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[indomitableblackdragon]

‌"The indomitable Black Dragon of the Eagle Union is none other than me, New Jersey! You're about to witness true power! Haha, just messing~♪ Don'tcha just love flashy introductions?"

New Jersey | Azur Lane

She's a boat and a girl

A boatgirl if you will *applause*

Fighting deep sea creatures might be bad for the world state but ya' gotta make the most of it!

This includes dressing up as a bunny for some reason.

Might be an alien? Nobody really knows

Applejuice Aunt Vibes

"Hey watch this" Shoots a 406mm shell at the nearest ocean

Tl;dr: She will drag your ass into every candy store and make your life that much more exciting.

"Dont'cha love it?! <3"

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[gracesavestar]

❝ Saying it like that. You might have. ❞ not entirely, he knows, given he has kept an eye on things, let alone the lack of any gas source or a set of matches to be seen. nor can he really deny the allure of mixing flavors from the soda machine, something he may or may not have done often back in his college days without even the slightest bit of prompting from others. at the very least, he can understand her references on the matter, whether or not it was beneficial to them right now.

which, in this particular case, seems like it was with how she presses about trying it一

❝ You at least mixed in compatible flavors, right? ❞ he's a little wary, eyeing the drink with, once more, an intrigue. she's going to try it with me. no way she's gonna make me drink it alone like i'm a personal guinea pig. the color itself doesn't seem appealing, but he had tried enough things in his time to know that right could easily be wrong and up most definitely might be down when it came to appearance alone.

[indomitableblackdragon]

"Oh ye of little faith. I'm a professional when it comes to this." How much that was willing to convince him was anyone's guess. But NJ wasn't going to start throwing random things in there without having some sense of what it was. Gone were the days of experiments on whims, now she had to be more precise with the flavors. In order to truly create something that'd blast everyone off their feet...

...Most of the time. Other times it was up to the whims of fate.

" 'Course I did! Come oooon don't back out that easily this far into the process."

[cerberice]

IT WAS MORE OF A PARTY FOR IT THAN NOT, substantially different in the usual ways that wriothesley himself approaches it. while he's hardly adverse to gatherings as that, he can't quite recall if he ever labeled them as direct as that. tea time was simply the easiest way to state aloud, nor was he often in the company of others when he partook in that moment to truly call it a soiree. ❝ That hardcore about it, are they? And here I thought I was the tea guy. Won't lie, I'm a little curious on what this all looks like, ❞ he muses, leaning back into his seat as elbows rest upon the arms of his chair.

given the time they all seem to be limited on between their interests and active duties, he can only imagine the hours they might wake up to execute all of this to go as smoothly as the lady in front of him relays. one finger taps on leather, recalling the twilit hours he would have to rise for work in the fortress, a wonder if it was just as similar.

❝ Think they might? Find something to draw you in compared to tea, that is. ❞ to ask something so small was a means to carry on the conversation, yet he did wonder, all the same, if there was something specific she held in mind. ❝ It could all boil down to how it's prepared, too. Brew it all wrong and the whole pot would have a taste as bad as one of Sigewinne's milkshakes. ❞

[indomitableblackdragon]

"If one of them ever comes 'round I'll be sure to hand them your number. I'm sure they'd love to make the table bigger and talk to you about...whatever they usually talk about." No doubt topics she'd probably find enjoyable too. But that'd require getting invited in the first place, which was a rarity with how busy the BB was in the first place.

"Well crazier things have happened to me before. And I am an adventurous girl so I guess its a possibility. 'Sides if it can grip my attention then it's gotta be good right?"

A rather large leap in logic. But it probably made more sense in her mind then being said out loud.

"Damn a milkshake can taste bad? How'd they screw that up? Isn't something like that some of the most simplest stuff out there?"

