Turf Tournament Tales

The Concert

Hey. I'm Blink Shyn, a firefly inkling from Inkopolis and co-founder of team harbor beats. We won a big tournament recently, so I'm here telling my story. My other teammates are doing this too, but I'm going first. Before I talk about team Harbor Beats, I want to share a few of my personal moments that shaped me and gave me something to win for.

My first moment starts by hanging out with my friend Bolt (humboldt inkling, more on him later). He said he had a present for me, which was strange because he's ignored squidmas the past 3 years. But hey, he gave me an envelope and started heading home. "Just open it. And promise me you'll use it." I heard his voice from behind me. "Yeah, yeah, whatever. Let's play some turf war tomorrow, 'kay?" I said, flipping my hood over my head and listening to a bit of Calamari Inkantation. I have been a huge fan of the Squid Sisters since their first concert, after all.

I get home, open the envelope, and there's a ticket in there! A ticket to a Squid Sisters concert. Bolt really knows me. I love the squid sisters, but I'm always too shy to go to any concerts or present my remixes live (around 1k subs on squidtube because of these remixes, by the way). By this point, I had a free ticket to a concert that I'd love to go to. I mean, maybe I can get past my shyness someday!

It's the day of the concert, and so I go to the concert (duh). I hang around in the least populated zone of the crowd and try not to draw much attention to myself. Of course, when "Fuel the Melody" begins, I can't help but feel the green tips of my blue tentacles light up (what, you've never seen a firefly inkling?) and draw half the crowd to me. I try my best to ignore them, but the calls of the crowd were too loud. My tentacles were dimming. I shouldn't have gone here. this was a mistake.

Then, "Fuel the Melody" stops. I hear Callie's voice: "All right, squidkids! Time for the best part of tonight! It's time... TO DANCE WITH THE SQUID STARS!"

Relieved that everyone's eyes are off me, I look towards the stage. Then Marie says something that changes my life forever.

Pointing at me, she says "Firefly. Up on stage, dance with me. Don't be shy." Somehow, I get on stage. We start slow dancing to "Tide Goes Out" (loads better than "Bomb Rush Blush", obviously) and I realize two important things. The first is that Marie is also a firefly inkling, and that I have a crush on her. The rest of the night is just more music (and an awesome set of limited-edition Squid Sister Designer Headphones), so that's all I have to share for today. I'm done talking for now anyway, so stay tuned for some moments from my good buddy and friend Bolt!

Author's Note: This is my first fanfic, how is it? My good buddy is working on a comic adaptation of this, so Staaaay fresh off the hook!