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CLANG!
The large multi-doors tilted past 45°, as a light penetrated through the darkness and landed on the crystal-clear floor, forming a square shape. Greta was standing still, while keeping her arms and legs open, as the shadow was almost completely covering her.
"Like, fresh entrance girl!" Bars grins, as his eyes squeezed and his right thumb rose.
He was standing on the room entrance's right side.
"… thank you, my dear fans." Greta walked forward. "And my show, just started!"
"Don't you imply I was a fan of such brutal entrance!" Mirii frowned, as she walked past the boy. "In fact, I would make sure you wouldn't even step inside my house, since you would treat my belongings in the same way as yours!"
"Grina, can I check Fara out?" Hun walked rapidly inside the room, passing Mirii, as his eyebrows went up and his mouth downturned. "I'm getting worried…"
"Relax, big brother!" Greta's right hand pushed the white switch on the wall. "And give a look at our nice briefing room!"
The chandelier, hanging on the ceiling and located in the middle, lit all its bulbs. Bars was pushing the doors back, with each hand standing on one side. Below the chandelier, a wooden table that was reflecting back its own image, under a light-brownish tone: its shape was rectangular, with the legs curving from the inside.
A line of 5 wooden chairs, on each long side, were standing below the table: only one wooden chair was positioned on each short sides. A painting of an Inkling woman wearing a light-grey dress, was hanging on the right wall.
The walls were covered with wallpapers depicting abstractly-made Squid silhouettes. On the left side, a large, wooden cabinet with two glass panels almost reaching the cabinet door edges: through the glass, 5 shelves with each a full line of different sized books, were showing.
Behind the table, a brick chimney with a television screen positioned above. One large window was on each side of the chimney, as both had their dark-green shutters closed. Greta walked in front of the middle chair, as she turned behind and grabbed the chair's back, while smiling.
"Pretty amazing, huh?" Her eyes closed.
"I prefer the natural light system, instead of wasting electrical energy like this." Mirii's arms folded. "But of course, I have nothing to say about"
"Aaaah, I didn't knew Mirii could be this outgoing!" Greta chuckled. "Wanting me to open up the shutters, so the nice Paparazzi would enjoy the whole show…"
"Don't you put words in my mouth!" Mirii frowned, as she bended forward. "If you have told me about this, before, I wouldn't even think of opening the shutters!"
"Hey, hey…" Greta's mouth downturned a bit. "I know I can go over the road with the jokes… but I don't get why you are getting so mad at me, all of"
"Do you think we are all in here to joke around…?" Mirii's head rose, as her eyes squeezed a bit. "Especially me, of all Squids…?" She began walking towards Greta.
"Whoa, whoa…" Some sweat formed on Greta's forehead. "Yo-you are not going to attack me"
"Silence." Mirii stopped, as her head lowered and her face frowned a bit. "Tell us this grand plan you have in mind." Her head rose back. "And don't you dare tricking me..."
"Well…" Greta's eyes closed. "I could pick up the ol' book and go over all the details for the backstory…" A sweat drop appears on Mirii's right side of her head. "But I guess you don't care much about that, right…?"
"… depends." Mirii's right hand caressed her right tentacle. "Now speak."
"Ok!" Greta's eyes opened. "If you remember one week ago, me and Barsy decided to take a walk outside the HQ…"
Mirii nodded, as her arms folded once more.
"Like, it felt like yesterday!" Bars walked towards the two girls. "'xcuse me girls... legs need some rest."
"… me too!" Greta pulled the chair, as she moved to its right side and sit down on its lime cushion.
Her arms folded, resting on the backseat. Mirii snorted, while Hun stopped on her left side.
"Anyway!" Greta sighed. "During our walk, I was thinking about the past…"
Mirii's eyes squeezed a bit.
"… the consequence of remembering that dream I had that night." Greta's chin rested on her folding arms. "I was so drawn on it, I couldn't even pay attention to the sidewalk!" Her eyes grew slightly. "I felt like you!"
"Excuse me?!" Mirii frowned, as a vein popped out from her forehead.
Greta chuckled.
"Sorry, sorry!" She simply smiled. "I couldn't help but mentioning that part for the little build-up…!"
"What does this have to do with your plan?" Mirii's arms went on her sides.
"Nothing, really… the plan part came after I thought about it, intensively, with Barsy." Her head turned to her left for a moment, before returning to the middle. "Which is to unite two things I was interested in, into one full plan!" Greta's right arm went on her right, as her right palm was pointing upwards. "The first thing I was interested is, obviously, resuming my acting career…"
Her left arm went on her left, as her left palm was pointing upwards.
"The second thing was to stop Project Neo."
"How can you stop Project Neo with your acting?!" Mirii's hands grasped one tentacle each. "Are you suggesting to utilize"
"Let me talk, Mirii…" Greta's eyes closed, as her right palm was now pointing at the girl. "Really, we will end up the whole explanation sooner than you would even think."
Mirii growled, as her hands let out her tentacles.
"Now." Greta stands up from her chair, as she walked away from it. "The whole objective is to create an opportunity to infiltrate inside Project Neo's labs and tackle them from within!" Her right fist hit her left hand palm, while grinning a bit.
"The scientists and the personnel working for the project would never let us inside one of their labs… no matter how crafty your tactics will be!" Mirii's right forefinger pointed at the girl. "And that's because our names are known! How could you forget such vital information?!"
"Ah, ah, aaaahh…" Greta's right forefinger tilted left and right, as her eyes closed and her smile grew. "Not so fast!" Her hands went up. "I knew about that bad scratching spot too… and even Tonna shouted me the same thing!"
Mirii kept her forefinger pointed at Greta, without changing an inch of her previous position and facial expression.
"But the outcome is different!" Greta's hands went down. "Because I want to make Project Neo believe, how much 'control' they have over us…"
"Control…?" Mirii's head rose.
"Yep!" Greta grins. "We will pretty much come up with our hands up and let Project Neo spy on us… when we infiltrate inside one of their bases, that is!"
"No… no, I don't trust this plan!" Mirii's head shook, as her fists clenched. "You are throwing us into a situation, that"
"Girl, like Greta has more aces up on her sleeves than you think." Bars was sitting on the rightmost chair, as his legs were stretching forward. "You know how much butt-kicking she"
"Bars, Greta is also known for her crazy antics!" Mirii bended towards the boy. "If anything, this whole Project Neo's fake alliance plan seems nothing more than a trap to ruin us four!"
"Grina… I don't get how we are going to even enter inside those places, in the first place…" Hun's mouth downturned. "I mean, do we have to do the same things as you do?"
Mirii's eyes expanded: immediately, she twisted over Greta.
"… Greta… you…" Her irises shrunk a bit.
"Uhm? What now?" Greta's eyebrows rose, while forming a downturned shape.
"You said that you wanted to make Project Neo believe to have us under control… and you even want to act, yet again…" Mirii's neck tilted a bit backwards.
Greta nodded.
"… are you suggesting that we must all have an acting career?!" Mirii's irises shrunk.
Greta laughed loudly, as her right hand went in front of her opened mouth.
"I wouldn't say that's true..." Once her hand lowered, she grinned. "... but at the same time, I wouldn't say that's false."
"Who told you I was available for starting an acting career?!" Mirii frowned a lot, as her arms stretched downwards and her right foot stomped the floor. "I have a terrifying project to"
"Mirii... you are the only one who will own a different type of acting career." Greta sighed, as her elbows landed on the table behind her. "And Hunry has an easy job at hand!"
Her eyes closed.
"Which is... being the Squid challenger for the new 'From rags to riches' show!"
...
Mirii began stumbling a bit.