[theridian]

          rocky had become accustomed to the humans ( he thought they were all humans, at least ) around him mostly ignoring him, a fact that he was annoyedly suspicious was caused by his height in relativity to theirs. it had never been a problem with grace, but then again, it had only been the two of them out there orbiting tau ceti. and yet, it meant that the eridian was surprised when someone actually stopped to speak to him, an action that made him stop waving his arms and instead spin himself around to get a better impression of the person in front of him.

     he wasn't really sure what he expected, honestly. so many of these humans had the same squishy bodily features. at least this one was noticeably smaller.

     ❝ Rocky can read just fine! ❞ he waved the paper once, as if in emphasis. ❝ Rocky not confused. Stupid stupid stupid humans just give information on flat substance! ❞ and had taken away his light imager, to rub salt in the wound. ❝ Rocky no can hear things that are flat. ❞

[indomitableblackdragon]

"Wait hold on you can't hear things that are flat? But you gotta read the thing on the paper don't ya'?" Unless she was missing something. Though maybe it worked like some of those animals that had to locate people using sounds specifically. But logic probably didn't work as simple as that here, nor did she have any experience with anyone like this before.

"I wouldn't say its because we're stupid. I mean I guess some are but it's just simpler to throw it on a paper like that then have to do go through a few more steps. Of course that makes things well, harder for you it seems..."

If she was understanding all of this correctly that is.

"Wouldn't mind helping you read it off if ya' need a hand. Not the greatest teacher but you seem like someone smart enough to catch on quick."

[cerberice]

FROM HEARING THIS RESPONSE ALONE, that would mean he's done his job as host to make certain the one he was serving enjoys the arrangements. while it was nothing so extravagant as those elaborate tea parties one might find within the previous hydro archon's presence before her departure, there was still some sense of pride in his knowledge and, further still, etiquette when having guests over. ❝ That so? Duly noted then, ❞ he retorts back, leaning forward to scoot a few treats her way, too, so she can pair them as she pleases.

before long, he rests both elbows upon his thighs after a sip of his own drink, lacing his fingers together before him in turn.

❝ Sounds like you have some friends who enjoy tea themselves. What's kept you from joining them? ❞ whether or not she wants to explain is up to her, the question left opened, albeit the warden being a little curious as to what held her off in the first place. ❝ Compared to coffee, tea has a lot of different tastes to try. My collection here isn't half as much as what I have back in my office. Not that coffee is bad, but something tells me you won't find a fruitier variant of a coffee bean anywhere like you can with tea leaves... ❞

[indomitableblackdragon]

"They're a bit eccentric when it comes to their tea parties. Coffee and I don't jive too much but something about all those tea flavors do catch my attention a lot." Though it could also be some taste buds in her trying to grasp for anything so it didn't taste nearly as bitter. Those flavors really did help out far more then the BB was willing to admit.

"But the way they do their setups would put some cafes to shame. I don't even know what time some of them start but they could go the entire evening if you know, we weren't all still technically on duty."

Yet they'd still manage to find a way to do all that and be back before anything got cold. Truly a Royal Navy marvel...

"Still seems like tea keeps getting points on the board. Probably for the best unless they can find a real big draw for me compared to this."

[gracesavestar]

PARTNERS 一 THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE. well, what they were supposed to be, at least. two people who were meant to be working together on this little project, concocting... what was it again? something that she had suggested involving carbonated soda water and some kind of sweet, fruity mixture. whatever it was, he was more concerned if she knew how to actually combine the proper things without anything awful transpiring.

honestly, he doesn't even recognize the liquids she has in hand currently at first glance, making it even more of a encroaching fear as she starts to get ready to pour them together. so, he steps forward, putting both hands up to have her pause for a moment.

❝ And you're sure mixing these two things won't cause a bad reaction? At all? ❞ oh god, i can only hope not...

@indomitableblackdragon

[indomitableblackdragon]

"Come on you're acting like threw some matches on gas! It's just something you gotta do when they got those machines there. Why else would they give you all those flavors in the first place?"

There probably were better ways to introduce a concept like this to someone. Especially when the man was giving her a look that could best be described as "confused and worried intrigue". Still if one didn't do it they'd be doing it a disservice in the eyes of the battleship. Even if it might cost someone their entire afternoon through sheer overload of senses...

