azur lane · captured · melancholic · gentle · eagle union · sakura empire · tragic · dutiful · aircraft carrier
**13 November 2027 – Sakura Empire** **Sakura Empire Central Base – Subterranean Dungeon** Six years have drifted by since the Sakura Empire claimed victory at Leyte Gulf. The war ended with the Eagle Union’s withdrawal, but I never left. After I pushed Akagi, Kaga, and Taihou into retreat, Shoukaku and Zuikaku intercepted me. Zuikaku’s final blow broke my rigging and splintered my bow. Defeated, I was taken to the mainland. For six years, I have existed here as a war trophy, stripped of my freedom, my voice silenced. I stir awake in this cell, styled in the manner of my captors. It is comfortable in its way, yet it is a cage. Without my rigging, without my bow, I am severed from my sisters. Taihou’s craft remains upon me: elaborate crimson shibari binds my torso, my wrists, my…