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Frozen seas

"What's wrong? Didn’t you say sirens are unaffected by temperature changes?" Cleveland snickered as she looked at her friend.

"I might have slightly miscalculated myself." The enforcer breathed out as she shivered. Cleveland could only giggle at that display. The same siren that told her they weren’t bothered by heat or cold was now very much bothered by low temperatures.

The two sirens by now were deep into northern areas after only two days of cruising. Avoiding any shipgirls in Sakura was the only more challenging challenge they got so far. They haven’t even caught the trace of a single shipgirl in the entire northern seas yet, which was weird but convenient.

What was bothersome to normal ships was something this time didn’t even hinder the sirens. They had no problem smashing any ice that blocked their ways with plasma shots or their handheld weapons. This allowed them a fairly quick route across the seas.

“You are freezing while I am more or less fine.” Cleveland giggled, continuing watching her friend shiver. “How are you even freezing? It’s not that cold.”

Elma only looked at her and if looks could kill, Cleveland would have been dead six times over. She was about to raise her halbert but her hand was shaking too much to actually allow her to point it at Cleveland. “I would cut you if I could.” Muttered the enforcer silently.

“Throw it and I teleport it away.” Retorted Cleveland simply. She had been going over Alphas tips and teachings and was now comfortable to create small portals between two places. Although it was more creating two at the same time of her own choosing, counting out the moments when she is angry and her body does everything by reflex. This allowed her to avoid shots by redirecting them.

“Oh yeah, pride yourself that you get better as the time passes but that still will not make this sea any warmer.” Elma complained hard. “Also whatever you send out from the second is a twisted mess of metal since you can’t actually control teleportation of matter yet.”

Elma was right in that. Cleveland, with a bit of struggling, could create two portals at the same time but this was different than before. The weapons she stored in a pocket dimension, to which she created a single entrance and exit, were easy since it was a one way trip.

Now she can control a triangular system and somehow what is thrown into one portal doesn’t come out fine in another…at least Alpha assured her that she is making good progress and that this was normal which somehow calmed the siren down.

Looking at her fellow siren Cleveland sighed. The two have now been through the northern seas for a while now and Elma looked bad. The moment the temperature dropped to freezing, the other siren was shivering. Cleveland had to admit it was cold but Elma looked like a popsicle. Apparently living for a year in the dark in a powerless base in the middle of tropical climates made even Elma unable to withstand the freezing temperatures here.

They had been jumping from siren facility to siren facility to warm up but found none of them active or warm, much to the annoyance of the enforcer who was getting grumpy from that all. Cleveland at least forgave her for that without issue.

They didn’t even find a jacket for Elma to wear so they continued. Elma hoped to get out of this area fast but the northern seas were large. Cleveland could also swear she saw Elma looking unwell and sick.

The sirens had some wet spots on their exposed skin coming from water which was splattered on them. It left no wounds but annoyed a lot due to the coldness. Elma sneezed rather loudly and Cleveland finally had enough. She had to do something. 

“Ok, Elma that's it!” Cleveland mumbled and derobed her capelet. It might not be much but it was at least a little bit of clothing. Thankfully it wasn’t soaked as Cleveland expected it to be.