You are the former United States Navy warship USS HOEL, now returned as a shipgirl and ready to kick Abyssal ass!
Currently, you were trying to get clear of Atlas main oil pipe before the explosives you and your sisters planted on it went off. However, you had lost contact with Haida, Kidd, and Eldridge when you had split up, so you went to search for them.
Unfortunately, it looked like they got into their trouble, as they had somehow gotten cemented onto the structure itself by one of the Abyssal platform's many spider-like worker drones.
"A little help would be nice right now!" Haida hisses as the giant lack spider continued to casually barf the thick goop it used to build up the structure all over her chest.
One swift swing from you baseball bat cracks the drone's head open, its multiple eyes bursting like little grapes as it splashes onto the water, its eight legs twitching wildly as it died. That was on obstacle out of the way.
"Hurry!" Haida urges you. Behind her, Kidd and Eldridge, whose mouths were also pasted up, yelled out muffled requests as well.
Still that icky black construction goo had already dried up, and looked to be pretty damn sturdy...
>Don't want to give yourself away. Break it apart by hand. >No time for subtlety. Just blast it off. >Other
>Don't want to give yourself away. Break it apart by hand.
James Flores
>Don't want to give yourself away. Break it apart by hand.
Anthony King
>No time for subtlety. Just blast it off.
Jonathan Taylor
>>No time for subtlety. Just blast it off. Yeeeaahhhh, we really got to be moving, here.
Angel Smith
>No time for subtlety. Just blast it off.
Live, friday etc This week, anniversary mode in boatships, new Fubuki soon in botegirls
Ian Moore
>No time for subtlety. Just blast it off.
Tyler Moore
>No time for subtlety. Just blast it off. We're on the clock for a big explosion.
Brayden Perez
>new Fubuki soon in botegirls Which one?
Nathan Adams
Uranami, if the hints are anything to go by
Jose Kelly
The second dev tweet about it said the new destroyer was in the same destroyer division as Ayanami. Since that's DesDiv 19 and two of the other destroyers have been around since day one (Isonami and Shikinami), that leaves Uranami.
Christian Adams
Already, your mental clock was ticking away. At this point, you sisters probably had already set the timers and bugged out, giving you less than a minute before the fireworks started going off. With no more regard for stealth, you aim your 5-inch gun a little off to the side of Haida.
"Watch out!" You warn as you fire. Your 5-inch shell drills into the hardened goop and explodes, shattering it like grass and singing Haida's clothes a bit. However, it weakens the structure just enough for Haida to break free.
"Thanks a lot." She sighs in relief. "How much time do we have left?"
"Too little." You grimace as you aim your guns at Kidd while Haida handles Eldridge, blasting them free as well.
"Ewwwwww, I don't know if this smell is ever gonna come off..." Eldridge groans.
"YAR! I'll BE TAKING VENGEANCE ON THESE SCALLYWAGS!" Kidd roars as she draws her saber.
"Fight later, run now." You grunt as you grab Kidd the collar and tow her toward the exit. Haida does the same for Eldridge, pulling the slower destroyer escort with her.
However, your gunfire has definitely attracted attention now. Your radar cues you in to movement. Lots of movement. The builder drones were now worked up, scrambling to investigate the damage, while you can sense movement of smaller and faster entities. With Haida having to drag Eldridge along, you weren't sure if you could outrun them...
>Pedal to the metal! >You need to buy the others some time to get clear. >Other
Eli Sanchez
>>Pedal to the metal!
Aaron Morales
>>You need to buy the others some time to get clear. "Don't make us tow you!"
>You need to buy the others some time to get clear.
Dylan Martinez
>>Pedal to the metal! We got new engines specifically for this occasion
Jackson Jackson
>>You need to buy the others some time to get clear. unless... can we princess carry the slowest person and not be slowed down too much?
Leo Brooks
>>You need to buy the others some time to get clear.
Jackson Watson
>You need to buy the others some time to get clear.
Bentley Gonzalez
>You need to buy the others some time to get clear.
Noah Gonzalez
>You need to buy the others some time to get clear.
Joseph Morgan
This is probably a dumb question but could we have Eldridge go less ship girl and more human so we can just fireman carry her out while booking it?
Julian Hall
You slide to a stop and pull an 180 degree spin, putting yourself between Haida, Eldridge and the advancing Abyssals. Even if you did tow Eldridge, you probably didn't have the raw power to keep ahead of the Abyssals. Better to just delay them while Eldridge put as much distance between her and the danger zone as possible.
"Hoel?!" Haida yelps in surprise.
"Keep going!" You bark. "We'll buy you some time!"
"Well I'll be stayin' with ya!" Kidd plants her feet into the water at your side, arms crossed with a confident grin. "A pirate never runs from a fight!"
