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[Deepsea Metro. The world of C0R0-1KA, or at least an off-shoot of it, perhaps C0R0-2KA, was dealt a serious blow when the lovable Goggles was struck down in a car accident a few months prior. The incident seemed to upset a lot of Inkopolis, including a close friend (not that he would ever admit that) in Rider. Months on, however, and he and the team had been lost in the Metro, having seemingly been led there and captured. Someone, a certain War Squid, had smelled blood in the water. The four were sprinting down the Metro towards the station, in hot pursuit of someone]

W.Pearl: Keep at it, we're near the station! Ooh, I can feel his soul breaking in two! He's READY to lose his mind!

W.Marie: [huff] ALL this...RUNNING! Can someone please tell me what the shell is even going on, here?!

W.Pearl: Oh, come on! You remember Goggles, right? That little twerp who kept winning Turf War through sheer luck?

W.Callie: I remember him! He was so cute! And Rider was awesome!

W.Marina: Silly sawdust let himself get smashed by a car. Just, WABAM! Flattened like a pancake on the road! That Rider friend-a his took it REAL hard...

W.Pearl: Imagine his surprise when some Octolino Supreme raids his dead boyfriend's coffin, revives him as an ugly sanitsed creature, and leads 'em all into this Metro to be exterminated. Easiest plan I ever set up.

W.Marie: Of course you had a hand in this. And what, he's been driven to grief and he's gonna...oh no.

W.Callie: No, no! Not again! Not another one of us!

W.Pearl: He can handle a Dynamo Roller like no-one else. He will be an excellent addition to our...cast. [the four stop before a heavy door into the station. The inside has been caved in, like someone bashed the locks shut to keep the door from opening again] We're here. 'Rina, get this open.

[War Marina nods and begins to set up something to jimmy the door open. Meanwhile, a voice can be heard, however faintly, beyond the door]

??? [in Octarian]: Wait, who's there?! That...Pearl, woman? Is that you? You tricked me! You said this would end this Inkling scum for sure!

W.Pearl: Did I? Oh, how silly of me.

???: YOU [cannot be translated]!!! I WILL HAVE YOU DROWN FOR THIS! When I get this...rabid Inko away from me! Put that Roller down, you animal! YOU FREAK!

W.Pearl: Ah, my prize...

W.Marie: Rider! Whatever those voices in your head are tellin' you, don't do it! I know you're upset, I've been there! Killing that Octo ain't gonna being him back! It's just gonna corrupt you into something nasty, like us!

W.Callie: Please don't let them win, PLEASE! Being a Warmonger is a life of endless misery. I don't want someone else to go through that, I can't allow it! I DON'T WANT TO ALLOW IT!

W.Marina: Jeez, whose side are you on?! [pained screaming is heard on the other side of the door, and she activates the machine with haste. The door is creaked open just a little bit, and War Marie steps forward to throw it open] Okay, go!

[The four sprint inside, and slow to a stop almost instantly, stunned by the scene that unfolded before them. A sanitised Octoling Elite, shades and all, was screaming as someone slammed a Gold Dynamo Roller into them over and over, crushing their body into a flat mess. They cried out in pain, begging for mercy, before a final slam smashed their head like a watermelon, ending them for good. The four assembled into a team-like structure as the smashed remains of the santised dribbled off of the platform and away from the attacker, who dropped his Roller and stared at the four]

W.Marie: Damn it...too late.

W.Callie: No...n-no! NO!

W.Pearl: Yes...[steps forward, face full of smug self-satisfaction] Oh, Rider. Wonderful, dangerous Rider. I have been watching you...

W.Marie: Oh cod, not another one of her monologues...

W.Pearl: Turf War Legend. Agent. Fallen Hero. I understand the pain you must have felt. Losing the love of your life, to an infernal crash that claimed the life of one so innocent...

W.Marina: Wait, they were a thing in this timeline?

