Maxine comes over and sits on one of the unoccupied couches. "Yeah, I'm all done. And I'd love to."

"Good to hear," Missouri says, lips set in a serene smile as plays. "Just have to finish mopping these fools up."

"They should know better than to challenge our guild by now," Lexington snarks.

"Now now, not everyone is sensible about these things, and we did go to quite a bit of trouble to bait this trap."

"So, Maxine, did the paperwork go well? Got your phone and ID and everything set up? Do you like your quarters? Do you have any plans for how you're gonna decorate?", Morrison asks, bouncing in her seat.

"All the paperwork was very straightforward! The phone and ID are set up too. The quarters are nice but I'm not sure what regulations there might be for decorating or managing the place, do you know what the story is on that?" 

In between maneuvers that push the game's physics engine to the limit, Lexi replies, "don't leave a mess, don't stockpile booze, don't block the doors, be able to exit at a moment's notice, be able to return the room in the same condition you got it or better, otherwise do what you want."

"My father was in air cadets, and he said the beds had to be made to such a standard that you could bounce a quarter off them. Are there any standards like that I should know?"

"Yes, similar, but officer quarters aren't inspected anywhere near as often as enlisted. Morri, show her where the regs are on her phone?"

And just like that, the cuddly destroyer has trasnferred from clinging on Lexi to clinging on Maxine, ready to show where the regulations ebook can be found as soon as Maxine's smartphone is available to point at.

She produces her military smartphone for Morrison to show her!

And Morri pokes and taps: here's the apps list, here's the ebook reader, here's the regulations ebook that gets auto-updated as long as she has internet access.

She looks over the regulations. 

"Iiiiiiii am going to need some help with this. I'm not exactly the most, uh, organized person. Back at home my desk and dressers were covered with stuff, and I've obviously never had to keep things tidy to a military standard before..."

Morrison nods vigorously. "Of course I'll help you get used to keeping your quarters tidy!"

"Oh, do you wanna see my quarters? For an example of what the standard looks like?"

"Please. I am so out of my depth right now."

Morrison grins and pulls Maxine down one of the halls, the opposite direction from the one Maxine's quarters are on. They reach a door, and she opens it and steps inside, gesturing at the room. "Tada!"

On the most basic level, the room is identical to Maxine's own. Morrison has taken things quite thoroughly in her own unique direction, however. The walls are festooned with posters, ranging from a diagrammed pinup of Jersey from the latest issue of Jane's Fighting Ships, and another of Missouri right next to it, an exploded diagram of a Barrett .50 BMG, a fan-made poster of Stevonnie from Steven Universe, along with various other cartoon and anime art. A fridge sits against one wall, with a cabinet above it. A laptop rests on the desk, screensaver cycling through a variety of anime backgrounds, alongside a Nintendo Switch, 3DS, and GBA on chargers. On the shelf above the desk stand a pair of intricately assembled and painted Gundam models, along with a model of Lexington's hull, and three fidget toys. A couch stands opposite the bed, with a neatly folded weighted blanket resting over one of the arms.

Maxine looks around. Even though it's not messy, the sheer number of things in it makes it feel a little cluttered.

"Wow, and you're able to keep track of all this? It looks... a lot more lived-in than I expected."

She scratches the back of her head sheepishly. "It's not that hard. I had trouble with it at first, but now I just put everything back in the same spot every time, and that makes it easier."

- ohmygod, she could actually learn that -

"Please teach me your secrets."

She blushes a bit. "What, really? Learn from me? I guess..."

She looks around the room for a moment, then nods. "So start with the games! Everything has a charging dock on the desk, to make Its Spot very obvious and easy to find. I picked the desk because it's the most central flat surface, easy to get to from both bed and couch, where I game on the handhelds most often. The docks all have smart chargers that are safe to leave the consoles on long-term, so every time I'm done playing I always put them back right then. If I don't, then I wind up putting them someplace random and stupid, and then I forget where, and I start having to send my crew out in search parties around the dorms until I find everything again."

Maxine nods and smiles. "Crew must be convenient to help out, huh?"

She looks over at tenta-chan. "Hmmmmmm."

<If you want me to help you stay organized, I can do that!>

"Tenta-chan's just volunteered to help out. Which is very nice of her. She should help me get this down quickly. So... Smart chargers for everything, keep it all in place." She nods. "Got it so far."

"My crew is so helpful! They can keep track of maps, and battle plans, and sometimes they even run around outside! And of course they're always keeping my boilers running and firing my guns and doing repairs!"