Splatoon: 12 Years Later

When the sun came up, Taylor and Lizzie looked around and saw that there was water everywhere. Callie and Marie explained why this was. The launchpad was on a platform anchored to the ocean floor. They could not see this when they arrived because they got there at night and it was raining. One thing that stood out was that they could not eat anything before takeoff, but the workers at the pad explained that.

"You would not want to get sick during the launch. To prevent that, you don't eat before takeoff."

After putting on orange jumpsuits and getting their luggage onto the shuttle, everyone started boarding. After Callie, Marie, their parents, Andrew, Michael, Taylor, and Lizzie were strapped in their seats, the hatch was buttoned up and the shuttle started to tilt back. After 10 seconds, the shuttle was standing vertically and everyone was lying on their back, including the shuttle's crew. It was at this point that the countdown began. When the timer reached zero, the engines fired and everyone felt the intense shaking as the shuttle lifted off and started climbing into the sky. During the ascent, both Taylor and Lizzie began to feel a little bit uneasy. When the loud roar and massive vibration from the engines stopped, and all was still, everyone felt as if they were floating.

"Wow!", whispered Marie's dad.

"Oh my gosh.", giggled Iris.

"This feels weird, sweetie.", Callie's parents said to her.

Taylor and Lizzie felt as if they were about to throw up. Spotting sickness bags in the pockets on the backs of their parents' seats, they each grabbed one and got them opened in a flash. Callie and Marie heard the sound of their children's ink splashing into the bags and then the crinkling as the bags were closed. Taylor coughed for a second and Lizzie let out a sigh of relief.

"You two alright?", asked Marie.

"We are now. I think we just got motion sickness.", said Taylor after he stopped coughing.

"We know what that's like. We threw up the first time we went into space.", said Callie.

Three minutes later, the shuttle docked on the space station where the excursion craft was and the shuttle's gravity core was activated so they would not be floating anymore. After throwing away the sickness bags and getting their luggage, everyone started proceeding to their excursion ship, the Inkstar.