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Mockfest end!

(Apologies for the VERY late post)

Emily:

Alright, and that's the end of that! Let's have a look at the results, shall we?

Coral:

Ooooh... Did NOT expect that!

Elliot:

I won... I WON?!?!

Emily:

Ughhhhh but I hate gooey stuff on my ice cream!

Coral:

Yeah, I thought for sure people preferred sprinkles.

Elliot:

Guess not. Congratulations, team! Even though we didn't really do anything!

(The art piece for the winning team will be posted at a later time)

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Emily:

Fruit, Sprinkles or Syrup, huh? Well, I'll start us off. Fruit is the obvious choice. It's adding something healthy to a dish that is... not. Adding fruit to your ice cream adds a whole new flavor and texture depending on the fruit you pick. Berries are a personal favorite of mine, but I am a fan of banana splits too.

Coral:

Please. Ice Cream is supposed to be unhealthy. That's why people like it. You wanna top it with fruit, go get frozen yogurt. Best thing to top your sugar with is MORE SUGAR! Sprinkles all the way! Put a little bit of whipped cream on top and throw 'em on, and you've got a classic sundae. Plus, if you get the colorful ones, your ice cream will be aesthetically pleasing too!

Emily:

Until it melts because you were too busy looking at the pretty rainbow colors. Sprinkles don't add anything to ice cream. You'd have to put like a fistfull of them on just to taste any additional sweetness. Keep in mind, fruit has sugar too. That's why people with good taste put it on their dessert in the first place.

Coral:

Yeah, that's why strawberry ice cream already exists. Don't overdo it with the berries there, sister. Sometimes simple sprinkles are the way to go.

Elliot:

(May I add?)

Emily:

Yes, let's let Elliot explain why he likes his syrup so much.

Elliot:

(Chocolate, Caramel, Butterscotch, Strawberry... So many flavors exist now. Bound to be one for every flavor of ice cream. Best of both worlds: sugary, but powerful flavor.)

Emily:

Yeah, except it makes everything gooey and gross.

Elliot:

(Skill issue.)

Emily:

DID YOU JUST—

Coral:

No, I see where he's coming from. For some people, gooey is better than chunky. Plus with so many flavors, you can do so much with it. You can even mix flavors and it'll still probably be good. I saw him eating Cookie Dough the other day with chocolate AND butterscotch.

Elliot:

(Delicious. You should try it)

Emily:

I'll pass. Gooey texture makes me feel like I'm eating ink. At least fruit is solid.

Coral:

Well, I happen to like my fruit pre-mixed with the ice cream. It's too sour otherwise! Sprinkles are the only way to top your ice cream.

Elliot:

(Come on, Syrup gang! Back me up!)

Voting and discussions are open!

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Emily:

Fruit, Sprinkles or Syrup, huh? Well, I'll start us off. Fruit is the obvious choice. It's adding something healthy to a dish that is... not. Adding fruit to your ice cream adds a whole new flavor and texture depending on the fruit you pick. Berries are a personal favorite of mine, but I am a fan of banana splits too.

Coral:

Please. Ice Cream is supposed to be unhealthy. That's why people like it. You wanna top it with fruit, go get frozen yogurt. Best thing to top your sugar with is MORE SUGAR! Sprinkles all the way! Put a little bit of whipped cream on top and throw 'em on, and you've got a classic sundae. Plus, if you get the colorful ones, your ice cream will be aesthetically pleasing too!

Emily:

Until it melts because you were too busy looking at the pretty rainbow colors. Sprinkles don't add anything to ice cream. You'd have to put like a fistfull of them on just to taste any additional sweetness. Keep in mind, fruit has sugar too. That's why people with good taste put it on their dessert in the first place.

Coral:

Yeah, that's why strawberry ice cream already exists. Don't overdo it with the berries there, sister. Sometimes simple sprinkles are the way to go.

Elliot:

(May I add?)

Emily:

Yes, let's let Elliot explain why he likes his syrup so much.

Elliot:

(Chocolate, Caramel, Butterscotch, Strawberry... So many flavors exist now. Bound to be one for every flavor of ice cream. Best of both worlds: sugary, but powerful flavor.)

