>>1764855
>>You should go straight to Hoel.

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>>1764855
>>1764855
>>Vent your frustrations with Portland. She was there, too.

Time for NEW SHIPS AND ABYSSAL HIME

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>>1764855
>>Maybe you can tap into her datalink...
TIME FOR BOTES!

New shipgirls show up, one might be a rival to Akigumo while the other is Kashima pretending to be a DD.

>>1764855
>>Maybe you can tap into her datalink...

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>>1764855
>Maybe you can tap into her datalink...
Prepare for nightmare SHADOW Hoel, or a talk with Big Sister Fletcher.

>>1764880
Is that abyssal... shooting a fucking sword with a crossbow? Wow, officially my favorite new Abyssal

>>1764855
>>Maybe you can tap into her datalink...
Nothing could possibly go wrong with this. And I'm totally hyped to be in a live thread, just finished binging the entire archive a couple days ago.

>>1764855
>>Maybe you can tap into her datalink...
Hoel needs us!

>>1764855
>>Maybe you can tap into her datalink...

>>1764915
>Nothing could possibly go wrong with this.

Really, did you have to jinx us. RNG came within a hairs breadth of outright kill Hoel last thread, we don't need any more bad luck.

>>1764911
I'm more concerned about the manta rays around her, and the jaw crown.

>>1764933
> Be DD Princess
> Return as a crippled incomplete Hull when other Abyssals were hoping the gacha got them an Abyssal Shimakaze or Yuugumo
> Require extensive resources to rebuild Rig into a usable state, still no legs though.
> Constantly being mocked for being a failure of an Abyssal, always losing wingmen.
> Gets teamed up with AA Princess and Re and become best buds.
> AA Princess gets killed by ugly Poi-lookalike
> Being DD Princess is suffering

>>1765003
I bet the DD Princess feels very happy with herself. She finally has one up on Hoel at long last

>>1764902
>Fletcher never did come back as a shipgirl
>a boy decided to cosplay as a DD and got themselves into the mess that is the world of shipgirls.

>>1765013
Maybe she'll get a promotion/upgrade to make her PERFECT DD Hime?

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>>1764855
Well it can't be helped! You were going to go see Hoel one way or another!

Adjusting your headphones, you quickly but carefully lay yourself down on your bed. You learned VERY early on that it was best to get your body in a nice comfortable position before you dove deep into the network. The first few times you tried it, you'd wake up with bumps and bruises from falling over or walking into things without even realizing it.

And since Hoel wasn't responding to your regular queries, you knew you had to go in REALLY deep on this one.

You take a deep breath and close your eyes.

ESTABLISHING CONNECTION...

>Roll 1d20

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>1765031

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>1765031

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>1765031


>>1765037
>>1765038

We're in.

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>1765031

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>1765031
Here we go
>>1765037
>>1765038
Maybe RNG feels bad about last time.

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>>1765037
>>1765038
Well then.

>>1765045

>>1765037
>>1765038

>RNG likes Anna

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>>1765037
>>1765038

I wonder what Hoel's dreamscape is like.

>>1765030
Won't end even if DD Hime decides to betray the Abyssals and tell them to blame it on the misfortune of their birth

>>1765037
>>1765038
We could have used some of that last week, RNG fairies.

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>>1765056
The lewdness potential of the new shipgirls (Ark, mini-Kashima, Eromanga-DD) showing up is off the charts.

>>1765058
They wanted to show off the ability to give us 3 8s in a row. A 1 out of 8000 odds
One day we'll see a trio of 1s just because.

>>1765067
I actually saw a quest which ended in the first session this way, it used dice pools and the roll ended up with 6 1s on 6d6.

Also I noticed that best CVs in Kancolle are all gingers, not that I'm complaining though

>>1765101
I saw someone in real life roll 5d6.... all them were 1's... yeah... not great
I had to goggle a bit because I had never seen anyone physically roll so poorly.

>>1765058
We need a little bit of despair in our lives. It's not as fun if we don't have bad times.

Tbh I'm not a huge fan of having fate points, but I don't get to choose how Merc runs his quests and it still worked out in the end anyway. Good thing we had a cap/ran out.

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>>1765031
>FATE POINT GAINED!
>You have 1 point!

CONNECTION FOUND

PROCESSING....

PROCESSING...

