Cephly

"I hate bears!"

*"Moop Team Heavy Edit time!" - Cephly*

**Cephly Tarkle** is an Octoling who was born in Alterna. She is the lamest Meep Team member, so she joined the Moop Team, and now she's the lamest Moop Team member!

## Main Story:

Cephly was born from one of her mom’s tentacles after it was cut off and fell into the liquid crystals in Alterna. Another tentacle would eventually become her brother, Nova. She grew up in Alterna, and became a skilled Alternabrush fighter.

However, her happy days in Alterna were cut short when Bear #3 emerged from the Ark Polaris, and captured Emezy. After siphoning her essence, Bear #3 turned Emezy into the first Fuzzy Octoling, to fight against Tyan and Cephly. Tyan was quickly defeated, and turned into another Fuzzy Octoling, but Cephly managed to defeat both of them with her Alterna Brush. However, she had to flee Alterna because of Bear #3.

When she arrived in Inkopolis Square, the Inklings there assumed that she was hostile, and banished her to Octo Canyon with the other Octolings. From this experience, Cephly learned to hate Inklings.

Cephly and Frost (another Octoling who was with her) eventually have their lives changed when they were tasked with stealing the Great Zapfish. After depositing it in Octo Canyon, Cephly and Frost overheard a concert, and when they got closer, Callie and Marie appeared onstage, and started singing their new song, Calamari Inkcantation. After hearing this heavenly melody, both Cephly and Frost were hit with a wave of memories.

Shortly after they return to the canyon, Agent 3 arrives, and trips an alarm. Frost leaves to set up the Great Octoweapons, while Cephly decides to confront Agent 3 herself. However, when seeing Agent 3 with Callie and Marie, Cephly can't being herself to harm them. She decides to return to DJ Octavio to help set up the Octobot King, hoping that DJ Octavio would be brave enough to defeat Agent 3. However, when Agent 3 arrives, they bring the Squid Sisters with them. Once again, they sing Calamari Inkcantation, and Cephly notices a change coming over the Octarians.

She takes over Marina's shift at the wasabi supply unit, and Marina also heads out into the crowd. Marina, now free, heads to Mount Nantai. Cephly and Frost decide to continue working for DJ Octavio, because Cephly was still afraid of the Inklings. However, after fighting Agent 4 in Area 2, Cephly gains a new respect for Inklings. She is promoted to Head Octoling Scout in #81's absence, and was sent with Frost to find Marina. They set out for Mount Natai, Marina's last known location, but they were attacked by Agent 3, and then a Fuzzy Octomissile. Cephly, Captain Cuttlefish, and Agent 3 were sent spiraling into the depths.

Cephly woke up without any memories, and made a shaky truce with Captain Cuttlefish. The two of them eventually came to the Central Station, where they met the Telephone. Cephly, now known as Agent 8, found the Four Thangs and regained her memories, with Pearl and Marina helping her from atop Mount Nantai, and Captain Cuttlefish cheering her on from the subway. But it was a trap all along. The Telephone turned the Four Thangs into a giant blender, and trapped Cephly and Cuttlefish inside.

However, Agent 3 appeared just in time to smash the blender into pieces. Marina was able to use Agent 3's CQ-80 Employee model to guide Cephly through the interior of Kambo Co. Cephly crept along corridors, dodged security systems, and found an Inkbrush and Burst Bomb, before finally finding an Energy Core. To access it, Cephly had to use an Inkjet, and after acquiring it, she had to protect it from the Sanitized Octarians. But Cephly eventually made it to the elevator, and was on her way to the surface...

Until Agent 3, under the influence of Commander Tartar, attacks Cephly. Although Cephly come close to being defeated, she is able to quickly take cover with her Inkbrush's speed, and manages to get the jump on Agent 3. After defeating Agent 3, Cephly unties Captain Cuttlefish, and the three of them resume the journey to the surface.

Many, MANY years later, after being forced into the Octoling Army, hearing the Inkcantation, and falling into an unheard of area in the Deepsea Metro after trying to save another Octoling from a fuzzy Octomissile, Cephly finally gained her freedom. She swore to destroy Bear #3, and she managed to find out his plan through working Salmon Run shifts. Teaming up with Olive, who was her former commander, she ventured to Alterna and destroyed Bear #3’s liquid crystal supply. She then eventually met the Meep Team, somehow idk.

After almost getting herself killed Sev'Ral Timez, and having one of her legs broken off by Willow (iirc), Cephly became mind controlled by Doctor Krazister, making her lose what little trust the Meep Team had in her. Krazister used her to kidnap Arya Brighton, and the Squid Sisters, whom he used to create Marcy and Bethany. The Meep Team came to save Arya, and Cephly was freed in the process. She sneaked off with her new ectodaughters (Marcy and Bethany), and tried to track down Krazister.

After traveling through the multiverse because Plot, Cephly and Co. managed to return to the AE timeline with the help of Person. As soon as she arrived back, Cephly realized that there was a Meepfest going on. She decided to join the Moop Team's team, mainly because most of her friends were on the Moop Team, and because she had a rather rough past with the Meep Team. However, she ended up having so much fun, that she decided to reflect on things because more Plot.

## Relationships:

(to be added, reminder to myself to add Arya, Terrence, O.R.C.A., her parents, Olive, Elaza, and Kel)

## Gallery:

Cephly, possessed by Dr. KrazisterCephly meeting the Meep teamMegan explaining her OCs lore.Cephly disappearing from the canon
## Trivia:

* Cephly, like all of my other OCs, is aroace.
* Cephly hates bears and rocking chairs. However, no one knows what those are in Inkopolis.
* In Splatoon 3, Cephly lives in Inkopolis.
* Cephly's name is taken from the word "cephalopod", because Tyan wanted to promote peace between the two warring cephalopod races.
* Olive was the commander of Cephly's unit in the army.
* earn money free
* chay I see you
* Cephly's ink contains a much larger quantity of the liquid crystals than most Octolings.
	+ This allows her to solidify and become nearly invincible when under a lot of stress/fear.
	+ The first person to witness this was Terrence.
* Due to a recent poll, Cephly's existence is now dubiously canon.
* Cephly's chumhandle on Pesterchum is aroaceOcto.
	+ Interestingly, this is the same chumhandle as Megan.

## Quotes:

“Um, the Good Morning Police arrested Gandalf, Mario shot Bambi, and I played some Terraria.”

“Once I almost shot Judd, thought he was a bear.”

“Gee, it’d sure be helpful if there was some kind of talking sea cucumber to show me the way right about now.”

“Er, what’s a Jimmy John’s?”

“Agh! I have had it with E-Liters!”

“With the power of Inkbrush I *can* abscond, bro!”

“Hello Inkjet.” *throws Ultra Stamp at it* “Goodbye Inkjet.”

"I can *bearly* stand Salmon Run."