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I-290 (Eisenhower Expressway) eastbound approaching its eastern terminus
Breaking news tonight. Disruptions are happening on the Blue Line and the Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago. State and transit officials had to close part of the Ike and the Blue Line from Western Avenue to Ashland Avenue in response to a nearly 1-mile-long (1.6 km) ink splatter on the corridor. City officials also closed every overpass that was splattered with ink. Surveillance footage from an hour ago showed what appears to be a group of... w- who are they? I've never seen them before. They appeared to be "squids" but human-like and "octopuses" but also human-like?? Um... they also appeared to be using some sort of device that shoots ink... and they can also turn into actual squids/octopuses and swim through their ink- what is going on there?
Anyway law enforcement officers were deployed and detained the disruptors on the expressway. However, law enforcement said that they had a hard time detaining them, noting their "shape-shifting ability as if they are from science fiction." In fact, almost no one, not even scientists, even knows who they are. Cleanups were initiated almost immediately and emergency bus shuttles were promptly established for transit riders. Officials say that they will fully reopen the expressway and the line by next morning after clearing all the ink and repairing roads and tracks. This is the first time that cartoon characters had caused civil disruptions since 2007. An ongoing investigation is underway regarding this incident. This is Seong Gi-hun from ABC News.[April Fools!]
I like the concept and lore of Splatoon, but I have never played this game. So um... as an editor on transportation topics, that is absolutely dangerous for these inklings and octolings to shoot ink at each other on the expressway and the Blue Line (600 volts of direct current via third rail and they will be in for a shock). Delete per vandalism and turf wars. I heard that there is a Splatfest currently happening (something about cryptids and aliens), but Splatfests and other "disruptive fun" do not belong on the expressway and the line. Someone even splattered ink all over this nomination or any page transcluding this! By the way, I have a strange inkling that there is going to be a conflict between roadgeeks and railfans and the Splatoon community. Nah, that would be ink-redibly unlikely... right?[April Fools!] --AlphaBeta135talk 00:00, 1 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Ay! Ay! (Keep! Big Man Sweep!) ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 01:35, 1 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. This whole disruption is just an alien space bat doing an ISOT. Nothing to worry about.
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