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The Story of Infel & Mimimi

Grammul, who led the Infel Phira project to success, and the girl who served as an experiment subject to him: Infel. This is the tragic story of their lives, and also, the story of the plush toy that Infel would always be seen embracing in the future: [Mimimi].

=Parent & Child=

Infel didn't know about it at the start. No, it would be better to say that she wasn't supposed to know it until the very end of the project. The Maiden of Mio, or in other words, the one that was to become the [Queen], was supposed to become the basis for the new land when Metafalica was executed successfully. And after learning about that, she herself learned that Grammul was also encouraging the implementation of this plan. Infel had an extraordinary talent, and a few years later, when she was barely over ten years old, she was already at the level of competing with Grammul in equal terms, and that itself was the reason why their opposing way of thoughts ended changing. To Infel, Grammul was the one that imposed all kinds of painful experiments on her. Therefore, it would have been natural that she had developed a great hatred towards him. However, around this time, she began to feel that she was different from all the people around her. While Infel didn't get bored talking with anyone else, it was only in her conversations with Grammul that she had fun. Infel greatly loved reading books, and since she fully exerted her influence as a Maiden, she passed the time reading many kinds of books. Year after year, she continued reading books, and as the result of it, after a few years, she had managed to learn about things that not even Grammul himself knew.

Because not even Grammul himself had thought that Infel would be able to learn so much, his interests toward her changed completely. However, once Infel began questioning Grammul's stories and theories, he didn't have more choice than to admit that her reformulated theories were quite interesting. This was a new experience for Grammul, and furthermore, both of them were growing because of this, and their theories were improving mutually as well. But at that moment, Grammul felt a pain in his heart for the first time. Because of that, he himself began opposing to the idea of turning Infel into the basis for the land. He had never thought about these things, but now, he was desperately seeking for a method to save Infel's life. While the difference between their ages was enough to consider them as father and daughter, they spoke among themselves as equals, to the point that sometimes, their discussions could easily last for over the span of an entire day. And after them, many times he would carry Infel, who would have fallen into a deep sleep, on his back and take her to the Maiden Room, so she could get some rest. At that time, the members of staff of the Grand Bell were astonished to see how different his father side was from his usual self. To Grammul, Infel had begun as no more than an experimental subject, but now, she had become an important family member to him.

=Mimimi=

To save Infel, Grammul came up with a theory. The consequence of this was that a certain day, out of nowhere, he gave Infel a plush toy. That was the very same day in which Infel had been appointed as a Maiden. Infel had to hide her embarrassment, but actually, she was quite happy, and gave to that precious plush of hers the name [Mimimi]. Mimimi had a quite interesting mechanism installed within itself: whenever Infel embraced it, Mimimi would feel the changes in her emotional state, and it would change its face to fit Infel's feelings. It could be considered as a present that anyone could expect from Grammul. Infel wanted to open it up to learn about the theory that made the changes in its expressions possible, but because that would have involved completely breaking up Mimimi, she never had the heart to do so. From that day on, Infel would always be seen carrying Mimimi around. In the surface, she didn't seem to be particularly interested on it, and while the people that saw her always continued saying [she's carrying it again], she actually carried it with her just because she wanted. To Infel, who always grew up alone, this was the first present she ever received, and since this also was gift from the only person that could understand her, this made her unconditionally happy. However, it's true that she still hated Grammul. But after many years talking with him, she came to understand that his theories were a necessary evil to save this world, and furthermore, since he could understand her more than anyone, she managed to forgive him. However, the circumstances soon took a radical turn. The fact that Grammul's Infel Phira Theory still needed sacrifices was disclosed to the public, and because of that, he became the object of huge attacks and criticisms from the people. And to top off it all, his maximum shock came from no other than Infel herself. She wouldn't want to hear about anything related to her becoming a sacrifice. Until now, her heart had forgiven that, and had trusted in him, which only worsened the damage that this realization did to her. Grammul was then fired from the project, and subsequently expelled from the Grand Bell. At that time, Infel didn't say anything to Grammul, which also made he think she had thrown away Mimimi. However, she wasn't able of going so far. After all, she never managed to fully understand why Grammul had given Mimimi to her in the first place.

=The Compensation of Metafalica=

After that, Infel inherited Grammul's position and became the leader of the Metafalica Project. Then, while her appearance didn't change at all, she devoted herself completely to researching. If she had just ran away, her life would have been saved. However, her pride wouldn't allow her to do so. So there was only a conclusion to get from this: she wouldn't allow herself to become a sacrifice, so because of that, she invented a new Metafalica Theory. She had very high prospects of success. From all the knowledge and researching she had gathered so far, she would have been able to create many inventions, theories and investigations. However, she wasn't able to clarify these theories in such a simple way, which many times discouraged and frustrated her. Many times she ran away. And after crying for a while as she embraced Mimimi, she would go back, and after thinking over everything again, she would take up the challenge again. Then, her theories would slowly come together, until they finally reached the step called... the final stage.

Infel was finally able to settle the theory for the creation of the Selfstabilizing Tesseractal Nuclear Loops: the Hearts of the Land. And at that time, it was that Infel finally noticed it.

The reason why Mimimi reacted to her emotions.

She first hesitated a little, but then decided to try looking how it was in the inside. And just like Infel had expected, Grammul put one in it: a Triangular Nuclear Loop. The mechanism that is also called the Heart of the Reyvateils, which was also deemed as an impossible to manufacture technology in the current world. And it also had inserted a rewritten Cellophane. It was the very same Cellophane that was used to turn Infel into an IPD Reyvateil. Yes, naturally, this meant that Mimimi was Infel's other self. Another Infel. The Triangular Nuclear Loop it had in the inside might have been created erroneously accidentally or intentionally, but it wasn't able of creating either bodies or emotions. Furthermore, while it was imperfect, it was living, and that Triangular Nuclear Loop was sharing the same Soulspace address that Infel owned because they both had the same rewritten Cellophane. And Infel immediately understood why Grammul did all of this. Yes, Mimimi was a replacement for herself, for the one that was born to become the human pillar for creating Metafalica. Grammul's theory never reached the point necessary to discover the Tesseractal Nuclear Loops. But actually, he did this in a desperate attempt to save Infel, in his own way.

Infel thought... "you are an idiot..." It's true that Mimimi would have taken the role of a lightning rod to serve as a replacement for Infel. However, if they had used Mimimi as the sacrifice that would become the land, they would have never been able to create it. "If Grammul knew this, why he let me to keep it? Or maybe he didn't know?" Even to Infel, who knew Grammul better than anyone, answering these questions was impossible. Because of that, she thought that with even more intensity: "You truly are a huge idiot..."

"Somehow, I wanted to meet Grammul again. However, now that is a wish that can't be fulfilled. Because, he must have passed away already."