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"L-Listen!" Mirii's hands went forward, as sweat covered her face. "I-I have to… ehm…"
"Don't be afraid!" The woman's eyebrows went up, as her smile increased a bit. "Together, we will defeat that terrible boss… this is the last time he"
"I have to go to the bathroom!" Mirii's arms went on her sides.
The woman's mouth sealed.
"… you don't know where it is?" The woman's head tilted to her left.
"I-I have been looking for the bathroom ever since I entered inside this lab, admittedly…" Mirii smiled a bit, as her shoulders shrugged and her eyebrows went slightly up. "Eh eh eh… I-I'm sorry for wasting your time… I'm incapable of learning any structures rapidly…"
She was trembling a bit.
"WHAT AM I DOING?! HOW COULD I RUINED MY IMAGE OF PERFECTION LIKE THAT?!" Her eyes went slightly watery. "A-actually, I-I'm not that terrible at"
"Don't worry… I was a beginner too." The woman nodded, as her eyes closed and her mouth chuckled. "I'll bring you to the bathrooms… try to remember the path as accurately as possible." She turned to her left. "Follow me."
Mirii sighed, as her eyebrows flattened.
"… alright…" Her eyelids lowered to the middle. "I'll use this experience to self-control even more, before another Squid will think to deal with a mere beginner…"
The woman began walking forward, as the girl followed her with her head rose and her eyebrows slightly down.
"Sorry for the question, but where did you get that bag?" The woman's right hand took her right tentacle, pushing it behind. "I don't like sticking my nose around other's affairs, but I swear I remember that each lab has its own unique bag…"
Mirii's tentacles formed a zig-zag shape: her arms stretched downwards, as her hands opened wide.
"Th-they gave it to me, before I would depart from my previous lab…" She swallowed silently.
"Interesting… your previous lab must be well organized!" The woman nodded. "Did you liked it there, more?"
"To be frank… yes." Mirii's eyes closed. "If I give her the idea that I don't want to stay here, she might"
"Once you are done with the bathroom, we will immediately reach the director and make him change his mind!" The woman chuckled.
Mirii's eyes grew.
"I must think of something to avoid a confrontation with the director…" Her irises bounced left and right.
The hallway had glass windows on the walls: each had either a group of Inkling adults wearing a white coat, discussing with each other… or fewer Inklings who were watching another Inkling of young age, which was sitting inside a small, rectangular room, composed with glass walls and positioned vertically.
"… the amount of job here is rather high as usual, right?" Mirii's head rose.
"Yes, unfortunately…" The woman sighed. "At least I managed to switch my role into the Social sector, where I conduct experiments and studies on personal behaviors."
"A key factor for our roles…" Mirii's eyes squeezed a bit. "… and you have found new discoveries?"
"Recently, I have received a memo where we would start collaborating with the Medicine sector within the next week." The woman turned to her right. "We have to figure out if it's possible to make people happier or mad, with the use of natural products… without causing any harms too, since that's the whole point of this collaboration."
The girl's eyes expanded.
"They have the intention of manipulating emotions?!" She frowned. "Despicable! I wonder what they are going to do with such terrible power in their hands… perhaps they want to control the masses, thanks to a specific marketing strategy?" Her eyes squeezed a bit. "… let's see if I can"
"The bathroom is over there!" The woman stopped, turning behind and pointing her forefinger towards a door showing the silhouette of an Inkling woman.
Mirii stopped, as she snorted.
"Curses! Too late!" Her eyes squeezed a bit. "I'm forced to think about"
"On second thought, I could go to the bathroom as well…" The woman smiled and nodded, with her eyes closed. "A quick refresh, before we face the director… ok?"
Mirii's mouth flattened: her shoulders turned around, as she watches the large, circular room. Behind her, the hallway with the glass on each side of the wall. Above her, a platform with rails who was stretching around the room, as voices were heard coming from all angles.
Three, large entrances were respectively on the left, on the front and on the right. Each had a hallway who seem to stretch for half a mile. In between the front and right hallways, a smaller oval hole with stairs: an Inkling man was walking on it, moving upwards. In between the left and front hallways, a vending machine was located, well filled with snacks and drinks.
Several Inklings were around, either walking in a direction or talking with one or more of them. The woman walked towards the female bathroom door, located on the previous hallway's left side. Mirii turned towards the door, as her right hand was holding her smartphone.
"… I wish I could explore the labs even more… but at this point, I understand that it's not possible." She walked, following the woman. "Once I get back home, I'll begin a self-training session where I'll make sure that luck will never be an important element, for any future performances…" She frowned a lot. "This will be the last time I will ever count on luck… definitively the last time!"
The woman pushed the door, as she walked inside the room: Mirii entered inside the bathroom, as her left hand pushed the door back. Her head turned to her left, seeing several doors shut. The woman went to the last door on the left, pushing it and entering inside: she pushed the door back.
The girl walked towards the last door, as her right hand grasped her smartphone tightly. Noises were coming from behind the door: the girl turned towards it, as she lowered until her stomach was touching the floor.
Her left hands grabbed the smartphone's left side: the device was pointed towards the woman's right ankle.
Fum!