Alright, we've been debating for like ten minutes. Who were Bazhe and Toastalpha supposed to be?
Just to be clear, the names are references. Didn't spend effort trying to match words to the original poster.
And when the Yakuza want to recoup for losses, what then?
They're out money, they have no idea who to blame, and that's a lot of drugs that won't be ruining lives. If they make trouble, they'll bring the law down on themselves, especially with their insurance policy now added to HomuHomu's arsenal. I'd be okay with either, but lean towards just getting rid of the drugs.
Probably distracted and pissed off by the fact they unambiguously lost a war and as a result they're picking up the pieces while effectively in an uneasy stalemate with two groups of Those Guys, Fuck Those Guys thanks to the threat of witch-girl and friends coming back for round 2. Damage control for their relationship with Rin, worry for Akiko the friendly senior NPC who's pretty much dead to the world as a result of the war, and figuring out how the group/NPC relations work now that there's a power vaccum.
What are they going to do? They have two possible motives:
Oriko's the Yakuzas.
If this is the case, we'd want to take her on anyway.
Well, the idea obviously came up. Then they remembered their QM threw Sabrina, Mami, and a Kirika with a different power at them. Because that was supposed to 'even things up' when they called in Ramiel, Kuvira, and Shadows.Probably distracted and pissed off by the fact they unambiguously lost a war and as a result they're picking up the pieces while effectively in an uneasy stalemate with two groups of Those Guys, Fuck Those Guys thanks to the threat of witch-girl and friends coming back for round 2. Damage control for their relationship with Rin, worry for Akiko the friendly senior NPC who's pretty much dead to the world as a result of the war, and figuring out how the group/NPC relations work now that there's a power vaccum.
Maybe they should move to somewhere nice and remote. Like Asunaro.
OK. This is crazy awesome. Your reaction
is even more delicious because I hadn't read that until just now.
All of these also apply to just taking the guns.
There's a balance. Bad things are done, but they're done in a mostly premeditated way.
We're taking the guns because Homura needs them to prepare for Walpurgisnacht. That's more important.All of these also apply to just taking the guns.
Except that not causing damage to accessible revenue streams while we can makes it more difficult for everyone else to deal with any notional shit we might stir up, and means we aren't putting the hole in their day-to-day operations we want to in the meantime.
If you're planning on ruining someone's day (and we are, and even if we weren't, Homura is), do it properly. Enemies, small injuries, et cetera.
(... Actually, there's an argument to be made for making it look like an inside job, hopefully provoking a [hilarious] organizational response more damaging than the loss itself, but that'd require more effort than just going for targets of opportunity. Also, lolethics, or whatever).
- A recoupable loss (but very expensive, in cash and time and manpower),
- Extremely provocative, albeit without an obvious culprit (unless we provide one), and
- Potentially, fairly disruptive.
Just... Think this: Every bit of damage we do to them will see retaliation. Disproportionally high retaliation, at that. More damage -> More blind retaliation.
