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“Wooooow, you figured it out…” He chuckles to himself again. She’d learn quickly this was not nearly as rude as some people in this city could be, but he wouldn’t be the one to teach her that. “Yeah… I couldn’t help it. You practically handed it to me, what was I supposed to do…? Anyway, I’m just messing with you. You caught on faster than I expected you would. But I wouldn’t worry about who I am… I’m just some guy.”

Coralina pouted and crossed her arms,”You could’ve been nice about it. I was just trying to make conversation with you after all.”

“Whatever,”She eventually huffed, and then put on a smile,”Okay just-some-guy, I’ll have you know I was a solid B- student last year, of course I caught on quickly. You can’t trick me for long!”

“But seriously, are rollers hard to use? I’ve been thinking about what I’ll try when Sheldon actually starts selling me better weapons.”

“Oh, uh... Is that what this is?” Coralina said.”You can mod gear? That I didn’t know that was allowed! That opens up so many possibilities!” She started bouncing on her heels as she thought about what she could do when she had more gear to actually get modded.

“Uhm, I was just exploring. I’m still getting used to Inkopolis, and I saw people coming from here a bit earlier so I decided to see why. But if you’re on break I won’t bother you.”

Except she sat down next to the Octoling,”So do you mod the gear yourself? Or do you have a team? How does it work?”

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“If you’re here for the Pop up gear mod shop… we’re on break at the moment.” Replied the Octoling girl in a calm tone as she appeared to be relaxing with a cold soda and reading a book. She looked up for the moment, her green eyes seeming to read her over before finally saying…

“Might I ask what you needed?”

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“ I dunno’….it is all alone. I do not see who it is belonging to..” they added, quietly looking at it with concern.

                     Reaching down, the inkling took the other’s hand, helping her up to her feet. Granted it did take a bit considering they were on the shorter side. Still—they got her up. So that was what mattered.

                           “ I do not know if it is from a person who was on my team the last battle or the other team…I have been sitting here for a hour watching phone videos.”

“Well...We can’t leave it in the middle of the path like this...Someone else could trip too, but if we move it too far whoever lost it won’t be able to find it again...Oh!” She moved the slosher next to the wall. “Hopefully they’ll be able to find it there.”

She turned back around to the other and smiled,”I’m Coralina, I’m new around here. Wait, you’ve been just chilling or watching the slosher?”

“Mmm yeah...”Coralina groaned, pushing herself up into a sitting position. She had tripped and landed right on her face too. Great. She looked to see what she tripped over the other inkling started talking again. She smiled and held out her hand to accept the help. “Thanks.”

“Who even would leave their weapon laying around like this? They’re lucky if it doesn’t end up damaged or worse....”

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“ Oh!! Are you okay?”

  Weasel jolted as they looked up just in time to see another inkling trip on the stage in front of them. Over someone else’s slosher it looked like. Blue eyes looked around in worry trying to see if the owner of it was anywhere near. But they didn’t see anyone looking for it.

                    “ Um..” They mumbled and stood to their feet, walking over to the stranger. “ I can help you up.”

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Oh, boy, she’d really fallen for it, huh? He blinks slowly behind his mask. “Uh huh… Sounds pretty great to me. I just got this big roller thing because I thought it looked cool. Thought I’d just… drag it around behind me or something, huhuhuh…” She had to catch on to the joke at some point, right?

“Huh that’s...odd but okay.”

“...Wait...”Coralina squinted at him, as if she could see anything passed that mask,”Don’t you have to have some experience at Turf Wars for Sheldon to sell you the good weapons?” That’s what she told anyway.

“Was I lied to? Hmmm...Oh wait! You’re screwing with me aren’t you?” What was with the betrayed look on her face? “That’s really rude, you know.”

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Slowly, Mask raises his head to look up at her from where he’s sitting on the curb with his Carbon resting beside him. By her headband and newbie shirt, it’s not surprising she doesn’t recognize him. He doesn’t answer for a moment, the hot summer sun reflecting off the lenses of his gas mask. Then he speaks. “What’s a Turf War?”

“You don’t know what a Turf War is? But you have such a cool weapon and gear? But if you really don’t know...”She crossed her arms and swayed back and forth for a moment. How should she describe it? “Its-Its....Its so great! There are teams and you cover everything with ink, and fight with weapons, and it’s great!”

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“Woah! That’s a really neat roller!” Coralina gasped. She still wasn’t over being around all these people who not only knew about Turf War and other battles, but actually participated in them! “Does that mean you do Turf Wars too?”

Clearly she needed to brush up on notable Inklings though.

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Small Update

She was definitely a little better today! At least she didn’t stay on the pad forever after respawning. She was also able to get a few splats in, and she remembered she had a secondary weapon and a special. Remembering those may be why she was able to spat some squids actually. She was sure she was still being carried. But maybe she was being carried less than yesterday?

She stretched as she left Deca Tower. She couldn’t participate in another match even though she wanted to. As it was, getting home was going to be a struggle with how tired and sore she was. But it was worth it. It was so worth it. She wanted to skip all the way home, but settled for just grinning wide.

First Turf War

She was in her default ink color for her first match. Holding tightly onto her currently blue Splattershot Jr. as she waited to get sent to the Spawn. When they were sent there she was a little disoriented. But tried to figure out what kind of place they were in. Humpback Pump Track can only tell you so much after all. But she kind of understands the humpback back, the ground was so uneven.

