The humans came back to Earth, after reading a very promising report sent in by a small contact group of teenagers. The humans sent were of the most open minded in the population, because what they would encounter would be very... unique to say the least. The person chosen to lead them was 3rd in command Ayo, a prodigy cyborg. In addition to her, Axel's old friends were sent. Wether this was a heartfelt choice by the Human Council or a tactical idea, is not clear. When the humans landed, most Inklings shared a similar view to Marie. Shock. After having Axel and the contact group around often, the Inklings had a great impression of Cyborgs and Mankind. But they did not expect 2000 to show up down in the fields. Fortunately, the humans arrived early in the morning. With the exception of a few, no inkling wakes up very early. So mass hysteria was not an issue. Ayo and her vice captain, a human, went over to Inkopolis at noon, once the humans had sent up. They explained everything that was going on, as gradually as possible. But the inkling Chancellor unsurprisingly lost his mind anyways. But the younger inklings and octolings were very excited. As the humans adapted, they eventually started checking out inkopolis, though only in small numbers at first. After a month, they had shared their culture with the Oceanic races, and received new culture in return. The most debated part of this exchange was turf war training for the humans. But the most favored was teaching the kids of both sides the language of the other culture. Inkish and Octish (hardly different except in writing) for humans, and English and Spanish for the Oceanics. The first Inklings went to see for themselves the human town on an English class trip. The Spanish class did the same thing 3 days later. Most humans had not left the town, and were very surprised to see walking squid kids trying to speak to them in their native languages, albeit awfully. But, while there were some who weren't too happy, most humans welcomed the Inklings. Shelly and Colt gained new fans as the humans kids took up Turf Wars, and Shelldon had a massive business boom. With everything going ok, many were positive. Of course the most excited was Callie. With 2000 potential new friends, she spent a lot of time trying to socialize. Axel got her a translator after she spent 2 hours trying to talk to people in Inkish.

"So Axel? Weren't we gonna go play turf?" Asked Shelly.

"I'm trying to save my energy for splatfest." Said Axel. "I have a feeling this one is gonna be freaking massive."

"True that." Said Shelly. "I hope we ay on the new map the humans made!"

"Where'd they find the time to make... Must've been the kids." Said Axel. "Well, get Colt and Edge's lazy butts over here, so we can talk strategy."

"Can do." Said Shelly.