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"Alright, here is your task…" Tonna's back landed on her office chair's backrest, as her head was still turned to her right. "… eh? What?!" She bended forward, still facing her laptop, as her eyes expanded. "Is this a joke?!"
Mirii slightly bended backwards, as her mouth was waving a bit and her eyebrows went slightly down. Bars and Grina turned their heads towards each other.
"What's going on, Tonna?" Hun's head tilted to his left a bit.
Tonna's mouth opened a bit.
"Your mission is… ehm… is to cover the entire port in ink." Tonna's mouth flattened.
"Ridiculous!" Mirii frowned, as her right foot went forward and her arms were stretching down, with her fists clenching. "I refuse to believe that such mission exist!"
"I-I'm not making this up! Look!" Tonna twisted her laptop backwards with both her hands, as sweat was jumping out from her head. "You have been asked to make the whole port Orange!"
Mirii walked in front of the laptop, bending down a bit and watching the screen: the other Inklings walked forward, all bending slightly down and watching the screen.
"… a very important person is paying a visit to our country… a very important person?" Mirii's head rose a bit. "Who is this person, Tonna?"
"I don't know!" Tonna shrugged, as her arms opened a bit. "I'm even asking why an important person would ever prefer to reach our country through that small port!"
"Like, who cares about that…" Bars chuckles, as his eyes closed. "We have an entire port to claim up! Isn't it just slick?!"
"Bars… I'm smelling trouble." Grina frowned a bit. "Usually no one is allowed to cover any ground, except Agents during their missions… but that's because there is usually a Stingray or two to splat down."
"Instead, we are supposed to cover Port Sorriso for this very important person…" Mirii's eyes squeezed a bit. "Tonna, please contact the responsible for such terrible attempt of sabotage… and request the immediate removal of said"
Knock knock.
The Inklings turned behind. Fara moved towards the right wall…
"Bars, could you please open the door?" Tonna's back landed on her office chair's backrest.
"Right-on!" Bars grins while closing his eyes.
The boy walks towards the door, as his left hand pulled it from the door handle. His head lowered.
"Like, hello a bunch, girl!" He nodded. "Wanna join the party?"
"What kind of stupid talk is that?!" Tonna's fists landed on her desk.
Bars jumped, immediately turning backwards.
"Whoa there! I-I tried to be less rollin', woman!" He walked a bit backwards.
An Inkling woman, whose the tip of her head was reaching Hun's eyes, was staring at Tonna with her eyelids to the middle and her mouth a bit upwards.
"… sorry if I came here this late." The woman walked forward.
Bars pushed the door back. Mirii's eyes grew.
"You… are you Aga?!" Mirii's mouth opened a bit.
"Yes, in person." Aga passes Mirii. "I'm not here to chitchat since I left Stella alone in my office…"
The woman stopped near the laptop, turning behind and staring at each Inkling.
"Gonna make it snappy: I was the one who created this mission." Aga's right hand went on her chest. "I wanted to warn you about it, but I couldn't find the right moment for that…"
"Wh-why you did this, Aga?!" Tonna stands up, as her hands were pressing on the desk, sweat was covering her forehead, her eyebrows went up and her mouth opened. "This stunt could cost you the entire Rank!"
"Instead it only costed me 3 minutes to make…" Aga turned behind, as her head shook. "I just used some information and a bit of assumptions…" She smiled a bit, as her head rose a bit and her right hand went over her chin. "… in no time, I was able to counterfeit this next mission as well."
"Are you nuts?!" Tonna bended forward, as her teeth gritted. "Wh-what if the other chiefs would find this scam out?!"
"I wouldn't worry about them, Tonna… they were the ones accepting this, after all." Aga's smile grew a bit.
Silence came in the air…
"… eh?" Tonna's eyes became two white, round shapes. "How can they accept a request from an Agent…?"
"Who said it was an Agent who made the request?" Aga's eyelids lowered a bit. "Have you seen who signed this?"
