@TheLGuy
Wake up my friend, a new Splatoon game trailer + 3rd kits just dropped
https://youtu.be/d7ve2zWmkEA?si=VCVl2i1PDqeh0KaJ
the Painbrush kit is so heartbreaking the sub just ruined what otherwise would have been an amazing kit
Yo, just wanted to say your Nightshift at Fredina's: Five Long Nights story was top shelf. Very nice
P.s. is there going to be a follow up?
@ArcCreators First off, thank you, thank you! I was hoping it turned out well, so it's good to hear others think so. Secondly, yes! Currently plotting the second story rn, which I'm almost done doing so
Hello, it’s nice to see you’re back.
Not to be pushy, but did you see my scenarios?
@EwanKidner No- I did not. My mistake- I'll look over them and respond when I have the time!
Apologies for the absence and slow updates on my stories. Life got a bit busy (and I might've found myself in a small slump). I'm back now and will be finishing TOB:ZtH pretty soon.
@TheLGuy Happy to know you're still at it, matey. Immerse yourself for the results you seek.
@TheLGuy Honestly, I expected your absence to either be because you were busy IRL or you had writers block, and wasn't sure on how to move the story forward. But it's good to have you back dude
Bro I just finished reading your final story and holy shit, I was not expecting the absolute cinema that was, totally unexpected story
Hey, I thought of some more funny scenarios for you if you want.
Here they are.
1. Akikta and I are talking about getting power back to Atlantis, I tell him that the reactors will likely need repairs, so we should reroute reserve power from other areas, we go to panel on the wall and I access it, I then say ‘hm, what to reroute’ then after a moment I say ‘ah, life support, we don’t need that’.
2. Akikta has gone off ahead, The splatoon needs to go somewhere where they can’t locate, I mentioned earlier that I am going there so they decide to follow me, one of them says ‘lead the way old man’ and I turn to them and say ‘I’m not old, I’m only 12,467’, And Akikta isn’t here to verify whether or not that is normal.
3. (This is a Star Trek reference) Later on we are all at a reactor, I am repairing it, pearl is bored, so she starts rapping, I tell her to stop, she ignores me and continues, I tell her to stop me again, she keeps ignoring me, then I reach over to her and pinch her between the neck and shoulder, the splatoon all watch her go wide eyed and then collapse unconscious face first on a radio she was using, then I return to the repairs, one of them checks on pearl, but I say ‘don’t worry, she’s completely unharmed, she’s just unconscious and will be up and about again in a bit.
(I personally think the fact that I can make her unconscious with a pinch would freak them out a bit, as they probably have never seen or heard of the Vulcan nerve pinch before)
4. One of Splatoon members attempt to do the pinch later on, but it fails, I explain that whip it looks simple it is actually more than just a regular pinch between the neck and should, it’s a very complicated move that takes a LOT of skill, practice and precision to be able to pull off.
5. I am with Akikta, and I tell him that I can teach him the move later if he wants.
6. Moving on, we are all travelling through Atlantis when we reach a room, what’s strange is that the salmonids seem to be avoiding it,
Along with something to do with a telephone AI and a cat, they figure that I am talking about Tartar and the professor that he talked about, however they notice I was also talking to Akikta who had inka and nakji with him, and just as it would seem like I am about to share more detail, they leave and I continue talking to the AI alone, but now I am speaking a human language they don’t understand.
how do you think this would make them feel?
21. One thing to note is that I don’t use a translator device or anything. I just speak in different languages, and sometimes if I am talking to Akikta alone, I just speak in human languages and none of the others can understand me at all.
What do you think the splatoon would think about the fact that between me and Akikta, I am the only one they can’t understand sometimes?
22. Something well established is that I am very technologically advanced.
Here is a funny scenario.
A piece of advanced piece of my human technology needs some work on it and someone asks me what’s wrong, I say,
‘The tachyon array has altered is nano stream frequency too low and the secondary gyrodyne relays and the propulsion field inter matrix have depolarised’
Along with a lot of other science stuff.
They all give confused looks, some of them turn towards Marina, but even she says ‘don’t look at me, I have no idea what that means’
(How do you think they would feel with the fact that they have no idea what I’m talking about?, also how do you think they would feel about the fact that even Marina, who is the more sciencey one doesn’t understand what I’m on about?)
