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The sky was completely white, with pieces of cloud appearing and disappearing in a fraction of a second. Ahead, the black wet road with straight white lines located on the sides and on the middle. At the horizon, the color white was dominating with occasional slow appearance of trees, isolated small villas, bushes… all of them, situated either from the left or from the right.
Mirii was sit on the passenger seat, with a belt wrapping around her protective suit. Her head and tentacles were sticking out, as the protective mask was resting on her legs, with her hands at the top. Her eyes were closed.
"So… what was your name again? Mirii?"
"Yes." She opens her eyes.
"Alright, Mirii… this is the first time you are visiting the Inkling Hot Baths, huh?"
"Correct, Mr. Guile." She turns her head to the left.
A male Inkling with a beard had his eyes on the road and his hands were grasping on the steering wheel. The front windshield wipers were moving left and right, in a constant rhythm. He has two vertical line-shaped scars on the middle of his right hand.
"You know, usually when the sky rains, those baths are sleeping like rocks! They are alive only when there's the sunshine…"
"That's because the Hot Baths are held outside?" Mirii's right hand pushes away her right tentacle, as it was resting near her stomach.
"Nope." He shakes his head, while biting off his lips.
The girl closed her mouth for a moment.
"Is there a reason?" She raises one of her eyebrows.
"Well, technically there is one… but they aren't telling to us mortals!" He turns to the right, as he shows his crooked yellow teeth.
Mirii moves backwards a little with her back, as her left cheek rose and her eyebrows lower.
"But this time they are open up, more than a treasure chest!" The man returns with his head pointing over the road. "You could try other 200 times, only to see your butt on the ground!"
The man laughs loudly. A vein pops out from Mirii's forehead, as her eyes were closed: she was breathing loudly.
"However, there is one thing you can bet your tentacles on!"
The girl opens her eyes: she tracks down his large, bulky nose, along with his teeth. Mirii screams, as she leans over the car door and her arms glued on the car window. Her eyes were wide, as she was trembling a bit.
"You may have heard good news from those baths… but did they told you about their shenanigans?" He moves his eyebrows up and down.
The girl swallows silently.
"Please… look over the road, Mr. Guile…!" She points the road with her right forefinger.
The man stood in that position for 3 seconds: he slowly returns behind the steering wheel.
"I bet you'll look at me like I have a screw loose, once you hear me out…" He snickers.
The girl frowns a lot, as her irises were shrunk and her eyes expanded.
"The people who ran the bath business are completely nuts! One time, I saw this skinny guy floating around the hall… for real! I didn't even take a beer, that time!" He slams his right hand on the steering wheel.
Mirii's eyebrows rose, still leaning over the car door.
"And then, this other time… I saw a short girl lifting this giant box with only her sight! I'm not even kidding! The box was this big!" He opens his arms, stretching them.
The girl looks on the road: suddenly, a turn to the left appears!
"THERE IS A TURN!" Her right forefinger points at it, as her left hand slaps her left cheek.
The man quickly turns over the road: the car passes the turn, as it fell on a large brown puddle. A wide splash fell on the dirty dark-brown terrain nearby. His right foot pushes a pedal: the engine was roaring, the wheels kept rotating. The car was still there…
"… well… it looks like this car finally took a bath!" He laughs loudly, as he slaps his forehead with his right hand.
The girl frowns a lot, as multiple veins pop out on her forehead, smoke was coming out of her ears and her face was colored red.
"YOU IMBECILE! HOW CAN YOU LAUGH IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS?!" She quickly pushes the red button on the left side of her seat.
The girl throws the belt: it made a loud noise, as it impacts over the car door. She puts the protective mask on her head, then she pulls the door handle.
"Hey hey, where are you going?" The man looks at the girl, as she slams the door on his face.
She walks over the bottom-right door, pulling the lever and the door: she bends forward, as her hands grab the bag.
"Listen to me for a moment, please!" He opens his arms, as his eyebrows are rose.
She slightly raises her head, as her eyelids were almost completely lowered, her eyebrows lowered and her irises are pointed over the man.
"Stay away from me… or else I'll be forced to pull out all your disgusting teeth." Her hands were grasping the bag even more.
The man let out a small laugh, as he shakes his head slowly.
"Mirii… do you know why I can bring Agents to the Inkling Hot Baths?" He grins.
Mirii's mouth was closed, in a downturn shape.
"Because I'm the only one who knows the way to reach the baths… in other words, you'll never find the shrine without my guidance."
"… I'd rather get lost in a desert, than staying one more minute with a dangerous fool." She pulls the bag, then slamming the door.
Her arms pass under each shoulder strap. The girl walks ahead, towards the road.
"HEY!" The man's voice was coming from behind.
Mirii stops for a moment.
"ONCE YOU SEE A SMALL ROAD ON THE LEFT, GO THERE!"
The girl let out a loud sigh. She resumes her walk, as her eyes were pointed over the left.
Mirii… do you know the way to go?
"Yes, Hunley." She smiles. "Trust me."
Along the way, the girl found other trees, small villas and bushes, as she was walking up and down hills… from the moment she began walking, 10 minutes passed. Suddenly, a left light-brown road appears: it was full of dust.
"We are almost there, Hunley." The girl looks left and right.
Really?
"Yes. I found the road, which will lead us to the destination…" Mirii walks across the road. "Once you'll dive on those baths, all your problems are solved forever."
Her heart was beating a little faster. Her smile grew a small inch. Her throat felt a bit clogged.
I can't wait! Thank you so much, for what you are doing for me…
The girl blushes a lot.
"I-it was n-nothing…" Her eyebrows rose.
Her left foot lands on the terrain and so the right one. Ahead, there were some trees around… however, behind them there was a thick collection of clouds. She proceeds her walking, as her eyes were glued on the road.
She walked for 3 minutes… when suddenly, the road was slowly becoming grass. The girl gasps, as her eyes almost pop out. She turns behind: nothing but wet grass on the ground, aside from the trees.
"Wh-what happened?!" She kept turning around, with her eyebrows rose. "The road vanished!"
What?!
"I… I-I don't even remember how did I get here…" Her jaw drops. "The trees are all looking the same…!"
Let me find the road, Mirii!
"No, Hunley!" Her head turns to the left, as her irises rest on the left side. "You don't have any protective gear with you: the rain will blow you up!"
Bummer…
All the sudden, drum noises are heard across the area. The girl twists her head around, faster.
Wh-what's that?!
"I don't know!" Her eyebrows rose, her heart was beating faster.
The noise was getting louder…
"Tumtumtum, tumtututum!"
"Tumtumtum, tumtututum!"
The girl turns on her left: her eyes expand, as her body bends forward! She quickly shakes her head, blinking multiple times. Slowly, her mouth opens.
Her eyes were pointing at a red-skinned male Inkling, with darker red tentacles tied in with a rope: a beater white ball on his right hand, a small drum wrapped under his left arm. He hits the drum with the beater ball, following the rhythm which he's humming loudly.