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[Cassie winces.]

I'm guessing this is in response to all the fucked up shit that just went down?

Yes.

[She sighs.]

Can't say I blame you for that. If the train's this shitty at vetting its passengers, we can't trust anybody.

So it would seem.

[Piccolo doesn't care if they kill their opponents on missions, but this is a whole other can of worms. The fact that he had created that sword used to kill another passenger? A big burn to his ego.]

We sure as shit shouldn't be handing out guns.

[Cassie's got a hunch he made the sword. She's not going to press him on it, because he clearly doesn't need that shit right now.]

Certainly not until we've tracked down whoever that...thing was. But even after...I think we're going to need to appoint some people to track every weapon that gets used on missions. A quartermaster, basically.

I don't plan on making any anymore. It's not worth the risk.

Hmm. Whatever you decide, I don't think I'll be helping in the weapon department anymore. I never should have in the first place.

I might try and talk you out of that later.

[Because they still need guns. Well, she does, anyway.]

It's a good idea right now, though.

Hnn.

[Good luck with that. Hopefully he'll calm down eventually.]

[ For a second time today, she recognises the sword she'd been using-- and it's gone. ]

I get it, but... You were making a difference, you know.

It seems all I was doing was arming a bunch of foolish human children if you ask me. No wonder Kami gave up on the lot of you after so long...

Tell that to the worlds we saved. One asshole tips that the other way?

It's always the 'one asshole' who does the most damage to the universe, isn't it though?

[...Or maybe that's just his universe with it's OP villains.]

You did fine saving worlds before I got here, and I'm sure you'll do just fine without my magic.

[ She'd argue this more, but... the ICPs are going a little crazy. ]

Guess we did. Thanks for your help so far.

I get it. Trust me, I get it. But who're you punishing, really?

The guy who killed that kid would have found some way to do it. There are knives in the kitchen. Anything can be used to make a shiv.

And the asshole who... made that broadcast? Didn't need weapons.

Think we need to be focusing on that guy, and what else he's gonna figure is a crime and needs justice. Because I don't know about you, my friend, but I know my hands aren't clean...

[Well, no, his hands are definitely Not clean. Being a Demon King for a couple hundred years tends to disrupt that. Not to mention his own deeds after being reborn... but that's neither here nor there. More importantly:]

If you lot want to try that hard to kill one another then be my guest. The least I can do is take back what is mine. Make it a little less easy to find proper weapons.

[Not that Gladio doesn't have a point about anything being used as a weapon... and at least half the train roster not even needing a weapon to kill someone...himself included.]

...I'm pretty sure his ki isn't on the train anymore, or that it's being suppressed. I can't help you beyond that.

[Well, he probably could but...he's not sure how, or if he wants to at the moment.]

"You lot"? [Gladio raised a brow, looking mildly pissed off at the implication of that. He wasn't going around killing people. So far it had happened once. And once since the train started picking people up.]

Now isn't the time for knee-jerk reactions. It's time for finding the guy who did this before he does it again.

Not saying you don't have a right to take back what's yours. But if the shit hits the fan and this guy comes back for more now he's got a taste, just remember you left people with wooden tooth picks to defend themselves with.

[Not himself, of course. But most.]

Humans. [He's feeling very Righteous Kami right now. It's a horrible way to go and looks horrible on him. ~~Send help.~~]

One of them is in captivity and the other is being hunted. On a train. What more could you possibly want?

Well that obviously doesn't matter with half the train's passengers anyway as you so elegantly pointed out. Obviously none of this will make any difference. Things will just go back to the way they were before I arrived and started using magic like I knew what I was doing with it. [This is why martial artists don't do magic, clearly! They're rubbish at it.]

[Gladio pinches the bridge of his nose, rubbing against the headache he'd has since this all happened. He was getting really pissed off, but anger wouldn't help anyone.]

Exactly.

So who're you protecting? You're robbing certain people of their ability to protect themselves, Piccolo. How is that the right thing to do?

You were helping people. One bad one in a hundred others? I don't get it. Explain the logic.

I'm not robbing anyone of anything they didn't already have. And these? Are in the training gym. No one claimed them. [Which as far as he was concerned was good. All they needed right now with all the high tension was for people to arm themselves with weapons they barely knew how to use.]