CONNECTION ESTABLISHED

Suddenly, your eyes are blinded by a flash of light. You're surrounded by lines of endless data and code, streaming and flashing past you like highway traffic. To any normal eyes, all this mass of data would be completely incomprehensible. Random gibberish with no hope of understanding.

But you been living in this world long enough that reading code was as easy as breathing. You don't even need your eyes to see the code. You don't actually "see" in this place per se. You absorb your surroundings, reading each and every line.

And suddenly it all made sense. When you attempt to hijack and boost Hoel's motor functions, you accidentally triggered some sort of emergency function. Like what happened before when she got drunk, her mind was transferred out of her body and... somewhere else.

You frown as you put that particular line of code under greater scrutiny, trying to track where Hoel's mind went. It certainly wasn't in her body, or else she'd have woken up by now. No, it had be somewhere close, somewhere it would be safe...

And then it clicks. You shift over to your Rig, still being serviced in the workshop. You read the diagnostic code flowing out of it, and you find it. A small, tiny change upon the trillions and trillions of lines that ran your advanced systems. She was here the entire time!

All you had to do was go in and pluck it out. However, considering how deeply in your Rig's code Hoel was buried in, you'd have to dive directly in.

>M-maybe you should talk to someone about this.
>No time! Hoel would go straight on in if it were you!
>Other

>>1765156
>>No time! Hoel would go straight on in if it were you!

>>1765156
>>No time! Hoel would go straight on in if it were you!

>>1765156
>>No time! Hoel would go straight on in if it were you!

>>1765156
>>No time! Hoel would go straight on in if it were you!
>>Other
Also leave a message so that other's folks know where you are. THings could get dicey if we screw up and no one knows what we were trying to do

>>1765156
>>No time! Hoel would go straight on in if it were you!

>>1765156
>>No time! Hoel would go straight on in if it were you!
Let's fucking go.
>>1765168
Though I do support snapping off a quick message to someone's phone or something if we can.

>>1765156
>No time! Hoel would go straight on in if it were you!

>>1765172
Yeah, at least send a note to the other datalinked shipgirls like Paz or Woel.

>>1765156
>M-maybe you should talk to someone about this.

>>1765175
They're on recon in the Dark Zone, so they're probably a bit busy at the moment.

>>1765156
>>No time! Hoel would go straight on in if it were you!

>>1765156
>M-maybe you should talk to someone about this.

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>>1765156
>>No time! Hoel would go straight on in if it were you!

This is definitely something Anna would say to rationalize this.

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Could there be unseen damage from that battle preventing her from returning?

Or is her mind currently locked in combat mode?

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>>1765156
There wasn't any time! Hoel would go straight on in if it were you! You quickly snap off a text message to Portland's phone before taking a deep "breath" and diving in!

Once again, you're temporarily blinded by a flash of light and then you see...

>A fancy looking mansion.
>A baseball field.
>A school.
>Other

>>1765248
Or perhaps she's imagining a life after the war. Where she's living with Anna in Hawaii with kids and raising a new generation of destroyers as a respected teacher. She's been living the dream for years, until the real Anna comes in to shatter the illusion.

>>1765258
>>A baseball field.

>>1765258
>>A baseball field.

>>1765258
>>Other
A burning sea filled with smoke and burning wreckage

>>1765258
>>A fancy looking mansion.

>>1765258
>>A school.

>>1765258
>A baseball field.

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>>1765262
>a dream that can never be

>>1765258
>>A baseball field.
Hoel spawned with a bat and baseball jersey, that has to mean something.

>>1765258
>>A school.
Schoolgirl Hoel?

>>1765258
>>A baseball field.

>>1765258
>>A school.

>>1765258
>>A baseball field.
>>A school.
A high school's baseball field...

>>1765305
I like the way you think.

>>1765258
>A baseball field.

>>1765305
The bleachers are empty, the chalk lines are faded and the bases are missing but the spirit high school baseball never dies... Koshien soul! I mean, Take me Out the Ball Game!

>>1765308
>>1765311
Hoel running to school with toaster in her mouth because she is late for practice.

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>>1765258
And you find yourself standing on the sidelines of a baseball field. Not one of those massive, modern stadiums that could hold hundreds of thousands of people.

No, instead you see a simple dirt and grass field, seemingly carved out of an endless cornfield that surrounded the area on all four sides. It seemed... oddly nostalgic, for some reason. Then again, maybe this wasn't so out of character for Hoel.