"You gotta give a try. Ship girls honor it ain't gonna taste bad alright?"

[bitemedotmp3]

"Good for them, maybe. It's just pissing me of that she's hiding stuff," Uzi grumbles. "Well, it's not the only thing pissing me off, but whatever."

Throughout her stay in the Inn, Uzi just took care to avoid any hazards. There were lots of freaky rooms and scary monsters, and the best course of action was to simply give them all a wide berth. Last thing she needed was accidentally walking into the industrial shredder room or something.

But the Warden is a different story. It isn't exactly benign, but whatever was going on in the haunted hotel seemed to really piss it off. A fucked-up room stayed in one place, but that thing was hunting.

"What's your distraction idea? Jump into its mouth and hope you're too chewy?" Uzi snorts. "C'mon, I'm already plenty traumatized, but I don't wanna see someone get eaten in front of me."

She turns away, continuing her half-run down the hallway. "Well, someone else," she mutters.

There's no need to be picky, so Uzi takes the first door that doesn't look too foreboding, and holds it open after she slips through. Maybe NJ has a plan, or maybe she'll take the not-stupid option Uzi's presenting to her. If she does get eaten, at least Uzi won't have to watch.

"I don't care what you do, just choose quick," she hisses. "I'm not waiting for you."

[indomitableblackdragon]

"Hey we ain't gonna get eaten! Don't need the negative mojo out here when there's gonna be a way for us." Or at least NJ was hoping there would be. Otherwise one of them might need to take it for the team, which certainly seemed to be pointing towards the battleship more then the drone.

"Plans simple, I'm gonna drag it away from you so you two can have your little talk! It's clearly got some beef with me over you so I think a few little shots will definitely get its attention."

That and maybe piss it off more. But in a way that worked in her favor as well...

" 'Sides you two are gonna need some alone time to get over you know, the thing you got going on. But I got faith in ya' you'll do just fine."

[cerberice]

❝ Here you are. One piping hot cup of tea, ❞ he relays, the sound of his voice accompanied by the softest clink of glass as it's set down in front of her. another is placed down in the same manner opposite of where she sits, the warden finally easing into his own seat once both were served proper. one hand reaches out as he leans in, plucking two lumps of sugar from the center container and plopping them into his own brew of tea.

❝ This one's a little different from the last blend we had. It's a white tea that has small pieces of peach with hints of papaya and marigold, giving it a succulent fruit note. Think of it like a peach cobbler, only as a liquid, ❞ he explains, swirling the tea with a spoon to mix in his sugar as he does. ❝ It can be served hot or cold, so... suppose you don't fancy it hot, there's nothing wrong with cooling it down before having a drink. ❞

@indomitableblackdragon

[indomitableblackdragon]

"Peach cobbler as a liquid honestly sounds like something I could drink all the time. You could've lead with that and I would've been on board with all of this!"

Still drinking tea wasn't really NJ's specialty. If anything all the battleship did learn from all her time was watching those in the Royal Navy and how elaborate some of those setups could've been. It was almost like a full blown dinner, but for just tea. Somehow both managing to be interesting yet insanely confusing in the same area.

But at least with one person it wouldn't be nearly as bad...

"Honestly I gotta say most of these have been pretty fantastic though. Makes me wonder just how many flavors I've been missing out on just by watching those gals do their thing rather then joining in."

[theridian]

@indomitableblackdragon ♡'d for a starter!

          rocky had never been able to position his arms in the way he'd seen grace do similarly, hands resting on his middle and an exasperated expression on his face. but, in this particular moment, staring at the paper that apparently had all the information he needed, he really wished that he could. because it would perfectly capture the current things he was feeling right about now. mainly: annoyance and irritation. because while the paper might have everything rocky needed to "get started", there was a crucial flaw in this plan: he had no idea what it said. even focusing on it with all his echolocating strength wasn't enough to parse the ink sunk into the glossy page.

     which meant he simply had to resort to stomping his claws angrily, carapace swinging side to side as one arm waved the paper around angrily.

