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A curved pipe was resting on the metallic floor: noises were coming from it. Mirii's head popped out: her arms stretched on the pipe's metallic surface, as her hands grabbed the bottom edge. Her arms pulled herself out of the pipe, rolling once on the floor and stopping with her right knee touching down and her right hand resting to the right.
Her irises bounced left and right: the floor had tall boxes and containers thrown around, some did not have a cloth on. The girl rose, as her head tilted up.
"Now that I see all those boxes… the vase could be inside one of those." Her eyes squeezed a bit. "It may be improbable… but at the same time, it would be the perfect place for hiding such valuable"
"Mirii, shouldn't we find a cover?" Hun was walking behind Mirii.
"Hmpf, the Stingrays will probably scatter around the ship, individually." She turns behind, as her right hand took her right tentacle, petting it. "Besides, I refuse acting like a useless bug: all we need is"
"Cut the tyranny down and listen to me, for once!" He frowns. "We are useless without our friends!"
Mirii's mouth was open, as her irises shrunk.
"Let's get behind a crate and while we are at it, let's hide for the eternity!" Hun's right hand grabbed her left hand.
"Hunley, did you hit your head?!" The girl pulled her hand multiple times, while frowning a lot. "How dare you sending me orders?!"
"I double dare that!" He starts walking, pulling the girl.
Mirii bended down, almost sending her legs up in the air.
"HUNLEY! RELEASE ME AT ONCE!" She growls, while gritting her teeth.
"Mirii?!"
Her posture rose, as her irises shrunk: immediately, she turns behind seeing Hun in front of the pipe, looking at her.
"Wh-who's that guy?!" His right forefinger was pointing down Hun. "He looks like me!"
"… unbelievable… unbelievable!" She returns forward, while her right leg rose from the ground.
Her leg swings in the thin air, returning down. Her head starts tilting left and right, while frowning.
"Who was that guy?!" He walks a bit forward, stopping and looking around. "He turned invisible?!"
"No, it can't be that solution…" Her eyes squeezed a bit. "I'm afraid I dealt with one of those supposed clones…"
"OH NO! LOOK!"
Immediately her head lowered: she let out a gasp, as her mouth opened wide. 3 Huns came from the cloth-covered container's left side, 2 were walking above a box and 4 were simply walking towards the two Inklings.
Her right foot slides backwards: Mirii's face got paler. Hun bended down, while clenching his fists and frowning.
"We are going to splat them down, Mirii!"
"… me… beating Hunley down…?" She shivered slightly. "Impossible… I-I can't hurt him! I don't even want to know how to do that!"
Hun's shoulders turned to the left.
"Huh? Wh-why are you making that face…?" His eyebrows went up, his mouth downturned.
"Nnngghhh!" Her forehead was covered in sweat, as her right cheek twitched. "Th-this must be a terrible joke…!"
The boy returns forward, resuming his previous pose.
"Don't worry, Mirii! Leave those impostors to me, ok?!" He dashes forward.
"Nooooooo!" Her eyes expanded, as her right arm stretched over him. "Hunley! I-I order you to"
Hun jumped, while turning into a Squid and spinning clockwise: another Hun did the same.
BONK!
Both flew on the ground, still remaining in their Squid form.
FUM! FUM!
2 smokes appeared: 5 Huns came out of each, all dashing and jumping while turning into Squids. Yells and screams were penetrating through Mirii's ears: all had Hun's voice. The Squids returned into their humanoid forms: now the Inklings were punching and kicking each other, some fell down the floor.
"Wh-what madness am I watching?!" Her hands grabbed her own tentacles, pulling them down: her eyes were getting a bit watery. "M-my head…"
Take this, faker!
No, YOU are the faker!
Shut up! You are obviously the faker!
You two are the fakers!
Everyone except me is the faker!
Mirii's head kept tilting left and right, as her knees bended down a bit: her mouth got wavy.
"Mirii! Help me!"
Her head turned to the left, seeing Hun waving his left arm: another Hun pushed the arm down, while frowning.
"You pesky Squid! You tried to trick Mirii!" Hun threw a punch over Hun's face.
Mirii jumped, as her hands went on her cheeks and her right leg bended behind. Her opened mouth left a loud gasp.
"Listen to who's talking, faker!" Hun pushed Hun down from his back.
"Miiiirriiiiii!" Hun runs towards the girl with his arms wide open. "I changed my mind! I need your help!"
She was standing still, with her arms stretched down.
"… is he really Hunley…?" She took steps backwards, as her eyebrows went up. "What if he's another imposter…? I would kick him out, NO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING, MIRII KELPSHELL?! Kicking Hunley?! After all the things he did for me?! …"
"Don't go away!" His eyebrows skyrocketed. "You know me, Mirii! I'd never hurt you!"
Her irises went white: her mind was seeing Hun moving his right fist behind him…
"Hunley… hurting me…?! … no… no, he would never do that…!"
Mirii turns behind, sprinting in that direction.
"Stop running!" His arms were waving sideways in opposite directions. "I'm the real Hun!"
"I don't want to hurt Hunley… Hunley doesn't want to hurt me… I don't want to hurt Hunley… Hunley doesn't want to hurt me…" Her head rose a bit, as a tear fell from her left eye and her teeth gritted. "I… don't want… to hurt Hunley… he… doesn't want to hurt me…"
The girl jumped over a box, as her left hand was standing on it for that short moment.
"He wants to hug me… HE WANTS TO HUG ME, MIRII! Stop worrying! Do something! PLEASE!" She sniffs loudly.
She turns to the left: suddenly, her sight tracked a large group of Stinglings just in front of a large, metallic door. The female one in front of everyone shouted incomprehensive words: everyone of them took out their weapons, pointing them at Mirii.
The girl's feet start sliding, as her mouth was open but not inhaling air.
"Curses! CUUURRSSES!" She turns behind.
Many Huns were staring down the Stinglings: all of them were looking at each other.
FUM! FUM!
Two smokes appeared: 5 Miriis were coming from each. Mirii's jaw dropped.
"We Miriis are here!" All of them folded their arms and rose their heads. "Before settling the winner, let's defeat our enemies, first."
"Yeah! Mirii is right!" Hun stepped forward, while frowning and bending down. "Let's get rid of those stupid Stingrays!"
A huge battle cry roared: the Huns and Miriis all dashed towards the Stingrays. Mirii jumped to her left, hiding behind a red container. Her eyes were seeing Huns and Miriis kicking and punching Stinglings, while some of them gradually dissolved. Some Stinglings blew into orange ink, flying away as small Stingrays.
"… am I seeing an army of madness… or an army of perfection?" Her hands grasped the container's edge.