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[upbeat music]

Batter up!

[upbeat music continues]

Oof! [music dies out]

I got it! I got it! I got it!

[grunting]

[triumphant music]

Point goes to Kameko.

Woo!

[humming]

[Astra gasping]

Oh! Sorry.

Hey Astra, come play!

Gwen made up this super fun game

where you use your Creative Force to hit the ball.

It's called Fin Ball and there are two rules:

have fun and be awesome.

That's okay, thanks.

Still figuring out how my powers work.

Dance Creative Force is complicated.

[Nautique humming]

Eeee!

Wah!

Sorry, Squishella!

Still working out the currents!

[Astra]. My powers aren't for games.

You don't have to use your Creative Force.

Squish and Kameko are playing, and they don't even have powers.

[panting] Do too.

I just don't know what they are.

Which is why I'm being game boss.

You mean referee?

I like mine better.

Come on, Astra.

It's fun!

Okay, one round.

I could try to make a net talisman to catch the ball?

Yeah! Now let's do it everyone Fin Ball style!

Me first!

[upbeat music]

You're up, Nautique!

[upbeat music continues]

Hmm. Hmm.

[Gwen]. Gwen to Squish!

[upbeat music continues]

Now, everyone to Astra!

[upbeat music continues]

Over, under.

Ooh, no, that's not right.

[tense dramatic music]

[Gwen]. Astra!

[Nautique]. Oh no!

[clinking]

[magical music]

I'm so sorry! Are you okay?

I don't think heads should make that sound.

I'm never playing Fin Ball again.

[magical music]

[Astra gasping]

Huh?

[upbeat rock music]

? Mermicornos! Let's unite!

? Creative forces we'll ignite!

? Magic is the key

? In the undersea

? We're gonna set the world alight ?

Yuss!

? Mermicorno! ?

? Starfall! ?

? Mermicorno! ?

? Starfall! ?

[tense music]

[Kameko]. Oh no!

We made the ocean mad!

Ugh! It's so sparkly.

Ugh.

What is it?

[gasps] It must be an Arcadi-corno.

My dad says Mermis hid them all over the ocean

so they could stop in for fresh-baked cookies.

Mermicornos love snacks.

Come on.

A shell full of cookies?

Who would believe that?

Shell full of cookies?

Gimme, gimme, gimme!

[grunting]

[panting]

[awkward chuckling]

[gasps] Look at this place!

[Astra]. Whoa.

[Squishella]. Fancy.

Mermicorno statues?

Fascinating.

[Gwen]. Wow, nice digs!

[Nautique]. Hmm. Amazing.

Inside, the Arcadi-corno appears larger than on the outside.

No sign of cookies, however.

Aww.

These were bedtime stories.

I get kind of fuzzy on the details.

Also, I get snacky at night.

Hmm, a button.

[Arcadi-corno VO]. Oh, hi, Mermicornos.

[upbeat music]

[Arcadi-corno VO]. Welcome to Target Practice.

Use your Creative Forces to pop the bubbles.

Oh, and have fun.

[Gwen]. Ha! You're gonna need a bigger scoreboard

because Gwen the Gamer's gonna get all the stars.

Wait. I remember this.

[dreamy music]

Focus, breathe, and believe in yourself.

We've got this.

[arcade music]

[upbeat music]

Arrow talisman target!

You really think we can do this?

With enough training we can.

The road ahead is scary,

and the danger we're facing is great.

But if we master our Creative Forces,

I know we can defeat Ika Inkblot!

I was here.

We all were.

We were training to master our powers!

So I do have a power!

What was it?

I didn't remember that.

The Arcadi-corno must know.

Tell me my power,

you gorgeous Arcadi-corno, you!

No, no, no, no, no.

My power, my power, tell me.

It's Squishella. Hello? Power!

[Arcadi-corno]. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh...

Tell me my power!

It's a recording.

I knew that.

I was remixing it, you know, fricka, fricka.

Clearly you have no ear for music.

There's more.

We were training to use our powers against Ika Inkblot.

Hmm. The same fish whose minions left the phosphorescent trail?

Fascinating.

And-and-and worrisome too, of course.

[Astra]. Exactly!

In my memory,

I said we needed to master our Creative Forces

to go up against Ika.

I barely know what my Creative Force is!

