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*third person POV

???: My name is Reisalin Stout but everyone calls me Ryza. I'm an ordinary girl from an ordinary farmer. I come from the ordinary village of Rasenboden on an ordinary island called Kurken island. And once, I had an extraordinary adventure, an adventure that no one has experienced before and nobody else knew about. An adventure that was just for us. Three years have passed since then, I've returned to my ordinary days and another summer is about to begin. That was when I ended up going on another adventure in a huge, bustling metropolis. After many new encounters and many sad goodbyes, I decided to return to my ordinary days once again. Then one day I got caught up in another extraordinary occurrence, just as always I took a boat to our secret hideout but no matter how long I sailed, I couldn't reach my destination... When I regained my senses, I found myself here, washed up on a shore I have never seen before

Alfredo: whoa you really experienced a lifetime of adventure. This smells like a huge scoop but before I go off the rails, what do you make of this, investigator Bristol?

Bristol: Sticking to a familiar course, yet somehow ending up in a distant foreign land, this sounds like a classic spirited away case at sea and while I can't make conclusions prior to a full investigation, I know who's most likely responsible here

Somewhere in the mirror sea, Alfredo and Bristol has rescued the unconscious girl and are now talking to her

Ryza: oh yeah who?

Alfredo and Bristol: It has to be the sirens/It has to be the Cthulhu

Bristol: Come on Alfredo, the sirens-did-it thing has been done to the death. we need a more interesting culprit

Alfroe: I'm a journalist, my job is to report the truth, not to suspect squid monsters from space. also don't make this day worse it's scary enough that waiting for the sun to set while sitting inside a roofless old shack in the middle of the sea

Ryza: umm said about "sirens" are they the people responsible for all these weird stuff that has been happening?

Alfredo: Let me explain things all at once. Sirens aren't people, just think of them as living machines. Secondly, we don't know for sure that they did it yet but going off my experiences, I'm like 80 or 90 percent that they're behind this

Ryza: living machines? are they dolls made using alchemy?

Alfredo: Alche-what now? This isn't a fantasy movie. The sirens aren't dolls or anything cute like that. they're like deep sea horrors with big freaking guns and torpedoes

Ryza: oh I see. Also alchemy is not fantasy! as a matter of fact I'm a real honest to goodness alchemist

Bristol: Are you serious? Can you like turn stone to gold?

Ryza: uh that's a tricky question. I can turn one metal into another. that much I can tell you

Bristol: Holy cow, did you hear that Alfredo? We're in the presence of a real life alchemist!

Alfredo: well assuming she's telling the truth then we're once again dealing with someone from another world. the stone monument did say something about travelers from far off lands

???: Ryza is that you?

A voice call out to them and a blonde girl came up to them accompanied by Shimakaze

Ryza: Klaudia! How'd you get here?

Klaudia: I don't know. I was writing out a cargo list in my room when suddenly I got really sleepy. The next thing I know, I woke up on the coast. How did you end up here? And do you have any idea of where we are?

Ryza: I got here pretty much the same way as you did. I don't know how it happened or where in the world are we either but luckily, those girls who work for something called "Azur Lane" think they might have a clue

Klaudia: Azur Lane... Shimakaze said something about that just earlier. Are they her friends?

Shimakaze: Indeed they are. That one over the is Bristol from the Eagle Union and that one over there is Alfredo from the Sardegna empire

Klaudia: oh it's nice to meet you. My name is Klaudia Valentz. thank you all for helping me find Ryza amid all this confusion

Alfredo: you're welcome. we're trapped here because of the sirens so we need to stick together and work as a team. Shimakaze, where's the commander and the rest?

Shimakaze: I split up from them after seeing Klaudia lying unconscious on a beach coast. After that, it's just the two of us now

Formidable: It seems we're not alone. Greetings everyone, the young lady behind me seems to be lost as well so I led her here

Formable appeared, leading a girl with pigtails.

Patricia: Hello, I'm Patricia Abelhiem. I'm the daughter of a noble residing in the Royal Capital. Wait, Miss Ryza? Miss Klaudia? you two are here as well?!

Patricia exclaimed before calming down

Patricia: sorry I lost my composure there ahem. Allow me to thank noy you for rescuing me

Formidable: Please. I did what anyone would do

Ryza: can't believe even Patricia ended up in the same boat as us

Klaudia: you okay Miss Patricia?

Patricia: yes I'm alright thanks to Miss Formidable. She came to me after she saw me on the ground. I suddenly lost consciousness when I was in my room before I found myself ended up here. how do you came here if I may ask

Patrica asked the two girls from the other world

Ryza: we came here the same way as you did

Klaudia: it wasn't that long when we parted ways in the capital and now we're here again, under bizarre circumstances

Paticia: yes. it's wonderful as it is confusing. Incidentally, does anyone know what is going on here?

Ryza: these girls think we're transported to another world because of a group called the sirens who are apparently living machines

Patricia: Transported? Sirens? Wait, slow down please. This is too much for me to process

Just then, there was a loud explosion

Paricia: What was that? did someone detonated a bomb not far from here?

Ryza: either that or they fought using explosives. if so, then we might not be the only ones who were sent here

Shimakaze: Actually that was Suruga's cannons. I'd recognize that sound anywhere. what's more, it definitely came from the direction the others went to investigate

Formidable: I would speculate she has encountered a siren ambush. Bristol, stay behind and protect these young ladies. Alfredo, Shimakaze let's provide backup for Suruga

Bristol: Roger that. Follow me girls. I'll lead you someplace safe

Bristol acknowledged before gesturing Ryza, Klaudia and Patricia to come follow her

Ryza: hang on sec! Is there anything we can do to help? more of our friends may be stranded here. beside I think we should put our heads together if we want to get out of this mess

Formidable: I appreciate the sentiment but are you even capable of fighting?

Ryza: I think we can handle ourselves. We've been on handful adventures together, even defeated powerful monster called the Ravaging Queen

Klaudia: yeah I've grown a lot over my adventures with Ryza and the others. i promise i can be useful in battle

Patricia: likewise, let me return the favor for helping me

Formidable: well if you're quite certain then we will very much be obliged. Bristol lead the young ladies atop the mass produce ships. the rest of you come with me

as they went outside the roofless shack, they head a train whistle followed by Big One flying past them, generating wind due to the piston effect

Patricia: What is that?!

Formidable: is that?

Alfredo: Big One!

Shimakaze: Shikikan dono!

Big One flew past them, displaying its Sirius Platoon plaque located at the back of the last coach

Formidable: Big One is going to the direction where the explosion came from. Let's hurry!