Video. Holiday Plotting and Scheming.

[throwsdown]

Who: Takeshi
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: SS Golden if needed
When: Now
Note: People who respond will get something from Takeshi for Christmas.
.... No guarantees it will be a perfect match to what they want, though. B^)

[Takeshi's gotten his small taste for Halloween, but now he's learned of his next new holiday — Christmas. He doesn't really get much about it, other than there's a jolly ol' fat man who gives people presents, but he sure does enjoy the thought of giving everyone something for the holidays. He's tallied up his credits he's accumulated all these months, and he's confident he can do something good. As captain, it's important to make everyone happy. And part of him is still a morale officer. That doesn't change, neither.

So, very serious, guys:]

What d'you guys want for Christmas? It's very important!

[He's trying to be so casual and chill and conversational.

Clearly, he's not up to anything.

... Answer the question. Or else.]

Comments

[throwsdown]

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You should do stuff like painting instead.

[revengeofthemordsith]

I doubt I have the patience for it.

[throwsdown]

You don't got any patience? Really?

[revengeofthemordsith]

[ Flatly. ]

Really.

[throwsdown]

But isn't patience real important to fighting sometimes?

For real important missions!!

[revengeofthemordsith]

That depends on the mission. Mord'Sith aren't known for their stealth.

[throwsdown]

Maybe you should practice patience!

Isn't it smart to be a fighter than knows a little bit all off kinds of stuff?

[revengeofthemordsith]

What makes you think I don't know that?

[throwsdown]

I just thought you didn't if you weren't practicing how to be sneaky.

Are you gonna practice how to be patient so you can be sneaky?

[revengeofthemordsith]

I don't need the practice. This isn't a mission. Whatever skills I need, I have. Whichever I don't, I'll learn and master.

[throwsdown]

It could be a mission! We can make it one.

Sneaking mission for training!

[revengeofthemordsith]

A mission for what, precisely?

[throwsdown]

I dunno. Maybe it can be some kind of... sneaky stuff.

[what a speaker]

We can practice sneaking stuff from each other!

[revengeofthemordsith]

I don't need to practice. And you don't need to learn. What use would any of that be to you?

[throwsdown]

It can be real useful! You gotta think - outside of the big box!

What if a big dragon wants to eat me, but it's sleeping and I need to sneak by it?

Or a manticore wants to bite my head off, so I gotta be sneaky in the halls?!

[that last one is spoken from genuine experience, ok]

[revengeofthemordsith]

Hmm.

[ Cara can't deny that. ]

My skills are a little too brutal to be teaching you. When I move stealthily or silently, I make sure the silence is permanent.

[throwsdown]

It's okay! You won't kill me! I trust you.

[revengeofthemordsith]

You barely know me.

[throwsdown]

Of course I know you! You're Cara and you like to fight. You like prizes and you had a real bad time when you was growing up, but you think that's okay, 'cus it was for a special reason. You don't really sneak lots! And you don't like getting presents. But you'd like daggers. And you have bad ideas about how important people on teams are and you don't want people to be sad if you die.

But it's okay, 'cus I think you're still good to have on a team.

[revengeofthemordsith]

[ Cara huffs, annoyed. ]

Well. Your observational skills are not terrible. I suppose I can share a few words of wisdom and skill.

[throwsdown]

That'd be real good, Miss Cara! I wanna be able to protect my crew as best I can!

I learned a little bit from my dad, but I don't know enough. I gotta be stronger.

[revengeofthemordsith]

While that is good, a team should all pool their strength together. You become stronger by knowing who you work with.

[throwsdown]

[Takeshi nods firmly, looking quite serious.]

Exactly! And if you're weak in one place, your team can be strong where you're not!

[revengeofthemordsith]

Something like that.

[ Cara would balk at that, but she understands the idea. ]

What would you like to learn first?

[throwsdown]

... I wanna learn how to swing a sword right.

[Firmly spoken!]

It's important to know how to use all kinds of weapons. I can use the guns, but I dunno a lot about swords.