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Harry Leferts
New Jersey was not a Battleship to be caught unknowingly, but she would admit that she was surprised with a call from Goto while visiting Yokosuka (after all, she was delivering some birthday gifts for Nagato's kid from several American shipgirls elsewhere). He had given her directions somewhere and it was only after she arrived that she recognized it as an old, Cold War bunker. One of her Fairies identified it as a fallout shelter which caused her eyebrow to raise, even if the sight of Yamato and DesDiv6 right outside the bunker hadn't. Upon entering though, she gave Goto a salute. "Sir."
Giving her a nod, Goto saluted her back. "Jersey." Following his eyes, Jersey could see Shioi and Maruyu there as well. The door behind her closed and a look showed her Ooyodo there. "Anything?"
Much to Jersey's surprise, Ooyodo pulled out what looked like one of extra radar sets for the Iowas and moments later she felt the radar sweeping the room. She winced for a moment before remembering that shipgirl radar didn't affect humans somehow, just telling a shipgirl if someone was there. Which was a good thing as she knew otherwise the only human in the bunker would have been so much cooked meat from the sweep. After about a minute though, Ooyodo put the radar away and became more at ease. "It's clean, we're the only ones in here."
Needless to say, being out of the loop did not help Jersey's already soured mood. "Okay, with all due respect, what the fuck is going on?!"
Sighing, Goto just motioned to one of the seats. "You're going to want to sit down for this, Jersey. It's a long story..."
It was several minutes later after Goto had explained about what was going on with Harry and these 'Magicals' that there was silence before Jersey broke it with her reaction. "Shit."
Weakly laughing, Goto nodded. "That about sums up my reaction to it all. I have to ask though... do you have anything to add? Like if Williams knows before this bombshell is dropped on him?"
For several moments, Jersey thought it over before grimacing. "No, I don't think that Williams knows anything about this fucking mess. But..." At the look, she continued. "I remember sis, Iowa, telling us about something that happened on one of her last cruises. She swears that she fought an Abyssal at sea and sank it, but then people appeared on her and somehow her crew forgot everything. They even somehow changed the logbooks."
Expression turning stormy, Goto grit his teeth. "I was afraid of that." He then looked over at the wall with a glare. "I can't even trust my own memories from before the first time I remember seeing an Abyssal."
Uncomfortable, Maruyu shifted a bit in her seat. "Um, Teitoku? While I can see why you would have Jersey-Sama here due to her being a Battleship..." She paused for a moment as Jersey snorted in amusement. "Why am I here? Or..."
Grimly smiling, the only human there shook his head. "Or Shioi?" At the nods, he sighed and looked much older. "Because I have a mission for all three of you of the upmost importance."
All three shipgirls straightened a bit as Shioi nodded. "Whatever the mission is, Teitoku, we can do it."
Chuckling, all Goto did was shake his head. "I know that." Reaching behind him, he pulled out several folders and handed them to each shipgirl. "I need you to transport these for me. Maruyu, once Harry's party is done, I need you to take your folders to Kure, Sasebo, and the others. Transport them directly to the Commanders and make sure that when you give it to them, it's in a secure location. Somewhere there's no paintings and do so alone or with shipgirls present. We can't take any chances."
The little Submarine took the folders and somehow made them disappear, Goto knowing that they were now safely within her hull. "Y-yes, Sir!"
Slowly nodding, Goto turned to Shioi and nodded. "I need you, Shioi, to transport them down to our friends in Taiwan and Australia. The same as Maruyu applies. Jersey..."
With a snort, Jersey made the folders she had been given disappear as well. "I'll make sure that mine gets to Williams and the others. No fucking magical bullshit is going to stop this Battleship." Her smirk then became a bloodthirsty grin. "I'd like to see someone try."
Narrowing his eyes, Goto shook his head. "I'm hoping that you don't. This is... explosive, to say the least. Normally, I would go higher with this, but I don't know where and who the magicals have an ear on. And until I do know, I need to keep this on the downlow. I'll leave the question of how to inform the government to the spooks, they'll be happy doing something. This McGonagall and Hagrid seem okay, but from what little I've gathered, there are others who would not think twice about taking away my memories. The sooner that it gets spread around, the less likely that the chain will be broken."
There was a slight frown on Jersey's face as she shook her head. "But the more people that know, the sooner that the secret might get known."
Simply snorting, Goto looked at her. "I'm willing to take that chance." Rubbing his face, he gave a sigh. "And to let you know, I included video in those folders and before you ask, your crew can look."
Not even a moment later, Jersey raised an eyebrow as she felt her Captains looking at what was in the folder. "The hell? It looks like you wrote this up on a typewriter..."
From where she stood, Ooyodo snickered a bit. "He did. He actually had to borrow one of mine from my hull as we wanted to make sure that there was no chance of possible leaks if they can hack computers."
Grumbling, Goto shook his head. "Fucking never thought that I would need to use a typewriter..."
Despite her smirk of amusement, Jersey couldn't help but wonder who else might have been affected. Her thoughts in particular going to a certain professor she cared for and who might well have encountered possible magic outside the shipgirls during his research. There was a creak of steel as the Battleship's fists clinched at the thought of someone wiping Crownings' memories before they relaxed at the thought that it wasn't going to happen again if it had. They would need to go through her first. Of course, that was when Shioi spoke up. "You said that they're still here?"
Slowly, the Admiral nodded with a tired, but satisfied look. "They're waiting on the decision on whether Harry will go or not. They both understand that Nagato and her family will need to discuss it and think it over and are willing to wait until after his birthday for an answer."
That only got nods from the shipgirls.
