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"In any case" Carlson walked towards his left side. "I remember exactly the mechanism that activates the teleporter."

"We need weapons, though." He twisted behind, looking at the young girl. "Kelly, can you materialize weapons of our choice?"

The young girl stared at the boy's eyes, while he was making a neutral expression... her heart began beating faster.

Kelly's hands grabbed her own cheeks, as she blushed a lot and her eyes were sparkly and pointed towards him.

"Wh-whu... whuuu..." Her face went fully red, as she bended her own knees and her mouth was releasing a lot of air. "H-he is so... h-handsome!" Her eyes squeezed.

"... Kelly?" His head tilted over his right side.

"EH?!" Kelly rose her head back, as she brought her hands in front of her chest, her irises shrunk and sweat jumped out of her head. "Wh... w-wh..."

"Turfin' squiddin' me?!" Mirii opened her arms widely, as she snorted. "He's as vanilla as turf and ya got sweety-sweet all the sudden?!"

Kelly was still staring at Carlson, as she couldn't stop shaking her short legs, nor blushing.

"Aw..." Greta smiled, as she brought her left hand on her left cheek. "So young, yet so in love..." She giggled. "I'm glad I'm his girlfriend..."

...

"YO WOT?!" Mirii threw a cold stare at her.

"Ehm..." Carlson blushed a bit, as he brought his hands behind his back. "I wanted to say it in another moment... but hey, I" He took a quick stare at Kelly.

Her head was down, while her face went darker.

"... oh..." A sweat drop appeared on his head's right side.

"... s-sniff..." Jerkily, Kelly rose her head.

The darkness on her face faded away, as she exposed her watery eyes...

"K-Kelly..." His mouth downturned, as his right hand went behind his neck. "... I'm sorry..."

Her head shook, as she smiled at him.

"I-I'm still happy!" She nodded, while her hands went down on the middle and her eyes closed. "Y-you are... ... h-happy too, a-after all...!"

Her right forefinger swiped below her right eye. Carlson stared towards Greta, as the tallest girl had her hands on her chest and a dowturned mouth.

"... I want you to remember one thing, though."

The boy walked towards Kelly who resumed her blush once her eyes noticed his approach. He was smiling, bending his right knee right in front of her.

"If you ever need something important... you can count on me, ok?" His eyes closed.

Kelly's blush increased, same for her eyes' sizes: she smiled and hugged him tightly. Greta had her eyes a bit watery too, even though she was smiling.

"Eh eh." His right hand petted the back of Kelly's head. "Now, Kelly... I need your help."

Kelly freed him, as she stood on her tiptoes and rose her right arm.

"Tee hee hee!" Her eyes reopened, as they were now sparkling vividly. "Tell me everything you need!" She blushed a bit.

"Right." His eyes closed. "First of all"

"Summon a better Dancy!"

Kelly turned over her right side, as she stared at Mirii folding her arms and raising her head.

"Eyes are still sweetysweet for mah juice!" Her eyes squeezed a little. "Better give us op Dancy"

Kelly puffed her cheeks, as she emited a loud noise.

"Ya don't gimme the turfin' puffs at me, ya coin-sized Squid!" A vein popped out from Mirii's forehead, while her face was raging.

"... Kelly." The youngest Inkling stuck out her tongue, as she turned away and snorted.

"Grrr!" Mirii's right hand went in front of her eyes. "Kelly!"

"... you are so meanie." Kelly stared back at Mirii, as she exposed her puffed cheeks. "Your conscious self is muuuuuch better than you..."

"YA DON' COMPARE ME WITH MISSY" Mirii's mouth was covered by a large hand, as her eyes pointed diagonally up-right and mumbling noises were coming from the large hand.

Carlson sighed.

"Mirii, be quiet." His eyebrows went up. "We should cooperate like a team."

More mumbling noises came out from the large hand, while Mirii was moving her arms up and down. Her legs were walking in place too.

"What she said to me, by the way?" A sweat drop grew near the right side of Kelly's head.

"I think she wanted you to unleash your unconscious self..." Greta had a sweat drop near her head too, as she was bending towards the little girl while shyly raising her right forefinger.

"I can't." Kelly folded her arms, while closing her eyes and shaping her mouth as a round w. "We Shrine citizens have both the conscious and subconscious combined into one self."

