Splatoon x Male Reader

S3C Chapter 55: Given Time

Marie POV

Marie stepped in through the entrance of the Deep Cut hideout, making sure to kick off her shoes at the entrance to get any snow on the bottom off. Callie, however, strode in quickly to the bandit hideout, forgetting to even take her shoes off before Marie stopped her, causing Callie to turn around and kick off her snow boots.

Marie shook her head as she walked into the place while Callie was still struggling at trying to take off her boots without doing the work of untying them.

Looking around the room, Marie could spot her and Callie's grandpa who was brought here earlier thanks to Liz so gramps could catch up with Eva, since he was still the one who jumped the metaphorical (and literal when Shiver is taken into account) shark and recruited her to be the new Agent 3 without waiting up for Callie, the Captain, and Marie to get to Splatsville.

Marie was happy gramps had done it though as she was happy to have Eva a part of the N.S.S., even if she was another troublemaker they had to look after, but Marie couldn't complain, she had a knack for handling rowdy squids. It could even be called her talent at this point with how she always attracted such people, from her best friend and cousin, Callie, and the agent she had recruited herself years ago, Agent 4.

Speaking of Agent 4, she looked around the room but couldn't see (Y/N) anywhere in sight, not that he was the only one missing from this lineup for this Squidmas celebration. Most people either weren't here yet or weren't in this room for her to spot, with only Big Man, Gramps, Shiver, and Veronica (or "Agent 8" as Gramps had ordained to give her the codename years ago as well) being immediately visible in the room.

Marie had actually been hoping to get some quality time with her agent at this party, which was part of the reason why she had wanted to show up a bit early for this party, so Marie figured she should talk to Veronica and ask her where (Y/N) was. She was his roommate after all, so she should know where he is, having more than likely showed up together to this party.

With the party in mind, Marie looked around at all the decorations that were hanging up around the place, with the most notable being the ample use of mistletoe. Marie began to imagine who was most likely to be the cause of such garish decorations being used clearly just as a means for someone to get caught under them.

During her stride over to Veronica, Marie had been lost in thought enough that she didn't notice the incoming shark tamer until the two bumped into each other.

Marie felt foolish at having done something that she would've gladly made fun of Callie for if it had been her, but before she could even check if Callie had seen, she first made sure Shiver was fine.

Upon inspection, Marie noticed Shiver had been carrying a box and when she saw inside the box's compartment, she noticed plenty of mistletoe and realized she had accidentally gotten the answer to the question she had been pondering just a second ago.

Shiver: Watch where you're- Oh~! Boss Marie! I didn't even notice you two got here.

Shiver's harsh attitude quickly changed into a happier tone once she realized who she was talking to, realizing that it was Marie, probably the closest person the bandits truly respected/listened to (being very generous with those terms) despite the amount of trouble they gave her.

Marie: Callie and I just arrived a second ago.

Marie figured she might as well take the time to sarcastically comment on Shiver's decorating skills (and obvious plan that Marie can deduce) and ask if Shiver had seen (Y/N) anywhere.

Marie: Plenty of opportunities for someone to get lucky and end up under all this mistletoe with (Y/N), eh?

Without a break after that, Shiver spoke up before Marie could then ask where (Y/N) was.