"Ow my back!" I groan in pain as I sit down on my seat. My back hurts like hell! Why? You see, there were a considerable number of shipgirls who have small bodies and some even act like a child,-no a kindergartener to be precise and they want me to lift them up and as a good commander that I am, of course I did lift them up. It was cute but it did strain my back. A lot. "I might need to retire early in this case."
"Told you." Stella snicker behind her mask of compassion. What? Do you think I am stupid enough to be fooled by your fakeness? "If you spoil even just one of them, the others would also want to be pampered as well. The next thing you know, you'll be lifting twenty people or more." Just say it if you're jealous, woman. You want to be pampered by me as well, don't you?
"Can I interest you in some coffee, masters?" Belfast comes into the room while pushing a trolley that has two teapots, a box of sugar cubes and several ceramic cups on it. I assume one of the teapots was filled with coffee whilst the other with tea.
"I guess I am a bit sleepy so I'll take one cup with two sugar cubes." Belfast nodded and gave me a cup of coffee. I take a little sip and, as expected of Belfast, it tastes good. "Thank you, Belfast." Belfast bops her head with a pleased smile. "Now if only your other master could actually be as helpful as you are." This statement causes Stella to raise one of her eyebrows and smirks. "What? The only thing you did when the children wanted to be lifted was laugh at me instead of calming them down, like what Belfast did."
"At least we know that you are a lolicon." Stella, I'm this close to throwing you out the window right now. "You should be grateful that I, Stella, allow you to be close to what you love."
"Belfast, do you carry a bat or something, preferably something that would deal maximum damage to her head?"
"Heh…" Stella mockingly scoffs at me. How dare she? "How about I take you on that private tour I mentioned earlier? I can also explain your work at the same time."
"Sure, let me finish this cup first." A tour huh? Just the two of us. Time for my revenge! She is making this too easy for me, it almost looks like she was aiming for this. Hmmmmm… Well if she did, I am just going to give it to her and if she doesn't… then I am just going to have my way with her, but wouldn't it be more fun to make her work for it? Yes, I could ask Belfast to come with us so Stella could work hard to make Belfast go away. "By the way Belfast, do you want to join us? I am afraid that Stella will only laugh at me instead of helping me when I am in trouble just like earlier."
"Hmmmm…" Stella's grumpy hum could be heard vibrating through the room. Her eyes then darted and firmly stared at Belfast, threatening her.
"I would love to but it seems that commander Stella would send me to be scrapped if I say 'Yes'. So with a heavy heart, I have to say 'no'."
"Awww, that's sad. It's okay Belfast, I'll protect you from that beast over there."
"Igo…" Scary! Scary! That deep tone is hella scary coming from her. "You will take the tour with me alone." YES! YES! I will! Calm down now! You're scaring me!
"Yes, of course! Sorry Belfast, but maybe next time." At this point I am basically screaming at Belfast just so Stella can hear me clearly. Don't want her to get the wrong answer right? "Let's go Stella! The sooner we go, the more time we have for ourselves."
"Yes, you're right. Well then Belfast, good bye." Both of me and Stella stand up from our seats and walk out of the room, leaving the holding-a-giggle Belfast alone in the room. "I guess you know about the office and what its function is, so I don't need to explain that to you. Let's start with the room right next to the office." We walk to the right side of the building. If you're looking at the office building from the fountain outside then the office is the second room on the right side of the stair on the first floor. We are now walking to the farthest right of the building. "This is where we keep the administration record. You may be asking yourself, why do we need a whole room for that? The thing is, Azur Lane has a lot of members or to be more specific shipgirls and they are still humans that need food, drink, entertainment and more importantly, what separates them from us, ship's equipment."
Stella opens the door and pulls me in. The first thing I see is rows after rows of brown bookshelves, tables with multiple drawers, some normal tables and chairs. On the bookshelves were hundreds or even thousands of neatly arranged books and papers. I pick one of the books and open it. It is just a string of numbers and words, scattered across the paper. Some even don't make sense to me but a couple of things irritate me. Why is there no evidence of Azur Lane buying rockets? SAM? SSM? Anything? "Stella, did Azur Lane ever buy any rockets?"
"Sadly no. Most shipgirl's rigging isn't modern enough to carry rockets."
"Riggings? What's a rigging?"
"The things on their back, with multiple steel arms, turrets, runway and such." Ah, I know! She shows me the picture of the girls when we are on the ship and I recall that each girl has this massive hunk of steel on their back. I guess that is what she calls a 'Riggings'. "I don't exactly know how to add more riggings to a girl and I am afraid if I do something stupid, it'll damage the girl instead of helping them."
"We don't know much about them, do we?"
"Yeah, they are still a puzzle to even me, their Fleet Admiral." Guess they need to add 'Finding the truth about the shipgirls' on our job list. I wonder if it's only their riggings that are different from us, how is their psychology wire in their brains? I mean, as much as I want to believe they are the same with us in their minds, I wonder if their riggings reach up to their brain and alter a few things? I guess the best way to find out is to interact with them. "Just treat them like how you would treat a normal human. Let's go Igo. There's nothing more you could see here."
"Okay." I put the book back in its place and followed Stella to the next destination. Our next destination is on the left side of the office, the room that is just right next to the stairway. I was expecting Stella to open the door so it took me by surprise when she didn't. "Why didn't you open it?"
"I am going to let you open this one. This is your office after all."
"Really?" She nodded with a smile. I put my hand on the doorknob while hearing the loud beating heart in my chest from the anticipation. What is the room going to look like? Did Stella personally decorate the room? With our history, she should know a thing or two about me but since it had been 7 years since we last talked, I am afraid there is some aspect of the furniture that would bring out my dark past or whatever kind of past I got. I slowly turn the knob and open the door like I was trying to open the front door to sneak out in the middle of the night.