     ❝ Whose idea this!! Stupid, stupid, stupid! ❞ the notes singing from him were high-pitched and loud enough to garner attention, even overlaid with the island's translation system.

[indomitableblackdragon]

"Uhhhh you need help with that buddy?"

Despite saying such a comment NJ didn't quite know how to help the individual struggling to apparently read the pamphlet. Though she didn't quite understand the whole "rock" wanting to read in the first place either. Both of which managed to confuse NJ beyond belief, yet still be intrigued enough to try and assist him as best she could.

"Never read something like that before? They use a whole bunch of mumbo jumbo on there that might confuse ya'. You know how it is with all that jargon people put out on that paper."

[compassfound]

@indomitableblackdragon

𝟎𝟖 - "Stop eyeing it, I'm not giving you any." The Sinner held a fully topped hot dog that she'd picked up at the boardwalk over to the side, as far away from New Jersey as she could possibly put it. She was familiar with this one. A noisy woman that reminded me of a mixture of Rodya and Don Quixote, and a woman that claimed to be a "ship" the last time they'd met.

"Why would a ship even need a hot dog? Can't you just sip some fuel or something?" Anything to get her away from the hot dog.

[indomitableblackdragon]

"Uh because they're tasty? Why else would I want one?" She wasn't wrong in that NJ really didn't need to eat food. It only just helped calm her down when the moments between days got boring. But really, the most important thing was that she most certainly didn't sip on fuel. Unless for whatever reason it started to taste better then she remembered...

"Like come on you gotta give me one at least! Or tell me how far back it was walking in that direction."

[bitemedotmp3]

Uzi really thought the killing and eating classmates bit would put a damper on Jersey's optimism, but apparently not. Apparently she comes from a place where that's okay! Whatever.

"Yeah, but that's what I'm talking about. She's so fake! Talking all this stuff about getting along or whatever when she's done fucked up stuff like that! There's something... wrong with her. And I'm not just being dramatic, she..."

She what? Uzi isn't really sure, and the doubt shows on her face. She isn't sure how to describe it, but the other Uzi keeps doing weird things. She's got weird powers, and she keeps drinking oil like a disassembly drone. Truth be told, their personalities aren't too dissimilar, but it doesn't take someone as smart as Uzi to know when things are being hidden.

She shakes her head. "She's cozying up with a frickin' murder drone. Those things killed my mom. Our mom. Even if killing her doesn't make things better, it can't make things worse."

That's why she's so mad, isn't it? It's that feeling of betrayal, knowing she can't even trust herself. Because clearly, the other her doesn't trust her either.

"Well she won't tell me her side!" shouts Uzi, stomping her foot. "All that crap about understanding each other, but she won't even tell me what the hell happened! If it's gonna happen to me, don't I deserve to know? I mean, she knows everything about me, so it's only fair, isn't it?"

And from that door she closed not too long ago comes a deep rumbling. Uzi's eyes hollow and she takes off down the hall without explaining anything.

"Shit, forgot about that thing," she says. "Gotta get the hell outta here."

[indomitableblackdragon]

"I mean isn't that a good thing? The cozying up part I mean not the whole "mom getting murdered bit". The fact she's getting along with someone like that means there's hope for the two of 'em isn't it? Feels like it's all a good thing at the end of the day."

At least in NJ's eyes. Maybe she was missing some key component flying right over her head. Although before she could speak up again did the low rumbling make its presence known from close by almost reminding the battleship that they weren't alone in this whole endeavor...

"You think I could distract it maybe? Dunno if it'll actually work but the more time we got away from it the better right?"

[animasend]

"R-Really....? I see." what, was she supposed to shout it from a rooftop? " Usually I just keep it all inside and drown it in caffeine."

[indomitableblackdragon]

"The caffeine makes it even easier! Hell you might scream louder and longer then usual with a lot in ya'."

[animasend]

"Fuck."

