an octarian adventure

Entry 2 (Marie)

Dear diary,

I miss Callie so much. She was squidnapped (I believe) by DJ Octavio and was hypnotized by his hypnoshades. Agent 4 and I tried to save her, but Agent 4 was splatted and she recently joined the Octarians as emotionless Onyx. How do I save her? Who knows what horrible stuff she's doing right now!

- Marie

Marie sighed and closed the book shut. She failed to save Callie already, so why bother trying again?

Cuttlefish limped over to Marie, who sadly poured some cyan liquid in a cup.

"Hi, Gramps. We failed to save Callie, by the way." she said disappointedly.

"Oh? Well why aren't you trying again?" he asked, rattling his stick.

"Agent 4's gone," Marie replied. "She left because she was apparently invited to a raid. The truth was, she joined the Octarians."

"Octarians? Why, that's- ridiculous! Why don't you just get recruits?" Cuttlefish asked, limping away to a couch and collapsed on it.

"Recruits? That sounds like—" Marie began.

"A ridiculous idea as well." an adult sounding voice finished, and a yellow tentacled man emerged from the darkness. "Recruits sounds like a bad idea, considering there's one right here,"

He was dressed in Agent 3's gear, though he did not have any attributes matching the agent. He had a sort-of bowl cut hairstyle and his eyes were ocean blue. He had black earmuffs wrapped around his neck and a scowl plastered over him.

"Agent 3? Is that you?" Marie gasped. "But I thought you—"

"I'm not Agent 3. I'm just a simple squid who's sister managed to give me this." he huffed. "Now what is your purpose for recruits?"

Marie sighed. "We failed to save Callie. We need recruits, and Agent 4 joined the Octarians."

"Tch. That agent of yours is useless. Take it from me," he said as he held a dummy with his elbow and then attacked it from behind. "I'm the one you got and need."

Silence fogged up everyone's breath.

"Who are you, anyways?" Marie asked.

The agent sat down. "I won't tell. But I prefer to be known as..."

If this was a movie or a TV show, the screen would zoom rapidly to show his mouth. But this is a story, so you just imagine that.

"Coin."