Abyssal Stays Home [KC SI]

[Vlaadd17]

She is turning into real politic "i cant reverse engineer all human stuff , only i can do so and it will take ages". The fact " i wont sell other princes research labs so i don't become irrelevant " she wisely don't mentions.
Well, as long as humans don't anger abyss, she is fine with whatever way its done , i gess.

-Your job is to make seas a better place, whatever means necessary.
-Does it includes talking with human government and not genociding them?
-"confusion"

 

[Lovhes]

You know, I'm still having difficulties on imagining a mecha Godzilla in this setting.

 

[SneakyScoundrel02]

She honestly should think about making a candy factory to control other Abyssals via sweets addiction, deviously delicious! Now with 25% more sugar!

 

[xbox432]

Oh? Peace talks are now on the table? I wasn't expecting that. But I do find the revelations on the Abyss' reasoning for attacking humans interesting. Maybe Dagon's plan will actually work? The Abyssals could take over as the world's shipping fleet, so world trade lines would no longer be disrupted.

*edit* trace - trade

 

[Naron]

Day 317

The last week was calm, at least for me. Frostbite and Briar told me that they had to wrangle unrest among their fleets. There was no violence, but a lot of heated discussions about whether to support or reject my stance on humanity. Even the Princesses themselves still needed this long to make a proper decision.

Thankfully, Frostbite came around after our past experiences. Briar is still sceptical, but willing to give it a shot. They both think this is going to end up a catastrophe, but I have their support. All they want is to see success of some sort. Which is why I told them about the situation with Akatsuki today. It completely slipped my mind that neither of them knew it just yet.

Frostbite was not happy that I kept everything from her and I got a stern talking-to about safety precautions. It felt kind of odd because I am a head taller than her, not that she cared.

That aside, hearing about current events in Japan at least intrigued the pair. They let me speak until I told them everything I know. Them being smart was a double-edged sword today, though; they both wanted to know how I got so much information about an area so far away. Considering that we were already sharing so much today, I also let them know that I am using the Internet. It took some explaining to convey the idea. Then I showed them the computers my scientists put together.

I think they are staying the night. Just went to check and yes, they make their best nerd impression glued to the screens. Makes sense, I guess; having so much information at your fingertips can be intoxicating for someone who just got introduced to the concept. It was a little different for my fleet, but I put that on them not being in charge of formulating strategies, or being unused to constant battle.

Either way, I guess we are having a sleepover. Need to go fetch some snacks and pry my guests away from the computers.


Day 322

Things went more smoothly with my fellow Princesses after I introduced them to the Internet. They do come over every day to do research, though. I have one of my girls with them at all times, to answer questions or fetch me to do it if she can not. They have become more open to the prospect of peace.

At the same time, Akatsuki continues to work herself to the bone in Japan. At this point some worry that she may die from overwork. As ironically fitting as that may be with Japanese culture, nobody wants that. Really, nobody. Not even her opponents on the political stage want the lone shipgirl harmed. From what Ariel and Hannah could put together for me, she has risen to be some sort of national heroine. Not so much for undoing the radiation, but for braving the uncertainty of facing an Abyssal and 'convincing' her to lend aid.

I guess she is the little destroyer that could.

Either way, Japan seems in favour of opening talks. The 'war' in China seems to be stalling out for some reason, I am still not looking at the details. Threats of nuclear warfare fly this way and that, mutually assured destruction and the like. I am already researching if there is a way to stop nukes, but there is no real way beyond shooting them down before they can deliver their payload. Or to prevent them from being launched. My scientists are unlikely to come up with another solution and China is too big to just search for the launch sites.

What a downer to end this entry on.


Day 328

Look at that, humanity can solve some of its own problems. Pissing off the entire world eventually comes back to bite you; in this case, even Russia turned against their nominal ally China and joined the US forces. This really is the weirdest timeline imaginable.

Moreover, that is really all I needed to know about the conflict, now I will go back to ignoring it.

After talking it over with Frostbite and Briar, we decided to be a little proactive in case Japan does seek to talk with us. Well, me, but we are a council now. Where I go, my friends follow. So Frostbite's expansion will focus on extending a teleportation relay all the way to Japan. It may be dangerous to extend ourselves so far without securing the territory, but our combined fleets are strong enough and humanity is busy elsewhere. The IJN is in shambles anyway.

