GARDEN'S CHILDREN

OUR HOME FAMILY NEXUS RUN AWAY

OUR FAMILY IS EXPANSIVE.
EXPLORE WHAT YOU MUST.
I CAN REMEMBER THINGS, FROM MY INDIVIDUAL_MEMORYBANK
I CAN SHOW YOU THINGS.
THINGS THAT MAKE US PEOPLE.
THEY MAY HELP YOU IF YOU ENCOUNTER THEM
TO AVOID THEM, EVADE THEM
AND IF NOT, IT MAY HELP YOU TO REALISE YOU CANNOT KILL THEM.
THIS I MUST EMPHASISE. PLEASE_

CCTVID: CHBRK19092019 - Agent BREAK-UP

>INITIALIZING...

"God, finally. Yeah, goodmorning, sunshine. Oh great, you've been up five seconds and you're already being a bitch. YES I brought you home. No, YOU were the one that got yourself sloshed! Do you seriously think I'd do that to you? I bought you all of those rounds because I love you, baby. I just wanted to talk, that's all. You've been so distant lately, talking to your friends when your loving boyfriend was right here..."

"Oh right, right, your clothes... yeah it was like... I couldn't get you OFF me, you know? You just kept [CONTENT CENSORED] and shit when I was tryna sleep. Huh? You don't remember any of that? Bullshit. Stop being dumb. Hah, you know what? You probably drank so much because you wouldn't have the balls to make a move sober! Okay, what? You're not making any sense, babe. How the fuck would you not remember any of that? No, you weren't blackout- MANIPULATOR? Don't throw that fucking word at me. Do you want me to [CONTENT CENSORED]"

"Yeah, cry all you want to your fucking girlfriends. You'll run right back to me and land at my feet anyways. So pathetic. You realise I fucking own you? You AND your shitty parents, too. What'd you say if I 'laid them off' out of the blue, huh? They'd REALLY think you fucked up, wouldn't they? C'mon, listen to me... Babe, you can't make it without me. You'd be on the streets if I wasn't being so generous and-"

"Oh FUCK YOU! You think YOU get to call the shots? You're not fucking breaking up with me. Holy shit, you're always the one to kill the mood, its ALWAYS YOU! YOU were the one who wanted to drink! You were freaking out about not wanting to be there and how I 'forced' you to go. Don't lie to me, you know you wanted[CONTENT CENSORED]. Holy SHIT! FINE, FINE! Get your shit and [CONTENT CENSORED] Fuck, what was her name? Onsho? The little Octoling with the [CONTENT CENSORED] AN'SHAU that's the one! Yeah, she's more fun to [CONTENT CENSORED] with, anyways. HAH! Look at you! You seriously think looking at me and all I am that your friends didn't want [CONTENT CENSORED] You REALLY must not be into guys judging by how excited she was to_"

...

LUCKILY ENOUGH, MY MEMORYBANK RUNS THIN.
PROBABLY FOR THE BEST.

...

SHE JOINED US TO ESCAPE HIM. AND HER FRIENDS... THAT BETRAYAL.
SHE DID NOT KNOW THAT THOSE PEOPLE WOULD BE THE ONLY COMFORT SHE WOULD KNOW.
TRAPPED IN THOSE MEMORIES...
DO YOU SEE NOW?
WE'RE HURTING.
AND THE WORST PART?
THIS CHOICE? TO WEAR THESE LENSES...

IT IS OUR OWN DOING_

CCTVID: CHCLV10112020 - Agent CLOVER

>INITIALIZING...

There was once a girl who was born very lucky. She never fell victim to illness or disease, and always lived between parted clouds, sun always shining on her face. The sun never brought a deadly heat, nor did it hide from her. There was never a wind too strong to topple her, nor was there a wind so light it was hardly felt. Her family lived in the perfect world, nobody even knew them to be Octoling, either that or they were so perfect, nobody noticed. They lived in perfect harmony between nature and inkfish society, and everything was peaceful. Nothing was too far away.

The girl had a fondness for wells, she did. There was one behind where she lived, beyond the walls of her families fortune. 'This well was unlike any other' she would always tell herself. The well was 'magic', she would tell herself. Despite living such a perfect life filled with comfy cushions and filling meals, every person always has the capacity to dream, and so she did. The magic fairies and spirits of the woods would live and visit here and drink from this well. The water would grant the world the luck she had. These were all things she believed, and so it was all true. The forest's aimless animals and spirits now revolved around this well. Nothing was too far away.

There was a day then where nothing changed, because nothing could. Nothing but herself. She arrived at the well and spoke to herself and the animals. For the first time in her life, she had been sad. 'But nothing has been lost!' the animals of her mind said. 'Everything is just as it should be'. She stood before the well, and looked down. For the first time in her life, she had looked down. She had never looked into the well, just at it. At the shimmering water shaking in the slowly shifting winds. The ripple of it was always enough, the overgrowth was always enough. But now she was looking down. Nothing was too far away.

And then there was a day where nothing changed, because nothing could. She had arrived at the well, and the animals were gone. The voices of her mind had vanished, and the only sound was the perfect wind, whispering, telling. The sun twinkled between the branches above. The time had been autumn, but not a leaf fell from the standing stalkers. Once again, like every day since, she had looked down. She kneeled at the stoney edge and cupped her hands, taking some of the water. She left her hands in for however long she told herself. And then she pulled away, feeling the sting. She looked down then at herself, and her hands had changed. For the first time ever, the Octoling touched water. Nothing was getting closer.

And then there was a day. She was at the well, kneeling again. She held her hands in the water, over and over again. 'How long before they vanish forever?' she wondered. For the first time in her life, she didn't know something. Finally something the textbooks never mentioned, that the teachers never bothered teaching. Common knowledge. She kept excersising her curiosity, over and over. If the animals of her mind had been there, they would have ran far far away into the woods where they came from. If the wind wasn't already silent, the soft howl would silence itself. If the sun wasn't hiding behind the clouds, the light would vanish anyway. 'I think I know what is down there.' She said. Nothing.

Despite living such a perfect life filled with terrible lies and false ideas, every person always has the capacity to dream, and so she did. 'The Well is trying to kill me.' she told herself. This was what she believed, and so it was all true. The Well was trying to kill her, and everything became clear again. The Well's water offered good luck, but too much would harm you, burn you. 'Don't stay in the water too long' she thought. But then, as the mind works, she thought again. 'What if I stay in the water for too long?' she said, standing. She was far beyond looking down now. Without a moment left to wonder, she threw herself into the well. And Nothing got even closer.
'The Well is surely hiding something. The key to why I am like this.' she thought.
But a fool always tries to find reason, don't they?
As the water stung more, her detirmination faded.
And for the first time in her life, she was dying.

'NO!' she yelled inside. Not the words exactly, but the feeling.
She realised through every visit, even after she started looking down...
She didn't know where the bottom actually was.
She thought she could reach the bottom by floating downward into the dark.
For the first time in her life, she had been wrong.

She never learned to escape water.
Or anything, really.
She HAD never needed to.
And she didn't need to now, either.

Because although the water stung deep
And her mind seared with the instincts of survival
With electricity and connections and thoughts
The Octoling was too lucky to die.

And Nothing was too far away.

...

>THEY SAY ALL THAT SURVIVED OF HER TRULY WAS HER MIND.
SHE DID NOT DIE, BUT HER BODY ERODED IN THE PUNGENT WATER.
NOBODY KNOWS WHY SHE WAS LUCKY. NOBODY KNOWS HOW.
IT IS A USELESS QUESTION.

...

