>>37533113
>Saratoga's your friend. She can vouch for you with CARDIV, at least.

>>37533113
>>This thing with BATDIV is bullshit... maybe Ari will listen to you even if Carolina and Wash don't.

>>37533113
>>Saratoga's your friend. She can vouch for you with CARDIV, at least.

>>37533113
>Saratoga's your friend. She can vouch for you with CARDIV, at least.

>>37533113
Also, as an aside: I plan to test out a new dice rolling system, since there will likely be a fair number of chances to put it to the test in a low-stakes scenarios tonight.

It'll be 3d10, best of three, with a visible DC. If all three rolls match or beat the target, it's considered a critical success, two rolls matching or exceeding is a regular success, one roll matching or exceeding is a failure, and no good rolls is a critical failure (if the scenario can reasonably allow such a thing). No "Fate Points", for now.

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So how about that death?

>>37533113
>>This thing with BATDIV is bullshit... maybe Ari will listen to you even if Carolina and Wash don't.

>>37533113
>Saratoga's your friend. She can vouch for you with CARDIV, at least.

>>37533423
I don't know about that. With the grouping of rolls from people rolling only a few seconds apart, I think failures are more likely than successes.

>>37533113
There are three USN carriers on the grounds of the kanmusu-dedicated base outside Mutsu, called the "Aomori Kanmusu Fleet HQ" by the JMSDF. There's Sara, her sister Lexington, and Midway: the other two are on patrol. All three are probably out on the field back behind the barracks, practicing their launching and recovery maneuvers.

So that's where you head, ignoring glares and stares from both regular personnel and the odd IJN girl.

Sure enough, you find USN CARDIV's members out on the grass field, which looks like a re-purposed soccer pitch, firing some kind of crossbow bolts at the shields on each other's off arms.

Saratoga looks like she's just as focused on not getting hit as the others: even if those are foam-tipped or something, they look like they could sting.

A pair of smaller girls that are watching them seem to notice you however.

>Approach the two destroyer girls, ask if you can talk with Sara, Lex, and Midway
>Approach the two girls, try and be friendly with them
>Try to find someone else instead?
>Other?

>>37533685
>Approach the two girls, try and be friendly with them

>>37533685
>>Approach the two destroyer girls, ask if you can talk with Sara, Lex, and Midway

>>37533685
>Approach the two girls, try and be friendly with them

don't want to interfere with combat practice...

>>37533685
>Approach the two girls, try and be friendly with them

>>37533685
>>Approach the two girls, try and be friendly with them

>>37533685
>[x] Approach the two girls, try and be friendly with them.

>>37533685
Not wanting to bother Sara and her companions just yet, you let your eyes follow the two destroyer-girls as you force as pleasant a smile as you can.

The duo look a lot alike, probably sisters you figure. They haven't got any of their combat gear, but they still have a few distinguishing features: while both are on the small side, with short, almost tomboyish haircuts, one has black hair and the other a light shade of gray. Their uniforms look a lot like adapted midshipmen's peacoats, with matching ties and skirts: the black-haired girl wears a drab fore and aft cap with a unit patch of some kind on it, while her gray sister wears the usual officer's cap.

And neither looks happy to see you.

"Hi, you two!" you greet cheerfully, leaning forward to bring yourself a little closer to their eye level. "Who might you be?"

The girl in the peaked cap regards you cautiously. "Wanna ask you the same thing. Forget being too white to be Japanese, you're too white to be human."

"And are those horns?" her companion asks, reaching out to poke one. "Those don't look like radio equipment. It almost makes you look like... like... oh, crap."

Her eyes widen in sudden understanding, the mental cogs finally catching and grinding rapidly into motion.

How do you want to defuse this situation?
>Write-in, 20 minute period to agree on something to tell them

>>37534178
>Cower with your hands over your head, cry for Sara.

>>37534178
Tell them we're a rescued kanmusu, recovered from Abyssal possession?
It's close to the truth, and who knows if they might meet other kanmusu that were in our situation.

