#then there's splat 3's main story and side order

[nocturnaltides]

OC Intro Profile: Chains

[Art by @skyplayssplatoon3] Talked about like a ghost story, few dare to mention Chains' name out loud...If you find someone who's brave enough, they'll mention a weirdo that set up a lair, a hodgepodge of trains, cars, traps, and scrap metal marked by large scratches, on the outskirts of town, they'll also mention strange lights in the night sky, maniacal cackling, and the ominous warning not to go anywhere near that place, for people who wander too close go missing for days, only to be found later, running through the desert, babbling about "other worlds", "being watched", and other things that don't make sense...

While the stories may paint her as some kind of boogey man, they are right about one thing: Chains is a bit of an oddball, to say the least. Beneath the "assortment" of rusted rubble, Chains has made a surprisingly comfy home for herself, using her skills as a mechanic. her wild imagination, and a "spark" to create just about anything she sets her mind to, all while rambling about anything and everything, ranging from "what's out there" to that time she had to use a tire iron as a toothpick, again, to various other bits that she scribbles down in a mysterious notebook that she keeps tucked in her coat pocket at all times. Luckily for her, she has her smallfry buddy, Mayday, to keep her company, and a voice that, occasionally, guides her out into the desert, where her story takes a turn in the form of a fateful encounter with Riza, an explosive battle with Nocchan, and the crater that leads to the depths of underground settlement of Alterna...

Finding herself running with a bit of a motely crew, driven by voices and visions calling out to her, and now being granted the title of Neo Agent 3 by Riza, now Captain of the new squidbeak splatoon, Chains is all set for the trials and revelations that Alterna has in store

[To Be Continued...]

[emile-hides]

Like a quadtrillion years ago I talked about a concept I had for a Full Squidbeak Platoon AU where we have about two agents per game, and my OCs I'd made to fill in those gaps. But back then I couldn't draw as well as I can now so I just made them in Splatoon's character creator and left it as that.

But now I CAN draw and now that Splatoon 3 has ended live updates and we've been told Splatoon 4 will be stepping away from these characters, I might as well finally draw and post them, right?

[coolpanda41]

SIDE ORDER THOUGHTS

I beat Side Order last night after 3-5 runs and after sleeping on it here are my thoughts (spoilers ahead)

The first ten floors (inital tower) is insane. Not only does it serve as a good tutorial but the dialog and tension is such a good hook

When I got to the first boss, I didn't look to closely and just thought "oh we're fighting Octavio again as the first boss? He's here? OK cool" it was infact NOT Octavio lol. I even took a screen shot before the boss fight and looking at it, yeah definitely not Octavio lol

Honestly so glad the Marina wasn't the main villain, and I'm glad she tags along in the elevator

Speaking of Marina, her and Pearl are so in love here. Like I shipped them before but now with their dialog, the dev diary, even Marina's computer screen being Pearl, they're so canon

Shipping aside, honestly think that the dialog is one of the strongest aspects of this mode as we learn more about the memverse and the character dynamics

I also love Acht, no need to further explain, they're just so cool

Person who's only rouge like experience is hades: man, this is just like hades! (This is a joke, I only said that on vending machine levels)

The levels themselves are fun, all be a bit repetitive at times. It is a rouge like but there 4 different level types (minus bosses) and limited floor design, then again, I've only played 3-5 runs and half of that was with Agent 4's pallet

A little disappointed that agent 4 didn't show up in the flesh but I'm a firm believer that Parallel Canon is supposed to be clones of them because of the matching hair styles with your own and with the completed pallet of 4, Order mentioned that Marina wanted 4 to be security for the memverse so I'm taking those crumbs

Also kinda disappointed that we didn't get more Off the Hook and Dedf1sh songs but the ones we got were good. I like how ebb and flow is kinda like Off the Hook's equivalent of Calimari Inkantation lol

Continuing with music, I like the music but felt like I didn't get to appreciate as much because I was so focused on the level (this is a me thing but still)

Order is a cool villian, bit generic but still cool, I like how his boss fight was foreshadowed as a locker item (it's an in universe Switch game, I forget what's it's called)

In the last phase of Order's boss fight, I got splatted a few times and luckily there wasn't life count so it just gave the option to continue or give up and every time I hit continue I thought "omori did not succumb, agent 8 did not succumb" lol

The credits were beautiful

This is probably the first splatoon story that I'll aim for 100% because there is still a lot to know and learn

Inkopolis Square as a reward was predicted but welcomed, it's really cool to see what has been built up since Splat2

ISO PADRE IS HERE, HE'S FREE, MY MAN IS FREEEEE!!!!!!!!!

A little disappointed that the grate the originally lead to Splat2's story mode is just covered a manhole cover unlike in the plaza but that's just a nickpick on my end

Shout out to that one octoling beside the claw machine saying they miss squid beats, we all do

Honestly still shocked at how fast I beat Side Order lol

Overall, I enjoyed Side Order. Personally, it was a bit underwhelming but I'm satisfied. Like I said, I'll probably be trying for 100% cause the dev diarys, pallets and collectables but for what's it's worth, it's good

[seajelly-sillyjeans]

please tell me about splatoon i love hearing about peoples hyperfixations

HELL YEAH 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 tw autism

so basically splatoon is a nintendo franchise comprised of three games, the first is for the wii u and the second and third are for the switch. i havent played the first game be ause they shut the fucking online servers off for the wii u and 3 ds before i could get my hands on the damn thing

you play as an anthropomorphic humanoid squid (called inklings) who has the ability to transform back into a squid. and in 2 and 3 you can play as an octopus too (called octolings) and you use funky weapons to put paint everywhere (its called ink but its always super colourful and bright and noticeably thicker than ink so it looks like paint)

the main battle mode is called turf wars and you gotta ink as much of the ground as possible, there are 4 people per team and there are 2 teams. theres a ranked and a league battle mode too (just called anarchy battles in splatoon 3) and then there is grizzco where you gotta defeat a bunch of npc enemies for minimum wage by direction of a wooden bear figure