A loud CRACK suddenly jolts you to attention, and your gaze whips over to the home plate, where you see Hoel, dressed up as a baseball player, slamming her bat into a poor baseball. The baseball is flung high into the sky. Higher and higher until the blinding rays of the sun force you to squint. Your optics then reacquire the ball, which falls into the corn beyond the borders of the field.

"FUCK YEAH!" Hoel whoops as she tosses her bat and helmet aside and jogs around the field in her home run victory lap.

On the bleachers, you can see a number of Fletchers cheering. And it's then that you realize that the "opposing" team is made up of Japanese destroyers as well. Fubuki, standing on the pitcher mound, sighs in defeat as Mutsuki pats her on the shoulder, probably telling her to do her best or something.

By this point, Hoel has rounded third base and was making her way to the home plate. That's when you realize that you're standing right next to her path. You briefly lock eyes with Hoel, but doesn't make any effort to slow down. Her eyes just pass over you casually as waves to the cheering crowd.

Does... does she not see you?

Or does she not remember you...?

>Try to grab Hoel's attention.
>Stay back for now and continue to observe.
>Other

>>1765381
>>Try to grab Hoel's attention.
I suggest we go for a hug.

>>1765381
>Stay back for now and continue to observe.

>>1765381
>>Stay back for now and continue to observe.

>>1765381
>>Try to grab Hoel's attention.
Gotta be assertive about this. Break the simulation.

>>1765381
>>Try to grab Hoel's attention.

>>1765381
>Try to grab Hoel's attention.
Flash our boobs. We KNOW how much she likes our assets.

>>1765381
>Stay back for now and continue to observe.

>>1765381
>>1765381
>>Try to grab Hoel's attention.

Not sure how brave Anna is to try: >>1765393
At least it won't be on the JUMBOTRON.

>>1765393
Oh shit switch mine for this!

>>1765381
>Stay back for now and continue to observe.

>>1765381
>>Try to grab Hoel's attention.

>>1765401
Switching mine from
>>1765392
to
>>1765393

If anything will get her attention, this is probably pretty high on the list.

>>1765381
We definitely need a match of baseball between the jap ships and 'merican ships now.

>>1765381
>>Stay back for now and continue to observe.
OMEDETOU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQwrjdSz4F4

>>1765393
Yeah, that's an Anna thing to do... in Hoel's dreams.

>>1765419
Hmm, wait, so we could go full Inception with this, then?

>>1765419
>Hoel makes the final homerun of the match and returns to her huge home with Mulberry ready to serve up a huge victory celebration cake with Anna inside wearing nothing but a bikini made out of icing.

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>>1765381
Y-you needed to grab her attention somehow! Something that was sure to snap her out of this trance!

>Yell something to her.
>Try to physically stop her.
>Do something REALLY embarrassing.
>Other

>>1765430
>>Do something REALLY embarrassing.
tits always make things better

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>>1765430
>>Do something REALLY embarrassing.
At least this won't be recorded on the Jumbotron.

It WILL be recorded in our Rig though....

>>1765430
>Do something REALLY embarrassing.

>>1765430
>>Do something REALLY embarrassing.

>>1765430
>Do something REALLY embarrassing.

>>1765430
>>Do something REALLY embarrassing.
I know where the wind is blowing on this vote.

>>1765430
>Do something REALLY embarrassing

>>1765430
i don't even need to votes

>>1765430
>Try to physically stop her.

>>1765430
>>Do something REALLY embarrassing.

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>>1765430
W-well, it couldn't be helped! You knew there was one way to grab Hoel's attention, after all. She's always teased you about it as well, ever since you met her! It was sure to work, right?

And this was an artificially constructed mindscape, so it's not like you'd be doing it in front of actual people and getting super embarrassed, right?

Right...?

>Roll 1d20

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>1765484

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>1765484

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>1765484
Here comes the boobs!

>>1765489
Wow RNG really loves Anna... Or they just wanted to set up a situation where she shows off her tits but nonetheless.

>>1765489
>Hoel completely misses all three pitches, and doesn't even realize she's out.

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>>1765489
Looks like you got a 20!

Would you like to bank that for a FATE POINT? You currently have 1 point!

>Y
>N

>>1765489
Thank you RNGesus

>>1765497
>>N

>>1765497
>N

I wanna see where this goes.