"No… …" Tonna's hands twisted her laptop towards herself. "Whoever came up with this mission must be a huge, huge idiot!" Tonna's right forefinger was scrolling on the scroll wheeler. "They must be so stupid to even believe that such turfing mission would ever-EEEEEEEKK!"
Tonna's arms and tentacles went upwards, as her eyes almost popped out.
"My sign?! WHAT THE TURF?!" Tonna bended forward, as her jaw dropped.
Grina laughed loudly, as her right hand covered her eyes. Bars chuckles a bit… Tonna turned towards the girl, while frowning a lot.
"What are you laughing at?!" Tonna growled.
"Sorry for that…" Grina's right forefinger pushed a tear away from her right eye. "… that reaction was too epic to not laugh at."
"Ah, so this is what you do for your friends, huh?! You and YOU!" Tonna turned her head towards Aga. "YOU who came all the way here to taunt me as well!"
"Tonna, please…" Hun's eyebrows went up, as his mouth downturned. "Could you lower your voice? You are scaring"
"SHUT UP, HUN!" Tonna's eyes closed. "You can't even understand the darn trouble Aga caused to me!"
Mirii frowned a lot, as her irises shrunk.
"Leave my big brother alone!" Fara walked towards Hun, hugging him. "He just wanted to help you out!"
"Making me quieter doesn't help at all!" Tonna's arms folded, as her sight pointed at Hun. "I have been dragged into this mess without any warning whatsoever! Not only that, but there is nothing I can do to nullify it, which means my chief Rank is in danger!"
"You still care about the Ranks…?" Aga sighed loudly. "Not even after declaring war to Project Neo?"
"A-actually, it's not even for that!" Tonna turned forward. "I could be sent in front of a judge because of this! People would"
"When I ever said you would be caught? The chiefs approved the same text everyone just read…" Aga frowns a bit.
"The same… text?" Tonna's eyes turned into white round shapes. "… wait, seriously? They are really looking forward to… this?"
"Yes." Aga nodded, sighing a bit. "As I suspected... I feared you wouldn't even understand the plan me and Harry came up with."
Aga's head lowered, turning a bit to her left, as her eyes closed a bit.
"When I learned about your hatred for Project Neo, Harry was thinking that you were changed since last time we went on the mission… but I wasn't too sure about it." Her head rose back, as she frowned a bit. "Today I have been proved right: deep in you, there is still that Tonna who wants to keep her rank until retirement."
Tonna's mouth opened a bit… then she grins, chuckling a bit.
"Ehm… I-I changed, actually… I-I mean, I would had surely accepted to cooperate with this!" She swallows silently. "Well… maybe by changing the terminology a bit and… maybe inserting hints of criminal activities…!" She chuckles a bit, as sweat was jumping out from her head. "I-I have to give a-a small bit of protection piece on m-my Rank, you know! Because… th-then, how can I fight Project Neo properly?! Eh eh eh…"
Everyone, except Bars, frowned.
"Pathetic…" Mirii shook her head slowly, as her eyes squeezing a bit. "I'm going to force Tonna apologizing to Hunley… that way, not only I will appear more constructive, but Hunley would probably think that I'm capable of helping him quite a"
"Let's cut the chase, then." Aga turned behind, nodding and watching each Inkling. "This mission is obviously fake, so the real one is to stop a Project Neo-related activity inside the port's main Warehouse."
"Which activity?" Mirii's head rose.
"… do you really want to know…?" Aga's arms folded. "I strongly advice to not"
"Without any proof, this Warehouse activity might not even be as dangerous as you are"
"Mirii, you are not understanding…" Aga's head shook. "I was saying you shouldn't find out more about their activity since the one you will find in the Warehouse is already… well…"
"Then, mention what kind of activity is held inside this Warehouse." Mirii's right arm stretched forward, as her right forefinger pointed at Aga. "We are all listening."
"If you insist…" Aga's eyes closed. "You will find… grey liquid beings who can learn to morph into a specific Inkling."
Mirii's mouth opened wide, as her irises shrunk.