You open your mouth to greet the huddled girl, only to realize you've nothing to say. Even a standard polite greeting would ring hollow in your ears, spoken through massive steel bars to echo around a cold concrete cell.
You glance back at the two guards, and they nod slightly, sidestepping just far enough that they're out of direct sight - but only a few steps away, should they be needed. You stand by the doors to the cell and wait quietly, leaning on your cane.
It takes the better part of a half-hour before she bothers to look up. You feel the hair rise on the back of your neck as she sizes you up with one baleful eye glistening slightly in the shadow - seems she's been crying.
Another eternity stretches between you. You stand stock still, focusing on a patch of concrete to her side.
Waiting.
“... what do you want?”
At last, the quiet question, drifting through the chilly space between you.
“To listen.”
You see her eyes circle the cold little cell and return to you. “How generous.”
You sigh, but hold your tongue.
“What are you waiting for?” she says sullenly. “Just kill me.”
“Couldn't you do that yourself?”
She raises her arms, showing you the heavy chains shackled to her slender wrists. You follow them to their anchor points in the floor, concrete dust still surrounding the recently installed inch-thick eyebolts placed at the far corners of the cell. The eyebolts are wired to heavy-duty cables that snake under a fresh mouse-hole in the wall. “Enough voltage to send my main breakers into series, I guess. Even if I've got my Outfit on.” She draws her arms around her legs again and hugs them tight, glaring at you over her knees. “I'm not going back out. I'm never going back out. And if you let me out-” she sighs. “Just kill me.”
“How?”
She glowers at you. “Same way you killed my sisters. You killed all of us, eventually.”
“That war's o-”
“No its not!” she snaps, slamming her fist into the floor with a sharp CRACK that makes her chains rattle. “All those girls I led to death? You think THEY forgive me?” She grabs her head and claws at it. “Its happening again. It's all happening again.”
You feel a chill race down your spine. Haruna said the same thing an hour ago. “It couldn't be more different-”
“It's no different,” Shigure says, the resignation in her voice weighing heavy in the air. “Everyone with me always gets hurt. Every time.” She seems to crumple, squeezing herself into an even tighter ball, her words muffled against her legs. “We were saved by a Divine Wind, remember? We h-had h-heaven on our s-side...” Her clawed fingers rip their way down her skull, pulling out strands of long black hair. “And th-then I h-had heavens f-favor w-when e-e-veryone else had lost it, when you w-were c-c-rushing us everywhere - m-mockery, heaven sent, an insult to the Emperor himself-”
>>43531495
hi navyfag
She cries, for a while. Quiet sobs fill the cell block, drowning out the muted buzz of the hallway's florescent lighting.
You wait.
Some terrible eternity later, you hear her murmur something.
“... a little louder,” you request quietly.
“Can I... get closer?”
The sounds of the guards behind you bringing their weapons to low ready demonstrates their opinion. You look back at them and raise an eyebrow in query, and they shrug - but keep their weapons up. Your funeral, buddy.
Good enough. “Yeah.” Laying your cane on the floor, you grunt with pain as you struggle to your knees, favoring your bum thigh as much as possible. Kneeling on the floor, you rest your hands on your thighs and nod towards her.
Shigure glances fearfully at her guards, then slowly unfolds herself. Her timid movements are punctuated by glances at the camera in the corner of her cell, as if any sudden movement will result in her being fried crispy by high voltage.
In fact, it probably would.
On her hands and knees, she crawls across the bare concrete floor, her frequent fearful upward glances making her seem like a kicked puppy. The damn chains scrape and drag behind her, their rattling terribly conspicuous as they echo around the quiet cell. Finally she reaches you. You note the shackles are sized so she can't fit them through the narrow gaps between the new, super-thick bars - she can't reach out and grab you even if she wanted to. She rests her shoulder against the bars, drawing her legs up to one side, and sighs.
“I'm sorry,” she whispers. “You're... you're not a bad man, I don't think.” She reaches up to wipe some tears away and flinches as the guards raise their weapons and spread out to either side, guaranteeing a clean shot through the bars and past you. She clutches her hands to her breast again. “I just - I can't. I'm not strong enough, I *can't* live this again.”
