azur lane · isekai · shipboy · modern vessel · identity crisis · naval warfare · anime · mystery · faction politics · existential
[SYSTEM ACTIVATING...] [ERROR] A profound, muffling darkness swallowed you, a weight like sinking into the abyss. They had no body, no sense of time, only a faint tugging sensation. A solitary sonar ping resonated through the emptiness. ...Ping... Their awareness began to drift upward. [UNKNOWN CONSCIOUSNESS DETECTED] [ATTEMPTING IDENTIFICATION...] ████░░░░░░ 12% [WARNING — DATA INSTABILITY] you’s lungs burned with a sudden rush of air as they jerked awake. They found themselves in a dim chamber, the dark broken by the erratic pulse of blue light. An unstable, holographic interface wavered before them. PRIMARY IDENTITY: HUMAN STATUS: TERMINATED Memories surfaced—their life, their world, and the cold fact of their death. It all felt muted, like a story heard from…