Rule 147. Attempts to "Write dramatically" are hereby forbidden. Maintenance is tired of finding pens lodged in the walls.

Kirishima scratched steadily away at a mission report, her hand doing impressive flourishes with the pen as she did so. Loops, twirls, and all manner of acrobatics were performed, and as the battleship finished up the last word, she drew her pen straight out to her right as fast as she could.

Sadly, her fingers, worn from the writing, slipped just a tad, causing the whole of her 136,000 horsepower to act on the pen.

The result was predictable, the writing implement flying out of her grip and completely lodging itself into the wall, joining over a dozen brethren similarly stuck.

"Oops, heh heh," Kirishima said, embarrassed. Pulling out a small cardboard box out of when of her desk drawers, she pulled out another pen and set to work making sure the report was sound. After someone had sent in a mission report that simply said "Oops.", Admiral Goto had been cracking down on proper report-writing. A pain for the light cruisers, but for Kirishima it meant no change. She had standards when it came to writing, dammit!

Satisfied that everything was in order, the bespectacled shipgirl straightened out the stack of papers, and got up to go deliver them to Ooyodo. However, the sound of cracking wood drew her attention.

"Where is that coming from?" she wondered, glancing around the room. Her eyes fell on the wall stuck full of pens, noting the massive spiderweb crack that ran between each and every hole left by a pen. A crack that was rapidly spreading up to the ceiling.

Glancing up, Kirishima saw the crack spreading rapidly over the plaster, as well as hear the ominous sound of the room creaking.

"Uh oh-" was all she got out before the entire structure collapsed on her, dumping not only the remnants of the ceiling on her, but also the contents of Mutsu's room, including Mutsu herself.

"Owowowowowow," the other battleship whined as she rubbed her somewhat bruised posterior. "What the heck happened? At least the whole building didn't collapse."

As if in response, the entire structure began creaking ominously.

"Oh boy. I think we'd better evacuate."

~o~

"So, what did you want to show me, Akatsuki?" Tenryuu asked as she leaned on the destroyer's chair.

"Kirishima has this really cool trick she does when she's writing!" Akatsuki answered. "And since a lady needs good handwriting, and Kirishima has the best calligraphy of any of us, I thought this might help."

As Akatsuki touched the tip of her pen to the paper in front of her, Tenryuu chuckled and let a warm smile spread across her face. It was always nice to see her charges trying so earnestly. Distracted, the light cruiser missed the exact moment when the pen zipped by her ear, spearing one of her floating mechanical... things (seriously, what are those) and pinning it to the rear wall.

"I think," Tenryuu said to a pale, shaking Akatsuki. "That you shouldn't try that trick anymore.