"Just open it." Stella, being the ass that she is, kicks the door open so hard that it bounces back after hitting the wall. I give her a grunting stare and she just shrugs at me, like she didn't know what I was talking about.
The room inside is similar to Stella's office. Same chairs, same sofa, same table and bookshelf, even if it's currently empty. The differences that I could see are that my Air Conditioners weren't the standing type, it was the one where you mounted on the walls. The windows on the back walls were replaced by two giant window doors. She increases the amount of sofas and decreases the bookshelves. There is a considerable upgrade on the numbers of electrical outlets. She probably expects me to work with the computer and stuff since I hardly see it in her office other than her laptop and other things.
"I'll let you handle the modernization of Azur Lane. Not the girl's riggings, more of the base's technology and such." Guess I was right. "You can start ordering the parts and equipment that you need later on, the UN will pay for it. I am not brave enough to mess around state-of-the-art computers and such." I get what she means. Those things are so expensive and she is definitely below me in that area of expertise, but then again, the government is the one who'll pay for it, so shopping spree it is!
"Nice! And is the wall soundproof?"
"It is." Noice. If I am going to work with electronics, I'll probably need soldering irons, some screwdrivers and- "I will barge in once in a while and if I see you jerking off instead of working, I'll crush your dick myself." Calm down will you! It's not like I'll be watching porn without using headphones. That's just crazy.
"Come on! I just want to work in peace. Electrical things are sensitive beings." Beings? Did I just- Fuck it! Electronics will be considered as living things from now on.
"Sure. I'll be watching you."
I close the door since there is nothing more for us to do here. Both of us walk to the other side of the stairs. There is only one double-door on this side of the stairs but it still has the same size as the right side. Is this a storage room or something? Why is it so big?
"This is the meeting room. As you can guess, it's bigger than the last three rooms." Stella said to me before opening the double door. Inside was a very spacious room with white-ceramic floor, brown wallpapers and white LEDs on the ceiling. There is a wide table in the middle of the room where a large map covers the entire top of the table. Multiple chairs were neatly stacked on one corner of the room. There was also a stairway in another corner, that stairs look like it leads to the room above this one. "The room is a bit empty at the moment, but trust me, it will be packed when we are holding a meeting later on."
"What's that stairs there for?"
"The room upstairs is just like this one, the space I mean. We use it to store past expedition records, various intelligences, equipment lists and all the papers and documents related to work, except for administration and a little kitchen that the maids usually use to boil water and make snacks." Ugh, I don't want to see another row of bookshelves with thousands of books and papers. "Guess we don't need to see that room since I already told you what it is and you look kind of bored."
"Yes, I kinda am. Thank you for noticing." Stella snickers proudly. Oh wow, you could read my expression, how amazing… that was sarcasm by the way.
Both of us exit the room and walk up to the second floor. We immediately turn to the right and Stella opens up the first room. It's a cozy bedroom with one big bed on the right side of the room, a wall-mounted AC and a window on the back wall, a big drawer for clothes and a bookshelf on the left side of the room, a wooden table with some drawers and a wooden chair with a brown cushion right next to the back wall.
"This will be your room Igo, right above your office." Wait? This is mine? Really? Wait, don't tell me. Did she pick this room because it was next to hers? Is her bedroom next to me, is the question here. Probably.
"Then where is your room?"
"Oh I live in another house on this island." Nevermind, I am just getting ahead of myself. "Here is a duplicate key of my house and your own room." Stella reached out her hand and handed me two keys. Why is she giving me the key to her house? "I have another key to your room so it's only fair for you to have mine." How about we hand each other our own keys instead? So I am the only one who holds the key to my room while you're the only one to hold the key to your house. "Be careful now, I might invade suddenly." Yeah, give me my key. I want to be the only one who is holding it.
"Two can play that game now." I said to her and she only replied with a taunting smile. Okay, time for my revenge, she is begging for it. Right now I need to get her inside the room. "By the way what kind of books did you put here?" I said to her, trying to tilt her focus in the room while consciously pushing her inside. "I hope it's not some sort of stupid book or something."
"Of course not." Stella approaches the bookshelf and pulls one of the books out. "All of this will teach you how to be a proper admiral because Bla… Bla… Bla… Bla…" Her words were muted in my head as I focused on one thing, trying to get back to her. I silently close the door and lock it behind me. "I know you're not really experienced so I bought you these books." I pick up a blanket on the bed, wrap it around itself to make a rope and slowly move behind Stella. I move my left arm around her neck and push her face to look right. "Igo, what-!" Before she could ask me, I crushed my lips to hers.
At first I could sense her surprise but not long after that she gladly accepted my kiss and pushed her face towards mine. I release my hand from her chin and use it to smack the book in her hand. The book makes a loud thud sound but none of us pay it any heed as we try to swallow each other's mouth. I pull her left arm back gently to not alert her. I pretend to guide her left hand to my bulging pants, in which she gladly strokes it. I use the same tactic with her right hand and it works wonderfully.
I let this moment play out for a minute so as to not raise her eyebrow. I don't want her to know that I was planning something and I am also waiting for the right moment where both of her hands are close to each other. Her hands move from the base of my dick and slowly but surely raise up while giving it a delightful massage. When her hands reach the top, Stella's left hand cups the dome while her right hand tickles the hole. Saying that I derive pleasure from these actions is an understatement as I could feel my pre-cum staining my boxer, but thankfully, this is the perfect moment. I quickly seize her hands and use both of my hands to tie it up together.