You keep your promise and keep silent as she cries some more, still whispering - “-in the water, so many men screaming save me, save men, but-” she wipes at her eyes with the backs of her hands - “they were still *there,* I had to run, I couldn't-!”
More silence.
More tears.
More speech.
The blame game is a waste of time. All we can do is weigh our options and make our choices once the opportunity arrives
She's going full Master Miller.
Fuuuuuuuck
We need to get some happy time.
>>43531640
Got you covered later bud!
[HUG] is the only correct option.
Do you feel like a hero yet?
>>43531665
Through the bars would be awkward
>>43531674
>>43531665
No ]HEADPAT] is.
“You fought them, didn't you. Personally.”
You nod.
She closes her eyes and leans her head against the bars - here, in the light of the fluorescent lamps, you can see she's a pretty young thing; or would be if she wasn't weeping so much. “Is there... is there any... anything left, in them?”
You think back on the horrible blue radiance you first glimpsed at LA; the instinctive, bone-deep thrill of panic as a circuit somewhere deep in primordial memory was completed. The empty, remorseless eyes of BB-3 as she looked up at the drone feed, looked at *you* - you're sure, now, she knew you were watching - in the final moment before her magazine brewed up. “No, Shigure. They're...” Hatered. Hatred in a humanoid shape, but sure as hell not personified. “... they're just evil. Full stop.” You remember Naka's tearful admission in your office last night, her words about having one foot on the Other Side, and shiver. “Nothing to do with you. *Nothing* like you girls.”
One last tear slips down her cheek as your lie rings hollowly around the cell. “Thank you for trying,” she whispers.
"I'm not done trying yet," you tell her.
She smiles sadly, opening her eyes to look at you - bright blue, their gorgeous hue shimmering prettily as they fill with tears.
"But I am."
The shimmering azure hue of her eyes flares bright like wind-blown embers - and then she rips the bars apart.
PLANEFAG?
wait, when did you come back?
I don't want this to end with Shigure death, damnit.
Every thread. Not that I read these on Saturdays - Toonami's in half an hour.
>>43531708
He's been back for a year, bud.
>>43531702
FACE THE MUSIC, ADMIRAL!
WELP
>>43531702
>shimmering azure hue of her eyes flares bright like wind-blown embers
shit she went abyssal.
>>43531708
dude
pls
Also, hang tight, gotta write part 2 of this update. Feel free to bitch about the railroading in the meantime~
>>43531718
BUT SOMETIMES~ WE GET~ WHAT WE NEEEEEEEEEEEED
>>43531702
fuck
fuck fuck fuck
>>43531702
>>43531702
CALLED IT
>>43531702
>She smiles sadly, opening her eyes to look at you - bright blue, their gorgeous hue shimmering prettily as they fill with tears.
>>43531702
we're dead as fuck
>>43531702
FUCK.
>>43531702
Well fuck me with a 155mm delayed fuse shell.
... Hugging's not the solution here, but I'll be damned if she's going to be put down like a rabid dog.
She wants out, we'll give her another option
>>43531718
>and nothing of value was lost
>>43531702
>>43531764
There is no other option
>>43531702
>The shimmering azure hue of her eyes flares bright like wind-blown embers - and then she rips the bars apart.
Pardon me?!
>>43531764
Really wishing we got poi before coming here.
>>43531702
>>43531764
How long are we going to put up with this? She's a danger to herself and others. She is a rabid dog, and maybe it's time to put her down.
>>43531743
>BUT SOMETIMES~ WE GET~ WHAT WE NEEEEEEEEEEEED
...Was that supposed to be a Rolling Stones reference?because you fucked it up real bad
>mfw you guys wanted to go straight for Shigure without getting help first
>>43531786
The words of someone who doesn't care and/or doesn't want her alive are meaningless to me.
>>43531810
Seeing as she just went LOCO I'd imagine that she's decided to get put down.