>>1765497
N, let's use it for booby goodness. Perhaps in the Dream Hoel makes it bigger

>>1765497
>>Y

No such thing as too many fate points

>>1765497
>>N

>>1765497
>Y

>>1765497
>N

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>>1765489
Doing god's work anon.

>>1765497
>>Y
And before I forget, yes. Bank that shit, no repeats of last time.

>>1765497
>>Y

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>>1765497
W-well, there was no other way...!

You take a deep breath to try and steel your nerves before grabbing the hem of your skirt with both hands and lifting, exposing your vulnerable inner bulkhead to her in all of it its black and yellow striped glory.

Hoel instantly skids to a stop as all of the gathered destroyers collectively gasp. You see the glazed look in Hoel's eyes disappear and she shakes her head rapidly.

"Anna?" She frowns in confusion. "The view's nice, but i never thought you would do that yourself! And... where the hell are we?!"

Meanwhile, your radar was screaming danger warnings to you. You glance back at the Fletcher audience, and notice dark, suspicious looks on their faces. A glance at the baseball field showed the same expressions on the Japanese destroyers.

Some kind of defense mechanism...?

"Yo, Anna." Hoel narrows her eyes as she leans in toward you. "What's going on?"

Judging from the sudden change in the atmosphere, you had to consider your next course of action very carefully. You don't want to provoke these dream constructs...

>No time to explain! We have to get out of here!
>Well uh, we're stuck in your dreamwold...
>Other

>>1765550
>>Well uh, we're stuck in your dreamwold...

>>1765550
>>Well uh, we're stuck in your dreamwold...
We're going full Inception here aren't we.

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>>1765489
Oh my.
Oh, good troll, Merc.

>>1765550
>>Well uh, we're stuck in your dreamwold...

>>1765550
>>Well uh, we're stuck in your dreamwold...
Maybe once Hoel realizes the truth the dream will break down, or at least start to. Even if we aggro the constructs that's probably a sign we're doing something right.

>>1765550
>Well uh, we're stuck in your dreamwold...

>>1765550
>>Well uh, we're stuck in your dreamwold...

"Not like the one in that one kid's movie, or that other kid's movie."

>>1765557

Awesome job!

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>>1765557
Honestly, how did people think Anna's appeal was in her chest?

>>1765550
>Well uh, we're stuck in your dreamwold...

>>1765570
Well, most people just flash the top at events, I guess.

>>1765570
You see random women flashing their tops at games so... well... it was that or something else, like toss her panties at Hoel.

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>>1765570
Well, in Hoel-inception, anything could happen.

>>1765550
>>Well uh, we're stuck in your dreamwold...

Well played.

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>>1765550
"Well uh, we're stuck in a dreamworld of yours." You whisper to her, warily eying the dream constructs around you.

"Huh, guess that explains your different clothes. Almost didn't recognize ya at first." Hoel nods.

"What? Different clothes...?"

You then look down and gas that you're not wearing your regular uniform, but the one that all of the Fletchers wore, right down the long braid that you completely didn't notice you had! You suppose it was to make yourself fit in to the dreamworld's internal logic?

"Ya look really cute in them!" Hoel chuckles.

You feel your face grow hot at those words and the sight of Hoel's smile. This was the real deal.

However, there's a collective hiss as the dream constructs begin closing in around you. Your conversation with Hoel must have started to break the dream's logic!

"What the hell is going on!?" Hoel says warily, trying to keep you protectively behind her despite the fact that you were quickly getting surrounded.

"Th- they want to keep you inside the dream!" You hastily explain. "We have get away!"

"Yeah, but how?" Hoel asks.

"We have to leave the field!" You point to the corn. "That's the world's boundary!"

"Then let's go!" Hoel says as she hold her hand out to you.

But wait. The important thing was to make sure Hoel got out. The worst that would happen to you would be forcibly being ejected from the dream. Nothing too bad.

Probably. Maybe.

>Make a run with Hoel.
>You're going buy Hoel some time.
>Other

>>1765629
>>Make a run with Hoel.
RUUUUUUUN

>>1765629
>>You're going buy Hoel some time.

>We actually get to use a 5-incher after what seems to be the last time we actually shot a gun.

>>1765629
>>Make a run with Hoel.

>>1765629
>>Make a run with Hoel.

I don't think get trapped in our own rigging is going to help anyone.

>>1765629
>Make a run with Hoel.

