Cover designed by @Imitoni A world of water is the worst an inkling can ask for. Then again, so is being kidnapped by a species long thought extinct. Many misfortunes have fallen upon rising singer Seaside, known also as Y/n L/n. All that's left of those days now is a battle-worn, quiet inkling, bearing grisly scars unheard of in his kind's history. He survived, keeping several years of logs in the PDA he received, eventually returning home, to a society he was unfamiliar with. Living in a hostile environment on your own is hard, but living in a society you are a stranger to may just be harder, without the right help.

New cover is designed by Tumblr user @nalina-nw If you had to summarize the previous five years of your life into one word, to encapsulate squidnapping, murder, imprisonment, survival, and forced evolution in order to see the next day, it would simply be "torment." You were supposed to just be the average inkling, Y/n L/n, known by many as the secretive, small-time singer Seaside, known best for his hidden identity and performances by the street, in garages, bars, wherever one could stop to listen and give money. Those days came, and before you could learn to appreciate them, they were gone, just like you were that fateful day you woke up away from home, just like the day you were banished to the oceans and the dangers of the planet 4546B, and just like the day you finally returned home, five long years later, to a world once familiar... In case it's not obvious, this is the rewrite to A World Once Familiar. I plan on expanding upon the main character (who I call Harbor Maria in place of Y/n L/n), Agent 3, and improve several scenes, as well as give the whole story some much-needed polish and a touch of my more modern writing.

This is a sequel. While not required, it is recommended to read 'A World Once Familiar' before starting this story. Cover made by @Imitoni You were Y/n L/n. An Inkling, survivor of kidnapping by humans and stranding on the planet 4546B, eventually conquering the planet at many costs. A long battle with PTSD, caffeine addiction, and trauma awaited your return home, a battle aided by new friends and a love of your life. It was enough to fill a book. But it was not enough. New situations located in the outskirts of the Splatlands called you from home to new people, new situations, and new mysteries swarming you alongside old passion and that inexplicable gap in your memory from 7 years ago... ... You were Y/n L/n. An Octoling native to the Splatlands just hoping to make a steady earning by salvaging scrap alongside your lifelong partner, affectionately called Little Buddy. A single movement in the nearby town of Splatsville, however, disrupts that dream of thriving. Before you can help it, you are sucked into a group dedicated to saving the lands, leading you deeper and deeper down a spiral into the pasts of others, and the traumas locked deep inside your own mind. Maybe, just maybe, they would lead to the days before you woke up with no memory, and a crippling fear of the water...