>>43531789
42,000 horsepower is nothing to sneeze at
>>43531702
Well. That went as poorly as expected.
This is like Mannfred deciding to fuck everyone over at the worst possible time.
Except Shigure didn't backstab someone so much as give up.
Let's hope we have some back up nearby.
... Who am I kidding? Run Settle, Run.
>>43531810
She's not a dog, she's so focused on the past that's haunting her she doesn't realize she doesn't have to fucking fight at all. We can get her to see that!
>>43531702
Well...shit...
Well guys here's the main character death that Deme promised us with...Good fucking Job chucklefucks.
>we can save her gaiz just headpats and hugs
do you even listen to yourselves
>>43531845
It's too late for that Bentus.
I'll go get the shovels though I doubt that there will be much left to bury.
>>43531842
Not even that. Its the burning blue eyes, did. . . did she just go Abyssal?
>>43531724
>We put Shigure down like a dog
MORALE STATUS: WASTED
>>43531878
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-Pz5KsyfN0
RIFLE PARTY, STANDBY!
>>43531871
Did I not just say hugging wasn't going to work? I'm saying we need to find OTHER options! Creative thinking motherfucker, do you speak it?
>>43531880
I think that her eyes are normally blue though.
>>43531889
HERO STATUS: DO YOU FEEL LIKE ONE?
... But how is she gonna to die if they can just shock her into submission? Electricity ain't something you can just will yourself through. And if she's really persistent, they can sedate her until we come up with a better solution.
>>43531702
well.
This looks like its going to be a lovely day.
>>43531880
Maybe!
Everybody's been wondering if such a thing is possible, after all.
Science in mortal peril is the best kind of science
>>43531908
THIS
THIS FUCKER GETS IT
The house always wins.
>>43531908
I think she just went abyssal mate. Ain't no tazer gonna stop her now.
>>43531908
Unless she ripped the cables in the same motion she broke the bars with
>>43531856
IT'S TOO LATE.
>>43531878
Oh, I know it's likely too late. I mean, the odds of a man with a bum leg running fast enough to escape THAT, even with the guards and a nearby armoured vehicle?
I'm actually smiling at this development. It's going to be fun.
>>43531908
Do you really think that the shackles will hold long enough for the guards, shocked at seeing a ship girl turn into an Abyssal, to activate that?
On the other hand, Free Abyssal to experiment containment methods with.
Just remember to tag her BEFORE she gets into the water.
>>43531933
IF you aren't willing to try, you've already failed.
Besides, this could work in our favor. It could prove that we CAN capture abyssals
Not to be too morbid about this, but if she survives... we've got an Abysal to experiment with/on.
>>43531856
She not a dog, she is a malfunctioning 1700 ton war machine. And we are decommissioning her.
>>43531908
Funnily, electricity follows the shortest path to ground, meaning it should track through her 'hull' and leave her internals alone.
>>43531702
Hoo boy. Time to run Damage Control... if we still live long enough for that.
>>43531957
>the guards, shocked at seeing a ship girl turn into an Abyssal, to activate that?
If by guards you mean the guy watching the camera with a pot of coffee and the button in his hand, yes
>>43531940
In which case, how the hell are we going to kill her? With the pea shooters the guards have on hand? I'm fairly certain we can try talking her down before they manage to bring in the heavy weaponry to actually kill her. And honestly, anything that will kill her will probably result in our death as well, either as collateral damage or from her rampage before they deploy it.
>>43531958
A pretty fucked up way to go about it.
Was actually expecting Naka to go Abyssal first then having to put down Sendai after she went Abyssal for failing her sister.
So did we just kill Shigure?
>>43531702
>>43531987
THIS!
THIS GUY ALSO GETS IT
>>43531957
Judging by her look at the camera, the zapping is controlled by the man behind the camera.
So probably not in her range of fuckery.
>>43531970
Put enough electricity through the hull and it'll melt like anything else.
Also she's kinda mortal fleshblood until her shit manifests.
I wish we had those M1128s. They may be terrible but they have bigger guns than the peashooter outside.
