"Hold still..."

Impoluto winced as the cotton swab coated in alcohol dabbed against her eye. It was closed shut as Negra went to clean it off, dealing with the blood and cleaning up the wound's shredded skin before wrapping Impoluto's head in bandaging.

"There, you should be good for now."

Impoluto smiled at Negra, even with half her face covered by the wrappings. "You always were the one to do the medical work weren't you?"

"When you're essentially a fortress that floats, and moves at the speed of a snail, you need to know good medical knowledge for your fellow man."

Impoluto tried to stand up afterwards, but Negra pushed her down to the bed. "No, duérmete."

"Negra, I'm fine..."

"I know, but you'll agitate your wound...also, you owe me."

Impoluto raised her only visible brow. "Owe you? How do I owe you?"

Negra pushed her down to the bed, hopping on and cuddling up to the pillow. "You're spending the night with me, and that's final."

Impoluto sighed, seeing that the lazy side of her sister ship still existed, from ship form to human form it remained the same. "Very well...buenas noches Negra."

"Buenas noches Impoluto."
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The next day's sun rose up over the docks, and on the very first call for morning, the door to Impoluto's room opened as Álvaro waddled through going to her bed. He tapped the lump that was there, seeing them stir lightly, so he persisted.

"Stop it...I want sleep..."

"Mauw..."

He continued to tap, until a hand came out in a scratching motion, shocking the Manjuu as La Dama Negra peaked out from under the covers. "Burro, let me sleep!"

"Negra, not so loud..." Thr person Álvaro came to wake sat up from the other side of the bed, looking at the little Manjuu. "Oh, Álvaro. Is it morning now?"

"Mauw!"

"Alright, thank you for waking me."

"Impoluto, it's the crack of dawn! That's way to early to wake up!"

"For someone like you it is, gato perezoso."

Negra's cat eats flattened as she hissed at Impoluto, but the woman was undisturbed as she grabbed her cheek and started to pull. "Aye aye aye! Lo siento, lo siento!"

Negra's cheek slapped back into place as Impoluto let go, standing up from the bed and stretching her locked up muscles and cracking her bones. "Well, I'll be getting dressed for the day now Negra. You can sleep in here as long as you like, but please try to be up by noon so I can introduce you to the rest."

"Mmh...Fine, I'll be up by then."

"Good, I'll be heading off now." She finished putting on her naval jacket and collar, taking the armor pieces out with her as she did.

Now outside, she set to putting the armor on, finishing in record time thanks to the assistance of her Manjuu crew. "Someone tell me of what happened last night."

"Mauw!" One of the Manjuus shouted from above her, revealing one manned in The Crow's Nest. He had told her that there was no issues over the night, and the only problem was of a stowaway that snuck on board and is kept in the hold as they spoke.

"Hmm...very well, take me to them and we'll see what they want."

The Manjuus escorted her below deck, eventually down to the lowest floor of her ship, where she heard struggling and resistance. They obviously weren't up the whole night, but must have recently awoken, as their struggles sound full of energy.

She opened the door, ready to face the intruder. "Alright, what was your purpose for...Hijo de puta..."

She facepalmed as she saw Jean Bart tied up in rope, with a rope around her mouth so she wouldn't scream and wake the two of them while they slept. Impoluto looked unimpressed, and undid the ropes around her mouth. "Finally! That was getting irritable!"

"Jean, what the Hell were you thinking sneaking on my ship?"

"I was trying to go talk to you about the next training session, but then your Manjuus jumped me!"

...

Impoluto looked to the Manjuus. "You didn't bother asking her what she was there for?"

They shook their heads, making Impoluto sigh as she undid the bonds on Jean's hands and legs. "Mil disculpas Jean, they should have asked you your business first."

"While I didn't understand what the first two words were, I'm assuming they were forgiveness...I suppose I'll forgive it this time."

Impoluto checked the wound she inflicted on Jean, finding no sign of it present. 'Modern engineering and medicine is impeccable!'

The battleship dusted herself off, leaving the room with Impoluto before any more trouble occurs. The two decided to go off and get breakfast since it was early enough, and for most that were awake, they had to do a double take when they saw what was essentially a color swapped Jean Bart walking alongside the one they know.

Jean obviously wasn't liking the attention, if the scowl on her face was anything to say. "Can't they learn to mind their own business?"

