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"… big bro…"
Fara was sitting on a bed, while her head was looking down. She was wearing a white outfit, ending with a dress reaching her knees: snowflakes were spread all over the cloth. Her hands were clasped, as the sleeves were covering her wrists.
She sighed loudly. Two red bows were each on one side of her head.
"… are you… returning home?" Her eyes closed. "Big bro…"
Knock knock.
The little girl twisted behind, as her eyes expanded. She jumped out from the bed, passing it from the left and rushing at full speed over a large, white door with 4 golden-lined rectangles put in a symmetrical order. Her right hand grabbed the wave-like, golden handle.
Her left hand joined the right one, as her arms pulled the door while snorting and squeezing her eyes. As Fara reopened her little eyes, she was staring at a horseshoe crab wearing a small shell on his head and a complete butler uniform. He had wrinkles on his face. His hands were behind his back, while his eyes were closed.
"Miss Fara, your beloved brother has returned from his short trip in the park."
The little Inkling's eyes grew, same for her smile: she rushed past the man, as he keeps his previous composure.
"... kids those days..." He turned behind, as he walked towards the small girl's direction.
With her arms wide open, Fara was running while bending forward and smiling widely: her feet were wearing small red shoes, as both had each a white rose on the tip.
Paintings were hanging on the walls: one was depicting several grassy hills under a clear sky, with a collection of house in the middle. Another painting was showing an Inkling man wearing a red cape, a blue outfit and a crown on his head, while sitting on a throne.
Around Fara, several doors as big as the previous ones were positioned on the walls, surrounded by a thick, white boarder depicting various waves on its edges. A golden statue was positioned in front of a wall, watching over the stairs below: it was depicting an Inkling woman holding a vase with both hands, as a veil was going around the body from the shoulders to the left knee.
The little girl slowed down, until she stopped in front of the slick, golden stair rail: its path was forming an arc, with the curled tips being located below the staircase.
"No, Miss Fara!" The man was stretching his right arm towards the small Inkling, while running at a slow pace. "Remember the manners! No jumping on"
Fara took a small sprint on the right side, jumping on the rail and sliding down at full speed.
"Weeeeeh!" Her eyes were closed, while grasping the slide.
The man snorted, while frowning a bit and raising his head. The young girl jumped once more, avoiding the curled tip and landing on her right foot: the foot slipped backwards, immediately after, as she fell down on her right knee. She began yelping, rolling on her right side and grasping the knee with both her hands. Her eyes were squeezing, as small tears were forming from below them.
The man was rushing over the central stair rail, as his hands grasped on it and his head was pointed at the fallen girl.
"Oh my turfness!" He turned to his right side, as he began descending the stair steps. "Miss Fara! Hang in there!"
"Ow ow oooowwww!" Her eyes opened a bit, full of tears, as her teeth were gritting. "Aaaaah…!" Her shoulders lifted from the floor, as she was seeing ink on her dress' bottom-right corner. "… AAAH!"
Claaaanngg!
Light entered from the big door placed in front of the hall, as it formed a thin, vertical rectangle on the floor. The man stepped on the floor, as he stopped in front of Fara, bending down on his knees.
"… FARA!"
Her small head turned over the right: Hun was rushing towards her, while raising his eyebrows and with his mouth downturned. The man's hands went below Fara's back, lifting her from the semi-reflecting floor.
"HEY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Hun frowned, as he stopped. "Leave her alone!"
The man's right eyebrow rose, while his small eyes were staring back at the boy.
"Hunry, no!"
"Huh?!" He turned behind, seeing Greta with a sad frown on her face.
Her head shook.
"Don't forget who he is!" She walked forward.
"Who he is…?" He turned behind, watching the man again. "… who are you?"
"I thought you wouldn't forgive my name…" His eyes expanded, as Fara began screaming.
"Oooowww, it huuuuurrttss!" The little girl sobbed.
"… your memory problems are worse than expected." The man turned behind. "I will allow Miss Greta reminding you the missing memories." He began walking towards the stairs.
"Wait, where are you" Hun's eyes expanded, once Greta stopped with a slide in front of him.
"Hunry, would you use that sponge of yours for once?!" She frowned at him. "Try to remember who he is, before jumping the guns!"
"Jumping the guns…?" His head tilted to his right.
Greta sighed, as her right hand covered her eyes.
"Hunley, that person is the butler of this villa."
Mirii stopped on Hun's right side, as her arms folded and her head rose.
"He was simply picking up your sister and giving her medical attention." Her eyes closed. "And before you would"
"What is a butler?" He fully turned over Mirii.
…
"Hunley, you know well who a butler is." Her eyes opened. "Just remember"
"Like, a butler is someone serving us!" Bars chuckled, as he stopped in front of Hun. "You can't get more basic than that, dude!"
"You and your unnecessary actions!" Mirii frowned, while turning on her left side. "Hunley would had perfectly remembered the butler's function, without your needless help."
"But why don't just tell him straight, girl?" Bars shrugged. "Like, we got this whole thing ended in a"
"The name is Mirii!" She bended forward. "And this brief lapse would have been solved rapidly anyway, since"
"Whoa whoa, slow down for a sec!" Greta bended forward, as her left hand rested on Mirii's right shoulder. "Don't you realize you are lifting your Charger for a situation, which is as peaceful as the main plaza?"
Mirii lifted her posture, as she turned over Greta…
"… I would say that you could had done better than before." Her head rose. "Instead of focusing only with your absurd implications…"
Greta's eyelids lowered to the middle.
"Ok ok, I will write that one 500 times on the chalkboard." Her eyebrows and eyelids went up. "But in exchange, drop your weapons."
"Hmpf!" Mirii's head turned over Hun. "… Hunley, do you now remember who he is?"
"Ehm… well…" Sweat covered Hun's forehead. "A bit…"
"Then, allow me to finish up the dilemma!" Greta's left arm went behind the boy's shoulders, as she pushed him forward. "See, that old man is Mr. Buckler!"
"Mr. Buckler…" Hun's mouth opened a bit.
"Actually, that surname is more of a nickname…" Her eyes closed, as she grinned a bit, while a sweat drop appears on her head's right side. "His real name is Shollen McOceano the Third."
"Ah…" His eyes grew a bit.
Both Inklings began stepping on the left stairs, followed by Bars and Mirii.
"Without retelling you everything, you just need to know that he taught us the basics of good behavior inside this villa." Greta nodded. "Your sister kinda acts on her own, though…"
"What?!" Hun frowned. "She's going to hear me about"
"Sssshhhh, ssshhh!" Sweat covered Greta's forehead. "You already did that, tons of times…" She whispered. "… although, she refused to believe the words of a ninja…"
"Oh…" His mouth opened.
"I'm suspecting that she is doing all this, because she doesn't like this place…" She sighed. "If you remember, she didn't took too well the whole plan I had…"
Hun's mouth downturned. The two stepped off from the stairs, now walking to the left.
"… and throughout this whole week, she wasn't in her best mood either." Her left hand patted Hun's left shoulder. "I think a nice talk about the sudden change of plans would… make her feel better." Her head tilted downwards, in front of her.
"… I will." Hun nodded, as he smiled. "Thank you for the suggestion, Grina."
Greta's head rose back, watching Hun and smiling at him.
"… but now!" She left his shoulders, as she spun clockwise and raising her arms "It's time for the Inkinators private talk!"
She stopped, while pointing her right forefinger forward.
"Follow me, my friends!" She grins.
Mirii's head rose.
"… let's see what kind of crazy plans, she has in mind…"