Afternoon in the barracks dayroom.

Ah, Commander.

You're off-duty to...

...well, you sure are living the high life, aren't you now?

Even if you're off duty, drinking the whole afternoon away might be a bit too much.

Oh, it's you, Ikazuchi. Thanks for the hard work, but no thanks for the advice. It's my first break in awhile, so leave me be.

Bad enough that you all made this place [the dayroom] a no-smoking zone...

...so cut me some slack on the alcohol.

I didn't mean to stop you from smoking completely... Can't you use the library or your own room?

No can do, either way. The library's been buried in an avalanche of Hachi and Kaga's books, and they're still sorting that out.

So those book towers finally gave way, huh?

As for my bunkroom, I got chased out by Kongou.

"It's such a dreadful mess I can't stand to see it a moment longer. Do find somewhere else to be whilst I tidy up, there's a good boy." Terrible, right?

You certainly are, Commander. I can't speak for Hibiki... but Kongou's taste in men is just unbelievable.

Absolutely.