The Masquerade!

[avibusraris]

Have you signed up to go to the ball? Not everyone is going, and they don't have to! But they are highly encouraged to. Whether they have a date or not depends on how they'll be getting there. If they do have a specific date then the car that picks them up will be a regular guard car, and they will be told to get into the back and be escorted that way. The guard's cannot be harmed in their car, there is a metal blockade in the car, so sorry! For those that don't have a date, they'll be expected to get into a limo, taking about six or seven inmates at once! You might find your friends in the limo on the way there, yay!

The guards will take the inmates to a secluded spot on an entirely different island than the main one the prison is on. It's a coliseum, one that's used for special events involving horses and other fun animals. The Warden special ordered a massive tent that covers the entire coliseum, and there are heat lamps scattered about within. It's cold outside, these are a must! Around the perimeter of the tent there are several guards with loaded guns. They're standing about, watching very carefully, and if anyone tries to attack another inmate or tries to escape they will be shot on sight, no questions asked.

Comments

[schizophreniac]

[ Scratch raised an eyebrow at the guy, giving him a casual wave. ]

I didn't know Elliot Ness was making an appearance.

[tanteiotaku]

[He grins widely, very glad someone picked up on it.] Well it's a Masquerade right? [Mmmm boozes.]

[schizophreniac]

Sure is, pal. You in it for the irony or just happen to be a big fan?

[tanteiotaku]

[Sweeps his fingers across the brim of the fedora.] I'm a detective, after all. It'd be bad form if I didn't acknowledge the original hard-boiled detectives.

[schizophreniac]

Another detective, huh?

[ That narrowed down who he could be pretty dang considerably. ]

Man, there sure are a lot of you guys in here. You must not be very good at your job.

[tanteiotaku]

[Oh yeah. Masquerade.] I'm plenty good at my job! It's just that. Sometimes some breaking and entering is needed to save someone, right?

[schizophreniac]

[ You blew it, Shotaro. ]

You wound up here because you saved someone? Really?

[tanteiotaku]

[Ooops...

His jaw works for a moment. Welp. That's out of the bag.] So what if I did?

[schizophreniac]

Proves my point. If you can't do something that simple without getting your ass hauled off to jail, how good could you be?

[tanteiotaku]

Oi! I still got him out of there! [And he's almost got something else to say but suddenly he looks mad at himself.]

[schizophreniac]

And yet you don't look too pleased about it.

[ Even masks have holes, and Shotaro's eyes showed that there was more to the story than he was letting on to. ]

[tanteiotaku]

Well, I'm not happy about getting in prison over it. [That is so far from the whole story.]

[schizophreniac]

Kinda begs the question of if you actually saved the guy or not, huh?

[tanteiotaku]

[He frowns. These were not the kind of things he wanted to think about tonight.] It's better than before. That's the best I can say. [By leaps and bounds]

[schizophreniac]

[ Then don't be so half-boiled, Shotaro. ]

He tell you that himself or did you make that conclusion on your own?

[tanteiotaku]

[RUDE]

It was worth it. A man has to stand by his decisions.

[schizophreniac]

As good of a point as that might be... it doesn't answer my question.

[tanteiotaku]

That's his story to tell, not mine. Detective and client privilege, you understand?

[schizophreniac]

Don't be mad if I do ask him, then.

[tanteiotaku]

I'm afraid I'd rather you left him alone.

[schizophreniac]

Are you his babysitter? Calm the hell down. I'm not gonna shank the kid.

[tanteiotaku]

[He can smell the Asshole wafting off you from here.]

He's moving on. He's got enough to deal with without people sticking their nose where it doesn't belong.

[schizophreniac]

[ Excuse u. ]

Fine, fine.

[ He threw his hands up in defeat. ]

Have it your way for now. We all live in the same place though. I can't avoid him forever.

[tanteiotaku]

[Scratch this is supposed to be a party and you've got him having to flex what muscles he has. Rude.]

That's your choice to make. We've made ours.

[MIC DROP And he's off to find someone prettier to talk to.]