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Grina slides in a loud screech, with her mouth open and her eyes wide: multiple red beams appeared from the left wall, moving all the way to the right wall, with some of them tilting upwards or downwards.
Ha ha ha ha! What's the matter little Squid? Scared of some innocent beams?
The girl frowned, raising her right fist.
"I'm more scared about the pain you are going to get!"
Really? I doubt that fat of yours will let you pass this challenge.
Her face got darker, as her teeth were forming sharp fangs.
"I hope you are ready to get your mind blown…" Grina snorted loudly. "… because this fatty is going to trash down all your glory!"
She rose her right leg: a hand stood on her right shoulder, as the girl instantly twisted behind. Mirii pushed her glasses on the middle.
"Listen carefully, Grina…" She rose her head a little. "If you fall victim of that woman's childish taunts, we'll never reach that office in time."
Grina left her mouth open, as she took a quick glimpse over Bars, which his eyes expanded upon the group of red beams.
"We need to focus, Grina." She closes her eyes. "Because the woman failed to explain how some of those beams can actually change their position, without warning."
"WHAT?!" Grina frowned, with her eyes wide. "How did you figure that one out?!"
"I saw one in the distance…" She passes the girl, standing in front of one beam which was located near her knees. "… from now on, I request absolute perfection from you two. Not a single mistake. Not a single antic."
Grina and Bars turned their heads over each other: their head returned back on Mirii, both nodding.
"Good." She bends down. "Let the challenge truly commence."
Immediately, Mirii jumped over some red beams in succession. At her fifth jump, she rolled down another beam, jumping out of it with her feet ahead and other two beams right under. She slides, jumped three other times, as her body tilted right, away from the almost vertical beam which was tilting into a straight position.
She jumped diagonally right and left, as her teeth were gradually showing. Sweat was shyly appearing on her forehead, as her eyes couldn't stop seeing beams.
"Left… right… right… left…"
Thump.
Her hands were sliding on the floor, along with her feet: she turned right behind, seeing the collection of red beam. A smile grew out from her mouth.
"Mission accomplished." She lifts her posture. "It was already completed, even before it started…"
Are you showing off your ego?! That challenge was NOTHING!
"Hmpf." Mirii's face got neutral, as her head rose a little and her hands go on her back. "I'd like to direct your attention over my colleagues…"
Grina kept gasping, as her right foot was trembling in midair, lowering between two beams. Bars yelled, as his right hand moved away from a beam: a red sign stood on it.
"Aaaaaah!" She smiled, as her right foot touched the floor. "F-finally some room for my little foot!"
Her left leg rose: suddenly, the girl kept stumbling left and right, as her arms were rotating!
"Tuuuuuuurrrrfffff! Noooooooooo!" She grits her teeth, with her eyebrows right on her forehead.
"You IDIOT!" Mirii steps forward, frowning a lot. "Stop panicking and start concentrating!"
"Wh-who are you calling an iiiiddiiiioooottttt!" Her body tilted forward.
THUMP!
Mirii squeezed her eyes, as her teeth showed up.
"… ow."
Mirii opened her left eye: the hallway only had Grina with her face on the ground and Bars with his eyes right on Grina.
"But… how…" Her irises shrunk.
Ha ha ha ha! As I was just saying… that challenge was NOTHING! That's… a challenge where you run in a harmless, empty hallway!
"Wh-what…" A sweat slides down from her head's right side. "You… did you turn off those beams…?"
Beams?! There weren't any beams in the first place!
"FALSE!" Mirii frowns a lot. "There were red beams, which tested our skills!"
Ah ah ah ah! You must have imagined things… did you took a beer before?
"Wh-why are you refusing the earlier presence of red beams?!" Her eyes were wide. "What are you thinking to achieve with this?!"
Me? Nothing… maybe you?
"Nnngghhh!" Her eyes were seeing Grina and Bars walking away from the hallway. "This woman's logic is completely irrelevant! Why she suddenly turned out the beams?! … could it be… because she is envious of my perfect skills?!"
"Eh eh! This was too darn easy!" Grina grins, with her eyes closed. "Gotta switch the difficulty to Hardcore Squid."
