#grizz responds

[yanderegrizzsworld]

i remember the yandere sonic the hedgehog sonic, shadow, silver about the reader dying because of like tails and such what if one day they see the reader standing near where they died the reader managed to make themselves a physical body except they still have wounds and blood all over them the reader can touch them and objects

It's alright if you don't wanna do this request

Have a great day :3

This genuinely has so much angst potential & I could talk about how each of the hedgehog's could at first believe that they're merely hallucinating at the moment because there's no way you're still alive— You can't be alive— & yet here you are, standing right in front of them, just as pretty & as charming as they remember, though you are covered head to toe in blood but they won't focus on that right now. How a silent laugh or a sudden cackle rises from their throats as their finger or hand or arm twitch to go & touch you, to feel you— Maybe, just maybe, you are here...

How Sonic immediately dashes to you at such speed that you barely process his foot initially lifting to him pressed against you, hands clutching you so hard you're incapable of moving if you tried. How his mouth— Just like his feet— move without pause nor end, each phrase & word blending & bluring into each other at such rapid speed you'd assume he'd just created a new language. How he claims he's sorry for not being there for you, not being there to protect you— But that's okay! He's here now, you're here now & he promises to never allow it to happen again, he swears!

How Shadow just stands there, staring— Almost contemplating about what he's seeing, is his mind playing tricks on him? Is he so lost in his grief & mourning for you that he's imagining you right there? Right here? Right now? How when you call his name— Whether in confusion or in calm delight, it doesn't matter— He's right here infront of you, a few feet away at first, then a few inches & now holding your wrist up to his face. How he slowly rubs his thumb in circles on your skin, your warmth radiating through his glove & into his palm. How he raises your hand closer to his face until you feel his breath hit against & through your fingers. How he presses his lips against your knuckles & just leaves them there for a while & you swear you see tears build in his eyes. How you feel him mumble against your knuckles, though what he says you don't understand, & that's fine, you don't need to comprehend him saying how he'll ensure you never leave him through death again.

How Silver appears stunned in his spot, but just as quick as he froze, his now tackled you to the ground. How his embrace is so hard— So tight— You feel like you can't breathe, you feel like you can't talk because of the lack of oxygen. How after softening his grip & you mutely gasp for fresh air in your lungs do you see the tears in his eyes, rolled down his cheeks & dripping off his chin slightly damping you clothes. How he can't seem to help himself & just peppers your face in kisses, equally as soft & swift as the last. How he's so glad you're here with him! How you'll never leave him again & he can't wait to spend more time with you, how he promises to protect you at all costs, even if it costs him his life, so be it! As long as you're here with him, it doesn't matter.

[cherrywbb-art]

Not a question but *Hugs Grizz* :3

Grizz: I just gonna assume you needed someone to hug because you're felling sad or something. But please, next time ask me first, I don't really like strangers touching me.

Definitely he wasn't expecting a hug, but he appreciates (?)

[revlushaun]

thinking abt splatoon 3 and it's kinda upsetting that they had this cool location of the splatlands and the reveal trailer made it a more apocalyptic setting with unique cultural backgrounds in splatsville idols and then just decide to spend the rest of S3 making more of an inkopolis presence

[joelletwo]

[doing everything i can to avoid going to bed] look at my little babies

[ezlo-x]

wanted to wait a little to post these but whatevs <3 more splat 3 drawings. Specifically Salmon Run I wuv Salmon Run <3 Here is my interpretation of Mr. Grizz,, some hcs of the Slopsuit, and my now Splat oc Muzo!

Muzo is an Eggsecutive VP and holds that title proudly, they mostly dwells in Grizzco's lobby waiting for the next shift. It is rare to see them outside playing either Turf War or Anarchy Battles. You only see them when there's a Splatfest occurring. Muzo isn't vocal, they don't speak much and mostly respond by either grunts, nods, shaking head, or hums. They're a big Deep Cut fan :] they can't pick a favorite member. Muzo mains mostly Ink-Heavy weapons like Hydra Splatling, E-Liter 4K, Tenta Brella, and strangely the Classic Squiffer! The Classic Squiffer is actually their favorite weapon but they are embarrassed abt it. They love decorating their locker, many were surprised that it wasn't a Salmon Run themed locker and its mostly decorated with video games, comic books, and food!

