It's All Just A Game | Trapped In Azur Lane

Act 2 | Chapter 8 | Tension

---12:42 PM---

---Enterprise Point Of View---

"THIS SIMPLY! WON'T STAND! Not only is one of my head maids missing! BUT THE HEAD MAID HERSELF is missing! Something had to have happened to them! We must gather up a search party at once!" Queen Elizabeth booms over the admirals and commanders. Warspite trying to calm her queens' nerves so that others can talk, obviously struggling. "My sister and Taihou are missing as well. No one's seen them since yesterday evening. An there's been no leads! Akagi was supposed to be at an important logistics meeting this morning and never showed face!" Kaga announced, bouncing off Elizabeth's outburst to announce even more ships missing. Important ships at that. Bismarck, eyes closed, arms crossing as she spoke with this passively worried tone spoke thereafter, leaning back in her seat. "Scheer is missing as well. His sisters reported to Eugen his absents from this morning's sorties." Booming over everyone with impatience's, the Admiral of my nation, Eagle Union shouts over everyone, having been interrupted multiple times now.

"If you'll let me finish!!! We've had reports from a few overnight dock workers, they claimed to seen a task force of 5 or 6 vessels sailing out to sea last night after dark. Seeing as we had no scheduled sorties set to leave last night after dark! We'd concluded that the ships whom are missing left without word or permission." Passing the floor to the Iris Orthodoxy Admiral. "According to reports from human manned ocean-going submarines. The group in question tracked down, and engaged for a brief time a particular siren convoy, it's under my understanding that only two ships in the room know the convoy I'm talking about, and it's apparently classified what this convoy is and was... So, I'll keep some details out. The main thing is, they've all reported the same findings. Seeing the same thing. The group appeared to attack in a well-coordinated manner and infuriated the siren convoy briefly engaging Observer herself before successfully slipping back away into a stormy sea. It's estimated that around 30 siren vessels of varying classifications were sunk during this engagement. The last known directions and sighting of the group, said to have seen them traveling south, back towards port. Of course, these reports came in around 6 in the morning."

7Aware of the convoy, being one of only two ships in the room, who know about what it was, what it meant, what the sirens where up to, and the obvious implications of why and what was likely being transported. The convoy was a prison convoy, prisoners being transported from a stronghold inside one mirror sea, used to torture and extract information from prisoners of war, moving them from there, to another stronghold at another mirror sea, where they're never seen again. Disposed of, killed, and or ultimately brainwashed beyond cognitive awareness and pressed into service to help the sirens capture more of us. Or to fight against us. Whilst using them to pull our hearts and strings, by forcing us to kill or sink to loved ones, we wanted to save. Belfast, the head maid went with the group, not only that, but Formidable, another royal maid went too. The implications of Akagi, Taihou, and Scheer accompanying them... I wonder many things and worry even more. Belfast must be confident that Bel was in that convoy... She would have never risked it if she wasn't 100% sure of it...

She knows the consequences of running off like that without orders, provoking sirens like this. An worst of all, bringing old red axis members into the loop like this. There's a good chance she never said a word about mirror sea's, in fact, it's possible she made little to no mention of much or any sensitive information we're keeping hidden from the prior red axis members, but the point does stand. An command will pay incredible attention to it. She seeked out, purposely, actively, the help of red axis members, to help with something they aren't yet allowed to have involvement in. Siren activities aren't allowed to be known by them. Beyond defending Azur Lane bases and locations. Red Axis is forbidden from interacting or learning of siren activities. Speaking rather bluntly, Bismarck makes mention of something. "I find it strange, that Scheer ended up roped up in this ordeal. Forgive my bluntness. But he's not exactly experienced, and from what I've heard from his siblings, he's not exactly the greatest at his role as a heavy cruiser. So, I find it interesting, that someone so fresh, new, and inexperienced would be reached out to by someone so capable. Scheer being picked for this seems... Odd to me." I didn't notice or pick it up at the time. But that information on the surface, made sense. However, I would later find out after the meeting. That Scheer was in-fact a very... Very, capable vessel. Experience or not.