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Earth in the far future. Humanity was wiped out by Global Warming, and rising sea levels. for Nine Thousand years the land remained unclaimed. Even when the water levels receded there was no life on land. Except for plants that managed to survive the floods. all of what was before had been erased buried under the sands of time. It was during this time sea life started to evolve. at first it was just the ability to breath air, but about a Thousand years later. the sea creatures started to evolve into humanoid forms.
these primitives with the help of a cat that somehow survived Ten Thousand years helps start the Turf Wars. Back then Turf Wars was to help settle things between teams. as the years went by everything began advancing. over the next two thousand years great cities start to grow as technology paved the path towards a brighter future, But this progress would be halted by the sea levels rising again.
Due to rising sea levels Inklings and Octarians negotiated over land, but when a deal couldn't be made war broke out. Thus began the Great Turf War. both sides were equally match and with both sides wanting to win. The Octarians were the first to make a breakthrough. the Great Octo-Weapons, and Super Weapons were made. With these weapons behind them the Octarians started to push back the inklings. Not wanting to lose the war the Inklings made a huge sacrifice.
They created a mask that when worn changes the user's personality. It made them fearless, take more risks, and fight overwhelming odds without giving up any ground. But the handful of soldiers who was given this equipment became monsters. they did exactly as expected, but at the same time wouldn't hesitate to sacrifice one of there own to keep them fighting. those who took off the helmet would immediately have a mental breakdown. both from a dependency on the device, and the realization of what they had done. all soldiers who used this helmet was forced to remove it, and sent to a medical facility. Without any weapon on there side the Octarians were on the verge of winning.
Just as things seemed there bleakest. the Great Octo-super weapons had there power source disconnected. the Inklings not wasting a moment quickly swarm the Octarian's powerless super weapons. The Octarians fled surprised by the defeat of there weapons. Inklings win the war shortly there after, and the Octarians forced to live in the great Octo-Valley. All devices of war was suppose to be destroyed. The only thing that wasn't destroyed was a handful of the Inkling super helmets. this breakthrough in clothes altering a player's skill was a popular idea for standard Turf War games.
it has been nearly 100 years since the great turf wars. Inklings have populated all the known landmass. and they have advanced to modern times. Turf wars were now nothing more than a fun game between teams of four players. But this peaceful life style wasn't going to last. the Octarians have been plotting for years. There plan is the steal all the zapfish. these fish are used to power the various things Inklings have made. the Great Zap Fish himself powers all of Inkopolis. The Octarians were left with nothing since the Great Turf war. they have began to run out of power and need these zapfish to bring there Octo-Super Weapons back to life so they can reclaim what was stolen from them.
Life is Peaceful in Inkopolis everyone is wearing various outfits. the main plaza where things are sold that range from clothing to weapons. all of which is for the Turf Wars that are played daily. The Squid Sisters who are popular Idles give out announcements to various events for the day even what maps are currently available to play on. everyone couldn't be more happy about life. Then disaster strikes. The Octarians stole all the zapfish. even the Great Zapfish mysteriously vanished. people were concerned about the disappearances of the Zapfish. The squid sisters worried about people's safety started to announce cancellations of the turf wars due to insufficient power to run the respawn pads.
A few days later all the Zap fish were returned by the mysterious Agents 1,2,Orange, and Blue. Thanks to these four agents the Zapfish were returned and the Octarians were defeated. Leaderless the Octarians strike a desperate deal so they can once again co-exist. early attempts to bring the two races together didn't go well, and the agents were kept busy trying to keep the peace between the two races. Eventually successful integration happened, and eventually Octarians were allowed into Turf Wars.
Now that the history lesson is over lets get to the story shall we? This story takes place a few months after the Octarians and the Inklings started to live together peacefully. This story involved a certain little inkling name Hunter Williston. Hunter didn't play Turf war that much. He liked to Tinker with stuff from the old war. He even got a deal through the weapon shop to repair a few weapons on the side as a job. He enjoyed helping others keeping there gear in tip top shape.