[softichill]

[ID: Four panels of a sketchy comic drawn in pencil. The first panel shows Captain 3 and Neo Agent 3 sitting in silence, with Neo's little buddy sitting in their lap. The second panel shows Captain 3 saying "grizz really sucked that old man dry huh.", and Neo looks up without moving their head. Neo turns to look at Captain 3 with a disturbed face in panel 3. In panel 4 Neo says "Why would you phrase it like that" and the Captain responds out-of-frame "He Fucked That Old Man" in bold text. End ID]

Captain 3. Don't say that

[rassicas]

My tags and other references

Pinned post. Please refer to this before sending me an ask! Note I don't answer every ask I get. I answer voluntarily and often on a whim, but sometimes I'll dig up months-old mail to answer.

First, an obligatory Splatoon Obscure Lore Reference Doc plug. Secondly, please don't DM me looking to start a general conversation about Splatoon or to ask me a Splatoon lore-related question. Put it in the ask box.

#asks is my general tag for asks, but it's a lot to look through. for more specific tags to see if what you want to ask has been answered already...

#splatoon lore - posts that include solid canon info. I'm a bit loose about tagging this.

#splatoon headcanons - posts that contain more speculative/headcanony info. I'm a bit loose about tagging this.

#splatoon translations - posts that involve JP -> ENG translations. I take requests if I find it interesting and reasonable.

#inkling language - posts related to the (deciphered) languages used within the splatoon world. I helped write this publicly available and editable page on inkipedia. I am begging you PLEASE look at the wiki page before asking me anything related to the Inkling language. You do not need to tell me if you've translated some small piece of text either, you can go ahead and add it to the wiki yourself if it's not already there. no im not doing it for you

#splatoon species - any talk of species beyond the standard inklings/octolings/salmonids goes here. NOTE: if you're wanting to ask "does X species exist in the splatoon world?" check the tag or PLEASE look at this list first because it will answer your question. if it's not on the list, it hasn't been mentioned in canon. If you have an ask about marine mammals in splatoon, I have a video essay on that. I won't budge on my stance that they're extinct.

#society - for anything related to society and culture in the splatoon world.

#biology - anything related to inkling/octoling/other splatoon creature biology.

#rotm #octo expansion - story mode-specific asks

#inklings #octarians #octolings #salmonids -species-specific tags

there's also character specific tags like #mr grizz and #off the hook ...ill have to clean these up later.

btw my art tag is #rassicarts. my main for posting funnies and anything not splatoon is @raptorials.

To askers: please note that sometimes I may end up coming off as blunt or rude in my responses. I don't want to be mean but there are a lot of people on the internet who try to talk to me, and sometimes, even to the nice people, I don't have the energy to sugarcoat my words. Please don't take it as ill will if I respond to you in this way. Thanks.

if your ask is just something nice, i don't reply to those, but i see them and appreciate it a lot. thank you

[mama-scarebear]

Hi Miss Grizz 🙈 first off, I hope you’re feeling better. Secondly, thank you so very much for responding to my ask. I’ve always thought I was so strange because I don’t necessarily want to wear but, as you said, given the right push with the right woman, I’d do anything to please her including be her padded little princess. Thank you for your kind words about the matter as well. I’m happy to see that it is and can be enjoyable to others as well and that isn’t not that out of place. 🙈

It's absolutely not strange! There's a lot of hubbub made about how regressing us this big important thing but honestly it erases all the girls who just love to wear diapers and act like a little girl for their Mommy Dommes not because they're regressing but because they adore pleasing her and it turns them on. It's such an underrated underappreciated aspect of this kink

[tartarsecondchanceau]

[refs of the two youre mainly gonna see on here, for now! at least until refs of the others are done