NOW I GET TO TALK ABOUT THE AGENTS HELL FUCKING YEAH agent 1 and 2 are the famed idols of splatoon1, callie and marie, and agent 3 is the protagonist of splatoon 1 story mode. agent 4 is protagonist splatoon 2, and in this one callies been taken and you gotta get her back. and then NEW agent 3 is splatoon 3's, where grizzco is the enemy now long fucking story. but og agent three is now the captain of the whole shebang

ohohohohoo okay octo expansion time this is splatoon 2's paid game mode you gotta pay like 25 bucks but its fucking WORTH IT the main character is named agent 8 because of the original captain's naming habits. this agent is an octopus fuck yeah. you are trapped in an underground subway with no memories and you gotta collect these things that are literally blender parts and then you almost get blended but then agent 3 (before they become the captain) BUSTS THROUGH THE FUCKING ROOF and destroys the damn blender and now you gotta escape the metro and there are literally 2 final boss fights. fight 1 is you gotta fight a mind controlled agent 3. fight 2 you gotta ink a statue. fucked up man. then you beat the octo expansion hooray

ok and now there is SIDE ORDER and agent 8 is the protagonist AGAIN and you have lost your memories AGAIN and pearl and marina (the two idols from splat 2) are your guides A-fuckin-GAIN but this time youre trapped in a world marina made that went fucking evil or something. whatever not her fault. i havent beat side order yet so i cant tell you a whole lot about it but its also great. i always choose the male agent 8 but you can make him a girl and girl 8 is generally the more popular one

[grandpa-cephalopods]

Well it was a good finalfest this one, I'm glad team grandpas won this time. It's like an echo of the original Past vs Future, lol.

Unprofreshional Splat 3 nagging incoming, but first, I'll link my other stuff for anyone that stumbles on this blog.

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Main Blog: @thegoldendoorknob

Twitter: Petitemask

Deviantart: Chibilightsage

OC Comic: Wishway

Comic Askblog: @wishwaycrew

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First off- unfinished plotlines.

Had plans to elaborate more on Salmonid lore. In this verse, the apocalypse was partially mass natural destruction, and part zombie apocalypse via the Salmonids. Jones was originally a regular salmonid that was tested in a research lab before escaping and starting the whole death-of-humanity thing.

Also, there was a surviving human moonbase where the rich and famous lived. They gradually replaced parts of their bodies with mechanical parts to live longer than usual, but it took an expected toll on their sanity. That's what I was going to connect the Side Order plot to, initially.

T going evil for a bit bc of the aforementioned Jones thing.

I have a very write-as-I-go mentality with ask blogs so I could go to and from these kinds of ideas, but those were some of the core ones.

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Ok long rant time sorry

So I've ran 2 other ask blogs in the past, and I came to recognize one of the things that can keep me in a fandom for over 7 years like Splatoon is engaging with the game itself. It's one thing to just scroll through the wiki pages 10 times over, but actually playing the games is what gives them so much staying power. Not only does it let me theorize about all the loose ends stated in the plot, but I can consider the fun and technicalities of how the gameplay can tie-in with the plot.

If I didn't play the games, I wouldn't be coming up with ideas like the Respawn March, Ink Eggs, Cuttlefish making zapfish doll batteries on repeat levels, the tentacle amps in Octavio's arena being another Octoweapon, human reanimation, moon colonies...

All of that wouldn't happen if I just read the wiki and called it a day. And that's why it kind of pains me to say Splatoon 3 just.. didn't give me any lasting material to work with. I did like deep cut (especially Frye) but they showed up like.. a whopping 2 times in the actual story, and there's no real lasting impression they make outside of their idol career or supplementary material.

-And that wouldn't be too big of a deal, because the opener of Splatoon 2 ALSO sucked, and gave us table scraps for plot, but I was still able to engage with the story because the new salmon run mode was fun to play, and I still had a little breathing room with the new players before the meta scene REALLY kicked in with X-rank.

I'm not even going to get started with X-rank, or it's little brother S-rank's introduction in 1, but during my time playing I definitely got hit by the hard shift from casual to pro gameplay between these games. Splat 3 was a game that felt like it was made with the purest intention to please pro gamers, but in doing that, it really alienated any casual players from sticking around.

I have a difficult relationship with the shift in meta, because I started with Splat1 back in 2015. Splat1 was extremely defensive, and almost completely dominated by chargers, rollers, and sloshers. You'll never guess what my 3 favorite weapons were in that title I ended up spending.. I think upwards of 5 months figuring out how to play the splat charger, because I ran a Cap'n blog, and Cap'n was a historic bamboozler main. What kind of blog would I be if I didn't at least try to learn grandpa's main? Lol.

So then comes Splat2, and because of all the heckling they were getting over the hyperdefensive gameplay, they decided to shift to a hyperoffensive meta instead. Heaven forbid we got another Moray Towers or triggerfish, so they started to crack down on the level design to make it harder to lock a game down for 3 minutes with one really good charger.

So, my matches got spawncamped by blasters and shooters instead ♡

Because of that, it kind of hurt to come from being a skilled A+ rank charger at the time back into a B- level nobody who sullies their characters. But my friends were still able to play Splat2, and wanted to play splat 2, so it wasn't that hard to deal with.

Splatoon 3, however, no one wanted to play. Within almost 3 months of it's release, my mutuals were already done with it, and if I wanted to engage with it at all, I'd have to play it through solo matches. So I was already running on fumes, and then the main plot involved characters I never played, and plot that only really benefitted human lore. So, this blog's activity continued to stagnate until I couldn't find it in me to let it spiral into my human plot any further.

But it's ok sage, they reassured, because Splat2 plot also sucked, but OE pulled it out of the ashes! Just wait an entire year, and we'll show you how good this dlc is going to be!

