.”

She placed her hand over Callie’s. “Plus they like you. A lot. I don’t think this’ll change that that much.”

She saw Callie’s body relax as she let out a breath. Her cheeks also reddened ever so slightly, which Marie couldn’t help but grin at. Marie patted Callie’s hand and reached into her pocket, pulling out a lime green Sea-Cucumber phone.

“As much as I hate to say it, we should find out if that’s true or not as soon as possible.”

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Callie could have mistaken the air for sludge with how much tension was filling it.

After several long minutes Marie had just finished explaining how she got to their apartment so quickly, which had followed an explanation from both Squid Sisters on the basics of werekrakens. Callie was half-convinced she was going to change again; it was taking everything she had to stop her limbs from shaking and she couldn’t slow down her pulse even if she really wanted to. It almost made her happy to see Marie was also terrified, with her hiding her mouth behind clenched hands and her own pulse smelling like it was quickened.

What hadn’t helped was Acht saying very little upon arriving at their place once again. They had greeted the both of them, sure, but nothing else. No questions, no comments, not even anything expressing their own fear–which Callie could undoubtedly smell. She could also see how they were holding and presenting themselves; their hands were crossed tightly across their chest and their feet planted firmly on the ground where they sat. Their lips formed a tight line across their face, more than they usually did. It was obvious they were stressed, even if their scent didn’t give it away.

“So,” Marie sighed, “our number one ask in telling you all this is that you don’t tell anyone. Ultimately it’s your choice, there’s nothing we can do to stop you from telling people, but know we keep the secret for a reason. Yeah, we change into big animal-kraken-things, but we’ve got a right to privacy as much as anyone else. And we’re still people, we just have a little special something to us, I guess.”

Callie’s mouth was so dry she could only nod in agreement. Acht only moved their head to the side in response, which Callie recognized as them thinking. Seconds felt like hours as both cousins waited for them to say something, anything.

Finally, Acht turned back to both of them.

“First thing’s first.”

They turned to Callie and placed a hand on the table the three of them were sitting at. Callie could just barely see their eyes from behind their shades, which were wide and combined with raised eyebrows.

“...Are you okay?”

Callie couldn’t help but furrow her eyebrows. She even noticed Marie cock her head from the corner of her eye.

Acht opened their mouth, breaking eye contact with Callie for a brief moment and turning away slightly. “You–when all that happened earlier, um–I’ve never seen you that terrified, Cal. Yeah, Marie probably beat the squit out of you, but are you okay besides that?”

Callie felt her heart skip a beat. She felt heat rush into her face and she instantly looked down for a moment, hoping she wasn’t blushing.

“Yeah, I–” Callie looked back up at Acht, “I’m good. I’m fine.”

She noticed them turn their head slightly away but keep eye contact with her.

They don’t believe me, She thought.

Acht speaking again interrupted her from thinking further.

“Second thing, I’m not gonna tell anyone, just letting you guys know. That’s not my business and–” They gestured to Marie, “–you guys do deserve your privacy.”

Immediately Callie and Marie loudly sighed and sunk into their chairs.

“But,” Acht held up a finger, “I’ll say this–this is just a lot for me, I’ll be honest. I just need some time to think about it all.”

Callie couldn’t stop a whine from slipping past her lips.

“If I can ask this, Acht,” Marie started, glancing discreetly at Callie, “does this make you see us differently?”

Acht leaned back in their chair and huffed. “In the nicest way possible, yeah. I mean you guys are werekrakens, you can turn into big animal things, how can I not?”

Callie could have sworn her heart was going to explode. She even heard Marie sigh quietly.

“I don’t mean that like I see you guys as monsters or anything now, though,” Acht continued. “You’re different, but you’re still Callie and Marie to me. Kinda like if I didn’t know you guys were Agents 1 and 2 and I suddenly found that out, y’know?”

The cousins nodded.

“And if I’m being real, I’m just more concerned than anything. Especially about you, Cal. I don’t-” they stopped for a moment, looking down slightly, “I don’t want you hurting yourself or something. I don’t want your secret getting out to someone dangerous or something because you transform out of nowhere like today. And I know you can learn to get it under control, I get that, but I just-” they sighed, “I just worry, I guess is what I’m trying to say.”

There was silence for a moment as Callie and Marie processed their words. Callie could feel a mix of emotions swirling in her chest, all of them making her want to cry. Marie was, for the most part, incredibly relieved and grateful–this was the best outcome in her eyes. Callie couldn’t ignore Acht being so concerned over her, however. They’d known each other for a decent while after being introduced through Off the Hook, but they’d never been so adamant like this. Let alone about her. She appreciated it, of course, but it was a side of Acht she hadn’t ever seen before.

She was almost certain she liked it. A lot, in fact.

“We appreciate that, Acht,” Marie started, leaning over the table. “And we understand, too–we just dropped a lot on you, and today was a lot too.”

“And I didn’t mean to spook you today,” Callie spat, almost catching herself by surprise. “I mean we just explained it all to you, but–I just got emotional and couldn’t stop myself. And you should know that, um, as a kraken–” her eyes darted away from Acht again, her hands squirming in her lap, “–I didn’t–I wasn’t trying to attack you. I was just so emotional that, in my kraken brain, that translated to being scared. I wasn’t going to hurt you, I was trying to make myself look scary.”

Acht raised a hand to their mouth but Callie was certain she saw them smile ever so slightly.

“I get you,” They responded. “If I’m being honest, I didn’t really think you were.”

It took everything Callie had not to react outwardly to their response.

There was silence between the three of them for a long moment, the only notable sound filling the air being the ticking of the kitchen wall clock.

Eventually Marie sighed and tapped her hands on the table. “Well–Acht, I genuinely can’t thank you enough for keeping our secret.” She turned to Callie briefly before continuing. “Really, you have no idea how much this means to us.”

Callie nodded, smiling. “The secret getting out is the biggest danger to us, so you keeping it really is huge. Thank you lots, seriously.”

Acht lightly nodded. “Of course. It isn’t anything, really.”

They grabbed the rim of their cap and stood up from the kitchen table. “I know I haven’t been here long, but being honest again–I think I need a night to think all this over. My head’s spinning.”

The Squid Sisters nodded, both of them standing up and following Acht to the front door.

Acht grabbed the doorknob but turned back to look at the cousins. “We’ll talk soon, I bet.”

They turned to Callie and eyed her directly, tilting their head down somewhat.

“Take it easy tonight, okay?”

Callie nodded. Acht gave Marie a nod of their own before taking their leave.

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