[edit - blog has been reset

[rules and info below

Rules

no NSFW ever

RPs allowed [pretty much what this blog was made for]

Info

Tartar has anxiety and Grizz has adhd and slight depression. they're just a couple washed up villains who were given a second chance at life and decided to use that second chance to just live normal lives [or at least try to]

this is based around an au/fic i made on ao3 titled Moving Forward is the Future. this blog, specifically, takes place maybe a month after the events of chapter 10. dont worry, you wont have to read the fic to understand what's going on here lmao

ORCA, CQ, Lil Judd, and Eight will appear once in a great while after i make refs for them, but they all do have their own things going on, so don't expect to see too much of them. sorry-

Extra ramblings

i mostly made this for fun. do NOT expect me to make drawn responses very often. might not even draw anything for the intro post :']

if i don't answer an ask you sent, dont worry too much. i probably either just didnt get around to answering it yet, or accidentally forgot to respond [which happens often]. just don't worry bout it too much

alright, that's. pretty much it. have fun-

[real-mr-grizz]

DEAR GRIZZCO EMPLOYEEES

Hi everyone! im going out of character here to say that i really appreciate all the comments, tags, and asks ive been getting.

i have been struggling with motivation recently, and i do hope i can continue to keep posting for you all

i am currently experimenting with Mr. Grizz as a character, ive been trying to write like ive been writing emails to respond to my asks, as ive felt it to be fitting, additionally, you may have seen, i have tried making him a little petty and crybaby-ish when i want him to depict him as angry.

much love to all fans of Mr. Grizz, i cannot wait to see what this blog may become going forwards, thank you all so much.

[halorocks1214]

one detail that has stuck with me since the beginning of splatoon 3 was the explanation my friend gave me as to WHY mr. grizz was suddenly mr. "nice boss around the block" instead of the raging asshole (affectionate) he was in 2

apparently the translation team had decided to go for a more direct translation, and in the japanese version of the game, mr. grizz is genuinely a much nicer fellow than his american counterpart: but why was that the case? my friend told me why, but i did some research to confirm his findings

in the japanese language, there are two words that play into the country's work culture: "Seizensetsu (性善説)" and "Kenson (謙遜)"

Seizensetsu (性善説): A belief that human nature is good and people are naturally inclined toward virtue. Conversely, the negative elements of society tend to corrupt people. To prevent this from happening, people need to work relentlessly and do their best to maintain their virtue.

Kenson (謙遜): The act of demonstrating your self-sacrifice and accepting your lower status, even when you believe you should be praised highly by others for your achievements. This is something you must never voice or draw attention to. This torture-like modesty is considered a virtue, especially among the elite classes. They are the ones expected to be role models within Japanese society.

to summarize an already overly long post (sorry), the general idea is that bosses worry that if they give their workers praise, it could lead them to become complacent and to do less of a good job at their work, which is why "tougher" bosses are seen as good examples (and to an extent, "nice" bosses are seen as hiding something). another side is that their workers are so used to not getting praise that when they DO get it, they don't know how to respond and it makes everything awkward, so why not avoid it altogether?

so that's why there's such a character shift between 2!grizz and 3!grizz: in 2, the translators worked to make him more of a "bad boss" by american standards while in 3 they figured going for the one-to-one translation would be better. something something "back in my day mr. grizz would tell me to kill myself if i only brought in 100 eggs" something (no personal opinion on this one way or the other, it is what it is etc.)

i'm rambling a bit much here, but i wanted to explain my thought process about this splatfest. my friends and i genuinely picked big man because of the theme, but the second choice was always going to be frye. we all thought shiver would be the worst "leader" because they held grudges easily and tended to be rude and full of themself, just look at how they treated their shark in the story mode!