Nope! More characters that you don't play and an average story!

I don't have a lot of hope for my relationship with a 4th game, because 2 and 3 gave me a general idea of where they want to go with the series now. I've just fallen too far behind from 2015 sage to 2024 sage that I know that the gameplay is no longer made for players like me. It's made for official tournaments and promotional material, and nintendo is going to make that bank because it's the logical choice. 3 Regulars will probably have it easiest, there.

Realistically, the easiest way for me to return to the series is if they made the map terrain "fun" again, or at least fixed the matchmaking to better pair people with similar skilled rooms (I'll wait those 20 minutes if I can be put in the right room, dammit!). But for now.. I'm sorry to return to the original character hermit shell I lived in, but the lack of community outside of my 4 mutuals isn't strong enough to keep me here when the gameplay can't.

So.. I'm glad Splat3's grand festival ended this on a bang, because I can say nice things about that. It finally gave me a fully positive impression, it just took the end of the game's lifetime to get here. I feel a little bad at the lack of an OE reference outside of Acht, but that more or less confirms to me Tartar is probably pretty dead in canon.

At least BOTH GRANDPAS MADE IT TO THE STANDS! I've had to eat crumbs for years and they reward me with a slice of toast. Maybe 4 could give all of us grandpa fans the balanced breakfast they crave, who knows.

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So I'll be on hiatus for a bit, y'all can send asks at your leisure and if the fandom bug gets me again, there's a chance I could probably answer 'em in the future if splatoon 4 actually slaps. I just wanted to lay these motivation problems out so there isn't any will-they won't-they confusion that I've gotten from many other abandoned or deleted blogs.

[xtarart]

HAPPY 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SPLATOON 3!!! While we all celebrate the big splat fest and eagerly await side order, I thought I’d share my own little idea I’ve been cooking up for my own take on a DLC expansion. Splatoon 3: Mission Manta. Which would include a new playable race, the Mantalings.

the story would take place after splatoon 3's main story mode (and probably side order) where seismic activity was recently detected near the Inkopolis boarder line where the nearest agent of the NNSS, Agent 4 is sent to investigate along with sheldon. when the 2 arrive they investigate a damaged sewer line that has a massive fissure in it, where they discover the lost city of Mantlantis. original home of the Mantafolk and former trade capitol of the old world, which vanished overnight a little over 100 years ago just before the great turf war. turns out it was actually forced underground by a mysterious machine known as Dr. Balu.

Who has been using the descendants of those who were unfortunate enough to survive the capturing of the city as mindless workers via a special control collar that releases a special metallic ink into the wearers and a special frequency to manipulate their movements. however agent 4 and Sheldon are able to free one of the servants, a Mantaling by putting some headphones on em and playing the calamari incantation.

This person becomes agent M, who now must wander the sunken city to find a way to stop Dr Balu's plans once and for all,

Throughout the game you would be in contact with the various other agents and idols via a radio headset and big man would be the #1 lore expert on the place since its his ancestral homeland

[govindhtech]

Splatoon 3 side order release date at the Agent 8

Splatoon 3 side order Splatoon 3 is getting a new addition called Side Order that will be released later this month. This expansion will provide players a new method to paint the town red, blue, yellow, and other colors. The 22nd of February saw the publication of an overview video for the mode, which incorporates roguelike features into the splat-based shooter. Nintendo has published the clip.

During the course of Splatoon 3 side order, the protagonist, Agent 8, is an Octoling who finds themselves in the enigmatic Spire of Order. The whole globe is devoid of color, and in order to restore it, Agent 8 must journey around the entire tower with a new sidekick who claims to be Pearl from Splatoon 2’s Off the Hook. This is necessary in order to restore the color to the world.

As you make your way around the tower, you will encounter a new roguelite twist on the Splatoon 3 concept. Each of the thirty levels presents a unique set of obstacles with each try, and there are different bosses on every tenth floor. During each run, players will gather color chips that temporarily increase their powers. At the conclusion of each run, these color chips will be transformed into a money that may unlock a variety of other upgrades, some of which are more permanent than others but still available.

In the video preview that can be seen above, you gave the Side Order expansion a go and described it as “the perfect excuse to jump back into Splatoon.” The press release further states that the “roguelite take on Splatoon 3 side order ended up feeling so natural, that you’re kinda surprised it wasn’t already a thing,” since according to “the pieces have always been there.”

During the whole duration of the Splatoon series, Nintendo has done a commendable job at showcasing the series’ adaptability. Few of the company’s other first-party licenses, outside Mario and Pokemon, have shown that they can work with a variety of game genres. Splatoon 3 side order has shown throughout time that it functions as a cooperative horde mode, an open-world single-player tale, a competitive multiplayer game, and a linear single-player story. The next Side Order DLC for Splatoon 3 side order will go into a brand-new subgenre for the game roguelites.

Splatoon 3 side order gameplay Recently, Shacknews had a chance to play Splatoon 3 Side Order you were pleasantly delighted by what you saw instead of the probable continuation of the main Splatoon 3 side order tale, which you had so much fun with. In Splatoon 3 side order, Agent 8 from the Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion makes a comeback and finds themselves awake in an odd, deserted place. Agent 8 soon has half of Off the Hook, Pearl. Somehow, Pearl’s mind has been imprinted on a drone. They are both abruptly summoned inside the unusual edifice known as the Spire of Order by an enigmatic entity. It’s possible that the Spire holds the answers to what’s occurring, but danger lurks on every level.

Splatoon 3 dlc side order The objective of Side Order is to ascend all of the Spire of Order’s levels and battle a brand-new class of adversaries known as Jellatins. Every level is a compact, confined area with a single aim, such as controlling a Splat Zone, taking out a string of portals, or guiding an Ink Tower to a destination. The difficulty of each level will progressively rise, but throughout the course of a run, Agent 8’s powers will also expand. Players will be given the option to choose between two or three levels of differing challenges to go on after finishing a floor.

