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His reaction to her morphing made her laugh. It was so common where she came from that nobody would bat an eye at seeing an Inkling morph. 

“If that scared you, you should see some of the younger Inklings Change~!” She giggled. “Inklings can only fully morph once they hit fourteen or so. Before then, they’re stuck midway between.” To an outside eye, that had never seen Inklings before, it would probably look somewhat horrifying.

She admitted herself that a half-changed Inkling looks kind of creepy.

“I dunno what Azran is, but if it really really old then it probably is similar, yeah. We have fossils, but nothing alive. Have to guess what things were used for. We’ve probably got a lot of stuff wrong, honestly.” She wondered if their guesses would have this Human laughing. “They’re bad because they kill people to get their hands on more land! Inklings control most of the available territory and instead of sharing they just try to take it. Good guys don’t kill people, or steal! They stole our Zapfish, once, too - he generates all our power. After the flood, there was only so much land left, and the Octolings decided that fighting was better than sharing. We beat them, though. We hold the Turf War Competitions to celebrate defeating them.”

“Yeah, I’m a squid. If I wasn’t, I wouldn’t be able to do this!” She said, at once morphing into a small, orange-hued squid that wriggled about on the ground as it adjusted itself to stare at him almost proudly, before changing back into a girl.

She was smirking at him, as her form settled.

“Y’see? Squid. But your ‘hair’ stuff still seems weird to just have it in one spot. Doesn’t look like it even has a point…” Maybe it was to keep his head warm? Maybe his species was in the middle of evolving and it was turning from fur into something else. She pitied him. But then she paused. Human? She knew that word. It had been in one of the Sea Scrolls, hadn’t it? Humanoid, the word must come from that, which meant that ‘human’, was…

“But that’s impossible.” She looked confused, now. ”If you’re one of the creatures from before the great flood, then you should be dead! No Land-creature was supposed to have survived - you’re a living fossil! Inkling researchers would die to get their hands on you!” So would the Octolings, come to think on it. Probably. “If you meet anybody that looks like me but with a lot more tentacles, run away. They’re the bad guys.”

#I don't actually think the details of WHY the octos are bad are ever stated #they just kinda are #so I'm basically just guessing #Cole unintentionally (potentially) shitting on Targents tactics

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“Yeah, I’m a squid. If I wasn’t, I wouldn’t be able to do this!” She said, at once morphing into a small, orange-hued squid that wriggled about on the ground as it adjusted itself to stare at him almost proudly, before changing back into a girl.

She was smirking at him, as her form settled.

“Y’see? Squid. But your ‘hair’ stuff still seems weird to just have it in one spot. Doesn’t look like it even has a point...” Maybe it was to keep his head warm? Maybe his species was in the middle of evolving and it was turning from fur into something else. She pitied him. But then she paused. Human? She knew that word. It had been in one of the Sea Scrolls, hadn’t it? Humanoid, the word must come from that, which meant that ‘human’, was...

“But that’s impossible.” She looked confused, now. ”If you’re one of the creatures from before the great flood, then you should be dead! No Land-creature was supposed to have survived - you’re a living fossil! Inkling researchers would die to get their hands on you!” So would the Octolings, come to think on it. Probably. “If you meet anybody that looks like me but with a lot more tentacles, run away. They’re the bad guys.”

 “I’m a squid, of course.” She said, as though it should’ve been the most obvious thing in the world. “Two tentacles, three fangs, a set of gills, the whole package. You’re the weird one, with fur on your head. If you’ve got fur it should be all over, like Judd. Silly to only have it in one spot.” He didn’t have a tail, though, and very clearly wasn’t part of Judd’s species. Or hers.

Maybe he wasn’t aquatic?

There weren’t any sentient species on land when the Squids and Octos took it, though… Not to her knowledge. And the Sea Scrolls didn’t say anything about weird creatures like this - in all honesty he rather resembled the ones that came before. But that was impossible - they were all dead, right?

“I’m a squidling, and you are really weird. What kinda person doesn’t know what Squids are? We built Inkopolis, for Suijin’s sake. The biggest safe zone in the world, for all sea-kind. What kind of creature are you, that you can’t live underwater? No gills, no tentacles, round ears; you wouldn’t last two minutes underwater.”

#in Splatoons time all humans died #it's like 10'000 years after a huge flood thing that killed all humans #I think the icecaps all melted or something #rising sea levels and shit #but that's okay I don't miiiiind #I'm just sorry I keep using Splatoon terms ;w;

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 “I’m a squid, of course.” She said, as though it should’ve been the most obvious thing in the world. “Two tentacles, three fangs, a set of gills, the whole package. You’re the weird one, with fur on your head. If you’ve got fur it should be all over, like Judd. Silly to only have it in one spot.” He didn’t have a tail, though, and very clearly wasn’t part of Judd’s species. Or hers.

Maybe he wasn’t aquatic?

There weren’t any sentient species on land when the Squids and Octos took it, though... Not to her knowledge. And the Sea Scrolls didn’t say anything about weird creatures like this - in all honesty he rather resembled the ones that came before. But that was impossible - they were all dead, right?

“I’m a squidling, and you are really weird. What kinda person doesn’t know what Squids are? We built Inkopolis, for Suijin’s sake. The biggest safe zone in the world, for all sea-kind. What kind of creature are you, that you can’t live underwater? No gills, no tentacles, round ears; you wouldn’t last two minutes underwater.”

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Who or what ever this creature was, Cole knew at once that they were not a Squidling. First off, they had no tentacles. Second - their eyes looked funny. They didn’t have the black marks that Squidlings had. 

