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On a cloudy, windy day in Inkopolis square, an inkling, fresh off a turf war battle, spotted a grate by Ammo Knights. “That's odd,” he muttered, “have I never noticed that grate before?” suddenly, an inkling sprung out of the grate! Dressed in what looked like a formal gray kimono, with a matching black jacket and green parasol that covered her transformation from a squid to a young woman. The inkling who noticed her cocked his head in surprise, and walked a little bit towards her and squinted so that he could get a better look.The inkling woman slowly looked around the square, seeming to take it all in, or was she looking for someone? As she scanned the square, her eyes passed the shoal, off the hooks recording booth, then locked with the inkling's dark blue eyes. As his and hers eyes met, the inkling's blue eyes widened, as he thought, “she looks familiar… could it be-” his thoughts were interrupted when she gave a sudden gasp, and once again using her parasol to cover her body, transformed into a squid and went back down the grate with a gurgle of yellow ink. The inkling stared at the spot she was standing at for a second, then sighed. “Well, I've got nothing better to do today,” he said to himself. Walking on top of the grate, he closed his eyes and transformed into a squid, following the mysterious kimono wearing inkling into the grate.
The inkling kept his eyes shut the whole ride through the grate, and as he felt himself slowing down, he readied himself for… whatever was about to happen to him, emerging from the grate, he transformed back and opened his eyes. He was standing in what looked to be the entrance to a… outpost? Looking around, There were a few trees scattered about, what looked like practice dummies, and a cabin with an antenna looking device. Standing in front of it was that inkling woman, her back facing him, tentacles swaying with the breeze.
“Uh, hello?” the blue eyed inkling said, and she turned around. “Hey…” she said, turning to face him “you showed up!” The inkling's jaw dropped. “Oh my cod… you-you--you’re--” “YES. im THAT marie, the one from the squid sisters.” She interrupted. “But I need you to get over it, I'll sign whatever you want for me later if you just listen to me” the blue eyed inkling nodded and took a deep breath. “Okay, okay. But what does a world class pop star want with me?”
Marie gave a little smile. “Well I'm sure you’ve heard but the great zapfish that powers the square has gone missing, been missing for a while now actually… but it hasn't gone missing, it's been squidnapped by octarians!” “Wait, THOSE octarians?” the inkling frowned. “The ones who we fought in the great turf war?” “Exactly!” Marie said, “And I bet you’re wondering how I know this”. He nodded again. “How do I know this? On the surface, I may just look like an absurdly talented pop star... But in truth...I'm Agent 2 of the New Squidbeak Splatoon, a secret society of heroes who save the world from Octarians!” the inkling gawked at her, eyes wide with a mix of emotions. “...your mouth is open again.” Marie said flatly. “Oh… sorry,” he responded. “Anyways, Now I've been trying to keep an eye on the Octarians in my downtime, but I'm a busy girl.” She continued. “So I need YOU to go get the Great Zapfish back from those slimy Octarians! What do you say? Are you in?”
The inkling took a deep breath, holding his hands up to his face in a thinking gesture. “Uh, so why me? Also aren’t you agent TWO? Where's agent one?”. Marie gave a small chuckle, “well it was because we locked eyes in the square, you have that look in your eye. The one my gramps taught me to look out for.” “the look? What look?? Also you didn't tell me about agent on-” Marie suddenly got a stern look on her face. “Are you in or not?” she interrupted. The inkling opened his mouth to say something, then thought better of it. “I'm in”. “Perfect!” she smiled, “Welcome aboard! You are now Agent 4 of the New Squidbeak Splatoon. I already have some gear for you inside” she crooked a thumb at the cabin behind her. Stepping off the grate for the first time, the blue eyed inkling walked over and started to pass Marie, but she held out her parasol, blocking his way into the cabin. “One more thing, what's your name squidkid?”. A little shocked, the blue eyed inkling swept a tentacle covering one of his eyes out of the way and looked at her. “Chet”. “Nice to meet you Chet” Marie grinned, “now get changed and go tear those Octarians limb from limb from limb from limb from limb from- Well...you get the picture.”