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“Guuuys! Look, look!”Goggles came rushing into the battle lobby looking for his teammates. He spotted them gathered by Crab-N-Go and ran up to them.“What’s wrong Goggles?” Headphones asked.Her friend lifted his phone towards Headphones. “There’s gonna be a new Challenge today!” Goggles replied excitedly.Specs and Bobble Hat gathered around Headphones to take a look at Goggles’ phone screen. A recording of the Anarchy Splatcast was shown, with Deep Cut introducing the Challenge that was currently taking place.“‘Extreme Jump Battle’?” Specs narrowed his eyes at the name. “What does that mean?”“It says ‘Jump power UP!’ so I think we’ll be jumping really high!” Goggles exclaimed, “C’mon, let’s try it out!”Bobble Hat agreed, “Sounds fun~”
Meanwhile, Specs and Headphones shared a look between each other, before looking back at Goggles. Specs crossed his arms and huffed, “I don't know, it sounds chaotic and dangerous.”Waving his arms, Goggles tried to convince his two friends into participating. “It shouldn’t be too bad! Splatsville is the city of chaos—it should be fun, just like Bobble said! Maybe we can learn new ways of battling by joining!”The bespectacled inkling rubbed his chin in thought for a few moments. He stared at Goggles and Bobble Hat’s faces then sighed again. “Fine, we can participate. Make sure you follow my directions, alright?”The two happy-go-lucky squids cheered, quickly grabbing their serious friends’ hands and pulling them towards the locker room so they could get ready for the Challenge.
The four members of the Blue Team rose from the spawners and readied their weapons for battle. Specs gulped and looked across Museum d'Alfonsino uneasily as the timer counted down to zero. The whistle blew and off the inklings went.Everyone began painting the ground, making their way towards the center of the map, before a loud gasp was heard.“WOAH! I’M JUMPING SO HIGH!”Specs glanced up and saw Goggles mid-air with his Splattershot shooting out ink. His jaw dropped at the ridiculous sight—it looked as if Goggles was floating in the air!“Oh my Cod,” he gasped as his eyes followed Goggles’ figure bounce up and down.“You should try and jump too!” called the blue inkling from above.Bobble Hat immediately started following suit and also began bouncing along. Bracing himself, Specs tightened his grip on his Octobrush and leaped into the air. The added height to his jump was greater than he was expecting, causing him to flail about and land on his stomach.“Specs! Are you alright?”
“I-I’m alright, just wasn’t expecting this high of a jump,” Specs mumbled as he got up and dusted himself off.
While the Blue team were busy orienting themselves, the opposing team were already on their way to the tower. The jingle of the tower being controlled reverberated through the commotion, capturing the attention of the Blue Team.“Oh no, they’ve got the tower!” Headphones cried. She remembered the strategy Specs came up with for the Challenge, scanning her surroundings, then she leaped onto the large rotating display towards the left. The tower’s heading this way, she thought. Headphones’ eyes widened as she recognized who their opponents were—it was the Green Team that they’ve fought against countless times before!“We’ll be taking this win, idiot Blue Team!” Backwards taunted as he rode the tower towards the first checkpoint.“We need to stop them! Bobble, go and try to take back the tower! Headphones and I will support you,” Specs instructed.Goggles, still bouncing as if he was on the moon, waved and asked, “What about me?”
“You distract them by doing whatever!” Specs shouted and sprinted off.Grinning widely, Goggles made his way to the tower and leaped into the air. He could see the rest of his team splitting up and begin attacking Team Green. This Challenge really is a ton of fun!
SPLASH!
Seven heads snapped to the pool of water beside them. Due to the extra height, Goggles miscalculated where he would land and ended up in the water.“YOU IDIOT!” Specs yelled at his clumsy friend’s squid ghost flying upwards in the air.“BAHAHAHA! He can’t even see where he’s landing!” Backwards snorted.Headphones sweatdropped at Goggles’ antics but quickly realized this was the perfect opening to seize the tower! She steadied her Squiffer and charged her shot, waiting patiently for the right moment to fire it. Safari Hat, who was facing away from her, wasn’t paying attention to his surroundings which allowed Headphones to splat him. His teammates stopped laughing, confused at the unexpected outburst of noise. Headphones used this opportunity to shoot another member down.
“That’s 2 people splatted, great job Headphones!” Specs beamed.Keeping up with the current momentum, Bobble Hat threw her Toxic Mist at the remaining members on the tower. Unfortunately, Cleats used her Inkbrush to evade the effects of sub weapon and escaped. A super jump indicator was seen next to her, so Specs placed a Suction bomb on it to detonate right as Safari Hat landed (“Are you serious?!”). Climbing up the tower, Bobble Hat splatted Backwards with her Tri-Slosher and took control for the team.Goggles super jumped to Bobble Hat and gave her a thumbs up, “Booyah, Bobble!”Headphones leaped down from the grates. Her tentacles had a fierce flare to them, indicating her special weapon was ready. She activated it once she got on the tower, so it could shield them as they traveled to the first checkpoint. Specs was in the middle of a tussle with Cleats when suddenly, the sound of ink gushing down was heard.
Bobble Hat smiled, giggling at Cleats from above with her Inkjet, her tentacles glowing in a similar fashion to Headphones.The poor green inkling could only gape back in shock.
“I can’t believe we lost to the idiot team, again!” Backwards wailed as he crouched, defeated, on the ground.
“It was a fun game!” Goggles said as he patted the other’s back.Specs nodded, “Yeah, you guys never fail to be a tough opponent—it was a close match despite the new rules.”
Grumbling incoherently, Backwards stood up with the help of Beanie. He sighed before pointing at the Blue Team. “We’ll keep on practicing so we can take you down for good next time!”Goggles laughed at the proclamation. “Looking forward to it!”
“Don’t say that, we shouldn’t let them win!” Headphones lightly scolded.“That’s right! We won’t be going easy on you either, Green Team!” Specs smirked with his chest puffed out.The two teams grinned at each other, both eager to have another face off soon.