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.

Comments

[yatteyanyo]

-... She hadn't expected to run into Futo at all, and from Futo's reaction, that temporary hope of reconciliation she didn't even know she'd been holding on to faded as well, her eyes casting downward and an obvious sadness coming over her... Well, she always did wear her heart on her sleeve.-

[sun_goddess_sacrifice]

Do not look so down, I apologize for not having seen you soon enough to avoid causing you discomfort.

[yatteyanyo]

... You never apologize for the right things.

[sun_goddess_sacrifice]

What would you have of me instead?

[yatteyanyo]

... I don't know anymore. I just can't trust anything you say any longer to be sincere. -The wounds left behind of Futo revealing she had used her and thought of her as a tool for so long were still there, still fresh. She wanted them to go away. Not to heal, just... to go away. To delude herself into what she thought was the reality of their relationship before, even back to when she was still just a child...

... But she couldn't do that.-

[sun_goddess_sacrifice]

There is no black and white here. And that is honestly the world we came from, your own father was far worse for such things, as well as your brother.

[yatteyanyo]

I know... Even back then, in my heart, I knew... but I wanted to believe you were different. That I could trust you...

[sun_goddess_sacrifice]

I have not lied to you. And the orchestrater of the situation was not I. At least understand there are two parties involved, and one who always gets their way first.

[yatteyanyo]

Don't try and shift the situation! Just stop it! For once actually be forward about things!

[sun_goddess_sacrifice]

I am not trying to shift it, but you must understand there are two of us at fault, and two of us to blame. I will only take responsibility for my own actions.

However, my own actions does not mean all I did was act falsely. It only became complicated later

[yatteyanyo]

Besides our Prince, you were the one I was closes to, the one I loved most besides her, and in the end... How is that not a betrayal of my trust? Of what we had as companions? Only to be told later you only thought of me as a tool?

[sun_goddess_sacrifice]

I Never said I only thought of you as a tool!

[yatteyanyo]

Then what?

What am I to you?

[sun_goddess_sacrifice]

You are a dear friend, but you keep refusing to accept that.

[yatteyanyo]

What sort of person... does this to someone they consider a dear friend?

[sun_goddess_sacrifice]

The same sort of person that orchestrated and allowed their brother and family to die in cold blood. Also....

[This was harder to say, though she knew it to be true.]

A coward.

[Because in the end that was the most of it. The fear of losing her place, the fear of everything she had worked towards with Miko being jepordized when Tojiko was added to a picture Futo had never expected.]

[yatteyanyo]

-Tojiko... hadn't expected that level of honesty. She'd wanted it, but still... just that one word spoke volumes. And explained so much... Maybe... maybe she had been a bit cruel to Futo, with all those expectations she had placed on her shoulder. She had suspected, but never quite known how much Futo had really done in the downfall of her own clan. All Tojiko knew of Futo in that era... was the kind, gentle woman that had helped raise her into who she was standing there that day. It was... easier to pretend that was all there was. And because of that...-

... And I am a coward, too.

[sun_goddess_sacrifice]

You are simply innocent and naive.

[yatteyanyo]

That as well... but I also knew things were different and refused to face the frightening truth of it all... that is cowardice as well.

[sun_goddess_sacrifice]

It is not as if we showed you that world. Your experiences are only what transpired later.

[yatteyanyo]

... I didn't need to be protected from the truth, you know.

[sun_goddess_sacrifice]

And yet that is what adults do for children, and what people do for those they care about.

Would you not do the same?

[yatteyanyo]

-Tojiko just sort of sank at that, clutching at her arm. For some reason... she really did feel like a child just then. That Futo once more towered over her, scolding her for playing too rough and scraping her knees. She didn't have any real way to respond... after all, she never got to raise her own son. But even beyond that... would she have? If it was to keep Futo and Miko happy...-

[sun_goddess_sacrifice]

Do you see?

[Things weren't and never were simple and black and white. Futo and Miko came from an ugly world and had been prepared to do ugly things for their goals.]

[yatteyanyo]

... But why me? -That part... she probably still couldn't get over.-