Such as fight or build, I move very quickly
And can even move far more acrobatically and flexibly than it looks like should physically be possible for someone of my size,
I don’t know how tall Akikta is, but I am personally WELL over 6 foot tall and I have a build that looks like a mix between a strongman, and an athlete runner.
Speaking of, how do you think they would splatoon would react to my weird movements. Also what do you think they would think of me being so big, probably bigger than Akikta by a lot.
18. Another thing the splatoon notices about me is that despite being by far the best fighter there, knocking them out on the manta Maria and easily beating the salmonid king. When I’m not helping Akikta and they aren’t causing me or him any problems, I am actually quite laid back, and I seem to be both the best fighter by far, but also the one who least wants to get into fights, usually coming up with ways to go around and avoid conflict rather than fight it. I also seem to prefer using non lethal force, and very obviously hold a great deal of both my strength and skill back.
What do you think this thing about me would make the splatoon think.
19. Whenever I personally come and go, I always seem to just vanish when none of them are looking when I leave, and I usually appear out of nowhere when I appear. For example,
The splatoon are walking together, one of them says ‘I wonder where the other human went’ and I just appear behind them without any of them noticing at all and say, ‘why is that important?’
How do you think they would feel about this?
20. When talking to a computer that I have access to, the splatoon overhear me saying that I have technology that allows me to travel to different planets and even other galaxies that I invented during the last 12,000 years, along with overhearing me talking about other technologies, such as the nano tech I used to heal them, and other things too.
Pearl, Marina and 8 overhear me mentioning a ‘Professor’
I thought of more.
13. Later when they come and find me, they ask me my name, I tell them ‘True Names have power, only a fool would willingly give it away so blindly’
They ask me what they should call me then, I reply by saying, ‘Just call me Doctor’.
14. I’m working on some human technology that looks like a badge, one of the splatoon members asks me what it is and I reply ‘It’s a personal teleport badge’
One of them asks me how it works, but I reply ‘it’s beyond your comprehension’.
(Who do you think would ask both questions, and how do you think they would react to the replies?)
15. We all find a list of inklings and octarians that the salmonids were planning to assassinate, I say ‘Yaki, Craig, marine, Sam, Octavio’
Akikta remembering hearing about Octavio earlier says, ‘what, Octavio?’ And I reply,
‘Nobody important, he’s just a fat octopus’
And I said that right I front of the splatoon.
What do you think the Splatoon would think of my comment on Octavio?
16. The splatoon realise that none of them have really seen my face, (even Akikta has only seen a slight black outline) this is because I wear a large black coat with a hood that goes down near my feet (I kind of look like I’m from organisation 13 from kingdom hearts if you want to know what I look like in the story) the only thing the splatoon have seen of my body is the reflection of my pale eyes because I always keep my hood up and it shrouds my face in darkness. They haven’t even seen my skin because I wear gloves and tall boots.
One of them mentions this, but I tell all of them, ‘I’d show you my face, but I don’t want to risk traumatising you’
I also say ‘Trust me, that fat fish (referring to eosalmo) looks like a fairy princess compared to me’
How do you think they would react to my my two comments about my appearance?
17. Something they all notice about me is my strange movement, specifically this, when I walk, I move like an old man with a limp minus the cane, but when I do other things,
So I recently watched this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3bn57twbHM) that uses the limited info of the cephalopods to detail/theorize their biology, while also addressing any mistranslations that still exist within the games. I do recommend that you give it a watch for fun and to see if there is something that you may want to apply to your future stories regarding Splatoon, if you haven’t watched it already. In my opinion, I really liked the video, and while watching, it reinforced my idea of the cephalopods being glass cannons, and I’d really like to discuss that with you along with potentially developing the characters and overall biology if it's fine with you. For one, their thin skin. In the video, on the section ‘what’s canon?’ Nogami states something about ‘cephalopod’s skin being too thin for the water due to their evolution.’ The very same piece of their biology that allows them to transform from kid to squid and vice versa. For being able to transform to move flexibly and fluidly, they trade off the durability of their skin, and it is why I 100% believe that they are weak defensively speaking. Perhaps that also explains why they are able to be splatted so easily, their skin doesn’t really provide any sort of resistance to enemy ink without stuff like armor to help. Sal, though, is a special case in which he can’t get splatted by different colored ink, only by being crushed or cut open by rollers, splatanas, and brushes. While I understand what his gift does, I would like to know how it works. I’d like to suggest something, using the video as inspiration for this idea: Sal’s skin is way thicker than the average cephalopod to be able to avoid dying from enemy ink and perhaps even water for a brief period of time. However, his skin is still flexible enough to allow Sal to shift forms at will. Now I’m not sure if that’s what you have planned, or if you have another explanation for his condition, but I’d like to offer a suggestion. (1/3)
@TheLGuy Honestly it's no problem! At this rate I might as well be a co-writer or something for these stories lol. But all jokes aside I can't wait to see what your explanation might be for their gifts. Granted I'll probably have to wait a very long time for them but I don't really mind.
