[Open] Slimy Little Hipsters

[agent2]

Who: Callie, Marie, Thida, and YOU
What: The new Squidbeak Splatoon is on a mission gone awry!
Where: The forests around the mansion
When: Saturday, June 25
Warnings: S for SPLATS

Why was there a... kettle... in the middle of the forest? A kettle with a grate on it? How long had THAT been there? It was very quiet in the clearing around the kettle. But then came a gurgling sound... A viscous liquid started to ooze through the grate, bubbling up like a backed up pipe. A white ooze filled up the kettle, until a shape burst out from it. It was... a squid? A greenish squid. And once it landed on the ground, it changed shape. Into a girl with white tentacles for hair, carrying what looked like a sniper rifle. But that wasn't the end of it. 

There came another squid. 

And then another. 

In no time flat, three half-human half-squid girls were there, each armed to the teeth. 

"I think we missed the target," the white squid said to the group, shouldering her rifle. 

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[agent3]

[Thida perks up at the rustling herself, but she keeps her mouth shut, eyes slowly surveying for the source and hands tight on the Hero Shot. Yep, this is definitely one squid on guard.]

[garmentgoddess]

She'd been spotted. A year of field combat had taught Rene some signs, but these sure didn't seem like they'd be the sort to attack on sight. So she did something she'd never do on the battlefield.

She approached. "Hey, it's ok. I was just out here looking for some fruit. Do you want any?"

[agent2]

[...Okay, this wasn't a threat. Marie lowered her Charger slowly.]

We're cool. Have you seen an octopus coming this way? We're kinda in a hurry here.

[agent3]

[If Marie's lowering her weapon, so will Thida, albeit hesitantly. She isn't exactly sure what kind of being she's looking at, after all.]

Gotta stop 'um.

[garmentgoddess]

"Stop...octopus..es?" Rene pondered this for a moment. "I haven't seen any. Do they turn into people too?"

[agent2]

Duh, what else would they turn into?

Long as you're here though, where exactly is here?

[agent3]

[Adds,] Far from Inkopolis?

[Because obviously it seems like they're a far, far way from home.]

[garmentgoddess]

Rene thought about that. It wasn't any city she had any sort of experience with. "I don't think I've ever heard anyone mention it. But I can take you to some people who might know."

[agent2]

Marie listened, and her face soured the more Rene spoke. This wasn't right at all. How could the kettles have brought them here, face to face with creatures who were supposed to be extinct? "Something's definitely off... We should abort," she mused to her fellow squid kids.

[agent3]

[Abort? Thida scrunches her face up and shakes her head.]

Th' Octoling, though! Might be here still, right? [She gestures to the human.] Can they fight 'em?

[garmentgoddess]

"Uh?" Rene asked, as much of a question as that was. "Octoling?"

[agent2]

Marie glanced back up at the human with a raised eyebrow. She had to remind herself that she wasn't familiar with Inklings and Octolings... Didn't mean she didn't have to act a little testy about it. "Octolings are like us Inklings, except they're octopi, not squids."