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Mirii swallowed silently, as she kept staring at the taller image of herself.
"… superb. Amazing. I… I-I don't have the words…"
Her right hand picked her smartphone, as she pointed it towards the image: her screen was showing the same.
Clic.
Mirii smiled widely, as her head lowered and her irises watched the photo.
"I-I look so… professional. Well-proportionated on all sides…! The height I always wanted to have…"
Her head rose back, watching her own image and putting away her smartphone.
"What's your name?"
… not know, not know.
Taller Mirii's head shook.
"You don't remember your name…?" Mirii's head tilted to her right.
… not know, not know.
Taller Mirii's mouth downturned.
"… I'm glad to announce that from this day on, you will have a new name." Mirii smiled a bit.
The tall girl's mouth smiled and opened wide, as her eyes sparkled.
"You will be called Mirii as the first name, Hanache as the last name." Mirii nodded.
Mirii… Mirii! Ih ih!
"No, don't giggle when you are myself…" Mirii's right forefinger tilted left and right, in front of the image. "If you want to keep the friendship, you have to keep such appearance and act like me… as if you were my shadow."
Shadow…? … ok.
"Good." Mirii's head rose. "If you try pranking me from now on, I'll refuse to have you as a friend."
Taller Mirii's mouth downturned.
Ok! Ok! Friend!
"… until her innocence is proven, I'll keep an eye on her actions." Mirii turned on her right, as she walked towards the stairs. "There is something suspicious about her behavior… I can't tell how, exactly." She stopped, turning towards the stairs. "In such situation, I can't ask information to her… I have to deal with my mission, as if I'm alone right now."
The girl began stepping on the stair steps, moving upwards: her right hand took her gun out.
"I don't have any Protective suit on me… … how I wish I could trust this image, if I told her to guard the surroundings." Her eyebrows went up, as her shoulders turned around. "B-be calm, Mirii… I-I have experience on fights…"
Mirii reached a small floor, as her feet began walking on the next pair of stairs. Her head rose, seeing a wall in the distance. Her ears rose, as her knees bended and kept walking in a slower pace. Some sweat formed her forehead, as she was moving towards the wall on the right…
"So, you refused to listen to me…" The male voice came from the distance. "… I'll come to get you."
"Curses!" Mirii's face frowned, as her back went against the wall. "I have no time to waste with the likes of you! Retreat, before you will regret going against me!" Her irises bounced left and right, as more sweat formed on her forehead.
Alert! Alert!
"Uhm?!" Mirii's head turned to her left.
SWISH!
The girl bended forward, as her knees bended down: her tentacles swung violently towards the top of the stairs. Her head was pointing at the bottom of the stairs, before twisting to the right and watching the top.
"… was him who passed me with such unseen speed?" Her eyes grew. "I can't see anything of suspicion from here…"
Her knees stretched upwards, as her feet stepped on the next two stair steps.
"She warned me, though…" Her irises went to her right, seeing the taller image of herself near the corner. "… no, it's not enough for making me consider her help."
Mirii's bag went on the wall, as she walked sideways on the 4 remaining stair steps, while grasping her gun tightly. The girl shivered a bit, as she tilted to her right and staring at the floor: certain tiles were sticking out from the floor and others had their colors in a grey tone.
Her irises pointed towards the left side of a wooden door, with deep lines spread around it. Twisting her head to her left, Mirii watched the floor and 3 closed doors. Her head rose.
"I'm not hearing anything suspicious… although, I wouldn't mind wearing something warmer on me." Her eyebrows went up. "Perhaps I should consider activating the heater, if I have the chance to find it…"
Mirii walked away from the wall and from the stairs, stopping in the middle of the hallway.
Where to go?
"… now that I think about it… she talks in a primitive way." She turned behind, seeing Taller Mirii smiling and standing on the wall corner's left side. "Was she created by the owners of this building?"
Her head turned to her right, as the girl walks on the hallway. She stops in front of the door, turning in its direction and raising her gun. She bended towards it, with her left ear landing on the wooden surface: she pressed her ear for at least 2 seconds, before tilting away from the door and walking forward.
In the distance, a window was reflecting the sunray on the floor, in a square shape.
"I shouldn't check the doors like this, considering that foe's presence… but I can't let myself being affected by such invisible presence!" Her left ear went on a wooden door, as her eyebrows were down. "I must find the place where those Agents are hiding… if they are even Agents to begin with!" Her head rose.
A sweat drop appears on Mirii's right side of her head.
"If the door is open, I might enter inside the room and perhaps find a bathroom who's fully functional… or something similar!"
Her left hand went on the round door handle, as she tilted it to the right.
Clic.
Mirii's mouth opened a bit. Her left hand pushed the door, as it squeaked loudly. In front of the girl, crumpled papers covered in dust and dirt. The walls had words colored in red and drawings of Squids were depicted.
"… no furniture…?" Her eyes squeeze a bit. "I'll not find anything useful, then"
SWISH!
Mirii fell down on her stomach, as her hands opened wide: her gun flew forward, landing on the dirty papers.