Emily:

Yeah, except it makes everything gooey and gross.

Elliot:

(Skill issue.)

Emily:

DID YOU JUST—

Coral:

No, I see where he's coming from. For some people, gooey is better than chunky. Plus with so many flavors, you can do so much with it. You can even mix flavors and it'll still probably be good. I saw him eating Cookie Dough the other day with chocolate AND butterscotch.

Elliot:

(Delicious. You should try it)

Emily:

I'll pass. Gooey texture makes me feel like I'm eating ink. At least fruit is solid.

Coral:

Well, I happen to like my fruit pre-mixed with the ice cream. It's too sour otherwise! Sprinkles are the only way to top your ice cream.

Elliot:

(Come on, Syrup gang! Back me up!)

Voting and discussions are open!

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Introducing: the Mockfest

A Splatfest on Tumblr!

Okay so it's not actually that much of a Splatfest so much as it is for me to write silly banter between idols, draw stuff, and then let y'all vote on pointless questions. But I'm having fun with it, so now it's a thing here.

The Shell-Stoppers

Art gifted by @ratflamt

An up-and-coming trio of octoling siblings who rose up from underground to the streets of Inkopolis Square, and later Splatsville. The band consists of main vocalist Emily ("Hachi"), sound mixer Coral ("DJ Bub-L-Gum"), and instrumentalist Elliot ("MintyFresh"), who— rumor has it— are somehow connected to another pop duo: Off the Hook. While the Shell-Stoppers themselves have never achieved true "idol" status, they have somewhat of a following and host a series of "online Splatfests", or Mockfests, in their spare time; nothing huge (they don't want to take the attention away from Deep Cut and the real splatfests, but playful little polls on generally unimportant topics— complete with funny discussions, as they each defend their choice before opening up the vote.

How this works:

Each poll will be open for 7 days

You may reblog and comment if you have something to add to the discussion, but please keep it civil and relevant to the topic at hand

Team propaganda is allowed if so desired (if that's your thing)

Winning team gets one piece of artwork relating to the theme

Simple, right? You're welcome to organize a group of friends and do some actual splatting for it, too, by all means. I just am not going to organize anything myself.

Also taking suggestions for future Mockfest themes!!!

Now let's waste our time 👍

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Whumptober 2023

Day 2- Thermometer/delirium/"They don't care about you"

Eight shivered violently beneath the covers as she tried and failed to fall back asleep. She didn’t understand… How could she be feeling so bad when the doctors had said she was well enough to leave the hospital? She’d been eating more healthy foods, and actually taking the time to rest, and making sure the burn on her back was covered at all times. How did she end up sick? Not just that, but how did she end up so sick that she was right back where she started, bedridden and weak and now feeling as if her insides were boiling while the rest of her froze?

Moving hurt. Even turning her head to the side hurt. She tried to slide down farther under the blankets but it was no use. It was too much movement for too little of a result, as she simply could not stop shivering. If she could just sleep, it would all go away for a while. But she couldn’t. She was too hot and too cold at the same time, and far too achey to even think about sleep. If only Pearl and Marina could help… But they didn’t understand what was going on.

“Hey, Eight? You still alive under there?” Pearl asked, her voice muffled from Eight's head being hidden under the blankets. Eight could only respond with a weak groan.

"I'll take that as a no." Pearl joked. She approached the side of Eight's bed and sat down on the edge, "Sorry, girl. I know bein' sick sucks." Eight would've nodded in agreement, but her head hurt too much to move it.

"Lift up your tongue for a sec. Gotta see if that fever's gone down any." Pearl said. Eight did as she was asked and let the petite inkling slip the end of an electronic thermometer in her mouth. A few seconds later when it beeped, Pearl removed it and let out a sigh.

"Shit. Still way too warm…" she muttered, "Hang on, I'mma go see if 'Rina knows any way to cool you down faster. I'll be right back."

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It wasn't even a minute after Pearl left that Eight finally managed to fall asleep. Yet unlike what she hoped, it was anything but restful. She dreamed she was back down in the Metro, as many of her recent dreams had been. Nightmares, every single one of them.

