Snippets of Tales (Multifandom)

Splatoon Splatroad OCs: Butler Cafe (my take)

"Why I'm working, what else could I possibly be doing?" Noir replied in his easily recognizable classy tone. He kept the smile as well. He was just like that, he didn't even NEED a separate personality.

"You wha...whe....how....huh?!"
Echo was a mess. Thousands of questions filled his head.

Noir still understood what he was trying to say anyway.

"A few weeks ago actually. I usually run the night shift, so you don't see me as often. Today I simply had to cover for someone not here" he said, poking Echo's forehead with his finger after saying "here".

"H. Eh...alright..."

Echo then noticed his rank pin.

S.

He looked around.

"Do you have any orders to be taking?" he quickly asked.

"No, not at the moment, why?"

"I need to ask you a few things..." he said, squinting at him.

"Alright" Noir shrugged.

And with that, the two dashed into the storage area, where Inigo was busy arranging boxes. He heard them come in, and recognizing who it was via breath (he had lived with Echo for quite some time, he recognized nearly all of the things he did at this point), turned to them.

"Ah, Echo! Convenient of you to come! I was just about to ask for Dayo to come heeee..."

He had spotted Noir.

"In a bit, Ini. I have to ask some questions first" Echo said, turning to Inigo, then back to Noir.

"O-okay."

Inigo was a little shocked at Noir being here. Ho boy, how would the others react? He went back to what he was doing, turning away from the two.

"Alright, first, WHAT THE HECK WITH THE S?! HOW DID YOU???"

Echo didn't bother finishing his sentences. He knew Noir well enough.

"Simple. I did my fair share of work, maybe even more, and did everything perfectly well. Rose up in no time."

"Oh right. You're a shadowling and they can do more stuff because they have powers..." Echo mumbled, sort of in a sarcastic way, but he knew Noir could tell even without the tone.

"Indeed" Noir said, as he summoned a shadow hand to assist Inigo in putting a box on a top shelf without turning around, maintaining eye contact with Echo the whole time (just to annoy him).

Inigo meanwhile, sat back and watched in amazement. Shadowlings were crazy. Sure, they had one on their team, but Karma had said something about different shadowlings using their powers differently. He thought it was interesting...

"Second, how did they allow...yknow-"

Echo made a gesture at the entirety of the upper half of Noir. He ALWAYS had a cape and shoulderpads, and Echo would like to guess there was a chestplate under the suit as well-

"Simple. I asked politely. Of course, I may have added some points, like how both could prevent your suit from getting stains on them, but it wasn't like I lied and said I had some kind of disability or something," he said in the kind of tone that made you question wether or not he was actually telling the truth.

"You didn't actually, did you?" Echo asked, squinting. Knowing Noir, he had a feeling-

"No, of course not."

Oh good.

"Thank cod-"

He let out a sigh of relief.

Just then, the door burst open. Dayo walked in, and the doors shut behind him. It was the kind of door you saw at restaurants that swung open easily, and usually swayed some before coming to a standstill. Dayo went over to Inigo.

"Hey Inigo! Cap told me you needed help!" he said.

He was great with heavy lifting, and he was tall. Good for helping with storage. Inigo turned to him, as he had been staring at the box Noir placed on the top shelf for a while.

"Ah, well um. I don't now, thanks to uh..."

He looked behind Dayo, where the two edgy boys stood. Dayo turned to look behind him and spotted Echo and Noir.

"Greetings Dayo~" Noir said with a mischievous smile.

He did a tiny little finger wave too, just to make him riled up. Dayo stared at him, rage and confusion boiling up inside of him.

"What. Is. He-"

"Working" Echo said in a monotone voice before Dayo could finish.

He didn't want Dayo going on a rampage now. Cap quickly opened the doors, only seeing Inigo and Dayo.

"Inigo! Yer needed! Did ya finish with the boxes?"

"Yup! Coming!"

And Inigo and Cap left.

"Wh. WORKING?!" Dayo shouted.

He was just as surprised as Echo.

"I can explain it to you later Day. For now, we should get back to work, our break is almost up" Echo said.

"Mmm. Alright..." he grumbled, still keeping his eyes on Noir as both of them walked out of the swinging doors.

"Well, that was certainly interesting..." Noir said, checking the storage room clock.

He turned to us, the readers, as if we were imagining this going on in our head or some crazy thing like that.

"I suppose the jellies are quite mysterious creatures..." he said with a wink and the same old signature fanged smile.