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"Well, here we are...!"
The man was standing in front of a large tree, with his arms on his sides. Lisa was on his left side, staring at a black crack on it.
"Oh my... oooooh mmyyy!" Her eyebrows went up. "If I retreat now, sensei will be so disappointed at meeee...!"
"What do you think, Lisa?"
The little girl twisted to her right, looking at the man. He was staring back, while smiling. Surrrounding the two Inklings, a group of trees and bushes with a dim light coming from the various openings in between the leafs.
"I-I mustered a lot of courage, sensei...!" Sweat jumped out from her head. "I-I just needed tooo... mentally prepare myself!" She grinned a bit. "I-I'm so sorry if it's taking this much time...!"
"... take your time, Lisa." He walked forward, stopping in front of the tree's right side. "If you still want to concentrate, then"
"No no, I'm fine, I'm fine!" The little girl frowned, as her arms bended and her fists clenched. "No curse would scare me as much as Sukarījī, anyway!"
"That's the spirit!" The man chuckled, as his right hand rested on the wood. "I believe in your success, Lisa."
Lisa's eyes sparkled, as she blushed and opened her mouth a bit.
"I will not disappoint you!" She smiled, jumping forward and swinging her fan towards the crack.
Crrrr...
The crack expanded, as a dark-purple matter formed in it. Lisa took a deep, silent breath... then, she dived into it in a splash.
Her feet landed on a circular, wooden platform: she stumbled, as her arms stretched sideways and her eyes expanded.
"Aaaaah!" She kept tilting back and forth.
Gradually, the platform stopped its movement and the girl's arms lowered in a slow motion. She sighed loudly, as her left hand went on her chest and her eyes closed.
"Th-that was too close!" Her eyes opened, as her eyebrows went up. "If I fall, I should still be fine... right?" Her irises moved to her right. "Aaah, I can't remember... how could I, anyway? I'm so scared, I could barely think how to defend mys"
Suddenly, the platform began shaking, as Lisa fell on her bottom while screaming loudly. The platform was now moving forward, as the girl's tentacles were pushed by the wind, going backwards.
"Sensei wasn't kidding when he said this curse was a low-level one!" Her eyes squeezed a bit, watching a larger surface. "There isn't even any land, at all!" She smiled slightly. "At least I don't have to fight any monster... what a relief!"
The platform's movement speed increased: Lisa's eyes shut, as she began shivering.
"... I-I want to hug sensei...!" She sobbed silently. "I-I don't like this at all...!"
Slowly, her tentacles were returning in their previous position. The girl's eyes opened to the middle: the platform was slowly moving towards the larger surface.
"Ah... aaah, yes!" Her eyes grew, as her mouth smiled widely. "A safer ground, at last!"
The platform touched the surface's edge: Lisa stands up, rushing forward. She began jumping and giggling.
"Yuppie! I made it! Yes!" She stopped, keeping her previous face expression.
She turned behind, seeing a shadow-covered Inkling girl staring back at her. Lisa frowned, as her right arm swung and her fan opened wide.
"... maybe the Demon Squid is a kind soul... but I can't dialogue with it." Her eyes squeezed a bit. "If I beat her, then I should have one more core left..."
Lisa dashed, while yelling loudly.
THUMP!
A lizard-like creature fell in between the two.
"HUH?!" Lisa's eyes expanded, as her feet tried to st
POW!
The creature's tail hit the girl, making her fly backwards. She landed on her back, as her hands opened wide and her fan flew past her: it stopped near the edge.
"... away from my meat..." The monster jumped towards the shadow girl.
She hissed, jumping as well in the lizard's direction.
PAF!
The shadow girl flew backwards, landing on the floor and rolling towards the edge. Slowly, Lisa rose on her feet, as her teeth were gritted and her right eye was closed. The lizard kept looking at the girl-looking figure falling down from the edge. The girl panted twice, as her right eye slowly opened.
The creature turned behind...
"Wh-who are you...?!" Lisa began taking some steps backwards.
Vvvuuuuuuummm!
The girl gasped, as she twisted in the opposite direction. The monster was right in front of her.
"This curse is mine..." His mouth was still closed. "... and you are too young to even be seen as food..."
"D-don't eat me, please!" Tears formed below Lisa's eyes. "I-I'm dangerous for any tummy!"
"I craw for powers... my hunger for it, will never be satisfied...!" Slowly, he disappeared into thin air.
The girl turned around, as she took few steps towards her fan.
You, curse hunters... you have always been on my nerves. You, on the other hand, are so weak that I will not even bother splatting you... the curse is much more appealing for my thirst of power.
"Sgrunt!" Lisa frowned, as she bended down and grabbed her fan with her right hand, before raising back up. "If only I was 14, right now, I would had smacked him in a jiffy! Such a brute for picking on a small girl like me!"
Her arms folded, as she looked at the dark-purple sky.
"... it's even more jarring that I can't go back. Not even if I manage to return near the starting point!" She sighed, as her eyebrows went up. "Besides… I can't disappoint Will… he is still believing me, despite my inability to hide my fears…"
The surface began trembling.
"NOT AGAIN!" She dashed forward, as her eyes expanded.
Crrrrrrr...
Her tentacles were pushed backwards by the wind, once again. Lisa's feet touched an emerging tile, as she tilted forward and fell with her stomach down.
"Ow, ow!" Her eyes squeezed. "Noo, noo! I had enough of those random trips! When this nightmare will end?!"