“Climb the sky! Take me up!” I sing. “Stop holding o–n!” I pull on my favorite T-Shirt, and Off the Hook Concert Tee. I lace up my Pearl O1STERS, ready for a turf war. I scramble downstairs, eat my breakfast and grab my Octo Shot. “See you later!” I call out. “Have fun, Eight!” Four replies. I’m sitting at one of the tables near the food truck, waiting for Pinkling, Reese, and June. Pinkling runs up, out of breath. “Eight! Pant pant… the pant pant… turf war pant… has been pant pant pant… canceled!” “Aw, come on. That was my only plan for the day!” I reply. “You didn’t let me finish because there’s a SPLATFEST coming up!!!” June and Reese walk up. “I heard the word SplatFest!” June says, excitedly. “Let’s be on Shiver’s team!” Reese replies. “What’s the theme?” I ask. Pinkling takes out her phone from her pocket and opens Inkipedia. “Hmm…” She says, scrolling. “Found it! ‘What’s your playstyle? Speed vs. Power vs. Technique’” “I want to be on team Power…” I think to myself. “Let’s be on team speed!” Reese says. “Okay.” I say, a bit disappointed. “I hope there are Tri-Color battles like normal!” June says. “I’m super excited!” Pinklig says. “Me too,” I smile. “But isn’t there a Big Run first?” “Yeah, the SplatFest is happening on the 10th of July and it’s only the 19th of June,” Reese says, taking out her phone. “Oh, the Big Run Starts today!” “The BIG Big Run.” Pinkling corrects. “What’s a Big Big Run?” I ask, confused. “A Big Big Run is a Big Run but with multiple stages instead of one.” Pinkling answers.