"Igo, what are you doing?" I kiss her neck and take a sniff of it. Smells nice, can't wait to smell it again after I taint it with sweat. I move my left forearm behind her knees and lift her up bridal style. I carry her toward the bed and place her face up on the bed. "Wait Igo!"
"Wait for what? Do you have some sexy lingerie that you would like to put on before we do this?" I was already unbuckling her belt when I said that. I zip down her pants and pull it down, revealing a wet bright yellow panty. "Oh, look who has been looking forward to these?" I tease her as my fingers pinch Stella's clitoris. A cute little groan escapes her mouth, almost as if she was trying to hide it. "Aw, how adorable. Did I arouse you, Stella?"
"Shut up, you ass." Hohohoho, the little bitch. What is she trying to deny here? Her wet panty and groan of pleasure is clearer the longer I play with her.
"Are you a virgin?" I ask her after slipping down her panty. Her wet, clean shaved, pink pussy was in front of me. Stella slowly nods after throwing her face to the side. "Want me to take it?"
"SHUT UP!" She screams in embarrassment and turns her body around, I almost mistook her action as she was showing me her plump ass cheeks. I slap her cheeks multiple times before squeezing them. "Aaaahh! Don't squeeze them too hard will ya?" I snicker at her retort and slap her ass again. "Just take it! Just take my virginity and be done with it!" Hey Stella, you are a waterfall down there. You're really looking forward to this huh? Should I give it to her? Nah… There is another hole anyway.
"You want me to take it so bad that you're literally flowing more water than the Niagara Falls."
"JUST FUCK ME ALREADY! STOP EMBARASSING ME!"
"Calm down, Stella." *SLAP* "You know, I am doing this as a revenge and since you want me to fuck you in the pussy…"
"Noooo… Igooooo…"
"I am going to fuck you in the ass instead." I said to her with a devilish tone. I unbuckle my belt, unzip my pants and unleash my snake. "Sorry Stella, but I don't have a lube for this, so it may hurt a little."
"Wait, how do you know it's going to hurt?"
Should I tell her I have done this with Mia? I probably shouldn't since it would dampen the mood. "You never watch porn? Or do you think they insert it raw?" Her face grows red from embarrassment again and she buries her face deep in my bed. "Oh wait, we have something that would give my dick a lube?" Stella peeked her head in confusion and I could only giggle at her pureness.
I forcefully turn her body around and move my body forward. I push the tip of my girth in front of her lips, not too strong that it would bust through her mouth. I could hear a loud gulp coming from Stella before she nervously opened her lips and let my dick in. I immediately get that warm and wet sensation on my manhood just like I have been before with other women but the difference is that Stella isn't experienced enough to continue.
"You really are pure huh? As a good boyfriend, I'll handle it from here." She nodded obediently and when I put my hand on the back of her head, I could feel how easy it was to move her head. "I am going easy now, okay?" Her head nodded. Should I do it easily or HARD! Without warning, I thrust my dick deep inside of her mouth. A wet gurgling sound was soon followed by the sound of her choking as the dome of my dick covers her air tunnel. I let my dick tenderize inside her as I hear the sound of her legs kicking wildly behind me. "Calm down Stella, I am training you. Look there is some length left for you." Stella wasn't even hearing because the sound of her choking and kicking is so loud, that it damps down all the other sound. I could feel her trying to pry her head away but it's useless when she can only use her neck's muscles while I can use two biceps.
Soon, I could hear her kick slowing down and her face getting pale so I decided to pull my dick out of her just before she ran out of air. Stella's immediate reaction after being freed was gasping for air and panting.
"You need to prepare yourself more as I still have some rod to spare." I said to her mockingly.
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!? THAT WAS—" Before Stella could continue her angry rant, I pushed my penis inside her mouth again. Of course she wouldn't take it lightly, I see her eyes glaring at me. I think she doesn't understand who is in charge here. I let my dick warm up in her mouth again just not too deep this time.
"Okay, I am going to start now." I slowly move her head, which is very heavy, and my waist forward and back. I need to earn her trust again if I want to fuck her face. I make sure to let her breath once in a while, but I can't earn her trust if she thinks I want to suffocate her. "See. I am for real this time. So calm your neck so it's easier to move your head." She still gives me an intense glare but I can feel her head getting lighter but not light enough. I need to make her trust me more. "I am going to rest my dick inside of your mouth now, so use this chance to train your tongue."
She nods and, since I am a man of my word, I cease my movement. Stella tongue starts to…uhm, maneuver? Is that the right word here? What I am trying to say is, her tongue work is sloppy and amateurish. Her tongue moves everywhere and nowhere at the same time. The one thing she managed to accomplish is wetting the rest of the pelvic area including my balls, which wow what a tongue. I let out a small moan when her tongue licks the right place, I could see her genuine happiness when I do that.
"I am going to move again. Just focus on your tongue and let me move your head." She nods again and once again, her neck's muscles relax which gives me full authority of her head. I can fuck her mouth now if I want to but I am just going to let her have her moments. I move her head and my waist once again. "Good, keep on perfecting your technique. If you sense my dick throbbing or twitching that means you're doing it right." Stella nods her head like an eager child, an eager child who is giving me a blowjob. I let out multiple groans as Stella's become more and more experienced in this.
Which means I could use her now. I grip her head tightly and shove my dick as deep as I can, no spare rod this time. Stella was taken by surprise as she started letting out a choking sound. She probably thinks that this is the same as earlier but nope, I'm going to start moving now. I forcefully moved her head and my waist back and moved them forward together until my dome hit her throat. I start fucking her mouth with a slow pace and I gradually increase my speed. Her choking sound was soon accompanied by a rapid gurgling noise as her saliva started piling up in her mouth.
