S1E6 - Short, Sweet, and Ink...

## Short, Sweet, and Ink...

**Short, Sweet, and Ink...** is the sixth episode of the first season of Video Game All-Stars. The recently swapped teams continue to try and get comfortable with the new setting, but the latest challenge calls on them to work together on strategy.

## Plot

The episode begins in the Team Squidbeak Splatoon cabin, where the four remaining members discuss how they plan to turn around their loss last time. As Banjo calls them to a challenge, Spyro tells Lilac that he has her back, no matter what would happen. Banjo announces that the challenge would be Splatoon themed, with teams having to shoot the opponent with paint guns, the one with all their members out first would lose. Lilac is excited for the challenge, as she is good at this. The teams get into position, and Team Eggman are given extra guns to make up for their disadvantage in numbers. Banjo counts down, and the challenge begins.

Hiroko decides to hide, thinking it a good strategy to avoid being hit. On the other team, Falco thinks facing the other team head-on is a bad idea, so he starts running, hiding behind a rock while thinking of a plan. Eggman happens upon Hiroko's hiding place, but she manages to escape. Instead, Eggman ends up running into Mugman, who tries to convince him not to shoot, but to no avail, as Eggman just shoots him. Lilac calls Spyro over to her hiding spot, and the two chat for a while. Hiroko joins in for a brief moment, but Spyro tells her that the three of them being in the same place isn't a good idea. As she leaves, Gundham approaches the duo, and Lilac shoots him with ease. Falco ends up meeting up with Eggman, and they discuss how they overcome their current disadvantage. Eggman decides to throw a ton of ink bombs at Hiroko, but drops one, exploding himself and losing the challenge, much to Falco's disappointment.

Hearing only one member of the opposing team is left, Lilac talks to Spyro more, mostly about how they plan to take the win. Falco throws one of the extra guns out as bait, so Spyro suggests he goes for, to act as a distraction, giving Lilac enough time to win. At this point, the Squid Sisters enter to commentate the match. Sure enough, Spyro's plan works, and Lilac lands two shots on Falco, winning the challenge for Team Squidbeak Splatoon. As the Squid Sisters announce the winner, Lilac winks at them, which Spyro notices. He asks her what that's about, but she leaves without giving a response, confusing him more.

Having lost, Team Eggman isn't exactly sure how to approach the vote, but Banjo tells them that they don't have to worry about it, as it was a reward challenge, giving the winning team free V-Bucks, which none of them can actually use, so they go back to their cabin, disappointed. When there, Spyro presses Lilac on what he saw earlier, but says if it's a big secret, he would respect it. She reveals her identity as Agent 4 to him quietly, explaining the strange outfit swap in the previous challenge. He promises to keep it a secret. While this is going on, Hiroko meets Eggman in private and invites him for a walk around the forest, where she apologises for upsetting him before by copying his dab, which he says he didn't really care about, proceeding to go fishing and ignoring her. Hiroko considers this a success, and leaves him to it.