How am I gonna rescue Pearl Girl from Ika's lair

if I don't know how my powers work? Eee!

Whoa.

Oof!

Ugh!

We can't keep following Ika's trail

if we don't know what to do when we find him.

We need to practice!

Why? We've been figuring out our powers

fine on our own so far.

Yeah, who needs training?

Our Creative Forces will come to us naturally.

Like this.

[grunting]

Well, that would have been impressive if it had worked.

This can only help us.

Think of it as a gift from our past selves.

Training will make Now Us more like Past Us,

which means Future Us are more likely to succeed!

I think I followed that?

It would be helpful to practice in a controlled environment.

[gasping] [humming]

Ah.

And I can cheer you on!

I'm very good at rhyming and being loud!

Whaddya say?

Don't you wanna beat the high score?

[sighs] All right. All right. All right.

Don't get your tail in another twist.

Game on!

[giggling]

Ah, bup-bup-bup-bup-bup!

No hugs. I'm allergic.

Sorry. Eee!

This will be great.

When we're done here, we'll be ready for anything.

[Royal Mother Pearl]. Three, four, five, six!

All these ghosted towns drained of their brilliance.

Oh, my poor beautiful ocean,

what's happening to you?

Here are the stickers you requested.

And just in time.

We just received an alert that Carpton was ghosted.

Carpton? Oh no!

Let's see, where is that?

Ah, here!

Barb, sticker it.

A catfish?

We ran out of the red X stickers.

How can something so cute

represent something so awful?

Sticker, I'm disappointed in you.

[meowing]

Are you all right?

You've been staring at this map for ages,

and you're talking to the stickers.

There have been so many strange things happening lately.

First Pearl Girl goes missing

on the two-year anniversary of the Starfall,

and now all these towns are being attacked.

But why these towns?

Oh, I just can't figure it out!

Tell me, sticker, tell me!

[meowing]

I think you need a break.

Perhaps lifting some weights will take your mind off things?

As you always say,

a swole queen is a happy queen.

Oh, you're right!

Staring at this map isn't telling me anything new.

I'll use the weights to create a 3D map.

Maybe that'll knock some ideas loose.

Hang in there, kitty.

[purring]

That's not what I...

Oh, and she's doing that.

Oh, I wish we knew who was behind this.

[Ika Inkblot]. What?!

How could you let five defenseless Mermicornos

get away?

One's a Mermaid-icorno.

And-and-and-and they let them get away too!

[squeaking]

Ah! Come on!

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

Enough clownfishing around!

You need to find the Mermicornos now!

Great idea!

Um, how do I do that?

Ugh! I hate to micromanage,

but you leave me no choice.

All right. Where is it?

The Orb of Yodeling?

No.

De-stinking? No. No, no.

Hmm.

Ah, ha, ha, ha! Power-hunting!

Yes.

This should track their "Creative Forces",

[in whiney voice] "Creative Forces", waa.

[in normal voice] Orb of Power-Hunting, activate,

and follow the Mermicorno power!

[Squidions squeaking]

[uptempo music] [Squidions squeaking]

[snickering] Yeah.

[snickering] Uh, okay, sorry.

Sawtooth!

Do not disappoint me.

[upbeat arcade music]

[bubbling]

Okay, Mermicornos.

Just pretend that every bubble is an obstacle

standing between us and Pearl Girl.

Then, pop it!

[upbeat arcade music]

Gwen! Gwen! She's my friend!

Poppin' bubbles 'til the end!

[upbeat arcade music]

Come on, Dragon Wave!

[upbeat arcade music]

[distorted arcade music]

Go, go, go Nautique!

He's so great it makes me squeak!

Okay, Creative Force,

now's the time to show yourself.

[upbeat music]

[Squishella groaning]

Creative Force of telekinesis.

[popping] [Squishella gasping]

[triumphant music]

Squishella! Squishella!

Technically that was Nautique

but I'll still cheer for Squishella!

Woohoo!

[upbeat arcade music]

Arrow talisman target!

[upbeat music continues]

Two, four, six, eight,

Astra's aim is pretty great!

WAH!

Cross your hooves, everybody!

[deflated arcade music]

[Astra]. Aww, fish fingers.

Two out of five?

Eh, forget it.

The high score is probably rigged anyway.

Go time?

[dreamy music]

If we master our Creative Forces,

I know we can defeat Ika Inkblot!