>>37534178
Tell them your name and say your a US ship. New or prototype?

>>37534337
But then we'd have to come up with a class name, and they don't use new ships for the kanmusu process.

It'd be obvious we were lying, then

>>37534337

tell them we are a Black ops project...

>>37534311
Second

>>37534450
A Hybrid?

Hey Ace of Charts,

If you hate Kancolle so much, why do you persist in running a quest based on it?

>>37534311
This is perhaps the best we can say.

>>37534311
That should be kept a secret.

>>37534178
"Yup!" you admit cheerfully, trying to cover up how nervous the whole situation is making you. "I'm Maryland, BB-46. Pleased to meet you..."

It looks for a moment like both of the girls are contemplating screaming for Sara as much as you are, before the black-haired one finally nods at you.

"Robinson, you can call me Robin."

Her gray-haired sister gulps. "I'm Luce."

"Robin and Luce, huh? You two are Fletchers, right?"

Both girls nod, still visibly unnerved by the fact that you're quite clearly an Abyssal. "So, are you..." Luce continues quietly.

You nod. "Used to be. I guess you can say Sara and her unit "rescued" me? Or maybe that they helped me rescue myself? Not really sure how to describe it."

"So, you're not here to attack Sara, Lex, and Beast?" Robin presses, putting on a brave face.

You shake your head. "Good heavens, no. I was a bit lonely, with my only four friends hanging out with their sisters and all."

"People treat you different 'cause of your horns, huh?" Luce observes.

>Yeah, they do. And I think they always will.
>I'll win them over, same way I did with Nagato, Sara, Kongou, and Prinzessin.
>I don't mind. They're entitled to dislike me.
>Change the subject, ask about Robin's hat.

>>37534789
>>I'll win them over, same way I did with Nagato, Sara, Kongou, and Prinzessin.

>>37534746
You have horns and unnaturally pale skin. Everyone who's seen you kinda knows already.

>>37534789
>Yeah, they do. But I'll win them over, same way I did with Nagato, Sara, Kongou, and Prinzessin.

>>37534789

"People will always treat me differently, though I hope that in time it won't be with caution and distrust..."

>>37534789
>I'll win them over, same way I did with Nagato, Sara, Kongou, and Prinzessin.

>>37534789
>Yeah, they do. And I think they always will.

>>37534850

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>>37534789
You shrug. "Probably," you admit. "And some of them always will. But I'll win some of them over too, same as with my friends."

The way that came out... although you're ultimately hopeful, there's still some disappointment in your voice. Honestly, you're still sad that your fellow battlewagons have been avoiding you when even your one-time enemies Nagato and Kongou were so ready with their acceptance.

"I see," Robin replies thoughtfully, no longer visibly afraid of you.

"SARA!!!" she shouts.

Somewhere in the distance behind Robin and Luce you hear a loud *thump* and a startled cry of "shit!" from Saratoga.

"Ah, Mary!" Sara greets you warmly as she comes to join Robin and Luce near you. You can't help but notice a bruise rising on her left leg where one of those bolts must have hit her. "I see you met Luce and Robin, they've just been seconded to CARDIV as escorts! So what's up?"

>I got bored, needed something to do to pass the time.
>I was getting lonely. Could you maybe introduce me around a bit?
>I wanted to get some training in (lie)
>Other?

>>37535222
>>I got bored, needed something to do to pass the time.
>>I was getting lonely. Could you maybe introduce me around a bit?

>>37535222
>>I was getting lonely. Could you maybe introduce me around a bit?

>>37535222
>I was getting lonely. Could you maybe introduce me around a bit?

>>37535222
>I was getting lonely. Could you maybe introduce me around a bit?

>>37535222
>I was getting lonely. Could you maybe introduce me around a bit?

>>37535222
Sara frowns as you suddenly turn your head and break eye contact. "I hate to admit it, but I was starting to get kinda lonely without you guys. I don't actually know anyone else around here."

