Ashes on the Fire

(I) 1 - Soldier of No Sorrow

A/N: I think I'm starting to go insane (not really)... Call for help because I can't stop myself from trying to make my story accurate while also doing things that fight against that… Like bruh, it took me some time to even just consider characters I will add into my story because of the location and the time… For example, if my story was set in Norfolk 1941, then I will try to find ships that were in Norfolk during 1941… Yeah, that limits me by a lot

And don't get me started on specific dates because a ship couldn't just be in Norfolk for the whole year, correct? Yeah, some might, but "some" does not equals "all" and there would be ships that would only be there for like only a few days and such

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Start of Arc I
You Can (Not) Redo

Ashes on the Fire
Chapter 1 - Soldier Of No Sorrow

"..." Elizabeth was silent…

This was not how TALARIA was supposed to work… Should it? She clearly saw that the destination was the Southern Base

So why is it that she's standing in the middle of the ocean, with no one besides her, and with the skies and ocean bluer, and clearer than she last remembered them to be, which was literally just a few moments ago…?

Elizabeth is very tempted to open up and radio anyone near her… But that's extremely risky. Not only is she in an extremely unfamiliar territory, it's also not guaranteed that there's any familiar or allied faces near her anyways

In fact, Elizabeth thinks that there's a more higher chance for hostile forces to be around her than friendly ones… Then, what should she do now…?

With a sigh, Elizabeth straightened her uniform and mustered her resolve…

She thought of a plan… It may not be much, but it was a plan nonetheless…

Elizabeth jumped before she summoned up her ship. Bright blue light erupted all around her and her surroundings and when the light died down, a large black ship was revealed

Now that their surroundings are more clearer and cleanlier, and with more bolder and saturated colours, the black paint of her ship made it stand out like a sore thumb

Unfortunately, she does not have any paint on her for now… So the paint will have to stay for now

Elizabeth then landed on the deck of her ship… Due to the nature of the riggings, who are the reason why she can even float in the first place, removing it would mean that she would lose the ability to float like she's walking on water

Basic logic really

But that doesn't matter right now

Elizabeth coughed as she wasted no time and started to walk straight towards the superstructure of her ship, intent on going towards the navigation room

The sound of the waves lapping against the hull provided a soothing backdrop to her thoughts as she made her way to the navigation room… Peacefulness is always welcomed by Elizabeth

And then, she finally arrived at the navigation room. She then entered the room, and Elizabeth's eyes immediately fell upon the compass resting on the navigation table

This was it… She now has to decide which direction she will aimlessly go…

It was an extremely risky move, and it's so simple that Elizabeth doubts it can be called a proper plan… But that's the best shot she has really…

But of course, just randomly picking is not really a good idea, so she has to pick wisely…

Considering the fact that they were in China, specifically, the Shandong peninsula, then there might be a chance that TALARIA might've teleported her somewhere nearby…