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[Chapter 6 - Revelations]

The Octarians were living in peace for the past two years. Octo Valley was now a bit more technologically advanced than before, Petra and Unizo grew closer to each other, and Abigail managed to keep the people's hopes up regarding the future. While they didn't have idols like Inkopolis' Squid Sisters, they were still living a reasonably happy life.

However, that would change once certain news reach their ears.

Unizo was messing with his TV's antenna, trying to see if he could tune in to Inkopolis news. It would take a while though, since he has to try every single signal.

"Anything yet?" Uni asked.
"Nope. Still static. Don't you think there's a faster way to do this?" Petra asked.
"Well, I don't know yet. I have to see if the signal is--"

The static clears, and Inkopolis News showed up on their TV.

"Waitwaitwait, stop!" Uni quickly backed away from the antenna once Petra said that.

He ran over to the TV.

"Looks like we got it!" She said.
"Hell yeah." Insert epic high-five here.

The TV displayed the following:
"[Inkopolis Square News will be going LIVE in 1 minute! Don't miss it!]"

"...Inkopolis Square? I thought it was a Plaza." She said.
"Maybe it was reformed? Or they just moved there?"
"Possibly."

The Inkopolis news opening video played, and Off the Hook showed up on TV.

["You know what time it is!"]
"It's Off the Hook coming at you LIVE from Inkopolis Square!"]

"Whoa. Off the Hook? That's new." Unizo said.
"A new idol group?...interesting." Petra commented.

While the girls were showing off the stages, Unizo realized.

"...!! Hold on just a second!" He got up.
"Wh-what is it?"

He pointed at Marina.
"Is that who I think it is?!"

Petra looked at her. It took a few seconds to realize.

"...OH SHOOT!" She shouted.
"So that's where she went...!?"
"And...she seems fine? And happy??"
"Holy crap."

Uni quickly pulled out his phone to take a picture. Petra did the same too.

"Should we show this to the others?" She asks.
"Let's wait until the broadcast ends. I want to see all of this." He sat down again.

They watch the whole thing. Nothing too special showed up...yet.

["Don't get cooked...stay Off the Hook!"]
The broadcast ends.

"...what the..." Petra said. Both were still shocked.

The TV said the News will come live again in a few hours, then it goes to commercials.

"There. That should give us enough time to call them." Unizo said, as he quickly went to contact them on his phone.

Basically, the two Octolings explained what happened to the other 3, called them over and waited for the news to come live again. We don't need to see the whole thing, so let's skip to what matters.

The broadcast went live again, and Off the Hook is once again there.

"There she is!" Petra said, pointing at Marina.
"...my goodness. You weren't kidding!" Zaire said.
"She's really is at Inkopolis...and she's fine!" Abi said.
"Did they really...accept her??" Pix said.
"...this could mean huge news for us." Unizo said.