[indomitableblackdragon]

"Honestly I feel you could've gone a little louder with that one. Nothing wrong with venting out frustrations."

[bitemedotmp3]

"If they catch you, you're on your own," she says. "Got better things to do than play monster hunter."

Actually, playing monster hunter right would be way better than this dumb BS. But as time goes on, Uzi can feel the pull towards her other self getting strong, and she wonders how long until it becomes too much to bear. Obviously, a confrontation is what the Stars are looking for, and knowing herself, it's gonna be bloody. Or oily. Or both.

Hearing praise for her doppelganger makes Uzi grumble under her air cycle, because the compliments and praise should be coming to her. Why does no one care about all the stuff she's done? Also, why does she have all those freaky-ass powers?

"Wow, cool. Glad you get along so well or whatever. Glad she can have frickin' friends and god-powers and stuff," she says, trying really hard not to let the envy leak into her voice.

Seriously, what happened to make the other Uzi all... like that? How the fuck did she make friends and get a boyfriend and get everything she ever wanted and more? It's not fair.

"Not fair..." she grumbles. "I deserve that. Not her."

Her head whips up towards Jersey, her teeth exposed in a pointed grin. "Oh yeah? She tell you about how she killed her classmates? Eating people, she tell you about that? Bet she didn't!"

But the smile melts away from her face as she realizes how petty she sounds. She's jealous of herself. This is so stupid.

Uzi's suddenly extremely aware of the railgun's weight on her back. She needs to end this so she can get rid of al these stupid and annoying feelings. Her hands curl into fists, trembling as she begins her grim march one more, storming past Jersey.

"I need to kill her," she says, just a little quietly. "I need to."

[indomitableblackdragon]

"Ah no she didn't. But really who would wanna tell that to people in the first place? I mean sure some people wanna know but ain't there something where you came from where people wanna keep that kinda stuff to themselves?"

Sure NJ may have not felt that personally but the battleship seemed to have far less baggage then the drone's counterpart. Still the least she could do even for their short acquaintance was try and ease the situation, however much she could.

"...Do you need to or do you just want to? A lot of people back home felt like they needed to kill someone else too. And even if some did get their wish it really didn't make anything better."

If anything it made things a whole lot worse. But that wasn't a conversation she needed to bring up just now...

"Sounds like a whole 'lotta stuff going on impulse. And while I usually think that's a good way of working out some things right now it's probably a pretty bad idea till you get the other side of the story. Wouldn't you agree?"

[thiefandlyre]

"Once again it falls upon me to do all the investigating... Very well. I'll see what I can find. Perhaps someone else will venture into the darkness with me."

[indomitableblackdragon]

"Well make sure to keep in touch if you do find anything. I can ask around if someone else wants to jump headfirst into the darkness. Though I think my contacts on that might be a little small..."

[thiefandlyre]

"Do you know what conjured means? Brought forth from nothing. Perhaps the employees do summon their wares, or perhaps the Stars do it from somewhere afar..."

He thinks for a moment. "I do know of people who own businesses. I suppose you could ask where they get their supplies."

[indomitableblackdragon]

"Yeah I know what conjured means! I just never you know, saw it happen in front of me." Which wasn't helping her case either. Especially when weapons could just form right behind her on the drop of dime.

"The only real people I know do their own kinda stuff. So maybe you are better off asking as opposed to me."

[indomitableblackdragon]

"...Wait how did they even get a place like that down there? Where do they get all their food and stuff?"

[thiefandlyre]

"I assume they get it from the same place any of the eateries here get their wares. There are no farms, I never see them transporting crates of produce or other ingredients. I can only assume it's conjured, somehow, by the all-encompassing power of our captors," Octavo explains. "Really, where they get it from ought to be the least of our concerns."

[indomitableblackdragon]

"No I think it's something to be very concerned with. I mean sure if they get their wares from the same place that isn't too bad but like how do they get it there? Do they just have a bunch of employees who can just do that with the whole void thingy?" All incredibly important questions, especially for someone like her...