Clearly I wasn't helping anyone. You want a weapon, find one when we need them on the planets we travel to. It's never been a problem before now.

Or train in self defense. A lot better in my opinion anyway. [He should have just stayed a martial artist from the start. No more magic for him. It was his worst trait.]

[Just sighs and shakes his head, really not wanting to fight with Piccolo. He likes the guy.]

Understood.

[ Where else would anyone get the weapon? It's been tough since Tidus heard what happened, having missed the original broadcast, the fact that it involved his cabinmate. It's why he's sombre-looking now over his own video screen. ]

Hey... you did a lot of good helping people out. You still do. What happened-- that doesn't change that.

No, but it made it easier for someone else to take advantage of a good deed.

There's always going to be assholes like that around.

[ It's said wryly than as a means of swaying Piccolo, a bitter fact. A grim line making Tidus's mouth as he sighs behind it. ]

But it wasn't your fault. And I know your weapons have done a lot more good than this. I would've been useless out there without that sword you made for me.

[ . . . ]

You can keep it.

[And that's all he says about that. It's basically a shorter version of saying 'you're too emotional and kind hearted not to trust.']

I'm not saying this 'cause I'm worried about a weapon.

[ Guess who he's worried about, smart stuff!!! ]

[Piccolo doesn't really get the idea that someone might be worried about him. He's fine. (Or, so he thinks.)]

Then why are you saying anything?

'Cause I'm worried about you! Someone just used one of your swords like that and you're upset!

[ He's more earnest than loud, though his voice does drop, turning softer with the features of his face. ]

Do what you have to. I just don't want you forgetting how you helped the rest of us out too.

[Wow, that was awfully emotional. Sorry, DBZ characters don't know how to react to emotion so Piccolo is just gonna stare blankly at Tidus for a moment. Or, well, the screen where Tidus's features were five seconds ago during the broadcast. Then he'll finally respond.]

Don't get your panties twisted in a knot because of me. I'm fine.

[He's not that fine but don't tell him that he doesn't comprehend it!]

[ His face didn't go anywhere, so!? ]

I'll get as worked up as I want when you act like I'd care more about a weapon. I know we're not that close, but come on.

[ Give his emotional butt more credit than that!! ]

But fine, sure. I'll see you around.

[ Since, you know, he's said what he wanted to say. ]

What's up with you? Something happen?

The weapon used... [in that fantastic replay of a murder] ...was one I created. Now I'm uncreating it. [And most of the other weapons he created. At least all the public ones.]

You're Piccolo I take it? Tidus told me a little about you.

I can't think of a worse way to realize you can't trust people around here.

Yeah, I am.

And no, there's not really much worse than that. [Except maybe murder on a larger scale, ie: genocide. Been there, seen that. Took it personally.]

I learned something about a person back home that was... bad, to put mildly. But it's still nothing like this.

This is... something else completely.

[The worst part is how Sam's ended up hating the murderer less than the person who broadcasted the murder to the entire train.]

This is the worst case scenario. Trouble piled on top of trouble.

[At this point Piccolo is pretty certain he hates both of them equally just for varying reasons. This whole situation was messed up. And it wasn't as easy to fix as 'send a Saiyan to beat the crap out of the bad guy' and call it a day.]

They should both be kicked off the train. Neither of them can be trusted.

Unfortunately we don't have the option.

That's ridiculous.

The people draggin' us to this place were inviting a mutiny to happen eventually, in that case.

Good call.

If people really need practice weapons, maybe we can try plastic or something? I don't think anyone's been successfully stabbed by a toy knife.

[Pretty sure people have been stabbed by plastic/toy knives but Piccolo doesn't bother to point it out. He tried not to watch Earthians that closely despite his abilities to thanks to Kami. However...]

There are still wooden practice weapons. I didn't create those, I won't destroy them. For now.

[He sighed. But even the wood could be made into a deadly weapon. It was less a fix and more a bandage on a crack gushing water out of a dam. But it was his duty to do.

But besides all that, at least one person was agreeing with him. Thank you, Reigen.]

Yes, probably for the best. Never did like weapons, me.

I just hope I don't have to go destroy the cutlery, too, if someone decides that's gotta be used the wrong way, too.

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