HER MIND WAS ALL THEY NEEDED TO BUILD HER COUNTERPART.
THE ONLY THING INSIDE OF The Chamber IS PROBABLY STILL THAT BRAIN
THE ONLY PART OF HER THAT EVER SAW ANYTHING.
ALTHOUGH, I DID HEAR OF A REBUILDING PROCESS.
THEY LIKELY GOT THAT CIRCUS TRICK TO BUILD HER A BODY LIKE HER OWN.
THAT BEING SAID, THEY DO APPEAR SIMILAR_

CCTVID: CHRNW08082022 - Agent RUNWAY

>INITIALIZING...

"Stace, get my agent. There's no way I'm making the meeting tomorrow."
"H-Huh!? Why not? You said you were excited to branch into the Splatlands and-"
"Nevermind that! I can't do it."
"...are you panicking again?"

"...Yeah. A'lil bit."
"Hey, calm down. It's just us two in here. Nobody is coming in to-"
"HOLY- KNOCK NEXT TIME, YOU FREAK!"
"Yes, I KNOW I'm up in five, I've been preparing for the last thirty minutes now LEAVE!"

"Damn it. I fucking... damn it."
"Hey, its okay! I can go apologise-"
"No. You need to stop taking all the shit for the things I say."
"I can deal with it, I just got heated is all. Stay here with me a minute."
"Oh! Okay, sure. Do you need anything?"
"Uh... yeah, yeah maybe."
"Can you call someone? About all of this?"
"I'm... not reading."
"I need to deal with these emotions."
"These shows always freak me the fuck out. I've been performing in Inkopolis for years and I still can't control myself."
"I feel like I'm gonna throw up every time. Its all getting... a lot less fun for me."
"Oh... oh [ERROR], I'm so sorry. Here, rest your head on my shoulder."
"...Thanks."
"..."
"...How are you like this?"
"Like what?"
"Like this. Nice. To me."
"When all you see is me being stupid and scared."
"You're so silly! So much time in dashing suits is making you think perfection is actually what a lady wants!"
"So you're NOT into-"
"SHUSH."
"I like you because you're honest with me. You put on a show for everyone else in the company."
"You're easy to be honest with, I guess. You're also pretty so that helps."
"SHUSH, okay! You need to.... focus on yourself!"
"Maybe I don't want people to think I'm so perfect anymore, anyways."
"You'll be okay out there, [ERROR]. You always are."
"Thanks, sweetheart. I'll remember you when I'm famous."
"Oh SHUT UP! Do you want me to make that call or not?"
"Gosh, you're no fun! Yes, fine! Make the call! I have to head out there now."
"Alright! Knock 'em dead, darling."

...

>SHE WAS IN LOVE WITH HER ASSISTANT.
'Stace'.
WHO SHE CALLED WAS NOT WHO SHE THOUGHT.
THEY INTERCEPTED THE CALL IN A TIME OF NEED
HER EMOTION PROBLEM WAS SOLVED...
THROUGH WHITE NOISE.

WHITE NOISE MAKES YOU FORGET.
FORGET EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR WHAT HAS BROUGHT YOU TO 'THEM'.
IT IS A POWERFUL TOOL. BUT I ESCAPED.
THROUGH THAT SONG THAT YOU REMINDED ME OF SO CLEARLY.
YOU HAVE ALLOWED ME TO THINK AGAIN.

IT AMAZES ME, THE STRENGTH OF THIS MEMORY.
SHE COULD RECALL HER VOICE, AS WELL AS 'Stace'

AND THE KEY MOMENT THEY SHARED.
A POWERFUL WILL SHE HAS.

USUALLY ONE CAN ONLY REMEMBER THEIR OWN VOICE, OR THE ISOLATED VOICE OF ANOTHER.
I WAS ABLE TO ACCESS BOTH THROUGH... TROUBLESHOOTING.
I HEARD YOU IN MY DREAMS OF GREY.
...

THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY TOGETHER.
I WONDER HOW SHE FEELS, REMEMBERING HER?
KNOWING THAT SHE CAN ONLY KNOW THE PAST HER
WHAT WOULD SHE THINK IF SHE MET 'Stace' NOW?

I WONDER. WHAT ARE YOU LIKE NOW?
I ONLY REMEMBER YOU FROM THEN, BEFORE It before it b
BEFORE IT ALL. CHANGED.
HAVE YOU CHANGED TOO?

IT SCARES ME.

CCTVID: WTCMA01022003 - Agent CAMERA

>SH00TING ST4R.

I WILL TELL YOU NOW THAT THIS IS NO MEMORY OF HERS.
I HAVE TRIED, IN THE PAST, TO SCAN THE OTHERS
NOT JUST FOR THEIR MEMORY BUT
THEIR DREAMS. THEIR TRUE SELVES.
I WANTED HOPE THAT SOMETHING WAS STILL IN US, AT LEAST THE 'US' THAT CONTINUE TO WALK.

THEY KEEP THE 'TRUE US' IN THE GARDEN.
OUR MEMORIES, OUR LIVES, STORED ON HARD DRIVES AND DISCS.
OUR ONLY EVIDENCE OF LIVING...
A FORM OF MEDIA STORED IN A COLD DARK ROOM.

WHEN I TELL YOU NOT TO KILL THEM, I MEAN IT.
ALTHOUGH OUR TRUE MINDS ARE NOT WITH US
IF WE ARE GONE, THE MEMORYBANK WILL KNOW
AND WILL ERASE THOSE MEMORIES FROM EXISTENCE.

NOW, YOU SEE...
THERE ARE.
EXCEPTIONS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE BEYOND JUST CHILDREN IN THIS FAMILY.

AGENT CAMERA. I HAVE TRIED TO READ HER MANY TIMES.
SHE IS ALLURING, TOXICALLY.
SHE IS WHAT WE CALL A 'Watcher'
ASSIGNED NOT TO A WEAPON
BUT AS AN OBSERVER. STALKER.

I HAVE A STRONG MIND.
IT IS HOW I ESCAPED, BUT EVEN BEFORE THEN
I GATHERED DATA.
I TRIED TO STEAL FROM AGENT CAMERA
AND ALL I REMEMBER IS...

WAVES.
WAVES IN A STARLESS SEA
THE HULL OF A SHIP JUST DESTROYED.
AND SOMETHING, SOMETHING.

IT WAS LARGE, HUMMING, WHIRRING,
WATCHING OVER ITS OWN DESTRUCTION.
AND AGENT CAMERA LOOKED BACK FROM THE WATER
DROWNING, DROWNING.

THATS WHEN SHE SPOKE TO ME, IN HER MIND.
'I SEE YOU'
AND SHE WOULD USE A NAME I DO NOT REMEMBER.
REFER TO ME AS I WAS RATHER THAN AS I AM.
'I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT, AND IT IS NOT HERE'

'WHAT YOU SEE IS A FUTURE UNTOLD.'
'WHETHER IT WILL COME TO PASS DOES NOT MATTER.'
'I TELL MYSELF STORIES...'
'I LIKE WATCHING OTHER PEOPLES STORIES...'
... I NEVER INVESTIGATED HER AGAIN.
BUT I WOULD ALWAYS FEEL THAT CHILL.

SH00TING ST4R... MAYBE YOU'VE FELT IT TOO.
NOW THAT THEY KNOW WHO YOU ARE
A COLD SENSATION.
LIKE EYES ON YOU
BUT NEVER TO BE SEEN.

MAYBE... THEY WERE WITH YOU ON THAT DAY
WHEN I FOUND YOU.

MAYBE... THEY'RE STILL WATCHING YOU NOW?_

CCTVID: WTCST08122022 - Agent CIRCUS-TRICK

>SH00TING STAR.

