Splatoon Manga: NightRoad

Chapter 36: Ally

⭐️Chapter 36: Ally

Gloves and Flip were walking away from their battle with Heise. Man, was that intense. They were glad to have made progress. As they were walking back, they started talking about things. Random topics that happened to cross their minds at the moment.

"You think Crow would mind if I fought him physically again?" Gloves asked.

"Well to be honest, no. I'm not him, so I don't know how he'd feel." Flip shrugged.

"Eh, fair enough."

"You hungry?" Flip asked.

"Yeah, that too" Gloves said with a nod.

"Don't worry, I'm looking for something.

"Me too."

They continued walking in silence for a while. They checked every bush they could. It had indeed gotten darker on them, and they needed to hurry before they were subject to being prey of a forest creature. Thankfully, they soon spotted a bush of berries. They walked up to it.

"Well, it looks like food, but that doesn't mean it is..." Gloves squinted at them. They didn't look familiar...

"How should we test them?" Flip asked. She was sure neither of them wanted to be a sacrifice.

"I dunno, maybe we can only eat a teeny tiny little piece?"

"But even a nibble of one might be dangerous..."

"Dangit."

Just then, they saw a strange bat/bird creature fly by them.
It was a Shrieker, that had crossed over from a different path.

"Hey I know! Let's see if that bird thingy can eat them!"

"Gloves, sometimes animals can handle foods that we can't-"

But Gloves didn't listen. He watched, as the shrieker landed on the bush and began eating the berries.

"Seems fine to me."

"Gloves, we don't know what that animal IS, or if it has like. A poison immunity or something" Flip said.

"Well, it seems alright!"

He reached for the berries.

"Gloves NO!"

Luckily for Flip, the Shrieker had her covered. It began squawking at Gloves. Shriekers didn't usually like sharing food, unless it was with family or friends. It flapped its wings wildly, even kicking at Gloves with its talons.

"Wh-let me have some!"

It kept at it anyway. Gloves managed to grab some berries from it, despite getting a few scratches on his hand.

"Haha! Got some!"

The bird suddenly compressed itself to be smaller. It looked like it was going to explode with rage.

Flip backed away.
"Uh. Gloves. You might wanna-"