Agent 8’s armament will be upgraded with Color Chips for the duration of the run, among other perks that come with each option. Once chosen, the benefits may be instantly attached to Agent 8’s palette. Players may benefit from Color Chip enhancements by doing more damage, using less ink each shot, and expanding the splash radius, to mention a few. Players need to decide which options best suit their playstyle and the weapon they want to carry into the Spire.

Every 10 levels are boss bouts, which may be challenging for even the most experienced Splatoon 3 side order player. In one instance, a gigantic funnel-shaped monster rotates its layers and unleashes tremendous bursts of enemy ink. If that’s not enough, if they’re not taken care of right enough, it will spew forth hostile Jellatins that will not stop chasing the player throughout the level. There will be several occasions in which players are unable to get to the summit of the Spire.

In addition to starting afresh and hoping for better fortune, players may gradually acquire permanent enhancements. Agent 8’s strength is momentarily increased by the Color Chips, but permanent upgrades which provide an increase in lives, a permanent decrease in damage, and other bonuses can completely shift the game. In between sessions, players will also notice a wide variety of lockers with a variety of unlockables within.

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[cephalo-trio]

Deepsea Escape Part 4

A Splatoon 2 Story written by Splat-Tendency

Starring: Lexi Camellia (POV)

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

I stared restlessly at the Mem Cakes that I've collected so far. I was back at the main station to buy something out of the vending machine. The tests are rather tedious at first, but they were enjoyable to pass. Either if it's pushing the 8-ball to the goal or a Ranked mode, I had no trouble. I managed to find one of the four thangs in Line B. The telephone seemed pleased that I brought it over to the Deepsea Metro.

As I continued snacking on a bag of BBQ chips with a cold bottle of water, one of the passengers in the train stepped out for some fresh air. He was tall and well-groomed. Pretty much like a businessman.

"Excuse me, young squire. I can't help, but notice the little trinkets you were carrying." The suave isopod sat down next to me. ("I hope, I'm not too off putting to the young lady.")

"Huh..? Oh! Yeah, these Mem Cakes are like collectables.." I was startled a bit when the isopod caught a glimpse of a Mem Cake that I collected. "These memories of mine are from my visit to Inkopolis.. Some memories are from 3 years ago..."

The isopod strokes his whiskers and nodded. "I see.. I used to be an applicant like you.. Riding through the deep underground and hoping to taste sweet freedom. Unfortunately, I discontinued the thrill of collecting memories.."

"Sorry to hear that, Mr. uh....." I paused mid-sentence to the tall isopod.

"Call me Iso Padre, young squire. That's what everyone calls me, nowadays. A pleasure to meet you." Iso Padre shakes hands with me. "If you find anymore Mem Cakes, you know where to find me where I keep my stuffed toys." He got up from the bench and went back inside.

I stared down at the Mem Cake in my hand. "Guess, I better get back to completing those tests.." I finished eating my chips and went back to the train.

I returned to meet Cuttlefish until I heard his conversation with Pearl and Marina. Just what are they talking about while I was returning that thang.

"I hope Agent 8 is doing okay.. After a few tests, she didn't say much.." Cuttlefish looked concerned for me.

"Maybe, the tests are a bit hard on her.." Marina responds through Agent 3's walkie talkie. "If she does come back, try to cheer her up. She's having a hard time.." Marina was analyzing the new lines that I will be heading too.

I remained silent and avoided eye contact with the captain. They shouldn't be worried about me all the time whenever I pass half of the tests. Cuttlefish's attention was fixated on me as I walked passed him.

"How was your short break, Agent 8?" Cuttlefish got up from his seat. "You did a great job collecting one of those doohickies. Just three left and we'll be outta here in no time!" Cuttlefish was concerned at first, but he is putting on a smile.

"Yeah.. Thanks a lot, Captain.. Even though I'm a tad hasty.." I turned around and faked a smile. "Is Marina still keeping tabs on the system..?" My back was facing against the sliding door. I just needed to get through Line D and move on from there.

"She still is! She said if you need help passing the test, she'll use her tech skills to hack the system an-" As soon as Cuttlefish finished, I interrupted him.

T-That's not necessary, Cap'n.. I don't need her help to hack in order to pass.. It's pretty much cheating your way out.. Besides, I'll find another way to pass.." Even if Marina hacked the system, I won't be able to prove to have what it takes to live in Inkling society.

Cutterfish stares at me for a few seconds until he nods in agreement. "Understandable, Eight. Just be careful out there." Cuttlefish let me off the hook for now.

I responded with a salute and walked to the next train cable where C.Q is standing. He's waiting for me to travel to the next test in the D-Line. "Can you take me to err..." I checked the map on my CQ-80 and noticed the station in between Line D and J. "Girl Power Station..?"

C.Q Cumber nods in response. "Understood. For this test, you must defend the orb until time runs out. Be weary because they are other enemies trying to destroy the orb. Are you up for the the challenge?" He asked before making the call.

"I have no time to waste.. I must pass the rest of the tests in order to escape.. I'll be fine out there, kay? How bad can it be?" I gained a bit of confidence before CQ gives the operator the signal to the next station.

Meanwhile in the surface world, Marina looks rather worried. "W-What..?! She's alright with this..?!" The tall octoling kept tabs on the map.

"Afraid so, Marina.. She's going to the stop at the next station. Which is between Line D and J.." Cuttlefish was peeking through the sliding door window while speaking to Marina through the phone. "Agent 8 is her way to Girl Power Station.. If she's in trouble, you know what to do."

Suddenly, Pearl swiped the phone from Marina's hand. "Don't sweat it, Cap'. You have seen Eight kicking ass out there! She'll be fine on this one!" Then, Marina took the phone back and scowls at Pearl until she sighed.