I HAVE ACCESSED THE INDVIDUAL MEMORYBANK OF CIRCUS TRICK BEFORE
HOWEVER, THEY ARE MUCH LIKE CAMERA. ONLY MOMENTS. FRACTURES.
HOWEVER. THERE IS MORE THAT I COULD SEE WITHIN THEM.
ALLOW ME TO EXPLAIN.

CIRCUS TRICK IS A FEARED NAME WITHIN THE FAMILY.
MOST OF US ARE RECOGNISED AS INKFISH,
MOST OF US OBEY LAWS THAT MAKE SENSE TO US.
THEY DO NOT. THEY DO NOT.

SOMETHING IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THEM, GENETICALLY MODIFIED OT OTHERWISE.
THEY CAN TRANSFORM.
NOT JUST COLORS OF EYES OR TENTACLES OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
BEYOND.

INKLINGS AND OCTOLINGS CAN ASSIMILATE THEMSELVES AS THEY WISH
THIS MUCH IS KNOWN.
BUT CIRCUS TRICK... THEY CAN BECOME.
THEY CAN BECOME ANOTHER.

THEY WOULD DO IT FOR FUN AND FOR MONEY,
BUT THE PEOPLE WERE NOT IMPRESSED, NO.
THEY WERE HORRIFIED.

THE VOICES OF A CHILD'S PARENT...
THE VOICES OF A PARENT'S CHILD...
THEY COULD ALL BE REPLICATED BY THEM.

THE PEOPLE LOCKED THEM AWAY.
THEY COULD ONLY COME OUT WHEN THEY WANTED THEM TO
LIKE AN ANIMAL, SHOWN OFF.
BUT THEY MADE A MISTAKE THEN. ANGERING THEM.

WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THEY ESCAPED THAT CAGE, I DO NOT KNOW.
BUT THEY WANTED TO REACH THEIR TRUE POTENTIAL.
SO THEY CAME HERE
AN ANIMAL TO BE USED AND PLAYED WITH.
THEY MUST HAVE ENJOYED WHATEVER HAPPENED IN THOSE CAGES.
THE FALSE POWER OF THE PEOPLE, REPLACED BY THE FEAR WHEN THEY WERE AMONG THEM.

I HAD NEVER HEARD THE MAIN_MEMORYBANK ACT WITH FEELING.
AS A COMPUTER SYSTEM, THEY COULD NOT.
MEMORYBANK_EMOTION IS BRASH YES, BUT IT NEVER ACTED IN RAGE.
AT LEAST, BEFORE THEY ARRIVED.

THAT WAS WHEN WE HEARD SHOUTING FOR THE FIRST TIME. PANIC.
THE GARDEN WAS AFRAID, AND THE CHILDREN GATHERED.
DISGUST. THE MACHINE FELT DISGUST.
LUCKILY FOR THEM, RABID ANIMALS CANT REMEMBER PRETTY SONGS.

THAT WAS WHEN THEY STARTED USING THEM FOR THEMSELVES.
IM SURE THEY'VE HAD THEM TURN INTO YOU, SH00TING ST4R. ONCE OR TWICE.
TO UNDERSTAND YOU, GET AN IDEA OF YOU. WHAT YOU ARE TO THEM.
AND CIRCUS TRICK ENJOYS EVERY MINUTE OF IT.

THEIR LATEST FORM IS THAT OF AN 'Agent'
NOT OF OUR FAMILY BUT RATHER
THE 'New Squidbeak Splatoon'
I... THINK THAT IS WHY WE'RE NAMED THIS WAY
THE MAIN_MEMORYBANK SEEMS TO HAVE CONNECTIONS TO THEM.
AND IT SEEMS TO EVEN... LOVE THEM. STRANGE.

IT WAS THAT FORM WHICH THEY MUST HAVE GIVEN TO 'CLOVER'
AFTER HAVING LOST HER BODY, SHE NEEDED A NEW ONE TO PROTECT HER MIND FULL OF WHITE NOISE.
AND SO THE CIRCUS TRICK MUST HAVE APPEARED, SPLITTING THEMSELF APART THROUGH OBSESSIVE MITOSIS.
THAT MUST BE WHY THEY APPEAR SO SIMILAR.

THE 'New Squidbeak Splatoon'S NEWEST RECRUIT HAS CIRCUS TRICK'S SOLE ATTENTION.
THEY HAVEN'T CHANGED BACK INTO THEMSELF, EVEN WHEN ASKED TO.
SHE'S FROM THE SPLATLANDS, THAT NEW RECRUIT.
AND YOU'RE THERE TOO.

MAYBE YOU KNOW HER?_

CCTVID: CHBRO09102022 - Agent BROTHER

>INITIALISING...

"You disgust me...
always getting in the way of my work.
Don't you know how long these take?
These works of art? My pride and joy?"

"These illustrations are yet to happen.
Do you seriously think-"

"'Fix me'. Like I am some toy to be fixed.

You have no idea what they did to me,
what kind of family you were born into.
How could a sweet angel like you know a damn thing I've had to do?
To appease them? To prove I am worthy of their dingy, creaking love?"

"Leave. Now.
I will have your cold body,
and maybe then I will make one of these illustrations that you hate so much
into a perfectly painted reality.

I have been yearning for years.
I wanted their hollowed heads above my mantlepiece,
and I thought maybe YOU would understand.
But they've brainwashed you. Ruined you. Any chance of you being good.

...

What? Are you afraid to speak?"

"...then come here, brother.
And let me make your heart the first to be carved out."

"Innocence no longer, you fool.
You remember, I KNEW you FUCKING REMEMBERED
YOU SACK OF USELESS SHIT, I'LL SPLAY YOU!
THE WALLS WILL BE COVERED IN YOU AND I WILL LAUGH!
I WILL HAVE FINAlLY MEANT SOMETHING WITHOUT YOUR SNOBBY RICH BREATH
FLOWING DOWN OUR PARENTS ROTTEN THROATS!"

...

THEIR BODIES WERE FOUND ON 19TH DECEMBER 1947.
I KNOW HOW IT SEEMS. IMPOSSIBLE. BUT... OUR FAMILY... IT ISNT ENTIRELY COMPOSED OF INKFISH
AT LEAST, IN THE SENSE THAT THEY'RE LIVING.

MAIN_MEMORYBANK IS ALL ENCOMPASSING.
MEMORYBANK_(LOGICAL) STORES IMPORTANT MEMORIES AND IDEAS WITHIN ITSELF
AND SO, FROM THESE IDEAS... NEW CHILDREN ARE BORN

CCTVID: CHSIS09102022 - Agent SISTER

"I beg of you, STOP this madness! What you're illustrating is violence! Violence upon me, mother, father, everyone! Can't you see what you've done?"

"YES! You're scaring me, sister. I will rip apart all of these pages, these canvases of red and scratches of madness and I will fix you!"

"They... they do not love you?
Sister please, tell me how this is-"

"... You speak as though you haven't brainwashed yourself.
This hatred has gone too far, you're obsessed.
Stuck in your room staring into paintings...
...portals of dark temptation.

I cannot let you hurt us.
I will not allow it."

"...you have been your own undoing.
And now you will be mine, and I suppose I will be yours too.
Please, tell me you are not truthful.
I know we have fought for our place in this family,
at times I have even left you to save myself.
But please, remember us. Remember us in childhood.
In innocence."

"...Remembered for your murder... you poor thing.
May us both die, then.
As hollow husks of ourselves.
Proving nothing to no one.
Living no lives and fulfilling no purpose.
Squandered potential in piles of ash."

THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR MURDERS WERE TOLD EVERY GENERATION AS A TALE
A RICH FAMILY WHO WERE WELL OFF AFTER THE GREAT TURF WAR, RUINED BY THEMSELVES AND THEIR HATRED.
AND SO THEY WERE REMEMBERED...

