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"Uff… uff…" Tom pushed the door back. "… oohh man! Thank you so much for that save…!" He smiled, while staring at Grina's back.
"Anytime, sweetie!" Grina turned behind, as she sits on her bed, while grasping her smartphone with her left hand and smiling.
Pon-poooon! Pon-poooon!
"… ehm… could you please turn it off?" A sweat drop appears on Tom's right side of his head, as his eyes closed. "It's really getting on my nerves…"
"So, you are much calmer together with the Demon Squids?" Grina slightly bended forward, as her eyelids lowered to the middle.
"Eh?!" Tom's irises shrunk. "Wh-what does that have to do with that sound?!"
"Haven't you noticed how the Demon Squids fell down helplessly?" She grins a bit. "It's all thanks to this little melody!" She nodded. "We keep the concert alive, our game will not be over just yet."
"… just like with Kelly…" Tom frowned a bit.
"WTT you said?!" Grina stands up, as her eyes expanded.
"You know her?!" The man bended forward. "She's in my room, right now…"
"Is she alone too?!" Her eyebrows went up, as her teeth gritted a bit. "If so, we must get back"
"No, we must find my friend first!" Tom nodded. "She could be the only one who can let her get back home…"
"Wait, wait! Hold the horsefishes!" Grina's arms opened wide. "Why Kelly can't get back home right away?! I know that little girl can easily teleport"
"She's an adult…" The man sighed loudly.
Grina's face went paler, as her mouth flattened.
"She wants to get back home, so she can return to her age…" His head lowered, as his eyebrows went up. "… she was even concerned about her status." His head rose back. "She fears that her adult form will stay permanently, if too much time passes…"
"Yo-you…!" Her irises shrunk, as she took some steps backwards. "… I-I don't like your imaginations…"
"This is for real!" Tom frowned. "I couldn't come up with this stuff! Not even after taking too many drinks!"
"How old is she now?!" Grina's left hand went on her mouth, as her teeth were gritting.
"I don't know… but she looks like someone around their 24s… 26s!" He nodded.
"She's older than me?!" Grina began walking in place. "Ship, ship, ship! This is NOT good at all!"
Pon-poooon! Pon-poooon!
The girl stopped, as her head turned to her left and staring back at her smartphone.
"… do you have your smartphone with you?" Grina's head rose back.
"Yes, why?" The man sunk his right hand inside his pants' right-front pocket, as he pulls out a black-colored smartphone.
"I'll give you this app, so you can get back to Kelly and protect her with this sound!" Grina frowned a bit.
"No, that would not work!" Tom shook his head, while closing his eyes. "Kelly managed to see Mirii's memories… she woke up with this terrible sound on her head!"
"Ggghh!" Grina's teeth bite her lips' right side. "Miss Perfection was the one who gave me this app…"
"We cannot get back in there!" The man shook his head. "Instead, we must find my friend's wife and ask her this important information she has!"
"Your friend's wife…?" Grina's eyes blinked, as she took some steps forward. "Who's that?"
"She's called Aga." Tom nodded. "You know her?"
"Yep!" Grina smiled. "In fact, I even know where she is…"
"Really?!" The man's mouth opened wide.
"She must be inside Tonna's office, chatting with her…" She grins a bit. "If everything is settled down, let's get out of here asap!"
Grina began walking, passing Tom and stopping in front of her door, as her right hand landed on the door handle.
Taka-ta-ka.
"Hey!" Her head lowered, as her right arm kept pulling. "What's the big idea?!"
"Oouh nooou…" Tom lowered his shoulders, as his mouth downturned. "Now what?!"
"Those Demon Squids…" Grina frowned, while turning behind. "… they must be behind this!" Her right foot stomped the floor. "We are locked in!"
"They can even do that?!" Tom frowned too. "This is really troublesome… do you have an app who can repel this curse or whatever it's called?"
"Nope! Miss Perfection only had this one…" Grina sighed, as her right hand went on her right side. "This splats… guess we need to use the phone way." She turned behind, as her head lowered down and her right hand grabbed her smartphone.
