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Part 7 of Black Shift Self-Insert Series
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2021-08-17
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2025-03-11
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Azur Lane:Tricolore of the Stars (ON HIATUS, CHECK MOST RECENT CHAPTER)

Summary:

A WW2 weapons and aircraft researcher know-it-all finds... themselves in possibly the best (of the worst, depending on how you look at it) franchise to self-insert/isekai in as a superpowered confused heroine. Rule 63 as Norfolk? Who cares about Mahiro Oyama? Surviving in a hostile world? Difficult. but not unworkable. Handling both at once? Yeah, and I should find out about my true nature and the lore of the Sirens and stop being an uncaring shipgirl who has a fascination for shock and terror tactics while at it.

....And why do I have MiG-29s. A-7s and high-tech equipment?

Inspired by 'I was a Teenage Dummy Plug'

Perhaps in time I may eventually learn to accept and even enjoy my new role in life. complications aside from the great power and implications of all of this. and eventually what a secret about me represents...

(CURRENTLY UNDERGOING A REWRITE AS OF APRIL OF THIS YEAR. ON HIATUS AS OF APRIL 2023)

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Notes

as of 11/5/2021:It has come quite a long way hasn't it? First it started with Kancolle and now.. this. Nobody does this without subtly inserting theirselves as the commander for a instant harem. isn't it? So why not buck that trend and start OUT as the walking weapons instead?

The Siren-centric version later spun off into PURPLE SHIFT. Which was also supposed to bring Interaction to the chapters in that you could go to the review section and leave your opinion on how i should behave or do. which would partly influence the story (For example:Stay at home/Go against orders and sortie no matter what).

The Interaction/Pseudo CYOA-quest ability will kick in later at future chapters. but since my first story wasn't designed with such things in mind. It may not have as much of a impact as it did.

Also check out Gamertalker's stories and tsangalfred51 (The one with a obscure Black Panther X-over series) since he inspired me to try writing. And for Gamertalker. It really helps when I have a active audience to keep me curious for days!

With that said. Gun on!

As of 12/4/2021:Well. It's going to be nearly the first anniversary for what's pretty much the first 'real' Azur lane self-insert story where some random guy gets yeeted/turned/whatever into a shipgirl instead of being a Commander. but at least he(She!?) does have some massive overhauls to help her survive. If only she knew how to exploit them to their fullest potential...

Again. as you might find in chapter 21. I need some real conversation here in the reviews because what I noticed is that a lot of people are favoriting or following. but the reviews are low and the ones by Misaka.. Jeebus weeus. I urge everyone who managed to get this far to this chapter to leave some kind of comment about what things you might like to see in the future and because everybody wants to see me suffer. do a psycho-analysis on my current situation. With that. Norfolk out!

https://streamable.com/i8566e (Opening)

Chapter 1: Awakening

Chapter Text

I woke to the smell of water.. Cold.. Cold water...

Floating. Buoyancy. not Feeling any weight. slightly damp. It was a very strange sensation...

Slowly. I opened my eyes and realized I was in a very strange situation.. I.. seemed to be underwater but still somehow fine for some reason. Then I got a look and almost screamed.

It wasn't about exactly how or where or how I got here. but it was the fact I was somehow operational underwater. All around me.. as far as i could see.. was water... Nothing but water. I was on my back in all of this water. and knowing what I was in prompted me to thrash around. and in this swinging around i managed to stand up.

On the water. Standing.

That should not happen. and yet I feel like it is natural.

Despite my desperation. a part of my mind took the time to think this over.

First i went to sleep and then.. and then i was dreaming i think? I remember feeling warm only to suddenly get very cold. Someone was talking to me? I can't remember what they said but they said I was to decide 'Destiny' or 'Fate' or something. and then the sensations... It was warm. something different. Then there was pain when I heard the sound of steel being hammered into shape with a hammer...

And then I woke up in who-knows-how-deep water.

I would have made it to the surface faster had my own surprise not caught me. I opened my mouth and gasped in reaction to how cold the water was and sucked in a load of water... From there. It had been a struggle to reach the surface to breathe even as I heard something like.. Water flooding into a ship's hull.

It had been... maybe.. Minutes ago? I don't have my phone so I can't say. but it felt like I was underwater for a time. coughing up water before struggling over into standing up. Which made me realize something.

If I had somehow survived all of this. There was no way I was a human anymore.. It would be impossible even by my standards... If anything, I should have went down due to lethal cold or simply not being able to breathe.

There were other hints to my new nature however. like the painted steel that sat off to either side of my body and the Red hood on my head.

The whole water-walking thing was also a major giveaway to just what I was.

It was then that I realized that I was... a Kansen. Kanmusu. And just as i thought this and remembered the shipgirl OCs i made in my past. Of my old roleplaying hobbies catching up to me, I felt the mental strain of having to manage all of my subsystems coming to me.. Modules.. Targeting systems... Guns... Reactor... Aircraft status...

And just as I screamed. it begged the question-Who shipgirl i was?

 

 

2023 Writer here:Well well well, it has been a long time. ya all, Sorry about my hiatus. but due to me taking up language lessons and grinding away i just haven't had the time lately. along with motivation failure and such.

I do plan to continue, but a big overhaul is in order, The 2021 version has some really strange choice of words and grammar problems. plus i was being ambivalent about the inner workings of this world. Also, now that it's loyalty to the British, the multiple paths (OPFOR. Independent) are not really considered anymore. The warnings of this story will still stay the same though!