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Mirii's eyes blinked: her irises were watching her own television screen displaying an Inkling man running on the sidewalk. Her eyelids were a bit lowered, as she was stretching on her bed with her stomach down and her legs bending, while her feet were pointing up. Hun was sitting on her bed's left side, facing the screen as well.
"This movie… it really falls in the cheesy side." Her head rose. "I wish to have the possibility to switch such ridiculous Blu-ray into one I do own: a movie about Mystery and Strategic actions. That one has a much more superior plot, cast and scenography… unlike this cheaply made movie."
Her irises turned to her left, tracking Hun down: she smiles a bit.
"At least I have the chance of staying closely to Hunley." Her eyes closed, blushing a bit. "It really throws away that sensation of being alone…"
She sighed, as her head tilted to her left, sinking down on her hands.
"It's unfortunate that the movie is successfully making me speechless: I do really wanted to find some honest discussions with Hunley… but at the end, staying with him is still a worthy chance..."
Her eyelids lowered a little bit.
"Hunley… I hope the movie doesn't affect you… I know you would like better movies than this… … maybe if this movie finishes sooner than expected… I'll definitively switch over my movie… … zzz… zzzzzz…"
Zzzzz… I'm very tired… I wish to close my eyes for a moment… just for a minute, really… the television is loud enough, I can still hear the noises coming from it… and the others will start saying some comments out loud… while sitting on the sofas created by Kelly…
I just need to rest my eyes for… 25 seconds… just a small amount… I do not intend going to sleep now… I want to share more moments with Hunley… … zzz… zzz…
… hmm… I think it's time to finally open my eyes and see the rest of the movie…
Slowly, Mirii's eyes opened: her vision was a bit blurry.
"… huh… my head is hurting slightly…" Her eyes blinked two times.
Her irises were seeing her television screen… completely black.
"… hmm? Wait…" Her head was turning left and right a bit. "… wasn't I watching a movie with Hunley…?"
Sun rays were resting on the floor, coming from her window. Mirii was stretching down on her bed, with her stomach and legs down.
"… wh-what?!" Mirii's eyes expanded a bit, as she jumps up from the bed and sits on its edge.
Her eyelids lowered to the middle, as her eyebrows were down.
"Wh-what happened?!" She yawned, as her right hand covered her opened mouth. "I-I remember watching that cheesy movie… … did I ended up sleeping instead?!"
She stands up, putting her feet on her light-brown wool slippers and began walking towards a door.
"Curses… I should had predicted such event, since I could have prepared something for keeping myself awake. I could have taken some coffee for example…"
She pushes a white door, closing it behind.
"… no, that's not a good idea: I wouldn't sleep at all which would prevent me from sleeping… and I need that each night, since that's one moment where I can relax nicely."
The door opened, as the girl walked while letting out another yawn from her mouth.
"Siiigh… I'm still sleepy…I need to find a better way to throw this sleepiness off, since I'm supposed to be fully awake at this point…"
She sits on her bed.
"Maybe I should go to the cafeteria and" Her irises lowered to her left. "Hmm?"
The girl stared at a piece of paper resting on the floor: it was depicting a Shrine.
"… isn't that the teleporting device created by Kelly? … wait…"
Her irises shrunk, her eyelids opened wide.
"… THE ATTACK!" Her teeth gritted.
Immediately her head twisted left and right: she pointed her face towards a remote control sitting next on the television's right side. She stood up, diving over the item, picking it up with her right hand and pushing a button. On the television screen's bottom-right corner, a green light appeared.
The screen was gradually showing an Inkling boy wearing a headband, dribbling with his basketball which kept bouncing on his hands. Mirii pushed another button, as the screen was showing Callie and Marie: both were each holding a microphone colored in the same pattern as their official colors.
They were each wearing light jackets: Callie was wearing a magenta one and Marie a green one.
"Aaaand we got back from the break!" Callie's eyes closed, as her hands were grasping her microphone. "Did you freshened well enough, Squids?!"
"Callie, this is not supposed to be a cheerful moment…" Marie's irises lowered to her left, as she left a sigh. "Don't you feel the war-like feeling in the air…? Act more seriously."
