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1sonicfan: I'm not straying from the plot. It was a small chapter to give the readers a chance to know more about a character, aside from knowing what the character is doing.
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A male Inkling and a female Inkling were walking together, as words came from their mouths. Tonna passes to the left side of the man, while clenching her fists, as loud step noises came from each of her steps. Her tentacles were swinging backwards, almost bending.
Turning to the right, her eyes point at a white door with a tag on its center, reporting a number. She reaches the door in 2 seconds, as her right fist tilts backwards.
Knock knock.
Her irises fell on her skirt: her hands were pulling it down a little, then slightly moving it left and right. She smiled, as her hands return back in their previous positions. The door is pulled, as the whole Fara's left side is visible from Tonna's sight.
The small girl was wearing a short dress, as her left tentacle stands on the front: small tears were on her eyes' corners, as her mouth released a loud yawn with her left palm already in front of it.
"Good mornin', Tonna…" Fara rubs her left eye with her left fist.
"Good morning, Fara." Tonna smiles, as she bends down with her hands resting on her knees. "Did I woke you up, earlier…?"
"No, no…" Fara releases another yawn. "I 'as abou' to, anyway…"
Tonna's mouth downturns a little, as her left eyebrow raises while the right one lowers.
"I see… so, I'll get right on the point." Fara raises her back, standing straight. "Hun has to come with me."
"Huh…?" Her eyes were pointing at Tonna's face, as her eyelids were lowered right in the middle.
"Your brother, Fara." She grows a smile. "Scientists are going to run a health test on him."
Suddenly, her small eyes expand.
"Wh-what?! Not in a moonshin' chance!" The small girl frowns, as her right check twitches.
"Fara, this is nothing related to"
SLAM!
The woman shuts her mouth, as she finds the door in front of her face.
Knock knock.
"Go away!" Fara's voice comes from behind the door.
"Fara, please… scientists are claiming that they are finding the cure to your brother's black ink problem."
The woman sighs silently.
"How I will kno', ya are sayin' the truth?"
"How?! You know me, Fara!" Tonna's fingers rest on her chest. "Since when I told you a lie?!"
Tonna coughs silently.
"I didn't forget abou' 'hat project…"
The woman expands her eyes, while her eyebrows lower. She shushes loudly: her irises move left and right, multiple times, reaching the eyes' side corners.
"I told you before, Fara…" She whispers, as she shows her gritted teeth. "Not even the smallest reference…!"
"Whatever!"
Tonna let out a loud sigh, as her back lowers a little.
"Fara, please open the door. I received specific orders to retrieve Hun and bring him to the labs, before the next day."
"Then, return here tomorrow!"
A vein pops from Tonna's forehead, as she closes her eyes, frowns a lot and trembles.
"Now… you don't want me to say how naughty, spoiled and generally bad you are, in front of your old brother… right?"
A gasp is heard from behind the door: immediately, the door is pulled as Fara's head sticks out of it.
"Ok, ok! I-I'll talk!" Her small eyes were expanded, her irises shrunk.
"Good girl!" Tonna smiles, keeping her eyes closed and her head tilted down a bit. "Now, wake up Hun so he prepares himself for the health test."
"He's not here." The small girl smiles widely, as her eyelids lowered to the middle.
Tonna stood with her expression for 2 seconds.
"… what?" Her eyes were opened slightly, as her irises were as big as little points. Her forehead darkens.
Fara nods, keeping her smile, with her eyes closed.
"WHAAATT?!" Tonna's jaw dropped.
Fara pulls the door, as she stretches her left arm over the bed.
"Ya see him snoozin' under the sheets?"
Sweat jumps out of Tonna's forehead, as the woman trembles and expands her eyes: on the bed, there is only a long sheet and two pillows with one on the top of the other's tip. The woman walks in, stopping in the middle of the room, as her head twists left and right!
"Ya can search everywhere, but ya will never fin' him." She stands straight up, while still keeping her smile and closed eyes.
Instantly, Tonna stands in front of Fara, while frowning a lot: her left leg stands ahead, slightly bended.
"Where is he?!" Her fists were clenched.
Fara shrugs. Tonna's eyes almost pop out.
"NO! YOU MUST KNOW HIS DESTINATION!" She pulls her tentacles down, as a stream of tears came down her eyes.
"Nope." Fara shakes her head slowly. "Although, he said 'hat he was goin' to take a walk…"
"A walk…?" Her right hand lands on her chin, as her left eyebrow raises.
"Ah, yeah!" Fara raises her right forefinger. "He also said 'hat he wanted some fresh air!"
"Fresh air… …"
Her tentacles rose up towards the ceiling! Her hands land on her head, as the woman yells: Fara lowers her eyebrows a lot, while closing her eyes, as she covers her ears with her hands.
"SHIP! IT'S RAINING OUTSIDE!" The woman runs off the room, turning to her left.
She moves quickly her arms back and forth, while her hands were forming a fist. Her eyebrows were rose, her eyes almost out, as she breathes loudly. Another turn to her left and the woman was in front of the stairs: her feet rapidly touches each step, as her right palm was sliding on the rail.