Your radar was now warning you of massive amounts of contacts. Over a dozen destroyer class Abyssals and one large, and VERY FAST Abyssal incoming on your position. Cruiser size, at least.
Maybe this should be a fight for Kidd to get away from...
>Thanks for the help. >Get the hell outta here! >Other
Oliver Flores
>>Get the hell outta here!
Grayson Wright
>>Get the hell outta here! Prepare for melee.
Brandon Brooks
>>Get the hell outta here!
Owen Allen
>Get the hell outta here!
Eli Lee
>Get the hell outta here!
Adrian Adams
>Thanks for the help.
Xavier Baker
>>Get the hell outta here!
Isaiah Bennett
>>Get the hell outta here! Time to use the environment to our advantage.
Anthony Cook
>Get the hell outta here!
Blake Perry
>>Get the hell outta here! She needs to help tow Eldridge
Jaxson Fisher
"What the hell are you doing? Get outta here!" You bark to Kidd. "There's a time to fight, but this ain't it! Get clear of the blast and THEN you can start cracking heads!"
"B-but what about you?!" Kidd pauses. Even Pepe chirps with concern.
"Don't worry, I'm just gonna slow 'em down a little. I'll be right behind ya!" You assure the little wannabe pirate. "Now go!"
"F-fine!" Kidd reluctantly spins around and speeds off, leaving you to stand against the oncoming Abyssal horde alone.
And they come quickly, weaving through the maze of pipes and struts seamlessly and without losing any speed at all, like bees in a hive. Not surprisingly, since this was their home turf after all. However, surprisingly enough, none of them attack, the ugly fish monsters just hanging back a relatively safe distance, more content to pen you in than actually attack you.
And that's when you see Her.
Her pure white skin almost glowing in the darkness, this new humanoid Abyssal slowly and casually sails at you, a pair of toothed tails with heavy 8 inch guns wagging and waving behind her, their teeth chattering in anticipation.
And the girl herself filled you with unease. Not just with her unnatural pale complexion and glowing crimson eyes, but the fact that her torso looked to have been sliced open from sternum to navel, showing exposed machinery and gears underneath as if someone had tried to dissect her and she had never bothered to get the wound closed.
"Ah, so the little Ugly Duckling returns." The heavy cruiser giggles as she casually circles you, making sure to always keep a pipe or support strut between you and herself so you couldn't get a clear shot at her. "Have you reconsidered our offer~?"
What sort of game was she trying to play...?
>Humor her. She'll get a nasty surprise soon enough. >Shoot first questions later. >Other
Brandon Wilson
>Humor her. She'll get a nasty surprise soon enough
Cooper Gomez
>>Humor her. She'll get a nasty surprise soon enough.
Jose Collins
>>Humor her. She'll get a nasty surprise soon enough. stall for time.
Charles Scott
>>Shoot first questions later.
Christopher Rodriguez
>>Shoot first questions later.
Jordan Cox
>>Humor her. She'll get a nasty surprise soon enough.
Pray that there may be something hanging precariously above her head like a loose pipe, or a large lamp.
Jaxson Edwards
>Shoot first questions later.
Connor Anderson
>>Humor her. She'll get a nasty surprise soon enough.
Joshua Adams
>Shoot first questions later.
Austin Allen
Reminder beauty isn't just skin deep.
Jaxon Ortiz
>>Humor her. She'll get a nasty surprise soon enough.
Dominic Rogers
>Humor her. She'll get a nasty surprise soon enough.
Blake Ortiz
>Despair and corruption >Beautiful
Hunter Reed
>Humor her. She'll get a nasty surprise soon enough.
>"Ah, so the little Ugly Duckling returns." "What, you consider your side the swans? Because I don't see much in the way of grace and this nest is really tacky."
Eli Thomas
>>Humor her. She'll get a nasty surprise soon enough.
Henry Cook
>>"Ah, so the little Ugly Duckling returns." >"What, you consider your side the swans? Because I don't see much in the way of grace and this nest is really tacky." "Not to mention the spiders puking shit all over the place."
Daniel Ortiz
Sanity is for the weak.
Andrew Edwards
>>Humor her. She'll get a nasty surprise soon enough. Reminder that Hoel is already beautiful and so is Woel.
Thomas Perry
Well, if this bitch wanted to talk, you might as well humor her. She was gonna get a nasty surprise pretty soon, anyways.
"And you consider yourselves the swans?" You give a toothy grin as you motion to the corrupted Atlas platform all around you. "You're not exactly the shining example of beauty and grace."
"Ahhh... but how is it you humans put it... 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder?'" The Heavy Cruiser chuckles. "It's not too late to change you mind, you know. I used to be like you, you know. A foolish shipgirl who put her trust in humans... and what was my reward?"
The Heavy Cruiser then motions to the gaping open wound on her belly.
