Last VG&MN story before moving on to main story. This one might be a little something, and rhymes with boiler.
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June 18, 2022, 1:44 PM
Wheelersburg, OH
Somewhere in my house...
(1st POV)
I managed to buy an awesome movie today :D
Today, we'll be watching Battleship. I'm sure that they'll love it, especially the shipgirls. I'll have to exclude the destroyer shipgirls, though, as there's plenty amounts of profanity.
Thankfully, the destroyers decided to head into the secret supermarket, looking for toys to play with.
I overheard Javelin and Laffey saying they wants to look for this 'one particular Assault Rifle' as they head into the supermarketof secrets.
Not sure what she's up to, but hopefully she doesn't know anything about actual firearms.
Meanwhile, me and the girls are all in the living room, complete with popcorn, soda, candy, napkins, and a fruit salad, courtesy of me.
"Alright, anyone ever heard of movies?" I asked, wanting to make sure everyone's on the same page with me.
Almost everyone shook their heads in response to my question.
"As I suspected. Anyways, movies are really just pictures composed in a way where the viewer, us for example, will see a series of pictures that tells a story. Movies are really just a composition of pictures, anyways," I explained.
The Cleveland sisters all raised their hands. I motioned for them to speak.
"Wait, so if we have a bunch of pictures, we can make a 'movie' like that? That simple?" Montpelier asked me.
"No, Monty. It's not even close to being that simple. To make a movie, one would usually have a bunch of photos that all connect the dots, sort of like a sequence of events," I clarified.
"Like? How would it be explained?" Denver asks me, now confused.
I mentally sighed at their questions and hoped that they don't have more questions when I finished.
"So, how should I explain this? Ah! Let's suppose..." I began.
≈Timeskip brought to you by (Y/N) boring the shipgirls and T-Dolls to death≈
"... anyways, that's how movies work," I finished.
When I looked at the crowd of shipgirls and T-Dolls, they were all asleep, perhaps from boredom.
Well, most of them. The only one who's still awake is Mutsu, for some odd reason.
"Wow, that's so cool! Even though I don't know 95% of the stuff you said, you still had lots of knowledge about this 'movie' concept!" Mutsu exclaimed, her fox ears swaying.
"Hehehe, I just spend lots of time on the Internet searching up boring stuff, because I have way too much time on my hands and playing gacha games like Azur Lane and Blue Archive can only interest me so far. I need other types of content to entertain myself," I said, chuckling a little.
"Gaa-cha? What's that?" Mutsu asks me, curious.
"Something that's going to take too long to explain. I'll tell you about it one day, when I feel is appropriate to explain," I replied.
Mutsu nodded, and then shook Nagato awake. Violently...
"NAGATO-NEE! WAKE UP! STAWP SLEEPING, SIS!" Mutsu screamed into her older sister's fox ears, which the older loli fox screamed in fear and punched me in the face.
The loli shrine fox's screams also woke up everyone from their sleep, though their reactions weren't as bad as the older shrine fox.
"MUTSU, QUIET PLEA- Oh my god, sorry for punching you, (Y/N)!" Nagato apologized upon seeing me, while being angry a second ago.
"Ow... that hurts..." I muttered, rubbing my cheek. "No worries, apology accepted. Besides, I can take more than that."
"Alright then. May you start the movie? I'm getting bored now," Nagato asked me.
I nodded, and with the movie ready, I clicked play.
≈Timeskip to last 20 minutes of the movie≈
So far, the girls absolutely loved the movie, with the first contact with the aliens in the Pacific Ocean (Enterprise & Akagi were scared of what the aliens can do should they exist) to the battle where the USS JPJ managed to destroy several alien 'warships' with NOAA algorithms and using its armaments to destroy the last alien ship.
"So cool! Those aliens sure know how to fight!" Cleveland shouted, munching on some popcorn.
"Nee, if aliens like that actually exist, do we stand a chance against them? Like, what if instead of the Sirens, we face against them?" Mutsu asks, curious.
"No, Mutsu. I'd say it'd be worse than the Sirens as they can coordinate as a battle group, something the Sirens rarely do. Most of the Elites are usually egotistical maniacs," Nagato answers, curious herself.
