Rule courtesy of Falkeno

Rule 9508. No calling either Vanguard or Tirpitz 'A White Elephant' or the 'Lone Queen of the North' respectfully, due to the lack of action that they saw during their famous careers, they don't like it, and they have the armament to back it up. In addition, this seems to have driven the two together, and no you cannot use 'two wrongs to make a right' as an excuse for your actions.

It was a cold and windy day in Scapa Flow, but Vanguard didn't care, a month prior she had started being called a White Elephant by a few of the older destroyers, but as the weeks had gone by, more and more people had joined in, mostly destroyers and some of the human personnel, but also some of the older cruisers, ones who had been sunk before she had been launched, and after nearly a month of putting she had had enough, and so she had found herself heading to a secluded spot near the mouth of the natural harbour that was Scapa Flow, where no one usually went due to it being unprotected from the wrath of the north sea, but that meant she could get some peace and quiet; however as she arrived she noticed she wasn't alone, as sitting on a nearby rock was Tirpitz, a shipgirl not normally seen outside of Norway, now at this point Vanguard would have turned around and found somewhere else to get some peace and quiet, but as she noticed Tirpitz looked upset, she decided to investigate.

"Hey, Tirpitz, what brings you out this far?" Vanguard asked, causing Tirpitz to jump in surprise, but seeing the sincere look on Vanguards face, made Tirpitz not run off into the North Sea.

"Oh, just seeing the sights, gets a bit boring looking at mountains all of the time" Tirpitz replied nonchalantly, Vanguard however, saw through Tirpitz's lie and simply stared at Tirpitz. "Ugh, Alright! I'm hiding from the others, they keep calling me the Lone Queen of the North and I really hate it, so I sort of ran away" she explained, "What about you? shouldn't you be blowing something up?" Tirpitz asked.

"Actually, I came up here for some peace and quiet, I got sick and tired of being called a white elephant all the time" Vanguard explained as she sat down next to Tirpitz, "So I guess we're both here for the same reason" She added.

"Wait? why are they calling you a white elephant? you are the best battleship Britain ever made, and you are known to be good in a fight against the abyssal's" Tirpitz queried, she wasn't wrong, Vanguard was one of the best battleships in the Royal Navy, and before she'd summoned the Lions, she had been the best, no questions asked "I mean they call me the Lone Queen of the North for a reason, I was stuck in a Fjord for the entire war doing nothing" She added, receiving a 'are you serious!' look from Vanguard.

"Ha, you know I did for my entire career, sail around looking good and doing fuck all! I never did anything worthwhile, the best thing I ever did was being a stand-in for Hood, KGV and your sister in a film!" Vanguard retorted as she looked at Tirpitz, "At least you have your sister to look out for you, I'm all alone" she sighed, only to receive a reassuring pat on the shoulder from Tirpitz.

"Your not alone Vanguard, there are people who are always there for you, even despite you habit of blowing stuff up" Tirpitz replied comfortingly, "Some people might even find it a turn on" she muttered under her breath, before realising she had just said that out loud, and promptly turning red out of embarrassment, Vanguard however simply looked at Tirpitz before replying.

"Another thing you have in relation to your sister is that you have inherited her good looks" Vanguard noted as she turned to face Tirpitz "in fact I'd say your the better looking one" she added, Tirpitz however was caught off guard, people often commented on how good her sister looked, but no one had ever said anything about Tirpitz before.

"Well, may I just say that you're not half bad either, in fact, your rather... ravishing" Tirpitz commented as she moved closer to Vanguard, who did likewise.

"Oh, will you just kiss already! I can't stand anymore of this will they won't they bullshit!" Belfast shouted causing the pair to jump in surprise.

"Jesus, how long have you been their Bel?" Vanguard screamed as she turned to look at Belfast, who was nestled in a recess in a group of rocks, holding a near empty bottle of rum.

"I was here before Tirpitz showed up, but because both of you were more focused on your own problems you didn't see me" Belfast answered as she stood up, just as the wind shifted slightly, just enough so that Vanguard and Tirpitz could smell the booze coming off of Belfast, who now they could see the pile of empty bottles that had been behind her, had been drinking a lot "I like to come up here to drink, its away from prying eyes and Conway's mouth" she explained as she put the empty bottles into a bag she'd brought for that exact reason "Now, here's what's going to happen I'm going to go back to base and have Collingwood and Hartmann 'explain' to everyone that calling you either of those names isn't a good idea, and what they can expect if they keep doing it, whilst you two book a table at a restaurant, and maybe a hotel room whilst your at it, Ok?" Belfast announced, receiving nods from the pair in question "Good, now I'll leave you two lovebirds alone" she added, before leaving the pair.

"So um, you want to get dinner?" Vanguard asked, receiving a grin from Tirpitz.

"Sure; but there's one thing I'd like to do first" Tirpitz replied as she leaned a little closer to Vanguard.

"Ok, what do you have in mind?" Vanguard queried, Tirpitz however simply smiled, before lunging at Vanguard and began to suck face with the equally willing British Battleship.