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Uhm... I'm not sure if it's still afternoon or the evening is coming. I shouldn't expect it coming late, considering the season change. The air is a bit chilly for my tastes: I should had brought a jacket with me, so I wouldn't shiver at all!
Hunley can truly be happy this time: his disease is only a terrible nightmare and he's now together with me. … I do wish to ask him about me. Maybe… he sees a quality I wouldn't th-thought to have. … I'd make sure that such trait will become the staple of Mirii Hanache.
… now that I think about it, could it be the lack of exercise who's the responsible for my odd vulnerability towards such air? I can't say that I feel amazing, energy-wise… but I'm not that tired, at the end. Hmm… I wouldn't mind jogging a bit: that would improve my overall shape faster!
I'm not wearing any sportswear at the moment and the overall air makes too risky for me to run a bit. I can't afford myself to get a fever in return, otherwise I'll be forced to stay on the bed and let my fatigue dominate me for more days.
Sigh… maybe just walking wasn't such a good idea, as I thought: this air is freezing my throat. Talking with someone might help that problem move away.
"Hunley." Mirii's head turned to her right, while her eyes closed and her mouth smiled. "Do you have any comment to say about the new mall?"
"Uhm… I don't know what to say… I don't have any idea what this mall will have." Hun shrugged.
"It's a commercial area, where shops are gathered inside a building." Mirii nodded, as her eyes opened and her mouth keeps her smile. "Are you interested in some kind of articles?"
"Uuuuhhmmm…" Hun's head rose, as he looks up. "… maybe some new, fancy tools to use back home." He returns his head to his left, while smiling. "If I truly find one, I'll do my best to get it: the tools could really help my parents out, while I'm away."
"Ooooh… that's a wonderful thought!" Mirii's eyes sparkled, as she opened her smiling mouth a bit. "Thinking about your parents before your own needs… so noble! So inspiring… so perfect!" Her eyes closed.
"… she seems so happy about it." Hun nodded. "I wonder what she will respond if I ask her to… well, come with me back home. … maybe she will like that idea! I really, really hope that would be the case."
His head lowered down.
"This whole city I'm living in… it's so hard to get used to. I try and try, thinking it's just a matter of time… but everything still feels so alien to me. … actually… I'm a bit scared of that Shrine… I really don't want to get there: not only I would be there for a long, long time… but I'll not see anyone! Not even my house or Mirii"
"Hunley?" Mirii's head rose, same for her eyebrows. "Why that face…? Is something wrong?"
"… nothing." His head rose back, as he smiles. "Nothing at all."
"Are you sure…?" Mirii's mouth downturned slightly.
"Mirii, why I would lie about that? I have no reason to." He nodded.
Mirii kept staring him down… until she smiles a bit.
"… isn't it a relief now that you are cured from the disease?" Her eyes closed.
"Yes!" He moved his arms around. "My parents will jump from the joy once they will read the letter I sent to them!"
"I'm sure they will do that, Hunley." Mirii giggled. "Did you receive a letter from them?"
"Not yet… maybe tomorrow…" His head looks up.
"Then, it's just a matter of time." She nodded. "In the meantime, we have a whole mall to explore."
"Uhm… not gonna lie…" His irises were moving left and right. "… I'm not really looking forward for the mall…"
"Why?" Mirii's mouth opened.
"It's so hard for me to get used to new things…" Sweat jumps from his head. "… I'm much more comfortable with known elements, since it's easier and also safer for me, my sister… and also you and the others!" He smiled.
"To a certain extent, I agree with that opinion." Mirii nodded. "Although, I would still looking for new things… not all of them, of course: the ones I consider worthy of my attention."
"So, you are interested in this mall?" Hun's mouth opened a bit, for a moment.
"Correct." Mirii giggles a bit. "I'm planning to learn in general about all the shops, keeping a more focus on the technological ones: if I need to reach a shop I consider perfect, I would quickly know where to go. Besides, some shops might have exclusives I could get my hands on, receiving an additional advantage in my overall performance."
"That's great!" Hun chuckles a bit. "Then, this mall might have the answer for all your needs…"
"Hopefully!" Mirii nodded. "Although, I also want to not exaggerated this: I need relax too, considering my actual conditions."
"So… you are not too concerned about it for today?" Hun's eyebrows rose.
"It's not like I will not know anything about the new mall… for now, what I'll see it would be enough." Mirii smiles. "If you are interested in certain shops, feel free to let me know about it: my vast knowledge is at your service."
"Oh…!" Hun blushes, chuckling a bit. "But then I would sound like an egotistical Squid… although, that's something I appreciated."
Mirii blushes a lot.
"Aaaawww, look at the two little Squids talking with each other!"
Mirii's head turned forward, frowning and staring at Grina which was grinning and closing her eyes.
"Little?! We are mature Squids!" She snorted. "I pretend that you forget about mentioning our heights, since that's considered a serious problem for us!"
"Ehm, Mirii…" A sweat drop appears on Hun's left side of his head, as his eyes closed.
