I've been busy with playing games and Purple shift lately. Plus I am having issues with whether to hold off the story for longer or just to go ahead. Its still second priority. but that doesn't mean it won't be updated!

In hindsight i should have kept my mind shut and chained. Oh, and i should not have ignored the rule that Magical girls generally don't show their other identity to people. And especially when you are a shy heavy cruiser that happens to have semi-modern technology.

After the silence in the room and all eyes on me. which was a combo for immediately making me dissipate the ice coating my fingers and the energy ball, What happened was the start of hundreds upon hundreds of questions. The first one to begin was a cruiser who i couldn't identify came up and blurted out "YOU'VE USING SUPERPOWERS!?" I shyly confirmed it. nearly covering my ears as i felt like i wanted to just hide under Repulse's back. Someone else asked about my superpowers. I said it wasn't anything like what they think. but that it was still powerful in its own right. That's the best description i can make without accidentally mentioning Reno.

More questions began to barrage me on exactly the nature of my powers. or some questions on what I was capable of. or if i knew anything about my powers of if i had known how to use them from the start. I gave my reply. "E-Ee... I.. I think I have some... faint memories of... just knowing how to use it and how to cast... a few?"

Then Kent got back with rations and food best guessed out for what a child-like girl might help and after that I stopped responding to the questions. It was like I just spaced out and ignored everyone in the immediate area in favor of providing as much fuel for my natural magic replenishment rate over time as possible. Not that I actively tried to ignore people, because even with my history. even I went by the 'Speak only when spoken to' principle that had gotten me along silently in family events. It was more like...

It was like I over-rided everything out and ignored all attempts at chatting. and instead concentrated my attention on feeding to build up bulk for a growing body (even though I wasn't!).

They must have quickly understood that i just didn't want to talk right now and that i was in favor of leaving them be while i was eating. They were barraging a girl who doesn't even know what ship class she was supposed to be. and yet she was supposed to be the Norfolk heavy cruiser. And instead she ended up as something else, stuck behind enemy lines. forced to operate alone and that i just wanted to eat something ever since I first saw light!

And speaking of the food. Holy hell it was just good as mother's or at these steakhouses! This had to be some of the best stuff I've tasted in a time. Granted, I knew I did have a soft spot for chicken nuggets and burgers as long as i didn't eat these too much. and i did have to use pizzas as ration slices sometimes. but that's not the point! I slowed down a bit to see what i was eating. And from what I see. It's rice. curry. chicken cutlets completed with brown sauce. And that's about all I was able to make out before it just hit my favorite buttons!

I can only guess several minutes must have passed before I started laying my head on the table. It was a empty dish with everything just eaten and that I was in a better mood-well. as happy as a war refugee child can be. After that... I had the effort to resume conversation.

And speaking of which...

"So. Was it good. Norfie?" Repulse asked. a cheerful smile on her face.

"V-very. Muh!" I grunted happily to indicate so. turning around to face Kent who also seemed quite pleased with herself as well. I touched her softly with my hand. "I..It's... good!"

"You've welcome. Norfolk!" Kent replied back energetically. "Norfolk. I imagine there are some things you want to do until they make a decision about you?"

I softly thought. Well, what might be there to do around here? It's not like i necessarily knew just what exactly a hybrid civilian-military port might have. Maybe there was a arcade room? Maybe I could find anything like a public library. dig around the records on Norfolk and Alsace to see my historical memory? I mean, the same guns on the Richelieu just weren't powerful enough for killing something like a Bismarck. yet I was a No2 or at least a No3. And what of my modern systems. given I can't just space out when accessing my databanks? Maybe i could see if Comet and craven want to play of...

Of...

"A-Aw. Crap. C-comet!"

Both Kent and Repulse just stared at me. clueless to what i was trying to convey across. "What?" Repulse got her point across.

"I-I forget about Comet. I-i remember her." I buried my head into Repulse's chest. seeing if that would answer their questions. Turns out, even they weren't able to. I can't blame them. though, they don't exactly have the luxury of free time. or at least the bandwidth to worry about minor shipgirls right now.

"C-comet. Who-Oh. Ooohhhh." Kent asked. looking like realization had just struck her.

"The green-haired d-desrtoyer." I commented back. keeping my head in Repulse's chest. I forget about Comet. damn it! The green-haired idol destroyer! Here I was thinking I was going to at least give her some attention. Haha. apparently not. overshadowed by Cygnet again?

"Comet. Ah." Repulse asked. "Is there a reason you want to ask about her. Norfie?"

"I-I don't know. It just suddenly struck me l-like lightning." I admitted, shyly shrugging but refusing to meet anyone's gaze. "W-we ran into each other in that same battle w-where you found Norfolk. s-so I started remembering her face and h-hull shape." Was I hiding the fact I was already able to know her thanks to me playing the game? Oh. yes! I already was giving away a implication that Magical shipgirls like me still tended to get attached to the first savior faces they saw. I did not want to find out what they might potentially think of me taking over Norfolk. let alone accidentally revealing my powers too early. Was that considered a direct merging? Or if they didn't find out. could it be considered my innate behavior?

What sort of hellish box might i have just gave with that? I needed to save that for when i met the REMFs and the pen-pushers plus the top brass and more than likely. DAPRA.

"Oohh. You must remember her well then." Kent muttered. looking at me eye-level in thoguht. "Maybe it's simply a part of you that comes with the powers? After all you were putting out distress calls. so that's a good thing right?"

"M-maybe." I agreed. "C-Can i see Comet-chan?"

Kent and Repulse shared a look. "I don't see why not. Norfie-chan!" The brown-haired battlecruiser announced in her signature voice. giving me a cheerful smile as always. "I can take you to see her. Coming. Kent?" That gained a negative reaction from her.

Kent simply shook her head. "No. Repulse, There's some...thing that I want to look up. Can you give me some time?"

Why does it feel like I'm somehow going to be in am ess? Well, She did say it was likely information that she wants to research. Its possible I am being paranoid or something, But that's not new to you if you've a superpowered shipgirl. "U..uu. D-don't let me stop you from whatever you n-need to do." I began. "C-Can i see you later then?"

"We will!" Kent replied back with her energetic tone. "It's still only been hours ever since you first came here. and i am pretty sure they will be busy before they can be notrifed about you!"

"If you're certain. Kent!" Repulse went on. "Whatever it could be, I am sure it's important." I am not sure about that. Repulse can be quite... a bit of a ditz. but I can't risk donig something stupid right now. Actually, given what she does. For all her quotes and personality she can actually be the more kinder of the Repulse-class battlecruisers. "So. Do we go~?" Repulse asked me. standing.

"W-What about the dishes?" I asked. "No worry, Norfie. they clean it up later!" Repulse pointed out and stood up. holding me by the back as we left the dishes for someone else to deal with and left. With one of Prince of Wales's squadron-mates leading me to wherever Comet could be. hopefully she did have some time for me to talk with her, I didn't want to be left alone for too long. given I was slowly beginning to dread the idea of being alone with no escort. That would be just a stress test with no reason.

I wonder if my sixth sense works outside of combat... What was it about Norfolk again? Maybe I should feel around me first. And doing so. I again started to feel a familiar sensation of... lights and... the distant outlines... of people and girls around me. I started looking for anything... How about my obsessed sister. Dorsetshire?