Smallfry Lullaby - Splatoon 3 

*Someone has to leave first. This is a very old story. There is no other version of this story - save for whether or not it is true:* There was once a salmonid cellist who was the eldest of three siblings. The youngest was seperated from their school during a Salmon Run and never returned. The middle child vanished soon after in desperate search. Thus the cellist was free of them both. This is not his story. The middle child wandered forever, hunting fruitlessly for a younger sibling with a destiny neither could comprehend. For the middle child had seen the streams of marine energy flowing in the corner of his eye whenever the youngest had sang. A prophecy on the cusp of fruition. _I must rescue you from this,_ the middle child swore. It wasn't right. And yet it was, for everything happens for a reason, and the reason swept the little sibling up in its arms and spirited away. A bear with a rocket ship; a melody; three lights uniting to consume disaster. While in the desert the middle child wandered unaware of this, and hope boiled in the cooking pot until all that remained was the blackened bile stuck at the bottom. The world turned, and the dawn was breaking the bones of the middle child's heart like twigs. They never healed right. The middle child _refused_ to let them heal right. For they _would_ find each other. Love twisted into toxic obsession. That which was torn away tore equally back. (Incidentally, the middle child would soon trade with Octarians for a set of legs - cheap prosthesis. Weapons, too. That a salmonid could now walk was a sterling achievement witnessed by no one.) Chasing disfigured dreams, the spite-fueled husk of the middle child would eventually cross paths with an Octoling. It matters not how. Neither were the people they were before, but the stranger hadn't deluded themself into thinking otherwise. Meanwhile, the other sang with the fury and delirium of their own momentum. The outcome, however, goes without saying. Agent 8's narrative would continue unabated. In the end there was little option but to put down a rabid dog. And so it goes that the husk of the middle child bargans with the dying dream of a reunion: “You can sleep now, you said. You can sleep now. You said that. I had a dream where you said that. Thanks for saying that. You weren't supposed to. Let me lay your head on my own and we will be like mariners once more, swimming in the snugness of it, dashed to pieces.” And words, little words, words too small for any hope or promise, not really soothing, answer back: "But I've seen your true face: the back of your head. If you were walking away, keep walking.” "But have I not been walking toward you all this time?" asks the husk to the little sibling, confused. There is a response to this, but neither husk nor dream live to hear it. (Every morning, Li'l Buddy wakes up and carefully preens its hair the way it was taught to.)

I LOVE HOW IT HAS THE THE LIL JINGLE BUILDING

as your small fry begins to turn into a beast, you have no choice but to fight it for the sake of the world, you must lay your buddy to rest........ -small fry Ex SOUL

Ooohhh ok it's a fanmade song... I was so confused as to when I missed that masterpiece in-game That sounded so sweet and emotional, 10/10, had chills

If lil' buddy dies in side order with this playing... **sob**

You know this scene would be pretty nice to have: You look behind you. She isn’t there… tears fall down. You’ve just ever wanted to make them proud… but weren’t they already..? You take a deep breath, it’s time to get the peace you deserve. Who knows maybe she’ll even show up again..? Tears fall down your numb face as you walk to the end clutching your weapon that you’ve had since the beginning…

genuinely breathtaking

"... So this is the end for humanity? I never thought of it being this... S̶̺̙͝ō̸̡̼̯̥͍͉͐̒̔͘͝͝u̴̻̩̓̄͆́͌̕l̴͓͙̲̫̘̋̓̆̊̋͘͜͠l̵̬̤̝̮̓̓̈̔͘ḙ̴͙̭̝̞̩̱̐͒̓̓š̸̫̂̀. No final war, no happy ending... just silence. Only void and null. And you know what..? I̴̗͈̳̓̈̀͐͌̒̐͠ͅ'̸̼̻̈́̄̂m̴̧̖̜̥̩̟̭̑ ̸͕͉̹̃͊̅͛͆̔͝n̴̮͖̅ǫ̶̨͓̠̫̮̈́͌͂̍̅̂͒͜t̶̪͓̫̦͈̀͌̈͛̂ ̸̨̨̱̹͍̀͊͑̄̕ļ̵̧͇̞̘͔̿̿̆͋̋ę̸̞̠͎͔͕̌̆͛̅͗̉͐͌t̶͚̼̮͖̼̞́̍̽̚t̵͚͍̳̼̻̙̮̐͜î̷̛͎̈͜͝ṋ̶͚̠͖̲̫̟̎g̷̞̭̠͇̽ ̶̢̞̠̝̎̕͠t̸̰̅̿̎̇̐͌h̶̡̜̺̬͙̤̳̞̽̅̔̀͂a̷̙̳̙̗̦̘̼͋̒͐͆̄̄͘͠t̸̖̻̮̼͕̂̾̄̆̇ͅ ̵̨̦̫̰͌h̷̲͙͊̍͒͋͆͛̋͜͝a̵̢͇̝͝p̷̥̝̥͈͖͙̄͌p̸̡͔̭̯̬͈̗̜̃̍̔e̴͚͔͕͎̓̇͆n̷͎͚̱̭̗͙̈́̑̅͌͐̏̀͠,̷̡̢̭̭̮͇̟͕͑́͒̈́͌͘͠ ̶̛̥͖͐̈́͘̚͝a̷̗̣͙̕g̴̘͍͘ḛ̶̡̨̘̀̅̓͐̽̕͝n̷̠͎̬̱͚̺̭̑̍̂͌̋́t̴̮͇̬͇͊̒͗́͌̓̃͑ ̴̣͐̿̏̈́͘͠8̵͓̱͉̺͋̑͂́̀͆̏́.̶̰̙͖͋̀̃̓̍̔ Come, let us duel for the fate of the earth."

Mr grizz caused side order!? /j

This song made me feel things I dont know ive ever felt before. Your music is incredible have you ever thought about putting in on spotify?

really hard to tell but i think 1:00~ is color pulse?

WHY DOWS THIS SOUND SO SAD IT BELONGS IN AN ANIME AAA

I wonder what that is?

Sounds like bear with me kind of

When does this play in game?

2:07 whats this part from ive heard it before

Original song?

*Splatoon 3/side order x Bluey(sad): (human) 17yr.old Bandit's POV:* The fight was finally over. I was covered in ink from head to toe. 'Biscuits...' I thought. But still, I was grinning, because it was finally over. I remembered Agent 8. "Eight!" I called out. "Where are you??" Agent 8 was the girl I met when I first got transported to this odd, cepholopod filled world, and I like, like her. "Eight!! C'mon, where are you?!" That's when I stepped on something. It was Eight's Octo Shot. Beat and empty of ink. This worried me. I started running through the debris. Then when I found what I was looking for, I stopped in my tracks. Dread creeped over me as I stared at the *corpse*. My knees fell to the ground. Agent 8 was *dead*. Tears were streaming down my face. I held her hand to my face. It was cold. She wasn't breathing. *And all I can tell you now is, after that, nothing was ever the same. Eight was gone and couldn't do anything to change that. I feel useless.*

Agent 8's POV (My Hero Academia x Splatoon 3): I turned around to see only a pair of headphones, a broken crown, and the worst one-- Izuku's corpse. Globs of tears were streaming down my face. The three people I loved most were killed right in front of me; Marina. Pearl. And Izuku Midoriya. Marina was like a mother I looked up to. Pearl was like the awesome sister I never had. And Izuku...my dear Izuku, was the love of my life, and I never got to tell him how much I loved him. I clutched my beat Octo Shot, and turned around to see my family's killer: Shigaraki. He had an evil grin on his face. And that's when I knew I was never going to see my loved ones again.