"Ah! Yes Stella! Your mouth is so good!" I screamed in pleasure even though I could feel the bed shaking from her kicks behind me. I also could feel her trying to free her head but my grip prevented her. "I told you to let me do it, didn't I? Then what is this resistance I am feeling? A naughty girl needs to be punished." My movement starts to get even faster and faster. The sound of her wet gurgling was deafened by the sound of her legs kicking wildly. "Stella! I am going to cum!" I slam her head to the bed with my dick and start face fucking her mating press style.
"! GURLG!" Stella's sound of desperation could be heard when her saliva started leaking out from the corner of her lips. Her kicks were also getting desperate as she tried to kick me multiple times but her legs couldn't reach me. I could feel her nose touching my bush every time I stabbed her.
"DRINK THIS YOU BITCH!" I seal her mouth with my dick and unleash my semen. I let out a long groan, the same length as it takes to let out my sperm. "Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh! That's the spot!" I slowly pull out my sword from the stone. It was dripping saliva all over Stella's face when it first surfaced. "Swallow it, okay?"
"HHHMMMM!" Stella angrily stares at me but nevertheless, does what I say. She slowly swallows her saliva-cum cocktail with multiple gulps before asking. "How could you do that to me?"
"Look at the bright side, my dick is lubed with your natural lube." Her glare was still as angry as ever. She probably wouldn't turn around if this is the case. I look back and see a huge wet spot on my bed where her vagina is laying. "Look you came right? So you did enjoy it right?"
"There are other ways to make me come!" She angrily shouts at me.
"Aw… come on, honey."
"Ok! Now you're calling me honey! After you almost choke me to death!" She throws her face away. "Bet you're always doing this kind of thing with Mia."
"Aw, is my little honey darling jealous?" I pinch her pouting cheek. "You are going to change your mind after this. Come on, turn your body around." I lightly slapped her chest while trying to turn her around but she wasn't cooperating. "Stop being stubborn!" A loud humph reverbs from her mouth again as she fights back as hard as she can. "Sigh… How long are you going to be this stubborn?"
"Hmph!"
Good grief… She's not going to move anytime soon. Well, I still got her boobs to play with. "Fine! If you don't want to do it then I am just going to have my own way." I start unbuttoning her shirt and her bra, letting her big breasts free. I look toward her face and notice her glancing at me. "Don't blame me for this! I am going to be a bad boy because you're being a bad girl." I bite down on her nipple which she definitely enjoys according to her lustful groans. I then proceed to pinch her nipple between my teeth and rotate them around and pull them.
"Hngg!" Trying to resist are we? Well, try as hard as you want, it's useless. I massage her other breast with my left hand and finger her womanhood using my right hand. Her groans turned to moans as I let myself go wild with her body. "Aaaahh! AHN! HAAAH! AAaaaahhhhhh! Igoooo!" See, you're losing your stubbornness. I let go of her nipple and moved my mouth to her lower lips. I stretch out her labia and start licking. "AAAAAAHHH! Huuuh! Aahn! IGO! IGO!" She screams in pleasure as her legs wrap around my head and I could see her pulling me deeper into her.
"Beg for it Stella and I'll give you all the pleasure you'll ever need." I pause my tongue movement while my hands rub her thighs gently. "Or do you want to stop here?"
"…please Igo."
"Yes?" I spread her Labia and entered my finger on her peeing hole.
"Aaaaaaaaa… Please Igo. Please give me pleasure."
"Okay, Fleet Admiral." I then use all my experience handling girls which is overwhelming for a first timer like Stella. How do I know? Because not even a minute later, she came right into my face while screaming and arched her body. At first I waited for her breath to calm down before doing it again and the results were the same, she came straight at my face a minute later. I tried to do the same thing to train her, but she came again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again until her body went limp and she just lay there, letting out a pathetic moan once in a while. "Stella, are you still there?"
"…ah…ahn…" Guess not, which mean I could fuck her in the ass without any resistance! YES! I turn her body around and she's way lighter than before. "…Igo…don't…" Did anybody hear that? I think I am hallucinating. I lift her ass up and line my dick with her asshole. PREPARE STABBING HER IN 3… 2… 1… GOO! I push my dick as deep as I can. "WAAAAaaah!" Stella muffle scream could be felt through the vibrating bed.
"Uwooooh~~" I let out a long groan as Stella's ass wall wrapped itself around my dick. I slap her ass once and her ass gets tighter. "Come on Stella, squeeze harder! Raise your ass higher!" I slap her ass again and again until it turns red. "Come on! Still stubborn aren't we? Fine then I AM JUST GOING TO HAVE MY WAY!" I grab her waist firmly and pull my dick back. "One… Two… Three… GO!" I went full throttle on her until I could hear a loud smack from our smashing flesh.
"Uooh!" I started moving my hips slowly before going faster and faster and so did Stella's moans. "Aaah… AAaaah… Uwoooh… AAH! AH! AHN! HAHN! HNG! Uooh! IGO! IGO! STOP! AAH! AH! HAH! FUCK!" Stella screams as loud as she can before cuming and wetting the bed. Her body shivers like a wet puppy on a cold day and a low grunt escapes her mouth. "Uugggghhhhhh…."
"Why did you cum so early? I am not going to stop just because you've cum you know right?" My hips movement was as fast, hell faster than before because her loud screams energized me. It works so good that we spend an hour fucking, in which Stella came multiple times before I decide that enough is enough and came in her butt, once. *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* "That was great, wasn't it?"