(i still love them a lot don't get me wrong but yeah, not exactly a shining example of a "good" leader)

going into splatfest though, i thought about mr. grizz. i thought about how a "makes sure to point out all your flaws" characteristic was seen as valuable and respectable in workplaces. i thought about how a few splatfests had already been swayed by the japanese playerbase (it is a japanese-based game, after all) and-

yeah, i thought it would be skewed, but i will admit i was completely shocked at just HOW skewed it ended up being

now, could i be reading too much into this? most likely yeah. this IS a kid's game, and i highly doubt a lot of kids are worried about proper workplace culture, but i got to share cool mr. grizz lore, so i consider this a good post anyway <3

[yanderegrizzsworld]

after seeing that werewolf! wally fic; i want to see something like a sequel where reader must calm wally down before he hurts someone or worse, and they manage to calm wally down by doing the pets on him until finally hugging and kissing him and then he slowly changes back to normal and lays down completely knocked out and reader covers him with a blanket (because he is naked) and carries him to her room with him and they both lay down together as wally slowly wakes up and stuff

I've already answered a similar question about a werewolf Wally sequel here.

I feel like always calming him down just becomes exhausting after a point & it feels like a chore in your routine: Pet the werewolf neighbor, Give it some hugs & kisses, Throw a blanket on him, Clean up after any suspicious mess, Wait for werewolf now puppet to wake up, repeat. A part of me also imagines that Wally could start to be clingy over time, don't get me wrong, he's clingy before but he had a bit more self control when it came to giving you affection. But werewolf Wally? After the initial shock & pain & affections we give him to calm him down, his clinginess comes back full force (perhaps beyond that!) & now he expects us to give him attention & love & we're just so done with this situation we're in.

[ashenberry]

Splatoon 3 spoilers under a cut but theres also a comic under there

[ID: A Digital comic featuring the cast of Splatoon 3

Image 1 Panel 1: New Agent 3, in space, is on top of the Octobot King L3.Gs. They are reaching out to catch little buddy who is floating down Panel 2: They look at little buddy as he secures himself in the back of the suit as Octavio says, "GYAH HAHA! Lets start heading back to-" Panel 3: Agent 3 is tackled off the Octobot by a brown blur Image 2: Panel 4: New Agent 3 has a fearful expression on their face while little buddy looks angry behind their head Panel 5: Grizz, with the fuzzy ooze flying off him, and with a less teddy bear like appearence compared to in game, angrily says, "If im gonna burn up in the atmosphere im bringing one of you pieces of sea weed with me Panel 6: New Agent 3 tilts their head slightly, confused Panel 7: New Agent 3 makes a simple frown face, mimicking the appearence he dawns in game. Grizz responds, "that was the goop you fucking moron"

Image 3: Panel 8: The Octobot King L3.Gs is seen flying behind Grizz and New Agent 3. Octavio says, "THE OCTOBOT KING L3.Gs EXERTED TOO MUCH POWER IN THE FIGHT IT CANT CATCH UP. Panel 9: As Grizz and New Agent 3 are seen hurdling towards earth, Shiver says, "Um?? What are we gonna do??

Image 4: Panel 10: New Agent 3 worriedly looks towards their earpiece as Captain 3 says, "The hero shot! theres a limiter on it. if you can get it off you'll be able to use the special instantly Its splashdown right? without strong gravity itll send you in whatever direction is down in reference to you when you do, aim for the Octobot to stop it or you'll be flying through space at splashdown speed" Panel 11: New Agent 3 goes to grab the hero shot in the holster on their leg Panel 12: Grizz grabs their arm and pulls it away, saying, "oh hell no. you aint gonna pull anything."

Image 5: Panel 13: New Agent 3 whistles towards little buddy, who climbs out of his pouch Panel 14: little buddy climbs towards the hero shot Panel 15: little buddy removed the limiter from the hero shot Panel 16: Grizz grabs little buddy

Image 6: Panel 17: Looking down at little buddy in his grasp, Grizz says, "Ive had about enough of you" Panel 18: Grizz throws little buddy into space Panel 19: Grizz looks back at a furious looking New Agent 3, who's hair is glowing to indicate they can use their special, and says, "shit"

Image 7 Panel 20: New Agent 3 raises their fist Panel 21: New agent 3 splashdowns into grizz, sending him flying into space

