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

[thetruehistorian]

I suppose I ought to feel as though I'm in my element, but... Sometimes it's nice to find a shady spot and just observe for a few minutes.

[If they had legitimately come to have fun, she'd be wallflowering it up all night, rather than bouncing around in the thick of it. Nevertheless, she offers him a genuine, if strained, smile.]

You've heard they're waiting until midnight, I take it?

[thatched]

[he's only momentarily surprised that she knows about that. But of course she would, even knowing what little he does of her. Ironically he'd be doing just the opposite if they were just here to have fun, but they're not and he isn't so here he is.]

Aye. We'll see what comes next. [he folds his arms and settles his shoulder against the wall] And what's the Straw Hat agenda here? Or are you just here for the fireworks?

[frankly it'd be hard to believe that boy had an agenda, but there was always something shifting behind the scenes]

[thetruehistorian]

I've come at the request of your brother, so my agenda is your own, so far as I've been informed. Luffy and the others just thought it'd be fun.

[thatched]

[Her agenda was theirs? He somehow doubted it. Not that she wasn't telling the truth, but if she knew the full extent of what was going on, he was sure Marco would have told him about it. Marco better have told him about it. Well no use being annoyed over it now.

Might as well make the most of the evening]

Aye, well it's not much fun. I thought the Marines were a boring lot. [these guys made them seem lively. It helped that he knew, more or less, who he was looking at back home and who was connected to who. Here it was all so much of a crap shoot]

Though I take it poking Marines aren't your captain's style. [the boy didn't look as if he'd poke an ant nest, frankly]