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Fara's arms were wrapping on each other, while standing on a wooden table, as her head was resting above them. Her knees were pressing on a cyan cushion and her eyelids were lowered on the middle, as her eyes were lazily looking at a painting portraying several Inklings standing on their feet, wearing each a different kind of kimono and holding a katana.
Her irises were particularly focusing on their facial expressions, which were either frowning or smiling. She left a sigh, turning the other way and pushing her head even more down. She closed her eyes, raising her mouth and rubbing the smooth floor with her feet's upper side.
A sliding noise came ahead.
"Heeeeeerreeee I aaaaammm!"
Fara groaned, squeezing her eyes a bit more.
"Eeeep! W-were you sleeping, Master Fara?!"
The little girl opened her eyes back, watching a fully scared Kelly holding a round wooden tray, with two yunomi* each: a faint smoke was raising from each of them.
"… no, I wasn't." Fara lifted her posture, as her hands went on one leg each. "I'm bored, though…"
"Ah… aaaaah!" Kelly smiled widely, while closing her eyes and advancing towards the table. "Then, have no fear…!" She puts the tray in the middle of the table, as she spun on herself once, before standing on her left foot and opening her arms. "Kelly is here to vanquish all the boredom!"
Fara kept staring back at the girl, which was slightly stumbling all around…
"Aren't you enthusiastic?!" Kelly's eyes sparkled, bending in the direction of the little lady and clasping her own hands. "I even have the perfect solution for this situation!"
"Tea?" Fara pointed her head over the yunomi on the right. "But that will make me sleepy…"
"Oh, no no no no!" Kelly began walking in place, spinning once in a while. "That's becaaaauuusseeee… this beveraaaggeee isn't an oooorrrrdinaryyyy oooonnnne!"
The small child sniffed silently.
"… it has a nice smell." She smiled a bit. "I'm going to give it a try."
"Really?!" Kelly stopped, expanding her eyes and smile. "It's the first time I tried the recipe!"
Fara's hands went on the yunomi's sides, grabbing it and carrying it in front of her mouth. She blew on the tea twice, releasing the slightest sound possible. Her lips went on the yunomi's edge, slowly tilting it towards her mouth… and sipping just an inch.
Her eyes went wide.
"Wow!" Her hands brought the yunomi away, as she smiled widely. "This drink is sooo good!"
"Aaaah, I'm so proud of myself!" Flowers appeared around Kelly's head, as her hands were clasping and standing near her cheek.
In a jiffy, the girl was kneeing down on the floor, grabbing the only yunomi left on the tray. She blew on its surface, visibly, as she took a quick sip and closed her eyes at the same time.
"Hhhhhhmmmmmm…!" She smiled widely. "I can feel the elderberry dancing in my mouth…!" Her right hand left the yunomi and went on her cheek. "It's truly sooooo good…!"
Fara took another sip out of her yunomi, before lowering it to chest level and watched her friend with a smile.
"What's so special about this tea, aside from tasting so greatly?"
"It uses ingredients that make Squids happy happy, super happy!" Kelly paused, drinking a bit more tea. "Most of them absorbed pure energy and sugar, which gives them plenty of energy inside… and more energy equals to more smiling!"
"I could harvest an entire field with this small amount of tea…" Fara drunk some tea. "Who knows what I could do, if I fully drink it."
"I could dance for days without stopping!" Kelly tapped her feet rapidly, as her mouth formed a 3. "I could even draw for days without stopping! Tee hee hee!"
"That would be great!" The little girl nodded. "I would never get tired of seeing your numerous drawings, Kelly… especially that one you made about me and my big bro!"
Kelly's mouth opened.
"You really appreciate them, Master Fara…?" Her eyes grew a bit.
"A lot!" Fara chuckled, as she took a quick sip. "Although, after drinking this tea… I don't know why, but I wish to see you cook more than"
Fum!
"Kyyaaah!" Kelly threw her arms up, holding her yunomi like a trophy!
Fara gasped, as she turned behind and grasped her yunomi even more! Raising in her humanoid form, just in front of the paper sitting near the wall, Mirii had her sight locked on the little girl.
"… good morning, Fara." Her head rose. "Good morning, Kelly."
The two Inklings frowned back at her.
"Forgive me for the intrusion… I came here for several reasons." Her arms folded. "One of them is related to Hunley…"
Fara put her yunomi on the table, as she stands up and shows her teeth towards Mirii.
"Go away!" She growled. "I will never forgive you for what you did to my big bro!"