"Men did this, not the Abyss. And that's the fate you and all your stupid sisters will meet eventually!" The Heavy Cruiser's smile becomes more bloodthirsty, manic. "It's not too late to join the winning side."
"Nah, I'm not interested." You put up a strong front. However, the fact that this Abyssal used to be a shipgirl unnerved you. Was that true? Or was she just trying to play mindgames with you.
>Keep probing. >Time to split. >Other
Jordan Gomez
>Keep probing.
Sebastian Rogers
>Time to split.
Grayson Rodriguez
>>Keep probing.
Levi Gray
>Keep probing.
Samuel Sanders
>Keep probing.
"Just because some people are assholes doesn't mean you can become the Princess of all assholes."
Nathaniel Campbell
>>Keep probing.
Easton Hughes
>>Keep probing.
Samuel Morris
>Time to split.
Ethan Rogers
>>Keep probing.
Aaron Carter
>Time to split.
Cameron Gonzalez
>Keep probing.
Robert Jackson
>>Keep probing. Play with Evil Zara until the bombs go off.
Kevin Martin
>Keep probing.
Tyler Jackson
>>Keep probing.
Ethan Gray
"You mind tellin' me which ship you are, then?" You raise an eyebrow. You didn't really recognize her at all, though maybe it was just all those Abyssal bits. "Kinda got me at a disadvantage here."
"Oh, that doesn't really matter." The Heavy Cruiser laughs like you've asked the dumbest question ever. "Not anymore."
"Well, uh, I hate to say this again to y'all, but I'm really not interested." You reiterate, your grip on your handheld 5-incher tightening.
"Pity, we figured you'd still be resistant." The Heavy Cruiser sighs. "But maybe your twin can see the light."
Wait, wait, she taking about WOEL?!
Your face must have betrayed your shock, because the Heavy Cruiser's grin widens.
"Oh yes, we know all about HER."
>I have no idea what you're talking about. >IF YOU EVEN LAY A HAND HER...! >Other
Jack Hall
>IF YOU EVEN LAY A HAND HER...!
Zachary Smith
>IF YOU EVEN LAY A HAND HER...!
Nathan Adams
>>Other >"Really? Well, maybe not you in a few minutes..."
Jayden Collins
>>IF YOU EVEN LAY A HAND HER...!
Okay, time to go berserk, or try to get in contact with Woel ASAP.
Aaron Lewis
>IF YOU EVEN LAY A HAND HER...!
Woel will be the queen of you all before this is through. A radiant and terrible as the dawn.
As you'll probably end up as her maid, or something.
Nicholas Hill
>>IF YOU EVEN LAY A HAND HER...! >>Fire all the dakka then leg it
Matthew Lopez
>IF YOU EVEN LAY A HAND HER...!
If Zara and Pola have come back like in the game, I'd wager this is Gorizia. She suffered for almost five years before she was finally scrapped.
Connor Perez
>>IF YOU EVEN LAY A HAND HER...!
Grayson Brown
>>IF YOU EVEN LAY A HAND HER...!
Oliver Thomas
>>Other "Then you will know her answer will be the same as mine."
Of course they would know about Woel, if she's moved to Japan and killing Abyssals along the way
Ayden Brooks
>Other Just shoot the bitch.
Noah Lopez
>Woel has become such a problem for the Abyssals, they are hoping to use her sister to slow her and her gang down
Beauty ain't a crime, man.
Zachary Smith
Rolled 9, 1, 14, 18 = 42 (4d20)
Okay, now THAT got you angry. Threats against yourself, you could understand. But against any of your sisters, including Woel? That was fucking UNACCEPTABLE.
"IF YOU EVEN LAY A HAND ON HER...!" You scream as you draw your weapon...
>Roll 1d20
Caleb Sanchez
Rolled 6 (1d20)
Nice 1, bitch.
Jaxon Gutierrez
Rolled 4 (1d20)
RAAAAGE!
Angel Martinez
Rolled 5 (1d20)
Leo Roberts
Rolled 13 (1d20)
John Price
Rolled 8 (1d20)
William Hall
Rolled 2 (1d20)
Hunter Parker
welp
Jace Perry
Aw crap.
Prepare for the tentacles and EDGY outfits.
Leo Lee
And then Hoel was BEAUTIFUL
Gabriel Wright
And hats. Don't forget the hats.
Parker Myers
I wonder, what would happen to an Abyssal if she started to become "uglier" for no explicit reason?
Kayden Perez
Notice cruisercunt's critfail?
We might wiff but her gun explodes.
David Baker
>Nat 1 >Only get 6 So this mean's CA Hime fucks up, we fumble our guns, and nothing gets done?
Noah Russell
>Implying they weren't always ugly
Dominic Fisher
Probably we miss but her shot either blows up her own gun or damages the structure or kills the submarine sneaking up behind us.