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Hun steps forward, stopping in front of the liquid.
"I'll go first!" His left knee bended a bit.
Mirii's eyebrows were up, her right hand covered her mouth.
"Well… I guess I should just jump without thinking too much about it… not too slow or too fast… the important thing is to make it to the other side without a scratch!"
His nose inhales air loudly. He took three steps backwards: Mirii was trembling a bit, her irises were a bit shrunk. The boy sprinted, springing from out of the ground and holding his breath: his right foot stands on the first rock, bending the right knee down and then bouncing forward.
Mirii's hands were squeezing her tentacles: Hun's right foot landed on the last rock. The knee bended… his feet were in the air… his stomach slides a bit on the ground. He jumps up, smiling.
"Yeah! I did it!" He throws a fist in the air.
Mirii's right hand slides on her forehead, while sighing loudly. Grina and Bars smiled.
"Way to go, Hunry!" The girl rose her right thumb.
"Like, good job dude!" Bars' head turned over Mirii.
She stops in front of the rocks: her eyes were resting on each of them.
"This is not a race… moving fast would do nothing, but make me lose my control and fall on the liquid." Her head rose a bit. "Stumbling is definitively one of the worst scenarios for my perfect performance…"
Her left hand puts the weapon behind her back: the weapon was on a green shoulder's back, right next to her Ink Tank. The weapon tilted to the left, passing behind her 4 small tentacles. She took three steps back…
Hun swallows silently: his eyes were pointed on the girl.
"I need just a bit more jumping power at the start… then, all control." Her eyebrows went down.
She sprinted, jumping on the first rock: her right leg was stretching to the right, her arms were wide open. Her right foot slowly lands on the rock, her arms were still open. Her knees bended for one second… her feet were on the air, moving forward.
Hun's mouth opened wide, as he was bending forward.
"Wow… her high jump is not bad!"
Her feet landed on the last rock: her knees bended down again… she springs up, landing a bit in front of the liquid. Hun clapped, while smiling.
"Amazing!" His eyes closed. "You are very agile, Mirii!"
The girl blushes a lot: she smiled a bit, with her eyebrows moving slightly up.
"Thank you for the compliment." Her head tilts to her right, her eyes closed. "You also proved to be skilled."
"Eh eh, I don't know…" His eyes opened, his cheeks were red, he smiles a bit more.
Mirii giggled a bit. She turns behind: Bars' mouth was moving, Grina's mouth was sealed as her back was a bit backwards.
"In other words, I cross the scum river first so I'll wait for you with my arms open: once you are almost there, I'll grab you and bring you to the turf." He smiled. "So, what do you say girl? Deal?"
Her cheeks were red, her mouth sealed.
"… to be fair, I don't really like being grabbed like a child…" Her mouth smiled a bit, her head nodded once. "You know what? I'll let myself being grabbed for this time: you can never get enough safety, that's for sure!" She grins a bit.
" Ha ha, exactly!" His right hand puts his weapon behind his shoulders. "Just let me conquer this river like a pro!" He winks as he turns behind and walks towards the river.
"You are already a pro for even thinking this conquering task!" Her feet moved, while giggling.
His feet were still, his eyes were staring the liquid.
"Uhm… got too much words out of that speech: I'm a Kraken, not a little Squid!" His mouth got slightly downturned. "Alright… I'm gonna pull off this little trick: going all power like I'm jumping on a trampoline!"
He took a deep breath: he starts sprinting. He jumped high, landing on the first rock: his arms were rotating fast, his back was bending forward a lot.
"Whooooaaaaaa!" His back went a bit behind, as his teeth were gritted, his irises were shrunk.
Grina gasped, as her hands were on her cheeks.
The boy stands still with his arms wide open: he starts breathing multiple times. Grina's fingers were on her mouth. Bars bended his knees down a lot… he jumped again, moving forward: his right feet landed on the rock, his back was going backwards.
"Oooooooooohhhh mmaaaaaannn!" He keeps stumbling.
"Darn it, Bars!" Grina's hands were on her head's top, her knees were trembling, her mouth was waving. "Would you stop stumbling like this?!"
The boy stands still: he chuckled. Mirii's head was up, her arms were folded.
"… I have to admit: despite his terrible goofiness, Bars' jumping skill is much better than I thought." Her eyes squeezed a bit. "However, I can't say he's doing great… maybe decent."
Bars' eyes were staring at the ground, a bit before Mirii's feet: he was smiling.
"Eh eh… like, I owned this!" He grins a bit. "Girl, I made it like a champ!"
He bends down quickly: he jumped high, moving forward. His right foot landed on the liquid: he yelps, as his foot starts rubbing on the ground quickly. Grina gasped, as her irises shrunk.
"ARE YOU ALRIGHT, BARSY?!" Her hands were near her mouth, in a sideway position.
"Ow…" His right knee bended, his right foot rose with the palm up.
His eyes were staring at his shoe's bottom, as liquid traces were on it.