Hunter's Grandfather was one of the soldiers that wore the Inkling helmet back during the Great Turf War. He had recently passed away, and all his possessions were being divided between his 3 children. Hunter's Father got a few things and the helmet was one of them. knowing his son would love to tinker around with old stuff he give it to Hunter as something to remember his grandfather by. He puts on the helmet and turns it on, but nothing happened. He takes off the helmet and takes it apart. he finds alot of damaged pieces and sighs. "Its going to take a bit to get this working again." he leans back in his chair and sighs as he tries to think of a way to repair the mask. then it hit him. the Octarians had a combat mask. maybe it has a few parts that he could use.
He grabs his gear and heads outside. His mother stopping him to give him a kiss before letting him leave. "Have a fun time son" Hunter smiles and waves back to his mother as he runs into town. As he gets into town the jumbo-tron had the squid sisters on it, but it was just them giving there "Stay Fresh" closing line. he didn't care much about missing the news as he didn't play Turf War enough to care. he arrives at Sheldon's Weapon shop. "Good to see you Hunter. i need a few weapons repaired i will pay double if you can get them fixed quickly." Hunter nods. "how about instead of paying me this time you help me get something. An Octarian Combat Mask" Sheldon looks at hunter confused. "Ok..guess this is one of your side projects?" Hunter nods. "Ok then well get the weapons fixed and i will look into it" Hunter smiles. "Thank you" he quickly heads into the back and begins working.
he gets the weapons repaired, and tests them in the alleyway. once he gives his approval he hands them to Sheldon. "Thanks for doing this so quickly...i managed to get one of those masks. Go see Annie and Moe they have one for ya" Hunter nods and quickly heads out. Just as he leaves the store some Pro-Inkling members were beating up some Octarians. They were laughing as beating them up. suddenly two agents showed up. Agents 1 and 2 showed up, and subdued them. Hunter being unable to go through the crowd just watched as this unfolds. as he was watches the fight he could feel something strange inside of him as he watched Agent 2 fight. once the police showed up the others dispersed.
Agent 1 and Agent 2 helped the police arrest the criminals and help the Octarians who were the victims. Hunter spots his father and runs over to him. "Hey Dad. if you need an eye witness i did see what happened." His dad smiled and nodded. "you tell the Agents what happened i need to head back down to the station and book these guys." Hunter nods. "I will" Hunter's father smiles and rubs Hunter's head. "I raised you well" He goes back to the squad car and heads back to the station. Agents 1 overheard the conversation and let Agent 2 finish up. "so what was it you saw?" Hunter turns to the Agent. "well as i just leaving Sheldon's store i notice a couple of Inklings standing over some Octarians when i got closer i notices they were members of the Pro-Inkling gang by there jacket. The way they were beating them up and laughing...do people really act like that?" Agent 1 sighs. "Sadly yes...thank you for the information we need to get going." Agent 1 motion to Agent 2 and they headed off in a hurry. Hunter waves bye then goes to Annie and Moe's store.
Upon entering Annie sees Hunter and quickly goes into the back to grab the item. quickly returning with it. "Here you go i hope you like it." "You must be blind to be getting an item like that" Annie sighs. "Quite Moe" Hunter nods. "Thank you Annie" he waves bye, and heads home. on his way home he begins to think about what he felt back there. what was that strong emotion, and why was it towards Agent 2. As he pondered this he didn't realize how close he was to home and bumps into the door. "Ow" His mother opens the door and chuckles. "guess you had a busy day...your father just called me and told me about it. I'm so proud of you" Hunter smiles and rubs the back of his head a bit embarrassed. "I'm going to head up to my room to see if i cant salvage a few part from this mask to make the mask that grandpa owned to work again. his mother nods. "have fun" He quickly heads up to his room begins tinkering.
