Al-X

**Alexander Inksburg**, better known by his nickname **Al-X**, is an OC created by JustAlex93, based on his in-game character in *Splatoon 3*.

He is the second member of the New Squidbeak Splatoon to carry the designation of Agent 3 after the previous one was promoted to the rank of Captain.

## Background

Alexander Inksburg was born the youngest of three siblings in the Inksburg family. He was seen as a runt by his parents and his spoiled elder brother Richard. This is because of a skewed family tradition where the first-born child of the family is to be favored. As a result, Richard got the lion's share of his parents' love and attention, leaving Alexander feeling unloved. His only light was his older sister Frederica, the middle child, who treated him kindly and with love, and disliked their parents' favoritism with Richard just as much as her younger sibling does.

When Alexander was 10 years old, Frederica left home to go to college, but not before telling him to stay strong and to never let their parents or Richard drag him down. Of course, he did stay strong, though he had to force himself to grow up a little for the past four years since. Oiling his brain and staying in shape and all that. He also had to contend with his brother Richard's constant insults and rude wisecracks, which their parents always let him get away with, because of their vain favoritism.

Once he turned 14 years old, he took what money and belongings that he had since his childhood (with some food that he prepared), and left home, never looking back. For some time, he traveled through the desert of the Splatlands and along the way meeting a certain lost smallfry Salmonid and forming an unlikely companionship with him, even making a living salvaging scrap. After obtaining a Splattershot Jr. in a container and using it to make his way to a train terminal, he took a train to Splatsville. Once he got to Splatsville, he soon found an apartment at The Shoreline apartment complex and settled there. With the Splattershot Jr. in hand, he participated in his first Turf War, which he won. Of course, he participated in many more matches. Whether he won or lost, he still leveled up and earned money. He also took on the handle of Al-X.

Little did most people know is that he had also gotten involved with the New Squidbeak Splatoon, recruited as Agent 3 to recover the Great Zapfish, which had gone missing from Splatsville according to the Anarchy Splatcast hosted by Deep Cut. He ended up getting more than what he bargained for after a confrontation with DJ Octavio in the crater, when he ended up in the mysterious underground world of Alterna. In addition to the fuzzy Octarians and the fuzzy ooze, he also had to contend with the members of Deep Cut, who treat the Splatlands as their treasure-hunting grounds.

Not only that, but he had also gained access to the Alterna Logs, learning some extremely mind-blowing information from them, regarding the end of the human race and of how the stage was set for evolved marine life to becoming the dominant species on the planet. Along with those, he also obtained the Sunken Scrolls, along with gold records, power eggs, Sardinium, and (for whatever reason) Table Turf Battle booster packs. His mission to find the apparently-kidnapped ex-Cap'n Cuttlefish took a climactic turn when he fought against an even deadlier and more sinister enemy, who is also responsible for the theft of the Great Zapfish, for the fate of the Earth itself. To his surprise, Octavio came to help fight this deadly foe to prevent him from using the fuzzy ooze from turning the Earth into a giant fuzzball.

It was after the events of the fateful battle that Al-X continued doing as all the other squid and octo-kids do in Splatsville; fight in Turf Wars, buy stuff from Hotlantis for his locker to spice it up, pay the rent on his apartment, playing Table Turf Battle, participate in Salmon Run shifts, and doing whatever he feels like.

## Personality

Like any squid or octo kid, Al-X has a taste for three things; Fashion, Turf Wars, and great music. Albeit, because of his upbringing, he is a bit more grounded and a bit more intelligent. When it comes to Turf War, he thinks on his feet to balance things between covering ground and taking out opponents. He also preferred Regular Battles, as Anarchy Battles never really caught his interest. When doing freelance jobs in Grizzco Industries for the Salmon Run, he does what he could to help his teammates to overcome the Salmonid hordes and grabbing Golden Eggs to throw into the basket. He also took his training seriously, having learned how to take on each of the 11 types of Boss Salmonid.

When it came to his parents and older brother Richard, he did not exactly have the best relationship with them growing up. He hated how Richard would constantly try to put him down or gloat in his face for anything. Al-X hated his parents, not only for mostly ignoring him in favor of Richard, but also for letting him get away with his rude behavior towards him. He did love his older sister Frederica dearly and is loyal to her, and was sad to see her leave for college and vowed to stay strong for her when she asked him to, which he did. He also maintained self-restraint whenever his brother tries to drag him down, due to having forced himself to grow up a little for the past four years since her departure. That being said, he does have emotional issues stemming from the neglect and verbal abuse that he was subjected to by his parents and Richard, respectively, along with the absence of Frederica, and was recommended by his landlord to see a therapist.