"Uuuuuurrrrgggghhhhh…"
"Stella, answer me…." *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP*
"UUUurrrrrggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…"
"Come on! *SLAP* *SLAP* It feels like I was talking alone here!" *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP*
"UUUUUURRRRRGGGHHHHHH…"
"Ugh! *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP*You have changed so much since our highschool days! *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* You used to snap back or answer me all the time! *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* And now you're just staying silent after we have anal sex?! *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* Ugh! *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP* I miss the old Stella."
"…You're going to die after this."
"Hehehehe….." I giggle after hearing a familiar response from Stella. I release her hands from the knot and turn her body around. "HAHAHAHA!" You should look at your face!" I couldn't help but laugh when Stella's face, who was still drowning under pleasure, came to view. "I wonder what your younger self would say when she sees your face now. She might say 'I better train my ass! Don't want Igo darling to see me like that!' but you know what, I like an honest woman like you."
"….Iiiiigggooooooo…"
"Yes honey? Is there something that I could help you with?"
"…Please slap yourself."
"Nope, don't be a spoiled girl and do it yourself." I slap her thigh once and back away from her. I start dressing myself while eyeing Stella's sexy naked body. I want to do it again but Stella probably doesn't have enough energy to even moan. "Stella, come on now! Get up!"
"….five more minutes."
"No, no, no… get up." I pull her limp body up until she ragdoll forward. "Come now! The tour isn't finished yet." When she wasn't responding to my words, I put my hands on her shoulders and shook her body violently. "Wakey wakey! Wake up Stella! What are you-Bugh!" The limp Stella suddenly delivers a quick jab to my stomach which makes me stumble backward from the pain. "I… may deserve that… guh…."
"You deserve more…. sigh…." Stella steps down from the bed and starts dressing herself up. "I can't believe you've done that."
"Hey, you have your way with my younger self so I can have my way with your current self."
"That's not how it works! I wouldn't mind if your younger self has his way with me because he is cuter! The you right now are just a big pervert!"
"You are just the same as me!"
"You want to have your way with my younger self?! You pedophile!"
"You're also a pedophile then!"
"I said I'll let your younger self have his way with me, not the other way around! Since you like big boobs and all."
"Then do you like small dick?"
"WHAT!?" Stella's face immediately turns red from embarrassment. "NO! I just like your cute face!"
"So you like my dick then? Guh!" Stella gives me another jab.
"Let's stop stalling our tour. I don't want to hear another stupid thing coming out of your mouth."
"Stella! Guh! Stop… punching… me…"
"Then stop saying stupid things!"
Before I could say anything, Stella took my key and unlocked the door. She pinches my ear and pulls me out of the room, forcefully. We walked-Well I was pulled but she walked- to the next room. The next room beside is a storage room, at least that what Stella told me, and it takes the space of two rooms. The door is made, unlike the other rooms, out of steel and it doesn't have any door knob but a little panel next to it.
"This room stores one of the most important things in this whole archipelago." Stella let my ear go and pointed at the little panel. "I am going to put in the numbers so watch carefully." I nod at her and carefully watch her hand. She quickly punches in the numbers and the next moment, the steel door immediately moves to the side and vanishes. Inside the room are bright blue glowing cubes with a little galaxy in them and the cubes are being stored on rows of shelves.
"What are those?" I ask to Stella from outside the room. I may be new in Azur Lane hierarchy but even I can feel the enormous pressure coming from inside the room. It wasn't scary or anything. It's-Ummm how do I put this feeling to words?-Overwhelming. Very, very overwhelming.
"Those are wisdom cubes, master Igo."
"Belfast? What are you doing here?" Stella asks the maid behind me, to which I am also surprised. Is she a part-time ninja? I didn't even hear her footsteps ascending the stairs or even walking down the hallway.
"I was wondering if everything was okay since the tour hasn't finished yet." Belfast lifted up her skirt a bit and lowered her head. "I'll be providing a new bed sheet for commander Igo's room soon."
"! You heard it?!" Stella yelled in surprise and her face turned red once again. Her moans were loud, so I'm not surprised if Belfast heard them.
"I didn't, master Stella." Wait what? Then how did she know? "Master Igo's room is open and I saw a huge wet patch on his bed and both of you are sweating." Both me and Stella touch our skins and yes, they are wet and sticky. "There is no need to be embarrass masters. It is one of the joy you could-"
"STOP! STOP!" Stella suddenly screams and drops her body down. She covers both of the ears with her hands as her scream of embarrassment continues. "DON'T CONTINUE IT ANYMORE! STOP IT BELFAST!"
"You broke her." I whisper to Belfast.
"Oh my… I seem to have accidently," Doubt. "bully my master and my other master is grinning devilishly at her."
"Oh, am I? I can't tell. It's okay Belfast, I am enjoying this. Can you be my tour guide? Since my current tour guide is incapacitated because of someone." Belfast's cute giggle somehow sounds louder to my ears than Stella's depress mutterings.
"My pleasure, master. How about we enter the room first?" We both walk past the dark gloomy thing sitting and screaming on the ground and enter the room. The room is dark and cold, like super cold. I don't even need to stand inside the room longer than a second to be shivering like a furless puppy on a rainy day. "Are you okay, my master? I could explain about the wisdom cube in the office if you want."
"No, no it's okay. It'll be better for you to explain while I can observe them directly." Belfast nods her head in affirmation. "By the way, why do you keep them inside, what basically, a freezer? Will they explode if I touch them?"
"No, they won't explode if master touches them." Thank god. "As to why we keep them in a cold room is because we are planning to study them and we think it best to make sure they aren't deteriorating."
"Oh you mean like preserving it or something like they do on those subjects for experiment?"