It took him all of the remaining day and a bit into the night to finish repairing the mask. but with the battery dead he had to leave it to charge overnight. in the morning he wakes up and puts on the mask. one he turned it on he got a strong urge to play Turf War. he grabs his Splatterscope, and heads out the door. he makes it to town square just in time for the jumbo-tron to turn on and the Squid Sisters Callie, and Marie to appear and give today's announcements. They just go on about the maps available, but also mention a special event going on today to meet the Squid sisters. all you had to do was participate in a game today and you were eligible to meet them. sure enough this got everyone talking. Hunter not wanting to waste time runs on into the game room to await for him to be placed in a game.
it only took about a minute before they were on there way to the game zone. it was Saltspray Rig. it was an old oil rig that was converted into a game map. this map is most interesting as a large chunk of the map is off to the side. Hunter spawns in with his 3 other teams mates on Blue team as soon as the whistle was blown they were off. Hunter takes up prime position overlooking a good chunk of the map. It didn't take long for the first person on the enemy team to show up. he takes aim and he could feel himself able to predict the enemy's movement a bit better than before. maybe this helmet had some tracking stat attached to it. he pulls the trigger and the enemy exploded in a splash of blue ink. he stays where he was as it was a strong location. his teammates were doing a good job at covering the map, But the other team had a Brush user and he was skilled at it. Hunter barely noticed the brush approaching to pull a splat bomb. the Brush user smacks Hunter with the brush and he explodes in orange color as he was defeated, but his splat bomb goes off and kills the brush user.
After respawning he quickly heads back to that spot to repaint what the brush user covered. since he was using a splatterscope he couldn't cover it very well, but he noticing something pop up in his face from the mask. it was pinpointing an enemy location from a teammates radar. he stops covering the area and looks in that direction. sure enough there was a roller charging towards the radar. he shoots off a round and sure enough splats the roller in one shot as well. "wow this mask is amazing!" he turns around just in time to see the brush user again smack him with the brush again. this continued on for the whole match he get a splat or two then the brush user would get him from behind.
He lost that game by 12% but that's the nature of the game goes. Turf wars wasn't his thing but he just felt an urge to keep playing. and so he did. each game he was getting better at it. his last match of the day he didn't even get splatted once. He felt great about wining that last game. He wanted more but there was no more matches. by the time he got back to Inkopolis the Jumbo-Tron kicks on and the squid sisters were on. "Hello everyone we are proud to announce today's winner!" a list of names starts to scroll on the screen it spins for about ten seconds then stops revealing the winner. "Hunter Williston! please make your way to the studio you are today's lucky winner!" Hunter was surprised by this and heads over to the studio. after showing his information to the guard at the station he was let in. "Wow...i get to meet the squid sisters!" he was nervous and heads inside.
They were waiting for him in the back room. "So your Hunter?" "Bit of cutie isn't he?" "the helmet is familiar...ah well...congratulations winner! you get to meet us in person have your very own signed one of a kind poster from us." Hunter was silent. Marie chuckles. "he seems nervous." Callie giggles. "indeed." Hunter finally speaks. "Its an honor to meet the both of you." he bows to them out of respect. Marie smile. "from your game profile. it says you don't play that much...what do you do in between games?" Hunter looks over at Marie. "i repair weapons on the side. i mainly just tinker with stuff." Callie looks at him surprised. "what a unique feature about you...so do you help poor old Sheldon out?" Hunter nods. "yes i do and he even pays me for my time" Marie looks over at Callie. "wonder if Gramps would be interested in speaking with him." Callie looks at Marie. "maybe but its late and we do have a busy day tomorrow" Marie nods and pulls out the one of a kind poster of there first world wide show. they sign it and hand it Hunter. "have a good nights rest and remember." they both speak at the same time. "Stay Fresh!" Hunter nods. "Thank you it was great meeting the two of you" he waves bye and heads home. since it was late his father was outside the station and give Hunter a ride home.