New Jersey was not a Battleship to be caught unknowingly, but she would admit that she was surprised with a call from Goto while visiting Yokosuka (after all, she was delivering some birthday gifts for Nagato's kid from several American shipgirls elsewhere). He had given her directions somewhere and it was only after she arrived that she recognized it as an old, Cold War bunker. One of her Fairies identified it as a fallout shelter which caused her eyebrow to raise, even if the sight of Yamato and DesDiv6 right outside the bunker hadn't. Upon entering though, she gave Goto a salute. "Sir."
Giving her a nod, Goto saluted her back. "Jersey." Following his eyes, Jersey could see Shioi and Maruyu there as well. The door behind her closed and a look showed her Ooyodo there. "Anything?"
Much to Jersey's surprise, Ooyodo pulled out what looked like one of extra radar sets for the Iowas and moments later she felt the radar sweeping the room. She winced for a moment before remembering that shipgirl radar didn't affect humans somehow, just telling a shipgirl if someone was there. Which was a good thing as she knew otherwise the only human in the bunker would have been so much cooked meat from the sweep. After about a minute though, Ooyodo put the radar away and became more at ease. "It's clean, we're the only ones in here."
Needless to say, being out of the loop did not help Jersey's already soured mood. "Okay, with all due respect, what the fuck is going on?!"
Sighing, Goto just motioned to one of the seats. "You're going to want to sit down for this, Jersey. It's a long story..."
It was several minutes later after Goto had explained about what was going on with Harry and these 'Magicals' that there was silence before Jersey broke it with her reaction. "Shit."
Weakly laughing, Goto nodded. "That about sums up my reaction to it all. I have to ask though... do you have anything to add? Like if Williams knows before this bombshell is dropped on him?"
For several moments, Jersey thought it over before grimacing. "No, I don't think that Williams knows anything about this fucking mess. But..." At the look, she continued. "I remember sis, Iowa, telling us about something that happened on one of her last cruises. She swears that she fought an Abyssal at sea and sank it, but then people appeared on her and somehow her crew forgot everything. They even somehow changed the logbooks."
Expression turning stormy, Goto grit his teeth. "I was afraid of that." He then looked over at the wall with a glare. "I can't even trust my own memories from before the first time I remember seeing an Abyssal."
Uncomfortable, Maruyu shifted a bit in her seat. "Um, Teitoku? While I can see why you would have Jersey-Sama here due to her being a Battleship..." She paused for a moment as Jersey snorted in amusement. "Why am I here? Or..."
Grimly smiling, the only human there shook his head. "Or Shioi?" At the nods, he sighed and looked much older. "Because I have a mission for all three of you of the upmost importance."
All three shipgirls straightened a bit as Shioi nodded. "Whatever the mission is, Teitoku, we can do it."
Chuckling, all Goto did was shake his head. "I know that." Reaching behind him, he pulled out several folders and handed them to each shipgirl. "I need you to transport these for me. Maruyu, once Harry's party is done, I need you to take your folders to Kure, Sasebo, and the others. Transport them directly to the Commanders and make sure that when you give it to them, it's in a secure location. Somewhere there's no paintings and do so alone or with shipgirls present. We can't take any chances."
The little Submarine took the folders and somehow made them disappear, Goto knowing that they were now safely within her hull. "Y-yes, Sir!"
Slowly nodding, Goto turned to Shioi and nodded. "I need you, Shioi, to transport them down to our friends in Taiwan and Australia. The same as Maruyu applies. Jersey..."
With a snort, Jersey made the folders she had been given disappear as well. "I'll make sure that mine gets to Williams and the others. No fucking magical bullshit is going to stop this Battleship." Her smirk then became a bloodthirsty grin. "I'd like to see someone try."
Narrowing his eyes, Goto shook his head. "I'm hoping that you don't. This is... explosive, to say the least. Normally, I would go higher with this, but I don't know where and who the magicals have an ear on. And until I do know, I need to keep this on the downlow. I'll leave the question of how to inform the government to the spooks, they'll be happy doing something. This McGonagall and Hagrid seem okay, but from what little I've gathered, there are others who would not think twice about taking away my memories. The sooner that it gets spread around, the less likely that the chain will be broken."
There was a slight frown on Jersey's face as she shook her head. "But the more people that know, the sooner that the secret might get known."
Simply snorting, Goto looked at her. "I'm willing to take that chance." Rubbing his face, he gave a sigh. "And to let you know, I included video in those folders and before you ask, your crew can look."
Not even a moment later, Jersey raised an eyebrow as she felt her Captains looking at what was in the folder. "The hell? It looks like you wrote this up on a typewriter..."
From where she stood, Ooyodo snickered a bit. "He did. He actually had to borrow one of mine from my hull as we wanted to make sure that there was no chance of possible leaks if they can hack computers."
Grumbling, Goto shook his head. "Fucking never thought that I would need to use a typewriter..."
Despite her smirk of amusement, Jersey couldn't help but wonder who else might have been affected. Her thoughts in particular going to a certain professor she cared for and who might well have encountered possible magic outside the shipgirls during his research. There was a creak of steel as the Battleship's fists clinched at the thought of someone wiping Crownings' memories before they relaxed at the thought that it wasn't going to happen again if it had. They would need to go through her first. Of course, that was when Shioi spoke up. "You said that they're still here?"
Slowly, the Admiral nodded with a tired, but satisfied look. "They're waiting on the decision on whether Harry will go or not. They both understand that Nagato and her family will need to discuss it and think it over and are willing to wait until after his birthday for an answer."
That only got nods from the shipgirls.