@Corrupt_Phoenix So I just recently watched the video, and I gotta say, me and Rassicas must share a brain cell, 'cause some of their points are quite similar to the ideas I had in regards to inkfish and their biology. For one, I figured their ink had something to do with osmotic pressure, though not quite to the same extent as Rassicas discussed. I will say though, everything in the video will definitely help me air out some ideas I had for the sequel stories of "The Octo Bros." Speaking of the bros, I like the idea you had with Sal and having a slightly thicker skin compared to most inkfish. While I already had my own explanation for it (that involving it had something to do with... well, I won't spoil, but you'll see in the first story soon enough), I can reinforce the idea by adding that tidbit as well. I also had a different explanation to Cal's immense strength, however, compressed-ink will also tie in incredibly well to the lore I have on him. Considering the progress I'm making on the first story, sufficed to say I won't have the time to delve deeper into their gifts. The first story was simply meant to lay the ground work for the series anyways. Not to worry though! The second story will be family themed anyway, which will be perfect to dive deeper into how exactly Sal and Cal's gifts work. Furthermore, it'll be much more exciting than Zero to Hero, that I am willing to guarantee. Thanks for bringing all of that to my attention and giving me those interesting ideas. They will be incorporated into my AU soon enough! At this rate, I might just have to shout you out for all your ideas, lmao
There are other parts of the video that I really like to highlight too. For example, the ‘death means nothing’ part. The basic highlight is that to the cephalopods, death/being splatted doesn’t matter too much to them because of the respawn points. But because you (as the creator of this timeline) literally created a crisis where that luxury is gone, it literally changed so many inklings to care about the very concept of life. I’m not sure how much you plan to drastically change how the cephalopods view life after this, but perhaps I recommend that many of them even after the energy crisis is resolved, to fear battling as much. Perhaps to indicate how much damage was done to those who lost loved ones due to the lack of a respawn pad. Or perhaps everyone becomes ever more grateful for the existence of them.
Next thing is the osmotic pressure topic regarding emotion and specials. Apparently, specials mainly charge up though the inkling's emotions throughout battle. Excitement, anger, sadness, etc. Any emotion channels through them, building their special, but it does overheat them too much when they keep building up. Sometimes though, it can overload to the point where their immediate instinct is to jump into water to cool themselves when they can't use their special in a safe environment. A few things from this.
One, you can probably implement this into the story by having inklings trying everything to ensure that they don't overload and by proxy, die.
Two, I just found that fact incredibly funny. I really love when some game creators add this kind of stuff to the lore of a species. It's weird as hell but it can give people a good laugh at how reckless a fictional species can be.
Three, and I'd really like to see this, but at some point, you gotta add something like this to the story. Like the characters get so incredibly mad they whip out something like a trizooka/inkzooka and air the place out.
Regardless, I’d like to know what you think.(3/3)
For those interested, I made a song playlist for "SoA: Awakening." You can find the link to said playlist on my twitter/x, or you can just listen to each song/music individually via the chapters.
Can't say for sure if I'll make a playlist for every single one of my stories, but I will make one for the entire SoA series.
Aye Happy new year my friend! Hopefully you celebrated with those close to you while we l entered the new year!
@Corrupt_Phoenix Thanks bud! Happy new year to you too- cheers to 2025 and whatever it may bring. Hopefully, we both have mostly good things happen to us this year
Aye Happy Christmas Eve/Merry Christmas from wherever you are! Hope you have been doing pretty well bro!
@Corrupt_Phoenix Merry Christmas to you too my jolly fellow! I've been cookin', one could say. Rest assured, I'm doing well. Hope the same goes for you as well!