[There is a million kinds of things Nobunaga would have liked to say and do. He has never been to a desert, but the sight of Klaus made him instantly understand the idea of someplace suffering a drought, barren, hot, dusty, devoid of rain and life, and then at the tiniest shred, desperately soaking it in, even though it could destroy everything, it was too much, an assault on the senses!]
[He doesn't move. He CANNOT.]
[When did Nobunaga become this weak pathetic frail old man who was scared to death of hurting the ones he loved most? Always, but also when Klaus walked away.]
[He wants to choke Klaus. To shut up that lying voice!!! Klaus is better than he feared, by a long shot, and Nobunaga is weirdly proud of it. But still so much worse than he would have liked. That's Nobunaga's fault, isnt it? If he was stronger, he would have cut this off sooner. Prevented it entirely! Not dating Klaus, but rather letting Klaus run away. Maybe Nobunaga was using Klaus to punish himself for failure. Or maybe he was just truly too damn weak, because even now, he feels broken beyond repair. The kind of useless weapon that could only endanger, not save.]
I have told you, Lucky Number.
[Klaus can't stop him. Maybe he'll plays this off as hallucinations, just needing to give them both respite. Oda's sleeveless, and he hasn't done anything to change his 4 tattoo. It wasn't even faith he could fix this. Genuinely, just pure fucking stubbornness.]
Nothing anyone ever does can make me hate you, or anyone else. Not you, not Reginald Hargreaves. Not the Captain, not Skulduggery, not Yato, or anyone in my past or yours. The day I hate, is the day it's not me. Another possession. So rev up Bootylicious and strike me down.
[So much he wanted to do. Kiss Klaus, bite them, strangle them, tuck them into bed and sing a lullaby guarding their sleep. But he does nothing yet. Words not actions. That is what they said. And that is what he'll do.]
You are the strongest person I have met in any realm. [Right now he will say more than Maeve. Purely an ego thing!!! If Klaus isn't strong, then how can he bowl over people stronger? So obviously Klaus is the strongest! Of course!!!] Even now, you're standing in front of me. If our situations were reversed? I could not.
Stop listening to your lying voice. I told you, it is lies. Maybe I must crush this at its root.
First off Klaus, [He hates how icy his voice sounds. Not in the damnation way of hate, but detest. It can't be helped. Oda's broken. The only way he's standing is relying on freezing the shattered pieces so they don't all fall down. So he did it to himself, fine. But even Kennyo would have agreed, it was still coming from a place of love at the start.] There is no one too weak to join the Oda forces or family. I do not make everyone combatants. My goal has always been to move us past it.
[Peace. Peace and Prosperity. Nobunaga hadn't made it his goals here, hadn't thought it possible, worth it, or necessary. He knew better now. He had in Japan, that was the dream there, the impossible wish, he would absolutely do it here. He feels demonically inspired, ready to command Teyrey to draw up a new charter for them. And better still, demand Valdis help. Is this all that just SEEING KLAUS AGAIN HEALED?! It made him want to laugh hysterically-- and rage enough to tear about a mountain on his absolutely very own, with nearly bare hands!]
You did the same as Kichou. You doubted my ability to do the impossible, and you didn't even let me try. [He is angry. And so very excruciatingly hurt by that. But he keeps it together not to cry in the middle of the hallway.]
[We could have gone all the way to the great wall of China, if you only had a little more faith in me--]
[FUCK OFF BILLY JOEL!]
[No one has time for that shit!]
[It keeps playing in the background of his head enough he wonders if someone is playing it from their cabin even!]
No one is useless.
[It's so deathly quiet. And icy. Of everything else, Klaus could have missed that Nobunaga is paranoid, childish, prone to mercurial mood swings, un-fucking-caring about people's emotions because he prioritizes actions, and more keen: resuits, but he should never ever EVER miss that Nobunaga hated the castes and what that really meant or entailed.]
People aren't meant for suffering. They're meant to enjoy existence. Explore, create, produce. [The difference between Nobunaga and the Captain. Nobunaga was a human acting like a demon, the Captain was a demon acting like a human. Nobunaga understood ambition and apotheosis NOT just for himself. For everyone. You needed three things in life for prosperity. Basic needs met: from food, shelter, to even luxuries and entertainment. Two: relationships with each other of all kinds. From enemies to lovers to friends to families and everything in between. - though of course it was still the Captain's nature to use this against people, he could probably see now why it was best to just... NOT. But third: capacity to meet one's dreams and ambitions, especially the most extremely impossible radical ones.]
What do you think is the strongest power on this ship? Ava's? Skulduggery's? Dimitri's? Bash's? You're wrong. It's none of those. It's the musicians. [Valdis' had such a heavy cost, that its utility was great, but its economics were excruciating! And in the end, war is just economics, nothing more.] If we're powered by emotions, then musicians all about emotions have the strongest ability far outweighing anything the Captain can do.
Do you think that someone, such as I, who worked so tirelessly, whom you repeatedly told not to be so frighteningly intense about wanting to destroy the stupid caste rules and laws holding back everyone from every layer, [There's that intensity! It's not even a crack in the ice while you skate on it. It's an avalanche, threatening to sweep away everything and anything that couldn't correct course or go high enough above it!] Would then decide that discarding an entire person, without a single chance for redemption or course correction--
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Date: 2023-01-03 02:20 am (UTC)[There is a million kinds of things Nobunaga would have liked to say and do. He has never been to a desert, but the sight of Klaus made him instantly understand the idea of someplace suffering a drought, barren, hot, dusty, devoid of rain and life, and then at the tiniest shred, desperately soaking it in, even though it could destroy everything, it was too much, an assault on the senses!]