"Eh…? Aga gave you her phone number…?" The man looked at the girl walking towards the bed, while standing still.
"No, I'm calling Tonna…" Her head rose back, staring back at Tom. "… do you have Aga's phone number?"
"Eh eh eh…" Sweat covered his forehead, while his eyes closed and his mouth grinning. "… I-I don't really want to make my friend think I'm interested in his wife… some time ago, I called her cute and Harry didn't took it too well…"
"Ih ih, I see!" Grina sits down on her bed, as her right hand brought her smartphone on her ear's right side. "What about Harry's phone number?"
"He keeps forgetting that… in all honesty, I never cared about getting others' phone numbers." He shrugged. "I usually pay them directly a visit or go to the Hub and wait for them."
"… that's something new…" Her eyelids lowered to the middle.
Hello?
"Hey there, Miss Rules!" Grina grinned a bit, as she fell on her bed with her back. "Mind a minute?"
Sgrumpf… when you will say my name instead of that childish nickname?!
"When I'll get in mature mode, don't worry…" Her left forefinger was twirling her left tentacle. "… is there Aga?"
Yes, why?
"I need to talk to her…" Her irises went to her right.
About what?
"About something important… it's a long story." Grina's eyes closed.
…
… hello?
"Hello Aga." Grina smiled. "I'm gonna make it snappy, since it's kind of a mess…"
A mess? … wait, I'm activating the speakers, so Tonna can listen to this.
"Go ahead…" Grina sighed loudly.
Tom walked towards a chair, located next to a drawer, as he sits on it while bending forward.
Done.
Grina, what kind of mess are you talking about?!
"Relax, Miss Rules…" Her eyes opened. "… I think I will activate the speakers too." Her right hand brought the smartphone in front of her face, as her right thumb pressed on the screen. "There."
"Hello Aga." Tom smiled.
Huh?! Tom?!
"Yes." He nodded. "It's been a while."
Tom?
He's one of my husband's friends! As he said, a lot of time passed since we last met…
… does he know Grina?
As far as I know, I don't think so…
"No, we just met before…" Grina grins a bit. "… as he was surrounded by a large group of Demon Squids."
BY WHO?!
Demon Squids…?
It's one of those mystical creatures from the Shrine, Aga! … your name is Tom, correct?
"Yes." Tom nodded, as he walked towards Grina, while staring at her smartphone.
Tom, I happened to meet Mirii earlier… she mentioned those to me, but I remember she was in a hurry… I couldn't get much from it. Perhaps, she might know something more about those Demon Squids…?
"Yo-you haven't seen Bars?!" Grina's eyes expanded.
No, I didn't… nor Hun.
I briefly saw Bars: he was walking around, alone as well.
"… plenty of stuff happened in such short time…?" Grina's head lowered, as her eyebrows went up.
Where you were in the meantime?
"… eh eh… you will all know…" She grins a bit.
Grina, did you had anything to do with those Demon Squids?!
"Me? I just recorded a video about them…" Her irises pointed at Tom. "I saved Tom thanks to an app given by Mirii…"
What app?
Does this app happen to emit this annoying sound…?
"Ding, ding!" Her eyes closed. "Good answer there, Aga!" Her eyes reopened. "This sound makes the Demon Squids fall down helplessly… same for the Shrine Squids."
And you keep it on, as if it's a bug repellent?
"Oh my turf, you are amazingly smart, Aga!" Grina grins, while closing her eyes. "I haven't come up with that analogy yet…"
Tom, did you said that you wanted to find Aga?
"Yes." Tom's arms folded. "Kelly told me she knows something very important!"
… I think I know what she wants to know…
"Then, please tell!" Tom swallowed silently.
I met Mirii earlier… and we talked to each other for a while.
"So, you found Miss Perfection…" Grina nodded. "… I did heard that she kind of disappeared in the HQ."
"Because of the Demon Squids, right?!" Tom frowned.
"If I knew that, I would had also guessed correctly the lottery numbers…" Grina grins.