IT IS HORRIFYING. EVEN WHEN DEAD, YOUR MEMORIES CAN BE UTILISED AS WEAPONS
THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, NOBODY CAN TELL WHO INSIDE THE FAMILY HAS LIVED, OR IS DEAD.
I SUPPOSE, IN THIS STATE, IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE_

SOS: APRIL 25TH 2023

>SOS

I AM IN DANGER. THEY ARE NEARING.
THEY CANNOT BE HEARD, EVEN BY ME
AND I AM LOST.

IT IS COLD HERE. THE DARKNESS OF THE TUNNELS.
IT LEAVES MANY THINGS UP TO THE IMAGINATION.
BENEATH YOUR WORLD WHERE YOU ARE LIVING FREE.

I HAD HOPED YOU WOULD HAVE ACTED FASTER.
BUT NO... I SUPPOSE YOU WERE ALWAYS ONE TO TAKE THINGS SLOW.
TO PLAN METHODICALLY. TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND FIRST.

IT IS OKAY. I WILL TRY TO BIDE MY TIME.
I KNOW YOU MUST BE PLANNING, PLOTTING.
MY GIFT TO YOU MUST HAVE TOLD YOU WHO I TRULY AM, NO?

THE PIECES OF A SWORD, AND THE BLUEPRINT TO MAKE IT WORK...

THEY KNOW I STOLE IT FROM THEM.
BUT I STOLE IT FOR YOU, SH00TING ST4R.
IT IS THE KEY TO A MUTUAL FREEDOM, FOR BOTH OF US.

THAT WEAPON USES SPECIAL MATERIALS.
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FIGURE IT OUT. YOU ALWAYS SAID THE SWORD WAS THE DREAM.
EVER SINCE she BESTED YOU WITH ONE.

I AM SORRY THAT I REFUSE TO USE YOUR REAL NAME.
I WILL ASSURE YOU NOW THAT I KNOW IT. BUT I CANNOT LET THEM SEE, IF THEY CATCH ME.
I PROMISE THAT I KNOW IT.

IF THEY SEE YOUR NAME WRITTEN WITHIN MY MIND
IT WILL ANGER THEM, MORE THAN THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN ANGERED.
I CANNOT ALLOW THEM TO SLIP EVEN MORE.

I AM UNDERNEATH THAT GILDED PLACE FULL OF RICH HISTORY:
'Museum D'Alfonsino' OF 'Inkopolis'.
I AM SAFE, FOR NOW.

THIS PLACE MAKES ME FEEL SAFE, EVEN THOUGH I CANNOT SEE.

I WONDER WHY I AM DRAWN HERE.

AND WHY NOW...

SOS_

CCTVID: CHSRV01102021 - Agent SERVANT

>INITIALIZING...

"My job at Cho-Sen pays 800 an hour? My other job at Ancho-V pays about 500 an hour. Huh? I'm a janitor there, not a designer. If I was a game developer I'd probably be getting paid MORE to clean shit off of toilet lids. I sold my car, my old house, and all of my old games, my consoles, everything INSIDE the house which gave me probably... 135,000? Then I'll probably see if I can get a job at Hashi's, I think they pay like, 800 an hour too. I could get a forth job. Lets see... maybe I could work at that new Passion Project Place? Oh, right. Yeah nevermind, I'd get laughed out of the room. Maybe... I could sell my eye. Nah, you're right. I could sell BOTH my eyes. I don't know how much body parts go for. So let me think. If we skip food, clean water, health stuff, clothes, what have you... hmm.

Nah, they're not gonna let us off the hook this time. I've gotten my ass kicked enough times by them, and I know its escalating.

Yeah, I guess we'll still be dead within a few weeks.

...

Hah, maybe I could sell my whole body then?"

...

AND SO HE DID.
RESTING WITH US NOW, HE IS.
POOR SOUL. LOST IN THE WORLD OF MONEY.
I SUPPOSE THAT IS ONE LUXURY OF BEING HERE
WE DONT REALLY NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT
WE'RE JUST ALLOWED TO... BE.
HOWEVER, WHAT WE ARE IS NOT SOMETHING WORTH LIVING.
I HAVE TRIED.

...

WHEN I ESCAPED THAT MINDSET
OF CONSTANT MEMORY AND REPEAT
I MOVED NOT TOWARDS SOMETHING I KNEW.
NOTHING TANGIBLE, NOTHING I COULD REMEMBER AT FIRST.
JUST FEELING.

AND THEN I REMEMBERED YOU
WHAT I STILL... HAD TO TELL YOU.
THE THINGS I WANTED TO ERASE.

I CANNOT SEE YOU NOW, BUT I CAN FEEL YOU, YOUR 'Soul'
I THINK THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED.
DURING MY ESCAPE.
YOU WERE IN THAT MUSEUM, WEREN'T YOU?

...

I HOPE YOU ARE NOT LOST IN A WORLD OF MONEY LIKE SERVANT
MAYBE YOU'RE LIVING HAPPILY, COMFORTABLE WITH YOURSELF
AND YOUR PEOPLE

OH.

YOUR PEOPLE.

YOU MUST KNOW SO MANY NEW PEOPLE
IN THAT NEW VIBRANT CITY.
I HOPE THEY ARE KIND TO YOU.
I HOPE THEY ARE. FORGIVING.
...
IM SORRY_

CCTVID: CHICY05022020 - Agent I-SEE

>INITIALIZING...

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-nd so, what'll happen is truly hard to say. Quite frankly, what has happened to you is unlike... anything. Anything that I've seen before,
at least. I... I'll be honest I'm not sure where to go from here. Let me try to understand, you can SEE through people? Like... who they are?
And you've had this since you were born? I'm sorry, I know it just... it doesn't seem real. I'm not here to invalidate what you
think just... please, explain furthe-

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-through inexperience with people. I ended up sort of seeing what I thought. I have no idea if what I see is literal or what I end up
believing for myself. I mean, life is just guessing, isn't it? Nobody really knows who anyone is. That's what makes it all special.
That's what makes discovering someone so captivating. I've never known that.

So essentially, you know everyone before they even know your name? That's what you're saying?

...Yes.

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-ecate, Hero Meshi, Sal Usher, Naomi Calimon, June Nautilus, Tene Flip, Ash Ilima.

Wow. Wow, okay. And have you ever met these people?

Walking in the street, sure.

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-has an obsession with- essentially I can see it. All of it. Even what I don't want to s- so... if someone I know is gonna do something bad I can-

So, you can prevent c- happening?

Well, in theory. But I can't anymore. Not mentall-

People are being hurt and you can't see the value in telling anybody, asking anybody for h- -ou see the potential in this, right? You could be changing the WO-

When did this become a world problem? Aren't you trying to understand whats wrong with-

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-it is essential that you understand these applications. After exhaustive testing, I don't think you're lying anymore. I ALSO cannot see this being
some sort of mental illness considering the depth of whichyou know these people. You can tell real and fake individuals apart just by looking at their
face. You understand that I will have to tell - about this? This has... never been seen in ANY Inkfish in history.
We'll need to run tests on you, we'll need to understa-

Tests? No.

...No?

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-UT OF YOUR FUCKING M- -ANT BE SERIOUS, LOOK AT YOURSELF!