Mirii pushed the large hand down.

"WHAT?!" She aimed her right forefinger towards Kelly. "HOW?!"

Kelly rose back up, while still keeping her pose.

"Communicating with the purest of the energies allow us to combine both our conscious with our unconscious, since the pure energy itself show us the way of ourselves." Her eyes shined. "It's like a voice who awakens the missing bridge"

"I turfin' understood nothin' of that seabullship!" Mirii grimaced, as she swung her arm downwards. "Shut that mouth and move on."

"... meanie!" Kelly puffed her cheeks, as she threw her arms down.

"So... does it mean that Hun and his sister are immune to such power as well...?" Greta's right hand went in front of her mouth.

"Yes!" Kelly turned behind, as she smiled and closed her eyes. "They are a great example for us all!"

"Uhm..." Carlson looked around himself. "We only have our common weapons in this treehouse, right?"

"Yeah." Mirii rolled her eyes. "I'm turfin' stuck with dat Charger..."

"I-I don't think I can use the Splattershot...!" Greta held the air, as she brought her fists close to her chest.

"... as I thought." Carlson sighed again. "Our thought process changed so much, I wouldn't know what to do with a Splat Roller..."

"Yo were a failure even with da Rolly!" Mirii folded her arms. "What's da point?"

"... I think I can use a Splosher pretty well, actually..." Greta giggled, as her left fist retreated.

"Bet Blasty can blast me to victory." Mirii nodded.

"... I could use a Heavy Splatling..." Carlson smiled.

"Ya got da nerves to even try inkin' against da mutant zombies thingies!" Mirii snorted. "How 'bout we roll with our classics?"

"I can't use the Splat Roller!" Carlson threw his arms around.

"Ya big dumb!" Mirii stuck out her tongue towards him for a moment. "I meant da turfin' punches 'n kicks remedy."

"Ah... that." He shrugged. "I would still bring in our weapons, even though we can't use them as effectively as before."

"Wonderful idea!" Greta jumped, as she blushed a bit and holding her fists near her left cheek. "Let's be safe!"

"Hate extra weight." Mirii sighed. "Dancy, help me out!"

Kelly blew a raspberry over Mirii.

"Grrrr..." Smoke came out from Mirii's ears. "Ya turfin' weaklings... ... fiiiiinne!" She shrugged, releasing a loud, deep sigh.

"I will prepare the entrance." Carlson smiled. "Ah, right!" He quickly watched Kelly, while his hands grabbed themselves. "Can you provide us with weapons of our choice?"

"I can only give you my brush... and nothing more." Kelly rose her eyebrows. "Soooorrryyy..."

"That's ok..." Carlson winked at Kelly, while smiling. "So!" He clapped, as he began walking towards his left side. "Let's begin the preparations!"


"Even to this day, the teleporter still works." He smiled.

"Aaawwww, Carlson!" Greta hugged his right arm, as her head was caressing against his right shoulder. "You were so smart, remembering the mechanism who activated the hidden room...!"

"Eh eh!" He blushed, while smiling and closing his eyes.

Kelly smiled a little, while holding her hands behind her back. Mirii had her head a little down, while sporting a slight frown.

"I also totally agree to keep a weapon for each of us!" She blushed, while giggling. "You never know that the monsters grew weaker over time...!"

"Move it, ya lovebirds!" Mirii raged over the two, as puffs of smoke came out of her head. "Dive in da turfin' ink!"

"Uff..." Greta scowled a little, while tilting her head over the right side and observing Mirii with her right iris. "You sure can be a meanie when you want it to..."

"I will go first." The boy smiled, as he walked inside the room.

"W-wait!" Greta thrusted her left arm towards him.

Kelly's face went paler, as her hands went in front of her mouth.

"That's ok, Greta." He rose his right hand, smiling at her. "I'm the only man here..." His eyes closed.

Bzzzzzzz!

"I-I will come right after, Carlson!" Kelly bounced in front of the two older girls, while holding her fists in front of her chest.

BZAP!

Carlson's eyes reopened, as his smile... soon disappeared. He walked out of the small room... finding several crates and containers scattered across a large floor.

"... this isn't the station I remembered..." He walked away from the teleporter, as he-

"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE, SQUID!"