"Hunley, there is no need to lie." Mirii's head tilted slightly to her right and up, as her mouth downturned and her eyebrows were still down. "Who's in their path for reaching perfection, of course they would fall on the ground: we must accept such event, so our souls are not filled with self-lies."
"You sure took this way too personal, huh?" Grina shrugged. "Besides, sometimes I wish to be shorter…"
"Wh-what?!" Mirii's irises shrunk, as her head returned forward. "Why such wish?!"
"Because I would look a bit more unique!" Grina smiles. "Many girls are around my height… so becoming shorter, I would stand out more easily! Also… beating up giants is much more epic and satisfying than playing things fair and square."
"… hmpf, masochist." Mirii's head rose, as her eyes squeezed.
"Aaaawwww, but I wanted to have some fun!" She chuckles. "Doing hardcore challenges give you hardcore fun! Isn't it right, Barsy?!" Her left elbow poked Bars' right side.
"Eh eh… well, sounds fair and square to me!" He grins, while turning his head a bit down-right, as his eyes closed. "Although, I find more satisfying gettin' to smash down bugs: like, I know to be amazing on that, so might as well make that trait my own business card." He chuckles.
"Disgust doesn't know the end in front of such ignorant statement." Mirii growled, as a single vein popped from her forehead. "You should be a bug for a while, so you could learn to fear your own power."
"Giiirl, like I don't literally go around squishing everyone! … well, except in Turf War!" He chuckles again.
"Tsk… sometimes it's so hard to understand whenever you are utilizing your serious side or not…" Mirii sighed. "… but right now, I don't feel digressing more and more in your imperfections." Her head rose. "I'm not in my usual shape, nor I intend to delay its return."
"Then, why not focusing on the mall?" Grina's right thumb was pointing forward. "No rants for a while now, hmmm? It's time to just think about fun." She returns forward, as her eyes were staring at the entrance and began sparkling.
"Wow, look at all those Squids…!" Hun's eyes closed, as a sweat drop appears on his head's right side.
"It's the opening day for this new commercial activity, after all." Mirii turns her head to her right, while smiling a bit. "It would be more surprising if there weren't anyone around whatsoever."
"You say…?" He chuckles faintly. "I-I don't really like all that presence… it's so going to spell chaos, once we are inside."
"What are you saying, Hunry?!" Grina turns her head to her right, as her mouth opened and her irises shrunk. "Chaos is awesome! That's where you get to be hardcore and fresh!"
"Bu-but I don't care about that…" Sweat jumps out from his head. "Peace and quiet make situations safer and avoid giving me a headache!"
Her mouth flattened: her irises turned to her right, tracking Mirii down.
"… you sure did a great job, teaching things at Hunry…" Her face became a bit paler. "Not even my grandpa said such thing."
"Hunley has always been a mature person ever since the beginning." Mirii's head rose. "Instead of complaining, you should take notes from his attitude: I'm friends with mature people not little kids."
Grina's eyelids lowered to the middle, as her eyebrows went down a bit and her mouth slightly downturned.
"… are you saying that Greta Inkolina can't act in a more serious, sophisticated manner?" Her eyes squeezed a bit. "I'll prove the opposite, right now… so you will stop looking at me as a mere child."
"Wh-what do you have in mind this time…?" Mirii's irises shrunk, as her mouth flattened.
Grina stops walking, turning behind with her head rose, her hands slightly backwards and her feet on tiptoes. She was smiling and her eyelids were still lowered in the middle.
"I deeply desire to impress the audience, my dear." Her right hand went in front of her mouth. "The greatness of art shall never lie inside the shadows…"
Her right wrist rests on her forehead, as she closes her eyes and turns herself to her right.
"… it must be exposed! Visible to the eyes of the mortal Squids! Such exquisite demonstration cannot be told in documentaries or other intellectual pastimes, other than the pure memory of the soul."
Mirii's whole eyes shrunk, as several sweat drop were scattered around the top of her head.
"Gr-Grina…" Her eyes blinked. "… I'm not sure if this is your acting or is this truly you…?"
"Ha, ha, ha, ha!" Grina's right hand covered her smiling, opened mouth, as her left hand was tilting up and down. Her eyelids were in the middle, her eyebrows were a bit down. "What a majestic, yet silly question you just conceived."
Her hands went down, clasping. Her eyebrows went a bit up.
"A question of insecurity, yet curiosity which many, many Squids can't ignore in front of this fine composition. An illusion who tricks common sense and even expectations!" She spins around once. "Who has the heredity of understanding the core of a soul, they will know all their secrets… learning their ways of acting and making those as part of themselves!"
"… Grina, could you please stop talking like this…?" Mirii bended forward, as she sighs loudly. "Everything you are saying is sounding so vague…"
"Oh no no no no…" Grina's right forefinger was tilting left and right for a moment. "… my language is foreign for the Squids who spent their energies in swimming faster and faster." Her right hand returned in front of her smiling mouth. "If you can't decipher my words… you can't decipher my persona."
"Your persona?" Mirii rose her head. "I thought you wanted fun at all costs… … but even then it's not always true, I have to admit."