>>43531976
>>43531999
Don't give Planefag ideas... though it's too late.
>>43531977
Let's hope that works, then!
>>43531976
"This is fine"
>>43531987
She probably won't try to hurt anybody, she's just going for suicide-by-MP. If the electricity fails, the guards fail, the SPAAG fails, the subsequent airstrikes or tank rounds or ATGMs won't
>>43531702
Well, I am sure this will do WONDERS for the other girls' morale.....
>>43532005
Yes. And the ramifications of this may lead to the deaths of more ship-girls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSH0eRKq1lE
>Bagpipes playing mournfully in the background
This is gonna end in every protag after Settle dying tragically until we're left with KTKM.
>>43532040
OR A MUTINY
>>43531913
My fucking thoughts exactly.
what a lovely, lovely day.
>>43531987
You are not going to talk her down. You cannot save her, Anon. It's too late for that. Far too late.
>>43531796
I don't even give a fuck that you're the master of faith here
WE'RE GOING TO GODDAMN SAVE OUR DAUGHTERU
because otherwise we'll die
>>43532011
I'm actually the same guy.
People, think about it. You really think planefag, Mr. "I love nothing more then fucking with my readers" would kill her like this? She'd already be dead if that was the case, he would've just done it all in one update instead of letting us stew. Some miracle is probably going to happen in the next update, and Deme just took a break in between to fuck with us.
>>43532040
>>43531999
Planefag, tantrum spiral when?
I'm not gonna say don't panic, but let's at least see what the greek has in store so we can direct our panicking into productive directions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO7FDs_q_og
The only happiness left in this thread is music, but no amount of anime deus ex machina can save us now!
>>43532084
Probably shoulda sent someone to try and talk Shigure down earlier, I guess
>>43532071
Indeed. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the shells are exploding, the wounded are screaming and the dying are moaning.
It's really a lovely day.
>The shimmering azure hue of her eyes flares bright like wind-blown embers
She went abyssal? No sympathy.
Unless Settle is a Charismatic mofo she is dead.
>>43531743
>Also, hang tight, gotta write part 2 of this update. Feel free to bitch about the railroading in the meantime~
How long does it take to write this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pPQnhhUqtU
>>43532093
>Some miracle is probably going to happen in the next update
I don't have that much faith.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X9tQZFzijc
It all keeps tumbling down
tumbling down
tumblring down.
>>43532093
Or maybe he's aware of this and is going to turn it all on its head by killing off Shigure
Imagine the salt, anon
Imagine the saltthis is precisely the reason why I want shigure to die
>>43532071
I hope you weren't planning on relaxing anytime soon.
>>43532093
Honestly I forgot about the part where Planefag loves to troll with us, though that is also an excellent point
>>43532106
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxC8bWQcuAY
Not this?
IT ALL COMES TUMBLING DOWN TUMBLING DOWN
>>43532129
That's very plausable as tears are his goal.
>>43532091
she's not our fucking daughteru you brainless waifufag
and because people insisted on rushing off to save the suicidal destroyer, we're now in deep shit
Settle is just like his ancestor.
Always turning things in ways they never should.
>>43532171
>Implying any other option would have ended well.
>>43532171
I for one voted to save her without any paternal feelings at all
inb4 next update is a cliffhanger
>>43532129
But who would be saltier?
Us, if Shigure is put down? Or you, if a miracle occurs?
The chips are down, lets see what happens
>>43532093
>there will be no consequences for our actions
>major theme of this quest has been that there are, in fact, significant consequences for our actions
>>43532122
We all said this the first time she went nuts, in the tree. Remember? We thought we lost big time, then fucking CRAB pops up out of nowhere and saves the day (we should probably thank him for that, if begrudgingly).
Things might not end perfectly well, but it won't be as simple as Shigure just dying. That's way too simple for planefag. No, even if everything goes south, there will be much more fuckery involved.
>>43531702
pic related to shipgirl morale.
>>43532093
He will do it because of people like you.