W.Pearl: Running headfirst through life without the one you opened up to, the one who invited some warmth into your cold, miserable life. You were so, finally happy. And where did it lead you? To a funeral with the smashed remains of a lover in the casket. Rampaging through a children's game to take your anger out on those who let it happen. Stuck in a decrpiet, decaying metro being led by a mutated mockery of your man to your death. You have lost so much, and the world has stomped you in the back of the head when you're already down...

[The being approaches the four, captured in the dim light of the Metro. He is wearing an Inky Leather Rider, shorts, Octoleet Boots and has green tentacles tied up in a bunch. His eyes are squeezed shut, and it is clear he is in some sort of pain. War Marie smirks]

W.Marie: Hmm. This guy's got taste in jackets.

W.Pearl: But now, you have the power to fight back against this accursed world. Society, fate, death itself, it's all left you trapped in a cycle of suffering. I can set you free. I can allow you to get your vengence on those who wronged you, took your friend, made them into a tool of deception and destruction! All I ask of you...is you.

[The Inkling finally opens his eyes and stares at the four; his expression is one of white-hot fury...and his eyes are glowing red]

W.Callie: [sobbing] No...

W.Marie: [holds her hand] It's okay, Cal...it's okay...

W.Pearl: I christen you, War Rider. Now...let's get down to business, and slaughter us some Sanitsed...shall we?

===

Assets Used:

Off the Hook Models by LilRobot and friends - steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles…

Dark Kraken Eyes by Paws1999 - steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles…

Splatoon 2: Leggings and Shorts - steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles… (Sort of. The textures for the female leggings make up her recoloured outfit)
Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion: Off the Hook model pack by JarOfDelisauce and crueldude100(Evan) - steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles…
Splatoon 2 Headgear by Tomato217 - steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles…

Enhanced Squid Sisters by lilrobot and friends - steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles…

Splatoon Full Weapons Pack by Lilrobot, FissionMetroid101 and DaRealUser - steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles…

Reference Material: archiveofourown.org/works/1594…

Description

[Deepsea Metro. The world of C0R0-1KA, or at least an off-shoot of it, perhaps C0R0-2KA, was dealt a serious blow when the lovable Goggles was struck down in a car accident a few months prior. The incident seemed to upset a lot of Inkopolis, including a close friend (not that he would ever admit that) in Rider. Months on, however, and he and the team had been lost in the Metro, having seemingly been led there and captured. Someone, a certain War Squid, had smelled blood in the water. The four were sprinting down the Metro towards the station, in hot pursuit of someone]

W.Pearl: Keep at it, we're near the station! Ooh, I can feel his soul breaking in two! He's READY to lose his mind!

W.Marie: [huff] ALL this...RUNNING! Can someone please tell me what the shell is even going on, here?!

W.Pearl: Oh, come on! You remember Goggles, right? That little twerp who kept winning Turf War through sheer luck?

W.Callie: I remember him! He was so cute! And Rider was awesome!

W.Marina: Silly sawdust let himself get smashed by a car. Just, WABAM! Flattened like a pancake on the road! That Rider friend-a his took it REAL hard...

W.Pearl: Imagine his surprise when some Octolino Supreme raids his dead boyfriend's coffin, revives him as an ugly sanitsed creature, and leads 'em all into this Metro to be exterminated. Easiest plan I ever set up.

W.Marie: Of course you had a hand in this. And what, he's been driven to grief and he's gonna...oh no.

W.Callie: No, no! Not again! Not another one of us!

W.Pearl: He can handle a Dynamo Roller like no-one else. He will be an excellent addition to our...cast. [the four stop before a heavy door into the station. The inside has been caved in, like someone bashed the locks shut to keep the door from opening again] We're here. 'Rina, get this open.

[War Marina nods and begins to set up something to jimmy the door open. Meanwhile, a voice can be heard, however faintly, beyond the door]

??? [in Octarian]: Wait, who's there?! That...Pearl, woman? Is that you? You tricked me! You said this would end this Inkling scum for sure!

