[X] Ah. Clearly you are still asleep, and this is just a vivid dream. That is the only logical explanation.
-[X] Do you know where everyone else is?
--[X] If you receive an answer, follow the... um... Northern Princess' directions.
--[X] If you don't receive one, just go looking for the others at random.
Ah... Ahaha.... Clearly, CLEARLY this is just a very vivid dream, and you're asleep! Because this is impossible, and this is the only solution. Clearly.
"Uh... Hey," you look down at the little Northern Princess as she huffs in irritation at you, "Do you know where everyone else is?"
"Reppu," she demands, "Gimme Reppu."
"Reppu?" you wonder what a Reppu is.
She mimes a little plane flying around, making whooshing noises, before repeating, "Gimme Reppu."
Oh, she wants a plane, "Sorry," you apologize, "I'm a Destroyer, I don't have any planes."
She huffs again, and bops you on the knees a few times, "Go home!"
"Alright, I'm going, I'm going!" you yelp, running out of the room as the little Abyssal gives chase.
"Go home!" she chases you up the stairs.
You need to find an exit to get away from the angry Northern Princess! You round the corner and run straight into a stack of papers, sending them flying!
"Uwaaa~" you moan in despair. Oh, what have you done?! The Japanese Battleship that you ran into looks very surprised, but quickly begins gathering her scattered paperwork.
"I'm so sorry!" you apologize profusely as fixes her stack. She's Nagato, you think.
As she lifts her fixed stack of papers, she pulls out a Japanese-to-English dictionary, and replies slowly, "...No... Problem..."
"I'm sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going!" you bow repeatedly, "I was just trying to get away from-"
A tiny fist bops your knee, "Go home."
"Ah," Nagato looks down with a smile, "Hoppo-chan, 久しぶり"
What. You don't speak moon runes.
The Abyssal Northern Princess, Hoppo-chan apparently, reaches up towards Nagato and repeats, "Reppu."
The member of the Big Seven just smiles and puts away her dictionary, pulling out a tiny little Reppu fighter and handing it to Hoppo. Hoppo smiles widely and runs down the hallway, playing with the plane.
"Ah, do not worry," Nagato pieces together with her piecemeal knowledge of English, "Hoppo-chan... rigging scrapped. No danger."
"Oh," you sigh in relief. So she was an Abyssal. Haha.. ha... oh god, she tried to kill you and only couldn't because she's been crippled. That's terrifying.
You should probably introduce yourself. You clear your throat and speak the only Japanese you ever bothered to learn.
"SUMIMASEN," you begin rather stiffly, "NIHONGO O WAKARANAI. WATASHI NO NAMAE WA William D. Porter DESU."
You really hope you got that right. If you remembered correctly, you essentially apologized for not knowing Japanese, and told Nagato your name.
At your name, Nagato's eyes drift down to where your torpedo launchers are normally mounted.
You cry inside. You will never live that down.
"HEY!" a loud, boisterous, familiar voice booms down the hall in overemphasized English, "GOOD MORNING, William D. Porter!"
"Ah, good morning, Kongou," you happily greet the Fast Battleship. Finally, someone who can understand you, "I was afraid I was dreaming when the Abyssal Northern Princess found me."
"Don't worry!" Kongou slaps you on the shoulder happily, "Little Hoppo-chan is perfectly HARMLESS! Especially after we smashed her rigging to bits!"
"Why do you have a Northern Princess on base, anyways?" you ask with no small amount of curiosity, "Even if it's harmless... why?"
"Why not?" Kongou answered with a smile, "Isn't she ADORABLE?!"
Yeah... you guess she is kind of cute. Although more terrifying than cute.
"Nagato takes care of her," Kongou explains, "I've been trying to get the Admiral to let me keep a Wo-class on base, but he keeps saying no!"
"... A Wo-class?" you think about those terrifying Carriers. Why would she want a Wo?!
"EXACTLY!" Kongou nods, "Their helmets are so CUTE!"
... You don't exactly have the same definition of cute.
"ANYWAYS," she switches topics, "Welcome to the Naval District, Porter!"
"Oh, thank you," you look around, "Which naval base is this?"
"Yokosuka Naval Base," Kongou leads you through the hallways, "Most of us Shipgirls are based out of here!"
"Most of you?" you frown, "How do you cover the entire coast, then?"
"We do regular patrols and have smaller garrisons elsewhere," she answers, countering, "Most of the American Shipgirls are based out of Hawaii, right? Doesn't the same thing apply to you?"
Actually, that's true. Most USN Shipgirls are in Hawaii. How do you cover the entire US coast?
Well, you don't need to. The Abyssals just are around there.
Odd.
"Before you meet the Admiral," Kongou stops in front of a pair of finely finished wooden doors, "Do you have any questions?"
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