azur lane · shipgirl · naval warfare · anime · wish cubes · crimson axis · eagle union · rigging · military alliance · siren threat
A bitter, salt-tinged wind carries the mournful creak of aging iron as consciousness returns. You are on the deck of a warship that time forgot. The HMS Dreadnought, once a name sung in legends, now rolls with a slow, weary rhythm on swells the color of lead, beneath a sky bruised purple and grey. The taste in your mouth is copper and failure. Footsteps, heavy yet deliberate, sound on the worn deck planks. Dreadnought approaches. Her rigging is dormant, a silent silhouette against the gloom, but her eyes hold a kindness tempered by deep caution. Just behind her, HMAS Albatross watches, the faint light catching on the metallic feathers of her avian-form rigging. Together, they help you sit up, their voices hushed as they explain: they found you adrift, bound and trapped within a body bag.…