The About and Muse pages have finally been updated! The last thing to do is cover the recent story developments.Â
After Tay went through his identity crisis, there was still a lot to take care of.
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Octarian Politics:
Some members of the Royal Octarian Council (R.O.C.) had been deliberately excluding Tay from their meetings. Some were following his fatherâs last orders, some were in the dark, and others were attempting to usurp the system.
In what Iâm sure wouldâve been a really cool and interesting arc, Tay and Sabi rooted out an old friend of their fatherâRock Finbarâa member of the council that was responsible for putting Tay on the throne. He had been using his authority as the late Octavioâs âtrusted friendâ to take over. Finbar threatened to out Tay as a fake as a final act of sabotage, but Tay did it first, revealing his identity as a clone to the underground.
This ⊠went surprisingly well! Many of the undergroundâs inhabitants were born from tentacuts already, so finding out that their Emperor had been succeeded by one was A-OK. For the most part.
Because Finbar was under fire as the one keeping this from the public, it was easy to remove him from the R.O.C. board. There was a re-election for council members, but the newest additions and a few others were voted to stay.
Splatoon 3:
 While octarians had been going steadily missing for years due to Tartarâs interference, a large section of the octarian military disappeared all at once during an investigation. Theyâd been looking into some fuzzy growths taking over a kettle in a broken-down district.
Back on his feet and officially in charge, Tay built a cool new Vacuum Octobot in his plan to find and rescue the missing soldiers. Unfortunately, this mission went poorly when a misunderstanding led him to being beaten up by a 12-year-old.
That said, Octavio came in clutch during the final showdown with Grizz, aiding Molly and Deep Cut to stop the rocket before it took off. After the incident, Ribbon told him a cool dream she had about him building a Vacuum Spaceship. Heâs considered making it.
Even though he found the troops scattered around Alterna, theyâre fuzzy amnesiacs nowâheâs not sure what to do about it yet.
Sabi is also here!!! Moral support!! After Deep Cut chilled out, he got to discuss music with them.
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Misc.:
 Tay is looking to appoint a new Shogun, because having both titles doesnât seem right when he doesnât ârememberâ any of his fatherâs wartime feats.
The fact that the Great Octoweapons are filled with failed clones hasnât come to Tay or Sabiâs attention yet. The weapon pilots have caretakers, who would possibly have made this known ⊠if Tay hadnât left the palace and rushed headfirst into the Splatlands.
Reed was adopted by one of Tayâs housekeepers, but still has him visit sometimes. In Tayâs then depressed and inexperienced state, he didnât think he would be a good parent for the tiny octotrooper.
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It did not take long at all for Teiden and company to reach. Serenade was able to easily teleport all of them, Jack, Teiden, and Traizey as well as himself, to Seikaâs team near instantly without much hassle. When they got to the other teamâs camp, they were in for quite the sight. Seika, Mesa, and Refi were all huddled around Stellonâs side. Seika looked to be quite annoyed about what happened, Mesa seemed a bit confused, but Refi was the most concerned however, the zoroark really was hoping he could have done something for his boss.
âSo... tell me what happened.â Said Teiden as he approached the four, causing them all except for Stellon to give him attention (As he was just aimlessly looking around confused.)
âWell, we encountered your old pal Alexandrite. The weavile got him right in the face with that weird paint.â Seika explained, holding her hands behind her back. âI feel stupid not going out with him, I should have figured out that the Gang Leader was going to be in the area. Now looks like heâs going to be confused for awhile...â
âSo what do we do now Teiden?â Jack asked, moving over to get a closer look at the Hawlucha and his messed up stained face. Serenade moved in closer as well, lightly pushing Mesa and Refi aside so he could examine Stellonâs condition.
âI agree with Jack this time Pops, if we know where that creep is what are we doing still stickinâ in teams eh?â Trailblazer questioned, pacing around a bit sorta nervously. Teiden stopped her however by placing a hand on her shoulder to attempt to reassure the vixen of what was going on.
