Masquerade Ball - Totally not an ambush

[hiken]

Who: Anyone going to the Corsair Island Masquerade Ball!
Where: ...IDK?
When: April 26th - 27th (Early AM)
What: The Masquerade Ball + Ambush (12am)
Warnings: D for dancing, V for violence, A for Ace, L for Luffy
Style: Action or prose.
Status: Open to anyone attending!

There are going to be two main threads. One for the ball itself and the other for the Ambush! There will be an obligatory third thread for FASHION. Just remember to tag your muse in the subject header and OTA or 'Closed to ???' as you comment.

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[fierybluebird]

"Hey," Marco lightly poked the corners of her cheeks, "Keep having fun, eh. Otherwise I'll blame myself for being such a bad dancer."

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie laughed at that, tilting her head as they continued to dance, "Don't worry! I am! And you're sure not a bad dancer. It's nice to have some fun before... later."

[fierybluebird]

"I may not be as good as Ace, but I've had much more practice," Marco stuck his tongue out. "Don't worry about later so much," he spun the girl around, "Actually I have a special request for you, eh? Think you can get out the kids and innocents early?" He leaned in to whisper into her ear under the guise of dancing closer, "The navy are planning something so I'd like to spring it on them, eh."

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie just laughed, shaking her head, "I still can't believe that Ace can dance! He's pretty good at the whole gentleman type thing." Oh no, Marco, don't spin her - the result is just an extremely happy and flushed-looking Selphie. She smiled brightly at his request, doing her best not to let her eyes flicker around them room in any kind of distraction, "Of course. When would you like?"

[fierybluebird]

"He says a friend taught him as a child," Marco shrugged. Really, it was a relief. Marco doubted he could stand having someone actually like Roger most of the time running around. Especially not as a captain. "How about around eleven or eleven thirty, eh?" There was no telling when the navy would try to spring their trap, but Marco didn't want to wait to find out either.

[booyaka_boom]

"Is that so?" Selphie grinned at that, wondering what kind of friends Ace had as a child. She nodded, though, at his question, still keeping up her smile, because it wouldn't make sense if she looked so serious while dancing with Marco. That, and she was actually just really enjoying herself anyway, "And, do you know who I should get out? How many?"

[fierybluebird]

"Somewhere between running around and eating tigers, bears, water buffalo, giant pythons, and whatever else lived in the mountains where he grew up, eh."

Marco just shrugged, "I trust your judgement." They're pirates after all. Marco rarely gave orders, and he rarely even bothered with instructions. Half of the time they would be ignored, and the other half of the time they would need to be flexible and change to new unpredictable circumstances. And with Ace as a captain, anything could happen.

[booyaka_boom]

"Huh. That's some random kind of upbringing, I guess." It puzzled her sometimes, but amused her all the same.

"Okay." Being a military girl, Selphie still found it strange and different not to be given plans, orders, and definite concrete plans. That had all gone out the window since being a Spade, but she still found it eird. "I'll have it all sorted, no problem!"

[fierybluebird]

"Well, his grandfather is a very famous admiral. That's no environment to raise a child of course, so he mostly grew up in the wild, and with an appetite to make giants afraid," Marco grinned quietly. As much as he might occasionally nudge Selphie and Ace together, he didn't really picture them in anything long-term. She was too much of a city girl, and for all of Ace's manners, he was practically a caveman sometimes.

[booyaka_boom]

"Wow, a famous admiral? That's pretty cool!" Selphie did, though, come from a life of military ranks. "But now.. isn't Ace..well, isn't that a bit different from the kinda thing he does now?" She was careful to keep it vague, just in case anyone overheard. Selphie laughed though as she continued to dance, "If it wasn't for Ace and food I wouldn't be a - wouldn't have known you guys." She grinned as she remembered meeting Ace on the day he arrived, and sharing from a huge pile of chicken he had.

[fierybluebird]

More grins, "Of course. Ace is a very stubborn guy, eh. He'll always do things his own way, no matter how ridiculous it is. Someday remind me to tell you the story of how he and I first met. And how he met Thatch."

A slight head tilt however, "What does food have to do with it?"

[booyaka_boom]

"It's not stubborn, it's just determination!" Selphie grinned and winked at him, because that was her response when people called her stubborn, which they often did.

"You said appetite, right? Or did you not mean food?"