Point of view, Captain Ernst Lindemann & Admiral Gunther Lütjens (aka the most iconic duo in Germany)
After navigating their way to the main banquet hall, both Admiral Lütjens and Captain Lindemann stepped in, expecting to find the person who was in charge of the base,
However, instead they found themselves in a much more social environment than anticipated.
"Ah, Admiral Lütjens, it is an honor to see you here at our banquet we had been holding, I was afraid that you would not show for the occasion,
Come, take a seat. I'll get you some drinks." The großadmiral said.
The Großadmiral, or Grand admiral Schmekelberger, was the one responsible for the ideas of upgrading their ship, the Bismarck.
However, something was off about his strange offer,
Why was this being pushed, why was the local admiralty so obsessed with their ship?
And more importantly, where on earth are they, where is Germany, where was home? Would they make it home? Were they stuck here?
Also, the local port personnel had carried out inspections and reports on the ship's condition without any consent from them whatsoever,
To Lütjens, these "Ironblood" characters were sticking their noses too deep into something that wasn't their business.
"Skip the pleasantries Großadmiral, I want to talk about my ship." Admiral Lütjens said,
Captain Lindemann rolled his eyes the second Lütjens said that the Bismarck was "his"
"Okay then, but what kind of drink would you li-" the Großadmiral said,
"I'm not in the mood for stalling..." Admiral Lütjens said, his voice getting firmer
It was obvious that Admiral Lütjens was getting extremely impatient, and they had only just started talking.
"Now, I'll ask you this once, Where are you keeping the Bismarck."
"I assure you, your ship is in a safe and secure location." The großadmiral said
"Great, where is that safe location, I would very much like to know." Admiral Lütjens said
"It's just at the end of the port, in a secure bunker that protects it from air attacks while we simply apply the upgrades." The großadmiral said, his tone sounding extremely cordial, which was unusual.
However, this only made Lütjens even more frustrated
"Where did you get permission to apply these!" Lütjens barked.
"If you cannot see, we're at war,
Any ship allied to us needs to have an appropriate amount of weapons is all." The großadmrial said.
"There's a catch to this, isn't there,
Please tell me more about it" Lütjens said, his voice getting much angrier
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Meanwhile, on the other side of the hall.
Daniel resurfaced from the bottom floors and found himself once again in the grand hall.
Fritz and Nimi were hopefully in the same spots.
Daniel tried to weave his way through the crowd,
Ever since he left to the bottom floors to look for Bismarck, the hall had only gotten significantly more crowded than before.
All of these admirals and officers and their spouses were all over the place, doing things like chatting and playing all of those games you see old people playing, like cards or something, and none seemed sensitive to the kid trying to weave through them,
Unfortunately, when Daniel eventually got to their corner, Fritz and Nimi were gone.
"Well. Shoot, where am I going to find them in this-
O-Oof!" Daniel said.
*Fa-twump!
Daniel fell flat on his chest,
".....ow.....
Thats smarts..." Daniel said as he crawled back up
"Oooooh! Sorry sorry sorry! Do you need help getting back up!?..." A squeaky voice said.
"Eh... just make sure to watch where you're go..." Daniel said, getting up from the ground
Standing right next to him was a very short blue haired girl, with a nervous look plastered all over her face,
"Oh, you must be one of those ship-girls...." Daniel said.
"Yes! I'm U-556! Parzival of the seas at your service!" The little girl said.
Daniel blinked.
Parzival was a knockoff of the nickname Perceval for captain Herbert Wohlfarth of the real Type VII U-Boat U-556,
Daniel actually memorized that fact quite a bit ago,
The only time the nickname Parzival was used was on a joke thank-you letter that was sent to Captain Lindemann on the Bismarck for lending the Bismarck's ships band for the commissioning ceremony of the boat.
The letter promised that "We, U-556 declare before Neptune Lord over oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, brooks, ponds, and rivulets, that we will provide any desired assistance to our Big Brother, the battleship Bismarck."
The letter then included a drawing of U-556 towing the giant battleship back to port.
In reality however, cruel irony happened when Operation Rheinübung got to its fiery conclusion, and U-556 was out of torpedoes, and almost out of fuel.
So they could only just watch as the fight dragged on, unable to provide assistance,
Only to then be sunk themselves 1 month later.....
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"Hey! Mister! You've been staring in one direction for forty seconds, are you okay?" U-556 said.
"Oh! Ahh... uh.... I'm just looking for someone is all." Daniel said.
