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Ace D. Portgas ([personal profile] hiken) wrote in [community profile] high_seas2014-04-27 04:56 am

Masquerade Ball - Totally not an ambush

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.
yatteyanyo: (you ain't got no game)

[personal profile] yatteyanyo 2014-04-30 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
... Of course it is. Because now instead of an enemy spy, you just look like a man who is hopeless with pretty women. -She gave a more genuine chuckle.- So long as you're talking to me or someone like me, your tension will look genuine rather than worry of your cover being lifted.
breakfastmetaphors: (my girl's out of the frame over there)

[personal profile] breakfastmetaphors 2014-05-04 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
There are solutions if my cover is lifted.

[He brought his knife, after all.]

Are you familiar with this kind of operation?
yatteyanyo: (at the ready)

[personal profile] yatteyanyo 2014-05-04 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Spying? No. But I am familiar with high society and court events. I am the daughter of a noble house, after all.
breakfastmetaphors: (pic#7258459)

[personal profile] breakfastmetaphors 2014-05-06 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
I see. I'll follow your lead.

[He's used to deferring to A-Drei on matters of this sort, so he has no issue letting Tojiko take the lead if she knows what she's doing.]

I wasn't the member of my squad who was assigned this duty, so I'm not familiar with it.
yatteyanyo: (who am I to cast a shadow...)

[personal profile] yatteyanyo 2014-05-06 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
There's no shame in admitting you are not as strong in some areas as others. Now. Chin up.
breakfastmetaphors: (pic#7258504)

[personal profile] breakfastmetaphors 2014-05-09 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
[Considering L-Elf's posture hasn't relaxed in the slightest, it takes a moment for it to register that the "chin up" probably isn't meant literally.]

I'm not ashamed, just frustrated. I don't like having to rely on the others to gather intelligence and I'm not in a position to have any success at it myself.
yatteyanyo: (got your back)

[personal profile] yatteyanyo 2014-05-09 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
You seem to have a problem with that in general, putting your faith in others.
breakfastmetaphors: (pic#7258474)

[personal profile] breakfastmetaphors 2014-05-10 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
I know who I can put my faith in and I know where to set my expectations of those I can't.

[It was all very cut and dried for him, loyalty and ability reduced to equations and calculated out to determine how useful someone would be to him. There were people whose value was more than numerical to him, but none of them were here in this world.]
yatteyanyo: (the grace of her retainer and wife)

[personal profile] yatteyanyo 2014-05-11 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
You sound confident, but it's the sort of confidence one puts in hard data. That's not what faith truly is.
breakfastmetaphors: (screw you phone)

[personal profile] breakfastmetaphors 2014-05-12 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't see a difference.

[He really doesn't, unless by "faith," she means baseless superstition, which is certainly possible.]

If you're saying I should trust people to return results when the numbers don't reflect it, I don't see a point in it. It will only jeopardize the operation.
yatteyanyo: (Default)

[personal profile] yatteyanyo 2014-05-12 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)

That's not what I mean either... -It was hard to discuss figurative matters with people grounded so firmly in the literal. She sighed, shaking her head.- A discussion for another time. At the moment, my goal is to make certain you are comfortable. At least until young Link returns from whatever it is he's doing... -Which she was starting to get a little suspicious about, but she wasn't going to confront the child about it anytime soon.-

breakfastmetaphors: (pic#7258455)

[personal profile] breakfastmetaphors 2014-05-12 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
What is he doing?

[He generally doesn't pay the little boy much mind. Not that he's unfriendly (no more than he is to anyone else), but he's not very good at relating with children at all.]
yatteyanyo: (good eye sniper)

[personal profile] yatteyanyo 2014-05-12 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
He's acting so nervous. Not like suspicious nervous, but out of his element nervous. Poor thing.
breakfastmetaphors: (:()

[personal profile] breakfastmetaphors 2014-05-15 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
That's not like him. He probably has some plan he's worried about.

[Children usually don't plan ahead, so if there's something he wants to succeed, it could explain why he's anxious. L-Elf probably should have been paying closer attention to him, so he makes a note to do so in the future.]
yatteyanyo: (and I sit and wonder)

[personal profile] yatteyanyo 2014-05-15 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
Well he DID want me to keep our 'date' a secret... Do you think he has some surprise planned for me?
breakfastmetaphors: (over there?)

[personal profile] breakfastmetaphors 2014-05-15 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Probably. You could find out what if you press him on it.

[He doesn't seem like the type who can keep a secret for long.]