"Yeah.. I'll still keep in touch with you, Mr. Cuttlefish.. I'm just worried about her, y'know.. I'll call you, later.." She hung up the phone and went back to her laptop.

2 minutes later..

"Whoa.. That's a lot of weapons to choose from.." I stared through the glass and saw the entire weapon category in front of her.

"You may choose any weapon that is suitable for you. Once you're finished, step on the launch pad." C.Q will be keeping an eye on the battlefield.

There are 9 weapons to choose from. Something that Sheldon keeps in his display shelf everyday. "I can do well with dualies, but I'm might be comfortable to use a melee weapon..." I looked at the two melee weapons: the Splat Roller and the Octobrush. I stared deeply at the Octobrush, feeling a bit uneasy after what I horribly did in the past. "This is the weapon that Fynn uses most of the time... I hope, I didn't hit him too hard to get a concusion..."

I grabbed the Octobrush in my hands and made it towards the launch pad. "Now, I have to defend the orb and I'll pass this test. But, what am I defending the orb from...?" That was when a couple of sanitized Octolings appeared. They seem to be waiting for me to land. "Shit.."

Suddenly, Marina immediately contacts me through the phone. "Eight, it looks like you're in for the fight for your life.. I will be contacting you while Cuttlefish is away." Marina started analyzing the test on her personal laptop.

"Ms. Marina, right..? You said that there are no vital signs..? If so, then how are they moving..?" Along the way, I've encountered a number of those guys including the Octotroops in the chamber. They must've been trapped down here before I fell in.

"I have no idea.. Maybe, they're under control by someone.. I'm trying the best I can to get to the bottom of this. Right now, you need to pass this test." Marina has a bad feeling about this, but she still has faith in my abilities.

I arrived into the battlefield where the orb is located. Around me, there are also a number of special weapons and 2 armor cases. It didn't take too long to choose a special weapon. If they doo get too close to the orb, I can try to push them away from me with Splashdown.

As one of the sanitized octoling landed on the other side of the field, I quickly went for the two armor cases. I have to be fully equipped before they arrive. "I-I'm sorry for what I have to do...." I charged into battle, regretting my decision. They're not themselves anymore.

A few strokes from the brush caused the poor octoling to burst into a puddle of my own ink. My body felt cold when she screeched in a glitchy, yet eerie tone. I just want to get this over with and finish the job.

I looked up at the number of octolings. They're all staring, dead at me as I'm defending the orb. I felt a cold sweat, running down my cheek. I wish I could look away, but it feels like they're staring into my soul. I slowly backed away to look out for more intruders, but someone's blocking my path. As I turned around, there are two octolings right behind me.

"You seem nervous..." The octoling on the left speaks as I yelped in suprise. There was two octolings behind me and I was careless about my surroundings.

"H-How did you get here so fast..!?" I cried. She must've got here so quickly, while I took out one of the attackers. Something about her looks vaguely familiar. The sanitized octoling was sporting a white ribbon around her ponytail.

"...If I were you, I'd check the orb..." She pointed to the direction to the orb in the middle. I could hear a loud pinging.

I looked over at the orb and my eyes widdened in panic. "S-Someone's attacking the orb..!!" I quickly ran past her and caught up to the orb. There was another octoling. Just like the white ribboned octoling, she has two black ribbons on her twintacles. She continuously hammered down on the orb with her roller.

"Hey! Knock it off!!" I lunged at the attacker and started to flail around with the Octobrush. Suddenly, the octoling looked at with a grin on her face. That was when I hesitated again. I have no idea why, but it feels like I've known them in the past.

"Tooooo late~" She responds as she immediately destroyed the orb. She giggled as she watched the orb explode in a huge puddle of unstable ink.

Then C.Q spoke through the intercom to me and said: "The orb is destroyed. You have failed the test, No. 10008." For those who have failed the test, C.Q will detonate the air bag that is strapped to my ink tank. This happened to me, 3 times already.

The air bag started to inflate. The beeping started to get louder in my ear as was panicking. "N-No!! C.Q, wai-!!" I was cut off as the air bag exploded and splatted me in a puddle of their sanitized ink. All was left was my clothes and weapon on the ground. I could hear the twin tailed octoling was applauding for the quick fireworks show.

"Agent 8!! Are you alright?!" As soon as I respawned, Marina cried in my ear. I groaned and dust myself off.

"I'm fine.... Turns out that two sanitized octolings are keeping me from protecting that orb... ow...." I felt a sharp pain on my back after the inksplosion. "That damn cucumber...." I hissed as I felt my backside. It left a huge mark on my back.

"Maybe the weapon you're choosing isn't going to help.. You might need some weapon to protect yourself with.. Like the Splat Brella!" Marina suggested. "You've heard of it, right? If you hold your shield longer, the sheild will launch itself but it leaves you vulnerable.."

I found the Splat Brella can in front of me. If Marina's right on this one, I might have a chance to clear test. "I did use this weapon before, but I'm no good at it..." The can opened and I see the Splat Brella in my hands.

"It won't hurt to try, 8. Maybe someday, you'll become a pro with this weapon once me and Pearl get you outta here! I hope you survive the inevitable.. I... No... Me, Pearl, and Cuttlefish are counting on you! Good luck." Marina ends the transmission for now.

I proudly nodded. At least this test is kind enough to give me only five tries for this kind of test. "The twins.. I'm starting to recognize them.. I can't let them get into my head.." I went back into the battlefield and tried again.

The sanitized twins both stared at me from afar. "....It looks like she chose another weapon.. No matter... She'll soon fail..." The first twin with the white ribbon is the calm and collected of the bunch. Her go-to weapon is the Octo Roller.

"I don't have all damn day, y'know...." I hissed in response. The twin octolings are about to make their move and I have to focus on the objective. I still have a minute to protect that orb.