“You look weird, mister.” She stared at him confusedly. “You don’t have any tentacles. Or gills. What kinda Inkling are you?” Were they an Octoling? She hoped not - and doubted it. Not even an Octoling would cut their own tentacles off, not for the sake of merely blending in. In which case, if it was true, they very much weren’t.

#Suijin = japanese sea god #I dunno what kind of deities Inklings have so I grabbed a good sounding japanese one ;w;

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“Dead?!” She cried, eyes widening. “No no no, the train doesn’t crash!” It didn’t even go that fast, right? It was a local ride that pulled people from all over Inkopolis right to the Square - it ran across the city, but certainly it wasn’t able to go so fast as to crash? “I don’t think I’m dead. I don’t feel dead.”

As though testing something, she morphed into an odd-looking squid on the spot, holding the form for a few moments before at once morphing right back.

“No, I can’t be dead, I’d... know, right? I’m sure it’d feel at least a little like getting ‘popped’ in the Competition... Besides, like you said; if the train crashed you’d have a whole mess’o Squidlings, Jellies, and other sea creatures here. Not just me. It’s a popular transit, from what I’ve learned.“ She was quiet for a moment before continuing. “How can this place be in another... that? Octolings have a bunch of hidden bunkers, but I don’t think other... other ‘plains of existence’ should be reachable. Not by train, anyway.”

She scrunched her face up in confusion, staring at the man calling himself Lucifer for a moment before speaking.

“I don’t know what Hell is but you kinda make it sound important. I don’t think anybody in Inkopolis has ever heard of Hell. It must not be a very popular place.” At the comment about her outfit, she nodded, grinning the odd, sharp-toothed grin that all Inklings had. “Yeah! I was gonna enter the Turf War competition with a new gun but I guess I got really turned around on my way to the square… Don’t know how, though. Shoulda just been an easy train ride there…”

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((Cole’s name (Cole Dibranchi) is a play on the words Coleoidea and Dibranchiata - which is the same name/word/meaning, and is the Japanese Flying Squid subspecies - Flying Squid being the squids Splatoon kids most resemble biologically and in terms of their abilities.))

#muse funfacts

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Cole grinned back in response, grabbing and shaking the other’s hand.

“Cole Dibranchi! Sorry - I just thought that since I never see you anywhere but that Studio, that you must have a house or an apartment attached, you know?” It made sense to her at the time. Even though it seemed kind of foolish to have your home connected directly to your job.

“I know you announce the stages, but do you ever participate in Turf War competitions? All I really know about you and Marie is that you work in the studio and never seem to leave. Sorry if I seem nosy-” She added after a moment. “I haven’t been in Inkopolis too long...”

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“Wait, aren’t you Callie? From the newcasts? I’ve seen you in your studio before, but I’ve never seen you outside it. I figured you lived in there, or something. Or that you had too many fans to risk leaving at all. It’s nice to meet you-!”

#It's okay-! I have work most days so I wouldn't have been able to get back fast myself anyways.

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She scrunched her face up in confusion, staring at the man calling himself Lucifer for a moment before speaking.

“I don’t know what Hell is but you kinda make it sound important. I don’t think anybody in Inkopolis has ever heard of Hell. It must not be a very popular place.” At the comment about her outfit, she nodded, grinning the odd, sharp-toothed grin that all Inklings had. “Yeah! I was gonna enter the Turf War competition with a new gun but I guess I got really turned around on my way to the square... Don’t know how, though. Shoulda just been an easy train ride there...”

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Now this one definitely wasn’t an Inkling. Cole had no doubts that whatever he was, Inkling wasn’t it. He was certainly intimidating though.

“Either I’m lost, or you are, mister.” She wasn’t sure which would be better, honestly. ”And I don’t see Inkopolis, so I’m thinking it’s more I’m lost than you are. And if you don’t mind my asking, mister… What are you?”

#I don’t think Christianity exists 10 thousand years after the icecaps all melt #So squid child is justifiably underwhelmed

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“Wait, aren’t you Callie? From the newcasts? I’ve seen you in your studio before, but I’ve never seen you outside it. I figured you lived in there, or something. Or that you had too many fans to risk leaving at all. It’s nice to meet you-!”

#aoricallie #agh hello sorry while I settle into the new character #still debugging her personality and mannerisms ;w;

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Now this one definitely wasn’t an Inkling. Cole had no doubts that whatever he was, Inkling wasn’t it. He was certainly intimidating though.

“Either I’m lost, or you are, mister.” She wasn’t sure which would be better, honestly. ”And I don’t see Inkopolis, so I’m thinking it’s more I’m lost than you are. And if you don’t mind my asking, mister... What are you?”

#lordsheol

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((Theeere we go.Ask, Reply, and Submit are all on.

Although I don’t know where the submit box is gone. Ah well. Onto greeters.))

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((Alright, time to pretty up the blog. Not gonna get any followers looking like this.))

#gotta NOT look like a lazy shit

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Who or what ever this creature was, Cole knew at once that they were not a Squidling. First off, they had no tentacles. Second - their eyes looked funny. They didn’t have the black marks that Squidlings had. 

“You look weird, mister.” She stared at him confusedly. “You don’t have any tentacles. Or gills. What kinda Inkling are you?” Were they an Octoling? She hoped not - and doubted it. Not even an Octoling would cut their own tentacles off, not for the sake of merely blending in. In which case, if it was true, they very much weren’t.

#willingpuppet