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Mirii was running on the sidewalk, as her right hand was holding her smartphone near her right ear.
Tuuuu… tuuuu…
Hun was running on Mirii's left side.
Took you some time, eh
"GRINA, LISTEN CAREFULLY!" Mirii was panting loudly.
Whoa! Why are you shouting
"Right in this very moment, me and Hunley are reaching the treehouse!" Mirii's head rose a bit, as she swallows silently.
Why?! What happened over there?!
"It's too long to explain!" Mirii frowned for a moment. "Listen, send us Robbo as soon as possible! We must immediately investigate our own treehouse!"
EH?! WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! WHY WOULD YOU
"Be quiet! I'm already in pain, don't you see?!" Mirii growled. "Please… I-I'll explain the reason!"
… I really don't like this…
"Grina… the treehouse…" Mirii sighed loudly. "… it's part of Project Neo."
…
"You heard it correctly…" Mirii's teeth gritted. "Inkinators' own treehouse is"
Eh eh eh eh eh, ah ah ah ah ah! AH AH AH AH AH!
"Grina?!" Mirii's eyebrows went up.
Noooo… unbelievable…! Greta's own treasure… it's her own nightmare?! What a twist! Ah ah ah ah! AH AH AH AH!
"S-stop it, Grina… I-I had enough of your"
Antics?! Yeah, did I got it right?! Yes I did! YES! Because that's what I always do, huh?! Shouting antics and antics and MOTHERTURFING antics! AH AH AH AH AH! I'M A TURFING CLOWN, APPARENTLY!
Mirii's teeth gritted.
… oh my, what a nice view me and Barsy are enjoying from up here! I guess I should take some pictures about them… some? Nah… let's make one million of them… no, zillions of them! I just love this view, so much… … I… I…
"Grina, send Robbo." Mirii frowned. "Am I clear?!"
… nah… I don't feel like it.
"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAID?!" Several veins popped out from Mirii's forehead, as her eyes expanded.
I said what I said. Why I should repeat myself? You know that very well, Mirii… do you think I'm really letting you destroy Inkinators' own treehouse?! HA! Don't make me laugh! I already laughed way too much…
"Grina, don't act in this way!" Mirii snorted. "I will never let Project Neo take over Inkinators' treehouse! That's why I want to investagate!"
Wait, wait… do you really think that your investigation will keep things intact?! Are you taking me for a fool, Mirii?!
"Yes, because you are acting like a little kid!" Mirii's eyes were staring at a tall tree. "Listen, I know you are capable of understanding a situation… just let me talk and"
Talking is useless at this point! I just want you to change your mind and listen to me, for once! I know that if you snoop around too much, you are bound to cause a disaster so epically huge, all the goodies this team has gather for all this time… PUFF! Finished!
"Why are you thinking such nonsense, all the sudden?!" Mirii frowned a lot, as smoke was coming out from her ears.
Nonsense you say… I'm telling you a risk! A huge risk this treehouse shall never have! Do you have any idea what that would mean to us 4, if the treehouse really becomes a huge pile of wood?! We have lost a symbol! You might as well delete the Inkinators' own name, because without a clear flag, the team is nothing!
"Grrr…" Several veins popped out from Mirii's forehead. "Grina, stop this madness! I'm really losing my patience"
Listen up, Miss Perfection! I really got tired of talking about this, sooo… call me back when you decided to keep Inkinators' symbol, ok? Simple as that.
Mirii's eyes expanded, as she was getting closer to the tree.
"NO! DON'T"
Tuuuuu…
Mirii's right hand lowered her smartphone, as it was showing several squares.
"Grrrrrr!" Her right hand grasped, putting her smartphone away. "I can't believe she believes in such stupidity!"
"What are we going to do, now?!" Hun's arms opened wide.
Mirii turned to her left: her irises were seeing Hun's head covered in green. Her right hand picked her right tentacle: her irises were seeing the tentacle covered in green. She slowly nodded.
"Hunley…" Her irises went forward. "Would you mind turning into a Squid and climb this tree?"
"Oh sure!" Hun nodded, while smiling. "I can do that without any problem!"
Hun turned into a Squid, as he slid towards the tree. Mirii smiled, as she turned into a Squid, diving inside the green ink trail. The Squid kept on sliding upwards: from below the treehouse base, Robbo was sliding down, releasing a trail of magenta ink.
"Wh-what is that?!" Hun's eyes expanded.
"What are you seeing, Hunley?!" Mirii's voice was coming from below the ink trail.
"There is a thing coming after us!" Hun turned to his right.
"Th-they have sent us Robbo! Hunley, you must avoid impacting with the robot: it's going to splat you, if it hits you!"
"Yikes!" Hun stopped, as Robbo went past him.
"Keep on climbing, Hunley! Quick!" Mirii's eyes emerged. "Robbo is rather fast!"
Hun began jumping up, climbing quickly. From below the ink trail, splashes were heard.
Darn it, they are almost here!
Quick, give me the Splattershot!
"I can't believe this… my friends are going against me!" Mirii emerged a bit from the ink. "Will they really shoot us down…?"
