#they've also been dubbed “yellow text mcgee” on the ask blog

[galaxyseclipse]

it is once again splatoon oc loredump time

Ika’s the only one left for now, let’s go!

-around 15 years old as of splat3. they don’t know exactly how old they are, they just go off of what others around their age say

-if they spoke English they’d have an American southern accent

-are trilingual; they can speak Salmontongue, Octarian, and Inklish; learned in that order

-will eat just about anything you put in front of them, and a lot of it

-have eaten sand on more than one occasion. and power eggs

-they were never given a proper(non Salmonid) name, they just started calling themself Ika because the guys who taught them Octarian did(it's literally just the Octarian word for squid though, they know this but don't care)

-parents? what are those?

-they were essentially raised by a tribe of Salmonid that lived in/frequented the area of the desert they lived in

-their design is based off of the whip-lash squid, so they're tall and lanky. when they're an adult they are the second tallest official member of the NSS, coming in at about 5'8"(172 cm)

-they've got a lot of scars from various things

-main stringers, specifically the Tri-stringer. they had a Hero Stringer(design pending) made for them after defeating Mr. Grizz. they aren't terrible at other weapon types, but they are the most comfortable with the stringer

-like to keep their distance during fights. very agile despite their weapon of choice

-tend to be distrustful/borderline rude to new people, especially when they're on their turf(the only reason they got roped into the zapfish fiasco was because they were telling Cuttlefish to get out of their zone and he misunderstood their intentions)

-get along pretty well with Four. both are pretty chaotic and build off of each other's shenanigans. they also have quite a bit of respect for them, not just because they're older Four is definitely a bit of a bad influence tho

-they have a lot of respect for Tsunami. mostly because she's the captain/former agent 3. she also helped them get better with their own abilities, so she's been a pretty big mentor to them as well

-doesn't interact with Ivory all that much she said they were adorable the first time they met and they didn't like that, they're respectful when they do though, even if slightly out of fear

-tries to be all emotionless and mysterious and confident, but inside they're pretty lonely and are grateful to have had a bunch of potential friends thrown into their lap

-pretty good at video games, almost all free time not spent doing inksports or sleeping is spent playing

-they have a little shack out in the desert where they lived until they moved in with Four. after that they just used it as a place to be alone and/or cool off a little bit

-their Salmonid friend/little buddy is named Chip(I don't talk about him much at all lol). they have a more friend-like relationship as opposed to him being their pet

-they still work as a scrapper("why would I stop? ain't harming anything")

-they actually had a couple run-ins with Deep Cut before RotM(they stole stuff from their base and sold it themself). when they were fighting in Alterna, all three said something along the lines of "hey wait a second you're the little shit who keeps stealing from us!"

-never actually received a formal education. they have basic reading and writing skills, and that's about it. Four is working on this with them, but they don't like it

geez I started writing this one thinking it'd be the shortest, guess there's more than I thought lmao