on the way home they talked about meeting the squid sisters. and about the poster. once they were home they head inside and have supper. after words Hunter heads upstairs and hangs up the poster carefully. it was a lovely poster but as he looked at it he begins to feel the same feeling back when Agent 2 was around. but this time it was Marie he was looking at. this only confused him, but he tossed it aside and heads to bed. he sleeps with the mask on as he was wanting to test the battery life. during the night the helmet began altering his personality. also that night the squid sisters were talking to there grandpa about the winner. when they mentioned the mask he turned pale. "whats wrong grandpa?" Callie asks, and grandpa replies. "the mask you just described to me...it is extremely dangerous. more so that you tell me he is a tinkerer!" "What if that mask doesn't work....i mean its been nearly a hundred years since that war." Marie looks at her grandpa hoping she was right. "I only hope you are right. but only time will tell. tomorrow your patrol will take you across the town. i want you to capture Hunter and bring him to me." Callie looks at her grandpa shocked. "your asking us to kidnap a police officer's kid!" Marie interjects. "its not kidnapping if we ask for him to come with us first. besides I'm sure the father would understand." Callie sighs and heads off to bed. Marie hugs her grandpa before heading to bed.
Hunter wakes up. the dreams last night unsettled him. the pro-inklings were coming after him for being an Octarian Sympathizer. this paranoia driving him to make a modified Splattershot. this modification fired ink at a higher pressure. this only took him a few hours to do. once he was done he leaves the house to go hunt down the Pro-Inklings to strike first before they could strike at him. since his father was a police officer he knew the general area where the Pro-Inklings hanged out. He heads out to hunt them down. It was about this time that the Squid Sisters were finished with there morning routine, and begins there patrol. they met up with Agent Orange and Agent Blue asking them to help them find Hunter. they split up and began searching the city for various crimes, and Hunter.
Hunter arrived in the neighbor hood of the Pro-Inklings. since he was an inkling they didn't react...at least not right away. once Hunter started shooting them. Hunter modified weapon was actually acting more like a bullet instead of ink. every shot from this weapon punches though the body. he had killed the first four he met, and he was just beginning. Hunter's attack had attracted the attention of Agent 2. when she got near she was expecting a gang war, but was surprised to see Hunter was killing them. She jumps down infront of Hunter. "STOP!!!!" Hunter stopped seeing Agent 2 standing there. "Why are you doing this! they dont deserve this!"
Agent 1 shows up shortly afterwords. Hunter turns to aim at Agent one and she returns the favor. "DROP IT!" Hunter respected the agents but he sees them as a threat. "Cal...Agent 1 STOP! put down your weapon he is clearly not thinking correctly!" Agent 1 shakes her head. "NO i will not! He is killing these people!" Agent 1 shoots first. Hunter shifted enough to dodge the shot and returns fire hitting Agent 1 on the shoulder. she drops her weapon and holds her injury. "AH!!!" Agent 2 looks on in horror seeing her sister was injured. Hunter turns around and walks towards Agent 2. she tries to back away but there was a wall in the way. "why try and protect me! who are you behind that mask?!" Agent one runs at Hunter, and he shoots her once in the leg. she stumbles over and lays on the ground wounded.
Hunter gets close to Agent 2 as she cowers in fear and rips off the mask. he steps back shocked that it was Marie. he hears police sirens approaching and runs. he didn't want his father to catch him. Agent Blue and Agent Orange arrives too late to catch Hunter but take Marie and Callie back to base. Hunter goes into hiding he was now having a personality conflict. his natural personality fearful for that he just ruined his own life. the mask's personality fighting to take full control. he stays in hiding for several days.
the agents talk with Captain Cuddle fish there boss, and the Squid Sister's grandfather. Orange speaks up first. "What were you thinking if you knew what the masks could do why didn't you get us involved!" Marie interjects. "I almost had him if you didn't show up Callie i probably would have gotten him here without issue. the longer he keeps that mask on the worse the effect gets." Capt. Cuttlefish sighs. "Callie she is right. i looked over security footage...Marie actually got him to lower his weapon...but i doubt it will work a second time....i hate to do this...but I'm removing your safeties." Blue was shocked by this. "But that means we will be doing actual harm to whoever we attack!" Cuttlefish nods. "yes...the mask is too dangerous...if you have to kill him to stop him...so be it" Marie went pale. Callie clenches her fist. "I will make him suffer for wounding me!" Orange sighs. "I feel that if Callie finds him first he is as good as dead...come on Blue, Marie we need to find him first" they get there gear and take off Callie right behind them.
