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To cake a loss

“If I do recall correctly, heck I don’t even need to recall anything. If I am being honest, then she was definitely not like this.” Cleveland stumbled out as she was punching the solid wall behind the dorm building. She wasn’t using any power in her strikes given that she would most likely bring down the building if she did so, but she had to vent out her frustration in some way. She found this the best way even if she could think of better ways.

*I am feeling the same. Did you see how she behaved? God. That's Roon. ROON! What have we gotten ourselves into here?*

Cleveland was thinking the same. She managed to get away from the Priority Ship after having to endure dealing with her for far longer than she would have wanted. Roon was definitely not the same anymore and what she became was something Cleveland, while she didn’t want to say a  disgusting shadow of what she was once, tried at multiple places to call out to the Heavy Cruiser. Her drastically changed behavior was in dire need of an explanation.

Roon, all the time when she asked that, stared blankly at her for a few seconds to these sorts of questions before she answered like she didn’t know what Cleveland was talking about. It was almost spooky for the Siren to witness but what spooked her even more was the eagle that Roon had calmly sitting on her arm all the time they were talking. It seemed to stare at her like a puppet and not an animal even though Roon fed it.

*The eagle, sea eagle when you directly translate it from German, is a very observant and apparently wise creature. Think it saw through your disguise?*

“A hell of a no.” Cleveland breathed out and stopped punching the wall. She wasn’t tired at all so at least the action of getting rid of her anger was not bound to any exhaustion. ”Unless you can identify me by smell then no one would realize I am not Weser. I guess the eagle can do that but it didn’t attack so I suspect it was just curious and didn’t see the actual truth.”

*Even if it saw through you by the smell thing. It’s not like it can tell anyone anyway huh?*

“Yeah. Talking eagles would be interesting but at the same time impossible. Or did you build bird drones?” Cleveland snickered. She wouldn’t think wrong with this thought. The Sirens usually build the weirdest shit people could imagine so it was not out of the question for the former Shipgirl.

*We are not conspiracy theorists and we sure as hell wouldn’t give them fodder. We would have built small drones yes but not something like birds. And even if, they would be computers and send data but don’t actually have voice boxes.*

“I believe you then.” Cleveland smiled before she thought back. She sighed hard. ”Did we really have to help you feed the insects there Roon. I don’t like dealing with crawlers even though the other animals were fine.” She leaned against the wall. “Anyway. Alpha, found something we can check out?”

She sent the Siren to investigate earlier and since all of her abilities are back online that one must have finished her task. She needed to deal with Roon for at least a few hours after all. She couldn’t believe that Ironblood had half a zoo on the base and Roon was the manager of it.

*Glad that you asked actually. So where was it? Ah here.*

Cleveland had chibi Alpha appear in her vision again with the same board she used to explain the situation back when she woke up. Cleveland simply relaxed against the wall and looked at what Alpha, now in a teachers outfit, was about to present.

*Yes I know this is fun but mission briefings must look formal after all. Anyway, briefing time.* She tapped the board with a swagger stick she got from nowhere and an image appeared like last time. On the screen appeared a hologram of the area like it did with pearl harbor before. Cleveland could immediately spot that the area was by far larger than what she could see.