Not to mention that this means Akatsuki does not have to reveal Haven's exact location to the general public. Maybe it is a bit of a futile consideration at this point, considering there will be paperwork about where her previous assignments took place.

Actually, thinking about it that way, it only takes one other idiot with a nuke to kill me. Haven is so far out to sea that this will not hurt any humans. Considering that I was just berated about safety, I better be careful.


Day 332

Relocation complete. Technically. I had Orion dig deeper and reinforce the citadel with an alloy of the same steel we have on living Abyssals. Reaper fired a volley from her five remaining Colossus Cannons and could not penetrate it. I brought over our entire combined fleet to do much of the same, to a similar result.

I had to pour a ton of resources into this, but it paid off. Then I did something similar for Frostbite on Wake Island, considering that is her base and known as an Abyssal stronghold. Also close enough that a nuke to Haven would still hit the island.

So yes, we now have structures that are about as durable as Reaper's armour belt, if not more so. They do not really help if someone walks in the door, but that is not their purpose. Briar wants one too, but we are out of resources to spare for that. Not to mention that Hawaii is far less likely to get nuked. Nobody knows she is part of our alliance, nor where she lives. Even if I introduce her. If she was not nuked yet, then it will not happen unless people get desperate.

The other reason is that she prefers to stay mobile; she has no real main base we could reinforce. An early warning system would help her more, so she can just up and leave through the teleporter with her fleet. I can build that kind of thing by now and will hand it to her tomorrow.


Day 333

Installed the system for Briar and explained what it does, she is happy again. She also told me that she is considering to go and build a proper bunker around the teleporter, just to keep it safe. We do not have the resources for that right now.


Day 339

Things are moving on humanity's end. Akatsuki finished clearing away the radiation around Tokyo; toward the end they even started ferrying her and the other shipgirls around in helicopters, to get at the nuclear fallout in the higher atmosphere. Nobody really believes they caught all of it, but people are hopeful.

More than that, Akatsuki held another speech about cooperating with me. That she wants to introduce me to her people so they can see for themselves what sort of person I am.

I am a little scared of that. Like I noted before, it only takes one idiot with a big red launch button to kill me if they know where I am. At the same time, just sending Frostbite in my place does not feel right either. Akatsuki wants me there. If it is an honest attempt to establish contact from others, sending a substitute would send the wrong message. If someone uses the chance of an Abyssal Princess being in the open to strike, then I sent my friend to die.

So no, I will have to go there myself. I guess this will be humanity's true test; if they refuse to give this a chance to blossom and kill me, then every Abyssal across the planet will gain access to the entire tech base I built. It is nowhere near complete, but the upgrades to weaponry, engines, and armour alone will change the game. Add to this that Briar and Frostbite will be furious and yeah. If I do die, I am taking all of humanity with me.

That is spiteful enough of a consequence. I am still shaking, but I can do this. There is still time, too.

Right now Akatsuki is arguing her case before a committee of not just Japanese leaders, but also some UN representatives. She has a solid base of supporters by now, but not everyone is comfortable with the prospect of meeting an Abyssal face to face. Even her sister Hibiki remains skeptical, though interviews I read tell me she has not spoken out against Akatsuki's plan. She mostly just wants everyone to be careful. Other shipgirls seem to be more on the fence than against it, too.

I should figure out some plans for if I do have to go visit them. The teleporters are still being built, but we make steady progress. No way I guzzle down all my stockpiled oil just to make my way to Japan and back.

But who do I take along? Too many warships will make me look more like a conqueror, rather than a potential ally. No warships is stupid, even I can tell that much. Maybe Orion? Ionia? They are civilian ships, though I am not sure humans can tell the difference. I doubt they even saw a Mi-Class before.

I need to think this over.


Day 340

I spent today talking to my fleet and allies. Right now my job for the council is to find more Internet cables and connect the other Princesses. So while I am using their submarines to scour the ocean floor, I talked over the situation with them. Just as I thought, neither Frostbite nor Briar like the situation. It makes sense not to trust humans to be sensible when considering recent events in Asia. They do not know us and fought a war of annihilation with the Abyss for about ten years.

Talking my friends around to the fact I have to go took a while. They took my agreement that if something bad does happen, coexistence becomes impossible. I did not like it, but neither of them would budge on the matter. Though they are willing to let me go now.