Image 8 Panel 22: the knockbacks New Agent 3 spinning backwards Panel 23: New agent 3 turns and reaches out their arms Panel 24: New Agent 3 Embraces little buddy Panel 25: They look down as they see the Octobot King flying towards them Panel 26: New agent 3 splashdowns towards the Octobot King

Image 9: Panel 27: Octavio, holding his wasabi, looks onward unamused Panel 28: New Agent 3 and little buddy are splayed across the glass. Octavio says, "alright hop in and lets head back" Panel 29: The octobot king flies back towards earth, with grizz seen hitching a ride.

end ID]

DO. i have an explanation for this. no 💖

[natikoko]

Captain: oh no… why haven’t the Neo3s responded to any of my messages? Are they dealing with the aftermath of Grizz’s attack well? Are they… faring any better than me? I should go check up on them, just in case…

Ian: okay so, we’ve decided on two large two topping pizzas, one with only cheese and one with half olives half pepperoni, uh… 2-liter tentacola

shelbie: mountain dew

[yourbestpalpercy]

Everest stood before Mr. Grizz, genuinely shocked he could fit in the metro. His tiny, glowing, bright white eyes stared into hers. “..Tartar, I don’t think he likes me…” Everest whispered to Tartar and stepped back.

“Oh relax, I promise you he won’t hurt you. you should probably take off the coat though…now that I notice it’s definitely made of mammal fur,” Tartar said, staring at the wolf head that made up the hood. Everest didn’t even hesitate throwing off the coat. She hated it anyway, it was so itchy!! She only kept it because she knew she wouldn’t make it down the mountain without it.

Mr. Grizz’s glare seemed to settle a little. “And you’re a real human..” Mr. Grizz reached down a sharp claw and trailed it down Everest’s nose and to her neck.

Tartar quickly pulled Everest away, “Grizzy, you’re scaring her. I do give you credit though. She’s got quite the tough exterior!” Tartar gently hit Everest on the head. “Bonk!”

“Ow-...” Everest glared slightly at Tartar. “And yes, I’m a real human…” She slowly ducked behind Tartar, trying to hide herself from Mr. Grizz’s silent glare. “Aww, she’s hiding behind me! What happened to that rough and tough personality you lead with?” A deep blue tentacle with a light green end suddenly wrapped around her and shook her lightly, pulling her out from behind Tartar. It was coming from Tartar’s back. “Wh–! How-!?” Everest kicked her legs weakly before Tartar brought her close and hugged her, “I’ve always had it! It’s one of the many things I’ve learned to hide. Messing with DNA is worth a few changes, don’t you think?”

“I wonder what would happen if you touched either the sanitized ink or the fuzzy goop…” Tartar hummed, squinting at Everest. “Hmm…oh well! We’ll answer that question later!” Tartar grinned a cruel grin.

Tartar suddenly dropped Everest, patting her on the head afterwards before the tentacle tucked back away. “Anyways! I believe Everest here will be a better addition to Kamabo and Grizzco than even we know. After all, humans are incredibly smart and crafty. Key word: Crafty. I’ll have to run a few tests though to see Everest’s full capabilities…”

“CQ!” Tartar suddenly shouted rather loudly, almost making Everest jump off the platform by accident. There was no response from the sea cucumber in case you were wondering. “CQ!!” Tartar shouted again, even louder this time. Everest now covered her ears. Mr. Grizz only folded his ears down. “CQ!!!” Still no response from the sea cucumber.

Tartar groaned and unscrewed his face to pull out a strange device. Just as he pressed the main button, he froze. Everest just…sat there, a little disgusted. Everest slowly looked up at Mr. Grizz and pointed at Tartar, “Is he…?” Mr. Grizz only nodded silently.

