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Mirii walked towards the painting, stopping on its left side. Her head tilted up and down.
Now, ignore the left or right side: just push the painting.
"Uhm… will the painting fall?" Mirii's head rose.
No, no, it will not… it's not that heavy either, so push it as much as you can.
"I must be delicate, however…" Mirii's hands went on the painting's left side. "I need all my energies to overcome the dangers of the basement… the healing system is too important to waste like that."
Mirii began pushing the painting.
"I'm surely going to use it when the time will call for it… although, not even using it would my performance rather flawless, so I'll try act with intelligence."
The painting kept moving to the right, gradually stopping: Mirii's head tilted to her left, watching a large very light-green floor with brick walls on the sides. A small bulb was hanging on the ceiling, lit. Small webs were positioned on the top corners.
Mirii's nose wiggled, as she let out a faint snort. Her eyebrows lowered slightly, as her eyes were seeing the darkness lurking from behind the lit bulb.
"… there is no way I'm walking inside that hallway…" Her head lowered, tilting to her right.
Why? Don't tell me you are getting scared, now…
"Hmpf. How naïve…" Mirii's hands were holding something pink. "… I need to be properly prepared…"
Excuse me?
Her hands put the pink cloth on her mouth, as each hand pulled two pink cords around each ear.
"This area is dominated by dust…" Mirii's head rose. "… I could barely breathe, if it wasn't for my personal, surgical mask which I'm wearing right now." She began walking.
Her earpieces, jacket and shoes began glowing blue as darkness surrounded everything else, until Mirii stepped right behind the lit bulb.
… you have a surgical mask, just because you can't stand dust?
Mirii snorted, as her eyes squeezed a bit.
"I'll suggest forgetting your insults for once"
No no, it wasn't an insult, I swear! In fact, on certain occasions I do wear a surgical mask too! Not always, since I get all itchy with that thing on my face… but yeah, that's totally fine if you ask me!
"… do you happen to know more information about the basement?" Mirii's eyes closed for a moment.
Not too much, actually… Harry does know a bit more, since he tends to explore those operative areas more than I do. Especially with Stella around, I decided to follow more this Supportive mode and learn information through the computer.
"Then, I shall receive the honor of accomplish such task…" Mirii's head rose. "I'm seeing more brightness ahead… I'm going to lower my voice." She whispered.
Her steps got gradually lighter, releasing step noises faintly. Mirii's ears rose: a very small buzz was coming from her ears…
"Can you hear me with this low voice?" Mirii's eyes squeezed a bit.
Yes, don't worry… focus on what you are seeing ahead.
Mirii's head turned to her right: a large, rectangular and metallic table was positioned on the floor, with a large painting of the sea, seagulls flying above it, a ship in the distance and some rocks on the right side, emerging from the water.
Her head turned to her left, seeing several chests of drawers near the left wall with brushes, paint cans, books and devices with small monitor screens… all of them were spread on each drawer. Papers were hanging on the walls, each filled with different words… some had a small triangle or square.
"Uhm… I would had cleaned the chest of drawers, by putting each tool inside in their own designated drawers. I would also added a sticky note on each drawer too." Mirii's eyes closed. "I'm wondering why such mess is still here…? … no… no, it's useless thinking about it." Her eyes opened.
Her eyes pointed at a metallic door with the handle on the right side.
"I could pick those papers and take a quick read… but I must explore the basement even further." Mirii began walking forward. "I must find Hunley… I can't concentrate properly, if I don't have Hunley on my side, first…"
She blushes a bit, as her right hand rested on the door handle. Her hand pushed down, then pushed forward gently: a crackling sound came up, as Mirii grimaces a bit.
"Nnnggh! S-so annoying…!" Her eyes opened a bit.
Her irises were resting on a large pile of paintings on the top-left corner, each in a different size. Monitors showing a white screen with text and images were located near the top-right corner. An Inkling woman wearing a white coat with the sleeves covering her hands, had her shoulders and head turned towards the monitors.
Mirii frowned, as she took two light steps.
"… so you are not even saying anything?" The woman turned behind, snorting.
Huge rectangular glasses were resting in front of her eyes. Mirii's hands grasped her weapon, pointing it towards the woman: her right forefinger pushed the trigger…
"I'll concede you two minutes to release Hunley…" Mirii's eyes squeezed a bit. "Be quick."
"Wh-what are YOU doing?!" The woman frowned, as her arms opened wide. "Why are you pointing that weapon against me?!"
"… hmpf." Mirii's eyebrows went a bit down.
BLAM!
The woman jumped, while squeaking and walking backwards: a trail of orange ink rests on the floor and a table full of papers and drawing tools.
"Stop it!" The woman's hands took an office chair, pushing it in front of her. "I-I will send a complain to the Headquarters if you keep"
"RELEASE, HUNLEY!" Mirii frowned a lot, as she was pointing her weapon towards the woman, walking a bit.
"… who's Hunley?!" The woman's eyebrows went up, as her arms rose. "I-I don't understand"
"You know exactly what I'm talking about, fool!" Mirii's teeth gritted. "Release him from the painting! Now!"
The woman's mouth opened.
"… is this Hunley an Agent too?!" Her eyes blinked.
"Why this woman is acting as if she's completely oblivious about the whole matter?!" Mirii snorted. "… should I… should I let her know…?"
Mirii's weapon lowered, as her head rose.
"Yes, he's an Agent…" Mirii nodded, as she sighed loudly. "He's not answering my calls…"
"And you are absolutely sure that someone trapped him inside a painting?!" The woman pushed the chair to her right, as she sprinted towards Mirii. "Why are you Agents here, anyway?"
"… she's completely oblivious." Mirii's eyebrows went a bit down. "… it wouldn't be a bad idea having her as a temporary ally…" Her voice cleared. "We are here to pretend another investigation…"
"Again?!" The woman's face went paler, as her eyebrows went up and her mouth downturned. "Oh no… I-I was looking forward to finally expose our newest invention!" She turned towards her right, walking forward. "I worked hard on the last details all night… I-I was also a bit scared too."
"Scared?" Mirii's feet began walking towards her left.
"Yes, this is the first time I'm working here…" Her shoulders turned to her left, smiling. "I couldn't wait for the day I would finally work in a real lab… and now, I can't wait to show this magnificent piece of art to all my colleagues!"
The woman stops in front of a painting resting on the table. Mirii walked in front of the painting, as her head pointed at its contents: her irises shrunk, her jaw dropped…
"Did I just see that painting… moving?!"
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Splatoon © Nintendo
My OCs and story © TheSwimmingSquid