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Chapter 6 – "After Party"

Today is Sunday, 9th of August 20XX. This is the sixth record of my report.

For starter, I have to say that this will not be a long report since the whole base has been…how do I say it? Uhm…Wasted…Out of commission…Totally wiped out. Pick what you like. Please do. The reason…well…booze, actually.

I also have to say that I'm recording this report in the evening since there isn't much work to be done. Not that we don't have any, but we can't do any. The amount of people available…err, I mean, sober people available, has left us unable to do anything productive. Most of the crew is either in their bunk, wasted, or staggering around the base like mindless zombies. Among those sober people is, as you expected, the Admiral and I myself. The Admiral, due to being able to hold his drink very, very, very well. And I, due to possessing a very powerful cure for my hangover. Really, that stuff is a miracle. I really need to stock up on it as soon as possible.

The only thing we could do was to put up the least minimum amount of guard and sentry to see if anything will attack this base. Besides that, there isn't a single thing the whole base has been able to do. As shameful as it may sound, I have to admit that this is inexcusable. This is condition that could not be permitted to be happened ever again. With that in mind, I will personally ask the Admiral to take control of the situation next time so that this will not happen again in the near future. Or maybe we will ban party altogether…No, that would be disastrous. A bow that is pulled all day long will snap, right? If the whole crew snaps…well…let's not think about it.

Oh yeah, when I mean the whole base, I mean the WHOLE BASE, as in, fleet girl included. In fact, they have the worse condition compared to the other one. I don't know why that is the case, but that is the case indeed.

Furutaka, the de facto leader of the girls, might be the one with the healthiest condition compared to the other. I last saw her sitting on the mess hall with a cup of water and a large pitcher of water next to it. In fact, I sat with her and chat with her for a while after finishing my breakfast. Her condition, although the healthiest, is far from you might call healthy. Her complexion is very pale that one might mistake her for a ghost. Her Heterochromia eyes –yes, I search for the condition of her eyes since it bugged me– showed dimmed shine ever so often. It was like a flickering light you could see from a nearly expired light bulb. Thankfully, she is still able to converse well considering her condition. I guess it was such a strange experience chatting against a girl with a flickering light bulb for eyes.

Although I didn't chat long with her, she did give me a lot of useful information. She said that the three destroyers –Yayoi, Uzuki, and Isonami– have the worst condition amongst the others. They have been in bed all day, writhing in pain while mumbling 'headache, sore throat, the pain' or something like that. I think I could picture that. She also said to me that she was going to bring them some food. But a sudden headache attacked her head. It was so painful for her that she almost fell forward. Thankfully, a few of the crew managed to help her avoid the worst situation and asked her to take a short break in the mess hall. They oven offered to bring the food in her stead, but she refused that politely since the girls might not like to be seen in that horrible condition. I have to say, Furutaka is a kind and considerate girl. The considerate flickering light bulb girl, hahaha!…Better not mention that in front of her. She might be sensitive about those eyes of her.

Now I've talked about Furutaka and the three destroyer girls, right? That leaves only one. And that very last one is none other the residence eye-patch wearing girl, Kiso. You see…it is quite an interesting story when I met her this morning. After chatting with Furutaka, I left first since she will stay there until the throbbing in her head subsided. At that time, I only intended to walk around the base to look at everyone's condition before reporting it to the Admiral. As I walked around the base, I noticed a figure walking toward the pier. It was limping around and walking with very unsteady steps, making me worried. The last thing we need at the moment is the news of accident inside the base. And I sure am not going to write the cause of the accident due to the overdrinking inside the base now, would I?

Driven by worry, I decided to approach the limping figure. When I got closer, I immediately notice the outfit and recognized that it was none other than Kiso herself. I shouted her name to get her attention. Oh, how would I regret doing that. You see, Kiso's destination is the pier. It is the edge of the pier, to be exact. And why is that? Well…she is heading there to let the content of her stomach out due to her headache and her sick stomach. Now you see the connection?...If not, let me tell you exactly what happened.

