[It would definitely elicit a way too loud and cheerful(?!?!) explanation of sadism, so good idea, best not.]
[Nobunaga's cold eyes still light up as she explains it. Crichton's pulse pistol also uses energy cells, and Nobunaga's coil gun recharges using the rooms' electrical outlets (which means his is 2nd best -- because Tendi's uses freaking radiation fusion and never needs charging wtf so best) although Tendi's can also stun, disintegrate, and fuse/melt. AND CLEAN. Phasers are the best!] How good are you?
[At the question, INSTANTLY:] Guns. I love guns. [No hesitation at all! And indeed, inside the bar, he puts the Tanegashima on the bar counter so Ari can get a better look at it if she wants.] Guns were only just introduced to my lands when I was a teenager. But in Japan in my time, swords are trained from birth. I don't view katana as as passion, they are just an inseparable part of me. [He does love swords, don't get him wrong. He's collected over 2000 of them, given them as gifts, and all but makes loves to them when he's drunk -- a very good reason he doesn't get drunk often. However, swords is a means of murders. Guns are amazing, with limitless potential, and indeed, as she understood: great equalizers.] Swordsmen have to train from childhood, it reinforces the caste system I seek to break. Guns... I can use farmers or merchants from the lower castes, and make them equal to even horsemen in 6 to 18 months, and it's economically superior, because they can still have another life than that of a soldier or samurai. I love guns. [Loooooves guns.]
Tendi mentioned the Starfleet Academy only recently started accepting certain people, because their planets had been pirates until about four years ago her time. [Carefully avoiding implicating anything along the lines of "Orion" and/or Tendi herself.] Her phaser also can stun and melt, and it doesn't even need recharging. [HAPPY SIGH. He has a crush on Tendi, and it is actually unrelated to her phaser, but yes. He would love to get a phaser. So much.]
What kind of drink would you like? I can't mix to save my life, but this is the best place for getting drinks straight out of the bottle.
I'm not the person to tell you you don't have to fight here. I haven't killed anyone yet. [Gives a V-sign with his fingers. He's SO proud of this, okay?] Two months. I haven't gone this long since I was a child. [... yeah.] And it's still mostly my reflex to want to shoot Stede and put him out of our misery, but... [Nobunaga hops over the bar to behind it, digs around the stash until he finds a bottle of absinthe, because it's GREEN and shiny, and just like Tendi! And he actually uses a glass to pour himself one.] It wouldn't be worth it. That's the tricky part. Usually if you kill someone, you still have to deal with their family, but in the longterm people will keep moving forward. Their hatred will dissipate, and it can further goals and ambitions. Here, friends get left in the dark, get angry, and the long term consequences are the worst part. I suspect because the Captain would like us to fight among each other to keep us disorganized.
I'm unique among everyone here, however. I still wear my armor everywhere. No one else does. And... I've always wanted to explore. So this is the most freedom I've had.
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[Nobunaga's cold eyes still light up as she explains it. Crichton's pulse pistol also uses energy cells, and Nobunaga's coil gun recharges using the rooms' electrical outlets (which means his is 2nd best -- because Tendi's uses freaking radiation fusion and never needs charging wtf so best) although Tendi's can also stun, disintegrate, and fuse/melt. AND CLEAN. Phasers are the best!] How good are you?
[At the question, INSTANTLY:] Guns. I love guns. [No hesitation at all! And indeed, inside the bar, he puts the Tanegashima on the bar counter so Ari can get a better look at it if she wants.] Guns were only just introduced to my lands when I was a teenager. But in Japan in my time, swords are trained from birth. I don't view katana as as passion, they are just an inseparable part of me. [He does love swords, don't get him wrong. He's collected over 2000 of them, given them as gifts, and all but makes loves to them when he's drunk -- a very good reason he doesn't get drunk often. However, swords is a means of murders. Guns are amazing, with limitless potential, and indeed, as she understood: great equalizers.] Swordsmen have to train from childhood, it reinforces the caste system I seek to break. Guns... I can use farmers or merchants from the lower castes, and make them equal to even horsemen in 6 to 18 months, and it's economically superior, because they can still have another life than that of a soldier or samurai. I love guns. [Loooooves guns.]
Tendi mentioned the Starfleet Academy only recently started accepting certain people, because their planets had been pirates until about four years ago her time. [Carefully avoiding implicating anything along the lines of "Orion" and/or Tendi herself.] Her phaser also can stun and melt, and it doesn't even need recharging. [HAPPY SIGH. He has a crush on Tendi, and it is actually unrelated to her phaser, but yes. He would love to get a phaser. So much.]
What kind of drink would you like? I can't mix to save my life, but this is the best place for getting drinks straight out of the bottle.
I'm not the person to tell you you don't have to fight here. I haven't killed anyone yet. [Gives a V-sign with his fingers. He's SO proud of this, okay?] Two months. I haven't gone this long since I was a child. [... yeah.] And it's still mostly my reflex to want to shoot Stede and put him out of our misery, but... [Nobunaga hops over the bar to behind it, digs around the stash until he finds a bottle of absinthe, because it's GREEN and shiny, and just like Tendi! And he actually uses a glass to pour himself one.] It wouldn't be worth it. That's the tricky part. Usually if you kill someone, you still have to deal with their family, but in the longterm people will keep moving forward. Their hatred will dissipate, and it can further goals and ambitions. Here, friends get left in the dark, get angry, and the long term consequences are the worst part. I suspect because the Captain would like us to fight among each other to keep us disorganized.
I'm unique among everyone here, however. I still wear my armor everywhere. No one else does. And... I've always wanted to explore. So this is the most freedom I've had.