Lost at Sea and in Another World

Tyrannical Defeat

On another peaceful day, Bismarck accompanies Tirpitz in enjoying the view of the beach. Bismarck shakes an opened can of root beer while Tirpitz has a coffee one. Due to the hot noon, Tirpitz doesn't have her cape and peaked cap right now.

"Are you feeling better now?" Bismarck sighs in relief after a sip from her can
"What do you mean?" Tirpitz tilts her head
"I'm worried you're still upset about learning the truth from your Bismarck"
"I won't deny there's still this bitter feeling, but I'm more homesick now" Tirpitz lowers her head
"You miss your home. It may not be perfect as you describe it, but it's where you were born and grew up. I still miss my hometown up until to this day...."
"Where's your home?"
"Hamburg, but my family moved to a coastal town in Lower Saxony because my mother was pregnant with my sister"
"So you two are really biological sisters. That explains why you act like a big sister" Tirpitz lightly chuckles
"......" Bismarck sighs

Rather than join the laughter as well, Bismarck only grows sad when she directly looks Tirpitz in the eyes.

"What's wrong?" Tirpitz immediately notices
"I'm worried about you and your sister. There's still this whole situation with Tyrant....." Bismarck immediately tells her
"I will deal with Tyrant once I return to my world. This world shouldn't be dragged with our war in the first place"
"You've been here for a while that I think I'm going to miss you" Bismarck scratches her left cheek
"That's just how it is. We shouldn't have met in the first place because our conflicts should be isolated. Mixing both worlds will only be disastrous"
"Well, that's true. If it wasn't for Tyrant, we wouldn't be here talking and sitting together" Bismarck sadly smiles

Bismarck is at least glad she's able to have at least some sort of fateful encounter with another Tirpitz. Her smile a bit awkward to mask the bigger negative side of the current situation. They continue to sit right next to each other overlooking the sand and the waves brushing by the shore.

"Tyrant. Whenever I think of her, I keep wondering if I would really end up like that if I were to lose Victorious" Tirpitz frowns remembering the face of her future self
"She's the most important person to you, right?"
"That's......" Tirpitz still couldn't be honest
"To die in battle is different from being murdered by someone you know. I'd expect to get shot by Abyssals than being stabbed by an ally"
"I don't know how angry she must have felt back then. Tyrant saw her Victorious get cut down by her Bismarck and dragged the one in this past to her grudge"
"I get that she's angry with your Bismarck, but why beat you too?"
"She probably hates herself just as she hates Bismarck. In her eyes, I'm weak and naive. That's why she looked at me disgusted while there's only blind range towards Bismarck-" Tirpitz stops herself
"What's wrong?"
"It still doesn't make sense why she sent me here on purpose. Tyrant isolated me but never made effort to really make me suffer or anything. In fact, she hasn't shown up a for a while now" Tirpitz stands up

Bismarck widens her eyes realizing it. Tyrant has little to no presence in their world. She dragged Tirpitz last time to a separate dimension only for the latter to escape without serious injuries.

"Tyrant and I are the same person, but I can't think of any reason why I would drag my past self and ignore her most of the time. Maybe I wasn't her primary goal in the first place?" Tirpitz goes into a thinking position
"Yeah. Maybe she used this as an excuse to target your Bismarck because of her grudge" Bismarck snaps her fingers

It's merely their guess and have no solid evidence to actually prove it. The only one who can confirm it is Tyrant herself, but the main suspect has been absent for a while now and only leaves Sirens for the Maizuru fleet to deal with.

"This gives me more reason to find her myself" Tirpitz grunts
"Don't be too reckless. We don't know what she's up to. If we go out there, either someone around you get killed or you did pointlessly. You haven't reconciled with your sister yet" Bismarck grabs her shoulder
"Still, I-"