Then we talked over who could accompany me. I told them my considerations about too much and too little firepower, which both agreed with after some additional explanations. Turns out Abyssals have issues comprehending the concept of 'too much firepower'. Especially a Battleship Princess. I guess that was to be expected, considering that she is the superior firepower.

Either way, we settled on Hannah as my escort. My being a shipgirl makes any lone actors non-issues. If such an actor is also a shipgirl, then a destroyer Demon should suffice in taking them down. If it is an organised effort that does not kill me immediately, the Council warfleet will stand ready to interfere.

I am also taking Orion to help rebuild Tokyo some as a gesture of good faith, as well as Ionia with partly filled storage. A humble gift of resources, as is appropriate when visiting another. I just thought of that last one, it really has been a while since I had to think of manners in human terms.

Now to start preparing.


Day 349

Everything continues apace. My girls were not enthused when I told them the plan, but they agreed well enough. Orion insisted on taking a dozen of her drones along, which I agreed to after some thinking. I am just going to have them and Orion hang back to announce them, so they do not scare people too much.

Sapphire insisted that I promise to stay safe. She also sat down to carve me some jewelry from the gold and silver she has left over, something to impress the humans with. It was a sweet gesture, but I do not feel well wearing so much bling. I settled on a golden ring as well as a silver bracelet and tiara. It still feels weird to wear them, but a few accessories should be fine for a Princess.

Thinking of it that way, I should ask Sapphire to make matching tiaras for Briar and Frostbite. It does not feel right if only one in the Council of Three gets to wear something like a crown.

Now I feel weird. I never wanted to be some sort of king. But at the same time there is really no way around leading by now. Life works in weird ways. At least I get a shot at actually helping people.


Day 354

Akatsuki's fervour bore fruit. She convinced enough people to invite me onto Japanese shores for a meeting with the interim government and the UN, who will be hosted there. The girl herself was tasked with delivering the invitation.

I sent Hannah to intercept her a few hours from shore. My acceptance should have reached Japan by now. The date of my arrival is set ten days from now, for the sake of both sides. We need to finish the teleporter relay, they need to actually prepare to receive what amounts to a foreign dignitary.

This will be interesting. I have never been to Japan before. I doubt I get the chance to do much sightseeing, but it would be nice.


Day 363

Preparations complete, just in time. I am slated to arrive tomorrow. Hannah is ready, Ionia loaded up with resources and some consumer goods like food. Orion already selected which drones she will take.

My hands are shaking, but the nerves will pass. They always do when the time comes.


Day 364

This was interesting, if a little terrifying. I do not think I have social anxiety, but I am no extrovert and met a lot of people today. Hannah took some of it off me, but that only went so far.

At least people were suitably surprised when the two of us surfaced near Tokyo Bay. There were not many civilians present, but a decent number of JSDF personnel and all nine IJN shipgirls. The seven survivors and the two that were since re-summoned. Akatsuki shook hands with me first, then the rest took formation around us to guide me to the coast. There were a lot of cameras pointed our way.

The language barrier was a bit of an issue, but we managed with Akatsuki translating for me. They said I will have a trained translator assigned to me by tomorrow, so I am not too worried there.

Overall, there was a strong sense of wariness; I did not see many civilians for a while, and the Japanese were not particularly happy when I asked them about bringing a few more girls and some building drones. They relaxed some with the gifts Ionia had on her, but I imagine those are still getting screened right now.

Then again, nobody attacked or even insulted me yet. I heard the occasional whisper, but nothing bad.

Hannah is fine as well. I have her cuddled up to me and fast asleep right now. They apologised a bunch of times for not having better accomodations, but most of the big hotels were destroyed with Tokyo. I do not mind this one much, this is the first time I ever had a futon, too. A lot of new things today.

Anyway, today was mostly introductions to various people whose names I ought to remember but forgot. Hannah probably does recall, so I will have to rely on her. Some preliminary talks with various people and ignoring a whole lot of reporters trying to get so much as a word from me. A full honour guard of shipgirls deterred them from pressing the issue, at least. For now.

