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A large, metallic door opens up: Mirii pulls the door, while facing the hallway. There is a female Inkling Agent, speaking with her phone on her ear and a male Inkling Agent touching a black tablet's screen, while sitting on a white office sofa.
"This migraine is beginning to impose a problem of large magnitudes…" Her right hand stood on her forehead.
Her hand feels cold, but her forehead feels warm.
"I'll not let an useless fever force me to take the bed." Mirii turns to her left, spotting the stairs. "I'll assimilate an aspirin once I'll learn Hunley's location."
Her steps were echoing a bit, after quickly touching each step.
"That woman, yesterday… I clearly remember wearing my glasses, while she said those lies. I could have spotted her plans, ever since she appeared in front of the entrance."
Her right forefinger stood on her right cheek, while her left hand grabbed her right elbow.
"Why her lies went through my genial exploit with such ease? This woman… how did she defied my gadget?! How could I let my guard so low to not realize such inconsistency?! N-no… those type of errors can't be solved by mere justifications or even ignored cowardly."
Her feet were now stepping on light-orange tiles.
"Unfortunately, I can only put them aside… remembered as the achievement I greatly deserve."
Mirii turns over her right, passing an Inkling man lending on a wall, which had several wrinkles on his face.
"For now, I must truly focus… more damaging than a failure of ignorance is a failure of incompetence."
Her sight caught a door, situated at the end of the hallway: it has a tag with "Tonna S." written on. She stops in front of it, with her right fist clenched firmly.
Knock knock.
"Come in!" Tonna's voice came from behind the door.
Mirii's hand grabbed the door handle, pushing it forward. Tonna was sitting on an office chair, which was turned towards the girl: behind, a monitor which was showing numerous words on a white document. Under her desk, a black computer case which a noise was coming from it, resembling propellers rotating quickly.
On the keyboard's right side a black, plastic plate covered by a smaller version, which had a clear surface on the top. Sitting on a smaller desk on the left, Grina: she was grinning, as her hands were standing on the desk and her legs were kicking the air a bit. On the right, Bars was sitting on a small leather armchair colored in a light-brown tone.
"Hey Mirii!" Grina jumps on the floor, opening her arms a bit. "It has been 30 years since you talked to us!"
"With that nonsense, you meant… 30 minutes." Mirii rose her head a little, as her face frowned a little.
"Yeah!" Grina's right forefinger pointed down at Mirii, as the thumb rose. Her right eye closed and her mouth was grinning even more. "Must say, your brain isn't as thought-munched"
"Grina, I would like to let Tonna speak to us." Mirii pushes the door, until it's closed. She returns forward, folding her arms. "Her knowledge is an answer I need to know… please, Grina. I'm already fighting against this migraine, which keeps damaging my patience."
Grina shrugs, with her eyes closed.
"Mirii, Mirii, Mirii… always good at jumping on someone's head." She reopens them, smiling, as she walks towards Bars.
She jumps on the armchair's right arm, as her head was now looking down Tonna.
"You heard the Queen of the monsters, Tonna! Roll up some words of wisdom!" Her right arm stood on her right arm.
A vein popped out from Mirii's forehead, as her fingers twitched. Tonna sighs loudly, as she stands up and lowers her eyebrows a bit.
"Mirii, about Hun…" She turns her head to the right, seeing a window.
Mirii lowers her head, with her forefinger standing on her forehead's right side.
"This morning at almost 8 AM, I received orders to bring Hun in front of the entrance." Tonna closes her eyes, lowering her head. "The Chief didn't mentioned the reasons… and I almost asked him some questions."
"Almost? Like, girl…!" Bars opens his arms, as his right hand touched Grina's right tentacle. "Questions don't bark and barf on people!"
"But the Chief would get suspicious." Tonna turns behind, folding her arms. "I'd rather kiss his shoes than even vaguely asking about the reasons behind that task!"
"Well… like, you are taking your scores too seriously." Bars slowly shakes his head, lifting his mouth a bit. He quickly grins. "You would even kiss my shoes, in exchange of a high score?"
Tonna's tentacles stretched upwards, as her eyes expanded and her face got blue. Grina turns her head over Bars, as her face was frowning a lot.
"Bars… what was that?" She squeezes her eyes a bit.
"A joke!" His hands kept tilting sideways, as his mouth was wide open and sweat was jumping from his forehead. "Like, I-I wanted to give her the giggles and let her forget about problems…!"
"… moving on…" Tonna's tentacles lowered, as the woman took one loud breath with her right hand on her chest. "So, I shut up and thought to warn you three…" Her hands are on her back, as she lowered her head. "But then I remember about your previous mission."
"Explain." Mirii points the woman, keeping a neutral face.
"Ehm…" Her eyebrows rose. "You came back at 2:27 AM… young Inklings need at least 8 hours of sleep, before waking up." She closes her eyes, raising her right forefinger. "According to the Inkopolis Security Team's Rules and Laws"
"YOU REFUSED TO WOKE US THREE, BECAUSE OF AN INSIGNIFICANT RULE?!" Suddenly, Mirii stands in front of Tonna, frowning a lot, shaking her fists and standing on tiptoes.