âWell, Itâs a bit dangerous to be all alone, Seika i think you should always be together when searching these those marks out.â The blue bisharp reminded the taller one. âWhy on earth would you send him out to do this alone hmmm?â He was looking at her quite sternly with his hands behind his back, Seika was never that thoughtless enough to send a lone man out to search out these marks on their own, so he was honestly rather curious as to why Stellon was out doing that by himself without at least taking Mesa or Refi along.
âTeiden, Stellon insisted that he go out on his own. Saying he needed some time to think about performances? I donât know why but he just walked off before i could say anything.â The tall woman responded with a light sigh under her breath. âI should have done more yeah...â That thought REALLY made her disappointed in herself.
â...Its alright, at least you got there when you did.â Teiden reassured Seika, before walking past her to check on Stellon. âDoc, howâs he doing?âÂ
â...Well heâs not dying, those wounds are pretty bad, but with a bit of care here he should be able to walk it off in a few days. However he appears to be stuck in some sort of trance, likely induced from inhaling that paint... this is like what happened with Minuet.â The Gallade explained. âThe best we can do is let him rest it off and hopefully. Heâll be babbling on for awhile and might try to get up... I wouldnât try to keep him in bed, but I would be mindful of what heâs doing while heâs in this state. Unfortunately that means weâre going to have to make sure he keeps up with some of the necessities while heâs like this.â
âSo making sure he eats and drinks?â Mesa chimed in, looking at the other mon with a concerned look.
âPreetty much yeah.â Serenade said, taking the wrapped coat off of stellon and replacing it with actual bandages. âThere...â He finished wrapping him in bandages around the wounded area, but not before putting some medicine on those wounds.Â
âAlright, I need to think of what to do next.â Teiden announced starting to walk a bit. âWhy donât you all talk about plans maybe while I think about what to do next. Its been awhile since all of us Alphas have been around and Iâm sure Mesa and Refi would love to speak with some of you as well.â With that last thing, Teiden walked away.
Night fell rather fast upon the forest, despite the shakeup with Stellon it was quite peaceful, until Teiden arrived back and announced a pretty big change that was about to occur.
âWhat?!?!?!?!?â
The same word rang throughout the six others. Stellon was asleep when this happened
âI think Itâd be best to merge our teams. From what happened to Stellon today it had me thinking. Maybe we arenât even safe in groups of four. It would be much better to stick as one large squad and split up temporarily when the time comes.â Teiden explained to the group, his hands in his lab coatâs pockets once again as he looked out among everyone there. âTo add to it, we also have the concern of Stellon now, who we might need to keep an eye on as we travel until he returns to his senses... Stellon is strong but I donât feel very comfortable leaving this guy alone for the time being. From tonight onward we travel all together and search for Xander and his gang, destroying marks as we pick up the trail.â
â...Thatâs a plan I guess I can get behind.â Jack shrugged, looking up to the starry sky through the trees.
âBut what if heâs moved on, Dad?â Traizey brought up, sort of concerned. âHe could have left the area today.âÂ
âThat might not be true though Traizey, which is why we move in a larger group and split up to search a larger area. Now that we know where he is... we can finally begin closing in on the truth.â Teiden responded, starting to pace a little bit. âThis event shook me too, so we need to stay vigilant and tenacious to these guys. I understand all of you are super concerned that weâll miss some marks, but the faster we snag that spiky haired guy, the quicker this will stop happening. Now... enough questions fellas, we have to get some rest, everything is all set up?â He looked around the camp and nodded. seeing everyoneâs sleeping bags all set up as well as some small tents.
âGood... now get some rest all of you. We got work to do tomorrow.â Teiden concluded, smiling a bit at everyone.
((They groups have merged, now anyone may show up durring anotherâs ask))
((Stellon has been drugged and may not respond very intelligently when asked a question))