She steps on the remaining 3 steps, then passing the thick doorway in 2 seconds. She stops, as her tentacles swing ahead, then going near her hips: in front of the main door, a short female Inkling with a large bag on her back.
She turns over Tonna: the girl was wearing a green Protective suit, as her head was visible through the transparent mask.
"Mirii!" Tonna runs towards the girl, stopping in front of her.
"Hi Tonna." She waves her right hand. "Is there a problem?"
"Hun walked out of the building!" Tonna pulls her tentacles, as she bends down her knees.
Mirii looks at the woman, with her mouth closed.
"I saw him walking out of the stairs." She points over the stairs behind the woman.
"AND HE GOT OUT?!" Her eyes got watery, as her hands cover her mouth.
"No. He told me his intentions, but I mentioned the rain outside…" Mirii taps the red carpet with her right foot, as her eyes were looking up-left.
"AND THEN?!" Tonna stops breathing for a moment.
"Then, he announced to walk over Grina's room. I'm sure he's still there." She nods, standing perfectly still.
"Aaaah, thank turfness!" Tonna looks over the ceiling, as she clasps her hands, moving them back and forth, as her smile reaches her cheeks. "I was almost fainting!"
"Why are you looking for him?" Mirii folds her arms, as she slightly raises her head.
"Because today he has to run a health test: scientists claim that they are very close to find the antidote, for this black ink." Tonna rubs her right eye, as her left hand stands on her heart and her mouth let out a silent sigh.
"I see… this morning he was looking paler than usual." Mirii lowers her eyebrows a little. "However, last time I saw him, he was running over the stairs."
"Good!" Tonna slides her right hand on her forehead. "Since he's still inside the Headquarters, I'll take something to drink, on one of those vending machines… just a nice, fresh, bottle of Inkling water."
"Ok. I'll head for the Inkling Hot Baths." Mirii waves her right hand. "See you later, Tonna."
"Th-the Inkling Hot Baths?! You?!" Tonna's jaw dropped, as her eyes expand and her back bends forward. "No way…!"
"I need them for medications, you see." Mirii raises her head slightly. "It's not just for vacation."
"Dr-drat…!" Tonna bends her left arm, standing in front of her body, as her teeth grits. "I-I sent zillion times, a request to receive permission for a short vacation of 4 hours at the Hot Baths…!"
"And why you never received such thing?" Mirii holds her hips.
Tonna sighs loudly, as her left hand grasps her right arm.
"I wish to know the answer… I asked the Chiefs about their reason to refuse my permission and they just answer You have work to do, Tonna. Now, get me those city results! Sheesh... is it so hard to grant me some relax for once?!" A stream of tears came out of her eyes, as her eyes were closed and her head was tilted upwards. "I just wanted to regenerate my body from all the sweats and missed naps, I had to go through!"
Mirii lowers her eyebrows slightly, folding her arms.
"Complaining about it, will only make things worse for you. Don't think about it." She taps the red carpet with her right foot.
Tonna inhales with her nose, loudly, as her head points at the girl.
"You are right… but I really can't keep up in those conditions." Her right hand rests on her right eye, as she shakes her head with both her eyes closes and her back bending forward a bit. "I had to tap 100 pages of text, this night… and by the time I printed all of them by myself, it was already 6:00 AM!"
"Oh… you should stay on the bed, then." Mirii's mouth downturns a little.
Tonna laughs for a moment.
"Me, taking a nap in the middle of the work…? If I do that, I'd wake up around the trash cans…!" She coughs loudly, as her right fist stands in front of her mouth.
"Don't joke on this, Tonna!" Mirii frowns a lot, as her left feet steps forward. "Without a proper rest, you'd fall asleep during your work routine! Even during a mission!"
"I KNOW THAT, CLAMNIT!" Tonna opens her arms, frowning even more than Mirii, while gritting her teeth. "I WOULD RATHER BE SLEEPLESS FOR MONTHS, THAN SEEING MY RANK GOING DOWN THE DRAIN!"
Tonna was breathing loudly, as her eyelids lower down in the middle.
"Calm down, Tonna!" Mirii's eyebrows rose, as her hands were going back and forth. "Maybe you should take that Inkling water bottle, you mentioned earlier…!"
Tonna let out a loud sigh.
"Yes, I really should… sorry for that… I-I don't know what happened to me!" The woman rose her eyebrows, as her mouth downturns and her fingers rest on her chest.
"That's ok." Mirii nods.
"Ok, so… see you later, Mirii!"
Tonna walks backwards, as she waves her left hand over the girl, then turning behind and walking over a hallway. Mirii waves her right hand, as her tracked the woman going inside the hallway.
"I should take a look, at those Agent rules they are applying here… however, it's not really my desire."
Her irises go on the eyes' right corners, as she smiles.
"What I want to see now… is him taking a deserved bath."
Mirii's cheek got red.
"… while we are near each other."
Small hills were forming, then shrinking, while coming from inside the bag.