"Wh-what insignificant rule!" The woman's hands were in front of Mirii, as her back moved backwards a bit. "If I woke you up and an Agent saw me, the chiefs would drop me down to 50 points!"
Mirii growls, as her mouth's right side was showing her fang. She walks a bit backwards, as her arms folded and her right feet tapped the floor.
"… bu-but you didn't need to wake up at all!" She laughs, as her hands were clasping. "Because when I took Hun and brought him to the entrance, I also got a chance to talk with the man waiting in front of the entrance."
Mirii rose her head a bit, as her eyes squeezed a bit.
"What did he said…?"
"Uhm…" Her mouth downturned a bit, her eyebrows got on her forehead. "To tell you the truth…"
Suddenly, Tonna's cheeks blushed a bit and her fingers twiddled.
"I… I-I couldn't ask him too many questions… you know… ehm… suddenly, th-the words were escaping from my mouth!" Sweat was forming from her forehead.
"Explain." Mirii sighs loudly, as she folds her arms.
"More?!" Her blush increased, as more sweat grows on her forehead. "Well… I-I met him and he took off his sunglasses… he smiled and said how puffy my tentacles were…"
The woman smiles, as her face was now red, her hands stood on her cheeks and her eyes closed.
"I… I-I was so surprised by that compliment! So… s-so…"
"In other words, Tonna fell into the love pit."
Suddenly, Tonna's eyes expanded as they immediately turned over Grina, which was grinning as her eyelids were to the middle.
"LOVE PIT?!" Her jaws dropped.
"And look! You already got a nice friend falling with you!" She opens her arms, simply smiling and lowering her eyebrows. "Did he took your phone number?"
Tonna's irises disappeared as her limbs stood completely still: her mouth was now white and her entire face was assuming a brighter color. She slowly falls on the chair…
"… Tonna?" Mirii bends forward, as her head tilts to the right. "Tonna?"
"… I asked him one question…" The woman's mouth barely moved, still her arms and limbs were still. "… he said that Hun was the first contender of a new show called From rags to riches."
Silence fell in. Mirii's irises shrunk. Grina left her mouth open.
"... a new show…?" A sweat slides down from Mirii's forehead. "You aren't seriously suggesting"
"Hunry is going on television?!" Grina jumps from the arm, stopping in front of the woman. "Or were you mumbling about the Inknet?!"
Mirii took her smartphone, as her thumb presses 20 times on different buttons each second. Her irises were bouncing up and down, left and right, as they saw numerous texts and images about "rags and riches".
"It's on the Inknet!" She turns her smartphone, as the screen was showing a logo.
On top of the word "rags", a Squid was standing sideways with the closed eyes squeezed. Next to the word "riches", a Squid was above a small hill of coins, crowns and golden swords, with the closed eyes up. Grina smiles widely, as her mouth open.
"AWESOME!" She jumps up, then starts to move around her arms and legs. "One of my friends is a superstar! One of my friends is a superstar!"
Mirii grabbed Grina's shirt, as multiple veins were popped out from her forehead.
"STOP DANCING LIKE AN IDIOT!" Her irises were small, the pain from her forehead only increased. "THIS IS AN EMERGENCY! HUNLEY MUST BE RESCUED!"
"Rescued?!" Grina frowns, as she pushes Mirii forward. Her hands patted her shirt. "What kind of planet are you from?!" Her right hand stood on her chest, her eyes closed and her eyebrows lowered, while her smile formed on her open mouth. "I'd darn breakdance for 2 hours straight while singing Gotta ink that turf and all that, while Inkstrikes are raining all around me, if that means I get to conquer the Inknet!"
Mirii slaps her own face, as smoke came from her ears.
"Grina… did I told you what that woman said about Project Neo…?" She slides down her right hand.
"Ehm… duuuh?" Grina shook her head quickly, squeezing her eyes a bit. "I know that they are doing weird experiments and"
Suddenly her eyes expanded, as her mouth left open.
"… ah… wait…" Her irises shrunk.
"No wonder why Hunley stood in those labs for so long…" Mirii shakes her lowered head, with her eyes closed. "… according to the news, this new show challenges contenders into several trials."
She rose her head, while opening her eyes and lifting her eyebrows.
"Despite the closure of the Turf War Station… it seems they found an alternative."
"Oh no…" Grina's hands stood on her mouth. "So… s-so they really did experiments"
"There is no time to talk!" Mirii steps forward, frowning a lot. "We must reach those studios, before Hunley is forced to utilize his skills!"
"But what are we going to do then?" Grina opens her arms, with her eyebrows up.
"Simple: Hunley will run a medical test." Mirii turns over the door. "And if there are no traces of those experiments or if there isn't a known cure to solve any of those failed experiments…" She walks towards the door. "… he'll go back to the Shrine."
Grina turns over Bars: the boy stands up, walking closer to the girl.