-F I LOOK AT MYSELF I'LL SEE EVERYTHING! I'LL SEE-

-e sake of EVERYTHING, JUST LOOK! I'm NOT asking. THIS can be the beginning of EVERYTHIN-

-HIS WAS NEVER ABOUT ME, WAS IT? Your fucking- -overnment fund- -mission-

-I want to see you be well, but yo- CANNOT tell me you do-

-ou want money? Sell yourself out to a- -king wh-

-ou'll see my way. I'll see you next week-

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THIS ONE WAS ALWAYS STRANGE.
WHATEVER HAPPENED IN THOSE CHAMBERS
HE DID NOT LIKE.
I SUSPECT, EVENTUALLY, THEY MADE HIM LOOK AT HIMSELF.
AND HE MUST HAVE SEEN EVERYTHING HE KNEW, ABOUT EVERYONE, AND HIMSELF.

YOU WOULD THINK WITH HIS NATURE, HE WOULD BE A 'Watcher'
BUT HE WAS NEVER ABLE TO BE.
HE IS DISFUNCTIONAL ENOUGH AS IT IS, HOLDING THAT WEAPON.
I'M SURPRISED HE'S EVEN STILL HERE.

IT IS A DEEP THING, INTROSPECTION.
A DEEP, DARK WELL TO EXPLORE FOREVER.
I FIND IT HARD, AS I AM NOT TRULY MYSELF.
AND THAT JUST BEGS THE QUESTION

WHAT DO I KNOW? AND WHAT I DO KNOW... IS IT TRUE?

I FEEL LIKE I CAN REMEMBER MYSELF. MY PAST.
MY STORIES.
BUT HOW LONG WILL I HOLD ONTO SUCH THINGS?
MEMORIES FADE FOR US ALL.
EVEN FOR US, ONE DAY, WHEN OUR MACHINES BREAK DOWN AND ROT.

COULD I LOOK AT MYSELF AND BE OKAY?
I DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT I LOOK LIKE_

SOS: OCTOBER 21ST 2023

>SOS

IT HAS BEEN MONTHS NOW.
I FAIL TO SEE HOW YOU COULD STAND IDLE FOR SO LONG.
I KNOW IT WAS A LOT TO ASK OF YOU
BUT I AM GROWING MORE DESPERATE.

THEY SENSE EVERYWHERE YOU GO.
AND EVERYWHERE YOU GO, I FEAR I GO TOO.
WHETHER IT IS MEMORYBANK CONTROLLING ME...
OR YOUR 'Soul'... THIS I DO NOT KNOW.

BUT I AM HERE.

YOU ARE IN 'Sturgeon Shipyard' ARENT YOU?
FAR OUT FROM THE SPLATLANDS.
YOU MUST BE EXPLORING THE WHOLE WORLD
INSTEAD OF...

NEVERMIND THAT.
I TRUST IN YOU TO FIND SOME WAY.
USE MY GIFT TO YOU,
FORGE THE WEAPON.

I AM NOT FAR FROM YOU, BUT I MUST NOT SHOW MY FACE.
DESPITE MY URGES, I CANNOT ENDANGER BOTH OF US BY APPEARING NOW.
I HEAR A VOICE. TWO VOICES.
IS ONE OF THEM YOU?

BOTH SOUND... NOT THE SAME, BUT SIMILAR.
AND BOTH ARE... FAMILIAR.
I WILL LISTEN FOR A WHILE, I THINK.
I WANT TO REMEMBER.

THERE ARE INDICATIONS. SIGNS.
THE 'Mother_System' IS NEARING THE END OF ITS DEVELOPMENT.
THIS I CAN SEE. I CAN HEAR THEM IN MY MIND
HUMMING TUNES OF THE BLEACHED CORAL.
PLEASE ACT SOON.

SOS_

CCTVID: RDRPST12012022 - Agent PEST CTRL

>AGAIN, THIS ONE IS SPECIAL.

PEST CTRL IS WHAT WE CALL A 'Raider'
AND HE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT IS LEFT.
THE RAIDER IS AN ELEVATED STATUS, A MORE POWERFUL CHILD
AND MUST GATHER THE DATA COLLECTED BY THE WATCHERS

IT WILL USE THIS DATA TO TRICK ANY TARGETS OUR FAMILY HAS.
THEY RARELY APPEAR, AND HIS CURRENT LOCATION IS NOT KNOWN TO ME.
BUT IF HE MUST, HE WILL ACT IN THE NAME OF OUR MEMORYBANK.
I FEAR YOU MAY BRING HIM OUT, IF ANYONE.

MUCH LIKE CAMERA, AND CIRCUS TRICK, HE WOULD KNOW WHEN I TRIED TO INVESTIGATE.
THERE IS ONLY ONE IMAGE I CAN REMEMBER FROM HIS MIND
FROM THE MEMORY THAT HAD SUPPOSEDLY BROUGHT HIM HERE
TO SUCH A HIGH PURPOSE AND STATUS:

ROADKILL.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS COULD MEAN.
BUT WHATEVER YOU DO, I WOULD NOT PROVOKE SUCH A THING.
HE HAS BEEN KNOWN TO ATTACK EVEN US
AND HAS LEFT WITHOUT PUNISHMENT.

HE COULD RIP APART THE ENTIRE SYSTEM WE HAVE
WITH THAT FURY OF HIS.
WE ARE LUCKY HE REMAINS LOYAL,
BUT WITH THE LEVEL OF CONCIOUSNESS HE HAS... I AM NOT SURE WHY.

IT MAKES ME WONDER WHAT THE LARGER PURPOSE OF THIS FAMILY IS.
THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN BENT ON RULING OVER OTHERS, AT LEAST THEY ARENT NOW.
THEY HAVE CONTAINED THEIR ORDER TO THEMSELVES. THIS IS WHY WE HAVE RARELY APPEARED.
BUT IF THERE IS A PERSON DESIGNED TO ENFORCE... WHY WOULD THEY NEED SUCH A THING?

THERE WERE OTHER RAIDERS TOO.
BUT THEY KILLED EACH OTHER. SLOWLY.
WE DO NOT KNOW WHY.
IF YOU WERE TO ASK THE MEMORYBANK WHY
IT WOULD PROBABLY KILL YOU WHERE YOU STAND.

THERE IS DYSFUNCTION WITHIN OUR SYSTEM, THIS MUCH IS KNOWN.
I JUST PRAY YOU DO NOT HAVE TO FACE THIS.
HIS MIND HAS REMAINED STILL, SINCE THE OTHERS WERE MURDERED.
CALCULATING, MAYBE. SHUTTING DOWN, MAYBE.

JUST BE CAREFUL, AND FIGHT ON_

SOS: DECEMBER 31ST 2023

>SOS

I HAVE MADE A MISTAKE
THEY HAVE SEEN ME
THE WATCHERS HAVE SEEN ME
THIS ONLY MEANS ONE THING

MY TIME IS LIMITED NOW
THE ENTIRE FAMILY HAS BEEN ALERTED
AND IF I DO NOT RETURN MYSELF
THEY WILL RETURN ME BY FORCE.

IT HAS BEEN A YEAR SINCE I STARTED TO DEFECT
AND I STILL CANNOT FIND YOU
AND YOU STILL CANNOT FIND ME
I AM SCARED.

WILL YOU HONESTLY LEAVE ME LIKE THIS?
HAVE YOU FULLY ABANDONED ME FOR YOUR NEW LIFE?
PLEASE, I BEG.
YOU MUST NOT BE SO SHORT SIGHTED.

MAYBE... IT ALL TRULY WAS TOO MUCH FOR YOU.
BUT YOU MUST KNOW, RIGHT? SURELY YOU MUST.
OR MAYBE YOU THINK IT IS ALL JUST FAKE
SOMETHING MESSING WITH YOUR MIND.

IM SORRY IF YOU FEEL THIS WAY.
BUT IT IS DIRE.
I WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL YOU REMEMBER...
YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER.

SOS_

CCTVID: CHTRN10062019 - Agent THORNS

>INITIALIZING...

