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Mirii's face had a dark tone, with her right cheek twitching every now and then. Her eyes were seeing an empty hallway, her nose was sniffing fresh bread and ham and her ears were hearing most of Grina and Bars' words. Her feet felt a bit burned, but her left leg had some striking pain, which sometimes was moving a bit jerkily.
Although, her mind was filled with questions… regarding her previous rest on her bed.
"So, what about you Mirii?" Grina smiles, as her face was pointing down the girl.
Mirii slowly turns her head to her right, as her mind was pushing all the questions away.
"Some fresh news for the audience?" Grina pushes her right tentacle back, with a caress.
"I'm afraid to postpone any discussion regarded as new." She blinked once, as a burning sensation covered her forehead. "Even the events happened in the previous mission…"
"Really?" Grina rose her right eyebrow, with her mouth downturned a bit. "Are your memories shuffled all around your mind?"
"Th-that's nonsense!" Mirii turns over Grina, frowning slightly, standing in tiptoes. "I perfectly remember all the details from yesterday! The time limit, the traps…"
"Pfui!" Grina rose her head, which turned forward, closing her eyes and smiling, as her left hand opened and flipped with the palm up. "Easy to chuck some vague stickers from the past… but what about the details?" Her left eye opened to a half.
Mirii's irises shrink, as she swallows silently: sweat grows on her forehead, as the pain presses more. She quickly turns her slightly lowered head forward, with her eyes closed and an increased frown.
"I'm wondering if Hunley was successfully cured from that black ink… unfortunately, I couldn't properly interrogate him since resting had more priority."
"Pfff! Really?!" Grina's open right hand covered her mouth, with her eyes opened to the half. "I thought that resting wasn't even existing inside your head, yesterday."
"Wh-what are you saying?!" Mirii turns over Grina, with her eyes expanded, keeping her frown. "I-I remember walking towards"
"You were RUNNING throughout those corridors!" Grina opens her arms, grinning. "When you reached Hunry's door, you knocked one hundred times on it!"
"Nnnngghhh!" The girl bites her lips, as sweat was growing back on her forehead. "S-stop spitting unimpressive jokes…"
"And why I would spit jokes?" Grina's hands fell behind her neck, with her eyes seeing Mirii's sweat. "You almost woke everyone up! Hunry got out of the room, by the way… and you hugged him right ahead." She snickered.
Mirii blushes a lot, almost stumbling.
"You know, like…" Bars rose his head, seeing the ceiling and smiling. "… I kinda took my smartphone and decided to sneak some photos." His right forefinger scratches the right side of this head. "Actually, I got time to only get one, so"
Suddenly, Mirii jumps in front of him: her face was more red than a tomato.
"BARS…" She kept trembling, as her right hand jerkily lifts up. "… YOUR SMARTPHONE… IS… SEQUESTRED…"
"Whoa, really?!" He stops, bending, while his arms almost stretched backwards. "Like, why?"
"BECAUSE… … I FOUND A VIRUS!" She closes her eyes, lowering her head and blushing to no end.
"Yeah, sure… a virus of love!" Grina kept snickering.
Mirii turns over Grina, with just her eyes almost popping out.
"Aaaaah, THAT virus… eh eh!" A sweat drop appears on Bars' right side of his head, as his hands kept tilting sideways. "You know, I was kinda messing with ya, girl! Just wanted to see some funky reactions, that's all!"
"Aaaawww, Barsy!" Grina shakes her head, shrugging and opening her arms. "Why ending the fun so soon?"
"Well, like…" Bars scratches the back of his head, chuckling a bit. "Her brain is already cooked too much: I don't want to deal with an extra crispy Mirii, since I'll go crying from the fire she'll"
"… Bars…"
Suddenly, the boy's face got blue: jerkily, he turns over Mirii with his eyes a bit watery. The girl's face was dark, as she was folding her arms.
"Gulp…! Like… ehm… ya called me…?" Trembling, his right forefinger pointed down his sweat-covered face.
"… I need a living target for my Charger training…" Her eyes shined. "… a large target, with the intelligence of a wall…"
"Ah… well…" His eyes tilted left and right, as sweat was raining down from his head. "… you sure need those Squid dummies!"
"No, you idiot…!" Her eyes were visible: she was frowning, as her fangs were showing. She walks very close to his face. "I want to verify if I can splat you more than 20 times, in a minute…"
Bars yelped, as his irises moved towards Grina, while his teeth gritted. The girl bends over Mirii's left ear, with her hands on her knees.
"Sorry to interrupt the works of a great genius, but…" Her irises went to her right. "… we are in front of Hunry's room."
Instantly, Mirii twisted right over her left, seeing a door: her mouth was left open.
"… we'll talk about your punishment later, Bars." The girl walks in front of the door.
Her hands stroke her tentacles multiple times, then her fingers pulled her long-sleeved shirt in different points: it had a logo resembling a Squid. Lastly, her hands patted her jeans.