When Kiso heard me, I was already near her, only a few steps away from her. And due to the sudden movement she made to turn toward me, her stomach couldn't bear the pressure. And she immediately emptied the content of her stomach with me in her direction. Thankfully, I managed to dodge most of the flying barrage by jumping away. Sadly, I am not able to dodge all of it. Some still landed on the bottom side of my pants and also my shoes. Kiso immediately apologized to me but unable to complete her own sentence due to another torrent of stuff from her stomach started to move up. Seeing that, I yanked her away and pointed her toward the edge of the pier, saving both me and her from being the target of her own barrage. It took us about…how long was it? Uhm,…maybe about fifteen minutes before she calmed down. Man, that was something, all right. It's been a long time since someone puked on me. The last time I remember that was on one of my friend's bachelor party. Good time, good time…

Okay, if you think that's interesting, wait till you hear this. After that…ordeal of hers, she sat on the edge of the pier while I looked for the nearest water hoses to wash off the…damage. Luckily, it was not far so I got back to her real quickly. After I sat down next to her, I was amazed at how terrible her face was. Red bloodshot eyes, unkempt hair, which I might say was much more chaotic than her usual style, and also unfocused eyes. Uhm, eye, not eyes since the other one is covered. It was not difficult to say that her condition might rival the destroyers' already awful condition. Since I don't exactly know the condition of the girls, I can't really determine the real winner of that competition….Uhm, or is that the real loser? Nah,…victim. Yeah, that fitted the term real nicely.

When I asked her how she feels, she answered that she was like being attacked by a million tiny abyssal inside her own head while the submarine put a load of torpedoes inside her stomach. Mighty creative answer, don't you think? If she was that bad, that begged the question of why she was loitering around the base. And her answer to that question is…quite an expected one coming from her. She said that she doesn't want to be seen as weak fleet girl by the other. That's why from morning, she already…escaped out of her room. The only conversation she had was with Furutaka, saying that she will be fine and just need a little walk to clear her head. She feels the need to act strong in front of everybody. Just what I expected from the girl that has the reputation of being the base's younger brother.

After saying that, I remember her eye widened. It seems that she wasn't supposed to tell me her real reason. She then begged me not to tell anyone what she just said, especially to the little ones. That's so cute of her, hahaha! The sight of her asking me not to tell the others really made a strong impression for me. She grabbed my shirt and begged me to not tell anyone about it. Hahahaha! Oh, just for the record, I didn't tease her at all. I mean, she was already close to tears even without me teasing her. She seemed so sure that I will leak her secret that she even promised me to do anything in change for that. Well, I assure you, this record will be the only exception about my promise with her.

If you think about it, even without me telling anyone, it takes no genius to figures that her condition is anything but fine. As I said that, she became depressed. She really is an interesting character, right? I won't forget about her soon after that short conversation with her. Feeling pity at her, I offered her to take one of my hangover medicines. Since I don't know how fleet girls will react to it, I asked her to keep that a secret between us if she accepted that offer of mine. And, yes, she accepted that.

Thankfully, along our way to my office, we didn't encounter anyone. We quickly went into my office and she waited inside before I give her the medicine. After that, I told her to take a small nap in my office so that the medicine will take effect faster. Just after she took the medicine, she immediately dropped dead on one of the chair in my office, snoring if I may add. Now that I think about it, is the medicine that fast acting? Even I need an hour or so before it take effect.

So after a short time, she woke up even before I realized it. It was so quick that I wasn't even able to finish my report. She said that it was such a miracle cure that she felt much better than before. I'm happy to hear that but I advised her to take it easy for today so that tomorrow she can be at full health. With a smile so wide, she took my hand and thanked me for it. She then left my office while I finish my report that I will give to the Admiral.

After that time with Kiso, I went to give my report to the Admiral and a good news came from him. It is official that we will have some more fleet girls. He said that they will arrive tomorrow. Talk about fast action. I then discuss with him about their lodging and he just said that the number of new fleet girls will come in batches. For the first batches, we will receive no more than three to four at one time. After that, it will take more than a month or so before we will get new recruit. That is a relief, right? That just sealed our plan to expand the dormitory. He then asked about the base's condition. I let him know the bad news right away and his face darkened almost immediately. He felt that it was his mistake for not controlling them in the first place. I assure him that it's not his fault alone. I'm also included. At that, we decided that we will take a much tighter control on that particular subject so that the same thing will not happen again.

More or less, today has been an interesting day. And since the base is currently inactive, I have more time to sort the order and data. Oh yeah, speaking of time, I haven't seen the fairies. Are they drunk too? I hope not. Oh, look at the time. I can have a longer sleep today, hahaha! I really need one so that is another good news for me. I did promise this one to be short, but it seems that I talked a lot about Kiso since…well, it is an interesting story, right? I guess that is all. This is 2nd Class Petty Officer Kuma Miyazo signing off.

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