"Bu-but you need a little pebble of joy!" Her eyes expanded, as sweat jumped out from her head. "Otherwise you might fall scared instead!"
"No, this is not the time to be scared…" Marie's hands grabbed each the other elbows. "… after days of seeing that station closed, it's a such relief to see it finally open up for everyone."
"Waaaaiiitt, isn't that comment a little too biased?!" Callie's hands fell on her hips, as her eyes squeezed a bit. "I thought we were the Super Squid Sisters Unbiased, covering news and that's all."
"Why hiding it…?" Marie's head shakes. "No one in this city is ever thinking to keep the station closed… which is some proof of sense."
"WHAT?!" Mirii grits her teeth, while frowning a lot: several veins popped out from her forehead. "How DARE that Inkling claiming such falsity?!" Her right foot stomped. "Instead of doing nothing in front of a camera, they should have done interviewing that CEO Inkling: she would had fully explained"
"But Marie!" Callie's irises were turning left and right, as she shivered. "Th-those Inklings already went around the shop windows and broke some of them! Sh-shouldn't we hide and continue the reporting news inside a bunker or something?!" She swallows visibly. "That would blow me away if a fan throws a Splat Bomb to me!"
"Why worrying…? The police already took them." Marie nodded. "It's been a while since they stopped too… right now, they are marching towards the station." Her irises stared towards the monitor. "It appears that they lowered the weapons… but in any case, we suggests the Squids staying home to not leave it."
"Bad things will happen to you!" Callie's head shakes, same for her hands. "Don't do it, please… it's so sad, that will make me cry!"
"Hold your tears, sis…" Marie's eyes closed for a moment. "… Inkopolis wants to know more about the situation."
"Yeah, how about those shops at the Booyah Base?!" Callie's fists clenched. "No way someone is going to lift a finger at them!" She nodded, as her mouth downturned. "Everyone loves shopping around those!"
"No, attacks never happened around the plaza… yet." Marie's head turned to her right, facing the tower. "The police is guarding the place… but since the Inklings lowered their weapons, maybe they do get a pass for the tower."
"I know we shouldn't really be this biased and all… but it's too strong to keep shut: go Inklings!" Callie throws her right punch above, while standing on her right leg and closing her eyes. "Let's get that turf back!"
Marie smiles a bit. Mirii's head rose, as her arms folded.
"… if the plan is working accordingly…" Her eyes closed. "… soon, a Shrine Legend will appear in the city. Speaking of such creature… Hunley pronounced its name, yet he doesn't know anything about it. Not even Fara or John… it appears to be one of the rarer ones."
Her eyes opened.
"In any case, I'm sure the Shrine Legend will accomplish the task he was asked to do: Hunley almost never makes any mistakes… completely impossible for him to even commit worse ones!"
Her eyebrows rose, as she turns her head to her left, facing the door. She sighed loudly.
"I can't believe I'm stuck inside my room… unable to reach Hunley's room and see if he's getting better." Her head rose. "… wait… I could potentially do just as much!"
Her head lowered, tilting slightly to her left as she sees the paper laying on the floor. She smiles a bit.
"All I need to do is to jump inside that paper… find the other paper connected to Hunley's room…" Her eyes closed, as her smile grew some more. "… before I do that, I shall change my clothes for a more formal, pleasant appearance."
Mirii sprinted towards the bathroom, as the door closed. Voices were coming from the television screen.
"The suspense is choking my throat more and more! How this epic battle between Turf War and Turf None ends?! I want to know!" Callie's eyes expanded, as her teeth gritted.
"The Inklings are walking inside the plaza…" Marie was bending down, as her irises were slightly lowered from the center and her mouth is slightly opened. "… surprisingly, none of the police complained or stopped the incoming mass of Squids at all."
"That means no more attacks around the shops!" Callie throws her right fist in the air, while closing her eyes and standing on her right foot. "Yay! Time to hit the pub for a quick party!"
Marie's eyebrows lowered.
"They are shouting… some of them are even starting to punch and kick that gate."
"D-do they really want to kick th-that gate down?!" Callie starts shivering, as her eyebrows went up. "Th-then how they are going to close it down late at night?! It's important, since someone might enter inside the station and cause havoc like nothing!"
