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“Well… if it’s any consolation, the racket was done on purpose for that express reason… Better to get it over with now than them handing me something that blows up half the base in the process.” Evelyn commented, knowing very well that if explaining things didn’t always set in when she tried to point out the problem just verbally.

“You should have seen the waivers they made the admiral sign when he wanted to assign me to this base. Sure, he gets extra funding for me being here, but… he has to accept that it’s pretty much at his own risk.” Which was true… unfortunately. Diana, even with the best gear setup the navy could offer really doesn’t compare to how much damage she’d do in comparison if there was a significant issue with the testing equipment.

“Just as a small warning… if that silly admiral decides they want more Lancaster series ship girls here… it’s all downhill from this point on.” She’d add as she gently plopped the still stiff Diana onto her back like a sack of potatoes and got ready to head off.

“And um… sure… With or without this troublemaker?”

“Hehe, thats why my other job is for. I remember one time I had to blow an entire mine field with just chewing gum and a paperclip.” An ever so slight exagerration but his duties did involve clearing mine fields when deployed.

“Two of you is enough, god help me I WILL retire if more of you arrive. Then who’ll be the one to get your special parts?...Well you actually acquire them before I fill the requisition but I keep the paperwork in order so you don’t get arrested! At least you are humble about your work, and Diana is learning. None of the new ones would’ve seen combat and sadly that’s the only way to really learn.” At the thought of the commanders here, Sealion’s eyes rolled more than a midwestern wheat field.

“Yeah, mind as well bring ‘er along. She’ll be out for awhile but if her stomach is anything to go by. Once dinner whistle rings she’ll jump at the chance, to prove she can eat more than you.”

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“…” With that, Evelyn promptly produced a very clearly signed form that indicated that she did in fact have permission to do what she was doing earlier. Although in her opinion, she wasn’t that crazy about firing confiscated equipment so close to the base, but orders were in fact orders.

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At this point, she was hoping this incident would get her permission to do weapon tests further away from base.

“So… do I get to complain to the Admiral about the suggestion that I use the firing range for testing equipment or… should I wait until he gets the paperwork first?” The redhead would point out as she absentmindedly poked Diana as she was still just staring at the target range as she was trying to figure out how in the world someone could intercept her shells like that.

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“Also, Sealion… As much as Diana likes to show off her targeting skills, you did fail to indicate which was the correct target. She’s used to firing at UAVs with live rounds at her past assignment… so please be a little more specific with what she’s supposed to hit.” Sure, she did find Diana annoying at times, but he really should have read her file more carefully before making such a suggestion.

And… this is about the time that Diana sort of tips over like one of those cardboard displays one might find in the store… or a fainted goat for that matter.

“It never fails to amaze me, how many times I am undermined by the brass and yet they cry the blues every time a 20mm gun has a minor jam...” Sealion sighed and noted the admirals name on the form. Why was he even here, when they constantly go over his head?

“By all means Evie, let him have it. I’ll serve the paperwork later, still a quick text would’ve been nice. I know you know your stuff but sometimes I feel like I’m running the operation and its already on thin ice.” Then promptly sat down and fanned himself with his cap.

“I’ll take the hit on the plane, I’m sorry about that. I’ll uh talk to Grandma Langley and the Air Boss later about the mix up...Boy’o I’ve been in the field too long, I forgot what being an instructor was all about.” Then he jumped up to his feet as he saw Diana taking a fall. Embarrassingly missing her, whilst she landed on top of him.

“Ya mind getting her back to her quarters? I still have to answer some questions here. Want to meet up for dinner? I could use the company...”

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Admittedly, once Diana got it into her head that there was something that should be done, her stubbornness to do things that way was very difficult to rattle. Which is usually why Evie tended to make an effort to keep Diana in line when she could… even if it tended to annoy her further.

Which is probably why “something” sliced through Diana’s tracer rounds and then announced her presence by outright whopping Diana on the head and giving her a rather frustrated lecture.

Whoever it was seemed to be wearing Evie’s uniform… although it seemed a bit small on them, long flowing silvery white hair, and pale blue eyes… Her appearance was quite striking… and she obviously looking rather annoyed by Diana just jumping the gun like she tended to.

By the looks of things and how Diana’s general reaction… I don’t think she was that scared of the Grandma Langely so much as whoever this was and her outright terrifying tendency to outright tear projectiles and possibly her to shreds.

It also didn’t help that as seen as the silverette was satisfied with her lecture, she suddenly left as quickly as she arrived, and Diana was still standing there looking like that guy in the painting called “the scream” and frozen stiff without so much as an acknowledgement to anyone else.

There was a small response for Evie though… Something like “Abyssal equipment being rather noisy for her taste, but free equipment was still free equipment, and she was packing up anyway.” There was another pause and well…

“So… she might be standing like that for awhile, so… did you just want to wait or shall I get a nice bucket of ice?” Evie was now looking over Sealion’s shoulder. Thankfully she had somehow already put the stolen gear back into storage in that hilariously short time, but still.

The plane was signaled to get the out of Dodge while Diana’s shots were intercepted. ‘Gee I wonder who pulled that off...’ Sealion thought to himself, and rolled his eyes. Still looking at the state of shock Diana was in, he figured that would serve better than any lecture he could come up with. Besides at this stage in his career he had been trying to slide into a more mentor role and less of a disciplinarian...That’s what Bismarck is for now.