"Phew…!" Bars looks down to his right hand. "Don't try Ultra-Nightmare mode, girl…! That ship is like a volcano doing a barbecue!"
"Wh-what are you mumbling you two?!" Mirii turned her head on each Inkling. "If it wasn't for that woman's own stupidity, you would melt into a pile of ink!"
"Heh!" Grina's hands stood on her neck. "I was already melting from the boredom of this challenge… what? Were you REALLY scared about walking down a path?"
Mirii's irises shrunk, while her mouth was left open.
"Pfff! I bet the real scare is coming up, right in front of us!" Grina passed the girl.
Mirii instantly turned behind, with her right forefinger up and her mouth open. Only air was coming out from it.
"No, wait… WHAT AM I DOING, WASTING MY TIME WITH THOSE IDIOTS?! TIME IS PERFECTION!" Sweat was covering her whole face. "Th-there is an elevator just in front of us!"
Mirii walked near two buttons: the top one had an arrow pointing up, the bottom one had an arrow pointing down. Bars walked near Grina, as both Inklings watched her right finger pushing the up arrow. A clicking sound came out of it…
"Tsk, why am I not surprised?" Mirii closes her eyes. "I order you to active the elevator."
Yaaawwwnnn…!
A vein popped out from Mirii's forehead.
You know, I always found technology a bit too overpowered… why don't you three discover the beauty of the past?
"Ehm…" Bars turns to the right, as his eyes tracked down the stairs. "Like, I don't have nostalgia for prehistory…"
I do have! The stairs are not only healthy for the legs, but they are also fun!
"Ha!" Grina folds her arms, grinning even more. "As if this dinosaur does have any idea, what real fun is"
Suddenly, Mirii sprinted over the stairs, as the other two Inklings turned their head over the dust coming from her feet. Grina frowns a bit.
"So much for not rushing… of course, it's all fine for the little princess!" She snorted, walking over the stairs. "Not so much for the fresh Squids, who"
As her eyes were seeing the stairs, her irises quickly fell on a group of fingers. The stairs had large holes spread around…
"WHAT THE?!" Grina rushed, diving near the fingers. "Where is your mind, Mirii?!"
The short girl kept kicking in the air, with her eyebrows up and her teeth gritted. Grina took her wrists, as she tilts backwards and closes her eyes.
"Uuuuuuuuurrrrggghhhhh…! Wh-who would have thought this dwarf was heavier than a boulder?!"
Mirii gasped, as multiple veins popped out from her forehead.
"HOW DARE YOU STATING FAKE ASSUMPTIONS?!" She starts kicking the air faster. "Especially considering the alarming amount of fat you have around your body!"
Grina frowned a lot, as her nose coughed puffs of smoke. Suddenly, two large hands landed on Grina's hips: she blushes a lot. Gently, Bars pulls the girl, while his cheeks were blushing too.
"Eh eh…" His eyes were closed and his mouth was smiling. "Like, if I had to lift girls around instead of learning some stuff, I'd totally be the darn champ!"
"Eeeeeh?!" Grina turns her head behind, as she blushes even more. "Don't you think that speech is getting too close over the pervert zone?!"
"Ah… really?" A sweat drop appear on his head's right side.
"REALLY?!" Grina frowns a lot, blushing like mad, with her fists down and her tentacles up: her eyes were completely white.
She kept breathing loudly…
"Grina, enough with your antics." Mirii's foot was on a step, as her eyes were seeing the two Inklings. "The stairs now require everyone's attention."
"Attention, huh…" Grina kept standing still. "As if you had plenty of that in your mind…"
"Hmm?" Mirii sealed her mouth. "Explain yourself, please."
"Too long didn't hear?" She gradually turns behind, showing a frown on her face. "Stay silent one more time and you are void food."
"Wh-what are you implying?!" Her irises shrunk, as sweat formed on her forehead. "I-I was carefully climbing"
"You were doing jack, Mirii." Grina started walking, with her eyes on the stairs. "I thought you knew the values of life…"
The girl climbed two steps, stopping on the third.
"Enough joking, gang. It's time to kick butt."
Bars and Mirii were looking down the girl, with their mouths open.
"Whoa…" The boy swallows silently. "Like… what's up with that cold voice…?"