The match started while she was still taking stock of the area. She jumped, and ran along after her teammates, splattering ink everywhere that was blank. It wasn’t long before the first member of Pink Team found her. She felt herself get hit with the enemy’s ink, but couldn’t react fast enough before she found herself back at spawn. 

She huffed and ran down the center this time, inking over enemy ink. With the help of one of her teammates, she was able to splat one of the opposing team members. But then she was alone again. But with that boost of confidence she didn’t mind, and went back to inking.

It wasn’t long before she got splatted again, and again, and again. Each time she was sent to spawn, she was able to get her bearings back a little faster. She found herself cornered by two members of Pink Team when the buzzer sounded.

The waiting seemed like forever for the score to be announced.

58.6 to 36.4 in favor of Cyan Team!

She won? She won! She was carried hard by her team, even she knew this, but still. A win was a win. Out of breath, sore, and covered in ink, she joined her temporary team in cheering.

((Well...I forgot about the whole...Switch Online thing being a thing when I decided I was going to make an account just for Coralina...So i guess I’m just gonna play as coralina on my actual account. It’s a good thing I don’t play a lot of Ranked, so I can have her build that up lololol))

Inkopolis Square Pt2

Coralina was probably supposed to be unpacking, but she ran off to the square with barely more than a “Be back later” to her mom. She was definitely going to figure out how to participate in a Turf War today! 

Well, that was the plan. It really was easier said than done. Especially considering she didn’t have a weapon, and she apparently couldn’t buy one...This is what led her to just staring at Deca Tower for a while.

“Ya new here?”

“Eep!” Coralina whipped around to find another inkling with long tentacles flowing in every direction standing right in front of her. She brushed back a tentacle, trying to act like she actually belonged there,”How’d you know?”

“Easy,”She laughed,” Most people wouldn’t just stand and stare at the tower, they’d actually go in. Unless ya just like looking at towers, but...”She gave Coralina a once over, but didn’t say anything else.

“I want to participate in a Turf War, but... I need a weapon, and-”

“Oh, let me guess. You can’t buy one because you’re so dry?” At her nod, she smiled and draped an arm over Coralina’s shoulder,”Come with me. If you specify you only want a Splattershot Jr., Sheldon will usually sell you one regardless of your level.”

“Really?! That’s great!” Coralina let herself be led away from the tower. “I’m Coralina, by the way.”

“Bayou! Nice to meetcha! Oh, I know,”She said suddenly,”After this, I’ll show ya where everyone learns their basics! Well...practices anyway. Most people already know the basic basics, but putting them into practice is different! Ya gotta move fast! Er, well, I suppose you may already, but hahaha~”

They got Coralina her Splattershot Jr. and an ink tank, and then they went to a back alley that was covered in a lot of different colored inks and several floating balloons and wooden crates.

“Everyone who starts Turf Warring starts out here. Gotta get the feel of everything, ya know?” 

For the next hour at least, the two of them went over what Coralina needed to know to succeed at a Turf War in that alleyway.

((Hey y’all! Anyone interested in a inkling oc who’s new to the area and wants to ink turf? Cuz if you are, hit that Like/Reblog button <3))

Deca Tower

When she got to Deca Tower she was directed where to go to watch the next match. A place called the Kelp Dome.

Between the fast paced music blasting on the speakers, and excited commentary of some duo she had never seen before bantering back and forth about the two teams, she was hyped and cheering before the match even began. The two teams appeared on their respective spawns, and not a moment later a bell was sounded to begin the match and the two teams took off. 

The green team focused on covering spawn before moving forward, while the pink team immediately split up to get as much ground covered as possible before focusing on how well the area was covered. Green team was stuck in spawn for at least a minute before they were able to break through Pink’s assault. As soon as they broke through it was like pink team’s defenses were completely gone as they scrambled to regain control. Within the last minute the ground seemed to be equally covered. The pair doing the commentary agreed on that. There was 30 seconds left and the already intense atmosphere seemed to get even more so. The splats racked up as both teams scrambled for last second turf. Everything came to a standstill as the buzzer sounded. The air thick as the big screen showed the map. 

47.6 to 43.5 in favor of the Pink Team.

There were a cheers echoing throughout the stands, some Inklings standing up and other’s with their head in their hands. Not every one can win after all.

A buzz from her phone told Coralina that she should be heading back home. With a sigh she followed the crowd back to the Square, and then pulled up a map to help her navigate the streets. She wanted to see so much more! But there was always tomorrow.

Inkopolis Square Pt 1

This was it! Coralina finally got to take a break from unpacking, and can explore Inkopolis. Well, only one part of the city really held her interest at the moment, and that was the Square.

The second she got there, she could already tell this was like a completely different world! Everyone looked so fresh! She definitely stood out in her basic tee....And stood out in a bad way...Well, she did have some extra dough, maybe she could buy a new outfit real quick. All the shops were nearby each other, so it shouldn’t take too long.

Or that was the plan at least...Too bad no one would sell anything to her. Apparently, you could only shop at these stores if you did Turf Wars. Which wouldn’t be a problem for her, except she had no idea where to begin, and in the mean time, she looked bone dry.

She sighed. Thankfully, one of the shop owners directed her to Deca Tower to raise her rank. That was one question answered. She didn’t have a weapon yet, but she made her way over. She probably wouldn’t be able to participate in anything before she had to get back home, but maybe she could watch some Turf Wars live. Even on her way over, she looked at everything and everyone with wide sparkling eyes.

This had to be the freshest place on the planet.