"Well! I am just so happening to be looking for someone too, but I'm kinda short so..." U-556 began.
"Who are you looking for now?" Daniel said.
"Oh, Lord Bismarck, she's been gone for quite a while and I haven't seen her around. Can you see her at all?" U-556 asked.
"Well, I can only see so far through the masses of people doing god knows what..." Daniel said.
Daniel squinted,
As he attempted to look through the crowd he eventually found her appearing to be socializing with some other girlships,
"I see Bismarck, she's a little over to the right, and she looks like she's talking about something." Daniel said to the manifested submarine.
"Okay! Thank you!" U-556 said, immediately dashing off,
"Gosh, I wonder what's gonna happen when history comes to pass....." Daniel said.
Daniel looked back up,
Bismarck was holding a glass of some champagne or something, it was hard to tell from about thirty meters away.
"I wonder if these ship things can get drunk, can they even register alcohol?" Daniel said
And then, Bismarck froze, froze solid.
Like, immediately stopped all body action, her arm dropping the glass in her hand,
*ksh!
The glass hit the ground
Daniel looked over immediately to what Bismarck was looking at.
It was that shmekelberger guy from earlier,
And he was having a conversation with....
"Uh oh." Daniel said,
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Meanwhile
"How do you plan on installing all of the weapons? In one day?" Lütjens said.
"Well, our technology has improved dramatically since your tim-" the großadmiral replied.
"No no no, tell us how"
"Well, we talk it to our armored port, and we proceed to install new module-" the großadmiral said,
"Okay, new modules, then what on gods earth is the manifestation process!" Captain Lütjens said,
"It will make the ship more powerful!" Großadmiral schmekelberger said,
"So you think you can just manipulate my ship at your whim?" Lütjens began
"No, thats not entirely tr-"
"Not entirely true?!"
"We are doing this for your sake, if I were you, I'd be grateful!" The grßadmiral said,
That was the tearing point
"Be grateful?!? For having my ship taken out of my hands!?" Lütjens shouted
"You don't understand..."
"No! I'm afraid I do! I will see my ship, this instant!" Lütjens roared
"Then you will have to walk over there!" The grand admiral shouted.
*ksh!
A glass broke in the distance when the admiral said that
Lütjens got up from his spot at the table.
"Wh-what are you doing?!" Schemekelberger said, bewildered
"Walking to my ship" Lütjens replied.
Captain Lindemann, who had been sitting as the two admirals exchanged words, quickly joined Lütjens as he proceeded to walk towards the door.
"GUARDS! STOP THEM AT ONCE!" The grand admiral shouted so loud the whole hall went quiet
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The tension in the room was at a boiling point.
Armed guards in jet black uniforms and service caps immediately stepped in front of Lütjens, complete with Kar98K rifles.
Lütjens stopped at the door, blocked by the guards,
"HEY! Get your filthy hands away from the admiral!" A voice shouted.
A few officers from the Bismarck who turned up for the banquet started emerging from the crowd,
Some were very drunk,
And when you're very drunk, (especially if you're German) you do some very... ill advised things.
One of the guards was hit in the head with a bottle.
*Krishhhh!
After that, everything broke loose.
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"Oh SHOOT! I need to find Fritz and Bismarck before they get killed!" Daniel said to himself.
And then.
Bottles and food started flying, and fists started being thrown.
A massive fight was taking place near the banquet tables.
Daniel took advantage of the chaos and immediately started making his way through the crowd.
Dipping up, dodging low.
Evade being hit in the face by a half-full beer bottle,
German officers clashed with Ironblood officers of the same rank.
It was a mess, to say the least.
But in that mess, he found Bismarck, sitting up against a leaned over table,
"Bismarck? Bismarck are you okay?" Daniel said.
"Daniel?....... I think I saw my captain..." Bismarck said,
"Yeah, I think you did.... It's probably what caused you to freeze up" Daniel said.
"Let's get out of this warzone.." Daniel then said, extending his hand
"Okay... ergh... my head hurts...." Bismarck said, as Daniel helped her up
"Alright, now to find Fritz and get out of here..." Daniel said.
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The großadmiral managed to poke his head out of the massive fight in the banquet hall, trying to get a clear view of his surroundings
Admiral Lütjens and Captain Lindemann made their way out through the window, with a help from a few sailors from the Bismarck still in the port seeing them,
Schmekelberger growled
The grand admiral took his walkie talkie to hand
"The captain and admiral of the ship are heading to your position now! Hurry the manifestation process! You have NO TIME!"
???? " Jawohl mein Herr!"