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The woman walked out from the door, going to the right.
"Now… if I was a paper, where I would be?" Her hands were down, clasped together, as her head and irises rose a bit. "Uhm… I would beeee… maybe in some place where Squids need to write?" She smiled. "It must be just that!" Her head lowered back, as her smiling mouth opened and her eyes closed. "I need to ask someone around aaanndd…" She spun counter-clockwise, with her arms wide open. "… yattaaa! I'm sooo out of here!"
Her eyes opened: an Inkling man was walking from the distance, in the opposite direction. His eyes immediately went on the woman: he blushes a bit.
"I'll start by asking that gentle-looking mister!" Her right hand rose, waving it sideways, as she bended slightly forward. "Excuse meee, mister!" She giggled, as she sprinted forward.
The man stopped, smiling, as his right hand went on the right wall and his left hand went inside his pants' left pocket.
"Whoa, whoa, there… don't rush." His eyes closed. "You might trip over…"
"Oh?" Kelly stopped in front of him, as her mouth opened and her hands clasped on her stomach. "How would I trip?"
The man chuckled, as his eyes opened to the middle.
"Say, are you a new recruitment around here…?" His hands adjusted his black tie. "I have seen many faces in the HQ…"
"HQ…?" Her downturned eyebrows rose. "… what's a HQ?"
"Ha ha ha!" The man grinned, as his eyes closed. "Yep, you must be new! HQ is the pro way of saying Headquarters."
"Headquarters… … so, this nightmare is based around the Master's sweeter waters home? That's so odd… or perhaps, it's more the fact I don't really hate this place at all!" Her eyes closed, as her hands went behind her back, while smiling.
"What's your name?" The man's hands went inside his pockets.
"I'm Kelly!" She spun clockwise, while giggling. "And you?"
"… Tom." His right eyebrow rose. "Are you happy to work in the Headquarters?" He smiled, as his eyebrows lowered slightly.
"Ooooh, but I don't work in here at all!" Kelly bended forward, keeping her face expression and putting her hands on her back. "Tee hee hee!"
"Yo-you don't?!" Sweat covered his forehead, as he bended slightly forward and his arms went backwards a bit.
"What would be the point of having a job inside a nightmare?" Kelly laughed loudly. "I mean, it's just a mind work I have!"
"… eh?!" The man's irises shrunk.
"Now, Mr. Tom…" Her hands clasped together, as her eyes sparkled and her mouth formed a small 3. "Do you know where I could find a paper and a pencil? I sooo want to draw down an exit door, so I can escape this nightmare and wake up!" Her eyes closed. "I have to attend this ceremony where I'm awarded with even more powers to use, from the Master!"
"… ehm… well…" The man slowly walked backwards, as his eyes closed, his teeth gritted and more sweat covered his face. "… I'm not sure, actually… I-I mean, it could be anywhere, really… I-I guess"
"Wait, are you walking away from me…?" Kelly's mouth opened wide.
"Unfortunately…" The man sighed, as sweat was falling from his face. "I have lots of papers to print and send, sooo… that's"
"Don't go!" Kelly rushed, latching her hands on Tom's left hand, as her eyes went a bit watery and her mouth formed a small ^. "I don't know this place… an-and I'm all alone…!"
The man's face blushed a lot, as his mouth opened and his irises shrunk a bit.
"… her face…"
His eyes were seeing Kelly, surrounded by sparkles in a pink-yellow background, as her cheeks were very slightly blushing.
"… gghhh…" His face turned bright red.
"I-I need your help…" Kelly's eyes sparkled. "… please…"
His left eye was twitching, as his body was a bit shaking.
"Oh m-my turfing turfness… she… sheee…!"
Ink flew out from his nose, as his right hand immediately covered it.
"… you want a paper and a pencil…?" His right hand rubbed once on his pants' right side, as the hand went over Kelly's hands. "You can get all the papers and pencils of this world." He nodded. "I promise…"
Kelly's smiling mouth opened wide: her hands left his hands, as her arms wrapped around Tom.
"Thank yyyooooouuuuuu!" Her eyes closed. "You are my best, best friend in this nightmare!" Her head rested on his chest.
The man smiled, as his left hand went behind her neck, petting her smaller tentacles for 2 seconds.
"Then, what we are waiting for?!" Kelly lifted her posture, with her hands still on the man's sides. "Let's goooo!" Her right fist went towards the ceiling.
"Ha ha ha, sure sure!" The man nodded.
Kelly passed the man, stopping and turning behind him with her hands behind her back.
"… she might act a bit too childishly for my tastes…" He turned behind, with his hands inside his pockets, as he began walking. "… but I'm sure I can fix that. Her ears are listening to me, after all… … she looks so gorgeous… I can't throw this opportunity away!"
His head lowered to the bottom-left corner.
"This time, for the holidays, I'll come back with a real girlfriend to show to my parents and relatives… ha!" He grins widely, as his eyes closed. "Who's going to be the Casanova loser now?! Surely it's not me anymore… I'm the Casanova Winner, in fact!"
His eyes opened, watching Kelly walking on his right: she smiled back at him.
"Uhm… if I give her the paper and pencil already, she might decide to run back in her imaginative world. I did promise her to give those things…" His eyelids lowered to the middle. "… but she doesn't seem impatient or in a hurry. Instead, her ears seem so open to my voice… eh eh eh…"
"Kelly, isn't?" Tom's head turned forward, as his hands went inside his pockets, shrugging slightly.
"Uhm?" Kelly's mouth rose a bit, as her head tilted to her right slightly.
"I was thinking… are you hungry?" His head turned towards the woman. "Do you want to eat something delicious?"
"Ooooooh, yes yes yes!" Kelly's fists went up and down, as her smile grew and her eyes sparkled. "Even if this is a nightmare, I can't refuse the sweeter waters' delicious food!"
"Sweeter waters…?" The man's head rose, as his mouth left open a bit.
"Hmm-hmm!" Kelly nodded twice. "This is how we call your lands!" She giggled. "Although, it would be pointless using that name… after all, this is a nightmare and you are an imaginative Squid I'm probably coming up with in my mind! I bet even the food is something I'm coming up with… ooooh, how I wish it was all real!"
The woman sighed, as she stared at the ceiling: a sweat drop appears on the man's right side of his head, as his eyes expanded a bit.
"… this looks more complicated than I previously thought." His mouth flattened. "I hope I can truly help her out…"