“Skkkrkkgrrk! AW-WEEE- AW-WEEE- RREEGEGEGGEGE– Aw wee awee…!” Tartar stood there, completely still as these strange noises poured out from him. “Are we sure he’s..” “Yes, he’s perfectly fine, he’s just buffering a little. He’s a 12,000 year old AI. He has these little buffering periods very, very often. We’re- I’m planning on giving him an upgrade soon. Don’t tell him I said that though, he can’t hear me like this and I want it to remain a surprise.”

Everest approached Tartar and waved her hand near his face, “Don’t give him more things to register!” Mr. Grizz hissed rather roughly, lightly tapping Everest on the head with his claw.

“How long will it take for him to come back online?” Everest asked, now staring at Tartar’s dead eyes. “A little while, kid. Believe me, I’m used to this,” Mr. Grizz said with a bit of a chuckle in his voice.

“Now then,” He placed a sharp paw on Everest’s shoulder. “You’re going to tell me the exact mountain you and your cult stayed on. I’m wiping them out before they can harm the last mammals left over…” Mr. Grizz hissed, glaring down at Everest. “Uhm- I don’t think Tartar would appreciate that…” Everest responded. “He can handle it for a bit, but if you’re that worried, I’ll spare some of them…” Mr. Grizz made sure to stay sounding cold.

“Uhm..okay, fine, it was Mount Everest, my mother believed I would become the new chieftain, hence naming me Everest. Regardless, it’s not too high up, just when you start seeing Pallas Cats…” Everest stepped away from Mr. Grizz as Tartar finally came back online.

His device buzzed as a holographic screen appeared in front of him. There was a small, deep blue sea cucumber on some train controls. “Hey Tartar,” He pulled a lever above him, causing a loud horn to sound, “I’ve got another octarian coming your way…already preparing tests and-.”

Tartar cut him off, “Let it go, I need tests for something else. Or, more importantly…someone else!” That tentacle came back and grabbed Everest, pulling her into view of the sea cucumber.

Despite the sea cucumber’s lack of facial features, Everest could clearly see the confusion and shock appear on their face. “Is that–?”

“Yes! Yes it is! Her name’s Everest, CQ! Regardless, I need a few tests for her. Nothing ink related, humans don’t have ink. I’m not having her collect Thangs…” Everest wondered if CQ(?) could see how done she was with Tartar holding her using his tentacle.

“Well- that’s pretty much impossible. My tests are made for octarians! Not…not extinct creatures..” CQ gestured to Tartar and then Everest.

“Simple, she can use her golfclub to attack. Just set her up against…uh…oh,” In that moment, Tartar realized that all the ‘enemies’ for the tests were solely susceptible to ink.

“Ha! You’re just as unprepared!” CQ teased Tartar, a little harshly.

Slowly, Tartar looked around the screen at Mr. Grizz, “No, I don’t do ‘tests’. And I doubt the salmonids are going to let a bear anywhere near them. I’m kind of a grizzly bear, y’know, the main predator for Salmon? Maybe you can talk to Smollusk-...no, no, also impossible, maybe even more so because his “enemies” are digital.

Everest suddenly huffed and wiggled her arms free, over Tartar’s tentacle, “Or maybe I can just fight the octarians!? I’m not susceptible to ink!”

“Aw, and what do you think you’ll do to them?” Tartar said, almost in a mocking tone.

“HEAD TRAUMA! Just like I did to you earlier with my golf club!” Finally, Everest slipped through Tartar’s grasp as he let her go and hid the tentacle.

“Oh. Well, I suppose that would work. Hm, alrighty then. CQ, please start preparing the tests, over and out!” Before CQ could argue, Tartar pressed the button again and tucked away the remote.

Finally, everything was calming down a little.

Everest just sighed, rubbing her temples. “Is that everything? Are we done here…?”

Everest asked before a card was given to her.

“Almost, Everest. I nearly forgot, you’ll need these things to get around the Deep Sea Metro,” Everest took the card from Tartar and stared at its details.

“And this is…?” Everest looked at Tartar before a secondary object was handed to her, a hand held machine.

“Your CQ-80 and a CQ Card,” Tartar then added with a scoff and a sideways glance, “They’re so bad…” Everest stared at the objects silently as Tartar continued, “Guard them with your lizzife, because if you lose them, you’ll be [ERROR].”

