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Mirii's smartphone was on her right ear, as her irises were looking down-right.
"Maybe calling them could be a bit of a risk… right now, they might be hiding in some place, not finding the time to lower the ringtone's volume down." Her eyes closed. "Or perhaps, they are running away from someone and none of them are hearing"
Mirii Kelpshell… where have you been?
Mirii's eyes expanded, as her irises shrunk and her eyebrows lowered.
"… who's speaking?!" She turns around.
Uhm? You do not recognize my voice…? I thought we met before.
"Met where?!" She frowned, while gritting her teeth. "Stop your nonsense and explain!"
… you seem different from before… more aggressive, as the others would say.
"Wh-what happened before?!" Mirii snorted. "Why I'm not able to remember the previous events?! Grrr… ggrrrrr!"
By the way, do you wanted to talk with your friends…?
"Where are they?!" Mirii bended forward, frowning a lot.
Why, if I would tell you that… then it would be too easy for you
"You dare to keep them hostages… I'll hunt you down." Mirii's eyes squeezed a bit. "Someone who already proved to be anything but a normal citizen, deserves the jail."
You don't want me to do something unpleasant to your friends… right?
"LEAVE THEM ALONE, YOU MONSTER!" Mirii's eyes expanded, as her teeth gritted.
Then, I advise you to follow my orders… I do have the upper hand on this situation, after all.
Mirii growled.
Now… would you mind to do some little favors to me?
"Grrrr…" Her eyes squeezed a bit.
In this park, you will find a restaurant… go there and find a relic. Once you do it, phone me again…
"A relic?" Mirii snorted. "What kind of relic are you looking"
None of your business, Mirii Kelpshell. I would suggest you to follow the orders slavishly: you don't want to give me more than one reason to attack you and your friends… don't you?
"Can I at least know if this is"
Mirii, stop it. I already wasted too much time talking with you… take that relic, as soon as possible. Over.
Beeps were coming from Mirii's smartphone: she sighed as her right hand puts her smartphone away.
"… a relic…?" Mirii's head rose. "What kind of meaning would have a relic?! … I'll try to figure out and keep my progress hidden, until I'll be the one gaining the upper hand." She starts walking forward. "Not only is suspicious how this woman wants this relic… but even the fact there is one in such place as a restaurant!"
Her head shakes slowly.
"Everything is getting out of hand too rapidly for my tastes… I wish I could catch up with this, so I would know the most effective way of dealing with those problems." Mirii nodded. "… I wouldn't mind taking something to drink. A fruit juice would be nice: I really need some energy to keep up with all this madness I'm seeing."
3 Inklings, two females and a male one, were walking together on the road as they were talking to each other, laughing briefly on certain occasions. Mirii walked past them, turning on her left and facing a straight road which had more lakes on its edges.
"Besides, that woman could had at least decided to give me instructions for reaching this restaurant: that would improve the probability of taking too much time to find it! I hope such thing will not happen… I'm already rather exhausted because of all those unexplained events, I do not want to put my health into any more risks!"
Mirii frowned.
"I heard of it being one of the key points for this park… maybe I'll find a sign who can indicate the right direction for reaching this restaurant: a path to follow would finally give ease to my head!"
As the road slightly turned to the right, Mirii's eyes focused on signs standing on a wooden pole: the top one, which was pointing to the left side was saying "Lake of Love"; the one under it was pointing right, with "Playground Squid" written on it; the bottom one had the text "Restaurant Mezzanine" on it while pointing to the right.
"It seems I wasn't wrong… what a relief!" Mirii smiled, as she keeps on walking rapidly. "For once, normality is finally shining on my steps! All I have to do is to trust those well-made signs… this will help me free my mind from unnecessary complications and"
"Excuse me…?"
Mirii's head turned to her right: an old Inkling woman was sitting on the bench, as her hands were resting on the top of a stick. Her eyes were seemingly closed, as her mouth was opening and closing a bit slowly.
"Yes?" Mirii's head rose.
"Could you mind find on the Inknet, when Swim Ballet will begin…?" The woman trembles a bit.
Mirii frowned a bit.
"… I'm sorry, I'm rather busy now." She turned forward.
"I know many things…" The woman lowered her head for a moment.
"So?" Mirii kept on looking forward.
"… are you interested into this park's rumor?" The woman coughed loudly.
"Rumor?" Mirii's eyes squeezed. "There is something wrong with this old woman… I should be careful, so I'll be properly protected by"
"You are a young Squid… you are going to utilize this rumor at its best, instead of an old Squid like me…" The woman's head rose, as she looks up in the sky. "I… I wouldn't know what to do with it…"
Mirii turned behind, as her face kept her frown down a bit.
"Are you trying to ask for a deal…?" Her arms folded, as her head lowered. "Why would someone unheard of like you would"
"I have no place for technologies, in those days… except for my old TV. I'm too exhausted for learning anything at this age… aside from my lack of interest into those things. They go beyond the simple life style of a Squid…" The woman opened and closed her mouth for a moment.
Her eyes squeezed a bit.
"Why… do you know that you really look like me, when I was around your age?"
Mirii's right eyebrow rose.
"Uhm, uhm… that expression you were making. I did that in past, every time I wanted to figure out something…" The woman's mouth closed, while waving around.
Mirii's eyes expanded, as her mouth opened wide.
"I like completing puzzles… when my brain works, that dumbing feeling is fleeing more." The woman nodded. "During my school days, I often studied at night… I thought at the time that homework didn't really need all that time to complete. From there, the bad habit of sleeping late at night unfortunately began growing more and more… and it took me a while to free myself from it…" The woman looked up. "Aside from school, I was also pretty active back then on the Turf Wars"
"Excuse me?" Mirii frowned. "I'm not here to listen your past…"
"… did you know that there is a hidden relic in this park?" The woman's head pointed at Mirii. "You tell me when this show begins… and I'll talk more about it." She nodded.
Mirii kept looking at the woman for a moment.