"I get it," she replies quietly. "Sorry, I guess I kinda forgot none of your sisters would be here."

You shrug, feigning nonchalance. "Hey, at least I've got the other battlewaggons, you know? Kindred spirits, old friends..."

"They're avoiding you, aren't they?"

"Like the plague, yeah," you admit.

The blonde sighs heavily, rubbing her bruised leg. "Those idiots... those damned, arrogant... here. Lemme introduce you to the team."

Saratoga places a hand firmly on your shoulder, leading you back towards Lexington and Midway. You immediately pin Lex as Sara's sister: they both lean towards a curvy figure, with similar facial features and the same eyes. Lex, however, has got curly red hair instead of Sara's blonde ponytail. As for Midway, she's broad-shouldered and keeps her hair a mousy brown. Her "shield" has a strangely triangular bulge on its side, even more slab-like than those of her peers and apparently heavier as well. No wonder the Fletchers call her the "Beast".

"So this is Maryland?" Midway frowns. "The half-Abyssal girl you mentioned?"

"Go easy on the girl," Lex growls softly. "It's not her fault. If anything, the Pentagon were the ones who gave up on her."

Sara, however, wallops them both upside their heads. "Doesn't matter what she is, just who she is. And who she is is my friend."

"Sorry, sis," Lex mutters. "I guess I'm still pissed about Enterprise."

"Hey," her sister replies, her tone much more comforting. "Come on, let's take a break. I think we could all use a pint to talk over, yeah?"

Midway shrugs, turning to leave the field for the base's kanmusu-only club. "I guess it'd give us a chance to get to know 'Mary' a bit better."

Sara gives you a wink and a thumbs-up as you follow.
(1/2)

>>37535222
>>37535879
>there will be a day when I don't drop my name, but it is not this day

You have a few minutes, which seem likely to pass in awkward silence if you don't speak up.

>Just stay silent for now
>Talk to Sara about the other two members of USN CARDIV
>Talk to the Fletcher sisters, get to know them a bit better
>You can tell Lex what happened with Enterprise... but should you?

>>37535879
Yo Ace, dropped your trip.

>>37535940
>Talk to the Fletcher sisters, get to know them a bit better

Maybe tell Lex about Enterprise later. In private, with Sara.

>>37535940
>>Talk to the Fletcher sisters, get to know them a bit better

>>37535879

can't possibly be because he's shitposting in planefag's kanti quest that just went up, can it?

>>37535940

throwing my vote in with >>37535996
Personal information is Personal...

>>37535996
this

>>37536021
GEE GOLLY GOSH I DO WONDER

>>37535996
>>37535940
>>37535996
>>Talk to the Fletcher sisters, get to know them a bit better
>Maybe tell Lex about Enterprise later. In private, with Sara.
Fourthing.

>>37536021
That went up?

And the answer is no, by the way. I took it off for one of the Modern threads.

>>37536021
SHOTS FIRED

>>37535940
Yeah, all this silence? Not really making you feel more comfortable with the whole situation.

"So," you blurt out, "how do you all like Japan? I mean, being in it and all? As American warships?"

"Excuse me?" Luce replies in confusion.

"I mean," you gesture inarticulately, "we're warships... from America. Wouldn't really think we'd be too popular around here?"

"It's fine, mostly," Robin shrugs. "I have nothing against the Japanese, though sometimes I don't understand how they fight."

"They still prone to the old kamikaze routine?" you ask. Luce shudders involuntarily.

"My crew tried saving some of their sailors once," Robin replies carefully, "during the war."

"How'd that go?' Luce asks, clearly eager to change the subject from kamikazes... you recall vaguely that Sara mentioned kamikazes did a number on several American warships. No wonder the memory would make Luce uncomfortable.

"They chose to drown rather than accept our help," Robin explains. "I still don't get that."

Sara frowns. "We all saw some shit, I guess. You okay, Luce?"

"Yeah," the gray-haired girl replies nervously. "Just... remembering their suicide planes shook me up a bit."

