Kantai Collection: A New Force For Good

A Dream Realized And A Dream Unexplained

A/N: Yeah, this might be just me getting ahead of myself, but would any of you be interested in a discord server for story discussion and the like?

Reader interaction and all that jazz.

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There is a war coming.

They will be caught unaware.

Millions will suffer.

It will seem like the end.

But you can not falter.

You can not back away.

You must face them head on!

"My queen!"

You must stare them in the face!

"My queen!"

They are the world's nightmares!

"My queen!"

So you must match them!

"Arctic!" Someone finally yelled.

Arctic snapped awake almost immediately from her spot on her throne, her white haze suddenly flaring to life as her eyes remained unfocused a moment before blinking a moment, sitting herself up in her throne as she looked before her, finding Empress Kara standing there. Frowning a moment, Arctic leaned against a hand, her cheek pressed to her fist as her gaze settled on her Empress.

"Kara?" Arctic asked quietly, glancing at her Empress. The Empress sighed at the question, looking down at her own reports before glancing up at the woman.

"My Queen you really should sleep in your own chambers. Falling asleep on your Throne isn't required and gives the image that you simply do not care where you lay yourself out." Kara told her. Arctic sighed at that as she rubbed her eyes a moment.

"It appears that way because I do in fact, not care where I rest my eyes for a while." Arctic Replied in turn, waving a lazed hand in a small circle before her. Kara blinked.

"But my Queen, surely you would receive better rest actually resting within your chambers, no?" She asked carefully. Arctic closed her eyes a moment, offering a quiet sigh, before looking to her Empress.

"There is no doubt in my mind that you are right, Kara." Arctic offered in reply to the statement, holding a moment. "But I have never been the one to do the sensible thing. You know this as much as I do." She said.

"But-" Kara tried.

"This is not up for discussion Kara, that much is clear." Arctic told her in a calm tone. "I do not mind you offering your own two cents every once and a while, and I gladly will accept the advice, but do not push it past that. Okay?" She asked. Kara only offered a sigh at that a moment, but eventually, looked up from her reports before nodding.

"Understood my Queen." She said. Arctic smiled at that.

"Well, with that out of the way, i trust you must have reports for me. I assume they pertain to Atlantic's dealings in the Mediterranean?" She asked. Kara nodded, correcting her reports before she looked to the Queen.

"I do." She reported. "The humans lost the vessels known as The New Jersey and the John Finn. Upon your pre-request, we have not secured the wrecks themselves but we have secured permitters around their wrecks. You need only say the word and we shall begin salvage-"

"No." Arctic interrupted. Kara blinked.

"My queen?" The Empress Asked again for confirmation.

"We are not going to salvage the wrecks there." She told her. "We merely hold a presence there to keep Atlantic from doing the same." She said, leaning against her closed fist again, pressing her cheek to it as she watched the Empress.