"Try as you might, but you can't win....." The white-ribboned girl lunged at me with her own roller. The other twin is trying to cornered me. "I got her blind spot, sis~!" The other twin cackled.

I sighed in annoyance. If they're trying to get me to fail, then it won't work twice. Without doing anything, I morped into an octopus and snuck out of harm's way. As a result, they both crashed into each other.

I morped back to see the twins on the ground. They were both stunned from the collison. I wonder if they still feel pain from that impact since they have no vital signs.

Before they could get up back up, I splatted the twins with a wide spread of ink. My eyes widened when I first fired that thing. "So, this is the power of the Brella that Marina was talking about.. Not bad.." The orb is still unharmed for now, I still have enough time to prepare myself for the other guards to attack the orb.

It was their queue to charge into the battlefield, now that the twins have been dealt with. It appears that I'm not the only one who uses special weapons. Nonetheless, they're doomed either way as I splatted them one by one. I just want this test to be done with, so I can lay down in the train.

30 minutes later of protecting the orb, Marina contacted me through the phone again. "I think, that's all of them.. You can rest now, Agent 8.." Marina felt relieved. "So, how's the Splat Brella treating you?"

I stared at the new weapon as the timer ran out. "It feels different.. It's not something to get use to, yet.. But, I did like it." Since the orb is safe and sound, I can finally go back.

"Great! Cap'n will be back, momentarily. Get some rest while you still can, mkay?" Marina ended the transmission.

Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain on my back like before. The explosion from earlier made it worse on my back and was unable to keep my balance. I reached hand to feel my back and something wet touched my fingers. At first, I thought it was the cyan ink from the airbag, but it wasn't. As I stopped feeling my backside, I stared at my fingers. Instead of the ink from the explosion from earlier, it was my own blood.

"M-My back is bleeding..." I trembled at the sight of my own blood. The impact must have wounded my back and I didn't notice it during my 2nd attempt. I felt really light-headed as my back won't stop bleeding.

"A-Agent 8..!! What's wrong?! Please, answer me..!!" I could hear Marina contactating me through the earpiece.

"I-I... can't move... So.. tired.." I'm starting to lose my balance. All Marina could hear was a loud thud as I collapsed on the ground near the orb.

"AGENT 8!!!!" Marina screamed as I laid there, still bleeding from my back.

I don't want it to end like this. If I hadn't fell down that hole in Mt. Nantai, I would be still safe and away from the underground subway. But still, my father would be still missing for decades. Before I slowly closed my eyes, the sanitized twins stared at me as I lost consciousness. "H-Help...me.." I called out for help as my vision fades to black.

The twins were hesitant at first until they decide to carry me to cod knows where. If only my friends were here to get me out of this mess.

To Be Continued...

[thefemalethatwrites]

Nightfury (Dick Grayson)

Request: Nope.

Prompt: You and Dick are house mates, you know about him being Nightwing but he doesn’t know about your crime-fighting persona. (I such at descriptions)

Relationship: Dick Grayson/Nightwing x Reader

Warnings: Cursing, Heated make-out session?

A/N: My first attempt at this story writing thing. It SUCKS!

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(Y/N)’s POV

I heard a commotion come from Dick’s room making me raise an eyebrow,

“Dick?” I called out,

“Yeah” He replied,

“You alright in there?” I asked as I approached the door,

“Yeah, just getting changed. Don’t come in” He replied, I rolled my eyes at his excuse before opening the door to find him tending to his wounds from his vigilante life, I sighed “I told you not to come in” He said as he looked at me, I raised an eyebrow,

“So, you trust me with your secret of being Nightwing but you don’t trust me to tend to your wounds?” I say folding my arms, he sighed and laid back on his bed making me smirk as I began cleaning his gash on the left side of his chest, he hissed making me roll my eyes “Who knew you’d be such a cry-baby?” I asked,

“Very funny” He replied causing me to chuckle,

“So, what happened this time?” I asked as I began to bandage up the gash,

“Nightfury got in over her head again” He explained, I raised an eyebrow

“How so?” I questioned,

“I was doing my usual rounds and then she joined me like usual, then they was a drug deal going on so we busted it and got caught up in some crossfire making me give the order to retreat but she was so focused on taking this druggy down that she went in blind and was going to be killed but I saved her behind like usual” He ranted.

“You do realise that she can take care of herself, right? I mean, why else would she become a vigilante?” I point out, he just grunted and it fell silent,

“That’s new” He commented, I stood up straight

“What’s new?” I asked,

“That” He said pointing to my neck, I went over to his mirror and moved my hair to find a graze,

“F*ck” I muttered as I went through the med-kit,

“Let me” He said sitting me down, “Now, what happened?” He asked, I sighed

“Fight. I was tasked with breaking up two scraping females, did so with ease, or so I thought” I lied mentioning the grazed,

“Long nails?” He asked,

“Oh, some of the longest I’ve seen in a while” I say making him chuckle.

***

I was escorting some possible new-comers to the college, for next year, around the premises with Dick,

“And here we have the- ”

“The end of the tour” A familiar sadistic voice said from behind me, I turned around and found the Joker and two of his goons stood there with guns, “Now, Miss (L/N), if you could kindly come with us so no one will be harmed” Joker said, I raised an eyebrow and folded my arms as Dick escorted the new-comers away from danger,

“And why would I do that?” I asked,

“Because if you don’t then you can say bye-bye to your college” He explained, I sighed

“I’ve got one little question” I say as I slowly grabbed my retractable batons from my jacket,

“Shoot away” He chuckled.