"They're curious in their drowsy state. I don't blame them."

"I get that, but what I'm not going to appreciate i-"

"Owner!!"

Jean was tackled to the ground as Cheshire landed on her, nuzzling her face while the battleship looked mortified at someone having such close contact to her.

"Owner, I never knew you owned darker colors! They look great on you, but not as good as your paler colors!"

"That's because that isn't me Cheshire."

Cheshire blinked and looked up, seeing Impoluto looking down at her with a smile. The cat-like maid looked at who she tackled and smothered, seeing Jean Bart laying there and looking ready to rip her head off.

...

"MEOOOW!! I'M SORRY MISS JEAN!!" She sprang up and hid behind Impoluto, using her as a shield.

"I'm going to to kill you wannabe cat! COME HERE!!"

"AAAAHHHH!!" Cheshire ran off as Jean chased after her, leaving Impoluto alone as her and several other girls all watched them leave.

"That...was interesting." She shrugged it off and just went to eat alone, finding and eating with Eagle again

As usual, she was a glutton.

"Hey!"
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Negra finally woke up, and the sun was nearly at it's Apex, meaning she woke up a small bit before noon. She lazily put on her outfit, not having to worry about looking tidy since her outfit is just a Dancer's dressing.

'I'm no slut, but these are comfortable, so maybe that's why I woke up with these. Better than that whole wardrobe that is Impoluto's uniform.'

Leaving the ship and saying goodbye to the Manjuus, she walked down the decks with her Heel boots clacking against the ground and drawing the sound away from the others, who mostly wore boots and small heels.

She is still relatively unknown, so many had to take a second look at her and her ears, some thinking she's from the Empire, all before they saw here clearly European dress style. It left many confused, but Negra didn't care.

She was looking around for Impoluto, and with some simple directions she got from passerby's, she was able to figure out that she was in the garden, talking with the leaders of the Royal Navy.

'The Queen as a ship hm? That'll be a sight to see.'

The gardens weren't far away, so she made it very quick and even saw Impoluto chatting with some of the women. She recognized none of them, only knowing Hunter as she was the one who picked her up.

In classic style for the cat woman, she kicked the gate open, the loud noise quickly drawing the attention of everyone around the table, baring Impoluto, who just sighed before turning around.

"Negra, looks like you got the sleep you needed."

She put her foot down. "I did, and I'm feeling quite good now."

"Wha-?! Who are you?! How dare you intrude on us!" The little girl stood up from her chair, but Impoluto put a hand in front of her. "Calm yourself Elizabeth, that's my sister ship La Dama Negra."

"So this is what she looks like hm? I expected her to look a little...closer to you." Victory had a hand on her chin, looking Negra up and down.

"Hey, eyes are up here niña."

"I know gato, just looking at your differences."

Negra raised an eyebrow, looking to Impoluto. "She speaks Español?"

"She does, so don't even think about being rude."

Negra just raised her arms in mock surrender, before stepping up to the table. "So! What is it we were discussing?"

"I was mostly speaking about you, waiting until you arrived to properly introduce you."

Negra huffed, and put a hand on her chest as she straightened her back. "La Dama Negra, Spanish ship, known as The Unsinkable."

"Unsinkable?"

Impoluto answered the question asked by Warspite, who still had some bandages around her fingers. "She has an incredibly thick and well armored hull, layered in metal sheets that cannonballs shatter upon."

Impoluto stood up and punched her sister's stomach, and the cat girl didn't flinch in the slightest. "As you see, she's practically invincible...however, she does have weak points in her armor."

Impoluto points at her revealed skin, from the neck up. "Her deck armor, which should be roughly around her face as a weakpoint...and her stern."

Impoluto slapped her ass, making the cat girl shriek as she never expected that. The others were staring bug eyed at Impoluto, who was as nonchalant as ever while Negra was red in the face.

"Bastardo!" Negra essentially leapt on Impoluto, tackling her to the ground as she starting to try and scratch her with her nails.

Impoluto fought her back, but Negra was the heavier of the two and kept her down with that bulk.

Victory sighed and put her head in her hand. "That ship is the direct opposite of Impoluto...this is going to be a headache."

Warspite saw how Impoluto was pushing her off, only to lose that ground immediately. "Yes...I agree with you on that."