This time she dreamed she was alone on the dark platform where she'd first awoken. All around her was a sea of that sickly green ink. She stood, unarmed, on the only magenta spot in the area, barely big enough to fit both feet inside of.

"Welcome back, 10,008." The horribly familiar voice of Tartar spoke from somewhere in the room, "This next test is one designed specifically for you, and was meant to be impassable. You were not supposed to survive. Now you will pay for your defiance by joining the other failed test subjects."

One by one, Sanitized Octolings emerged from the Ink until Eight was completely surrounded. Each one had a yellow bracelet and anklet like she did, though the numbers were gone from all of them. Their cold, dead hands groped and grabbed at Eight's body, making her feel like she was burning every time one of them touched her. She wanted to scream. She wanted to cry out for Pearl and Marina, for someone to help her… but her voice wouldn't work. Ice cold and burning liquid stuck to her skin as she was dragged down, down into the deadly green ink.

Eight looked up to see her new friends standing there beside Tartar, who had now appeared in person. They didn’t move to help. They just stood there and watched Eight suffer. A voice, growing louder with each word, spoke inside Eight's head, in her own voice.

They don't care about you.

They hate you.

You're just a burden to them. Always have been.

They don't care.

"Stop fighting." Pearl said.

They don't care.

"You'll only hurt worse. If you struggle." Marina said.

They don't care.

"Let go. Just let go. It's over."

It's over

It's over

They don't care

Y o u ' r e b e t t e r o f f d e a d…

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"Eight! Stop fighting!" Pearl demanded, struggling to hold down the feverish octoling, even sitting on top of her.

"Please, Eight, you're only going to make it worse by struggling!" Marina begged, "Let go of my hand and just let me—!"

She happened to have some medicine that would provide some relief from the concerningly high fever Eight was running, but it had to be rubbed on the skin and clearly whatever Eight was dreaming about made that impossible.

"Eight! Snap out of it! Wake up! It's just us!" Pearl lightly tapped Eight's cheek in an attempt to gently but quickly rouse her from the nightmare. It took a few tries, but eventually she jerked to the side and her eyes snapped open. Her face was flushed bright red and she was drenched in sweat. She looked absolutely terrified as she tried to remember where she was. When Pearl and Marina's worried faces came into focus, she felt both relief and another wave of panic coming on. She tried to squirm away, but all the strength was gone from her body, and all she could do was lie there as she broke down in tears. All sound was drowned out by her thundering triple heartbeats, and she was shaking even more than she had been before.

"Easy, girl. You're okay." Pearl reached out to comfort her, "It was just a dream."

Eight couldn’t stop herself from lunging at her, throwing her arms around the tiny squid and just letting the tears fall. She was scared. She was sick. She was way too hot (Pearl was nice and cool, though). And her whole body ached worse than anything she recalled feeling before.

"It's okay, Eight. You're safe. And Rina's got some stuff that'll help you feel better." Pearl assured her.

"It's going to feel a little odd, but it should help with the fever for the time being. Then we can figure out what's going on and why the cold medicine isn't working." Marina said. She worried that Eight might have some kind of infection, and that's why regular cold medicine isn't helping much. If that's the case then she and Pearl would need to be careful. But for now all that mattered was helping Eight to not be in pain, and for that, simply dealing with the fever would hopefully be sufficient.

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For 8 and Captain Runo what’s your guy’s stance on hand sanitizer and blenders?

Sorry this wasn't colored, I'm really tired

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Whumptober 2023

Day 1: "How many fingers?"

Runo knew they should have listened to the others' advice to take it easy; a double concussion was no joke. But it had been several days since they and Agent 8 were discharged from the hospital, and Runo’s head finally stopped hurting as much, so naturally, they wanted to get back to training as quickly as possible. They were so sure they'd be fine. They just had to make sure nothing like what that phone did to them ever happened again.

Dan, who apparently had been recruited as the new Agent 4 not long ago, was super excited to meet Runo, and offered to be their sparring partner. The guy was slightly bigger and older than Runo was, and a clear expert with Dualies. Runo’s ego told them it still wouldn't be a fair matchup, but they decided to give him a chance. With Agent 8 still out sick, they'd have to wait for a rematch with her anyway. Might as well get some practice in with the other new guy.

