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Another month flew by and Deep Cut find themselves in the middle of a splatfest. All of them thought it would be over something silly like the last few. What ice cream flavor you prefer or what you want more of for that sponsored Zelda fest. A letter was mailed to the group's studio last night with the new splatfest information inside but all of them decided to wait until they were back at their 'hideout' to see what the new splatfest could be. Shiver was on the couch in the living room while reading the letter. Frye had draped herself upside down over the back of the couch while watching TV. Big man was bringing in some chips and dip for everyone to snack on. Plain chips for himself, vinegar chips for Shiver and some limited edition BLT flavor chips he found for Frye.
The latest splatfest was Money, Fame or Love.
"Well Money can buy you fame and love." Shiver handed the paper to Frye for her to read.
"But fame earns you money and people will love you anyway!"
"Ay! Ay ay! ( Both of you are wrong! Love is always better than money and if enough people love you, it's just as good as fame or even better.)"
"You know... We all make good points." Shiver said while reaching over to grab a few chips. "But we don't have to convince each other which is better or worse. All of us have fame from being born in our families."
"We're stinking rich from our families and treasure hunting too!" Frye shouted while tossing the letter in flavor of sitting on the couch the correct way to reach the chips.
"Ay ay- ay. (And we have love for each other that might rival- no that can rival anything.)" Big man while dipping his chips in the homemade dip he made.
"Big softie today aren't ya?" The inkling teased the manta ray and got him to turn pink in the cheeks for a moment.
"Ay! Ay. Ay. (I'm always soft! The world is too harsh to be mean. Besides Frye, you're always sweet.)"
"Born into this world sweet but tough!" Frye said while flexing one of her arms but her tough act soon fell when Shiver gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"Sweet and tough just like taffy." The octoling watched with a smirk as their partner turn pink a bit before returning the kiss on the cheek. Shiver leaned against Frye while the three snacked on.
"Now each of us have to come up with reasons to vote for our respective team." Shiver said while the other two nodded in agreement.
"Ay ay ay. (I got a feeling this splatfest is going to either go much easier then the others or start a riot in the middle of splatsville.)"
"Eh." Frye shrugged. "Nothing we can't handle if a fight starts in front of the studio. We can knock 'em out in no time."
"And take their cash as a fine for disrupting the peace?" Shiver looked over at Big man.
"Ay... (Shiver no..)"
"But how will they learn a lesson if they're not given a proper punishment like paying for fighting in front of the studio?" The octoling pleaded with their other partner.
"Ay. (Getting pummeled by Frye is enough to teach anyone a lesson."
"Alright fine. I promise I won't take anyone's cash after Frye is done with them."
"Ay? Ay? (And before? And not taking anything of worth off them?)"
"Aw come on! You're sucking the fun out of this." Frye complained with Shiver.
Big man just shook his head in disappointment at them. He loved the hell out of them both but they can be a little too into the bandit life.