>>1765629
>>You're going buy Hoel some time.
If we run right now, there's no way we'll get away before the fletchers can react.
We can distract them with ice cream before-
Oooh, ice cream...
We should indulge a little.

>>1765629
>>Make a run with Hoel.
Let's book it.

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>>1765629
No matter what, you and Hoel were getting out of this together. You grab Hoel's hand and the two of you make a run for it.

The constructs make a loud screech as they close in, intent on stopping you.

>Roll 1d20

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>1765685
Fingers crossed our luck keeps up

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>1765685

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>1765685

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>1765685

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>>1765685
You and Hoel run together, hands still clasped together. As always, Hoel takes the lead, using her momentum to knock the constructs aside and out of the way as you both make a beeline for the cornfield.

Before you know it, the both of you are at the edge of the field. There was still quite some distance between you and the constructs, but Hoel pauses and turns around, gazing at the baseball field.

And for a moment, you felt sadness emanating from Hoel.

>Give Hoel a moment.
>There's no time. Get her out of here!
>Other

>>1765690
>>1765692
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFtGfyruroU

>>1765712
>Give Hoel a moment.

>>1765712
>Give Hoel a moment

We're going to have to ask about this later.

>>1765712
>Give Hoel a moment.

>>1765712
>>Give Hoel a moment.

>>1765712
>>>Give Hoel a moment.

>>1765712
>>Give Hoel a moment.

>>1765712
>>Give Hoel a moment.

>>1765712
>>Give Hoel a moment.

>>1765719
How many kids does she need until she has that baseball team she always wanted?

>>1765712
>>Give Hoel a moment.

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>>1765712
You decide to put your trust in Hoel as your grip tightens on her hand. Finally, Hoel regains her composure and smiles in an effort to reassure you.

"Sorry about that, Anna. Let's go!"

And the two of you step into the cornfield...

---

Your eyes then snap open, and standing over you was a Fletcher!

"AH!" You squeak in a panic.

"Whoa!" Portland stumbles backwards, falling on her rear in surprise.

"Portland?" You blink in surprise, your vision clearing to reveal the cruiser. "S-sorry about that!"

"Jeez, I come over here to investigate that text message you sent me, I see you asleep, and next thing I know, you nearly give me a heart attack!" Portland sighs. "Honestly, what are you thinking? Diving into your own Rig to find Hoel's mind?!"

"Yeah! And it worked!" You grin.

"Are you serious?" Portland raises an eyebrow. "I finding that a bit hard to-"

And then suddenly Portland's phone rings. She pauses for a moment to check the caller ID and she quickly answers it. The only person she'd answer without question was the Admiral.

"Yes... yes." Portland nods. "Yeah, Anna's here with me. And- she WHAT?! Okay, okay, we'll be there right away."

Portland quickly hangs up her phone and gives you a suspicious look.

"Hoel just woke up." She explains. "The Admiral told me to bring to bring you there ASAP."

O-oh no, did the Admiral suspect...?

"Anyways, mind telling what happened?" Portland asks as you quickly put your jacket and shoes on.

>Tell her everything. Everything.
>Leave out a few certain details...
>Other

>>1765800
>other
"Portland, why are you dressed as a Fletcher?"

>>1765800
>>Tell her everything. Everything.

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>>1765800
Portland's a Portland though, not a Fletcher. So why is she dressed like a Fletcher?

>>1765800
>>Tell her everything. Everything.
Not like she'll put it into a doujinshi or something...

>>1765800
>>Leave out a few certain details...

>>1765800
>>Leave out a few certain details...
Let's not give her any more ideas for her doujins. She'll probably come pretty close to the truth regardless.
Also I desperately need some sleep, good luck anons.

>>1765800
>Tell her everything. Everything.

>>1765800
>>Leave out a few certain details...

>>1765800
>Leave out a few certain details...

>>1765800
>>Leave out a few certain details...

>>1765800
>>Tell her everything. Everything.

This is not a time to be holding back.

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>>1765800
"W-well." You pause, wondering where exactly you should start. "I just sorta had an idea that if Hoel wasn't waking up, her mind might be somewhere else in the datalink..."

"Ah, I see." Portland nods. "Like that time she hijacked your body?"

"Y-yes." You confirm. "And well, I did find her! Inside my Rig!"

"Really..." Portland blinks. "What did you see?"

"She was in her own little dreamworld!" You say excitedly. "She was playing baseball against the IJN destroyer girls and kicking the snot outta them!"