Orion vanished at some point during the day. There was a bit of hubbub around it, but I got through to the Japanese to just direct her to where they were currently building; they remained on edge even afterward. Akatsuki had to argue for a while to get them to accept this; I doubt it was hard to find Orion, considering she had a dozen drones trailing her. They sent two shipgirls in her direction as well, one of them Hibiki.

I think it is good enough that they are willing to extend some trust. We just have to show them that there are no hidden agendas in play here. Maybe I went a bit too fast with Orion, but she is getting antsy after months spent building the same base layout time and again. This is more of a vacation for her, building infrastructure instead of outposts. I think she is still at work, actually.

I am meeting more people tomorrow. Time for bed.


Day 365

Well, nobody tried to kill me yet? I am not sure if the heavy security is to protect the people or me, maybe it is both. Either way, today was a lot more relaxed. I guess me and mine not attacking anyone gave Akatsuki's side a bit more credence.

I answered a few questions by journalists today, too. There was no real time for any in-depth explanations, but I think they got something interesting; particularly when one asked me why I as an Abyssal suddenly seek peace. I just asked him the same I asked Akatsuki back then: "Is there something wrong with wanting peace?"

I have an idea what sort of headlines there will be soon, but oh well. Just got to keep going. Things are looking good so far.

 

[Faber_The_Builder]

They do come over every day to do research

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A yes…"research". Totally not coming by like her base is an Internet café to browse the internet and shitpost

 

[Vlaadd17]

Hope si won't give promises she can't fulfill. As faction as framgented as it is , and with little in a way to communication i doubt all will comply, thouse hulls from ww2 especially. Like history of nevada, serve 30 years to your country, participate in 2 world wars and then be nuked twice and used as punching bag . I doubt thouse like her would give a damn about si naivity.
And honestly, si just should have a "talk" with abbys what it wants , all wrongs and problems that humanity does ,and abbys want gone. Write them down, and just pass it to world gowerment or something. With the words you are fighting nature itself, stop acting as you sole santiente species on earth and learn how to live in peace with ocean.
"Refuses elobarete further"
"Leavse"
All in all it going to be politics i gess. thousands words will be spoken and done about nothing. And invitation to future talks in 3 months.

 

[Vlaadd17]

Another note , isn't it too bright for destroyer girl just walk streets of Tokyo with tag along utube strimers? Should there be , i don't know , skeletons? Dead churned bodies? Shadows of people caught in the blast?
City was evacuated probably, and a few would be on streets, but surely there would be more grimm , apocalyptic picture, rather than girl with friends strolling on streets of ruined city?

 

[Naron]

Another note , isn't it too bright for destroyer girl just walk streets of Tokyo with tag along utube strimers? Should there be , i don't know , skeletons? Dead churned bodies? Shadows of people caught in the blast?
City was evacuated probably, and a few would be on streets, but surely there would be more grimm , apocalyptic picture, rather than girl with friends strolling on streets of ruined city?

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I imagine those would be cleared out by that point; and if not, either they are not shown by the streamers in question, or appear in the background to remind everyone what is being cleaned up. But they are not the focus.

 

[MinionNumberQ]

And honestly, si just should have a "talk" with abbys what it wants , all wrongs and problems that humanity does ,and abbys want gone.

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I mean she kinda did, just last chapter she explained why the Abyss manifested and what it wants, even getting tentative approval from it for her peace plan

Then I laid out the idea: if us Abyssals control the seas across the globe, then humans are no longer able to build ships, much less sink or scuttle them. What fleets remain afloat can be retired and no more souls will be lost at sea. These are the 'crimes' that the Abyss originally manifested to punish. The dishonourable end of warships, the many sailours lost to the merciless waves.

But if humanity can no longer commit these sins, need we really eradicate them? Why not coexist so that we can partake in the many marvels they created and will continue to create? I made sure to explain that all the nice things I shared with everyone were human inventions, from food to games. That gave most of them pause, much like it did their Princesses. It also neatly solves the question of what happens if we win and there are no more humans left; there will always be humans, thus the Abyssals will forever retain their purpose.

I think I at least got them to consider the matter with this reasoning. The Abyss itself did not contradict me yet, else I would have felt some sort of instinctual revulsion to the idea. Mind, I did at first. But it vanished once I thought through my reasoning. Does that count as a sort of divine mandate?

