Lost at Sea and in Another World

Truth and Motives

What do you want to achieve?

Not always Tyrant would actively seek out enemies to sink or try to stir conflict Iron Blood. In the occassions she's away from all the conflict, Tyrant secludes herself from both the Sirens and shipgirls. The complete silence is all she needs as of the moment, but there's still a high pitched sound ringing in her ears.

"You don't have to do this, Tirpitz. Aren't you tired already?"

Somehow, Victorious appears just a few meters from her, sitting on top scrapped steel. She bears a sorrowful expression and only expresses pity for the battleship who has no purpose but forces herself to keep on living.

"You're not real. The Victorious I know.....died right in front of me....."

Tyrant slams her back against the wall and helplessly slides down to the concrete ground. She could just look away and further rejects Victorious' existence yet she's consciously still attached to someone who no longer exists.

"You're right. The one you knew no longer exists.....and you blame yourself for my death more than you blame Bismarck"
"It's not my fault. Bismarck started all of this. She's the reason you died....and I became like this!" Tyrant slams her left fist again the wall, spreading cracks
"Tirpitz, you're still living in your guilt. Since the beginning, your anger was just to deny that guilt eating you away" Victorious gracefully jumps back down
"No....that's not it!"
"Please stop this. You've hurt a lot.....even yourself"

The Victorious approaching Tyrant may just be a manifestation of her immense guilt and grief, but her rhythmic footsteps echo throughout the empty hideout. She slowly walks towards Tyrant, worried she might further agitate someone who no longer has control over her own emotions.

"I tried so many times to die.....but this META just makes it so I would survive" Tyrant further presses her back against the wall
"I'm sure the Victorious in this timeline would never give up on you and try to save you no matter how much you push her away" Victorious stops right in front of Tyrant
"Why don't you hate Bismarck? She killed you in cold blood.....!" Tyrant presses both hands on her temple
"Can't you remember or you don't want to remember? No, it's just that.....you'd still rejecting it...." Victorious kneels on one knee
"......"
"The reason why you went mad in the first place and why you keep blaming yourself....."

Just like earlier, Victorious is moving carefully and making sure she only display complete calmness. Tyrant is shaking, extremely afraid, of the one person who truly matters to her. She couldn't face the past, neither the living one in the current timeline of the "ghost" from her timeline. Victorious stretches out both arms and her hands gently reaches for Tyrant's cheeks.

"......!"

Despite not the living Victorious, Tyrant feels the warmth touch no different from an actual person due to her longing for comfort and warmth. She repeatedly throws herself in conflict until the day she has forgotten what it means to be at peace and simply forget everything. Tyrant doesn't reject Victorious' gentle fingers gently pressing her cheeks. In fact, her fear subsides and allows her tensed body to slowly relax.

"You've lost yourself. I know the Tirpitz I cared about is lost, but I really can't stand to see you suffer......" Victorious softly rubs her thumbs on Tyrant's cheeks
"Vic.....torious....."

Tyrant lifts her left hand and presses it on Victorious' hand still on her cheek. She allows herself to be soothed by the peace that would vanish later. Even if she knows she'll suffer again later, Tyrant craves for a moment away from her anger eating her away.

"I'm always on your side, Tirpitz. No matter how much you get corrupted, I won't leave you. Never again...." Victorious sorrowfully smiles
"If you didn't try to protect me back then, you would still be alive. You should have let me die...." Tyrant bites her lower lip
"I didn't regret trying to save you....until the very end. We're friends, aren't we?"
"Never once you hated Bismarck for killing you....."
"You're still trying to push yourself away because you're afraid......."