For a rookie, Dan was actually pretty good. Runo would even say he was a natural. He could easily keep up with them using the dodge roll technique that Dualies enabled, and his two guns to Runo’s one gave him twice the fire power. Shorter range for sure, but with his speed and agility (or maybe just the fact that they hadn't fully recovered yet), Runo actually had trouble keeping up with him.

But suddenly, they began to feel nauseous. They faltered and took an Ink blast to the chest, which knocked them down. From the ground, the world felt as if it were spinning and warping violently around them, making them feel even more sick.

Dan saw that they didn't even try to get up but just laid there on the ground, moaning in pain. For a second, he worried he'd actually hurt them by accident. He dropped his weapons and rushed to their side to make sure they were okay. Marie emerged from the Cabin as well.

"Agent 3!" Dan exclaimed, "Are you alright?!"

"Three, look at me. How many fingers am I holding up?" Marie asked them, holding up her right hand with two fingers showing. Agent 3 was obviously struggling to focus on either of them.

"F…our?" They guessed.

"Okay, yeah, I think you're done for the day. Let's get you back inside." Marie sighed, "Agent 4, will you help me carry them?"

Dan nodded as he grabbed onto one of the yellow Inkling's arms and pulled it across his shoulders as Marie did the same on the other side.

"I tried to warn you, Three. But do you ever listen to me?"

"If they did, I think they would've started showering by now." Dan commented.

"'f I di'nt have a concussion… I'd kick both yer asses."

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Custom card for @ask-the-3nss 's Coral!! SO PINKITY!!! ((Tableturf card comms are still open, too!))

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Adventures in Inkopolis and Beyond:

Hammerhead Bridge

"Hey, Eight? Can I ask you something?" Coral inquired. The silence, accompanied with the slightest of nods from her sister told her she could.

"Why do you keep coming back here all the time? Doesn't the statue... Give you bad memories?"

Eight hesitated,

"A little bit." She admitted.

"So... Why? You're not thinking of—?"

"What?! No, of course not!"

"Then why? Why would you come back to the one place where you can see that... Thing in the distance?" Coral gestured to the weathered NILS statue to the side of the massive bridge.

"I guess... Seeing it is more of a relief. I can see that it's still destroyed. It... Reminds me of the victory more than anything, honestly. Whenever I'm feeling down about life, I come here and... Seeing that, it reminds me that things could be a hell of a lot worse than they are." The older Octoling explained. Coral's eyes widened; she'd never heard Eight swear before, even so much as the word "hell".

"I could still be down there. I could... Have met a fate worse than death. Or I could have watched the entire city of Inkopolis be destroyed as a result of my failure. The fact that I'm here, on the surface, able to see that statue over there in the water slowly eroding away over the years... It reminds me just how lucky I am to be here in the first place." Eight continued.

"It shows you can do anything you set your mind to." Coral added, lightly punching her sister in the arm. Eight chuckled.

"You know... You're right." An inescapable death trap, and Eight had been the first— out of 10,008 unwitting applicants— to actually manage an escape. If that didn't show her determination, she wasn't sure what did.

"That's a good way to look at it."

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Money vs Fame vs Love

Splatfest Spotlight-

Team Love (ft Callie, Marina, Captain Runo, Agent 4, and Agent 8)

DannySquid4: Wow! I think this is the first time since... Uh... Before Finalfest, that we've all picked the same team, guys!

CapnRuno: Hey, you're right! Wow, first time in five years we've actually agreed on something.

Agent1: That's... Kinda sad, you guys.

Magic8Ball: What's sad is how many people think fame and money are the most important things in life. Is there really so little love in the world that people really think that?

DJ_Hyperfresh: Some people just have different priorities in life. Love doesn't pay the bills or get you recognition for your work most of the time. Some people just want that more.

Agent1: Who's side are you on, Marina?!

Bonus:

Magic8Ball: When your sister picks the wrong team

OctoNoodle: #@&$ you. I wanna be famous.

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Hello everyone! This is not an ask, but I just made a fun little quiz, if anyone wants to take it and see who out of the cast they are most like!

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For everyone: Who would you say is the most annoying one?

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You seem to have expanded a lot. Who are all these new faces?