"Yes. We are taking precautions." I see. Experiment huh? Do we have scientists here? "We don't know whether they can deteriorate or not but just in case. It's better to be careful." Understandable, have a good day. "The wisdom cube is the core of us, shipgirl."
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"Excusa? What?" Did I hear that right? Did she say this cube thingy is her core? Wait what core? I thought they are human like us but they have riggings. Are they actually robots? Do we humans have a core? I never read or learn about human having core though. Do hearts count as core? Or is it the brain? Or is it the soul? Do we have souls? Is soul a real thing? Is it a physical object? What the fuck am I asking?
"Yes, master. You hear me right. We, shipgirls, are born from these wisdom cubes."
"How?"
"We still don't know specifically about that yet and we have and will conduct experiments that we hope will shed some light on that topic." The shipgirl herself doesn't know that I assume nobody is, then again, people need a psychologist to learn about themselves so fair enough. "Do you want to touch them, master?"
"Sure." I stretch my right arm toward one of the cubes. The overwhelming pressure I feel earlier becomes more and more overwhelming the further I stretch my hand before suddenly the pressure disappears when my hand is hovering above it. Should I do it? Well, Belfast said it was okay soooooo… here goes nothing! I lower my hand slowly until my palm touches the top of the cube. Hmmmm… it feels cold. "Hey Belfast… Belfast… Belfast?" I try to call Belfast multiple times but I don't receive any response. I turn my head to where Belfast was standing and see that there's nobody there.
Where is she? I turned my head back to the cube that I was touching and, same like Belfast, it was gone. What the fuck is going on?! I put my arms up in front of my chest, lower my center of gravity by bending my knees a little, plant my feet firmly on the ground and keep my eyes and ears open for anything that is moving. Shit! My damaged left eye is giving me quite a big blind spot especially in this dark room. I turn my head around like a radar searching for its target. I didn't see anyone but I did notice that each time I took my eyes off something, the next moment I tried to look for it, it was gone. It didn't take long for all the stuff to disappear.
Calm down Igo. Take a deep breath… hold it… release… my heart's beats are normal. I tried to walk toward a wall but the moment my first step hit the floor, the entire floor, roof and walls flew away like a bunch of cardboard. My heart almost pops out when I see nothing below, above or around me, only white, unreachable horizon that makes me feel weirdly comfortable. I was standing on my feet which were firmly planted on nothing. I crouched down and tried to touch the ground but my hand immediately went through what was supposed to be a firm ground. I immediately pull my hand up, afraid of what this non-existing surface could be. A hole? A beast's mouth? Trap? I don't know but there is nothing wrong with being careful.
Okay… my feet are standing on something and that's a fact but how large this something is the question here. Could I be standing on top of a small platform or am I standing on an edge of something. There's no surface in front of me so if this is really an edge that means there should be a surface behind me.
I lift one of my legs up and slowly move it back but I don't plant it down. The world changed earlier when I took a step forward so could I reverse it by taking a step back or will the world stay like this or will it even change to something completely different. Should I risk it? I don't have anything to lose anyway. I mean look at this place, nothing but a white canvas. I put my lifted foot back down and the entire world changed.
A large amount of clouds rush in from every side of the horizon, changing the dull white sky to an orange evening with scattered clouds. The next moment, tsunamis barreled down from every direction toward me. I put my guard up again, waiting for the eventual pain the tsunamis will cause but the tsunamis crash into something around me like there is an invisible wall all around me. What happened there? Is there actually a wall in front of me? I tried to stretch my hand forward to the place where the tsunamis were stopped but I didn't feel anything, no solid surface, nothing at all.
The fuck is going on? Where am I? What did the wisdom cube do to me? I look down on my feet and see that I am standing on water,-no I am standing on the surface of a sea. Am I a shipgirl? A shipboy? But I don't have any riggings and I was born out of my mother, not a weird cube that transfers people to unknown destinations.
I try to look around again. It looks like I was in the middle of the sea in the evening with a scattered sky, but still no land or anything that I could use as a landmark. I crouch down and scoop some water using my hands. They are real, I could feel the coldness and wetness from them. I sniff and taste them and feel the saltiness on my tongue and nose, but I also feel, see and taste something. I move my hands around to examine the water carefully. There's a little layer of oil on the surface. I think it's also what I smelled and tasted earlier. I let the water drop to my shoes but weirdly, it doesn't make my shoes wet and the palm of my hands are also dry even when I feel the wetness from the water earlier.
I take another step forward and the entire world changes again. This time the sky was filled by hundreds of propeller planes and if my memory serves me right, those are the planes Eagle Union's carrier used in WW2. There were also a lot of dark patches of smoke in the sky, not clouds but smokes that were produced by flak bullets. I look at my feet and a thick trail of oil leading behind me or rather, I was leaving a trail of oil behind me.
Where was I going? I look up and see multiple planes diving toward me while carrying bombs under their fuselage. I step back and the world changes again. The diving planes vanished in front of me but they were replaced by biplanes coming at me horizontally with torpedoes on their belly. The sky was dark both from the absence of the sun and the atrocious weather.
I take another step back. The world changes into peaceful scenery. The sky was bright blue, the wind felt nice on my skin, my nose was also spoiled by the fresh air, and there are islands encircling us. Us? I look around and see silhouettes of people standing on the water surface just like me.
"HEY!" I scream at them while waving my hand, but none of those silhouettes even move. I was afraid to walk to them since a step would change the entire world. "HELLO! COULD YOU HEAR ME!?" They aren't moving at all! Shit! Do I have something that I can throw? As I was ransacking my pockets, a huge plane shadow followed by the sound of engines roaring high above me. I look up and see a four-engine propeller-driven plane. It's probably huge because I can see the outline of the plane even when it was thousands of kilometers above me. The plane flew above me, dropping something behind it that was getting bigger and bigger. It looks like a bomb,-no, it is a bomb and it's coming at me fast.
