Hello everybody! AEU here and I hope you are all having a wonderful day! I'm back with another story-or rather, a one-shot. This is my first Splatoon based story in a while and needless to say I wrote this on impulse because the idea would not leave me alone.
So here is a very quick one-shot I wrote in two hours based on Sini's Sea Salt video and one of the comments in said video. Speaking of which, here is the link to the video in case you're curious: watch?v=e1Pk8IimZdQ
BTW: here are some details about the characters I came up with (pretty much on the spot). And if you haven't already, go check out Sini's Sea Salt channel! Their videos are awesome!
Captain 3: Citrus [Female Inkling] Age: 21
•Lime-green ink color
•Ecru skin
•Navy-blue eyes
•5'8
•Scars
•Muscular with slight chubby aspects
New/Neo 3: Reef [Male Octoling] Age: 18
•Purple-ink hair color
•Yellow eyes
•Hazel skin
•5"5'
•Petite and muscular
•Wears glasses
•Extremely short waves hairstyle
Disclaimer: I do not own Splatoon.
Well this was quite the day. Reef never expected his first month in Splatville to be…well, chaotic. Then again, nothing and nowhere, ever seems to be ANYTHING but.
Shells! He even adopted Little Buddy after the Smallfry Salmonoid got lost from his school pod! What kind of Sea Being or Cephaling even does that?
Well, Reef did. He was just being sarcastic to himself.
Anywho, after falling and pretty much getting a first-grade concussion, Little Buddy softly nudged him awake. When Reef came to, two things immediately stood out: he was now deep underground, and there was a trio of Inklings waiting for him.
Which brought Reef to the current happening: his introduction with the Squidbeak Splatoon.
Captain Citrus, better known by the famous Squid Sisters as Captain 3, quickly looked over the Octoling and Little Buddy peeking over his shoulder. Sure Reef knew he appeared scrawny despite his petite muscles and makeshift glasses. Though he could pack a punch and make himself appear smaller than he already did to fool foes.
Although…this was no intruder or foe. In front of him was the most gorgeous Cephaling he had ever laid eyes on.
It took a ton of restraint not to turn his purple hair into other colors or blush.
"So, you wanna be our new agent, huh?" Citrus's lightly scarred ears twitched. She leaned forward and placed her head on top of her fingers. "Tell me then, what are your strengths?"
Reef easily knew how to answer. As he took a deep breath, he decided to make his move. "I fall in love really easily!"
Citrus's lime-green tentacle hair and ears rose a bit in surprise, but she quickly regained her posture. "Uh huh. …And what are your weaknesses?"
Pretty sure he was gonna get culled and replaced by another Agent. Little Buddy would need to get somebody else to feed him. (Maybe the Captain or Agent 1?) And he was never going to another Splatfest if this happened. Bummer…but aw, what the shell! If he said it now and got culled, Reed was sure he was going to the afterlife very happy. "Those beautiful eyes of yours!"
"Huh?!" Citrus's face exploded in a heavy lime-green color as Agents 1 and 2 burst in laughter.
After a few seconds, The Captain then furiously shook her head clear. Her expression turned into a glare. Citrus's ears twitched unamused as she stood up from her seat, walked over, and leaned in close to his ear. Reef had an enormous blush in excitement at how close she was. Or was it nervousness? They were both the same right now. In a low voice, Captain Citrus's voice vibrated. "Meet me back here after Agents 1 and 2 leave."
Reef's glasses fog up by his nervous breathing. "Y-Y-Y-Y-Yes, ma'am."
"Good…now go!"
"Ma'am, yes ma'am!" Reef and Little Buddy saluted, literally turned his heel, took one step…and fell face-first into the false snow, making it splash everywhere.
Agents 1 and 2 were wheeze-laughing a second time today. This mission just got a lot more interesting.
After discovering the place, Alterna and being more prepared Reef noticed it was evening. Hastingly, he picked up Little Buddy and headed back to the main Meet-up Spot. Captain Citrus was there by herself as expected.
Once he got close, Reef saluted with a shaking hand. "R-Reporting for duty, ma'am! Was my earlier comment appropriate?"
Citrus said nothing, getting up from her seat and walking over to him. Reef felt his three hearts start to go out of control with each step she took. This felt like a dangerous situation. Though Little Buddy would have been growling by now, so maybe not?
"Hold out your hands."
His train of thought stopped. "H-Huh?"
"Just do it." she softly said.
"O-Okay—I-I mean, yes ma'am."
Reef shakingly held his hands out, expecting the worst. He shut his eyes tight.
Citrus blinked at the Octoling's actions before she slid a small piece of paper towards him. Reef hesitantly opened his eyes and properly grabbed it. Confusion clear on his face…
He and Little Buddy read the whole content, his ears began flicking in excitement as he looked up to Captain Citrus. "You're hired."
"I-I-I-I…what?"
"Hm hehehe!" Citron put two fingers under his chin and whispered into his ear with a sultry voice. "We can have our first date at Crab-N-Go. Pick me up at eight, I'll be waiting at my apartment tonight. Don't be late~."
And with that, Citrus headed home. Reef stood shell-shocked and very joyful at the recent happening. Little Buddy looked up at his best friend, tilted his head, and patted his head.
CREEEEEEAAAAKKKKK!
"Wrah!" Little Buddy barely hopped out of Reef's backward avalanche. Which made snow fly all over again. Little Buddy got a bit covered and shook himself.
"Brrrhhhh! Rrrhhhef?" Little Buddy hopped over to his companion and saw Reef's perma-frozen happy face. Deciding it was best to leave him be, LB hopped over to Reef's head and snuggled against it. He'll just wake Reef up later when he gets hungry again.
When I saw how fast I wrote this I scared myself to be honest. Cause usually it would take me a month or so to write even one chapter, hehe! Well, besides this and the other one-shot I wrote, I do have some WIP's...don't worry, I will attempt to get to them before the end of the year. Keyword: attempt.
Well, with that said, I hope you all have a beautiful evening and until next time lovelies!
