3. On British Soil
Two days of nothing but the waves was all that you could stand before you decided you were too bored to be silent.
"What is Hogwarts like?"
Kongo pauses for a split second as she registers that not only had you actually said something, but it was more than one or two words like normal.
She turns her head to you with a grin, opened her mouth to speak....
"It's...."
"Ummmm...."
"Don't know."
"No, no I know, it's, well, it's a school, for magic! There are ummm, hogs there?"
"Ignorant."
Kongo's cheeks puff out in irritation at that and she humphed, crossing her arms and turning away from you, obviously done talking.
"Childish."
"Wha-! Says the child!"
You simply tilt your head as if to say, 'and your point is?'
Before Kongo can say anything else you cut her off saying, "Britain."
"Oh, you want to know about England? Well I can tell you all about it, since I was built there."
At your nod Kongo puffs up with pride, clearly happy to talk about the place she was first laid down.
"Great Britain, or England as most know it, is a country ruled by the Queen of England. They speak English there and are known for their upper class citizens and their love of tea. The weather is a bit rainy usually but the countryside is still beautiful, especially the coastal areas, which there are a lot of since England is an island."
She speaks to you of what she knows of England, sounding very much like a travel brochure, which makes you think that she hasn't actually been to England since she came back as a Ship girl. Still what she does know takes up most of that day and the next....
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When you finally make it to port, you decide that the next person to mention I spy will get the full force of the Northern Princess kicking them in the shin.
Standing on the dock is two destroyers, one of which has spotted you and is waving at the two of you. As the two of you pull into dock the two destroyers leap out to greet you.
One of them is wearing a yellow polka-dot sundress, a white bonnet covering her brown hair, her green eyes twinkling with joy, "Hi! I'm HMS Mahratta And this is HMS Bulldog."
You look at the other destroyer, who is wearing a boy's school uniform, and one that is extremely scuffed and has a few tears in it, she blows a strand of her blonde hair out of her face and gives you a lop-sided grin and a small wave.
"We heard that two ships were going to be coming in today and that you would be joining us at school, so we thought we should come and greet you and we could all go get school supplies together!"
Mahratta was very cheerful and you weren't sure how you felt about it.
Before any of you could really get to talking a smiling, squat, woman with short, wavy, grey hair, walks up to the edge of the dock to look at you three. She is dressed in what appears to be a heavy cotton dress and denim apron, and her clothes seem to be covered in dirt.
"Ah, you three would be the, Ship spirits, that I'll be escorting around?" She calls down to the four of you, "Oh, and your guardian of course."
"Yes, I am Kongo, Dess~!"
"I see, well if you four would come up to the docks we can be on our way, no reason to delay."
The four of you head up and the woman turns to Kongo and says, "How are you today, I am Professor Sprout, if you would like we can be on our way as soon as you are ready."
Kongo simply turns to you questioningly, she doesn't seem to care one way or the other, and is apparently leaving it up to you.
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