I stumble back in fear and the world changes again as I plant my foot down. I was expecting a solid footing for my back foot but there was nothing to support it and I fell back. Preparing for the eventual impact of my ass hitting the ground or water in this case, I was surprised when the waterline rose up to a level way above me. The feeling of being submerged and continuously falling fills my heart with great unease and I try to swim up. It was futile and soon, I hit the sandy bottom. I stand up and carefully try not to move my feet so as to not change the entire landscape again.
I look around. It was dark, cold, wet and unbelievably calming. I also feel lonely and… satisfied? What is this feeling? Whatever, I need to know where I am. I scanned my environment and tried to make out any kind of outline but there was nothing, not even a rock was present where I am right now. I don't know whatever it was because I could only see a few meters around me or there was actually nothing other than miles of sand.
Where am I? Is there something here or do I wait for something to arrive? How long have I been here? The fall was quick but by the fact that I can't see the surface or even lights at all means that I was hundreds of kilometers under the sea. Is there anything I could do? I ponder and ponder but there is nothing to help me in this lonely place. But suddenly, in the corner of my eyes, a little light moved towards me. It was an anglerfish and it kept on moving even after it passed me. Should I follow it? If I try to take a step, everything would change and the fish would be gone, right? Well It's not like I'll lose anything anyway. What will I gain from standing in the dark depth? Nothing, so better get going.
I took another step forward and yep, the entire world changed again. This time, I am back on the surface at night on some kind of dock near the edge of a jungle. The dock was surprisingly empty but I could see some puff of smoke rising from the horizon, probably coming from some hips. Dunno whatever they are approaching or leaving though.
No way… I couldn't believe my eyes. The anglerfish from the depth was there, not as an angler fish but as a firefly. How could I tell that it was the anglerfish, because there is only one of them here, on the beach and moving like the anglerfish earlier. Or maybe I am tripping and that it was just a normal firefly. There was only one way to find out. I take another step while keeping my eyes open.
The world changes from a peaceful dock to a burning hell. The firefly was replaced by a little floating trickle of burn wood being flown by the wind, but I know better that's not how wind moves. It weirdly moves just like the firefly earlier which means. A CONSTANT POINT!? I start running towards it, slowly gaining my distance with it. The world changes rapidly but I don't care. I need to capture or just touch it.
Rainy evening, stormy dusk, snowy morning, calm night. I keep on running and running. Burn sea, spilt oil, exploding shells, diving planes. There is nothing that can stop me now. I just want that light to be mine!
COME ON! COME ON! At the last stretch I jump and manage to capture it in my hand. The world turns white again just like earlier. Did I reset it? God damn! Do I need to go through all of that again!? Sigh… guess there is nothing to be gained just by standing here. I take a step forward.
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Nothing changed. Huh? What? Did I break this world? Why isn't it changing? I try to take another step and nothing is changing except that now there is a weird blob floating in front of me. I take another step and the blob glows larger. I walk towards it and it moves back and grows again. This one isn't like the light, it is keeping its distance. This couldn't end well but again, nothing that I would gain just by standing here. I started walking toward it and it steadily grew until it was my size. It's just become a gray mannequin that is floating and keeping it distance. Will it grow even larger than this?
I take another step and I fucking regret it. The mannequin skin turns to match mine. How do I know? It has the same burnt patch but it was on the left side of it. Same color, same patches and marks. Everything was the same just without the eyes, mouth, nose, ears, everything. It's just a mannequin with my skin. I step back in fear.
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And its legs start copying mine. I was moving my left leg back and it moved it right leg forward in response. I took a big leap back, trying to make distance.
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Its left eye open.
Out of nowhere, a slit formed on where the left eye is right now and opened up, revealing my crimson eye below the eyelid. It wasn't looking at me per say, but it was still creepy as fuck when what was supposed to be my eye on someone else. There wasn't a light or a hint of humanity in that eye which creeped me even further. I accidently step back and it follows me forward and starts moving its left hand. If it's going to follow me then I would punch it with my right hand and it would connect with its left hand.
I launched a straight punch with my right arm and as expected, it connected with its left hand. What I didn't expect was how big the feedback was that it managed to push me back. It starts to use its left hand. It's becoming more me.
Calm down… Inhale… Hold it… Release….. I should stay put and think of my next action carefully. I don't want
Complete me…..
"!" A voice rings inside my head. It was mine but I am not the one who's saying that. I step back out of surprise and the mannequin acquires its right eye. I plant my left foot firmly to the ground and swing my right leg towards it. I expect it to swing its left leg, mirroring me but it uses its right leg instead to counter my kick that causes our foot to collide in mid-air.
Shit! I plant my foot back to the ground and the mannequin receives my red hair.
Finish me….
No. I need to think about my next move.
Move…
It copies everything I do.
Complete me…
I wonder what it will gain after this?
I am incomplete…..
"SHUT THE FUCK UP WILL YA!? I AM THINKING HERE, YOU BITCH!"
I am not a bitch….
"YES, YOU ARE!" I plant one of my feet forward firmly and it gains my mouth. That's okay, I am not planning to move further anyway and I am running out of options so I just have to go at it. I start throwing punches at the mannequin, trying to create a window of opportunity. Our hands kept smashing in the air but since my feet were firmly planted on the ground, I wasn't being pushed back as much like earlier.
No….