“You’d think this is the first time, but here is one I prepared earlier...” Only the size of a portable cooler, Sealion looked at his other sister and grabbed the iced water and splashed it over Diana proceeded by a few claps for good measure. “Actually Evie now I need to talk to you now about range safety, that was just as dangerous as what Diana was pulling...Those cross fires went across five different lanes and caused everyone to divert their guns. Now the field will need to be repaired and gunnery practice on hold. Besides you shouldn’t have had that in the first place! I was assigned to guard and examine it until further notice.”

Once Diana was coming too, Sealion had sat them both down. “Okay, what am I doing wrong? What is up between you? Diana you over compensate and Evelyn I swear sometimes you think you’re the only fighting ship here.”

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“Fine…” Diana would comment with a frustrated groan as she went to work making the targeting calculations and started firing off a series of rounds at a very well calculated pace. Definitely faster than what you’d typically expect, but as Evelyn would say later on… Diana is a bit of a hot head and really needs better instructions than offering a bunch of moving targets and not indicating whether she was to shoot down the target planes or the banners.

Because well… Diana, being Diana… aimed towards the target aircraft with surprisingly good accuracy for someone who hadn’t worn that rig before and was looking pretty smug in any case.

However, if anyone was paying attention, Evie was doing her own target practice with some stolen Abyssal equipment she had dragged back with her on her last expedition… and whatever she was doing with it… was definitely making a racket.

Sure, Diana’s calculation speed was generally much faster than a typical fleet girl, but Evelyn… totally different level. The only thing that slowed her down was the mechanical performance of the gear she had at the moment… since she’d push that thing to its limit.

In other words, it sounded like Evelyn was hosting an Abyssal-powered fireworks party over there… and the timing really didn’t seem to help Diana’s mood.

Sealion noted he was impressed with her competency with getting her rig trained on the target, especially regarding her own reserve status. So far everything was smooth and the other girls were getting ready to commence firing. Besides the fact the Myoukou cruisers were still putting up a huge racket distractions seemed minimal.

Through his own range finder, Sealion was trying to follow Diana’s target path and worries became immediate. “Focus on the orange tail, not the plane!” Thankfully Evie’s noise seemed to rattle enough of the other fleetgirls from their own practice that hopefully Diana has a similar reaction. Still he knew the battlewagon’s tendencies and grabbed for his phone. “Hey Evie, yeah I can tell from 8 miles away your gunnery prowess but can ya tone the noise down? I’m trying to give instruction here!” He turned to see Diana’s tracers getting closer to the tow-plane.

“Di! I said the orange target, not the plane! Ya want Grandma Langley to hang us both out to dry?!” Immediately images of the elderly flattops cane swinging down caused his life to flash before his eyes.

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Marge Buell - The First Little Lulu Panel Page Original Art, dated 2-23-35 (Saturday Evening Post, 1935)

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“Yes, I can hit the broad side of a barn with my cannons, thank you very much.” Diana would reply rather proudly despite being able to recall her “Archrival” being able to outright knock a dime out of the sky with nothing more than a single shot. A big old barn would be a very easy target in comparison.

She’d love to do the same and shut this guy up, but at the same time… She’d rather avoid a long lecture about wasting currency for showing off, but… she really would love to prove how good she is to this guy. What a decision to make, right?

Thing is though… she really hated that Evie could just grab anything off the shelf and use it perfectly fine without needing recalibration or special tuning. It just wasn’t normal and wished she could do the same.

However, the last time she tried that, Evie had to basically salvage her off the bottom of the training pool… which only frustrated her further.

Why does everything come so easily to her rival and not her?

“Alrighty then, report to the main range and we’ll start small caliber before going to your main battery. After all we aren’t going after livestock, its folk’s shooting back that we need to worry about ” Well she’s young yet, if she was still like this after combat it’d be a different interaction.

“I have new battlewagons go through a few different firecontrol problems. One for anti-aircraft, one for anti-ship and one for anti-submarine. Your job right now is to figure these on your own, then myself and one of the gunnery instructors will evaluate you. As a submersible you’ll have the extra option to use torpedoes.” Sealion went on, as his team went to grab the munitions for Diana’s class.

Still it was clear the envy was present, so he thought to try to help calm it down some. “You’ll do great, after all Evie’s your sister. So if she can do it half as good, you’ll be one straight shooter.”

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“WE ARE NOT SISTERS.” And there’s the berzerk button. Sure, Evie might treat her like a younger sibling, but they definitely are not siblings at all… and that kind of set her off.

Especially since she wasn’t happy about being associated with what she deemed her rival above everyone else.

Either way, she irritably stomped off to the target range since well… she would rather blow up some targets than have that sore topic be brought up again.

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“You two sail under the same flag, you may not like it but that makes you sisters. Hell I consider us all family, we all sail under the United Nations banner. Sooner you accept that, the easier the fight will be for us all.” Sealion knew that those words fell to deaf ears for the time being, they always do until the fight battle. When either relationships are forged or the lone wolves will be lost.

At the range, Sealion took his large radio out and was calling to USS Langely. “Okay Grandma, launch target aircraft.” Then off the horizon the silhouettes of OS2U Kingfishers were coming in fast towing brightly colored banners. “Okay Diana, start with your smaller batteries then go larger. No bigger than 5″ guns. Happy hunting!”