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

[uccellodifuoco]

I'm not sure about the stakes, or how it is like a battlefield. I've never had to compliment someone's clothing in the battlefield.

[No, really, how is this like a battlefield. Little brother is confused.]

[fierybluebird]

Tactics, my baby brother. Tactics.

[uccellodifuoco]

Pretty sure that if I used my usual tactics here the result would be different than in the battlefield.

[Though eventually it will boil down to that. As soon as Ace gives the signal. His eyes wander around apparently though he mostly does so to check if Ace is still not giving the signal.

At this rate Ikki will end punching someone just because Ace lifted his hand to wave or something.]

[fierybluebird]

Do you use the same strategy for all fields, no matter the terrain or circumstances?

[BUT HE CANNOT EVEN HIDE HOW AMUSED HE IS. Damn it Ikki you are like, the best bro. Where have you been all his life?]

[uccellodifuoco]

[He looks at Marco dead serious.]

Yes, with slight variations but still the same. It's a certified fool-proof strategy, guaranteed to work every time, why would I change it?

[It basically boils down to:
Is it someone/thing you can kill without remorse?
- Yes -> Is it someone/thing that can die?
{
-- Yes -> Burn/punch them until they die
-- No -> Burn/punch them until that changes and they die
}
- No -> Yell at them until they do what you want them to do]

[fierybluebird]

[JUST SHAKES HIS HEAD.]

[BRO.]

[BRO.]

[Bro, plz.]

[No wonder Ikki doesn't get along with Athena as well as he could.]

You're the type to hunt rabbits with a cannon, eh?

One day remind me to teach you how to use greater finesse. Saves you a lot of energy and work, eh.

[uccellodifuoco]

No, I'm the type that hunts rabbits by setting their dens and their surroundings on fire and smash whichever gets lucky enough to escape.

[A cannon isn't fun enough.]

If it's finesse what you want, though, I can do that too. Though some would say that it's better when I'm straight forward about it.

[Some crazy people think that locking others in their own minds, trapped in an eternal nightmare composed of their most terrible fears, some of which they may not have been aware of, until their nerves are destroyed due horror and shock followed by their minds cracking leaving only a breathing lump of meat is worse than just killing them. Figures.]