"Second life is a blessing,
but reliving the suffering is not a blessing."

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Brooks's P. O. V

Clock rings... With the room super small room. So I rushed to wake up. Do my daily things when you wake up, shower, get dressed, and getting my weapons and getting out of there.

Brooks: *uses a walkie-talkie* Hello? Anyone at the comms?

Cross: Oh, hello, "Codex" how are you doing today? *static*

Brooks: Oh, pretty good so far, so, any missions on Octarians today?

Cross: Uhm, no. you can have your first expedition on the Inkopolis Plaza.

Brooks: How much time left before I go?

Cross: 2 hours from now.

Brooks: Got it. Getting ready now.

Cross: Good. You'll also meet the legendary Squidbeak Splatoon.

Brooks: That mercenary group? *remembers something*

Cross: Yeah, ok. Finish preparing so you can get your plane ticket to Inkopolis.

Brooks: Yeah cool. *turns off walkie-talkie*

A-kun: Cross Is A Another Human That Survived The Tides And Joined Brooks As A Duo, He Will Be Important Later In The Story.

At the Calamari County Airport...

Brooks: *turns on earpiece* Hey Cross where's my ticket? Where do I get it?

Cross: There's a ticket printer somewhere there. I hacked it to give you a free ticket.

Brooks: Bro that's not allowed, you know that right?

Cross: Just get it, Brooks. And do it quickly before your disguise is blown.

Brooks: Fine. But don't do that ever again. *walks up to the ticket printer*

Cross: Yeah, cool. I'll see you at Inkopolis.

Brooks: See you too Cross. *gets his plane ticket*

A little bit later...

Speaker: ALL PASSENGERS GET READY TO BOARD PLANE #201 AT 5 MINUTES *repeats*

Brooks: *sighs*... Oh boy, here we go again.

I got on the plane showed my ticket, checked my baggage, my bag was supposed to have weapons and necessities but stupid Cross made the bag have "Camouflage" when x-rayed.

A-kun: A Stupid Reason To Not Get Brooks Arrested Early.

Brooks: Now where's my seat? It says.. 25C. *roams around a little bit* Ah! Here we go.

I put my luggage up on the storage compartment and sat down my chair and listen to some headphones.

A-kun: The Song Is Entirely Up To You.

Brooks: This is gonna be a long flight... I better sleep early.

Speaker: *those weird sounds you hear at the airport* ...

https://youtu.be/zQG5OdBnYfA

Speaker: We are getting ready before the flight but before we go, our crew will instruct you how to use our safety measures in the plane, in case of a bad accident.

A long, stupid explanation later...

Brooks: *irritated by the voice* ... (What a long-ass explanation, I want to get to my destination please.)

7 hours of good sleep later...

Speaker: Alright passengers, we are landing in 10 minutes. Get ready.

Brooks: *snoring* Brhhhh...

Speaker: Wake up your tentacles squids, we are landing soon.

Brooks: *wakes up* What in the hell... Finally, I'm here... *groans*

Skip to the airport's runway...

Speaker: Squids we are here at Inkopolis National Airport, we hope you enjoyed your trip squiddos!

Brooks: Time to get out now. *grabs his luggage* *stands up to leave the plane*

At the arrival area...

I got through the scanning stuff, and I tried to talk to Cross again.

Brooks: *turns on earpiece* Bro, Cross. Where are you right now? What gate are you waiting on?

Cross: Wait, gimme a minute...... At Gate 5. Is that where you supposed to get out.?

Brooks: Wait, no. My gate is Gate 3, get there now!

Cross: I'm sorry! I'm going there now!

Brooks: *walking towards Gate 3*...

Outside of Gate 3...

Cross: Hey Brooks! *screams from a distance*

Brooks: H-huh? *tries to find Cross*

Cross: I see you, look for a guy with a blue and white striped beanie. *talks into his earpiece*

Brooks: Ah, there you are! Stop confusing me from screaming to earpiece talk. *turns off earpiece* *walks up to Cross*

Cross: Hey bro! Took you long enough. *in a monotone voice*

Brooks: You still have that boring-ass voice. I'm gonna fall asleep again because of that.