"… I can't ignore this." Marie lifted her posture back, keeping her eyebrows down. "Why is the police not doing anything? Vandalism is a serious crime… they might even destroy important elements used for Turf War matches."
"Let's get a Super-Heroine costume and beat them up!" Callie's fists rose, as her mouth downturned and fire covered her eyes. "We got to save the station!"
"Promoting violence isn't a great way to stop one…" Marie's head turned a bit to her right, as her right arm stretched slightly and her hand waved a bit up and down. "… instead the police should stop them and let them use the dialogue instead."
The door opened, as Mirii walked out: a towel covered her body, with her right hand grasping its top and her feet covered in her light-brown wool slippers. Her irises turned a bit to the left, followed by the left tilt of her head.
"It really avoids needless damages and wars…" Marie's eyes closed. "… you could even make new friends, instead of enemies."
Mirii sits on her bed, as her eyebrows lowered.
"But the Squids are mad, Marie!" Callie opened her arms diagonally, bending a bit forward and frowning. "The only language they understand now is a bonk in the head! That's something I would do, at least!"
"You are jumping into wrong conclusions… again." Marie's eyes closed, while sighing. "Not all Squids are that crazy… it's a fact I strongly believe: someone inside that crowd will jump out and"
RROOOOOOOOOAAAAARRRRR!
Mirii's ears rose: she was standing up with her irises shrunk. Callie and Marie's irises shrunk, with both their mouth flattened wide.
"… was that roar coming from the TV… or from behind me?" She turns to her left, facing the window.
Mirii walks in front of the window, tilting her head left and right.
"Wh-what was that?!"
Mirii turns behind: Callie was turning around, with both her hands free.
"Callie, pick up that microphone." Marie's irises were turning left and right. "Calm down… someone might copy your tactics."
Callie bended down, raising back up with her right hand holding her microphone.
"Have you heard that roar or are you deaf?!" Callie moved her arms back and forth, turning towards Marie. "If you want I can ask Mr. Monster to repeat that roar for you, since you"
Marie frowned a bit.
"I heard that roar too"
RROOOOOOOOOAAARR!
Mirii returned towards the window: her face became paler.
"Th-the roar is coming from behind me?!" She rushed towards the window, keeping turning her head left and right. "What in the world is roaring so loud?! Th-the windows were shaking too…"
Her irises kept staring at different buildings and skyscrapers, from a slightly below angle: a green liquid-like material was coming from the left.
"Wait…" Mirii's irises turned to her left. "Is that… th-the Shrine Legend?!"
More green liquid-like material came from that angle, as it starts wrapping around the buildings in the distance: an eye as big as 9 windows popped out, with the irises tilting left and right. The other eye gradually appear from the same direction: a black line surrounded the eyes.
RROOOOOOAAAAAAARRR!
Mirii took several steps backwards… sweat covered her face, as both her hands were grasping her towel tightly.
"... oh no… n-no…" Her right cheek twitched. "Wh-what kind of monstrous Squid a-am I seeing?!"
A scream came from behind Mirii: she turned as her eyes were pointed at the television screen. Callie and Marie were running forward, with the screen shaking around. Callie turned her shoulders to her right, screaming loudly.
Other Inklings were running along with them: some were screaming, while a humanoid Jellyfish tripped on the floor.
"IT'S HUGE! IT'S HORRIBLE! IT'S A MONSTEEERRR!" Callie's arms threw up in the air.
"GET OUT OF YOUR HOME, EVERYONE! GET OUT!" Marie's head rose, as she clenches her fists.
RRROOOOOOOAAAAARRRRR!
Screams were growing drastically: Mirii starts breathing rapidly.
"Hunley… he's stuck inside his own room with his sister!" Mirii dashes, throwing her towel on her bed, quickly opening to the sides. "Th-that monster is going to destroy everything! I must save him, before"
"MIIIIRRRIIIIIII!"
Immediately the girl turns behind: Hun returned into his humanoid form, staying next to the piece of paper. His eyes were seeing the girl grasping a black jumper with a line of white rhombus going around the shoulders: the middle rhombuses were colored orange.
Mirii screamed loudly, as her face instantly got bright red, her tentacles stretched to the sides and both her hands were grasping her jumper, pushing it on her chest. Ink came out from Hun's nose, as his right hand covered both nostrils and mouth, while his whole face got red.