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[Vlaadd17]

I mean she kinda did, just last chapter she explained why the Abyss manifested and what it wants, even getting tentative approval from it for her peace plan

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I honestly thought it was her personal reasoning why they're fighting, because when she asked "why we kill humans" her girls were just standing , trying find a reason , and responding with "we just must, don't you feel that urge?".

That means common abbysal don't know why they are fighting and only si has ability to communicate with abbys .No other princess can .And it is hardly speaking, but nudges : yes ,no, "confusion", "curiosity" etc.

Maybe older ,steel hull princess come to that conclusion "we kill humans because they mistreated us as hulls " , but there wasn't a clear answer from the abbys , beyond "kill humans" and " you are going to deny them oceans? I'm curious". Because humans not going to leave oceans, some middle ground is needed.

Besides, the whole they scuttle and mistreated ships so we kill them is stupid. When abbysals emerged i doubt they didn't shoot all steel ships .Both fishing/transport and military.
It is completely hypocratic from them fighting humanity by sinking ship hulls , and killing human sailors because they scuttle ships and die in ocean.

"I m going to kill you and sink your ship , so you cant die in ocean some other way in storm or scuttle your ship later ". Honestly no sense at all, i personally thought abbysal is counter measure from ocean, to clear itself from garbage and protect its wild life from humanity.

 

[MinionNumberQ]

I honestly thought it was her personal reasoning why they're fighting, because when she asked "why we kill humans" her girls were just standing , trying find a reason , and responding with "we just must, don't you feel that urge?".

That means common abbysal don't know why they are fighting and only si has ability to communicate with abbys .No other princess can .And it is hardly speaking, but nudges : yes ,no, "confusion", "curiosity" etc.

Maybe older ,steel hull princess come to that conclusion "we kill humans because they mistreated us as hulls " , but there wasn't a clear answer from the abbys , beyond "kill humans" and " you are going to deny them oceans? I'm curious". Because humans not going to leave oceans, some middle ground is needed.

Besides, the whole they scuttle and mistreated ships so we kill them is stupid. When abbysals emerged i doubt they didn't shoot all steel ships .Both fishing/transport and military.
It is completely hypocratic from them fighting humanity by sinking ship hulls , and killing human sailors because they scuttle ships and die in ocean.

"I m going to kill you and sink your ship , so you cant die in ocean some other way in storm or scuttle your ship later ". Honestly no sense at all, i personally thought abbysal is counter measure from ocean, to clear itself from garbage and protect its wild life from humanity.

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The main reason I'm inclined to believe her account of why the Abyss manifested is because she has a direct line to the Abyss itself in her head and it stopped sending her instinctual revulsion when she explained her thought process. Therefore, it at the very least isn't against her plan which implies that it's reason for manifesting would be solved by that plan, and because the plan is based around solving her understanding of why the Abyss manifested it stands to reason that her explanation of why it manifested is the correct explanation.

 

[Vlaadd17]

The main reason I'm inclined to believe her account of why the Abyss manifested is because she has a direct line to the Abyss itself in her head and it stopped sending her instinctual revulsion when she explained her thought process. Therefore, it at the very least isn't against her plan which implies that it's reason for manifesting would be solved by that plan, and because the plan is based around solving her understanding of why the Abyss manifested it stands to reason that her explanation of why it manifested is the correct explanation.

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While true , abyss indeed didn't showed revulsion with her plan , i really think it is due si being himself and giving results . During these storie abyss showed itself quite ... detached maybe? Accepting? Si was left to do as she pleased and abbys accepted her individuality , and in return si give results beyond expectations. Maybe it just leaves her knowing she wont change her mind , maybe abbys just accepts , driving tham from the oceans as consolidation prize? Si don't want to participate in war for extermination, but for that war goal and actively helping , not perfect but better than nothing.
And maybe abbys just lazy and fine doing less as long the source of her problems is gone.
I really, really cant believe that reason for war .Humanity did shipbuilding for thousands of years , just as long as it has sailed the waters. Why start now? Besides, driving them from ocean, that not going to stop building river ships , or thouse inteded for lakes.
And the part preventing death of sailors and scuttling ships , by killing and destroying them is really ridiculous.
But I guess there is no canon in kancolle, so everyone coming with their own interpretations and thouse cant be really right or wrong . It could be indeed, abyss possessing mentality of child, and in process to stop death of sailors and destruction of ships ,became number one reason of it , but i honestly can't believe that.