Hang on, Gwen.

I know you can get it on the next try.

Next try?

Look, I love a high score as much as the next Mermicorno,

but we've got a mission waiting for us.

Besides, I think better on my fins.

Look, this was really good for a first try,

but I have some ideas on how we can do even better.

Why be good when we can be great?

Uh, I'm already great.

Oh, come on!

Well, I never say no to an opportunity to better myself.

As a wise fish once said,

time spent learning is never wasted.

Hmm. I'd like a word with that fish.

And I can come up with new cheers, probably.

What rhymes with Mermicorno?

Let's teach that high score a lesson!

Great!

Just another round.

Or two. Or three.

Or four. Whatever it takes.

And soon, we'll have this totally figured out.

[Arcadi-corno VO]. Oh, hi, Mermicornos.

[grunting]

Oh no, this might be too many reps, even for you.

No [panting] such [panting] thing.

Whoops!

Sorry, Barb.

My will is strong,

but my hands are losing their grip.

Each of these weights corresponds to a ghosted town.

If we figure out what these towns have in common,

we can figure out why they're being attacked!

I'm glad you're working it out, Your Highness.

Oh. But are we sure there's even a connection to see?

There must be, Barb.

And I'm close to figuring out what it is.

I just know it.

Hmm. Hmm.

Wait!

Oh, I put these in the wrong place.

Back to ones.

[grunting]

[upbeat arcade music]

You're doing great.

This time, just really focus on making a round snowball,

and then hit the target right in the middle.

You mean I'm not supposed to miss it completely?

Ha-ha!

Thanks, Coach.

This looks good,

but in my memory it looked a bit more like...

Stand up straight, rotate your shoulders,

and keep your eye on the target.

Now give that a try.

[groaning]

No worries.

This is why we train, right?

To get better.

Really? 'Cause we've been training for hours

and my snowballs are turning into snow-blobs.

Just stay positive!

It isn't helping.

As long as we keep at it,

good things are sure to happen.

[upbeat music]

Make sure you breathe.

[panting] Dra-

[hiccups] gon-

[hiccups] Wa-

[hiccups] ve!

When Nautique's around, you'll never frown,

his Dragon Wave turns it upside down! Ah!

I'm okay!

[upbeat music]

You have the power inside you.

You just have to listen to it.

Close your eyes.

What do you hear?

[inhaling]

Um, you breathing.

And now what does your heart say?

Fame, fortune,

an unlimited supply

of Slurp And Surf Ramen Noodles!

Ah, okay.

So use that somehow.

Uh, there's no wrong move.

[Squishella]. Okay.

[upbeat music]

[grunting]

Well, um, if there were wrong moves,

that, uh, might be considered one.

But don't worry!

Let's keep moving!

Squishella threw a rock!

That's because, um, Squish rocks?

[awkward laughing]

That wasn't my best work.

[upbeat music]

[Astra muttering]

Ugh! Why?

Astra, Astra, she's very, fast-ra?

Yeah, I got nothing.

Oof! -Gwen, you're up.

Let's try over here.

[groans] Here we go again.

Feel the target.

Be the target.

AH!

Ah! Watch out!

Bellies to the sand.

Not the face!

[screaming]

[upbeat arcade chiming]

[deflated arcade droning]

Zero stars?

Seriously?

I coached my fins off and we're still not good enough?

I mean, nowhere to go but up!

I'd rather stay down.

Okay, okay.

We just need to relax.

Loosen up a little.

Maybe a game of Fin Ball will get us back in sync!

No! We can't use our snowballs for games.

We have to use them for bubbles,

'cause the bubbles are only gonna get bigger and stronger

and meaner, until we're facing the worst bubble of all!

Are we still talking about bubbles?

And if we don't pop the bubble,

we can't start over with new bubbles.

There's only one chance to pop this bubble

and we have to be ready!

[hyperventilating]

[Gwen clearing throat]

Uh, hey, Squish,

you mentioned ramen earlier and now, well,

I could use a snack.

Why don't you three step outside

and see if we can order some.

I highly doubt

there are delivery fish this far out in the oc-

Nautique! Shh!

Two, four, six, eight...

[snoring]

Past Me from my memory was perfect.

She could make talismans,

rally the Mermicornos,

be a leader.

Now Me doesn't know anything about that.