Ah, that explains it... she was probably sunk by one. You regret bringing it up now, and make a mental note that some of your peers may not be as comfortable with their previous lives and deaths as your friends seem to be.

"And your hat?" you ask Robin, trying to change the subject for Luce. "Where'd that come from?"

"Rangers. I helped move some of 'em around when we re-took the Leyte."

"It looks good," you admit. "They give you that as a gift?"

Robin nods with a grin. "Yup. Surprised they had one that fit!"

Finally, after a surprisingly strained conversation, you find your group within sight of the Club.
(1/2)

>>37536631
Inside there are an assortment of other kanmusu, mostly from the IJN by their looks. A few take note of your arrival, greeting Sara and her team and mostly ignoring you. There are a few faces that seem to acknowledge you however.

Most notable among those are Prinzessin, Tirpitz, and Bismarck. Surprise, surprise, the latter two are drinking.

"AH!" Bismarck cries, waving you down. "You! The dark-haired fraulein with the little horns! How would you like to play a little game of darts mit uns?"

"We're bored," Tirpitz complains in a level tone, "nobody wishes to play."

>Sure, couldn't hurt
>Another time, maybe

Also,
>3d10 roll, best of three. DC 7.

Rolled 7, 2, 5 = 14 (3d10)

>>37536755
>>Sure, couldn't hurt

Rolled 2, 9, 2 = 13 (3d10)

>>37536755
>Sure, couldn't hurt

Rolled 7, 3, 7 = 17 (3d10)

>>37536755
>Sure, couldn't hurt
Friends!

Rolled 7, 3, 7 = 17 (3d10)

>>37536755
>>Sure, couldn't hurt

>>37536823
>>37536827
Ok, that's a bit insane.
>Sure, couldn't hurt

>>37536823
>>37536827
>... interesting. Since you have two passes, and it seems like we're going to play, I'll go ahead and update

You catch movement out of the corner of your eye: it's Prinzessin, and she's gesturing silently at her right hand for some reason. Then she shakes her head, just slightly.

"How do you feel about a small wager, fraulein?" Bismarck asks you, writing down her score from the last game with Tirpitz before sorting a few bills onto the table. It looks to be the equivalent of about $10 in Yen... and then you see it. She wrote left-handed, but seems to be throwing righty.

That's what Prinzessin's warning was: Bismarck is going to try and hustle you.

>Accept, throw with your dominant hand
>Accept, throw with your off hand: two can play at this game of cat and... other cat
>Decline to wager, but play anyhow
>Other

>>37537028
If you hate Kancolle so much, why do you keep on going? Do you really believe the QTG shitposts at face value?

>>37537028
>Accept, throw with your off hand: two can play at this game of cat and... other cat

>>37537028
>>Accept, throw with your off hand: two can play at this game of cat and... other cat

Do we have money at all?

>>37537028
>Decline to wager, but play off handed

counter hustling is not the best way to make friends...

>>37537028
>>Decline to wager, but play anyhow

>>37537028
>>Decline to wager, but play anyhow

>>37537099
Why do you care so much oh my fucking god

>>37537099
I thought QTG was dead?

>>37537253
Ghost posting on archive.moe is how they roll now, since any threads on /tg/ proper get removed with fair reliability.

So, run-off:
>Decline to wager, play normally
>Decline to wager, fuck with the Germans

>>37537230
You haven't picked up that Ace here doesn't actually like Kancolle?

>>37537324
Kancolle is a retarded browser game played by nerds who care way too much for their cosplay idols pretending to be warships from a dead empire, freaking out over their schoolgirl ship dying out of nowhere in the anime that 'deceived' them and made them feel 'comfy'.

Him hating it doesn't mean shit.

>>37537321
>>Decline to wager, fuck with the Germans

>>37537321
>>Decline to wager, play normally

>>37537321

>Decline to wager, fuck with the Germans

>>37537321
>Decline to wager, fuck with the Germans

since nothing is at stake, fun can be had...

