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"Theeere!" Kelly's hands were holding a paper depicting the Shrine. "Now I can get back home!"
She bended down, putting the paper on the floor. Tom's back was leaning against the wall, while folding his arms and raising his mouth.
"So, you said you can jump inside that paper…"
"You can do the same, actually!" Her head turned towards the man, as her smiling mouth opened and her eyes closed.
"Really?!" The man went away from the wall, with his shoulders high, his fists clenching, his knees bending a bit, while some sweat jumped out from his head. "W-wow! That's incredible!"
"Tee hee hee!" Kelly returned her head forward, while simply smiling and opening her eyes. "This is one of my favorite powers, actually… and it's also failure-proof, since paper magic always works!"
She took two steps backwards.
"Eh eh! I wonder how my friends will react, when they will see me…" Her eyes closed. "I'm sure they want to see me back to my younger self as much as I do!"
She sprinted slowly, as she jumped high: in midair, she turned into a Squid and aimed her head towards the paper.
BONK!
"Yeouch!" Kelly rolled forward, slamming against the bed.
"OH NO!" Tom rushed towards the Squid, as he bended down. "Are you fine?!"
The Squid's eyes turned into each a spiral, turning inwards. A head bump formed on her head's left side, as several young Kelly's were dancing in place, while rotating around her head.
"Coo-cooo… coo-cooo…"
"That bump was really loud too!" His hands picked her, putting Kelly on the bed. "Hang in there!" He turned behind, walking some steps forward. "I'm getting a wet towel"
"DID I HIT THE PAPER?!" Her eyes returned back instantly to their normal selves, as tears formed below each one while the top side "smiled". "… tell me I missed it…"
Tom groaned, as he slowly turned behind… he bended down for a second, before lifting back his posture with his right hand holding the crumpled paper. His mouth downturned.
"EEEEP!" She returned back to her humanoid self, as her hands went on her cheeks. "I WANT TO GET BACK HOOOOOMMEEE!"
"C-calm down, ok?!" Tom's eyes expanded, as his hands were moving back and forth. "Th-there must be a solution"
"Ah, right!" Kelly's right middle finger and thumb snapped, as her right forefinger pointed at the closed, while still looking at the man. "I can simply use my Teleportation Thinking Skill!" Her eyes closed. "Remember, remember, remember, remember, remember…"
Her eyes opened, as she watches Tom standing still.
"NOT EVEN THIS?!" The woman lifted her posture. "Oooooooohh…" She sniffed.
"Ehm… sorry for the question, but what was supposed to happen exactly…?" A sweat drop appears on the man's right side of his head.
"I would just disappear and reappear back to the Shrine…" Kelly jumped out from the bed's right side, while walking and staring back at Tom. "But why this is not working anymore?!" She frowned. "There must be something really bad happening behind the scenes…"
"Wish I could help more…" The man shrugged, as his mouth downturned, his eyes closed, his eyebrows went up, his hands opened wide and sweat was jumping out from his head. "Perhaps if you are here, there might be a Squid you know…? I mean, why would you even come in here in the first place?"
Kelly's mouth opened.
"… that's a really good question!" Her head lowered, as her eyes closed. "Hhhmmmmm… … ooooh, but of course!" She jumped while smiling, as her head returned forward and her right forefinger pointed the ceiling. "Master Hun and Fara live in the sweeter waters inside a building… COULD IT BE THIS ONE?!" She bended forward while smiling even more and opening her eyes wide, as her fists clenched.
"Master Hun and Fara…?" The man's head rose to the left, as his arms folded. "Hun… that name is not new at all…"
"You know him?!" Kelly jumped forward, landing in front of Tom, as her hands clasped and her eyes sparkled.
"N-no, wait!" Sweat jumped out from his head, as his hands were in front of Kelly's shoulders. "I-I just think that I heard this name somewhere… but I could be wrong!"
"Oh…" Kelly's mouth downturned. "… Master Hun does pass his time with a girl called Mirii." Her eyelids lowered to the middle.
"Mirii?!" Tom's eyes expanded. "You mean the Perfectionist?!"
Kelly's eyes expanded, as her hands covered her mouth.
"Sh-she does mention that a lot…"
"Then, she must be the Squid!" Tom nodded, while smiling widely. "I can't believe that girl is involved into those affairs as well…"
"Huh…" Kelly's head tilted a bit to her left. "… I heard that she's really active around the sweeter waters…"
"There are several rumors around her… more than her friends, really." His mouth flattened a bit. "I bet your Master's name was coming from one of those rumors…"
"The one that says how she loves him?" Kelly's hands went behind her back, as she smiled widely.
"Eh?! She is in love?!" The man tilted his back. "Th-that's new…" His back returned forward. "I'll definitively mention this, after this whole adventure is over…"
"Tee hee hee!" Her eyes closed. "She might look cold, but I bet she does this to hide her true self…"
"Heh… anyway, I guess you want to talk with her?" Tom's hands went inside his pockets.
"I'm sure she knows the reason behind this old prison I got myself into, as well as knowing where Master Hun is!" Her mouth smiled briefly. "Although, I would really hate asking help to her of all Squids…" She frowned a bit. "Her coldness does get in my nerves…"
"Ah, shoot!" His eyes closed, as he grinned slightly, while his eyebrows went a bit up and a sweat drop appears on his head's right side. "Riiight…"
"Eh?" Kelly's head tilted left and right. "What now…?"
"Speaking of Mirii… I heard that something really big is happening right in this instant." Tom nodded, as his mouth downturned. "Something related to her too…"
Tom sighed loudly.