Hun turned into a Squid, facing the ceiling: below his eyes, a blurry red was resting.
"I-I'M SORRY, MIRII! I-I DIDN'T KNEW THIS!" His eyes closed.
Mirii stood still for a moment: she was a bit stumbling.
"… MIRII, BE QUICK! THAT SHRINE LEGEND IS GOING NEAR THIS BUILDING!" His tentacles were moving a bit left and right.
Mirii's eyes expanded: aside from the jumper, her hands picked up different clothing.
"Yo-you have no need to apologize, Hu-Hunley!" The girl rushed towards her bed.
"Huh?!" Hun's irises shrunk. "Bu-but I"
"There was indeed no way for you to tell my actual status! You rushed because of your kindness…" Mirii's voice was coming from Hun's right side. "Your heroic intentions can't be punished: not only saving someone is an act of immense generosity, it's also an act of courage I don't wish to see wasted."
"Oh…" Hun's eyes blinked. "Mirii…"
Mirii sprinted towards the television, pressing a button: the screen turned black. She turns to her left, facing
RROOOOAAAAAAAAAAAARRR!
Her head turned towards her window: a shadow was covering part of the floor. She gasped.
"GO, MIRII!" Hun frowned a bit. "YOU FIRST!"
"N-no Hunle"
"MIRII!" He jumped once.
Her eyebrows went up, her mouth a bit downturned: she sighed, as she turns into a Squid and jumped on the paper. Hun quickly jumped in that direction as well: rapidly, he kept diving around a white environment surrounded by ink until a dark color popped out.
He jumped out of the paper, changing into himself while in the air and landing on his feet.
"Hunley!" Mirii walked in front of him, with her hands down, her eyebrows up and her mouth downturned. "A-are you alright?!"
"… phew…" He smiles, while closing his eyes. "Just in time!"
Mirii smiles a bit. Suddenly, her eyes expanded and her mouth flattened.
"Bars and Grina!" Her mouth opened wide. "They are still inside the Headquarters!"
"No!" He turns behind. "I'm going bac"
"No, Hunley!" Mirii's right hand fell on Hun's right shoulder. "You can't go back: the monster is about to attack the building!"
"I can still save them in time!" Hun turned his head to his left, while frowning. "Let me go, Mirii!"
"Don't think that those two are still wasting their time inside that building!" Mirii bended forward, frowning a bit. "I know them, Hunley…" She nodded. "When a problem like this raises, they are sprinting as much as possible towards the exit, without waiting for"
"But they might visit our room in order to save us! That's possible, Mirii: they are our friends!" Hun nodded, keeping his frown.
"I'm sure they remembered about me and you having each a teleportation paper to warp inside the Shrine…" Mirii's eyes closed. "That's not an assumption, that's the true: as I said, I know them… I could almost predict their moves." Her eyes opened. "Please, Hunley… stay here with me."
She nodded, smiling a bit.
"Everyone will be fine… despite the Shrine Legend's presence, I'm sure such creature doesn't want to cause any harm." Her eyes closed. "After all, a Master summoned him… in other words, you."
"But… I told you I don't even remember the name or what the creature does…" Hun's eyebrows were up, his mouth downturned. "Actually, none of the Shrine people could know who this creature was…"
"You may not know who this creature is… so?" Mirii's head rose with her eyes opened. "There is no need to dig in the details… as long as you pronounced such name, we are going to expect that the attack will be rejected."
Hun's shoulders lowered a bit, as he sighed and turned behind over Mirii.
"… is there a way to see what the Shrine Legend is doing…?"
"What a brilliant question!" Mirii's smiling opened, as her eyes closed. "Such question shall not be ignored: knowing more is definitively the best strategy to choose in almost all situations!"
"Then… let's get out of this room?" Hun smiles a bit.
"Certainly!" Mirii nodded, then she turned behind. "I suggest going to Chie: her knowledge will fully be at your service." She starts walking towards the shoji.
Her right hand rested on the shoji, moving it laterally: some Inklings wearing kimonos were walking by. They all turned their heads towards Mirii, then their irises tilted a bit to her left: Hun was walking, reaching Mirii's left side and stopping in the same line.
