Splatoon: Old Hatreds

Sneaking About

Undercity, Octo Valley

"Wow look at this place! It so different from the rest of Octo Valley"

Inker and Victoria had managed to sneak into the Undercity without anyone noticing them, where Inker marveled at the city he had never seen before, well he did see some Octarian cities before, but none that was still inhabitable..

"Keep quiet, people are going to be coming home from work soon, it will be even more difficult to move around unseen!"

The two had been moving in the back alleys and keeping off the main streets, so when Inker finally had the chance to see the main streets it felt like a whole new world, he was partially amazed at what was underneath Inkopolis all this time, and partially worried about the state of all the buildings.

While it was amazing that this huge city could have been underneath Inkopolis this whole time, the buildings did not seem anything like the ones in Inkopolis, some had windows boarded up, others were miscoloured and faded, and some had cracks in their walls.

"Umm those towers won't collapse would they?" Inker asked pointing at a bunch of large skyscrapers (actually since they are underground should they be called groundscrapers?) which appeared to be in poor condition.

"Probably"

"What do you mean by "probably"?"

"It probably will collapse"

"What? Are there still Octarians inside?"

"Yep"

"That sounds dangerous, if it's in such bad shape why isn't that place evacuated?"

"Every building is like that here, evacuating one won't do anything since they'll just be killed by falling debris or other buildings regardless."

Inker blinked, he knew Octo Valley was in bad shape but he never expected it to be this bad.

Not only that but the way Victoria reacted showed that the Octarians don't seem to care about life as much as the Inklings do, or maybe it was because Octo Valley became so unsafe that they couldn't bring themselves to care anymore and accepted it as a part of life?

A few more minutes of sneaking around passed then Victoria had a change of plan.

"We aren't going to make it out of the city in time."

"What do you mean?'

"I told you, people are going to be getting off work soon right? How can we move around when the streets are clogged with octopuses trying to get home?"

"Do I really need to stay hidden that badly?"

"Of course you do."

Victoria took off Inker's headgear and put the Tentacles Helmet on him

"Why do I need to wear this all of a sudden?"

"I'm taking you to my apartment for now, hopefully if someone sees us they won't guess that you are an Inkling."

"I thought the whole idea was not to be seen."

"There is quite a lot of families living in this apartment building, no guarantee you won't be spotted."

Unlike the more modern apartment buildings where there was a front office where all payments are made and mail arrives, this building was of a much older design, it was open to everyone, there was no lobby or elevator, just stairs which led to a single room on each level.

Victoria's apartment was the first one, she hastily unlocked the door and Inker quietly ran inside.

"Okay you stay here for now, we will move again at night."