"Well, I'd say Sirens are still more dangerous, but these aliens surely give us a run for our money in terms of threat levels," Amagi adds, sipping some tea.
Akagi and Kaga looks at Amagi while eating dangoes, their tails swaying at the entire story plot and thinking about the aliens.
Meanwhile, Enterprise was lost in thought on the dumb, but intriguing, possibility that the aliens could appear in their world and attack them. What if...
Eh, Enterprise should instead focus on the movie, as it's in the last part where the really spicy stuff will happen.
A showdown between super-advanced alien mothership with explosive pegs and a battleship from World War Two.
As the battleship lumbers forward, towards the alien mothership, Mutsu and Unicorn audibly gasps from seeing the battleship face against an obviously stronger adversary, seemingly heading towards their death.
"NO! Those sailors are sailing into their deaths! Nagato-Nee, stop them!" Mutsu screamed, tugging on her sister's ear, much to the older loli fox's annoyance.
"Stop it, Mutsu! First, what can we do about this? It's a 'movie', as (Y/N) says it is. Second, even if it's real, what can our riggings do against that gigantic thing?" Nagato countered.
As Nagato and Mutsu devolve into an argument, the Cleveland Sisters are sitting with Squad 404, and are shivering from the cold.
Whoops, I think I left the AC on. I headed to the controls and set the temperature higher, to a relatively cool 74 degrees Fahrenheit.
Hopefully, the girls won't be shivering as much. Wondered why the controls were at a freezing 68 degrees.
Shaking my head, I decided to head back, not wanting to miss out on the movie.
"(Y/N)! Hurry up, you're missing out on the battleship dropping its anchor!" The loli destroyers shouted, violently munching on their popcorn, getting crumbs all over the carpet.
How and why? My limited-edition War Robots carpet...
Anyways, I sat on the sofa, next to Type 95 and AA12, who are drinking... water?
I doubt that's water since I can see bubbles inside the drink. Not going to question further, however.
As we all watched the scene, I vaguely recall the battleship driftu on the Alien Mothership.
"And at some point, he'll say that line," I thought to myself, watching the scene unfold.
And just as I said it, Alex Hopper, the main protagonist, says the 'We're all gonna die... just not today', just before the USS Missouri does the battleship driftu.
"Woahhhhhh~" everyone gasped, seeing a massive warship do the Tokyo Drift on water.
"That's so cool! Nagato-nee, we must try that out! Please pleasepleasepleaseplease," Mutsu asked, tugging on her older sister's arm.
"Illustrious-nee, please?" Unicorn asked the big, boing-boing armored carrier.
"...no," Nagato and Illustrious asked with straight faces.
"...waahhHHHHHHHHHHHH! (Y/N), make them agree, PLEASE!" The two begged me, giving me puppy eyes.
I chuckled, while shaking my head.
The two gave me pouty faces, in which I offered to give them a hug, in which it made them feel a little better.
Anyways, we saw the battleship engage the alien mothership, firing its triple 406cm cannons, dealing considerable damage against the thing.
The aliens desperately try to get a lock on the battleship to fire away its explosive pegs, but the explosions constantly unsteadies their focus.
Finally, the alien mothership fires its pegs, and unlike the guided missile destroyers, the Missouri has World War 2 era anti-air defenses, not adequate against the explosive pegs, which land several successful hits.
The rear turret ultimately gets knocked out, but it doesn't sink the ship, and the Missouri continues firing its forward turrets.
Several salvos later, the Missouri is in a bad state, but the alien mothership was destroyed and lies dead in the water.
"Are battleships really this strong? I never thought that battleships can't withstand much damage before sinking," Enterprise mutters.
This earned her a nasty death glare from Nagato, Mutsu, Amagi and Arizona, in which Enterprise mutters a silent 'Help'.
As the girls continue watching the duel, I ate some popcorn, in which I may have accidentally stole from Howa Type 89 without looking.
"HEY! GET YOUR OWN POPCORN, MASTER!" Said T-Doll shouted, before slapping me.
*BEEG SLAP*
"Ow... ok, I'll stop. Also, why a slap, though? And to my face, no less. Why not slap somewhere else?" I questioned while rubbing my face.
