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"... I still do not understand the reason why I'm receiving punishment for following the rules of perfection…" Mirii's head was lowered, as she was walking on the sidewalk.
Maybe I was just unlu
"NO! NO!" She shakes her head. "The question cannot be answered with the belief of coincidences!"
She sighs silently.
"What that asocial just said though… as much as it's painful to even think of, I can't believe he dreamed all that. Even worse, is the fact that the rumor mentioning ghosts may be true." Her irises went up-right. "Although, I shouldn't really be surprised by this, considering the presence of the whole Shrine affair… but even then, it's still twisting my vast knowledge"
"Where are you going, Mirii?"
Mirii turns behind: the other 4 Inklings were standing still on the sidewalk.
"What do you mean by that question, Grina?" Her head rose, as her arms folded.
Her mouth downturned slightly.
"… did you even paid any attention?" Her right eyebrow rose. "Rather weird coming from"
"WHAT ATTENTION?! WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!" Mirii frowned, while bending forward. "I always pay attention! Otherwise, I couldn't be worthy of perfection!"
"Girl, like Soke… yeah, he said that the first task is here." Bars' right forefinger was pointing towards the sidewalk. "Got that?"
"He said that?!" Mirii's irises shrunk, as her head turned to her right seeing Sokeman.
The boy nodded. He was wearing his square glasses.
"For completing this first task you need to enter inside the Inknet Wars world… without attacking others, please!" He was shivering a bit, raising his hands.
"Me? Using violence?" Mirii's head rose, while folding her arms. "That would break one of perfection rules, making me unworthy of the title…" Her eyes closed. "Besides, using violence is also uncontrollable and illogical… which would only hinder my reputation more than damaging my opponents."
"Phew!" His tongue licked his own lips. "I would hate myself for attacking others…"
"One more thing…" Mirii's right hand was holding her smartphone. "… do not divulgate the information I was ever a player of this miserable videogame." Her eyes squeezed. "Understood?"
"What would be the point?" Sokeman shrugs. "Everyone would still see you from the online list."
Mirii's eyes expanded, as her mouth flattened.
"Is there a way to deactivate such awful feature?!" Her left hand was resting on her left cheek.
"No do, dudette…" He shakes his head, then he smiles. "Oh come on now, it isn't that bad playing the game…"
"It's not bad… it's disgusting." Mirii swallows silently, as her mouth was wavy and her eyebrows were up. "At this point, let's only hope that my mother would never find this…"
Her eyes fell on her smartphone, which was showing different icons: her right thumb fell on a square-shaped figure which had an orange stain. Suddenly, the world around her was slowly turning into a large group of pixels… even her own hands!
"... back to be considered unworthy, huh?" Her eyes went up, looking at the boy. "The faster I follow those ridiculous tasks, the sooner I'll out of here."
Her eyebrows went down.
"Now, without further ado…" Her head rose. "Reveal the first task to me."
"Luckily, this one is rather simple…" Sokeman chuckles a bit, while closing his eyes. "Why, it's just a matter of pronouncing this long phrase…"
"… what phrase?" Her right eyebrow rose, as her face grimaces in front of Sokeman's pixilated version.
"I'll say it fully… except the last word." He shivers a bit. "If I finish saying all that, I might see more ghosts… and th-that's not good!" His irises were moving left and right.
"Stop insinuating the impossible!" Her left forefinger points him down. "Ghosts do not exist… especially in the real world!"
"Bu-but what if there are?!" The boy starts moving jerkily up and down. "Th-the rumors also say"
"Facts and evidences triumph on every single rumor… but enough talk! Let's begin!" She bended forward. "I know I should consider that dream he did… but I refuse to talk about it, until I'm absolutely sure about the whole situation: after this shameful performance of mine, I don't want to break other perfection rules… n-not coming from me, at least!"
"Sigh… ah well, at least you are aware." He shrugs, still jerkily. "Alright… the phrase you must say is: Night, realm of the shadows, show me your true I DIDN'T SAY IT!" He turns behind, bending down and throwing his hands on his head, as he starts trembling.
"… please, get up." Her eyebrows went up. "You are safe from your imaginative dangers."
"Really?!" His head rose, as he starts turning left and right. "… ooooh, sweet day…! It's so good seeing you…!"
"GET UP, NOW!" Mirii lowered her head, while folding her arms. "You are complicating my perfect position even more!"
"Yiiikes!" He jumped up, while moving his arms. "Alright! Alright! The last word! The… … ehm… uhm… what was it, again…?" He was looking up.
"You imbecile!" Her vein popped out from her forehead, while frowning even more. "All that pathetic act for a word you couldn't even remember!"
"Wait! … wait!" His head was tilted down, staring at the smartphone. "I'll use the power of the Inknet! I'm sure I can find that word…"
Mirii's eyes closed.
