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"… well, that's all there is to be said about today's mission." Mirii's head was turned to her left, as her right hand was holding a silver fork.
Tonna nodded, as she was sitting on a chair, while staring to her right.
"Who could had thought that the museum had all those security people…?" Tonna's eyes closed, as a sweat drop appears on her head's right side. "I'm still shocked at the idea that a smuggling activity was taking place at Museum d'Alfonsino…"
"Ha! Wait 'till you hear the details…" Grina grins, as her right hand was holding a burger. "You are going to be a full Tonnunder!"
Tonna's head tilted towards Grina, as her face frowned a bit.
"Tonnunder? Seriously?" Tonna's eyes squeezed a bit. "Quit calling me names, Grina… I'm still in service, as I said earlier."
"Like, does that include breaks?" Bars chuckles. "Ya gotta visit the bathroom at least twice a day."
"Wh-what…" Tonna frowned a bit more. "I can't believe you are mentioning all that, as if I look completely brainless!"
"Naaaah, you have a brain, gir-woman!" Bars nodded. "Otherwise how can you speak to us?"
Tonna's head lowered, as her left hand went over her eyes and behind her glasses. She sighed loudly.
"Don't make me think bad things about you, Bars…" Her left hand went away. "… keep eating that burger you have."
"Hmpf, how could one of my friends still prefer that pile of fat as proper food?" Mirii's head rose, as her eyebrows lowered down a bit. "I should complain about this… but Bars seems a bit too prepared on the argument, so I can't still do anything. Besides, I refuse to be seen as a complainer in front of Hunl"
Suddenly, Mirii's posture lifted for a moment, as her irises shrunk.
"Wait… … there is something wrong." Her eyes blinked twice. "I usually point out flaws… … why I'm having this huge suspicion that I have been complaining too much, without any necessary needs for it? … now that I think about it… today"
"Hey Mirii."
Mirii's head turned to her right, seeing Grina munching silently.
"What's up with that face?" Her eyelids lowered to the middle, smiling. "Have you seen a bug on Bars' head or something?"
"Ha ha, as if bugs have the courage to fly over my head!" Bars' back rested on his chair's backrest, while closing his eyes and laughing.
"Tsk, of course I wasn't looking at any bugs…" Mirii's eyes closed, while frowning a bit. "… but I wouldn't be surprised if he has one of his videogames on his head."
Mirii's eyes expanded, as her irises shrunk.
"WHAT I HAVE DONE?!"
"Ha ha, that's a great one!" Grina's eyes closed while grinning widely.
Suddenly, Grina's eyes opened wide and her mouth flattened.
"… eh?" Her head shook quickly. "Yo, Mirii… did you just made a joke?"
"N-no, you heard nothing!" Sweat was jumping out from Mirii's head, as her shoulders rose, her eyebrows went up, her mouth went wavy and her back bended while resting on her chair's backrest. "I-I mean… I said something concise and true!"
"Yeah, as if Bars would really be that dumb!" Grina's shoulders turned to her right, as her right hand waved up and down. "What do you think of that, Barsy?!"
"Eh eh, like… if she says more jokes, I think I wouldn't be so scared of her as much!" Bars chuckles, as his right hand picked up his burger and brought it near his mouth.
"N-nonsense!" Mirii's face went paler, as her irises shrunk. "I-I'm not that inferior"
Mirii's mouth flattened, as her mind was seeing Manna while shaking her head shook and her eyes were closing for a moment.
I just need to point out how inferior they are… you know, making them realize how brainless they are and the fact who can't get a true specialization on anything at all.
Manna's eyebrows went down, while smiling even wider, as her head rose and her irises shrunk.
Eh eh eh! What use do they bring in our society?! No use! That's the truth!
"NO! I didn't meant to say how inferior you are!" Mirii stands up, as her hands rested on the table with her face covered in sweat. "I… I-I was saying…"
Mirii's mouth closed, as her irises went to the left: several Inklings were staring back at her. Her irises went to her right, as she tracked down a similar situation. Suddenly… Mirii grins a bit, chuckling a little.
"Ha ha ha… n-nothing to see here, folks!" Her eyes closed, as she slowly descends down on her chair. "I-I was making a quick joke! N-nothing more!" She grins even more, as sweat was jumping out from her head.
The Inklings stared back at her… and slowly resumed their chat with each other. Mirii swallowed silently, as her hands went in between her head.
"I-I have to get out of here… but at the same time, I want to leave with grace and posture… I-I also have to appear as nice as possible in front of Hunl"
"Well, looks like the day is finally arrived…"
The other Inklings turned their heads towards Grina: her mouth was smiling as her face's upper side was covered a bit in the darkness. Her right elbow went on the table, as her head rested on her right palm.
"… the day when Miss Perfection has enough of her mask."
"Wh-what are you implying?!" Mirii frowns a lot, bending forward. "Perfection is something I still follow greatly!"
"Oh really…?" The darkness faded away from Grina's upper face, revealing her lowered eyelids. "Do you happen to follow perfection… because you would feel superior?"
"NO!" Mirii's head lowered, as her shoulders and eyebrows rose. "P-perfection… you see…"
"But isn't what perfection is all about?" Grina shrugged. "You become better than the average, thus superior…"
"N-no!" Mirii's head shook. "You… yo-you are"
"Mirii, listen… the point I'm trying to make isn't much about how perfection is wrong…" Grina's eyes closed. "… but it's you who follows this perfection thingy without even knowing what that is."
Mirii's opened mouth wasn't breathing.
"I was very impressed to see anyone keeping a mask up for all this time…" Grina's eyes opened. "… at the same time, I'm very skeptical about your supposed joking nature: I think you are just trying to be less of a butt in front of us… in other words, we are finally seeing the true Mirii and not Miss Perfection."
"… hmpf, I believe you are misunderstanding the situation…" Mirii's head rose. "Me? Abandoning perfection? As if!" Mirii frowns a bit. "Perfection is something that goes beyond being superior… it's an art. It's the conceptual understanding of Squid life." Her eyes closed. "What I did earlier was nothing more than… a test. A test to prove how well I know the art of making jokes."
"Really? You are really going that far?" Grina's right eyebrow rose.
"Mirii, I think you should be more relaxed…" Hun turned his shoulders to his left, while smiling and closing his eyes. "How you played with my little sister… how you talked and reacted… that really suits you well."
Mirii blushes a lot, as her eyebrows' tips "smiled" and her irises went to her right.
"Well… I-I can accept feedback…" She smiled a bit. "I will take note of this experience and find more tests to run."
"Not now." Tonna's left hand was grabbing a glass of water, which was near her mouth. "You 4 have another mission this afternoon."
"WHAT?!" Mirii's shoulders turned a bit to her left. "This afternoon?!"
"Yeah… after I finish taking my coffee, we all go in my office." Tonna was drinking from the glass.
"Curses…" Mirii's teeth were gritting. "Curses!"