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Belated Battleships (KanColle) [REHOST]

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*Arizona wakes up from refit*
Arizona: Miss Akashi, how long was I out for?
Akashi: Three days. But you're all ready to go now.
*Akashi leaves the room and Arizona gets to her feet and goes over to a floor-length mirror to examine her new form. The first things she notices are the fishnet stockings and the Mutsu-length top and skirt. Her eyes widen and a tic appears below her left eye.*
Arizona: *At a volume that's heard in Maizuru* WHERE'S THE REST OF MY OUTFIT?!?!?! I CAN'T GO OUT LIKE THIS!!!
*In the lobby, the rest of the family hears this. Richardson cringes, Mutsu collapses in giggles, and everyone else looks highly confused. The moment is broken by a strangled sound from Pennsy. When the rest of them look over at her, they're stunned to see her struggling not to laugh. She happens to glance over and meet Richardson's eyes and that does it; she bursts out laughing. Her face loses the haunted look and all traces of rage vanish; she looks positively breathtaking when happy, and Richardson, Mutsu and Jintsu can't help but wonder if this was how she acted before the war.*
Pennsy: Oh, GOD, I needed that!
 
theJMPer said:
Because now she's a ball of donuts.
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Something something spherical Battleships in a vacuum? :p

On a Arizona-related but more somber note, I found something interesting today: I was poking around historical videos on YouTube and found a nicely detailed precis of the attack on Pearl Harbor. You get a very nice breakdown of the attack waves, timing, and hit rates, etc. I didn't know the IJN TBPs had a less than 50% hit rate, or that the dive bombers had a dud rate of 60%, so the attack could have been far nastier, for example.

But the real find was learning that a doctor on the hospital ship Solace caught the moment the Arizona took her hit to the magazine on film:

I knew there were pictures, but I'd never seen this film before.
 
Strypgia said:
Something something spherical Battleships in a vacuum? :p

On a Arizona-related but more somber note, I found something interesting today: I was poking around historical videos on YouTube and found a nicely detailed precis of the attack on Pearl Harbor. You get a very nice breakdown of the attack waves, timing, and hit rates, etc. I didn't know the IJN TBPs had a less than 50% hit rate, or that the dive bombers had a dud rate of 60%, so the attack could have been far nastier, for example.

But the real find was learning that a doctor on the hospital ship Solace caught the moment the Arizona took her hit to the magazine on film:

I knew there were pictures, but I'd never seen this film before.
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Japan got super lucky with Pearl Harbour.
 
ijnfleetadmiral said:
*Arizona wakes up from refit*
Arizona: Miss Akashi, how long was I out for?
Akashi: Three days. But you're all ready to go now.
*Akashi leaves the room and Arizona gets to her feet and goes over to a floor-length mirror to examine her new form. The first things she notices are the fishnet stockings and the Mutsu-length top and skirt. Her eyes widen and a tic appears below her left eye.*
Arizona: *At a volume that's heard in Maizuru* WHERE'S THE REST OF MY OUTFIT?!?!?! I CAN'T GO OUT LIKE THIS!!!
*In the lobby, the rest of the family hears this. Richardson cringes, Mutsu collapses in giggles, and everyone else looks highly confused. The moment is broken by a strangled sound from Pennsy. When the rest of them look over at her, they're stunned to see her struggling not to laugh. She happens to glance over and meet Richardson's eyes and that does it; she bursts out laughing. Her face loses the haunted look and all traces of rage vanish; she looks positively breathtaking when happy, and Richardson, Mutsu and Jintsu can't help but wonder if this was how she acted before the war.*
Pennsy: Oh, GOD, I needed that!
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I have to wonder, what will things be like in the waiting room? I imagine the Richardson Home Fleet is at the point that they just ignore Pennsy and her attitude. So is Pennsy sitting and staring at them, or is she watching the door, nervously twirling a .30-06 cartridge in her fingers, with the worry at the back of her mind that being in dry dock doesn't always keep one safe?

Or could this provide an opportunity for these two parts of Arizona's heart to really talk, if both sides are willing to take the chance....
 
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Strypgia said:
Something something spherical Battleships in a vacuum? :p

On a Arizona-related but more somber note, I found something interesting today: I was poking around historical videos on YouTube and found a nicely detailed precis of the attack on Pearl Harbor. You get a very nice breakdown of the attack waves, timing, and hit rates, etc. I didn't know the IJN TBPs had a less than 50% hit rate, or that the dive bombers had a dud rate of 60%, so the attack could have been far nastier, for example.

But the real find was learning that a doctor on the hospital ship Solace caught the moment the Arizona took her hit to the magazine on film:

I knew there were pictures, but I'd never seen this film before.
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Damn... I know a bit about Pearl Harbor, but seeing the explosion right as it happened as an actual video takes your breath away...
A picture is worth a thousand words. A video is priceless.
 
Wait, Arizona's upgrade turns her into Arizona frmAzur Lane, but with red hair?

Hehehehehehehe her prude rage is going to cause a meltdown once she catches herself in the mirror.
 
Sir_Gaea said:
Wait, Arizona's upgrade turns her into Arizona frmAzur Lane, but with red hair?

Hehehehehehehe her prude rage is going to cause a meltdown once she catches herself in the mirror.
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Either that or someone decided to troll her and got a replica of Shima's usual outfit, made to fit Ari, and had her changed while she was still under. :p
 
also. due to a paperwork snafu, Arizona gets a Katie round, instead of Jersey. and Jersey gets a crap tonne of 14 inch shells.
 
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