Quote Originally Posted by Cilia View Post
It'd also take conscious effort to trigger the Swiftcast and then cast Sleep, and outside of gameplay (e.g. for story purposes) you probably couldn't do both quick enough to avoid getting arrested. The Brass Blades / Crystal Braves had no trouble roughing you up, as evidenced by Ilberd pretty much throwing you on the floor.

... and for the millionth time, we did not have a weapon and the game cannot assume you're a Black Mage or any other class.
1.) There was no cutscene to imply that we surrendered our weapons.
2.) There was no reason for anybody to try and ask us to surrender our weapons. As the cutscene makes clear, the Sultana trusts us thoroughly. Merlwyb was allowed to have her weapons in the Sultana's chamber as well, so there is no general "No weapons in Sultana's chamber" rule.
3.) Nobody in their right mind would surrender their weapon in a place like Ul'dah when it's under the Brass Blades' watch, when everyone knows the Brass Blades are far from reliable.
4.) You suggest they make us surrender our weapons, but still allow a PLD or WAR in with full armor? Do you think they're dumb enough to think that it'd take more than plate gloves to kill an unarmed Lalafell girl when nobody is around?