Hunter had lost it. everyone was a threat to him now. he raided a weapon stash and got a few weapons. the weapons he stole had the police on alert as they thought it was a gang war about to kick off. Police are everywhere and were just waiting for it to kick off. the first shots rang out in the downtown area. Hunter had killed an officer. Agent 2 hears the shot and heads towards it. when she sees Hunter she jumps down and drops her weapon. "Hunter stop! listen to me the helmet is messing with your mind!" Hunter looks over at her and aims the splatter shot at her. "Please Hunter STOP! you dont need to do..." another shot rings out and Agent 2 colapses to the ground. Hunter walks over to Agent 2 and removes the mask. "Marie im sorry but Hunter isn't around anymore!" she just lays there shocked fearing for her life. he grabs her arm and drags her to the park that was nearby he places her against a tree and hides nearby.
Agent Blue and Orange finds Marie first. Orange pulls Blue into a bush to hide. "Something isn't right about this..." no sooner than she said this than Agent 1 shows up. she spots her sister and runs to her side. "Marie!" a shot ring out and Callie stops mid stride. three more shots ring out and Callie collapses to the ground. Marie starts to back away scared. "No...NO...NO!!!" Orange tells blue a plan and heads out to get into position. Blue readies his roller and charges in just as Hunter moves from his hiding spot walking towards Marie. Orange gets into a position up higher so she could see everything. Blue charges in just like the plan stated. "Hey UGLY!" Hunter turns in time to dodge the roller that's when a shot rings out. Hunter collapses to his knees. looking down at his chest he sees that he was bleeding. two more shots and Hunter lays on the ground bleeding. Blue rushes over and removes the helmet. Orange calls for help from Cuttlefish. Hunter's vision begins to fade and the last thing he could hear was Marie crying.
about a week later Hunter wakes up in the Emergency ward of Cuttlefish's training Grounds. he looks around the room confused. Agent Orange was walking in to check on him. "Oh your awake....how are you feeling?" Hunter doesn't reply. as his memory starts to return to him. "Just...stay calm ok...what happened that day isn't your fault. it was the helmet's fault. Hunter looks at her. "how can i live with myself for what i have done?" Agent orange sighs unsure how to answer that. "I'm going to get the Captain... just don't do anything ok?" as she leaves the room she passes a message to blue to make sure no one else enters. she returns a few minutes later with the Captain. "How did you get that helmet?" Hunter looks at Cuttlefish. "it was my grandfather's. it wasn't working when i got it. after i repaired it i wore it." Cuttlefish sighs. "you cant undo what you have done. i know how the mask works. i have been trying to hunt them all down. its unfortunate you ended up with one.
Hunter looks worried. "Is Callie and Marie ok?" Orange nods. "yes they are fine. but...i think you have to forget about them. Callie hates you for injuring her and her sister. and marie hasn't left her room in days. the public wants you dead for hurting the squid sisters. Callie is the one who told them." Hunter sinks into the bed and looks away from them. its at this moment Callie barges into the room after knocking out Agent Blue. Agent orange grabbed ahold of the hand that had the knife in it. "YOU SON OF A!!!!" she was fighting hard to get her hand free as the other hand grabbed Hunter by the neck. Hunter looks at her but his eyes were souless almost wanting her to kill him. Cuddlefish manages to calm her down. but the damage was done. Hunter lays in bed wishing for death at this point.