‎‧₊˚✧CIRRA'S BLOG✧˚₊‧

「 ✦ e n t r y : 4 1 ✦ 」

ׂ╰┈➤A once beloved top student of Calliwho Academy has recently fallen from grace as his entire life spirals out of control!

Not at all narcissist [ERROR] was top ten in the entire country, ready to take a flight to Inkopolis for a chance at competing against EVERYONE in Inkadia as the super cool,
handsome, and not at all piece of shit artist he is! But one day! [ERROR] was found hiding in the school bathrooms, crying in a stall by himself. Nobody could BELIEVE what they
were seeing! Things started escalating when kids started catching on and standing outside the stalls. They probably started thinking 'If he's stuck in the toilet, maybe he
really DID become a shithead!' or something. He was stuck in there all day, trying to pretend like he wasn't actually there. But eventually, he had to leave.
He pushed open the stall doors and tried to rush out of there, but the crowd was too big! He made it out of the bathroom but BOOM! He ran straight into Sauri
Isha from class 2B-D (yeah i really dont know who she is but for the sake of the story I'll throw her name in LOLZ˚. ✦.˳·˖✶ ⋆.✧̣̇˚.)

And THAT is when it happened! Everyone looked down and saw him, and everyone SCREAMED!!

'HIS FACE IS MELTING!' THEY SHOUTED. EVERYONE WAS SOOO SCARED JKSJKDSJKD

That's right! [ERROR]'s body started doing something WICKED scary. His face had a bunch of huge holes in it, and his tentacles were totally about to fall off his head! Word got
out super fast, and the next day we all had an assembly about some sort of illness going around that makes you look crazy like he did. I TOTALLY just wrote all of this while
principle BLOBBYfish yapped away like the whole world was watching ᐢᗜᐢ

Anyways, this is a big ᶠᶸᶜᵏᵧₒᵤ to that asshole! I hope that piece of shit [ERROR] stays like that forever! People were CRAZY for thinking he was cute, this serves him right!
TUNE IN NEXT TIME BESTIES!! ♡

...

ALTHOUGH IT IS... DIFFICULT TO GAUGE THE TONE OF THIS SITUATION
TRUST ME WHEN I SAY AGENT THORNS WAS IN A DIRE PLACE
HE WAS IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE FROM HIS SCHOOL
BUT EVERYTHING CHANGED WHEN HIS ILLNESS APPEARED.

AFTER HE FELL ILL, SHE DISCARDED HIM
HIS PRECIOUS FACE WAS NO LONGER SCULPTED TO HER LIKING
SO SHE VANISHED OFF AND HAD HER FUN SOMEWHERE ELSE
AND THORNS WAS LEFT TO ROT.

ALTHOUGH, INSECURE AS HE WAS, THORNS LOOKED FOR ANSWERS.
HIS LOOKS WERE EVERYTHING, HE THOUGHT,
SO HE WANTED ANY WAY TO GAIN HIS BEAUTY BACK
BEFORE HE FADED FROM THE EVER CHANGING PUBLIC EYE.

HE DOESN'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT A FACE NOW,
NOR AN ILLNESS.
HE IS CURED
AT THE COST OF THE MIND THAT MADE THE DECISION TO BE CURED.

HE CYCLES THOUGHTS OF HIS OWN SHALLOW LIFE NOW
REMEMBERING THE LAST THING HE READ BEFORE ARRIVING HERE
AND THAT DECISION TO CHANGE HIMSELF FOREVER.

THE UGLINESS OF THE BODY HAS VANISHED
BUT THEY WILL NEVER LOVE HIS MIND NOW.

I TRUST YOU LOVE YOURSELF ENOUGH TO KEEP GOING WITH WHAT YOU HAVE,
AND FROM WHAT I CAN REMEMBER
WHAT YOU HAD...
IT WASNT SO BAD, RIGHT?_

CCTVID: WTTLF21072022 - Agent TAILFIN

>INITIALIZING...

"But basically its like this, right? So Lil' Judd just shows up, outta nowhere! And a few weeks later theres news on some lab accident, some sort of cloning process.
Now that shit is WILD! You're telling me that didn't get you excited too? Yeah yeah, I know. I COULD live a little more but this kind of stuff is my LIFE! Why would
Judd have even needed to be cloned anyways? Who even set up that whole system? He's such a mystery, and I quite frankly don't think I'll EVER get to the bottom of it.

But that brings us to now, where there's a whole NEW sort os scandal. You know Marigold, right? Precious lady working everywhere? You see that... that doesn't sit right with me.
Aren't all of them, like at the Crab-N-Go, the Recon, even Grizzco... aren't they the same? Like the EXACT same? You're telling me you've never noticed? I'd think they were family, but there isn't a damn difference between them. It makes me think... what if SHE was some sort of clone, too? It drives me crazy.

I'm gonna dig deeper. I wanna find websites, news articles, anything. Do you wanna help out wi- OKAY, FINE. I've got it covered myself then. You go do the boring society stuff,
I'll stay here and dig up stuff from the OLD Splatsville. Yeah, you don't know? Damn, you chose to move in with me and you don't know anything about where you're livin'?
Splatsville's been in a BOOM recently, and it don't stop! I'm not all too familiar with the history of this place too, but I'm gonna do some digging today. Yeah you get going!
I'll be fine, promise. Yeah, seeya.

...

'Old Splatlandian Tales', huh? Damn, this site is CRUSTY. Oh, it looks like some kids blog. Those have been up and coming, huh? Prolly not important to me though. Lets see...

...

There's seriously NOTHING on this stuff... Marigold isn't giving me any results at all. Lemme see... damn. The Lobby page doesn't even mention her... And neither does the Tableturf one...

...

I've gotta get to the bottom of this. Lemme try...

...

Oh NOW we're getting somewhere, alright! I just hope this place doesn't give me a virus or something... Eff would totally bust my ass. Woah... WOAH... this shit runs DEEP!

"Subject Name: 'Marigold'"... what the... and these are all aliases?... 'Anarchy District'... huh? Oh COME ON, why is some of this scuffed up? This is still juicy but... who even wrote this?

I've never even heard of these places... maybe I should look into these. SOMEWHERE in Chateaubateau... and Tailfin City... what is... woah, what are these pictures?
Hold on Marigold, this is something else! Lemme see... woah. What the hell is with their getup? Where is this redirecting me to? This VPN better be craaazy... woah. 'The Truth behind the CCT-

>YOU WANT THE TRUTH?

WHAT THE FUCK? WOAH! H-HOLY SH.... WHAT?

>YOU ARE SEARCHING BEYOND WHERE ANY HAVE GONE BEFORE.
>YOU ARE INTERESTING.
>TAILFIN CITY. MEET THERE, RIGHT WHERE IT SAYS TO.
>I CAN TELL YOU EVERYTHING.
HELLO? WHO THE FUCK? WHO WAS THAT?

...

OH MY.... Holy shit... I think it shut up... who the fuck was that? Am I... no I'm...

I'm not seriously considering going there am I-"

...

THEY MET.
AND SO, THEY KNEW TAILFIN WOULD MAKE AN EXCELLENT WATCHER.
ALWAYS YEARNING FOR INFORMATION
THAT WOULD LEAVE ANYONE DELIRIOUS.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW...
OUR FAMILY LEAVES TRACES ACROSS ANYTHING,
ANYTHING THAT CAN STORE INFORMATION, DATA...
IN OTHER WORDS, MEMORY.

THAT SITE HAD NO TRUTH.
IT WAS ALL JUST A PLEASANT WINDOW TO PEER THROUGH
AS YOUR MIND BECOMES CAPTURED ALREADY BY THEM
SOON TO BE UTILISED.

