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BLAM!
Mirii's feet landed on the floor, as her right forefinger was pressing her weapon's trigger: her eyebrows were down, while breathing loudly for a moment before gritting her teeth. An Inkling man was walking towards her, as his Heavy Splatling's barrels were rolling loudly. A bubble was surrounding him.
"Curses!" A single sweat slid off from Mirii's right side of her head. "My shots just can't pop that Bubbler!" Her eyes blinked. "I-I must come up with another plan, before I'll accidentally commit a mistake…"
The Heavy Splatling began shooting towards the girl: Mirii jumped to her right, turning towards the other man which was pointing his own Heavy Splatling towards the girl. The second Heavy Splatling began firing blue ink projectiles, flying towards Mirii.
She dashed while bending forward: she dived, rolling and going behind a table with one of its edges positioned sideways.
"Maybe… maybe I just need to cover the ground and staying as far away as possible from their attacks?" Mirii was painting silently, while her eyebrows went down. "I just need to buy as much time as possible, until the others come to me."
Her weapon lifted, pointing down the walking man…
BLAM!
Orange ink fell on the ground, as the walking man kept advancing in a slow pace, while his weapon was still firing blue ink projectiles. Mirii jumped to her left, while her right forefinger was pressing her weapon's trigger.
"Come on, stop jumping around!" The man yelled, while frowning. "Just stand still and be splatted!"
Mirii's feet slid on the ground, her face staring down him.
"Uhm… he looks impatient… I wonder…" Her head rose. "Hmpf, what a hypocrite…"
"You dare to say?!" The man was grasping his weapon, frowning even more.
"Yes." Mirii nodded. "I'm finding it amusing how you are covering behind a Bubbler, from a fragile girl such as me…"
The man's eyes expanded, as his mouth flattened.
"N-no! I'm not a coward!" His head shook, as his left hand went over his belt's left side, pushing a button.
The Bubbler gradually vanished, as the man grins while lowering his eyebrows.
"Now, who's the hypo"
Immediately, Mirii pointed her weapon towards the man.
BLAM!
The man exploded in Orange ink, flying towards the ceiling as a small Squid. Mirii turned towards her left, while her right forefinger was pushing her weapon's trigger.
"Now…" Mirii walked forward, staring down the man in front of the door. "… I'll concede you the chance of retreat, before I'll be forced to shoot you down."
The man's mouth flattened, as his eyes were looking at Mirii.
"… I think he understood my superior intellect…" Mirii's eyes squeezed. "And now, what I'm going to do? I… I really need to sit… … I'm positive that man will never leave his position, so…"
Mirii turned behind, watching a chair resting on the ground with its backrest. She walks towards it, as her knees bended down for a moment and her left hand grabbed the top of the backrest, pulling it upwards. She turns behind, sitting on the chair: her weapon rested on her legs.
Mirii snorted, as her right hand took her right tentacle, caressing it.
"What do you think you will get by sitting on the chair?" The man chuckled a bit.
"Restoration and comfort." Mirii frowned a bit. "I hope that Bubbler of yours will stop working in the meantime…"
"It can't!" The man shook his head. "This Bubbler is the newest security technology: it's resistant against knockback and can last as long as you want it, thanks to the InkBelt mechanism!"
"I assume you are rather happy for being able to use this perfect shield…" Mirii's head rose.
"Yeah!" He nodded. "I'm so happy about it, I don't even care about the small malfun-HEY!" He frowned. "Why you…"
"Malfunction…?" Mirii smiled a bit, keeping her eyebrows a bit down. "… I would like to see those imperfections you were mentioning…"
"No! Stay away!" The man grasped his weapon tightly, pointing it at Mirii.
The Heavy Splatling's barrels began rolling quickly. Mirii jumped out from the chair, as her weapon was pointing at the man.
BLAM!
"Grrr!" Sweat covered the man's face.
"Keep standing still… sooner or later, I'll pop that shield out." Mirii kept pointing her weapon towards the man, while her right forefinger was pressing her weapon's trigger.
BLAM!
"Gaaah!" The man gritted his teeth, while frowning a lot.
"Hmpf, I still can't comprehend the reason why you keep your weapon prepared…" Mirii's head rose, as her right forefinger pressed her weapon's trigger. "… but at the end, I don't really care. As long as I'm keeping my distance from you, all I have to do is to aim and shoot…"
BLAM!
"Th-that's not fair…!" The man bended forward, as his face was sweating. "What kind of man I would be if I hurt a little girl…?"
"A man who wouldn't waste his time with such questions." Mirii's head rose.
BLAM!
The Bubbler popped: the man began walking backwards, passing near the door and closing it. Mirii began walking forward, quietly, as her weapon lowered down.
"I must wait a brief moment, before going out of this room…" Mirii's eyes squeezed a bit. "I just can't ignore the possibility that man is preparing an ambush…"
SPLAT!
Mirii's ears rose.
"Uhm? What's happening now…?"
The door opened, as the girl immediately pointed her weapon at Grina which was instantly looking back at Mirii.
"Good thing you survived this far!" Grina smiled a bit, nodding. "Are you alright?"
"Uhm… so-so…" Mirii's weapon lowered, as her face frowned a bit. "Hunley is not in this room… to be honest, I have no idea where he could be."
"Ah… beats me too." Grina shrugged, as her mouth downturned a bit. "I guess you should return in the main hall: the cannon thingy is out of ink, so you can walk up the stairs without any problems."
"… what about you?" Mirii began walking forward.
"Me and Barsy will figure out a way to fix up the painting problem." Grina nodded.
"Like, what a war this room is!" Bars chuckles, as he stops behind Grina's back. "Should've been here sooner, so I would had rock 'n rolled the party hard!"
"I see Aga warned you two about the truth behind the paintings…" Mirii sighed. "Luckily, Hunley has not been turned into a painting… then, the roles have been settled." Mirii nodded. "I'll explore the upper floors and find Hunley as soon as possible."
"Ok!" Grina smiled, as her right thumb rose. "If things get too sticky, send us a music!"
"I will." Mirii passed the two Inklings. "Goodbye."
"Bye!" Bars and Grina both waved their right hands towards Mirii.
A sweat drop appears on Mirii's right side of her head. Her eyebrows downturned slightly, as her mouth downturned a bit and her irises went on her eyes' left corner.
"… I really shouldn't hang with those two as much… before I know it, I might start booming off some funky sentences… anyway." Mirii's eyes blinked, as her irises went in the middle. "Let's focus on my task."