I don't know.

I mean, Now You figured out how to help the Hat Hoarder.

Now You helped me in the Ghost Town.

Now You swam into the ocean to save Pearl Girl

when Now You didn't even know Now You had a Creative Force!

Mmm, the Now Yous are a little hard to follow.

Point is, maybe Now You needs to stop trying

to become some perfect leader you used to be,

and start trusting the leader you are.

[Sawtooth groaning]

This power-hunting orb better be hunting powers.

[squeaking]

[squeaking]

[cracking]

What?!

That power-hunting orb just quit!

It's acting like it led us to the Mermicornos,

when really we're just in the middle of the ocean,

no Mer-

[gasping]

[dramatic music]

The Mermicornos.

I thought you said Gwen wasn't being serious about the ramen.

Hmm. Then why are there three ramen delivery fish

headed right for us, huh?

Is my power telepathy?

Ah! Not ramen! Not ramen!

We've got trouble!

And no noodles,

not that it's important.

Mister Bitey-face is back!

[gasps] Sawtooth!

And he brought the Squidions.

Uh, what do we do?

Remember your training.

Just breathe.

[sputtering]

Oh no, I forgot how!

Oof!

Watch out!

Ugh! Tail cramp!

[uptempo music] [squeaking]

Awww.

Ah!

Sit! Stay! Uh, no!

Make a talisman.

Come on. Come on, do something.

Bad, bad Squidion.

Do anything, come on!

[Astra gasping]

[Sawtooth clears throat]

You're cornered Mermicornos.

Ink 'em, Squidions.

[gasping]

[whimpering]

[snickering]

[snickers] I figure we'll, uh, trap ya in the shell.

Except you.

Took power to transform ya.

Power we can use.

[snickers] Oh!

You two Squidions!

I've had enough of you today!

Don't panic.

Oh, it is very late for that.

We've just gotta work as a team.

All over everything!

You talk through all my favorite shows!

[chomping] [squeaking]

[Arcadi-corno VO]. Oh, hi, Mermicornos.

Hey! Get back here!

We're in the middle of something!

[Arcadi-corno VO]. Welcome to Target Practice.

Use your Creative Forces to pop the bubbles.

Oh, and have fun. [echoes]

We just need to relax.

Loosen up a little.

Maybe a game of Fin Ball will get us back in sync.

Yeah! Everyone Fin Ball style!

[upbeat music]

Batter up!

[upbeat arcade music]

[Squidions squeaking]

[growling]

[Nautique]. Feel the beat.

Dragon Wave!

[triumphant arcade music]

[Sawtooth groaning]

Ever hear of Fin Ball?

Play with me. Come on!

Ho-ho, you're gonna love it!

Grrr.

Gwen to Kameko!

Nautique!

Squishella!

And Astra!

Everyone to Sawtooth and the Squidions!

[upbeat music]

[Squidions squeaking]

[Sawtooth]. Oh!

What is this?

It's Fin Ball.

Arrow talisman into net talisman.

[upbeat arcade music]

[cheering]

Thanks for playing with us, Astra.

? Ooh, we beat you, beat you! ?

? We beat you! ?

Well, no time to gloat.

Let's go!

[rumbling]

[Sawtooth]. No, don't leave me!

Burn the Squidions, not me!

[pants] So do any of the Arcadi-cornos have cookies?

We'll have to check them all.

You know, they can pop up anywhere.

I'm sorry I pushed you all so hard today.

I don't know if you've noticed,

but I can be a bit of a perfectionist.

Yeah, we noticed.

But maybe a few of us needed the practice after all.

Ready to get back on the trail?

No.

But we'll figure it out.

Turns out we think better on our fins.

Ah! [groans]

[groaning]

Uh, little help?

My arms are floppy!

[groaning]

Please, Your Highness.

Your body can't take anymore.

And we're no closer to a solution.

I can't give up!

However, I also can't lift anymore.

With all due respect,

this is for your own good.

It's time to take a break.

I'll set up a nice game of croquet.

Oh, I might even let you win.

[squeals] Barb!

Bring me my star map!

My little break gave me fresh eyes.

And I realized

the towns are in the shape of the Pegasus

and Pisces constellations!

They were just upside down!

[gasps] Those stars fell into the ocean

during the Starfall, right?

But what does it mean?

[suspenseful music]

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