>>43532187
Fun fact, this guy survived
>>43532171
>and because people insisted on rushing off to save the suicidal destroyer, we're now in deep shit
While I did vote against going to see her first, she just as easily could have offed herself when we weren't there if Planefag wanted.
>>43532184
>Implying any other option would have ended well.
the other option was "wow, shit's fucked. let's find someone we can actually save"
like naka. or sendai. orarizona
>>43532199
Trust the Troll to troll.
>>43532199
at least when we're stupid, we're consistent about it.
>>43532187
Jesus fuck.
>>43532205
>Fun fact, this guy survived
In what condition?
>>43532171
We took the initiative and confronted our most pressing problem first, leaving Shigure to stew while we went to go get help but instead spending three threads talking to destroyers and talking to Goto would have only made the problem worse. if anything, she would have broken out while we were coming back with our backup.
>>43532260
Good, actually. A few minor scrapes, but he walked out of that and came back IIRC. It was just the helmet and part of his uniform that was digested.
>>43532168
If PF wants to troll us, or our tears, then what will happen is Willie will show up, save us from Shigure, dying in the process and bringing Shigure to her senses, whereupon she will be even MORE traumatized for having directly killed one of the other shipgirls.
The chains go first; already at full extension, she only needs to grab them and yank to snap them and sever the lethal circuit. The bright sound of face-hardened steel snapping under several hundred tons of pressure is followed by the deafening screech of steel tearing like paper as she swipes the bars out of her way; the locking mechanism on the door rollers shattering far easier than the bars themselves. You get a last glimpse of her eyes from two inches away as her palms slam into your chest -
- and just like that, you're sprawled on the floor, chest aching and ears ringing. The guards are limp and prone beside you, the Barret's long barrel bent at an angle, one huge cartridge casing still rolling away sedately. The commotion down the hall tells you help is on the way - but you don't think it's going to matter.
Shigure is sitting with her back against her cell's wall, out of sight from down the hallway. She's rubbing her hand against a shattered piece of the cell door's edge, the jagged metal squealing like steel on steel as she rubs it. You see her wince and glance at her hand - it's lightly scratched this time, only a trickle of blood coming out.
I WISH THAT I COULD TURN BACK TIME 'CAUSE NOW THE GUILD IS ALL MINE
>meta speculation about what planefag would or wouldn't do instead of voting based on in-verse knowledge
>>43532260
full recovery, broken collarbone. His helmet got ripped from his head and shredded the engine, forcing an emergency shutdown when his head was 6 inches from the fanblades
>>43532260
Perforated eardrum, but otherwise fine. Turbofans are mostly just empty space; if you go into the engine proper (ex. turbojet) you're fucked, but going through a turbofan is more traumatic than deadly.
>>43532192
Oh, there will be consequences of some sort, whether or not she dies. They just won't be as straight forward.
>>43532202
Or not, since I'm the minority.
I can fully see him killing off characters. But not in a fashion this straightforward. He'll go for maximum fuckery. As he always does.
She reaches out for the closet guard and yanks a fragmentation grenade off his vest. A few bullets crack down the hall and ricochet off the far wall a few times before someone starts screaming like a madman uprange - presumably out of consideration for you and your would-be protectors.
“Can you move?” she asks, turning the grenade around and around in her hands as she studies it.
“Aaahhhuhgh,” you manage.
“It's okay,” she says softly. She reaches out again, grabs one of the guards by his tactical harness and heaves, sending him sliding across the floor several feet. Then she reaches out far enough to grab you by the shirt, and the next thing you know you're sailing across the concrete like a damn curling stone. You're still too stunned to speak, much less move, but you can still see Shigure in the curved security mirror mounted in the middle of the ceiling; another recent addition for guards patrolling the hallway, away from the guard booth and its CCTV screens. She grabs the last guard and tries to heave him down the hallway as well, but this time he barely moves - her shipgirl strength has already faded. Sliding her hands under the man's shoulder, she heaves with all her might and manages to turn him over, placing his armored back to the cell.
Then she walks into the center of her cell, closes her eyes, and pulls the pin.