"Ha, ha, ha, ha!" Her left wrist was resting on her left hip, as her right hand still stands in front of her smiling mouth. "Mirii Hanache… legends say how your brain can talk with logic. Can it answer the question who escapes answers?"
Sweat covered Mirii's forehead, as her face frowned and her irises shrunk.
"… now that I think about it… you do seem to act in an unpredictable way, all the time. You are not an idiot, even though you tend to act as one. You seem an egotistical person, but you keep that generous attitude of yours with everyone."
"Ha, ha, ha, ha! Like a seacat who sees a ball of yarn: your brain just started to play with your silly question more and more…" Grina's right hand covered completely her mouth.
"… hmpf." Mirii rose her head. "You are just wearing masks, that's all… although, I don't think I ever saw the true Greta before. Not even once."
"The true Greta you say… the mighty legend of acting you are implying?! Tsk, tsk, tsk…" Grina turns to her left, as her right hand rests on her right cheek and her irises were all turned to her right. "… when you discover supremacy on Charger duties, you keep running the Charger role… when you discover supremacy on acting, you keep acting…"
"You… were acting all this time?" Mirii's right eyebrow rose.
"I wouldn't say that I was acting all the time… I AM an acting all the time!" Grina spins around. "After centuries of escaping from my natural habitat, only recently I would turn behind… and see the same wonderful palace I wanted to flee!"
"Hmm…" Mirii folds her arms. "… so this is Greta Inkolina at the end? A girl who wants to act as everyone she pleases?"
"In a sense…" Grina's hands were clasped, as her head rose and her eyes closed. "… when you touch acting, the world around you changes so rapidly: now the ground you are stepping in, it's just a gigantic stage where people are watching your eternal exhibition."
"Girl, like you are making that sound kinda scary…" Bars chuckles a bit, as sweat covered his forehead. "I mean, giving away you in exchange for acting? Man, I'm all outta and here!" His hands rose.
"But Monsieur Bars, not all Squids can even see acting. An outrageous destiny, alas!" Grina's right wrist rests on her forehead, as her head rose, her eyes closed and her left arm was stretching behind. "Acting let my eyes use the magnifying glass on the expression of behavior. Its presence is so dominating… your eyes will never be free from its immense power!"
"… siiiigh, listen Grina…" Mirii's eyes closed. "… can you please return to normal? I had enough hearing any more rambling about acting…"
"… aaawwww, really?!" Grina shrugged, as her arms opened wide. "I was having fun!"
"What about the opening mall?" Mirii's right forefinger points the girl. "I intend to reach the bed sooner, considering my shape."
"Heh… at least Hunry didn't get to see the gizi-izi chaos at the entrance!" She grins.
"Nnngghhh!" Mirii's eyebrows rose. "I wish you knock those ridiculous personalities off… and act normally! Normality, as my way to prove how I'm NOT insane!"
"Pfff! Normality…" Grina's hands were on her hips. "… if you like eating fries without any sauce, in other words.
"Hey, I tried eating those with… ketchup I believe?" Hun looks up for a moment. "It was pretty good, actually! Super salty that time… but good enough!" He nodded, while smiling.
"Get a great look at this face." Grina's hands were on her face's sides. "I'm the chef of personalities! What good I can cook if my dishes are minimalistic?!"
"Probably the only weakness your cousin has." Mirii's eyes squeezed. "After all, I never saw you acting in a more common sense style… you must be rather bad at such task."
"Ha! As if you really think you got me for good!" Grina's eyelids lowered to the middle, as she smiles slightly. "You want plain common sense?! I'm just serving that on a silver plate…" She snaps her right fingers. "Mirii, do you want to get back in your apartment and take a jacket? You don't look good at all…"
"Nnngghhh!" Mirii's eyebrows were up, as her teeth gritted. "I-I didn't expected such weather…"
"So? Does that mean you want to catch a cold?" Grina's mouth flattened a bit, as her eyebrows went neutral. "You aren't in your usual shape… maybe you should head back home and take a good"
"N-not today!" Sweat was coming down from Mirii's forehead. "I-I need to do a bit of exercise… I-I can't declare defeat just yet!"
"Then, let's move inside the mall." Grina nodded. "I'm sure the building can keep a warmer temperature…" She turns behind. "Also, it's better for you to just walk and stick around with us."
"I-I knew that!" Mirii frowned a bit.
The Inklings began walking.
"Then why you said exercise? Those aren't just walking sessions." Grina kept looking forward.
"E-enough nitpicking!" Sweat was jumping from Mirii's head.
"Besides, why you want to exercise with those ordinary clothes? We are not going in a gym, here." Grina opened her arms a bit. "Squids would look at you, as if you have problems!"
"Girl, like we get that you can also be boring if ya want to…" Bars' turns his head to his right, as his mouth downturned a bit.
"Don't worry, Bars… it was all of it, really." Grina's head turned to her left. "Complaining excessively isn't really something you would call ordinary. Instead, let's just admire this new mall shall we?"
Her head turns forward, seeing a large building with a crowd near the entrance.