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Mirii's mouth waved, as her eyelids lowered to the middle, her eyebrows flattened and sweat covered her forehead.
"As you can… see!" Her eyes closed. "Th-the image appears… on the wall!"
Her right eye opened a bit: Jak's eyes were expanded, as his mouth opened. He turned his shoulders to the left and behind, seeing Tiss and the other man having a similar expression.
"I… I-I don't know what to say about this!" Mirii's teeth gritted, as her right hand lowered. "Give me a moment to"
"How did you do that?!" Jak returned forward, as he bended in the same direction, while smiling widely.
Mirii tilted backwards, as her irises shrunk.
"Drawing that? With a brush, I bet!" The man chuckled.
Tiss' left elbow hit the man's stomach, as his cheeks puffed.
"Were you capable of seeing it?!" Mirii's mouth opened wide.
"Yes!" Jak nodded, as his eyes closed. "How did you do that? Do you wear special contact lens who lets you see such thing?"
"… no, I don't have any contact lens on my eyes." Mirii's head rose, as her mouth sealed. "However, I'll not leave the question unanswered." Her left fist clenched. "I WILL find the reason why I possess such unknown power!"
Her head turned to her left, seeing the image's mouth smiling and keeping the hands behind the back.
"… I will try pointing my smartphone at the image." Her right hand rose, pointed at Taller Mirii. "I will also keep the smartphone into Camera mode. Hopefully, you will be able to see the image even during its motion…"
Her right thumb pressed on her screen, until it shows the wall with the image on it. Mirii took some steps forward, before stopping on her feet.
"Tell me, can you see the image?" Mirii's eyes squeezed a bit.
"Huh, I wonder why this image is portraying you as a very tall girl…" Jak bended his knees down a bit, as his mouth opened, while watching the screen.
"I have seen girls taller than this… but it's still a nice height for a girl." The man chuckled.
"But what we are seeing in here, exactly?" Tiss' eyebrows frowned. "Does she have anything to do with the Painter Converter…?"
"Mirii, listen." The girl's left arm went on her left side. "I'm asking you to make your true image appear, alongside mine…"
Suddenly, another Inkling girl emerged from the wall, standing on Taller Mirii's right side.
"If she belongs to those missing Squids, you might recognize her face…" Mirii's head rose. "Can you?"
"Hmm… … no… no, she doesn't look like anyone I have seen so far." Jak's head shook.
"Beats me." The man snorted.
"Nope." Tiss sighed.
"Have you heard information regarding this building?" Mirii's left hand caressed her left tentacle once. "Perhaps, this image might have a connection"
"The only thing we know is this lab's existence… there isn't anything else of interest." Jak shrugged.
"… hmm…" Mirii's head lowered, as her eyes closed. "… … Mirii… mind if you talk to us?"
Hello!
The two girls on the wall waved her right hands, while smiling.
"Did they talk?" The man's head tilted to his right, as his irises were resting on his eyes' left corner.
"… of course, I should had known." Mirii sighed. "The smartphone is only capturing their image, right now… not their voice."
"Ehm… why you call her Mirii, anyway?" A sweat drop appears on Tiss' right side of her head. "Don't tell me that"
"She never had a name, before… thus, I decided to call her like me." Mirii's head rose. "She was very honored to be called after the Perfection, I'm sure."
Sweet drops appears on the three Inklings' heads.
"In any case." Mirii's eyebrows lowered a bit. "Mirii, do you know anything in particular about this building?"
The two girls shook their heads. Gradually, Mirii's irises shrunk.
"Wait… wh-where are you from, then?!" She bended forward.
Don't know… don't know…
Mirii snorted loudly, as her head lowered and shook.
"Uhm… I assume talking to them doesn't lead us anywhere." Tiss shrugged. "Alright, then I guess we should"
Wait!
Mirii's head rose back, as her neck tilted forward.
Ink… ink…
"Ink?" Mirii's eyes squeezed a bit.
The two girls pointed at themselves. Mirii's mouth flattened for a moment.
"… and why we should ink the wall?"
They smiled back. Mirii kept staring at the image for 5 seconds, before turning behind.
"Do you happen to hold an ink weapon?"
"Ah, wait a sec!" Tiss turned behind, making a sprint. "I'm going to give you mine!"
"Thank you." Mirii bowed, raising her back after half a second. "… why the image is asking me to ink the wall? This is the first time I received such task… I had a weapon too, so"
"Here!" Tiss rushed back, with a Splattershot on her right hand, while her right arm was stretching upwards. "Its Tank is filled with Ink, so no need for an Ink Tank!"
Tiss gradually slowed down, until stopping in front of the girl: Mirii's left hand grabbed the Splattershot, as she turned behind and walked towards the wall.
"Alright…" Her left hand pointed her weapon towards the wall.
Ta-ta-ta-ta!
Orange ink fell on the image, covering it fully.
"Done." Mirii's head rose, as her left hand pointed her weapon upwards. "Can you try tell me the reason for this?"
Her eyes kept staring back at the ink… as a small circle emerged, which kept changing its color. The circle began spreading around on the whole ink stain: Mirii gasped, as her eyes grew. The whole spot was now changing color. The girl turned behind, as her irises shrunk.
"Are you seen this?!"
"Wh-what?" Jak's mouth downturned. "I'm seeing the orange ink you used on the wall…"
Mirii… come…
Suddenly, Mirii's tentacles pointed towards the stain, as a strong wind was pushing against her. She screamed, as her feet began sliding towards the stain and her hands opened: smartphone and weapon fell on the ground.
"Hold on!" Jak grabbed Mirii's hands, as he tilted in the opposite direction, while squeezing his eyes. "Uuuuuuuhhnnnnggggggggg!"
"What the shell?!" Tiss grabbed Jak's shoulders, as she tilted backwards.
"Oh ship!" The man grabbed Tiss' sides, as he gritted his teeth.
Mirii kept screaming, as her tentacles waved in the air quicker.
Don't worry… come…
"CEASE THIS MADNESS, YOU FOOL!" Mirii yelped a bit. "STOP IT!"
Mirii's feet were slowly sliding towards the stain… as the girl tilted backwards.
"It's… too strong…" Jak's eyes squeezed a lot, as he yelped silently.
Tiss and the other man groaned and snorted, tilting wildly backwards. Mirii's tentacles were entering inside the stain, as the girl went suddenly backwards: she emerged inside the ink, as the three Inklings slammed against the wall. They all fell, raising their heads and staring back at the orange ink.