The Inklings smiled, all bowing down.
"Good morning, Master!" They lifted their postures, with their arms stretching along their body, while keeping their smiles and closing their eyes.
"Good morning!" Hun's right hand waved. "Can you please help me?"
The Inklings' eyes opened instantly: everyone rushed in front of Hun.
Yes!
I'm ready!
Do you need to eat something quick?
Do you want to take a quick bath at the Hot Baths?
Master, are you looking for a guide
"SILENCE!"
Everyone's head turned over Mirii: she was frowning, as her head rose and her arms folded.
"Your lack of coordination is ruining your Master's ears!" Her eyes squeezed slightly. "Would you please act more methodically, by following a line?"
"Actually, I just need to know if I can see what are the Shrine Legend's intentions… and if I can even stop one." Hun's eyes were closed, as a sweat drop appears on his head's right side.
The Inklings sealed their mouths, returning to face Hun.
"… Master, there is no way to do that." An Inkling man wearing a faintly-colored blue kimono shakes his head. "A Shrine Legend has a task to complete, according to what the Master wants."
Hun bended forward, while frowning a bit.
"But I said to the Shrine Legend that I wanted to stop the attack from"
"Usually, a Shrine Legend is capable of looking past a simple task…" An Inkling woman wearing a pink kimono and a large red bow behind her head took some steps forward. "Once upon a time, those Shrine Legends were terrible monsters who tried individually to take over the Shrine by forcing its people to worship for them."
The Inkling man wearing a faintly-colored blue kimono took two steps forward.
"There was a time when a Shrine Legend would visit this temple after many years… but one time, they decided to challenge each other for having the exclusive right of attacking us. A winner was never decided… because the Shrine people attacked the Legends during the final round: they were so tired, they couldn't stand a chance against your ancestor."
"They have been domesticated and sealed inside the Shrine…" The woman's hands were down. "They are now at complete service of the current Master… although, they shall never be trusted fully."
"N-no?!" Hun grits her teeth, as his eyebrows went up.
"Despite that claim, it's been believed that none of the Legends would ever attempt an escape." The man closed his eyes. "Aside the fact that the Shrine offers, for each of them, an exclusive small world created by the high staff according to their natural habitat… if they would ever return to their evil ways, they will be punished by the Masters and forced to take another domestication course."
"Besides, the Shrine Legends are still praised by all of us each day." The woman nodded while smiling. "When I was a little Squid, I remember one of them thanking us for being so kind to them… such Legend used our dreams to do that." Her eyes looked up. "Although, none of them did such thing ever again…"
"Hmpf, not even 100 of those could change my mind." Mirii's eyebrows lowered a bit, as her right hand took her right tentacle, caressing it. "It's such an easy task to lie in front of a person… it's not even impossible to come up with a credible story by using some common sense."
"None of us are that gullible either, mortal." The woman turned her face over Mirii, making a neutral expression. "After all those recent Demon Squids' mischievous visits, it's just not possible to even think of trusting 100 percent the words of anyone… except the Master ones." She turns her face towards Hun, smiling. "They are all honest and kind in their roles… it's almost impossible to catch them saying lies."
"I'm kinda worried, actually…" Hun's eyebrows were up, his mouth downturned. "That Shrine Legend is lurking around the city… wh-what if an innocent gets harmed by that creature's massive presence?!" He bended forward, gritting his teeth slightly.
"Master, please… don't doubt about your honest choice." The woman's mouth downturned. "You might not see such connection, but your powers are as trustworthy as the trust you have for yourself." She nodded. "It's all a matter of believing, Master. If you believe in yourself"
"But I could make mistakes too!" His fingers fell on his body. "I can't make decisions and then forget about my responsibilities right after! Aside for the mistakes, I can't predict exactly what will happen in the future!"
"You can request one by asking to a specialist in that regard." The man nodded. "Although, such activity consumes energy… if I remember correctly, it takes 1 or 3 months to restore said energy, depending from the prediction you want to make."
Hun's eyebrows rose.
"… what do you say about this, Mirii?" Hun's head turned to his right. "Should I trust this choice…?"
Mirii nodded, while smiling widely.