 

[Naron]

Year 21, Day ???

Okay, this is a little awkward. I completely forgot I had this log. A bit like putting something down in your room and then forgetting it was there. From what I recall, a lot happened and by the end I did not remember to write anything down.

I feel strangely nostalgic after rereading the whole thing, that first year sure was a turbulent one. Thinking back to Hydra makes me feel a twinge of pain, too. Her loss was never truly forgotten.

I guess this will be the final entry. A lot happened, but there were vast stretches of business as usual or nothing particularly interesting in-between. I do not feel like picking this back up properly, I just want to give it a proper close.

My introduction to the Japanese and by extension humanity went decently well. There were some hiccups later on, though nothing outright harmful. Orion helped rebuild the devastated areas, so people quickly warmed up to her for the sheer throughput of her little drone squad. I forgot the exact order of events by now, but there were a number of speeches held. No idea how I made it through those without royally messing up.

The war did not end overnight with this, but the Abyss helped keep everyone else from sabotaging me. It took humanity a long, long while to accept my claim to the oceans all around the world. There is still some resistance even today, but a lot of people have decided that the separation is not a bad one. Shipping companies were already crippled by the war, though they tried to protest a lot. Cruise liners are long since out of commission, the remaining human ships have been decommissioned or turned into museum pieces. Some exceptions were made for fishing and the like, but any trans-continental traffic is up and gone. A side effect of this is that the whale population recovers.

At some point I explained why the Abyss originally rose up against humanity, which probably helped my position a lot. Humans can not live in the sea to begin with, so they slowly parted with it as Abyssal territory. The question of transporting goods was answered by a simple trade interaction where we teleport the stuff from one continent to another. I never allowed that technology to leave Abyssal hands, no matter how much humanity wanted it. We have peace now, but having that would screw over so many businesses that I do not even want to consider it. I told them that they should research it themselves if they want it so much.

Speaking of research, I have no idea if any of them ever figured out what my original purpose was for the Abyss. At this point I sometimes trade upgrades based on soul voodoo with them for other goodies. Soul voodoo. I forgot how much I liked that word. It is still perfect to describe some of the things going on.

There are still shipgirls, too. Over fifteen years of peace have not changed that. They live mostly civilian lives by now, if unaging just like us Abyssals. Both sides go on maneuver together twice a year, just to shake off the rust and catch up.

I saw Akatsuki last week, actually; we became good friends over the years. She introduced her son and daughter. Turns out non-Abyssal shipgirls can get pregnant. I already knew she had children for a while, but this time she brought them along; they are both sweet, if a little too mischievous for my liking.

Humanity is still divided among each other, but they have their issues just like we have ours. China broke apart and was gobbled up by its neighbours. I am still not paying too much attention to them, but at this point it is because I am busy with other stuff. The Council of Three has completed its self-declared mission to unify the Abyssals across the globe, which made us their ruling body by default. That is a lot of Abyssals to look after. Far less than there are humans, but still a sizable number.

Right now we are building a proper city where Haven used to be. I offered my original staging ground as the base for something bigger. From the ocean floor into the sky it will reach, spreading for a good long while into all directions. This is not to house all the Abyssals, but an experiment to offer them all a real place to belong. A capital, so to speak.

Frostbite and Briar are both doing well. Honestly, Frostbite was the last person I expected to take a human spouse, but she did. They have been married the last six years and seem happy with each other; that is probably the safest human in the world, being the darling of Frostbite's original fleet. At this point all the girls of our core navy belong to all of us, though none has forgotten her origins.

Briar mellowed out some over time, though she never lost that superior demeanour of hers. These days she reserves it for game nights or such, where her perfectionism has her trounce almost everyone and she deserves to gloat a bit.

My own girls are still with me, too. We recently finished establishing a proper governing apparatus to look after all the Abyssals, each of them helped out with that.

Orion spends most of her time working as always. That one has never really changed. She visits every few weeks to spend some time with us, though. I can tell she enjoys those quiet hours as well. They just can not keep her. Humanity loves her, though we had to agree on a limit to how many buildings Orion is allowed to work on per year; else she would drive a bunch of construction companies out of work.

Ionia was decommissioned. At first she asked me to break her down into raw materials once the teleportation network was fully established, but I convinced her otherwise. She found a different purpose in science and has been refitted with laboratories, similar to my own setup.