"Figures." Portland nods. "So I assume you managed to snap her out of the dream."

Your mind wanders back to what you had to do to achieve that and you blush slightly.

"Y-yeah. Something like that."

Portland gives you a curious look, and you get the feeling she caught on to your embarrassment. However, she doesn't press the issue further, thank god.

"So, are you going to explain all this to the Admiral and the others?" Portland gives you a serious look. "If you want to keep it between us, then I'll play along, but it's best we decide this before we go in."

>We should tell them everything.
>They don't need to know.
>Other

>>1765850
>>We should tell them everything.

They need to know, in case something like this happens with other datalink enabled shipgirls.

>>1765850
>We should tell them everything.

>>1765850
>>We should tell them everything.
>>1765855
Agreed, so long as they don't try to use this datalink to start copying shipgirl minds. Admiral is trustworthy though, I think.

>>1765850
>>We should tell them everything.

The sheer horror on their faces when they find out they made a possible dreamworld paradise world via DATALINK.

>>1765850
>They don't need to know.

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>>1765850
"Y-yeah, we should tell them everything." You nod.

"All right." Portland nods. "Don't worry, I'll back you up if they get mad about anything."

"Thanks!" You grin and hug Portland.

"It's nothing, really." Portland insists, her own cheeks starting to redden.

Finally, the two of you reach the infirmary. There's already a Marine waiting out front who quickly leads you inside to where Hoel is being kept. There's another pair of Marines at the door who dutifully stand aside to let you and Portland in.

"Yo! Anna!" Hoel waves at you, sitting upright in her hospital bed.

>Hooooeeeel!
>N-no, you need self control!
>Other

>>1765903
>>Hooooeeeel!

Time for us to vent about how reckless she was taking on DD Princess all by herself, and how we'll never ever leave her our of our sight.

>>1765903
>>Other
...Both!

>>1765903
>>Hooooeeeel!

>>1765903
>Hooooeeeel!

>>1765903
>>N-no, you need self control!

>>1765903
>>Hooooeeeel!

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"HOEEEEEEL!" You wail as you leap forward to hug her.

"Whoa! Hey!" Hoel wheezes as you plunge into her chest. "It's good to see ya too, but OOWWWWWW."

"Ohmygosh I'm so sorry!" You gasp remembering that Hoel was still recovering from serious injuries.

"It's just sore, that's all." Hoel tries to grin to reassure you.

"And here I thought it was Hoel that was supposed to be the impulsive one." Portland chuckles.

"Hey, I ain't complaining." Sam giggles, sliding her phone back into her pocket. She took a picture, didn't she...

Wait a minute! If Sam was here then that meant-

"I see you're all in high spirits." The Admiral coughs awkwardly.

"S-Sir!" You salute, your face flushing red again at acting so unprofessional in his presence.

"It's fine, Anna." The Admiral smiles warmly. "Normally, I'd be debriefing you and Hoel over what just happened, but, well, perhaps I could go for some coffee for a few minutes..."

>You want to get this whole thing over with.
>Some alone time with Hoel sounds nice right now.
>Other

>>1765961
>>You want to get this whole thing over with.

>>1765961
>>You want to get this whole thing over with.

>>1765961
>>You want to get this whole thing over with.

>>1765961
>>>You want to get this whole thing over with.

>>1765961
>>Some alone time with Hoel sounds nice right now.

>>1765961
>>You want to get this whole thing over with.

Sort of ironic that should the Datalink be used by everyone, it'll almost be a hivemind like the Abyssals.

BENIS

>>1765961
>You want to get this whole thing over with.

>>1765977
So are you Neco, Decu, Virado, and even possibly the Greek himself?

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>>1765961
"N-no, we can do the debriefing now." You say, sitting down in a nearby chair.

"If that's what you wish." The Admiral nods and sits down as well. "Now let's start from the top..."

And again, you recount everything you did, from poking around in the datalink to finding Hoel's mind and diving in to pull her out. Of course, you do not mention that one little incident concerning your undergarments.

All the while, the Admiral listens intently and then turns to Hoel.

"Hoel, is this all true?" He asks.

"Ah, well..." Hoel scratches her head. "It's all kinda fuzzy, honestly. But Anna's story sounds about right."

"All right then." The Admiral nods as he stands up. "I'm sure this revelation about the datalink will keep Shen up for quite a few nights. We'll probably have to delay rolling out those upgrades fleetwide until he can wrap his head around it."