"Eh…" Tom tilted backwards a bit, as his mouth flattened and opened very slightly. "… bu-but everything that's happening right now was caused by them! Even the locked door, you just mentioned!" Sweat was jumping out from his head.
Aga, why you haven't told this to us? Bars and Mirii are in danger! This whole invasion is happening right now and we don't even know where everyone is!
"Don't forget Hunry, Miss Rules!" Grina frowned. "Considering the presence of those freaks, he must be in danger as well…"
But he can defend himself, without the need of any weapons!
Mirii said that she was looking for Hun… but she didn't looked in a hurry at all. She appeared calm as usual… I can even tell you what we talked about.
A sweat appeared on Tom's right side of his head. Grina kept looking at her smartphone, with her mouth sealed…
We talked about Demon Squids.
YOU KNEW THEM ALL ALONG?!
"And you haven't done anything to stop them?!" Grina stands up, while frowning and clenching her left fist.
Stop attacking me, you two! Mirii wasn't talking about the problem running amok… she claimed to be looking for those, all alone.
"All alone… and without any weapon of any kind?!" Tom squeezed his eyes a bit.
"She has the same app as I have!" Grina's right hand flipped her smartphone, while smiling and lowering her eyebrows. "I told you this, right? She was the one who gave it to me!"
"And how that happened…?" Tom lifted his posture.
"She sends me the message for it!" Grina nodded. "Can't say where she gets those toys… which is something I would love to know!" Her eyes closed. "I could find some nice games to play around with aannddd… eh heh, I'm getting all sorts of neat ideas in mind…" She chuckles a bit.
Unfortunately, I can't really say anything else since this is all what we were talking about… at first I thought she heard some kind of theories about those creatures and she began looking for them… however, I did began to grow suspicious about this interest she was having…
It might be obvious, that she's hunting for them…
"But how can she defeat them?!" Tom clenched his fists. "We can only stun them! I mean, that sound isn't making them disappear…"
I don't know what she has in mind… but perhaps, we should consider the fact that she was very calm when she talked about this to me.
"I would never be calm in front of those monsters…" The man nodded. "Something is up… I'm sure of it!"
I remember seeing Mirii walking on the hallway, after we stop our chat… she was seemingly going towards Hun's room.
Groan… lunch is about to come, for turf's sake! Why those darn problems happen right when I can finally relax from all this hard work I did?!
"Well, if you feel like eating with those Demon Squids…" Grina chuckles, as her eyes closed.
… one of those days I'll make you sweep down my room… mark my words on that!
"… what are we going to do, now…?" Tom turned behind, watching the closed door. "I can't stand here… I have to solve this situation in one way or another!" His head lowered. "Unfortunately, Grina's door is locked because of a curse…"
A Demon Squid can lock a door down too?! Is there something they can't do?!
So, you are stuck in Grina's room, Tom…
"Yes… and we don't know what to do, in order to break the curse down!" Tom's arms opened wide.
"Why not relaxing here, while we are at it…?" Grina grins, as her back fell on her bed. "Aaaaah!" Her eyelids lowered to the middle. "Uuuhhmmm… a bit of peace and quiet isn't all that bad…"
Sigh… you are supposed to be younger than this, you know.
Tonna, maybe I should get going and look for Mirii… knowing her genius, she will figure out a way to break the curse and open the cursed door.
Stay here! Those Demon Squids will
They wouldn't even know who I'm… relax.
… aren't you scared of them?
Nah… I'm not. I have a little plan in mind, so I can't really find any reasons to worry about… at least not as excessively.
"Good luck, Miss Guessin'!" Grina's left arm covered her eyes.
"Be careful, Aga…" Tom bended forward, watching Grina's smartphone.
Call me back, if you do happen to solve everything… I'm keeping that door shut!
"Eh eh… someone is a little scared…" Grina snickered.
… I'll make you sweep the bathrooms, Grina… then we will see who will have the last laugh!
Alright, I'm going… see ya.
Bye, Aga!
"Bye bye!" Grina's left arm slid down, as her irises were pointed upwards.
"Bye…" Tom sighed, as he was frowning a bit. "… just, what's going on around here…?"