"… eh eh eh." He turns behind, as his right hand was scratching the back of his head, his eyes were closed, his head was tilted down… his grin grew a bit. "Wasn't a champ this time… but at least the river is conquered."
Grina's hands fell down: her mouth was a bit open. Bars opened his arms, while smiling.
"Come on, girl! Leap over Bars and let's leave this stinky smell behind!" He winks.
The girl's eyes landed on the liquid.
"Oh no… OH NO! I-I…" She took a step back. "I-I know that once I'll start jumping, I'll fall and become a brainless zombie… I JUST KNOW IT, DARN IT!" Her head shakes quickly, with her eyes closed.
Her eyes reopened, as her eyebrows are down.
"Wait, who said that?! Not me, of course!" Her right hand stands on her chest. "Greta Inkolina doesn't get pushed around… in fact, she has zero fear towards this dump place! I… I have courage… I'm brave…"
Her right foot stands on tiptoes, rotating clockwise.
"… you know how I'm going to pass this stupid river? No thoughts: just simple scream and run."
She starts sprinting, while doing a battle cry: her feet left the ground, landing on the first rock and springing forward in less than a second. Bars' eyes were expanded, his mouth was flattened.
"Whoa, whoa! Like, slow down girl!" His arms went up and down.
Grina jumped towards Bars: his arms wrapped around her, as his feet kept walking backwards and then sliding on the ground.
"IIIIIII MADE IT! YAHOOOO!" Her arms wrapped around his shoulders, as her feet kept moving in place. "TAUGHT A LESSON TO THAT STUPID RIVER!"
Her head turns behind: her right forefinger pulled down her eyelid, her tongue stick out. She returns facing Bars: both laughed together. Mirii and Hun were looking at each other, with their eyes closed while smiling.
"Now, let's reach that house!" Hun turns his back, walking forward.
The boy moved diagonally up-left, passing a bush. His shoulders turned to the right, his eyes saw the three Inklings walking in the same direction. He returns forward: suddenly he stops with his arms a bit open.
"Th-there are two Agents up ahead!" He turns his head left and right.
Hun jumps, falling inside a bush on his right: Mirii's irises caught two Inkling women wearing the complete Hero outfit, standing still in front of a house made with wood planks containing darker, round spot on random position.
The roof was composed by bricks with traces of red, spread on each. The woman on the right had her hands on her hips, as her head slightly tilts to her right: both had their tentacles colored yellow.
"This house, just let me tell ya…"
Mirii walks with her back forward, moving inside the bush. Bars and Grina were walking towards the left bush, entering between the leafs.
"… it looks old, rusty and even dumpy!" Her head turned to her left, as her mouth smiled. "Seriously, who lives here?"
"Uh… it may be a bit too old for my taste…" The woman on the left rose her head. "… but it has that simple design…"
"True, true." The woman on the right turned forward, staring down part of a sofa coming from between the door trims. "Although, I wouldn't really give that much importance to simplicity, you know: people usually don't see that side for a house, that often."
"But I like simple things…" The woman from the left's hands went in front of her. "… it has more than one floor too…"
"Big deal! My house has three floors!" The woman from the right's right hand waved up and down a bit. "That's just a bit less decent for my taste!"
An Inkling man holding a Hero Shot on his hands was walking out from the door trims.
"So?" Her right hand went back on her right hip.
"Nobody… there is nobody in the house!" The man shrugged with his arms opened. "Just a waste of turfing time."
"No, don't say that…" The woman from the left's knees were bending a bit down, touching each other. "… you have to waste a bit of time… otherwise you'll never find anything…"
"But not like this!" His head turns over that woman. "Those Stingrays are polluting this place like mad and we still don't have any idea about the only way to clean that ship up!"
The woman gasped, jumping a bit: she starts trembling.
"It's terrible… we are too behind…"
"Don't say that!" The woman from the right's right hand began waving up and down again. "Being late isn't that huge concern to even bring up: the true important thing is to meet as few of those mutant growlers as possible! You got that, you got more time."
"Yeah, but we can't have time for the infinity: we gotta move our butts and find this solution as fast as ship!" The man turns over the other woman, frowning a bit.
"But where…? Where we should go…?" The woman from the left sighed.
The man walks to the left, as the women turned over him.
"I'll tell you where: certainly out of this dump!" His right hand moved from behind, going forward and a bit down.
"Aaaaah, finally! A really wise decision, this time!" The woman from the right starts walking on the left. "Leaving the past for the books, moving towards progress!"
"Not too much progress…" The woman from the left began walking, a bit slower than the others. "The past isn't really all that bad…"
The three Inklings kept walking, turning to the right. Slowly, Hun walks out of the bush with his head pointed towards other bushes.
"They are out of sight, Hunley."
The boy turns behind: Mirii was walking in front of the house, with her head tilted up.
"Uhm… this house I'm seeing…" Her eyes squeezed a bit. "… it truly requires some investigation."