Shōka

Informations

Species : Octoling

Gender : Female

Age : 19+

Height : 5"5 (168cm)

Personality (fake) : cheerful, optimistic, tease

Likes : salmonids, flowers (lilies of the valley, sunflowers...), boba

Dislikes : bullies

Friends : Sousei (best) and his girlfriend, Shio and Nishi, the squad

Family : 2

Gears : House tag denim cap / Positive long cuff sweater / fringed loafers or any other shoes with socks

Weapon : Clear/nouveau dapple dualies

Rank : X (crown)

BACKSTORY (17yo)

Setting: Shōka is part of an elite octoling troup directed by Sunava (the anti agents), being ranked 4th behind the soldiers 1, 2 (her brother) and 3. Although she is stronger than 3, she hasn't killed any agent yet and refuses to do so, therefore her rank cannot be higher. 

1 was her best friend and loved spending time with her, regardless of her disobedience.

2, her brother, despises her for being too kind-hearted towards inklings. She has always been called a failure by him.

3 hates her since he's worried that his rank will drop once she has more accomplishments than him.

Even though she doesn't kill agents while easily having the level to, Sunava doesn't blame her or ostracize her. She thinks he is kind. All 4 of them respect Sunava from the bottom of their heart and consider him as a father.

The time has come for Shōka to direct a troup as a report of an intruder has arrived. Everyone is expecting her to finally rank up and clear the mission easily. Her brother and her had a private talk about how this was finally the chance for her to prove her worth. Shōka revealed that she didn't intend to kill the patrolling agent once again, and this ended up in another fight between them. He almost used his weapon before 1 stopped him, which hurt her a lot at this time. The pressure being too heavy for her, especially from her brother, she has made up her mind during the night that she would escape or let herself die during the mission. She said her last words to her brother, that he could faintly hear that night, and left the following day.

Two days later, an announcement reported that 4's team has disappeared. 1 and 2 were in disbelief, and 3 was smiling. Since then the three of them couldn't get along anymore as 1 was blaming both of them (she knew that Shōka couldn't fail and that she had surely left on her own will) and 2 was full of regrets.

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Agent 3 was on a mission against sanitized octolings but there was one of them who was standing still. She was resisting, speaking to herself and desperately grabbing her glasses. After 3 splatted the other ones, he approached her. He removed her glasses surprisingly easily and they both looked at each other : him realizing how beautiful octolings were and her finally seeing something else than darkness. He decided to take her under his wing since she didn’t look harmful. When he brought her to Cap’n cuttlefish, the latter accepted 3’s decision and agreed to keep one octoling. He actually knew that octolings weren't as evil as they were portrayed since there are some agents patrolling like 8. He taught her how to speak inklish, told him his name was Aidai and decided to name her "Shōka", as she simply called herself 4. They would just spend time together and while Shōka couldn’t really speak or understand, he always looked at her with kindness so she wouldn’t be scared. The giant isopod of the metro, Iso Padre, took care of these children as a father figure. He deeply cared about them and rewarded them after a cleared mission. He gave the octoling an object that so she could cherish and take care of something : a plush.

After 4 months, she eventually managed to unsanitize herself progressively : her left sclera became white again during a night after a nightmare. When it was safe to say that Shōka was an ally, they were allowed to go on missions together. One day, on the way back, they met an odd pair of octoling and inkling like them : Kai and Exe. For a brief moment, Shōka could catch a glimpse of the mysterious agent's face, a girl that she may meet again in the future.

A year after the encounter, she was finally fully unsanitized and got her bright smile back.

Aidai has always wanted to show her the light and the surface until they reached the really near point of it. During a mission, they came across strong enemies and were trapped in the battle. As a last resort, he commands the octoling to go in a baller, order she listens to. He told Shōka he loved her since the first day they met. As he wraps gently the ball, he reveals why he called her like that and tells her that she has to keep her head up because she’s a winner. Finally he says « be happy » and pushes her. She then ran the furthest away possible.

After that day, she was never able to find the agent again, as he never came back to the metro, their settlement. Iso Padre told her that she couldn't keep going like that and that she had to respect Aidai's wish and sacrifice. Even after months passed on being alone underground, she was inconsolable and hopeless. When she finally decided to find a way to go to the surface, she knew the path wouldn't be easy without 3 by her side. She had to make herself look less suspicious so she pretended that she was still sanitized, but wouldn't let go of 3's cape. On her way there, she met an agent, who seemed to be Agent 10,008 surrounded by sanitized octolings during a stage where she had to play tower control. She thought that she wouldn't interfere, but she figured that it would be better if she didn't end up in trouble like the mission where she lost track of Aidai. She ended up siding with her to clear the mission. When it was done, the two of them got a proper talk. She learnt the beautiful magenta octoling's name : Neva. The agent suggested her to come with her so she could keep her safe. Shōka hesitated but refused and told her that she had to go somewhere else. When they parted ways, Shōka was glad that other patrolling agents seemed to be fine, and remembered that face and play style.

After multiple stages and a tough adventure, the blue octoling reaches the surface. Despite all the struggles and a 2-year journey underground in total, she just looked at the landscape, remembered her loved one, him saying "be happy" and the first words she pronounced were "i'm not happy at all..not like that..! You promised me we would go together!" crying and wrapping her arms around her head.

LIFE AT INKOPOLIS (19yo and cont.)

When she was in Inkopolis she was tryharding soloq, making her a solo only player with her blue gears. She was really strong because she had a lot of fighting knowledge. She was one of the first octolings to reach the surface and be that skilled so she quickly became appreciated by everyone and ranked top 10. Thing is, she smiled and joked in front of these people but she was always alone and down to the point her cyan eyes lost their light and will. Unless she’s feeling something strong she’s just lying or joking around.

One day, during a turf battle, she found an inkling that felt exceptionally familiar. But there was a problem: she was terrible, unlike the agent she looked like. Shōka reached out to her at the end of the game anyway, because her eyes could tell that they were the same person. If at first, the inkling was cold and tried to escape the talk, she opened up later and told her name Exe. Unfortunately, it seemed that that blue inkling had memory loss and didn't wish to remember her past. Before leaving and apologizing, she gave her a head pat which made Shōka remember that Aidai told her that "Exe may seem mean but she's the most reliable and precious friend someone can have" which made Shōka tear up and want to know about Exe more. They progressively became very close.

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Trivia :

• she has orange ink because 3 had orange ink and transferred it to her (they just had to make a forehead contact) this is her lucky ink.
• Her eyes change colors : they can go from a deep blue to a shiny cyan, like before.
• She’s very good at lying and faking smiles, but if anyone knows about her eye-changing color, it becomes obvious. While she was shy and sweet before, she became cool and straightforward like Aidai.
• She can’t stand bullies
• She speaks both inklish and octoling fluently.
• Aidai is the one who made her high ponytail (since he can only do that) and she has his hairtie. Since 3 had a low ponytail, she started making her ponytail low too when he wasn’t here anymore. She loves tying others' tentacles.
• When she uses her blue gears, she feels like she’s her old-self and always has an agressive play style. She does it on purpose to take out her anger.
• She may seem like a copy-cat of Aidai on the outside.
• She and her brother are canonically good-looking, due to their eyes.

"the saddest moment is when the person that gave you the best memories becomes a memory"

Her 3 states of mind