[ ] Close your eyes. You don't want to remember this.
[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
[ ] Do nothing. She's choosing to die on her terms, to save everyone else - the least you can do is witness her sacrifice.
>>43532340
>closet guard
That was supposed to be "closest guard."
Y'know what? I'm using wordpad for the rest of the night. Fuck openoffice. Fuck this pile of trash.
>>43532340
>[ ] Do nothing. She's choosing to die on her terms, to save everyone else - the least you can do is witness her sacrifice.
>>43532340
>[ ] Do nothing. She's choosing to die on her terms, to save everyone else - the least you can do is witness her sacrifice.
Witness. We don't want to witness, but we need to.
>>43532340
>[X] Do nothing. She's choosing to die on her terms, to save everyone else - the least you can do is witness her sacrifice.
We've already ruined this enough.
It's time to stop trying to be the hero.
>>43532340
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
>>43532340
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
>>43532340
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
better to try and fail then to not try at all
>>43532340
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
The third choice will happen on its own, unless we close our eyes
>>43532364
>open office
>not libre
You fucked up
>>43532340
attempt:
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
but it only results in:
>[ ] Do nothing. She's choosing to die on her terms, to save everyone else - the least you can do is witness her sacrifice.
>>43532340
>[x] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
>>43532340
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
NEVER SURRENDER
>>43532340
[X] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
Even if it ends in failure, I want to see this through.
>>43532340
>[ ] Do nothing. She's choosing to die on her terms, to save everyone else - the least you can do is witness her sacrifice.
>three-gun volley in the distance
>>43532340
>[ ] Close your eyes. You don't want to remember this.
>>43532340
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
Down the rabbit hole we goooo!
>>43532340
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
>>43532340
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjPqsDU0j2I
>>43532340
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
Scraping is an option.
>>43532340
>[x] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
You're still a good person.
>>43532340
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
>>43532340
>[x] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
Doesn't she have a single friend among the destroyers? Mention their name, describe how saddened Shigure's death would make them, and we MIGHT get her to pause long enough to get that grenade from her.
>>43532340
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
Dunno WHAT to say, but it's still not too late until she releases the spoon.
>>43532340
>[ ] Do nothing. She's choosing to die on her terms, to save everyone else - the least you can do is witness her sacrifice.
not as planned
>>43532340
>write in
Run up to her. She doesn't want to kill anyone else, and getting close to her will force her to abandon killing herself with the grenade.
>>43532340
>[X] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
>>43532340
>[x] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
If we let this go through it'll only get worse and worse. Though at this point perhaps the best thing to do is just stop voting.
>>43532340
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
Nope.
NOPE.
NOOOOPE.
[X] Do nothing. She's choosing to die on her terms, to save everyone else - the least you can do is witness her sacrifice.
>>43532340
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
>>43532340
[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
She is not my sister, but please save her. Even my heart breaks for her.
>>43532411
>Down the rabbit hole we goooo!
FUCK YOU. I had a hard time fighting Alice in Fate Extra because of her health recharge ability.
>>43532340
SHE'S GONNA WRECK SETTLE'S MURDER-STICK. STOP HER.
>>43532340
>[ ] Do nothing. She's choosing to die on her terms, to save everyone else - the least you can do is witness her sacrifice.
She's well beyond the bounds of logic, and any attempt we could make to stop her will probably fail because we're both crippled and now winded to fuck.
>>43532340
I'm honestly uncertain. Can she be stopped? Should she be stopped?
Decisions, decisions.
>[x] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
I suppose Settle should at least try.
>>43532424
Settle is almost insensate. He can't get up and run to her in time.
>>43532395
Don't I know it. Downloading it tonight, because fuck dis shiznit.
>>43532424
>this kills the Settle
>>43532340
>[x] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
>>43532340
[X] This isn't what Fuso and Yamashiro would want. Don't you want to be around when they come back?
>>43532340
[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
One last throw of the dice.
>>43532419
Yuudachi, who is depressed by the whole thing. If this happens she might be next.
>>43532340
[X] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
Probably something about how Yuudachi will be devastated by her death.