What?! "!" The mannequin suddenly grabs my oncoming fist and pulls me forward. Its foot trip mine over but I instinctively try to stay upright and hop forward a couple of times before finally managing to stop.
"Finally….. I am perfect!" My voice. He has my voice! I turn around and see 'me' standing there, scanning around his body. It is wearing my uniform, it's hair was styled just like mine, everything that was mine is now his too. "I have to say, this is quite a nice body."
"Who are you?"
"Hm yeah, that is a good question." He put his fingers on his chin and thought for a few seconds. "Physically, I am you but mentally… I am not?" You don't FUCKING say!? I can tell just by looking with my own eyes. "It may cause confusion if I have the same name as you, so feel free to name me."
"Fucking bastard."
"Other than that."
"Fucker, explain now."
The motherfucker facepalm himself and let out a loud sigh. "Sigh….. I am just going to roll with it." He shakes his head a few times before facing me again. "Before I start explaining the unexplainable, I am going to ask you. Do you know where you are?"
"If I am looking at you, I am guessing Hell."
"That is a no. Okay next question. Do you know what a wisdom cube is?"
"Blue box thing a magic."
"Well, you know it physically, thanks me for that." He punches his fist up celebrating something that I honestly don't care about. I am just staying shut and calm to hear his explanation. "And talking about cube, it seems that someone is coming." He lowers his head and turns it sideways.
A jolt of electricity suddenly runs down my neck, causing me to shiver heavily and I immediately turn my face where he is facing. I see a fast growing darkness on the horizon, consuming the light and creeping ever so closely toward me. I faced back toward 'me' and said. "Shouldn't you be doing something right now?"
"It's okay." He closes his eyes. The darkness grows and grows even more until it suddenly stops after it consumes half of this world. "No harm shall come near you in this sacred place." Hearing that from someone the mannequin I fought earlier is weird. He opens his eyes before saying. "Here it comes."
I face back toward the dark side of the world and see a faint red light in the sky. At first I thought it was a star but I realized that it was growing ever so bright which meant that it was coming at me fast. I cross my forearms in front of my body in a guard stance and prepare myself. I could feel the cold and wetness of the water earlier so I am probably going to feel the immeasurable pain if that star is going to hit me.
"Calm down." The red light suddenly stops in front of me while pushing a massive amount of wind around. I feel like I was in the middle of a tornado. "I've said it to you. No harm shall come near you here." The red light disperses slowly like a dandelion after someone blows it, leaving a black wisdom cube with a bright red galaxy inside of it. "Quite an eye-catching way to arrive." The black cube drifts slowly toward me before it hovers around 40 centimeters in front of my chest.
Should I touch it? I mean, I was transferred here when I touched the blue one so will it transfer me somewhere else when I touch a black one? And that 'me' said that I would be safe if I was here so what happens when the black cube transfers me? Will I be in danger? Should I ask 'me'? I mean, I don't know who he is but he looks like he knows more of these things. Can I trust him?
"You can do whatever you want. Touch it, leave it, throw it. It is your choice." Motherfucker ain't making it easy eh?
"Sigh… before I am going to be transfer somewhere else, fuck you." I take a deep, deep breath and prepare myself for the worst. "Here goes nothing." I slowly stretch my right arm forward. The feeling of unease and nervousness start growing inside my heart as I anticipate for the next tripping-balls journey through worlds. "FUCK IT!" I raise my right hand as high as I can and swing it down hard. I am going to dunk this piece of shit!
Which world am I going to visit? What kinds of scenery am I going to indulge my eye into? Whose perspective am I going to be in? Will it be the same like earlier where I walk through worlds with movement? Or will there be a new way of traveling? This pondering isn't going to get me anywhere if I don't touch the cube. My hand was just about to touch the black cube and…
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The world changes. The familiar bright-blue white-galaxy-filled cube is in front of me and the room is also cold and dark, not like the half white half black and temperature-less world earlier.
"IGO!" "MASTER!" Both Belfast and Stella yell in unison while holding my right hand way above the cube. They both look so concerned and afraid with cold sweats on their foreheads, slowly trickling down their faces.
"Are you okay?!" Stella immediately hugged me tight and pulled me out of the room. She then hurriedly scans my body with her hands like those TSA agents at an airport. "Are you hurt somewhere?!" She places her hands on my cheeks and pulls me closer. I could feel her eyes scanning my face thoroughly like my face was a spot-the-difference puzzle.
"Should we go to the clinic, master Stella? I believe Lady Perseus is still there."
"Calm down." I raise both of my hands in front of me like a surrendering robber. "I am okay. It's still me, Igo. We don't need to go to the clinic or anything." I put both of my hands on Stella's shoulders and tried to calm her body down.
"Are you sure Igo?"
"Yes, I am." Probably. I genuinely can't tell if I am okay or not. My body felt like it was floating even though my feet were touching the ground. My mind was hazy and it isn't going away anytime soon by the feel of it. "My head is just… dizzy… but I am okay. I am okay."
"How about a warm cup of tea? Belfast."
"Yes master. I shall brew it right away." Belfast immediately walked down the hallway and vanished when she went down the stairs.
"Are you seriously okay, Igo?" Stella asks me again but with more sadness in her voice. I could see tears almost break through her eyes as she glared at me. "It's okay. Just answer me honestly."
"I think I am okay. I am not hurt though. What happened?"
"You don't know?"
"…nnooooo? What happened, seriously?"
"I'll explain later." Stella hugged me again and pulled me close to her. "I am just glad that you're okay."
"How can you be so calm?"
"He may not look like it, but he is the best womanizer I have ever met.
"Who got hurt?"
"Belfast, I am questioning your loyalty right now."
"On second thought, NO! You will work tomorrow, Belfast."