"Hmpf… why even bother?" Her head rose, while her eyes opened to the middle. "The solution is rather simple… Night, realm of the shadows"
"NO, NO!" His right arm thrusts forward "THAT'S NOT"
"Show me your true colors!" She snorted.
WAAAM!
Her irises shrunk, as her mouth opened a bit.
"Wh-what?! A… flash?"
WAAAM!
All the sudden… the sky was dark and all the skyscrapers had dark-green pixel lines coming from black rectangular shapes. The girl gasped, immediately turning her sight left and right.
"… what happened to the game…?" Her teeth bite her lips. "Was this… supposed to happen?"
She turned behind, seeing lamp posts with the tops broken. The sidewalk had holes spread all over, with bricks here and there…
"Is this a futile attempt into trying to scare me…? Hmpf, useless." Her head lowered.
Another gasp left her mouth: her eyes could see her right hand's palm.
"WHAT THE?!" Her head turned around faster. "WHERE IS MY SMARTPHONE?!"
"Were you looking for this…?"
Mirii screamed a bit, turning behind: her eyes expanded, her jaw dropped. She was seeing… herself! But she was covered in darkness and her eyes were red. She grins, while holding Mirii's smartphone: her teeth were sparkling in white.
"… another… copycat?!" She bended forward, while frowning. "You'd better knock your disguise off, impostor!"
"Tee hee hee! Why I should do that…?" Her right hand was in front of her grinning smile. "I like your identity… I want your identity."
Mirii gasped, as she lifted her posture and her eyes almost popped out.
"YOU WOULDN'T DARE!" Mirii returns bending forward, while clenching her fists. "I'm the ultimate perfection, right now… and I intend keeping my worthy title!"
"Ooooh… I want to be the ultimate perfection!" She jumped. "Too bad you had that… unless…" She grins widely. "Unless… we decide who's the best me…"
"Challenge rejected!" Her right arm moved from Mirii's left to her right. "Return that smartphone to me, poor excuse of a villain!"
The other Mirii took a look at the smartphone… throwing it into her mouth!
"NOOOO!" Mirii dived forward, as her irises shrunk.
The girl passed herself, as she landed on her stomach and slid forward a bit.
"Tee hee hee! Fascinating… fighting your own shadow, hmm…?"
Mirii's hands were on the ground, as her arms pushed and her shoulders turned to her left: the other Mirii's arms were folded, as she kept grinning and staring her down with her red, glowing eyes.
"… who are you…?" Her eyes squeezed.
"Your shadow!" Mirii's shadow closed her eyes. "Duuuh! Who was the one wanting to see the true colors…?"
"That was referred to the night!" Mirii stands up. "Not you…" Her eyes squeezed, as her knees were bending a bit.
"Never heard of code names?" Her mouth closed. "You used that… to wish to see your own shadow."
"LIES!" Mirii's fists were clenching. "No matter if you still pretend to be my shadow… I'll make you knee down in front of my presence, as you'll return my smartphone…"
"Iiiih ih ih iiiiih! How funny…!" She shrugs. "Seeing you punching and kicking the air, while ghosts are coming…"
"Be quiet!" Mirii's right foot stomped the floor. "There are no such thing as ghosts!"
Suddenly, step sounds were coming from Mirii's behind… her ears rose, as she jerkily turns behind. Her jaw dropped. Two Inkling males and one Inkling female was walking towards the girl, leaving behind a trail of light-blue goo…
The girl took two steps backwards.
"Two males and one female… are those… my friends?!" She frowned, turning behind. "What's the meaning of"
Her irises were seeing the normal sidewalk. Gasping, the girl sprinted forward stopping in the same point where the shadow was.
"Oh no… she got away!"
The steps coming from behind came quicker… Mirii resume her run.
"… why I'm running away from my friends?!" She stops, sliding a bit forward. "I know who they are! After all, this is still a ridiculous, overrated toy!" She turns behind. "Bars, Grina and you…!"
The female ghost grabbed her right hand: suddenly, the girl starts yelping loudly as she immediately retreated her hand. The ghosts were watching Mirii… while her eyes were shrunk.
"... what's going on? Why I felt pain…?" Mirii frowned. "Grina, why did you attacked me?!"
The ghosts kept looking at her.
"… for some reason, you attacked me! Please, answer your reasons right in this instant!" Mirii's right forefinger pointed down.
The ghosts' positions were still the same. Mirii starts walking backwards.
"You… are you truly the friends I know…?" Her head rose.
The ghosts start walking… Mirii's face got paler.
"… dialogue is useless… that's the truth." She turns behind, starting to sprint. "Without my own shadow, I'm truly alone this time… no matter." Her teeth gritted. "I don't just want to get out of this dump, without losing my identity… I need to find that ridiculous shadow and defeat her, proving who's the real perfect Mirii! And if the game's entire core is hidden in this dark world… I'll have truly fun destroying it, until not even a trace of it remains in the perfect world."