Alright, I doubt we'll get many more votes than this, so
>3d10 again

Rolled 9, 10, 6 = 25 (3d10)

>>37537632

>>37537632

Rolled 9, 3, 4 = 16 (3d10)

>>37537632

>>37537632
using >>37537655
>writing

>>37537773
You shake your head. "Sorry, I don't actually have any money," you admit.

"You don't?" Bismarck asks incredulously. "Well, I suppose we must make this into a duel of honor, ja?"

"That would be fine," you counter, grasping the first dart in your right hand. You see that your opponent has done the same.

Her first throw is decent, but not spectacular: Bismarck must be pretty confident in her aim if she's this good off-handed. Your own throw sees you two points behind her.

"Ah, schade," she taunts you lightly. "Surely you can do better than that?"

Her own second dart goes sailing left, netting her only a few more points. Your throw isn't much better, effectively tying you up.

And that's when it happens.

"Fraulein," Tirpitz asks quietly. "Are you going to throw right-handed all night?"

Bismarck's face twists into a confident smile. "That's true, schwester," she admits, switching the last dart into her left hand. "What would I do without you, liebes Schätzchen?"

The last dart leaves Bismarck's hand notably faster than the first two, embedding deeply into the board with a resounding thump. Damn, is she good.

Her grin is short lived, however, as you too shift your third and final dart into your left hand. "Rule one, fraulein? Never kid a kidder."

The dart leaves your hand, quickly finding the bullseye.

"I... what?" Bismarck blinks in surprise as you hear a whoop from Sara's table.

Tirpitz says nothing, but her raised eyebrows tell you she's impressed.

>Tell Bismarck to convey your apologies to Deutschland for you
>Offer to buy her a drink: "Dutch Treat" (basically, buy her a drink with her own money)
>Say something else (write in)?

>>37538038
>Tell Bismarck to convey your apologies to Deutschland for you

>>37538038
>Offer to buy her a drink: "Dutch Treat" (basically, buy her a drink with her own money)
"It was a good game, ja?"

>>37538038
>Say something else

Thanks for the Game.

>>37538038
>Offer to buy her a drink: "Dutch Treat" (basically, buy her a drink with her own money)

>>37538038
>Tell Bismarck to convey your apologies to Deutschland for you

>>37538038
>>Tell Bismarck to convey your apologies to Deutschland for you
Fun game, ja?

>>37538038
>Offer to buy her a drink: "Dutch Treat" (basically, buy her a drink with her own money)

>>37538038
>>Offer to buy her a drink: "Dutch Treat" (basically, buy her a drink with her own money)

>>37538038
"Good game, ja?" you offer. "Lemme get us something to celebrate with."

You quickly snag her money off the table, striking out for the nearby bar amid howls of laughter from several tables in the room: seems that half the IJN is happy to see Bismarck taken down a notch. Even she's started chuckling to herself at this point.

After you order an American lager of some kind, which comes in a bottle with the Stars and Stripes on it, Prinzessin sits next to you.

"Did you get my hint?" she presses excitedly.

"Sort of. I also saw her write with her left hand."

"She's been pulling that stunt on any battleship that's come through," she explains. "Musashi figured it out and played her to a draw, Nagato let Mutsu play but insisted on stopping early after the second double-or-nothing round."

"So that's how they've done it?" you muse. "Tirpitz did the second round off-hand?"

Prinzessin nods happily. "They got Ise and Kongou, though... Kongou actually asked for a rematch, too. If I hadn't told her explicitly they'd have gotten her twice!"

"How about any of the Americans?"

"They tried with Carolina, but I don't think she understood the game," your friend recalls. "She insisted on throwing all three darts at the same time, so Bismarck gave up."

"That sounds a lot like her, yes," you sigh. "She hit anything, at least?"

"Not really."

Sounds like Carolina hasn't changed a bit. She always was one for speed over accuracy, but damn could she squeeze off rounds fast when she was on her A-game. They didn't call her the Showboat for nothing: the muzzle flash made for one hell of a lightshow.