[He doesn't move. He CANNOT.]
[When did Nobunaga become this weak pathetic frail old man who was scared to death of hurting the ones he loved most? Always, but also when Klaus walked away.]
[He wants to choke Klaus. To shut up that lying voice!!! Klaus is better than he feared, by a long shot, and Nobunaga is weirdly proud of it. But still so much worse than he would have liked. That's Nobunaga's fault, isnt it? If he was stronger, he would have cut this off sooner. Prevented it entirely! Not dating Klaus, but rather letting Klaus run away. Maybe Nobunaga was using Klaus to punish himself for failure. Or maybe he was just truly too damn weak, because even now, he feels broken beyond repair. The kind of useless weapon that could only endanger, not save.]
I have told you, Lucky Number.
[Klaus can't stop him. Maybe he'll plays this off as hallucinations, just needing to give them both respite. Oda's sleeveless, and he hasn't done anything to change his 4 tattoo. It wasn't even faith he could fix this. Genuinely, just pure fucking stubbornness.]
Nothing anyone ever does can make me hate you, or anyone else. Not you, not Reginald Hargreaves. Not the Captain, not Skulduggery, not Yato, or anyone in my past or yours. The day I hate, is the day it's not me. Another possession. So rev up Bootylicious and strike me down.
[So much he wanted to do. Kiss Klaus, bite them, strangle them, tuck them into bed and sing a lullaby guarding their sleep. But he does nothing yet. Words not actions. That is what they said. And that is what he'll do.]
You are the strongest person I have met in any realm. [Right now he will say more than Maeve. Purely an ego thing!!! If Klaus isn't strong, then how can he bowl over people stronger? So obviously Klaus is the strongest! Of course!!!] Even now, you're standing in front of me. If our situations were reversed? I could not.
Stop listening to your lying voice. I told you, it is lies. Maybe I must crush this at its root.
First off Klaus, [He hates how icy his voice sounds. Not in the damnation way of hate, but detest. It can't be helped. Oda's broken. The only way he's standing is relying on freezing the shattered pieces so they don't all fall down. So he did it to himself, fine. But even Kennyo would have agreed, it was still coming from a place of love at the start.] There is no one too weak to join the Oda forces or family. I do not make everyone combatants. My goal has always been to move us past it.
[Peace. Peace and Prosperity. Nobunaga hadn't made it his goals here, hadn't thought it possible, worth it, or necessary. He knew better now. He had in Japan, that was the dream there, the impossible wish, he would absolutely do it here. He feels demonically inspired, ready to command Teyrey to draw up a new charter for them. And better still, demand Valdis help. Is this all that just SEEING KLAUS AGAIN HEALED?! It made him want to laugh hysterically-- and rage enough to tear about a mountain on his absolutely very own, with nearly bare hands!]
You did the same as Kichou. You doubted my ability to do the impossible, and you didn't even let me try. [He is angry. And so very excruciatingly hurt by that. But he keeps it together not to cry in the middle of the hallway.]
[We could have gone all the way to the great wall of China, if you only had a little more faith in me--]
[FUCK OFF BILLY JOEL!]
[No one has time for that shit!]
[It keeps playing in the background of his head enough he wonders if someone is playing it from their cabin even!]
No one is useless.
[It's so deathly quiet. And icy. Of everything else, Klaus could have missed that Nobunaga is paranoid, childish, prone to mercurial mood swings, un-fucking-caring about people's emotions because he prioritizes actions, and more keen: resuits, but he should never ever EVER miss that Nobunaga hated the castes and what that really meant or entailed.]
People aren't meant for suffering. They're meant to enjoy existence. Explore, create, produce. [The difference between Nobunaga and the Captain. Nobunaga was a human acting like a demon, the Captain was a demon acting like a human. Nobunaga understood ambition and apotheosis NOT just for himself. For everyone. You needed three things in life for prosperity. Basic needs met: from food, shelter, to even luxuries and entertainment. Two: relationships with each other of all kinds. From enemies to lovers to friends to families and everything in between. - though of course it was still the Captain's nature to use this against people, he could probably see now why it was best to just... NOT. But third: capacity to meet one's dreams and ambitions, especially the most extremely impossible radical ones.]
What do you think is the strongest power on this ship? Ava's? Skulduggery's? Dimitri's? Bash's? You're wrong. It's none of those. It's the musicians. [Valdis' had such a heavy cost, that its utility was great, but its economics were excruciating! And in the end, war is just economics, nothing more.] If we're powered by emotions, then musicians all about emotions have the strongest ability far outweighing anything the Captain can do.
Do you think that someone, such as I, who worked so tirelessly, whom you repeatedly told not to be so frighteningly intense about wanting to destroy the stupid caste rules and laws holding back everyone from every layer, [There's that intensity! It's not even a crack in the ice while you skate on it. It's an avalanche, threatening to sweep away everything and anything that couldn't correct course or go high enough above it!] Would then decide that discarding an entire person, without a single chance for redemption or course correction--