Everest couldn’t stop herself from looking worried. That sounded…ominous…very, very ominous.

Tartar must’ve noticed her worry because he suddenly broke into loud giggles, “I’m kidding! That’s the prerecorded message for the octarians… You’ll be perfectly safe though!” Tartar gave Everest a rough pat on the head. “Now you just need to wait for CQ to arrive and hop onto Outie 5000!” Tartar tilted his head to the side, folding his hands together and smiling.

“...?”

“...?” Tartar looked a little concerned by Everest’s own concerned look, “Well- I didn’t name it! Don’t look at me!” Tartar pressed his hands to his chest before dropping them.

Mr. Grizz only rolled his eyes before taking Tartar into a base in the floor to talk to him. “I’ll assume you two are done and I’m already a little fed up. Tartar, we need to be-” Mr. Grizz’s voice cut off. He shot Everest a cold look as he slammed the lid shut.

The train slowly pulled up besides Everest, allowing her to hop on. “Uck…I have no idea why Tartar thinks this is a good idea…” CQ murmured as he came through and got Everest situated, “In fact, going to be brutally honest, I’ll be shocked if you don’t even manage to drown on the first test,” With that, CQ left to get the other people situated. And Everest? Everest felt sick to her stomach at the thought.

Glancing around, there were a few other sea creatures on the train who, for the most part, didn’t care that Everest was human.

The…jellyfish? Erm, no, the sea angels only tried to poke her from time to time.

There was a large isopod who only shrugged and said, “Well, the world is full of surprises. Humans being around still is just one of those many shocks.”

The gulper eels…made Everest nervous. She tried to avoid them as much as possible, especially when the comment, “You’re a cutie! Oh! I could just literally eat you up!” came up..multiple times.

The flashlight fish just stared with fear in their eyes.

And the blobfish (named Fredrick by my irl friend)? He literally couldn’t care less.

Everest still felt like she stuck out like a sore thumb…

“Know..exactly how…child feels…” A ghostly voice spoke, almost right behind Everest.

Everest jumped back, looking up at the roof of the train now. She nearly hit whatever it was with her golf club.

The thing above her though…it just looked like a jellyfish. Its eyes shined with tears as the lights along its body glowed softly. “Hiii….” It reached down a tendril before sniffling. “The train is…scary…” The jellyfish quivered suddenly. “Veryy very louuud…” She brought in her tendrils and whimpered softly.

Everest only tilted her head and placed her club to her side. “You’re very soft looking…” Everest mumbled before shaking her head and responding coldly, “I’m not scared of the train,” Everest glared at the blobfish to her left and then some flashlight fish and gulper eels to her right, “I’m scared of its passengers…” Everest balled her fists a little.

“hhmmmh…I’m Jelly…” Jelly reached out a shaky tendril.

“Mmh,” Everest glared at the tendril before she grabbed it and gave it a gentle shake. “I’m Everest. Named after the largest mountain in the world.”

Jelly drew her tendril back into her body, shuddering out, “Waaarm…so, so, so waaaaarm…!”

“Is…that a bad thing?” Jelly poked Everest’s head and started to feel her face. “...Yes? No? Ugh!” Everest pulled away, “Why does no one in this metro understand personal space!?”

Jelly whimpered and shuddered again, the tendril leaving, “sorrryyyy…warmth is…it’s raaare down heeerree…”

Everest just rolled her eyes, “Alright well, what stop are you getting off at?”

“Mmnmnmnmhhmmnm…” Is all that came out of Jelly’s mouth.

“Mmnmnmnmhhmmnm?” Everest struggled to copy the noise.

“Caaan’t…remmbrrr…” Jelly responded. “waaannt..to sleeeeep…nevver eber..wake up…” Jelly whispered, slowly closing her eyes.

“Oh, well, I’m getting off at…” Everest shakily used the strange device, pulling up a large map of the Metro. There had to be about a million twisting pathways, all colored various colors. It was genuinely overwhelming to look at.