>>43532340
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
>>43532340
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
"Oi do eeet faget"
>>43532340
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
She still hears the sound of her dying crew. This is likely a similar phenomenon to the Abyssal death sound. Does Settle know about the living ship sounds, as mentioned in Navyfags write ins?
>>43532443
MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN BULLYING HER THEN
>>43532340
>[X] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
If you want to die, die in combat where the others went. Where you sisters and friends went. Go die for a reason.
>>43532424
>>43532340
I don't think we have the strength, but if we do this is the most idiotic/in-character option
>>43532340
>[X] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
It is not in Ryan Settle's nature to stop trying to save someone - *anyone* - while there is even a sliver of time or hope.
>>43532451
When has that ever managed to actually stop him?
>>43532404
>>43532340
>[X] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
fixing vote
>>43532340
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet
Tell her that she could still help save people. She can still be useful, no matter how she feels.
She wants to die? Fine. We won't deny her that. But she'll do it in a way that helps her sisters.And she'll be explaining herself to them.
>>43532340
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
We're not going down without a fight.
>>43532453
Notepad++ is pretty nice too, if a bit barebones, but it does have an autosave plugin.
>>43532340
>[x]Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
Fuck if I know what, but I was hoping one of you would.
I know, what was I thinking.
>>43532340
Actually, on reflection that while Destroyers are rather weak, they don't die to a single grenade.
I expect that she either knows this, or is about to be rather disappointed.
>>43532340
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
POI!
>>43532340
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
even now, can't give up on her.
>>43532364
>Year of our Lord 2015
>OpenOffice
You should be using LibreOffice you faggot.
>>43532340
>[x] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
"You're not going to be able to STOP it from happening again if you don't try to change things on your own. We need you."
Something to that effect but whatever we can say in the short amount of time allowed.
Why are you bothering to try when we've already failed so utterly?
What possible hope do you think we have?
And now for something completely different.
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
Suggest transfer to another fleet. A fresh start.
>>43532506
Shh, don't spoil the twist!
>>43532340
>[X] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
>"So you'll just put leave the burden to your sisters?"
>>43532340
>pulls the pin
Got anything that can send electricity, taser or something nearby? Shoot her and lock her nervous system down so she can't release the spoon.
>>43532340
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
not like she cares what we think. might as well try to keep our claws in her though.
Whose betting this'll give Settle even worse PTSD and guilt then before?
>>43532506
Her ship strength faded, which implies she went back to being a kid instead of a squid.
That's what she's assuming at least, who knows if it's true
>[X] Do nothing. She's choosing to die on her terms, to save everyone else - the least you can do is witness her sacrifice.
>>43532424
This. Do this.
planefag has too many keks and lels to harvest in the future to let Settle bite it so early.
I have faith in Settle's plot armor!
>>43532340
>[x] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
>>43532508
Poi!
>>43532340
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
At the very least, she'll get to know that someone wanted her to stick around just a little longer..
>>43532482
Hey, if planefag is gonna troll us, we might as well troll him back.
>>43532506
they might, especially if she is back to full flesh and blood.
>>43532519
Corgis?
>[x] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
I refuse to be defeatist until actually defeated
>>43532506
She might not be in shipgirl mode anymore thus more vulnerable to them.
>>43532519
Because if we give up here, we ought to just give up on the quest.
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
> [] "Sometimes I wonder why I survived back at San Franscisco, what made me more deserving then all the others who died. There is no reason, I should have been there with them. Men gave their lives, for both of us, and the biggest pennance we can endure is living to honor their sacrifice. Your war may not be over Shigure, but the battle is. All your death will accomplish is darkening a night already devoid of stars"
Most in character thing here and at this point, it's not like we lose anything to try
>>43532520
I think if we managed to wheez out "Yuudachi" we would have to consider ourselves VERY lucky. We could try that. Might not have any effect on her though.
>>43532340
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
>>43532520
>Ito ay fighting stance
Kuya anak ng putek naman
>>43532340
Fucking can't even...
