"Alright, this is the place. Need to investigate something about a hypnotic DJ. Think it was something about their music brainwashing a bunch of people." Matt entered the club, and was greeted with neon-aesthetic colors and a synthwave-style design. Calmly walking forward, Matt looked left and right, and saw a bunch of posters on the walls. They were mostly advertisements for DJs playing there. "DJ Hyperfresh? Isn't that Marina?" Matt wondered, when he saw a poster with Marina's alias on it. Once he was out of the entrance, he was greeted with a strange sight. The inklings there were all... purple-colored? Their skin was deep purple, with their ink color varying wildly. The lights would have hurt his eyes badly, but his shades were protecting them. He walked over to an empty chair in the room, and sat down looking around. A waitress came over and handed him a menu. He just told her to get him a Pina Coolada. She nodded and went back to the bar in the room. Matt was very confused with everything, from the strange colored Inklings to the practically blinding aesthetic. After the waitress came back with his drink, Matt took it, stood up, and decided to look at the DJ stand. It looked just like... pretty much everything else in the room, neon-colored and synthed. However, the lights turned off, and the only ones that turned back one were ones pointed at the set itself, while a voice announced. "Ladies and gents, presenting to you your DJ in control, AC-Lux!"

The lights went neon blue and purple while rotating around, and out on the set came... An Octoling wearing Hypnoshades!? Matt gritted his teeth, before the DJ spoke with a soft yet commanding voice. "Everyone, I've come back to grace your ears with my beats. However, an outsider seems to have infiltrated us." Suddenly, she looked in Matt's direction, and pointed directly at him. "GET HIM!" Everyone else in the area started gunning for him, and he got into a fighting stance, while Lux played her music. "LEMME HEAR YOU SCREAM!" Matt was fighting them with just his fists, even thought it was just one of him and 31 of them. Once the last attacker was out cold, Matt calmed down. He was breathing heavily, but then Lux started clapping. "Well done, stranger. What's your name?" "Matt. Not like you'd need to remember it." "Oh really? Well, you shouldn't be too sure about that." She pulls out a disc from a box behind the turntable, and puts it on the top. She starts playing the music, and oddly enough, the lights start pointing directly at him. Are they... charging? Suddenly, beams of light start shooting out of them, and Matt's instinct was to dodge. 6 of them were attacking at any time, and Matt had to dodge all of them. While dodging, Matt threw a knife at Lux, which ended up landing in her arm. It staggered her, which gave Matt and opportunity to throw a few more. They all landed in her arms, rendering her unable to play anymore. "Gah! Dammit, need to flee... This won't be the last of me you'll see, you know!" She yelled out, before the lights reverted to white, and she disappearerd. Matt raised an eyebrow, before noticing the turntable was glowing. He got up close, and touched it. He was pulled into a portal, which was a mix of neon colors. When he landed, he was in a different place entirely. He got up, and looked around. There were others there as well, but they were all... wearing Hypnoshades? Matt pulled out a PDA, and it revealed where he was. The PDA said...

"The Shaded Realm"