“Why do you need your goons for little old me? I can’t harm a fly” I asked, he let out his crazed laughter and came closer to me,

“But you can harm a fly, can’t you, Nightfury?” He whispered in my ear, my eyes widened as I quickly jumped behind him and kicked him to the floor and I threw my baton’s at the goons head making them drop unconscious, I pressed my foot on to the Joker’s neck

“How’d you find out it was me?” I growled, he chuckled

“An old friend tipped me off when I was having one of my visits to the asylum. You know the one, don’t you? The one where you’ve put so many people in, including daddy-kins” He said, I growled and slammed his head into the floor causing him to fall unconscious, I sighed and regained my composure only to find out that Dick, or should I say Nightwing, watched the whole scene

“(Y/N)…” He trailed off, I rolled my eyes

“I’ve told you plenty of times that I could handle myself, maybe this will prove it” I say as I picked up my batons and left.

***

Dick’s POV

The front door slammed open as I stormed in,

“You’re Nightfury!” I yelled, (Y/N) rolled her eyes,

“Keep your voice down!” She growled as she stood up to face me, but with me being taller, I towered over her,

“What’s the point? I mean, everyone will know if the Joker knows” I snapped closing the gap between us,

“Actually, I hit him with the right amount of force to give him a slight case of Amnesia. So, shut your gob before I shut it for you” She retorted as she narrowed her eyes at me, after a small glaring contest I scoffed and turned my back to her.

“Honestly, I can’t believe you. I trusted you with mine, yet you couldn’t trust me with yours” I complained,

“I didn’t tell you because, in your eyes as Nightfury I’m just a hot-headed vigilante, who can’t look after themselves!” She snapped,

“Perhaps if you didn’t dart into every fight then I wouldn’t think that!” I snapped as I faced her and towered over her, again,

“Screw this” She said as she barged past me and into her room,

“(Y/N)! Open this door!” I yelled, I pick locked (Y/N)’s door open only to find her room empty and her window wide open, I went over to the window and shook my head “F*cksake (Y/N)” I muttered as I went into my room changed into my Nightwing outfit and left through (Y/N)’s window, I searched through the streets and warehouses in attempts to find her but I was having no luck, I sighed as I entered another empty warehouse, “Where are you?” I muttered as I went to leave but was smacked over the head with something sending me to the floor,

“What you do that for?!” A voice yelled,

“That’s Nightwing!” The other yelled back before I fell unconscious.

***

(Y/N)’s POV

I dropped through a warehouse’s roof window and landed silently on the main level, I heard muffled speaking making me raise an eyebrow and head towards it, I stopped at a doorway that led to the elevator shaft,

“Please, enlighten me, what are you going to do with Nightwing now you’ve hung him up?” A voice asked making my eyes widened as I peeped around to find Dick hanging by his arms in middle of the elevator shaft, unconscious,

“You see, he has a partner, her name’s-”

“My name’s Nightfury! And it seems like you caught my attention” I say as I walked into the room, they began to panic, “Oh come on boys. I promise, I’ll be nice” I teased before they shot at me causing me to hid behind a frame piece. “5. 4. 3. 2. 1” I counted down to the bullets stopping making me smirk as I withdrew my batons and run towards them.

I smack them both around the face before kicking one in the chest sending them backwards, while I dealt with the other one, I wrapped my legs around his body before choking him with baton, his body fell limp making me drop him as I went to attack the other but stopped as he held the chains that were keeping Dick held up,

“Drop your weapons” They ordered, I complied “Good girl. Now, on your knees and hands on the back of your head” He said, I glared at him “Do it or your boyfriend goes splat!” He yelled, my jaw clenched as I lowered myself on to my knees and placed my hands on the back of my head, “You must really care about him” They teased, I narrowed my eyes at him before Dick groaned as he came from his unconscious state,

“Ah, just in time, Nightwing. Your girlfriend’s brains are about to blown” They said as they placed the chains back on the holders,

“Girlfriend?” Dick asked, I rolled my eyes

“He thinks that we’re together” I say gaining his attention, his eyes widened as the male pushed a pistol against my forehead,

“Any last words?” He asked,

“Yeah” I smirked as I quickly picked up my batons, hit the pistol away from my forehead as I threw the other to call the elevator up to this level, I punched him in the face before knocking him to the floor and running over to the holder and let Dick’s chains go allowing him to drop on top of the elevator roof, as I knocked the enemy unconscious, “I’m not his girlfriend” I say, Dick jumped off the elevator roof as it stopped at the level I was on, I picked up my baton and placed them in the holders, “I thought you didn’t need any help?” I teased,

“I had everything under control” He said making me raise an eyebrow

“Because hanging unconscious in an elevator shaft was a part of your plan” I scoffed, he sighed

“Fine, thank you for saving me” He said, I smiled

“That’s more like it. Let’s head home” I say patting his back as I walked ahead of him, he stopped me and pulled me back into his chest, “Dick, what are you-?” I was cut off as he pressed his lips against mine causing me to seize up, eventually I eased up and returned it, wrapping my arms around his neck and lightly pulling at his hair, he licked my bottom lip asking for entrance, which I denied making him groan in frustration as his hands found their way to my butt and pulled me closer and holding me in place as he massaged my butt before squeezing it making me gasp allowing him to gain entrance and immediate dominance, I pulled a little harder at his hair making him moan into my mouth making me smirk before I pulled away “This maybe the time, but it’s not the place” I whispered in his ear before licking the shell of it, he groaned in frustration as I got out of his grip and headed towards the exit, “Race you home?” I asked, he smirked

“Last one there’s the submissive one” He replied as he darted past me, I chuckled

“I was going to let you be dominate but if that’s the deal, fair enough” I say as I caught up to him.

[zephyrfuse]

KAGAMI

Name: Kagami Harumoto Nicknames: Moto, Green bean, Captain Age: 16 Gender: Male Sexuality: ??? Demi??? Ace/Aro?????? its a mystery Birthday/Zodiac: November 30th/Sagittarius Weapon: Splat Chargers Rank: S+ (finally decided to go for it)

Battle style: Generally calm and collected, and aims with amazing accuracy. Is surprisingly good at close quarters combat with his charger, and it’s always a pain to reach him since his eyesight is great. However, if not careful his frustrations may leak into the battle, and he can get easily carried away. He will aggressively spawn camp the enemy team, nearly forgetting that he’s in a game, not a war zone. His team mates don’t bother confronting him because they are mostly afraid of him when this happens.