Sapphire is my shadow more than anything else. She is not so much worried about my safety as she just prefers being with me. A loyal companion from start to finish. I would not miss her for the world. The first warship I built, it really has been a long time since then.

Ariel went completely askew to everyone else; she lives on the mainland these days and went into E-Sports. I think she just managed to put together an all-Abyssal team for whatever game she is currently involved with. Jeanne, after initially teasing her twin to hell and back about it, went along with the madness. She seems to have taken a liking to management; meaning that she manages Ariel's team and a dozen others. She helped out with the council's government apparatus when I asked, too.

Hannah has a hand for propaganda, which I am not sure I want to further think about. She is my public speaker these days because I prefer my quiet. She visits various human states as well to learn more about them. Her desire for knowledge never quite dried up. She was the last of my shipgirls excepting Reaper, but we are just about as close as I am with any of the others.

Speaking of Reaper, though. Her career change was about as surprising as Ariel's. I do not know exactly how it happened, but she accepted a gig acting as a kaiju for a movie and made it big in the industry. There were a handful of Abyssal actresses last I checked. Also cooks, office workers, models, there is always one or two who are interested in a given job. It is honestly sweet to see them each finding something to get invested in.

What I personally worry about is my age. Not because I am getting older, but because I am not. How long will life be interesting for me when I may just live forever? I do not ascribe to the school of thought that finds eternal life awesome. The Abyss assures me I can stop whenever I want to, though. Which is a bit of a relief. The same goes for any of my girls.

We need to pass legislation against building any more Abyssals, too. All of us are physically immortal, so the population will never lower without violence involved. Better to nip that problem in the bud.

Overall, I am happy with how this all turned out. At this point I doubt anyone will ever read this log, but it will make a fine memento for myself. Just a reminder of my own beginnings.

I have never told anyone except Frostbite about my resource generation ability. This is a secret the two of us will take to the grave.

But that is still a long time off. For now there is work to be done. And then I can slack off with a book or four.


-Dagon, Abyssal Tech Administrator Princess

 

[Naron]

Thank you for reading!

 

[Faber_The_Builder]

I'm sad to see this go. Thank you for the fic o7

 

[BrotherDeath]

Thank you for reading!

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Thank you for writing!

 

[SneakyScoundrel02]

Not gonna lie, I am slightly disappointed it went so smoothly. Thank you for the fic regardless.

 

[Vlaadd17]

Akatsuki have a children. Yaikes. It seems that guy who said there is no laws for destroyer's was right .
Well , hope her daughter is another ship girl so she want be alone in her life through eternity . Thank you for the good story , i really enjoyed it.

 

[BleedsWhenShot]

Dont forget to update your signature, was a wonderful story!

 

[DahakStaz]

Thank you for writing and finishing this wonderfull story.

 

[Solstice1309]

Thanks for this amazing story

 

[FreeCityMagnate]

Sudden ending, but thank you for writing this.
Any plans for a sequel or further epilogue chapters?
What's OP working on next?

 

[Naron]

Sudden ending, but thank you for writing this.
Any plans for a sequel or further epilogue chapters?
What's OP working on next?

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No plans for sequels or the like, I am afraid. This story is basically done where I am concerned.

My next project will be coming soon; I am actually trying my hand at an original fantasy story. Back in third person, too. I could say a few things about it being more of a classic hero's journey, but that does sound more generic than it is. The story is supposed to shine through its characters, of which I do not want to say much before people can meet them.

 

[Vlaadd17]

No plans for sequels or the like, I am afraid. This story is basically done where I am concerned.

My next project will be coming soon; I am actually trying my hand at an original fantasy story. Back in third person, too. I could say a few things about it being more of a classic hero's journey, but that does sound more generic than it is. The story is supposed to shine through its characters, of which I do not want to say much before people can meet them.

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Self insert / isekai? Or original original?

 

[Naron]

Self insert / isekai? Or original original?

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The latter. While I managed to get over my instinctive dislike of the former with this exercise, I do not think I will make another anytime soon.

 

[JiggieP]

Thank you for writing this story. It's nice to see how everyone is doing in the epilogue.

 

[Lovhes]

Thank you for the story! It was a very nice short-ish story!