Hun jumped out of the wall, landing on the floor. Mirii jumped out of the wall, turning into her humanoid form: Grina was pointing her Splattershot towards the two Inklings, while Bars was standing on Grina's right side. Grina was frowning, gritting her teeth.
"Tell me you have changed your mind…"
"Grina, please…" Mirii's eyebrows went up. "… the Inkinators cannot let a project getting away with this."
"Siiigh, you are still thinking about that old history…" Grina swallowed silently. "That project doesn't even care about shaking lives, unless you go dance on its labs!" Her mouth opened a bit. "Don't you want to live a calm life…? A life where you care about being well and having some fun…?"
"I care living in a perfectly functional city!" Mirii frowned.
"The city works well, Mirii… you don't need to fix it… there is nothing to fix…" Grina's voice volume went a bit down. "Everything is going as fine as ever… it would go even better if us 4 get to utilize this house more often than usual…"
"Why don't you understand…?" Mirii's eyes squeezed a bit, as her head rose. "Project Neo is causing tremendous troubles to the whole city… sooner or later, the Inkinators themselves would be involved even while ignoring the whole matter."
"HOW WOULD YOU KNOW THAT?!" Grina frowned a lot. "YOU KEEP ON SHOUTING TO HAVE STUPID EVIDENCES, YET YOU DON'T HAVE ANY YOURSELF!"
"… evidence you said…" Mirii's eyes blinked. "… I do have a logical thought, instead." She nodded. "The supposed common sense you think to have…"
"I have more common sense than you!" Grina snorted. "It's simply a fact!"
"Hmpf. I'm seeing fear in your eyes… fear that I would uncover this treehouse's terrible connection with Project Neo. Whenever that is." Mirii's arms folded. "But your own fear is making you miss a vital part of the whole situation."
"Are you trying to trick me?! Ha! Tough luck: I can see beyond everyone's words!" Grina grinned.
"Except yours… which brings up the truth behind your fear's role in this situation!" Mirii's right arm stretched forward, as her right forefinger pointed at Grina. "It's not helping you… it's preventing you from saving Inkinators' treehouse!"
"EH?!" Grina's jaw dropped. "Wh-what are you talking about?!" Her weapon lowered. "My fear… is my own enemy?!"
"Yes…" Mirii nodded. "… in order to let you see the truth, I only need to mention what the people behind Project Neo are capable of." Her head rose. "Do you remember that no one is supposed to know about Project Neo… am I right?"
"Yeah… so?" Grina's head tilted to her left.
"And you know that those people behind the project don't let any employee getting out of the organization, right?"
"… … wait…" Grina's head tilted back up, as her irises shrunk. "… oh no…"
"I see you have realized the truth." Mirii smiled, as her eyebrows slightly lowered. "Your fear is doing nothing more than protecting Project Neo… making them return one day in this place and claiming this treehouse back, while the Inkinators will be accused of untrue charges!"
"NO!" Grina took some steps backwards, as her face went paler. "M-my fear… my fear stabbed me on the back!"
"At this point, you cannot have a clear answer in front of this situation…" Mirii's right foot went forward. "Thus, you cannot stop me from examining the treehouse's secret which will surely lead to more information about this project!"
"… I… I'm weak… that's the whole truth." Grina's head lowered. "I hid in my fears as soon as I heard the bad news… … I'm so ashamed of myself, not even a shower would get this shaming feeling off myself!"
"… Grina, I'm not seeing any major errors from this." Mirii's head shook, as her eyes closed. "What did you do to us, at the end? I knew you would never shoot at your own friends…"
"… I went against you with Robbo… my fears were controlling me… I-I couldn't see something this obvious because of them…" Grina sighed loudly. "I… I prefer to disappear, for a moment."
"Grina, that's fine! Me and Hunley forgive you!" Mirii's eyebrows went up, as her downturned mouth opened. "You never wanted to get rid both of us! We have no reasons to be this mad at you!"
"… siiiggh… alright… alright." Grina's eyes closed. "I-I can't leave this treehouse behind… I promise to make it even more polished golden than ever before."
Bars was turning left and right.
"Like… have you seen Robbo, by the way?" He shrugged. "It didn't really get back up here, for some reason…"
Bzzzzz… bzzzz…
Mirii jumped as she turned behind: Hun took some steps backwards…
They know, they know…
Slowly, Robbo slides up from the hole. Grina's eyes expanded.
"Robbo?! You… you can talk?!" Her hands went on her cheeks.
Bzzzzz… they know, they know… now… they must be eliminated… eliminated…
Robbo jumped away from the wall, facing the Inklings.
"What?!" Mirii took some steps backwards. "Impossible! I-I thought that robot didn't had"
Must protect secret… secret… bzzzzz!
Robbo began rubbing the floor! Mirii turned behind, facing the door.
"Everyone inside! Be quick!" She dashed towards the door.
Her right hand pushed the door, as the girl entered inside the room: the other Inklings entered inside, as Bars closed the door and rested his back against it.