Out of touch (human reader in splatoon)

9: according to all known laws of aviation

Authors note: This took a very long time. I had a moral dilemma about a few things, and I had to do schoolwork, and hang out with my friends, and it all just piled up to where i had no time here. I considered stopping, but a close friend of mine supported me on this, which makes me feel better about doing this. Thanks for reading.

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0 hopped into the kettle - like thing. Instead of trying to rip off the grate, he found a lever that just opens it. After a solid 25 to 30 seconds, 0 had popped out of the kettle on the other side.

0: "What?..."

He was on another floating island, but smaller, and other floating platforms could be seen in the distance."

0: "This is trippy."

4: "Agreed."

0 followed 4 and looked at the psychedelic scenery until there was a circular glob of ink that spiraled inwards, like a sink. 4 had turned into squid form and easily launched about 200 feet to a different platform.

0: "Ok, listen. I physically cannot do that."

4: "Just try it. It won't hurt... probably..."

0: "I'm too heavy, the ink, if anything, would just launch me a few feet to my doom..."

0 looked down at the void, and then sat towards the middle of the platform.

2: "I didn't think about this..."

0: "I'll try it. But I better not die..."

He stood on the inky launchpad, and went flying. He rolled when he landed, possibly the only thing keeping him from hitting the ground too hard, from all the force the ink had exerted on his body. His underside was now covered in ink.

4: "See? That wasn't so bad, -"

0: "I can't do this. I can fight if you want, but I'm not an acrobat."

4: "You nailed that landing!"

0: "Nate, I... fine."

So they continued on through the level, 0 getting used to the launch pads, while following behind 4, who was doing incredibly well.

0: "Looks like you don't need me..."

4: "Actually, could you splat those octotroopers down there? I need to let you have a chance at this. Plus, I'm a little tired..."

0: "Oh, so you're just using me as a backup for when you get tired?"

0 took what little annoyance he had, and turned it into hatred for those octopus tentacle things. He the jumped off the higher platform, smashing the first octotrooper into some sort of ghost like thing.

0: "Wait, so there's no corpse?"

4: "You didn't see what I did back there?"

0: "Well... huh. This is by far the most bi-"

0 was cut short with ink hitting the front of his helmet.

0: "You little shit."

The octotrooper looked visibly frightened as 0 turned toward him, and didn't dare to shoot. 0 ran at him and punched, splatting him immediately. The other octotroopers tried to shoot at him, but 0 swiftly splatted them all.

4: "Unlike you, I have to put effort into this to make it work."

4 and 0 both went down to the next platform, where there were at least 15 octotroopers, and splatted them. This time together, with 4 shooting from the back, and 0 in the closest, grabbing and punching all he could. It was like a dance of violence.

0: "Why are you casually walking around?"

4: "It's a good mix of speed and being able to shoot, ok?"

0: "Sorry."

Marie: "Yeah, you are way faster than I expected."

y/n: "Exactly."

4 and 0 came upon a steel beam that was about a foot wide, bridging a gap. It was the only way to pass.

0: "Of course."

2: "Don't look down... Or maybe do."

4 just casually walked across, while 0 was scared, and overbalancing.

4: "It's not that big of a deal. It's just a steel beam."

There was no response from 0. He crossed, but it took him a few more seconds. After a few more octotroopers and launchpads, they had finally reached the zapfish.

0: "Finally. I am exhausted."

4 broke the barrier and grabbed the zapfish. Next thing they knew, they were outside the kettle to where they just where.

4: "I could do this all day! What happened? Other than the heights and the launch pads..."

0: "I'm not used to running around and fighting like that... and flying everywhere. Maybe I'm out of shape... I've got a bad feeling about this. Only you could traverse some parts of that area, I think i might get stuck if i go on."

2: "At least stick around for the boss kettle."

0: "I will. Now, I'm going to get some rest..."

0 took off his helmet, becoming y/n again, and walked back to the cabin. he sat against it, and thought.

If I do this every day, where will I live? I can't keep sleeping on that couch in the lounge forever. I assume I need money to get my own place...

Marie: "Hey, y/n what's on your mind?"

y/n: "I don't really have a place to stay at the moment. To be honest with you, I've been sleeping on a couch, using a public bathroom, and people bring me food everyday to live."

Marie: "That's tough."

y/n: "I just feel like I'm leeching off of them, and I don't want to do that. That's their money, not mine."

Marie: "If you want some money, I suggest you go to Grizzco. The job would be better suited to your... fears. You could do that while Nate gets his work done."

y/n: "Sure."

y/n gets up.

y/n: "I'll be back. Wait, where are my clothes? And my phone?"

Marie hands him his phone from her pocket. y/n questions this, but decides to ask the more important question:

y/n: "Where are my clothes."

Marie: "As soon as you leave, you should be back in whatever you were wearing."

y/n: "That doesn't make sense."

Marie: "You think I know?"

y/n: "Yes. I'm just not going to question it..."

As y/n got up and started to leave, he called Nate.

y/n: "Hey, where did you put the clothes?"

4: "I'm kind of busy right now."

y/n could hear ink explosions, hero shot noises, and running through the phone.

4: "I'll ask later..."

As y/n hung up, Marie told him:

Marie: "You should try to go to an alleyway, so people don't notice you coming out of the main grate."

y/n: "And how exactly do I do that?"

Marie: "Well... I just think about the destination, and I'm there."

y/n: "Mind reading magical sewers... Next thing that's gonna happen, is that the lad who runs Grizzco. is gonna be a Grizzly bear."

Marie stayed silent.