“Uhhh…” Everest looked over the map with all its colors. ‘...TARTAR NEVER EXPLAINED HOW TO USE THIS STUPID DEVICE!!’ Everest tightened her grip on the machine, half tempted to smash it into the ground. “Liiine…EEEEEE???” Everest looked over at Jelly, quickly realizing she had fallen asleep.

“Oh…” Everest stared at the jelly before shaking her head and just sighing and selecting a random station. “I’ll figure it out soon…I guess…”

‘For now though, it’s time for me to fight…’

[alpaca-wizard]

NOT MY ART!! Made with this picrew: https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/1781065

Name: Kai

Age: 17 as of Splatoon 3

Monikers: "Agent 3", "Neo Agent 3", "3", "Neo" "Stray"

Pronouns: He/Him

Favorite turf weapon: Splatana Wiper

Character info:

Kai is incredibly cocky, believing that he is more competent than he is. (Kai is still incredibly skilled, just less so than he thinks/says he is)

Having very little respect for anyone, much less authority figures, Kai will usually respond negatively to being told something that something is required of him.

Despite his lack of inherent respect for anyone, you can earn Kai's respect; you can do so by proving yourself more skilled than him, or by being unquestionably kind to him or his friends.

Kai has no filter, and will nearly always say exactly what he's thinking; this often leads to him making someone angry.

Kai gives nearly everyone he knows at more than a surface level a nickname, no matter if they want one or not.

Backstory and Exposition:

Kai grew up homeless on the streets of Splatsville, and was orphaned at a young age.

Before he was old enough to shift, Kai struggled to survive; most of his day was spent either begging in the streets for enough money to afford food, or scrounging around in back alleys for something to sell, eat, or wear.

Around age 12, Kai was taken in by an old man, which was one of the first times in Kai's life that anyone had shown him real kindness. Unfortunately, the old man passed away a few months later and Kai had to move on, but he's had a respect for the elderly ever since.

After his elderly caretaker died, Kai began traveling into the Splatland desert to look for scrap to sell. This occupation allowed him to earn enough money to buy the necessities for survival, as well as a decent tent to sleep in.

When Kai was 14, he stumbled upon a singular smallfry in the desert, nearly dead from dehydration and malnutrition. Kai took pity on the smallfry and shared some supplies, and then the smallfry started following him around. Though initially annoyed by the creature, Kai eventually grew to appreciate the critter's company, naming it Flare.

On Kai's seventeenth birthday, he and Flare were visiting Splatsville on a supply run when Flare ran off and went down a sewer drain. Following Flare, Kai lept down the sewer drain, ending up in the crater face to face with Cuttlefish.

Upon being forcibly recruited into the NSS, Kai began helping Cuttlefish, who reminded him of the old man who had taken him in nearly half a decade ago.

Upon defeating DJ Octavio and falling into Alterna, Kai was quickly greeted by Agents 1 and 2 as well as the Captain of the NSS. Though they initially asked him to stay put and out of agent business (as Cuttlefish had recruited Kai without consulting any of them), Kai was Adamant about helping them find Cuttlefish; this eventually wore Abigail down enough to allow him to join the NSS as Agent 3 (for real this time).

As Kai fought his way through Alterna he fought the members of deep cut, who he had heard of in passing but not much more, personally not caring about music that much. He thought they were fun to fight though!

After watching Abigail cleared all the fuzzy ooze, Kai became determined to beat her in a fight to prove he's stronger (after finding Cuttlefish).

Upon finding Cuttlefish dried up at the feet of Mr. Grizz, Kai barely contained his rage enough to resist punching the clearly fuzzy being.

After the fight with Mr. Grizz, Kai was introduced to Zoey, Bait, and Bass via video meeting. His behavior made a poor first impression, but they quickly adjusted to his brash attitude.

Once Abigail's tentacle sprain healed, Kai challenged her to a fight. He lost incredibly quickly and Abigail earned his respect.