"Fleetwide?" You gasp.

"That's right, considering how much Hoel and Woel's combat effectiveness has risen ever since installation." The Admiral explains. "Of course, the USN will never sign off on the upgrades going fleetwide until they're absolutely sure it's safe for shipgirls."

"Ah, I see." You nod.

"Well, now that Hoel is awake, I see no reason to restrict her visitation." The Admiral smiles as he stands up. "However, I would appreciate it if you keep that little adventure of yours close the chest, if you know what I mean."

"Of course, sir!" You salute.

"Well, you can carry on, then." The Admiral chuckles as she takes his leave, Sam loyally following him out.

"I guess I'll be going too." Portland nods with a smile. "Anna, if you still need anything..."

"I'll give you a call!" You grin.

And just like that, it's just you and Hoel. Finally alone together.

"Heh, so what did I miss?" Hoel asks.

>Sit by Hoel's bedside.
>Jump into bed with Hoel.
>Other

>>1766003
>>Other
Time to scold her!

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>>1766003
>Sit by Hoel's bedside.

Might as well try to interpret that dream.

>>1766003
>>Jump into bed with Hoel.

Say is Anna is the only ship of her kind with communications? I would think fleetwide datalink would mean everybody lovesAnna

>>1766003
>Sit by Hoel's bedside.

>>1766003
>>Jump into bed with Hoel.

>>1766003
>Jump into bed with Hoel.

>>1766003
>Sit by Hoel's bedside.

Not sure Hoel's hearty enough to share her bed yet.

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>>1766003
Welp, looks like we've got a bit of a tie!

1. Sit
2. Bed

>>1766037
>1

>>1766037
>Sit

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Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>1766037
Whoops, forgot the dice!

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>>1766041
You scramble onto the hospital bed, snuggling up next to Hoel.

"Whoa, you sure this is the right place to do it?" Hoel laughs. "Someone might walk in us, ya know!"

"I don't care!" You pout as you wrap yourself around her arm. Carefully, of course. "You were out for three whole days! It was like an eternity!"

"That long, huh?" Hoel whistles. "Anyways, thanks for getting me out of that place, Anna. Dunno if I'd ever figure out what was going on without ya."

>You're welcome!
>It sorta looked like you wanted to stay...
>Other

>>1766046
>>It sorta looked like you wanted to stay...

>>1766046
>It sorta looked like you wanted to stay...

>>1766046
>>It sorta looked like you wanted to stay...

>>1766046
>>It sorta looked like you wanted to stay...

>>1766046
>>It sorta looked like you wanted to stay...

>>1766046
>>It sorta looked like you wanted to stay...

Play eternal baseball game against IJN shipgirls vs. fight in actual war against uglies from the deep; real hard choice there.

>>1766046
>You're welcome!

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>>1766046
"Actually, it sorta looked like you wanted to stay..." You mumble.

"Well, I gotta admit, now that I think about it, it was a pretty good deal." Hoel admits, running her hand through your hair. "I mean, shit, playing baseball and kicking the IJN team's ass every time? Who wouldn't want that?"

"Hmph." You pout. "Sounds like you were having a good time without me."

"Hah, don't worry, Anna, I was never gonna stay." Hoel kisses you on the cheek. "Because you weren't in that dream!"

>Roll 1d20

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>1766091

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>1766091

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>1766091

>>1766092
nice!

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>>1766091
"R-really?" You feel your boilers throbbing and your whole body heats up.

"Really!" Hoel laughs as she snuggles up closer to you. "Honestly, this is the dream right here! Just the two of us!"

"Mhm!" You nod in agreement.

"Still, I wasn't expecting ya to go all out like that." A flash of mischief in Hoel's eyes lights up. "Exposing your inner bulkhead like that! Pretty brave on your part!"

"Y-you remember that?!?" You go white with shock.

"Of course! How could I forget?" Hoel laughs and leans over. "I wonder if you're wearing the same ones~?"

"H-Hoel, stop!" You panic.

And Hoel lifts up your skirt, and smiles smugly.

"HOOOOEEEEEEEL!" You wail.

Yep, she was definitely back. For better or worse.

>And that's it for tonight! As always, next thread is next week! And don't forget Frontier Knight on Saturday!

>>1766118
Seeya tomorrow boss. Thanks for the thread!