"Eh eh." Grina covered her mouth with her right hand. "I'm sure you'll make that boy's head spin."
Mirii turns behind, with her face red and eyebrows up.
"SHUT UP!" She closes her eyes, returning ahead.
The girl breathes two times, each lasting one second, as her right fist rose.
Knock knock.
Mirii's arms stretched alongside her body: her stomach grumbled sneakily. The door opened, as Fara's head sticks out.
"Howdy, Technie!" She smiles, raising her left glove-like hand with her eyes closed. "Ya took some 'ood sleep?"
"Yes." She nods, smiling a bit. "You?"
"Meh…" The little girl pulled the door even more. "After that clash you did, I couldn' sleep too much…" Her right finger rubs her right eye.
"Wh-what?!" Mirii's irises shrunk, as the girl bends backwards. "Wh-what I did…?"
"Ya don't remember? That's… something." Fara's hands are on her back. "Ya got here, shouting about big bro…"
"I… I shouted?" A sweat slides from her head's left side. "What in the world happened yesterday?! Wh-what I was thinking?!"
"Yeah! That was amazin', actually…" Fara tilts her head to her right, with her eyes closed, while frowning. "Ya kinda reminded me King Kraten's girlfriend!"
Suddenly, Mirii's eyes were letting their focus over her mind: she was seeing a large dinosaur-like creature, with long tentacles and her own face, walking around Inkopolis. She was roaring loudly at the helicopters, kicking buildings and stomping small cars.
Her focus returned, as her ears were hearing loud laughs coming from behind… she turns in that direction, as smoke came out from her ears.
"I do possess a gadget who can reduce an Inkling's size… which requires some testing." She rose her head a little. "Do you wish to become ants?"
"Pfff!" Grina's hands covered her mouth. "Come on…! You should laugh a little, every once in a while!"
"Yeah, like laughing makes Inklings fresh!" He chuckles a bit, opening his arms.
"I found more amusing seeing you helplessly running on my desk…" Her eyes squeezed a little. "… but I had enough of your cowardly excuses." She returns over Fara. "Excuse the childish nature of my friends, Fara. I'd like to meet Hunley and know"
"He's not here." She turns her head to her right, with her eyebrows up and mouth downturned. "Tonna picked him up an' brought him somewhere…"
Mirii stood still, her lungs too. Her irises were rather hard to see, her face got paler.
"… where is he?" Mirii's expression was still the same.
"I don't kno'…" Fara's fingers stood on her mouth. "But that woman did say somethin'…"
Mirii bends in front of the little girl, as her face got even paler.
"What she said?! Wh-what about"
"Ah, big bro is alright actually!" Fara smiles, with her eyes closed. "But she said… she said…" Her head turns over her left. "She said something about going from rags to riches."
Silence fell in: Grina and Bars look at each other, both with their mouth open. Mirii's jaw dropped. Fara stretched, yawning loudly.
"I want to sleep a little more, now…" She rubs her right eye. "Skippy needs some too…"
Mirii stands up, with her mouth sealed.
"Thank you for the information, Fara." She turns to her left, sprinting away.
The pain coming from her forehead wasn't pressing on the girl, as much as before. Her ears were hearing her own inner voice, which kept asking questions non-stop. She turns to her right, seeing Tonna scrolling down pages while walking. The woman rose her head, seeing the girl standing still in the middle of the hallway.
"Ah, Mirii." She smiles. "Good morning."
Mirii was gradually frowning. Tonna closes her eyes.
"The chief wants to talk with you. It's about"
"First, answer my question." The girl walks towards Tonna. "Where is Hunley?"
"Mirii." She opens her eyes, as her hands were gripping the pile of papers even more: her head turned to the left for a moment. "Listen to me, please: talk with the darn chief, first…"
"Why are you avoiding my question?" Mirii folds her arms, stopping in front of the woman. "I order you to answer the following question: where is Hunley?"
"Yo-you can't order me!" Her eyes grew, as sweat appears on her forehead and her head kept looking left and right. "Mirii, be serious! A Ranger can't"
"WHERE, IS, HUNLEY?" Mirii frowns a lot, as her head lowered.
Tonna's eyes almost popped out, jumping a bit.
"Sssssshh!" Her hands were moving up and down. "Darn it, Mirii! That question can't be answered here… the other Agents might get suspicious!" She whispered, behind her gritted teeth.
Mirii snorted, as her right foot tapped the red carpet. Tonna sighs faintly, raising her eyebrows.
"Look, I promise to tell you where Hun is… but please, go talk to the chief first! If you are seen walking around the hallway by him, he might decide to take away many points or force you to not take part of any future mission! After you finish talking with him, I'll say everything I know about Hun's situation in my office."
The girl kept looking at the woman, which skin was paler than before. She starts walking, passing Tonna from her left. Grina and Bars, standing near a corner, were watching the girl from a distance, facing the doors of an elevator.