Splatoon: Old Hatreds

Captured

Inkopolis plaza

The vast City of Inkopolis was filled with skyscrapers, some even surpassed the clouds, It was a busy city, Inklings everywhere went about doing their business, younger ones excitedly ran for Inkopolis tower, while some older squids calmly followed their everyday routines of work, and some toured the shops, looking, or at least hoping to make a good purchase.

Many of the buildings in Inkopolis Plaza had large screens which displayed all sorts of advertising, but every now and then, they would tune in to Inkopolis News Time, starring the two celebrities, none other than Callie, and her cousin Marie.

"Hold on to your tentacles..."

"It's Inkopolis news time!"

This was followed by a brief transition to Stage news.

"Let's unveil the current regular battle stages!"

Inker watched as Callie and Marie introduced the audience to Camp Triggerfish, followed by Mahi-Mahi resort, then the ranked battle stage: Blackbelly Skatepark.

Normally Inker and his friends would turn away from the screen once the stages were announced, but today was an exception.

They waited anxiously for the missing squids news, a subject that almost never came up in Inkopolis, in fact, this would be the first time in two years that Inkopolis news did a story on missing squids.

"Just yesterday three Inklings went missing?"

"That is definitely not normal."

Behind Callie and Marie, were pictures of the three missing squids: the first was Kal, which Inker, Neon and Sky immediately recognised since it was they who reported him missing, and gave them that picture, the second was a larger Inkling, probably eighteen or nineteen, he had orange tentacles and looked strong, the third was a young female Inkling with light purple tentacles, probably the one that other squid from yesterday was looking for.

"Authorities have found no trace of any of these young squids, all they know is that they disappeared at the same time in the same match."

"This is starting to sound like the plot to a movie."

"If anyone has any information please let authorities know right away!"

"Or talk to our Inkopolis news team, if you want a friendlier face."

"That will be all for now!"

"Stay fresh!" the squid sisters shouted in unison.

"Wait that was it?" Inker blurted out, he was expecting some more information, and not just: please contact authorities.

"I thought for sure they would have found something, are there really no clues left behind?" Sky wondered.

Neon shrugged "Hey if you want, I could take a look around." she joked

Sky gave her a look of disapproval

"Actually maybe you should." Inker said

"Huh?" Neon was surprised

"I'm serious! Remember a few months ago, you found the Octoling me and Kal were hiding, all by yourself and in a couples days time."

"Oh right, I think I did do that."

"You think?"

"Well I was half asleep at the time since I was so determined to get Inkopolis tower opened again, so I didn't sleep a wink those days, and I can't exactly remember what I did, heh." Neon said, scratching the back of her head.