Type 89's face heated up in embarassment while Howa Type 64 smirked at her younger sister's predicament.
"Ara~ seems Master is a masochist. Interesting; I can think of many stuff I can do then," Type 95 replied, smirking.
"Sis, stop with your fantasy dreaming; it's disgusting. Ugh," Type 97 mumbled, covering her face in disgust.
Continuing to watch the movie, the battleship is down to one last round, but here is were Hopper had to make a decision: whether to destroy the radar station located in Hawaii or save the battleship against the shredder drones.
"I think the decision is obvious: if Hopper wants to save humanity against the alien invasion, he'd choose to sacrifice the battleship to destroy the radar station to stop the aliens from using the station to send the deep space signal," Nagato responded.
"I think so too, as the loss of a historic battleship will seem little when you consider that humanity will be extinct if that radar station is allowed to be still there," FAL adds in.
I watch as Hopper makes the decision, and the Missouri fires off its last shell, flying en route to destroy the radar station.
At the same time, the alien mothership, thought dead, fires off its shredder drones, but is destroyed by incoming missiles from friendly aircraft launched from the carrier CVN-76, eliminating the threat for good.
"WOOOO! Now that's what I call a good ending! Jets eliminating alien ships, classic!" Hornet hollered, while Yorktown signals Enterprise to tell the youngest sister to quiet down.
Someone's excited...
"I wonder if we'll ever have such an ending like that in our own world, against the Sirens," Amagi contemplated to herself.
"We sure don't know what Sirens are, but in our old place, we have rogue PMCs that destroyed our world, not extraterrestrial life forms from outer space," AA-12 replied.
"Yeah, whoever these Sirens are, sure sound weak. Having to fight against former friends is worse, because you then have to will yourself to shoot those you previously consider friends," SPAS-12 replied, eating a family-size bag of popcorn.
"Sirens... stupid name for an extraterrestrial species. 'Harvesters' sound cooler. Though I'd prefer 'Sangvis Ferri', as it reminds me of who we fought against," USAS-12 chimed in.
"But Sirens have laser weaponry, can teleport, and are extremely resilient. The Arbiter-class Sirens can tank several 460mm rounds no problem. Can your so-called Sangvis Ferri do the same?" Enterprise countered back.
"Sangvis may not be able to teleport, but it can do other stuff, like H A C K I N G. Taking control of your electronics and using it against you and your allies, as well as utilizing continent-destroyer weapons," UMP9 argued back, while UMP45 is mumbling something about wanting a bigger chest.
What formerly was just a relaxing movie day became an argument on whether Sirens are better than Sangvis Ferri, and somehow it ended up devolving into a food fight.
Don't ask me, SPAS-12 threw a cookie and landed on Taihou's face, in which Taihou screamed 'FOOD FIGHT!, and chaos ensued.
"What a day... I hate cleaning up other people's messes- TAIHOU! ENTERPRISE! HK-416! STOP DANCING ON FAL'S BODY, FOR OPERATION OVERLORD'S DEMON DANCERS! STOP!" I shouted, barely dodging a muffin Kaga threw from nowhere.
Ugh...
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Characters so far...
Girls Frontline:
- Squad Metal Storm: FAL, Type 95, Type 97, Howa Type 68, Howa Type 89
- Squad Lead Hurricane: AA-12, SPAS-12, USAS-12, Intervention, M1918
- Squad 404: HK416, G11K2, UMP9, UMP45
Azur Lane:
- United States: Enterprise, Yorktown, Hornet, Laffey, Cleveland, Columbia, Denver, Montpelier, Arizona
- Great Britain: Javelin, Illustrious, Unicorn
- Germany: Z23, Prinz Eugen, Admiral Hipper
- Japan: Akagi, Kaga, Amagi, Atago, Takao, Taihou, Ayanami, Shoukaku, Zuikaku, Nagato, Mutsu, Azuma
(I may have a few bits of details wrong, as it's been a while since I last watched the movie. Besides, the 10 short scenes on YouTube doesn't give much...)
(Edited August 12, 2024: Slight grammatical changes)