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"Groan… this night…"
Grina was walking forward, with her back and neck slightly bending forward, as her eyes were closed. Bars was walking on the girl's right side: his head was turned to his left.
"Girl, like… do ya wanna stand on the bed for a moment or somethin'?" His downturned mouth rose slightly.
"No… I have to protect our treehouse. As soon as possible." Her eyes opened, as her eyebrows rose. "I was thinking of upping the treehouse into an instant-splatting machine… you know, getting all the goodies out of the wonder box, polishing them a bit." Her head turned to her right. "I want my wish to be materialized in front of my very own eyes, instead of my very own brain!"
"Eh eh!" Bars turned his head forward, while grinning and closing his eyes. "In other words, Defense Treehouse: Trials of the ink! Like, sign me in on the party too: I blast out the non-freshness with booming and rolling!"
"I'm not seeing this as a game…" Grina's eyebrows "smiled". "That treehouse is the milestone of my entire life! Going from ship to land! I-I'm not looking forward another period of storms!"
"Girl, do ya think I would sneeze at our Treehouse? No way from this Bars!" He shakes his head. "Like, I'm not just awesome because I say it… the awesomeness comes also from the team I belong to! The team and the imposing base!"
"I thought you were a bit more humble than this…" Grina's eyebrows lowered slightly for a moment. "… whatever." Her eyebrows rose, as her mouth smiled. "I shouldn't complain about this… guess that there are more ways to be friendly."
"Right on that part, girl!" Bars chuckles.
Grina giggles.
"I can't really rest, though…" Her head turned forward, lowering a bit. "Not even after thinking all those measures to take… I'm afraid that we are gonna get into another needless fight with Mirii."
"Why?" Bars' opened his mouth a bit. "Didn't you mentioned"
"Yes, yes, I did and I still confirm that." Her head turned to her right. "Knowing Miss Perfection, however, she'll never agree to attack any Agents trying to enter our Treehouse… thus, she will effectively stop us from putting up any means of defenses!"
"Eh eh, like… I give you the lead for that." Bars showed his teeth, as his eyes closed and a sweat drop appears on his head's right side. "I remember too well about her lessons…"
"She'll not touch you in front of me!" Grina frowned. "I can't stand her excessive tyranny over everyone, just because someone mentions an innocent idea! Really, that treatment is something I hate"
"Girl, we are gettin' in the canteen… do ya want to scream that out loud?" Bars' hands went inside his pockets.
"Bah… I don't mind that…" Grina's irises shrunk a bit, tilting to her left, as her eyebrows were down and her eyelids lowered near the middle. "… I do have the wish to mention this, since it's really hurting me… and I'm definitively not looking forward another quarrel with her." She sighed loudly.
"Hey hey, Mirii and Hunter are over there." Bars' right hand rose from his pocket, as his right arm waved left and right.
"Oh…" Grina's irises turned forward, as her eyebrows rose slightly. "… yeah, let's go there, Barsy."
"Without food?" Bars turned his head to his left.
Grina sealed her mouth, passing near Inklings sitting on a chair near a table. Mirii's head rose, with her irises bouncing on Bars and Grina alternatively.
"I was wondering where you two have been…" Mirii's head tilted towards Grina. "Did something happened?"
Grina sits on the chair to the right, facing Hun.
"No… I just took some extra minutes of sleep." Grina's elbow landed on the table, as her hands covered her eyes. "Uuuugghhh… when you woke me up, I couldn't find my sleep for hours…"
"… do you wanted to sleep on a chair?!" Mirii frowned.
"I really should had told you that, earlier… siiiigh, I'm eating my tentacles right now!" Grina's hands slid down from her eyes.
"Ehm… shouldn't you eat breakfast, instead?" Hun tilted his head to his left.
Grina's eyes were looking at him, as her mouth flattened.
"Hunry… I'm not very hungry…" Her back leaned towards the chair's backrest, as her head rose and watched the ceiling. "I'm so stressed because of today…"
"Th-the test exam?!" Hun's mouth opened wide. "Did you forget to study?!"
"The test exam…? … ah, yes. We got that this afternoon…" Her head returned forward. "… I did took a look at the books. That's, when I wasn't throwing myself to the bed, once I stepped in my room."
"… I wasn't expecting you taking such duty, this lightly…" Mirii's head rose.
"Oh sure, because those previous days were all walks in the park!" Grina's arms folded on the table, as her head rests on the right one. "… groan… I'm not that allergic to books, mind you… but when I'm dealing with the craziest ship, I have to throw my energy at it! Can you tell me, how I'm going to be a Master if I'm pulled through hills and plains, all the time?"
"You would still try to study…" Mirii's eyes closed. "I would never let any obstacles stop me from learning through years of experience."
"Go figure… I'm almost thinking to be capable of predicting the future, by listening your statement." Grina's eyes closed, as her head sunk a bit more from behind her arms.
"Excuse me?!" Mirii opened her eyes, while frowning.
"Please, leave me alone… I'm thinking about that Treehouse…" A sigh came from Grina.
"What are you thinking, exactly?" Mirii's eyes squeezed a bit.
"… once I get there, I could put that nice Tri-Splattershot Wall System above the door..." Grina's head rose, as her irises were looking at Mirii.
Mirii's irises shrunk, her eyes expanded, as her mouth opened wide for a moment.
"I order you to forget about that ridiculous idea!" Veins popped out from her forehead. "I cannot proceed with my operations if you are making the Inkinators as the Agents' primary targets!"
"At least I tried." Grina's eyes closed. "Now, should I let my fears have the best of me or listening to my friends…?"
"Of course you must listen to us!" Mirii nodded. "Drop that idea: I'm already dealing with the situation."
"Bu-but what if those Agents will reach the treehouse without any warnings?!" Grina's eyebrows went up. "Yo-you have to"
"I mentioned this to Tonna… she's in her office right now, since she received a call from one of her colleagues." Mirii's right hand took her right tentacle, caressing it. "I'm sure there is no need to further add more defenses on the Treehouse…"
"You are sure… I'm not!" Grina frowned a bit. "That's the difference, at the end. Will you do something to make me think that things will go truly well?!"
"… hmpf." Mirii's head rose. "You kept on mentioning the need for friends… yet you refuse to trust them as much as"
"No, no!" Grina's head shakes rapidly. "I trust my friends, I really do!" Her fingers fell on her chest. "It's just… I need more than trust. Who said that Tonna will take care of that fully? What if she is needed in other places?"
"She promised me to deal with the problem… after breakfast, I'll go to her office and give her the treehouse's last details to remember. From there, me and Tonna will come up with"
"What if they do send Agents during the morning?!" Grina's teeth gritted, as her eyebrows went up. "I can't take"
"Ssssssh!" Mirii's eyebrows were down. "Let's stop talking… someone might hear us."
Grina sighed, as her eyes closed, while nodding.