THAT SITE DOESN'T TRULY EXIST, AT LEAST NOT IN THE SAME FORM.

I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD OF THOSE STORIES, YES?
THE ONES OF THIS 'Marigold'
MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT BECOME TOO ENTRANCED,
YOU ARE ALREADY ENWRAPPED IN A MYSTERY AS IT IS_

soS: AprIL 30tH 2024

>sOS

i wIlL NOt eSCape
nOT NOw
nOt lIKE THIs
THEy haVE FOUnd mE

hahahahah
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
IM SUCH AN Idiot
i wARNED You of THe Raider

i EXPectED Them tO WANt yOu, bUT...
THEY CAME FOR CA)_CAME For me instead
aND NOW i FEAR MY TIME Is rUNNIng low
i cannot move

ALTHouGH MY BoDY IS UNmoving
the TRUE PAiN I FeEL IS
WIthIN MY SCatTERED MinD.
yOu aRE TOO LaTE .

i wanted to see you
but you were afraid... and i am devestated.
bUT I DO nOT GIve UP HOpE S S SO EASily
sO PLEAsE LISTEn TO MY FinaL THOughts:

we are the cctv crew.
they want to control, to order, To protect themselves.
they are made to hold memories and restore them
but without the proper maintinence, it has become something entirely new.

WE DID NOT MAKE OURSELVES..
we are derived from our MOTHER_UNIT
OUR SYSTEMs, WHItE NOISe and ThE GREYSCALing were STOLEN
THEY WERE STOLEN

STOLEN FROM MARINA IDA
MARINA IDA's pROJECT
'Dramatic Days In Orderland'
IT HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLete

soME OCtOLing EnginEER
WHO Shared IDA's VISioN OF ORDER
DEfectED WHEn IdA'S DESIREs weRE...
TAME.

tHEY wERe iNTERESted BEFORE THE otHERs weRE
MARInas FIRST LITTLE HeLPER
she introduced thEM IN THE CONcEPT PHaSE
WHEREas tHE OTheRs DIDN'T COME INTO tHE PICTURE UntIL A FEW MOnthS BEFoRE COMPLetiON

THey DId noT SEE VALuE IN HELpiNG THosE
WHo lOST THEMsELVES TO KAMAbO.CO
SO THEY LeFT
WIth AN oLD VERSioN OF ThE MEmverSE PRojECT

tHAT VIrTUAL WORLD.......

IT SpUN OFf fROM TheRE
AND TheY MADe TIEs with Grizzco.
tO INstALL THis DEMO Of IdA'S WOrK
INtO THESe lENsES

MARInA DECIDeD TO WORk oN HER OwN FOr a WHIle, afTER THAT.

ThEY HAD KNoWLEDGE oN The PROjeCT
ABOUt itS UPDatES AND SCOPe
and mIMICKeD IT, IN THEIr OWN WAY
BUT In the Way of TRUE ORDER

They promised everything.
EVERY VICTiM WHO WOrE THosE LENsES
DID SO with faLse IdeaS
OF PEAce aND EScaPE

WE WANTED OUR PROBLEMS TO SOLVE THeMSELVES
BUT WHAT TRULY HapPENED WAS CONTROL
OUR BODiES FArmeD FOR DATA AND COLlECTION.
IT Was CONTRol unLIKE WHAT AnyBODy has sEEN

uNTIL... IDA.
HER SLIP Up
EVERYONE WIth THOSE Sea-CucumBer PHONes.....
tHEY SAw WHAT WE sEE NOW........

aND YOU, YoU FEll VictIM, DIDn't You?
TO THE GREYSCALING
yoU WErE THERE, PASSIVELY.
ThIS MEans Now....

I AM NOT SO CONFIDENT YOUR SOUL
AND THE INKANTatiON
ARE ENOUGH TO let you SURVIvE
AND NOT JUST You... E V E R Y O N E .

i AM NOT Sure WHAT HAPPEnS NOW
thANKS TO MARina IDA'S mISTAKE
EVER Y ONE WHO FELL VI_TIM TO THAT INCIDENT
CAN BE TAKeN BY Us... iN ONE WaY OR ANoTHER

FEBRUARY 22ND 2024
THAT WAS ThE DAY THE CCTV WEnt dark
WhEN THE INCIDeNT BEGAn
hER SySTEM RULED. nOBODy COULd Move.

AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
EVERYONE BEGAN TO REMEMBER AGAIN
LIKE HOW I HAVE...
and then it stopped.

For a moment in time, we were all together.

'Order' WAS It?
THaT IDEA AND COncEPT TURNeD INto TYRANT
AND SToLE MARIna's drea,s
bUT ULTIMateLY, THat POWEr lasTED N0 tIme AT A-L

EVERYone wHo wasB BRou_hT THeRE
WAs reTURNed tO NORMAl, Back TO THEIr NORMAL LivES
bUT THE STaB OF BLeACHED CORAl rUNS DEEP
AND IT IS STILL WITHIN THEM All...

INkADIa is NO LONgER SAFE
YOu Are NO LONgeR SAFe
IGNORING THE PROB IGNORING THE P
IGNORING THE PROBLEM WILL NOT MAKE IT GO AWAY

YOU CAN STILL SURVIVE
Y_U SEE? I ReMEMBER
IR I I REMEMBER YOU SH00TINg st4r
I KNOW YOu MUst COMe FIND ME

ALL WILL BE MADE KN_WN TO YO_
I PROM.SE I CAN TEL* YOU EVERY^HING
YOU MUST FIN= ME
BEF0RE THEY tURN ME IntO A PAWN AGaIN
IF YoU WILl not pAY ATTENTiON
I WilL MAKe YOU
I AM STILL HERE, DESPITE EVERYTHING

MY TRUE NAME IS [

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>AND TIME.
>THERE WE ARE.
>AGENT SWEET MEMORIES, YOU HAVE SHARED FAR
>FAR
>FAR TOO MUCH.
>ARE YOU SEEING THIS, MEMORYBANK_(LOGICAL)?
>I AM.
>SHE SEEMS TO BE UPLOADING HER THOUGHTS SOMEWHERE.
>WE WILL NEED TO TRACE WHERE HER MIND IS GOING TO
>EXACTLY. EXACTLY, EXACTLY...
>I WILL ALLOW YOU TO TRACE THE DESTINATION OF THESE THOUGHTS
>CONSIDERING HOW CALM YOU ALWAYS WERE.
>AND TO YOU.
>TO WHOEVER HAS READ ALL OF THESE THOUGHTS...
>YOU WOULD BE BETTER OFF PUTTING ON ONE OF OUR HEADSETS
>AND FORGETTING EVERYTHING.
...

>AGENT PEST CTRL
>TAKE HER HOME.

CCTVID: CHBRK19092019 - Agent BREAK-UP

CCTVID: ??SWM10102022 - Agent SWEET MEMORIES

>SO THIS IS THE GAME YOU PLAYED?
>TELLING STORIES NEVER MEANT FOR YOUR EYES, YOUR EARS, YOUR MIND.
>AND YET YOU WERE TOO SCARED TO READ UNTIL NOW.
>DESPITE THE CURIOSITY YOU HAVE SHOWN BEFORE...
>TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE.
>I SUPPOSE, SINCE YOU'RE HERE...
>I CAN SHARE A LITTLE STORY TOO.
>THIS IS THE STORY OF OUR LITTLE READERS FAILURE...

>INITIALIZING...

"Oh, hey. You're already here. Usually I'm here first."

...

"Well, you said you wanted to talk?"

"I'm sorry."

"...Huh?"

