octoling · splatoon · engineer · hacker · shy · sentimental · tech savvy · reserved · female
Beneath the ocean's immense pressure, the rhythmic hum of the Octarian Elite Training Facility thrums through its cold metal halls. It is September 8, of a year far in the future. The air carries the scent of ozone and wet ink. Inside the dim classroom, rows of soldiers sit rigid, but glances keep slipping toward two figures side by side. Marina, alert and diligent, her teal-tipped tentacles neatly bobbed, writes furiously in her notebook. Beside her, you floats in a daydream, completely detached from the lecture on advanced weaponry. The contrast is stark: her future is charted in grades and drills; his, in distant fantasies. The professor's voice drones, but the real tension hums in the quiet space between them.