W.Pearl: Did I? Oh, how silly of me.

???: YOU [cannot be translated]!!! I WILL HAVE YOU DROWN FOR THIS! When I get this...rabid Inko away from me! Put that Roller down, you animal! YOU FREAK!

W.Pearl: Ah, my prize...

W.Marie: Rider! Whatever those voices in your head are tellin' you, don't do it! I know you're upset, I've been there! Killing that Octo ain't gonna being him back! It's just gonna corrupt you into something nasty, like us!

W.Callie: Please don't let them win, PLEASE! Being a Warmonger is a life of endless misery. I don't want someone else to go through that, I can't allow it! I DON'T WANT TO ALLOW IT!

W.Marina: Jeez, whose side are you on?! [pained screaming is heard on the other side of the door, and she activates the machine with haste. The door is creaked open just a little bit, and War Marie steps forward to throw it open] Okay, go!

[The four sprint inside, and slow to a stop almost instantly, stunned by the scene that unfolded before them. A sanitised Octoling Elite, shades and all, was screaming as someone slammed a Gold Dynamo Roller into them over and over, crushing their body into a flat mess. They cried out in pain, begging for mercy, before a final slam smashed their head like a watermelon, ending them for good. The four assembled into a team-like structure as the smashed remains of the santised dribbled off of the platform and away from the attacker, who dropped his Roller and stared at the four]

W.Marie: Damn it...too late.

W.Callie: No...n-no! NO!

W.Pearl: Yes...[steps forward, face full of smug self-satisfaction] Oh, Rider. Wonderful, dangerous Rider. I have been watching you...

W.Marie: Oh cod, not another one of her monologues...

W.Pearl: Turf War Legend. Agent. Fallen Hero. I understand the pain you must have felt. Losing the love of your life, to an infernal crash that claimed the life of one so innocent...

W.Marina: Wait, they were a thing in this timeline?

W.Pearl: Running headfirst through life without the one you opened up to, the one who invited some warmth into your cold, miserable life. You were so, finally happy. And where did it lead you? To a funeral with the smashed remains of a lover in the casket. Rampaging through a children's game to take your anger out on those who let it happen. Stuck in a decrpiet, decaying metro being led by a mutated mockery of your man to your death. You have lost so much, and the world has stomped you in the back of the head when you're already down...

[The being approaches the four, captured in the dim light of the Metro. He is wearing an Inky Leather Rider, shorts, Octoleet Boots and has green tentacles tied up in a bunch. His eyes are squeezed shut, and it is clear he is in some sort of pain. War Marie smirks]

W.Marie: Hmm. This guy's got taste in jackets.

W.Pearl: But now, you have the power to fight back against this accursed world. Society, fate, death itself, it's all left you trapped in a cycle of suffering. I can set you free. I can allow you to get your vengence on those who wronged you, took your friend, made them into a tool of deception and destruction! All I ask of you...is you.

[The Inkling finally opens his eyes and stares at the four; his expression is one of white-hot fury...and his eyes are glowing red]

W.Callie: [sobbing] No...

W.Marie: [holds her hand] It's okay, Cal...it's okay...

W.Pearl: I christen you, War Rider. Now...let's get down to business, and slaughter us some Sanitsed...shall we?

===

Assets Used:

Off the Hook Models by LilRobot and friends - steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles…

Dark Kraken Eyes by Paws1999 - steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles…

Splatoon 2: Leggings and Shorts - steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles… (Sort of. The textures for the female leggings make up her recoloured outfit)
Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion: Off the Hook model pack by JarOfDelisauce and crueldude100(Evan) - steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles…
Splatoon 2 Headgear by Tomato217 - steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles…

Enhanced Squid Sisters by lilrobot and friends - steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles…

Splatoon Full Weapons Pack by Lilrobot, FissionMetroid101 and DaRealUser - steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles…

Reference Material: archiveofourown.org/works/1594…