Cross: Then I'll leave you here.

Brooks: Wow... But I'm really hungry. And some jetlag.

Cross: I know a restaurant. Just a bit of driving we can get there. Let's just to the parking lot for my car.

Brooks: Wait, what? Do you have a car?

Cross: Surprising isn't it? Follow me.

I followed him to the car, and it's not bad at all, it's a pretty well-known car around Inkopolis then he drove me to the nearest restaurant.

Cross: And... We're here! *stops the car*

Brooks: It's pretty nice!

Cross: Should we go drive-thru? *drives to the parking lot*

Brooks: Nah. I still have a bit of jetlag so getting some fresh air would be nice.

Cross: Okay then. Let's go. *tries to park the car*

After we parked the big-ass car we went in and I tell you, it's heckin huge.

Brooks: What. The. Hell... *Shocked*

Cross: It was nearby so no wonder they have so many customers, so. What should we get here?

Brooks: *sarcastic tone* Food. *smiles cheekily*

Cross: Not funny Brooks, but seriously, look what's on the menu.

Brooks: Oh, so many good choices though, uh, I pick 3 orders of Crispy Shrimp with Shark's Bait.

A-kun: Crispy Shrimp... Ohh gawd. Definitely not referencing a certain shrimp at Inkopolis...

Cross: You are really hungry aren't you? 3 orders? For eel? Don't take out my money.

A-kun: A Cookie Prize If You Get The Reference.

Brooks: I can't help it. That was 7 hours of me sleeping. Tell me you wouldn't be hungry after that, and don't get me started with that stupid airport food, they are gonna kill my wallet.

Cross: Yeah, yeah. *facepalms* I get it. Let's just order now. Go find a seat next to the window. *puts on disguise*

Brooks: Okay. *roams around* Where the hell do I find that kind of seat?

A-kun: On the windows, you fool. -Who Commented To This Paragraph.

Finally, I found that window seat and waited for Cross. He was very slow and I got hungry even more by looking at the other Inklings eating, but he was finally finished and brought the food to our table.

Cross: Hey, I'm finished. *brings the food to the table*

Brooks: What took you so goddamn long?

Cross: Stupid receipt wouldn't come out, and my order was already finished. *annoyed tone*

Brooks: At least that's done now. Let's just eat now and get out of here. *starts eating*

Now we started eating because we were starving and we finished, quickly. It felt like we were panicking for some odd reason but we left and got to our car and drove out of there.

Brooks: Hey bro.

Cross: Huh? What is it? *while driving*

Brooks: The agency told me to go to Inkopolis Graveyard.

Cross: What? What for? *confused*

Brooks: Don't worry about it.

Cross: Fine... *suspicious* Just be quick about it.

At Inkopolis Graveyard...

Cross: Now we are here, now what will you do? *stops the car*

Brooks: Just stay in the car, I'll be quick. *gets out of the car*

I started walking... Walking... Till I found it. Ah, here it is.

Here Lies
Agent 7
21XX-21XX

Brooks: *sighs deeply* So it was true... Captain, I'm going back to your group... I swear...

Then Cross called me through the earpiece.

Cross: Hey, are you gonna get back?

Brooks: Yeah, just wait for me Cross. *starts walking back*

Cross: I'll be waiting. Cod you're slow.

Then I got back to the car. And Cross was impatient AF then he asked me...

Cross: Why? Why did you go there? Something to mourn about?

Brooks: Eh nothing. Just checked something.

Cross: Eh whatever. Let's just go to Inkopolis.

At Inkopolis Plaza...

Cross: Well, here we are. Inkopolis Plaza. A new place to call home.

Brooks: Well, a lot of "Adjustments" is in order.

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A-kun: This is 2019 soon-to-be 2020 A-kun here. I'm currently overhauling/polishing every chapter I have to stand up to my "standards"! So most sooner chapters are probably gonna be delayed cuz of this. But anyway, See you all later!

Word Count: 1372 Words.