(1/2)

>>37538525
On your way back, you're surprised at the reception you get. Midway forces a bottle into your hand with a grin, you're accosted by IJN girls with names like Naka, Mogami, Tenryu, and Tone. It seems like suddenly, people who wouldn't have paid you any mind just yesterday are in a rush to treat you like a normal human being. Finally, after managing to deposit your beers on Bismarck's table and earning a sigh at your choice of brews for her, you hear a loud whistle.

The shipgirls around you stand at attention as an older-looking girl steps into the Club with a silver whistle around her neck. White elbow gloves, a white uniform with a pinkish-red skirt, and long brown hair carefully arranged behind an ornate radar headset: the newcomer's appearance is certainly striking. More interesting to you, however, is her bearing.

She possesses the same stern, yet serene attitude you know from being around Nagato, but you sense that of the two this girl is probably the more powerful.

"Miss Maryland?" she greets you firmly, but politely. "I am Yamato. I would have you speak with me privately."

Somehow, you get the feeling that refusing this woman won't be an option.

>>37538736
And that's going to have to be it for tonight.

Archives are up, and I'll stick around to answer any question that isn't "Y U DO DIS".

>>37538768
Thanks for running.

>>37538768
Y U DO DIS

Okay, serious question, I dig the little character details like Carolina throwing the multiple darts, etc. Do you read up on all the ships to nail down little quirks like this?

Good thread, bossman.

>>37538847
Let me put it to you this way: at 12 I couldn't tell you what bands were popular, but I could hum the theme from Victory at Sea.

I don't just like this stuff: I LOVE it. Total goddamn nerd.

>>37538991
...You are the sibling I so often wished for when I was younger.

You're cool.

>>37538991
Hah, that's cool. Good luck with running your thread, and fuck those f/a/ggots that whine about their head canon.

>>37539054
>Hah, that's cool
Try telling that to all of my childhood friends.

Anyway, I think I've got two more good-sized bombs to drop before this is all said and done, though neither will probably cause the same kind of shitstorm Maryland's little arc did.

We'll see how that goes. There'll be a twitter update early next week confirming the date.

>>37539171
Sounds great chief! Look forward to then.

>>37539171
>Anyway, I think I've got two more good-sized bombs to drop before this is all said and done, though neither will probably cause the same kind of shitstorm Maryland's little arc did.
Why would you want to? Also, you thinking they won't cause a shitstorm just ensures they cause a shitstorm because the universe spites you for your foolish hubris.

>>37539171
Show us proof you have a Kancolle account. There's been like, six or eight lotteries in the span of a few days, so it's like a lottery twice a week every other week at the way things have gone since January.

In fact, there is another lottery tonight, eight hours from now.

>>37539456
Having a Kancolle account is nothing to be proud of. You should be embarrassed that you care so much about a shitty browser game.

>>37539562
>tripfagging in 2015

>>37539721
>Giving a shit period

>>37539431
>Why
Because of the implications they have for this take on the setting and the possible endings of the quest.

>>37539456
What are you even trying to accomplish? At first I was frustrated, now I'm just kind of confused.

>>37539870
Ignore him, he's just butt blasted and off his board. Nobody else cares.

>>37539870
Not even worth acknowledging those people.

Honestly the most you should do is whatever it is that is making these people upset.

>>37539942
ironic shitposting is still shitposting, who would have expected the tripfag to try to promote trolling and shitposting?

>>37539870
I mean clearly you're doing something right if /a/ is upset.

>not fucking Squad of Sisters
YOU HAD
EXACTLY
ONE FUCKING JOB

>>37540018
.......You might be a troll but i can't argue with that logic........

>>37540018
/a/ is always upset over something, though.

Any burning questions remaining, or can I go to sleep?

>>37540144
No fuck off.

>>37540144

good night AoC
This quest is no zaku... but enjoyable none-the-less

>>37540144
Take care!