weeks pass Hunter hardly eats hardly drinks. Cuttlefish had went public and explained what had happened that day. the public was now not after Hunter for what he did, But it didn't matter he was broken. Then something happened that surprised everyone. Agent orange was guarding Hunter from Callie showing up, but nearly jumped out of her clothes when Marie showed up. "is...Hunter in here?" Orange nods. "yea...I'm surprised he is the first person you want to meet" Marie looked away. "he did nothing wrong. and i want him to know i don't blame him for what happened that day." Hunter looks at the door upon hearing Marie's voice. Marie walks in and walks up to Hunter's bed. "Um...Hunter...I don't blame you. I knew full well that the helmet was changing you...i was just hoping it wasn't too late to reason with you." Hunter looks away. Marie sighs she thinks for a bit and kisses his cheek. "Please get out of this funk...Grandpa might even have a way to have you redeem yourself." Marie leaves as she needed to talk with her sister. when she kissed Hunter he watches her thoughts racing through his mind, and that strange feeling returning.
Hunter gets out of bed and collapses to the floor. orange hears Hunter hit the floor, and runs in to help him up. "Whoa there no need to be in that much of a rush." Hunter sighs. "I'm have been laying around enough i need to do something!" Orange sighs. ok let me help you." She helps Hunter out of the emergency wing. Cuttlefish was outside watching Blue practice. he turns and sees Orange helping Hunter. "I'm surprised your up and about." Hunter nods. "I wanted to redeem myself for what i have done" cuddlefish looks back at agent blue. "take orange's hero charger and hit blue right now." Hunter was confused but did as he was told. Orange hands Hunter her weapon and helps keep him on his feet as he takes aim. Hunter takes aim and after a few seconds shoots at Agent Blue. this had caught him off guard and he explodes in orange ink.
Blue respanws and screams. "WHAT THE HECK!!!!" Cuttlefish chuckles. "You have to keep on your guard you never know when the next attack will come from...well you did as you were told. now come with me lets get you geared up." Orange takes back her weapon as Hunter follows after Cuttlefish. Cuttlefish takes him to a shack and he heads inside as Hunter followed behind. upon entering he could see it was a storage shack as it had various objects and a lot of Zapfish dolls. Cuddlefish pulls out a Hero's Charger and a Hero's combat mask. "Here this is something you would like..also here is a suit for you to wear." Hunter takes the stuff. "um..ok...where do i change?" cuttlefish points to a room off to the side. "There is a changing room for ya." He heads back out to tell Orange and Blue something. Hunter heads into the changing room and puts on the gear.
Hunter exits the shack the suit was snug in a few places. as soon as he leaves he sees Agent Blue and Orange head off. the combat mask gave accurate updates on there position untill they were to far away. Cuttlefish turns around, and sees Hunter. "Ah good it fits. I know your not great at fighting, but if you want to redeem yourself you are going to have to fight...your opponent will be here shortly" about a minute latter Agent 1 come in and she didn't look happy. "I ready to settle this!" Cuttlefish steps between them. "first person to splat the other is the winner. takes your places." Agent 1 charges off to her starting point. Hunter goes over to his starting point. Cuttlefish blows his whistle and the match started.
Hunter starts off by shooting a path for him to take. turning into squid form he charges forward. once he reaches the end of his path he shoots down several different paths and waits in the middle. It didn't take long for Agent 1 to appear. when she appeared she looks down the paths he made wondering which one he took. Hunter pops up and tosses a splat bomb at her. then disappears into his ink and quickly moves down one of the paths he made. Agent 1 dodges the grenade and begins shooting everywhere. Hunter pops back out of the ink and shoots at her. She explodes in a splash of blue ink. When she respawns she clearly wasn't happy.
cuttlefish stops her from retaliating. "Your anger got the best of you this take. remember what happened today and take it as a life lesson. emotions can cloud your judgement, and make you vulnerable." She storms off clearly not happy. Hunter returns to cuttlefish's side just as Orange and Blue show up. "Marie is doing fine. she is afraid to getting near the public. but at least she is out and about." cuttlefish nods. "well our new recruit just beat Callie" Agent orange wasn't supprised, but Blue on the other hand was amazed he bested one of the squid sisters.
The Official Splatoon Guild
Gaia's Premiere Splatoon Guild! Let's get messy!