Changing my vote from >>43532462
to:
[X] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
--> "Yuudachi will miss you, y'know? Hasn't been herself since you were locked up."
>>43532519
Saying something has a slim chance of doing something. Closing our eyes or watching on has zero chance of doing anything.
>[X] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
> [X] "Sometimes I wonder why I survived back at San Franscisco, what made me more deserving then all the others who died. There is no reason, I should have been there with them. Men gave their lives, for both of us, and the biggest pennance we can endure is living to honor their sacrifice. Your war may not be over Shigure, but the battle is. All your death will accomplish is darkening a night already devoid of stars"
>>43532340
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
Doesn't she have anything to look forward to? Anything she wants to see or do? Something to do alongside Yuudachi?
>>43532340
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
"A cutter.
A Coast Guard cutter.
When I fought the Abyssals that first time, the only reason we got a missile lock was because a Coast Guard cutter rammed one of them. She was cut up bad, but there were still survivors. I saw them, abandoning ship.
I still ordered the strike.
I don't know how... how you feel. About all this. But I think you're wrong.
I think maybe I'm not such a good man."
>>43532340
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
if it's ever going to achieve anything now is the time
>>43532519
A very tiny chance that we might be able to convince her not to off herself?
>>43532506
She's not in ship-form.
>>43532607
Mayan gabii! (i think thats how its spelled)
>>43532581
>Corgi runs up and swallows the grenade whole
>Every stops to stare at it dumbfounded
>It's in ship mode
>Grenade detonates, causing the corgi to emit and explosive fart powerful enough to launch it through the wall like a rocket.
[X] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
"Not like this Shigure, maybe in a suicide mission, but not like this."
>>43532340
[X]Other
Because of the wonder of American engineering in keeping with the traditions set by the Bureau of Ordinance, the payload is a dud, and fails to kill the Japanese ship.
>>43532618
Oh Shit! THISSSSSSSS!!!!!!
This is the thing I hoped someone would come up with!
>>43532630
That would be the most amazing thing ever.
>>43532627
I do believe you mean Maayong gabi, and you are also speaking in Visayan.
>>43532501
At that point you might as well use VIM or emacs like a man.
>>43532630
That's not even outside the realm of possibility at this point.
>>43532630
I sure failed at spelling there.
>>43532640
It's a grenade dude, it's not going to wait patiently while Settle monologues.
>>43532340
>"Whatever you do, know that your people care about you - and those same people need your help."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13ZWeloubAk
Pin pulled, presumably the cap has popped too.
Even if she wanted to stop now, what could she do? Throw the nade down the hallway?
Nevertheless;
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
>>43532630
My sides are in orbit.
>>43532340
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet.
>>43532618
>>43532650
I lived on Mindanao. My teacher sucked.
>>43532658
>it's not going to wait patiently while Settle monologues.
You do know how grenades work, right?
>>43532618
We don't have enough time and I'm not a fan of your phrasing, but the time for bringing that up has passed
>Make Shigure go full ship mode
>Load her with enough explosives that would add up to the number of explosives Michael bay has used in his entire career.
>Tell her to go give the next battleship abyssal a hug.
>>43532630
As much as that is entertaining I doubt that it will happen.
Shigure is gonna die and the blood is on our hands.
>>43532340
>[ ] Say something. Say ANYTHING. It's not too late, not yet
For someone who was lucky enough to save a lot of sailors over the course of her life, she's awfully self loathing.
>>43532618
This.
I am not sure if there was anything that could have stopped this from happening. Maybe interact with her earlier, when Settle saw her running from the first Corgi's in the first thread?
This seems to be a planned event. Settle is going to suffer.
>>43532668
Re-summon her ship mojo, maybe
>>43532630
[x]whistle for corgis
>>43532676
Well, maybe not. There are a lot of variations to that greeting down there.
Filipino and her sister dialects, man. We're like a smorgasbord of languages here.
>>43532630
>Saved by the very Corgi that hunted her
>Now accepted by the PT boat and it's pack
>It licks her face
>Smells like corgi ass.
