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Shizuka gritted her teeth comically with irritation seeping out of her petite form. It was an advantage for her that she's small and light-- though, she would never admit that she's short, even if she is.
Looking around, the female ignored the judging look Kishi was throwing at her and spotted several weak spots around the top of the tree trunk she was on.
The Ichijou female carefully moved away, wondering if she would fall if she had taken one wrong step at the lumpy area she touched. Tapping it several times again, Shizuka's eyebrows met in the middle as a bead of sweat dripped down the side of her face.
"This part is... really not that hidden," Shizuka uttered with genuine confusion lacing her vocal. "Then why in Gaia's name was it so hard to find?!" she then snapped, tick marks appearing everywhere around her face.