"You said it, Master Fara!" Kelly stands up, walking around the table and reaching the little lady's side. "And if it wasn't for Master Hun, I would had made sure that the paper was well-hidden from your eyes!"
"Wh-what?!" Mirii blushed, tilting slightly backwards, as her mouth opened wide. "Hun-Hunley asked you"
"His name is Hun, Technie! HUN!" Fara was bending forward, throwing her fists downwards. "Stop calling him with that stupid nickname!"
Mirii frowned a bit.
"Fara, watch your language…" Her eyes squeezed a bit.
Fara stuck her tongue out, while pulling down her eye socket, as she turned the other way and rose her head.
"… why are you two angry at me?" Mirii snorted, slowly shaking her head. "What kind of accusations are you mumbling about?"
Kelly's mouth downturned, while looking back at the child. She walked around her, grabbing Fara's yunomi and keeping it in front of her face.
"Master Fara, finish this tea…" She nodded. "If you drink it all the way through, your anger will not contaminate your innocent nature."
Fara sighed, forming a downturned shape on her mouth.
"… I wanted to keep that happiness so much…" She grabbed her yunomi, immediately drinking the tea rapidly.
"Happiness? How can you keep an emotion?" Mirii's head tilted a bit.
"Aaaah!" Fara smiled, as she licked her lips and laid down her yunomi on the table. "I think my happiness returned…!" She chuckled.
"Bah…" Mirii grimaced, as she slowly shook her head. "I should leave the room."
"Master Hun is receiving cures in another room and cannot meet with anyone, until he's completely healed!" Kelly frowned back at Mirii. "He still wanted me to let you see the paper… but I already knew it was useless, since you cannot even set foot inside this room!"
"I do not need to directly visit him." Mirii's head rose. "I wanted to check his status."
"He's feeling better, Technie…" Fara returned over the girl, making a neutral face. "Kelly already explained the rest. You can leave now."
"Why are you two accusing me?" Her eyes squeezed a bit.
"That's because you gave problems to Master Hun!" Kelly opened her arms wide. "You did something on him, that"
"I never did anything bad to him!" Mirii frowned, as she bended forward. "Are you referring to the fact he can't turn back to normal?!"
Kelly's mouth opened a bit, keeping such expression for a few seconds.
"... who told you I caused such problem?" Mirii snorted, as she took a few steps forward. "Hunley got into such state, when he dived into a pad created by Sheldon." Her hand began caressing her right tentacle. "Why such pad affected him, is an information I will ask directly to Sheldon himself… but I had no input into such monstrosity."
The girl frowned.
"In fact, I was the only one who wanted to cure Hunley as soon as possible… I carried him inside a car and tried to bring him back to the villa, hoping to reach the Shrine as soon as possible."
"Is she saying the truth, Kelly…?" Fara turned her head over Kelly.
"… yes, her thoughts are literally the same as her words!" Kelly's eyes grew a bit. "So, that means…"
Mirii sighed, as her head lowered and her eyes closed.
"If I was truly the responsible… I don't think I would had the courage to come here."
Fara's mouth downturned, as she moved a bit in place.
"Ehm… I-I'm so sorry, Technie… I-I mean, Mirii!" Her mouth waved, as her eyes squeezed and sweat jumped out of her head. "Big bro was telling me all the story… and he didn't mentioned how the pad was a creation of that guy!"
"Sheldon." Mirii nodded, making a neutral expression. "His name is Sheldon."
"Ok!" Fara nodded. "… w-will you forgive me for this misunderstanding?"
"As long as you remember your mistakes, then I can always forgave the Squids." Mirii smiled a bit.
Fara smiled too.
"… Kelly." Mirii looked at the taller of the two girls.
"Yes?" Her head tilted a bit.
"I need your help…" Her eyes closed. "I must reach a location known as Happy Squid Land."
"Happy Squid Land?" Kelly looks up, as her arms folded. "Where is it, exactly…?"
"That would be something we must figure out." Mirii turned behind, looking back at the paper. "Because that building holds Project Neo activities we must stop."
"R-really?!" Fara's irises shrunk, dropping her jaw.
"Bu-but where is it?!" Kelly waved her bottom left and right, keeping her mouth downturned. "If I don't know the location, I cannot reach said place and create a teleportation paper!"
…
Several sweat drops appeared on Mirii's head.
"Haven't I told you this before?" Kelly's right forefinger went on her cheek. "I feel like I did…! Not sure when, though…"
Even more sweat drops appeared on Mirii's head.
"… curses."
*It's a Japanese teacup.