Species: unknown

Physical des: Average school boy look. Wears his height comfortably. Likes wearing white button down shirts more than what he used to. Dresses on the formal casual side. He used to wear more casual wear a few years back. He has rectangular frames and yellow eyes. Height: 163cm (5’4”) Weight: 51kg (112lbs)

Personality des: Very level headed, practical, and calm. Very respectful and dislikes causing harm. He is also very talented and can pick up new skills easily. This combination of factors may even give him a “fake” kind of complex, but it’s never dwelled on deeply. Strangely, he gets very focused and violent in Turf occasionally, but there isn’t a trace of this in his social life. He is strangely bothered and almost persistent in character when he makes mistakes.

General story: When he turned the age of around 14, Kagami began his main Turf Career as Captain Yakamoto, along with his 3 other teammates, Cobalt, Kai’en, and Neo. His team mates were not very experienced and together looked like a nut job, (Blind Roller, careless angry inkbrusher, and seeker spamming coward) but strangely together they were able to rise quickly in ranks. After becoming rather renowned in their career, they decided to dedicate time to relaxing and helping other new teams out in Inkopolis Square. They still Turf for fun and play with new weapons. However even 2 years later, the perfectionist nature of the Captain still remains a large concern. Being the family role model with his cousins looking up to him, there must be some stresses that come with that. Sometimes people wonder how he can manage such a flawless demeanor without some kind of…a price…

Family: Proud Mother and Father, and close extended family. Katsumi (cousin) Hanabi (cousin) Takahiro/Hiro (cousin) Shimo (cousin)

Voice: Typical Calm Asian school kid voice lol

This is a good song for him, and its a fave, so bear the weab its rlly good.  Cillia tunes the best shit. (Look up a translation of the song if needed!! That’s 50% of why I love it)

Trivia:

-Good at everything (™)

-despite being calm voiced, if others hear him yell suddenly, they often jump or get sudden goosebumps. It’s loud and quite jarring.

-His eyes actually get overstimulated without his glasses as he has very good sight. His glasses are actually there to dull the intake of his vision.

-He and his cousins like to compete in video games and especially DDR (they are those crazy Asian kids)

-When he was younger, Andante was one of his only friends. They are still currently very close and encourages each other in their pursuits.

-VERY persistent in reversing his mistakes, it seems almost daunting. He will do anything and nearly beg people to comply.

-His room is always spotless and organized when someone is over, however it is horribly disorganized and dirty when he’s alone.

-always orders the same thing as the person in front of him when it comes to food, drink, anything really.

-Almost never wears his Long sleeve shirts anymore. Most people don’t notice or make a big deal out of the change however.

-Often mumbles and talks to himself a lot.

[ejxarts]

Developed Ideas

Here are my 6 developed ideas for the clown masks. My main idea was to create masks for various different genres of clown and to tie them all together using the same colour scheme. After thinking about it, I decided not to include hair pieces, and instead simply focus on the face element of the masks.

The main influence for Mask #1 was the movie adaptation of cult classic ‘It’ written by Stephen King. I wanted to include at least one sad clown in my designs as I wanted an array of different emotions expressed, and I believe it would look effective when part of a full troop. This mask is meant to represent the evil side of the clown and the types of clowns commonly found in horror movies.

Masks #2,3 and 5 were all inspired by different variations of the Joker’s character - #2 being Heath Ledger’s incarnation, #3 being the cartoon version used in the comic books, and #5 being Jared Leto’s most recent version in the movie ‘Suicide Squad’. I thought about maybe including some 3D elements (as you can see on #2’s mouth, and #6’s cheeks), however I am still undecided on this, as I feel it may make the masks look unprofessional and not match the cartoon, 2D effect I’m going for. The one problem I have thought about is that as #5 is inspired by Jared Leto’s Joker, the timeline wouldn’t make sense as SS was released after The Dark Knight.

For both masks #4&6, I took direct inspiration from the classic clown commonly found in children’s entertainment. They are both fairly simplistic designs, however I feel like they’re suited for the purpose I need them for. Mask #6 also has subtle influences from Billy The Puppet from the SAW movies, although I did try to keep an overall happy feel.

Overall, I have chosen to use masks #1,2 and 4 as my final designs as they all complement each other well. I feel that #3 is in too much of a comic book style in order to fit with my more simplistic cartoon theme, and as well as the previously mentioned issue with #5, said mask and #6 are too alike and their expressions are not what I had planned when thinking about the final products.

Above are my developed ideas. All three of them are meant to show a twist on the classic joker cards found in a deck of regular playing cards.

Idea #1 is a mid-shot of a jester, however the character has aspects taken from the Joker’s makeup in order to add a twist. This particular design also features elements featured on my initial design stages of the mask; I thought the design to be too cartoon-like for the purpose of the mask, however it fits well with the overall style I am trying to achieve with the playing card.

Idea #2 is a full body shot, again featuring the character of a jester. I was inspired by the vintage joker cards featured in my mood board, however to add a sinister edge to the seemingly innocent jester, there is a mace hanging from his hand. With this design, I thought I could play around with the background when I’m creating it, and I could experiment with blood splats and stains.

Idea #3 is based around horror movie style clowns such as Twisty from American Horror Story, and It from Stephen King’s novel adaptation of the same name. Even in itself, the sad clown is a spin on the regular child friendly entertainers, however I took this one step further, and have added in two guns being held at his temples. I feel like this design in particular would be a product of the Joker’s imagination, as it is especially unique and disturbed.

Overall, I have chosen to use the first design, as I feel like it is the most suited in both the style and for the purpose I intend to use it in.