#bluesquidz 02.

[sturmazing]

 IT WAS ACTUALLY ANOTHER INKLING. LET HER REPEAT; THIS IS NOT A DRILL, THERE WAS ACTUALLY ANOTHER INKLING IN THIS GOD-FORSAKEN GHOST TOWN HELL-BENT ON DRENCHING HER WITH SO MUCH RAIN SHE FELT LIKE SHE’D BEEN SPLATTED THREE TIMES OVER.

 …anyway.

she barely noticed the rest of the crowd, still recovering from that weird explosion and subsequent clown-fire at the metro, after the girl with the long blue tentas caught her eye. she shouldered through them, not even bothering to apologize in her fervor – and too focused on the familiar form to be shy.

 the crowd was surging, and the inkling girl was getting too far away. suddenly desperate, soda raised her voice to a shout:  “ HEY! HEY YOU! TH’ ONE WIT’ TH’ TENTAS, C’MERE! ”

 she made one final shove between two people – she didn’t bother to notice anything past the fact that one wore a purple tunic and looked nigh out of his mind – and nearly fell onto the pavement, spit out like a wad of gum from the crowd. she winced as the wet pavement, illuminated by lightning, scraped water onto her hand, but managed to keep her—

                ---------KABOOM!!!

 the huge clap of thunder shook her to the core and she really lost her balance then, instinctively scrambling away on all fours. the thunder faded and died, leaving her soaked to the bone and sprawled across the pavement completely gracelessly.

 soda picked herself up after a moment, gritting her teeth at the water soaking into her every pore. her vision swam. where had the inkling girl gone? she couldn’t see through the combination downpour and fog lifting away from the metro fire.

 “ h-hey, ”  she called out, voice cracking in helplessness and much quieter this time —  “ come back… you’re th’… only other inkling i’ve come across, y’ can’t disappear now…! ”

@bluesquidz  ❤’d !