super ktkm and ooi adventures 2

        That's probably the least fun I've had with the Admiral that I can remember. He seemed to be more upset that we tried to get that destroyer to obtain checkered paint than how we sort of coerced her into it.  He agreed that she was a complete fuck-up, but as a host nation blah blah blah, good image, blah~. He did note that next time one of the other bigger, meaner, American [how redundant!!] ships could have gotten to us first.  Unfortunately the Admiral also left us a huge stack of paperwork to fill out by hand, copies included.  Before we left the office the admiral gave us the inventory number of the paint so we could order it.

        Right now I was with the lovely Super KITAKAMI-san, and we had split the stack in half and had started to work on it in the chow hall over dinner.  Progress ... had been slow, to say the least.  The forms were archaic, English, and poorly translated.  Normally we wouldn't have put any effort  into this, but Admiral Goto said he would be checking them before sending the forms out, and he would find someone worse for us to do if we failed. He briefly mentioned a toothbrush and seagulls, but I'm not sure what he was getting at.

I wasn't too upset about how today's events turned out; watching that waste of space literally fall over herself trying to walk made my day.  KTKM on the other hand...

"Hey come on Kitakami-san! Cheer up!"

"... why does it exist?"

When we first started filling out some of the forms it wasn't going to bad, but now my KTKM has been reduced to staring blankly at the wall, her head laid down on top of her unfinished stack of forms.

"How... is it possible?"

I've tried responding but nothing seemed to get through. I've never really seen her space out like this.

"Something ..... like that shouldn't exist..."

"Yes, I know that girl's skills are quite lacking in pretty much every field, but I'll be sure to keep her away from you~"

"Paint ...  how..."

Ahhh, I'm sure my KTKM will be back to normal soon enough. Juuuuust finished filling out another form, the next one I pick up is a newone, looks a bit different, maybe I-

"Oh, Kitakami-san and Ooi-san, can we sit with you?"

Concentration broken, I look up to see who's talking: none other than the pride of our fleet, Akagi-san and Kaga-san. I don't mind sharing KTKM with them; I haven't spent much time around them but I hear they're well respected and refined ladies.

"Ah, of course, don't mind Kitakami, she's just feeling bit down."

They both take their seats with a loud clattering of plates, bowls and saucers piled upon their food trays.

"Do you two have extra homework?" Akagi inquires.

"Something like that..." I replied.

"They look like requisition forms," Kaga chimes in, somehow able to talk while stuffing her face.

"Oh, the Admiral was busy so we had to fill out these forms for -"

"PAINT!" Kitakami interjects. "CHECKERED. PAINT."

        Even though her voice sounded like a whisper at the crowded chow hall, you could feel the barely contained fury.  Akagi looks at Kitakami with a sort of an awkward smile, like she's not sure if there was a joke she missed.

*phoofff*

        I hear something, but it's not until I hear the noise a second time do I recognize what's making it.  Kaga's cheeks are stuffed and a small clump of rice flies out of her mouth onto her tray.  *Phooof~*

        Kaga slams her fist on the table, the "phoofs" increasing in speed and intensity as I begin to wonder if she's choking. Akagi begins to pat Kaga's back as the blue one turns red. Kaga grabs her glass and is able to force down her mouthful with a swig of water. Barely missing a beat, Kaga takes a deep breath and starts laughing, loud enough to attract a few awkward views from nearby tables.  Is this the stoic Kaga-san?  Thankfully it doesn't last more than a few moments, her perfect expression back on her face, you would be unable to tell anything was different aside from her extra red cheeks.

Akagi has already resumed eating, although Kaga just takes a few more sips before opening her mouth again.

"Were you also instructed to pick up some f----"

I told Kaga I didn't quite hear her.

        "I said, did you also order some ff" Kaga pauses and props her head up with her arms on the table a few seconds before looking back up at me. "You might need to pick up a few spools of flight line too~"

        Kaga says this to me with the biggest, doya-gao grins I have seen.  I found myself getting strangely upset at this turn of events. I knew what we had to order and the Admiral certainly didn't mention any flight line.  [Can you go fishing with flight line? What would you bait it with?]

KTKM makes a loud groan, and finally raises her head from the stack of papers, a red splotch on her forehead.

"I didn't know you were such the joker, Kaga-san" The first full real sentence KTKM has said all night.

"I'm not quite sure what you mean." Kaga's face is back to its impassive self.

I look at Kitakami. Her face says she wants to reply, but instead turns to look at me.

"Hey Ooi, what form is that?"

I was caught off guard by the question. Our 'homework' was not on the top of my mind at the moment. I look at the form, and... I'm not really sure what I'm looking at. The form seems to ask the same question multiple times with barely any variation, is dual sided, and has a lot of seeming irrelevant fields and questions on it.

"I ... It's.. "

 Akagi helpfully chimes in, "Oh that looks like an airforce form, I could maybe help with that..."