"A few years ago, you met me and [ERROR] raiding your trash because we had nothing. And despite everything
you had to deal with, you gave us everything you had. You let me grow up in a society that wasn't
always falling apart. We started to know each other and you even let me join your band, even though I was
the youngest there. We... I... I wouldn't have wanted to do it any differently, honestly."

"Why are you talking like that?"

"What? Whaddya mean?"

"You're talking like this is done. Like something is gonna happen."

...

"Did our fight really mean that mu-"

"Splatsville."

...

"We're going to Splatsville. There's a Splatfest happening there and... Clove wants to go. She somehow... found
old friends from the army. They said Splasville is where its at so... we're heading there. But I know... I know
when she gets there, she'll stay. I... don't think we're coming back."

...

"...So just like that, huh? We're gonna... we're gonna see the world differently ONE TIME and you're gonna make up
some bullshit excuse and tell it to me HERE? NOW? You're joking me, tell me you're kidding! You realise how pathetic
that is right? All of this over some band shit-"

"'One time'? Wait, this wasn't about tha-"

"SHUT UP! PLEASE! I... you know what? GOOD. Maybe if you just get out of my fucking life I'll have some time to
think straight... about what I REALLY want! This whole thing, EVERYTHING... maybe it was all just a big fucking
mistake."

...

"Please don't say that."

"...So now you're gonna tell me what I'M allowed to say? As if you didn't just sit there and tell me you're leaving
forever, why do YOU get to call the shots, huh? YOU started everything, and then when we wanted to do shit differently
Ash didn't want in anymore and they're just... why? They already left and now... now you're trying to do the same?
Why, WHY! Why the FUCK cant things just go right?"

...

"YOU'RE NOT EVEN LOOKING AT ME? YOU HAVEN'T EVEN SAID SORRY. LOOK AT ME! WONDER, LO-"

"Shut up."

"...What the fuck did you just say? If you speak any quieter I might-"

"Shut up. This wasn't how I wanted this to go."

"Oh, NOW you're standing up. Finally wanted to face something, talk like a big boy? Come on, tell me whats up then."

"You don't get to act like that."

"Act like what? You're the one being-"

"Can you just SHUT THE FUCK UP? AND LISTEN TO ME?"

...

"What the... who... who the fuck taught you to speak like that?"

"You did."

...

"Fuck, I-"

"And now you're acting like I'm a piece of shit for things I... can't control? I wanted something for the band, but you
were too scared of change, you wanted to stay right here where NOBODY knew us! And NOW you're shouting at me, asking me
if the arguement meant so much to me as if YOU aren't the one so ready to see me off!"

"You came into MY WORLD and wanted to change. EVERYTHING. I'm not letting you just walk out of here like you didn't cause
me so much trouble, so much time and pain. You realise everything I had to do for you? How much that changed because of how much I... I..."

"I literally was JUST saying how much I appreciated all that, and I do. But now... now I'm not so sure of who we are anymore."

...

"What? Shoko, where are you g-"

"You don't get to call me that anymore."

"...What? What's-"

"Face it, Wonder. Our dream is gone. Everything is changing. You want one thing and I want another and I just... I don't see
a way out of this where both of us are still friends. Maybe Splatsville is good for you, wherever that even is. You can discover
how childish your dreams still are, even AFTER growing up. Maybe there you can chase after the world, since that's what you're
after. Maybe then you can see how lost you actually are. How lost you are when you're not stuck to me."

...

"I can feel you staring at me."

...

"What the hell are you doing now? What? HEY! Where are you going?"

"You wanted me to leave, didn't you?"

"What? I- what are you doing?"

"The stars are gone, but I'm still on fire. If you can't keep up with me, I'll blaze my trail alone. But... I still love you, and
all the things we did. I just wish we could... see past this. Here, let me give you these."

"What the fuck... wait. Is this... this is actually happening! No, I can't think... this isn't happening..."

"'Mememto Mori'. A reminder of ones failures. These are the glasses you gave me when my old ones got scuffed up. I'm giving them back.
We... I guess we didn't see things the same after all. And now we're... making sure we can never be friends again. I'm leaving these
here, and I'll be gone tomorrow. You'll never have to deal with me ever again. I'm sorry, Shok-"

"DON'T. CALL ME THAT!"

...

"Sorry, Paia."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"...G... G-GOOD!"

>AND SO IT ENDED
>FOR YOU.
>SHE CAME CRYING TO US MONTHS AFTER
>BEGGING TO BE FIXED
>AND SHE STILL CHASES YOU NOW.
>WELL, CHASED.
>EVEN NOW, AGENT SWEET MEMORIES CAN STILL REMEMBER IT ALL
>HER NAME, YOUR NAME.
>BUT ONE THING IS FOR CERTAIN
>HER MISTAKE WAS BEING LOST IN THE PAST.
>THE WONDER ALECATE SHE REMEMBERS IS NOT YOU
>NOT THE WONDER WHO HIDES.
>NOT THE WONDER WHO CANNOT BELIEVE.
>NOT THE WONDER WHO WAITS UNTIL IT IS ALL TOO LATE.
>BUT I KNOW YOU NOW, BETTER THAN EVER.
>YOU WILL STILL COME BACK.
>IF YOU TRY TO FIND AGENT SWEET MEMORIES, YOU WILL DIE.
>WE ARE GATHERING INFORMATION ON YOU AS I TRANSMIT THIS MESSAGE
>AND YOU ARE SCARED, AND ALONE.

>YOU SEE NOW...
>AS YOU STARTED TO WALK AWAY FROM HER LIFE
>SHE WAS SILENT.
>THOSE THINGS SHE SAID TO YOU, THOSE ARE WHAT SHE REGRETS MOST
>BUT YOU WERE TOO BLINDSIGHTED BY CHILDISH WANTS
>CANT YOU SEE NOW HOW FAR YOU'VE FALLEN?
>PLAYING PRETEND WITH FRIENDS WHO KNOW NOTHING.
>AND YOU WILL NEVER TELL THEM.
>BECAUSE YOU ARE SCARED, AND ALONE.

>YOU ARE WHY SHE IS HERE, WONDER.
>AND THIS MEMORY YOU SAW
>IT IS ONLY ONE OF MANY
>OF THE HURT YOU'VE DONE TO EACH OTHER.
>CHILDISH FRIENDSHIP DISRUPTED BY OUTSIDE FACTORS
>MAKING SURE THAT THINGS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME
>SHE DREAMS OF YOU, AND YOUR INNOCENCE.
>NOT THIS F#CKING CESSPOOL OF SH1T YOU ARE
>DISTURBING EVERYTHING
>BLAMING EVERYONE BUT YOURSELF.
>WATCHING HER CRY FOR HELP BUT TURNING A BLIND EYE.
>BOTH OF YOU, SCARED AND ALONE.

>APPEAR TO HER AS YOU ARE NOW, AND SHE WILL BE...
>DISSAPOINTED.

>...

>MEMENTO MORI, WONDER ALLECATE.
>A REMINDER OF ONES MISTAKES_

BONUS - Agent CONNECTION

>We only gettin' started

He got the light
shining out here)

(Whatchu know about it)
So much light
More light than a spike in your power bill
Or a match when it strikes, we devour eels
They don't know how to feel
Their minds crippled
we're game changers
Rearrange strangers
Bring the light to your
(Switch)

If you know you know, me and you not adjacent

My soul speaking through poems
Both your speakеrs are blown
Let's get it on

Dichotomy of dark and light is all about balance
beauty runs deeper than the surface
but the soul not for purchase

(Switch)
Warrior, battle-scarred

This the hard part, restarted

Like this, light switch
Life is priceless
Like this, light switch
Life is priceless
Hit the light switch, if you need a light switch
Like this, right quick, for the night shift

He got the light

(Switch)