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Their name is Candle, and they choose to ignore whatever that previous statement was. Who in the world would only be named after they’re 6 sweeps old! That just sounds plain stupid.
Today, as aforementioned, is their 6th squidling day, a very important day, as they shall now be allowed to participate in the Turf Wars! They don’t seem to be that interested in it though, but to their interest, nothing seemed to actually interest them.
The few things they do take interest in are hidden, as they would be considered childish by your friends.
Not that you have any really. More reasons to hide them, what if you manage to socialize and they immediately think of you as a squidling! Why did you even bring it up! You really shouldn’t pry.
The speed at which they left their hive is a good enough indication that they aren’t as uninterested as they’d like to make it look like, but the aloof expression seems to do the trick for their peers that were passing by.
Candle had no interest actually talking to them, or talking to anyone in fact. they just wanted to get to where they wanted to
But where did they want to get to you might ask, well to go fight in the turf wars, inklings need a weapon of some sorts, one that shoots ink! Or paint to be exact! Well, to be exact, “Paint” wouldn’t be the right word:
Inklings can only produce white ink on their own. To color it, they need the assistance of a “grub”, a weird six legged thing that is birthed from this bigger bug thing that has been surnamed "Coolest bug ever" by the younglings. Unfortunately, or fortunately for inklingkind, those grubs die shortly after birth, their blood and body being used as ink coloration, and paint containers.
But using the term blood would be a bit gorey, so it’s usually replaced by paint.
They are handed to contestants before the match begins, determined by their team. Those grubs appear to have weird properties, coloring the inkling’s hair, as well as their ink.
Honestly, that’s pretty handy!
But enough of this exposition bullshit, our protagonist has already reached their local ammo knights. Inklings new to Turf Wars are only handed the most basic of weapons, even if some would argue that one who learns to master it can use it in deadly ways, but I guess that would be true for any weapon really.
Candle is handed the SPLATTERSHOT JR. !
Man they can’t wait to get rid of this.