Paper Faces on Parade

[happysweets]

[ Okay, so, assuming everyone got a crossword and an invite on Tuesday, one would assume that pretty much everyone knows that Misa's planning something. A sign on the door of the music room will indicate as much, a nice big "KEEP OUT PLEASE ♥" to make sure everything's set up just right before the festivities start. The tables are set up just right for snacks and all, the stage is set, the room is even decorated with hand-made streamers and lots of bright ribbons from the art room! When Misa goes hard, she goes hard, apparently. The floor isn't exactly a dance floor, but it should be nice enough that people can dance if they want to, and though she had a really hard time pushing everything around to make the perfect amount of space, it looks like it's about as good as it's going to get.

The guests'll be happy to know there aren't any penalty snacks this time around; nothing set out on the table looks gross or horribly out of place like at Truth or Dare. Everything looks pretty cute, actually; between the desserts and the actual cocktails set out, she and Aqua kind of outdid themselves in terms of meal planning. As for the host herself, she'll obviously be running around too, making sure everything's going okay; one would think that between prepping the food and the party itself, she wouldn't have much time to get herself all dolled up, but a model always has to look her best! And Misa certainly isn't giving anything less than 110 percent, between her short black dress and her ma-- jesus Misa save some glitter for everyone else

In any case, the party is definitely intended to be a late-night affair! And all are welcome, so feel free to come in and dance the night away! Misa even has a bunch of masks in different colors made for people who didn't have time to make one themselves, so don't be shy to grab one and have fun! ]

Comments

[notjustawriter]

Makes me wonder what kind of person he is. What he was like before he started kidnappin' people from different worlds.

He makes it seem like he's been at it for a while.

[amygdalae]

Whoever he was before... [Bruce trails off, hesitant for a moment. He of all people knows best to not judge people for what they've done but all of this? He can't just let this slide especially when its clear that the Kingmaker has no remorse about any of this.]

No matter what, he still has to answer for what he's done here.

[For all the hurt he's caused, the lives he's taken away so cruelly. There needs to be an answer for that.]

[notjustawriter]

Absolutely.

The last thing we want to do is forgive him for what he's done to us.

[amygdalae]

We can't forgive him.

[Not after all of this. Not after everything.]

He's caused far too much harm at this point for us to just let it pass.

[notjustawriter]

[A nod.]

It doesn't matter what his past is. Just that he's decided to go down this path at all.

We have to stop him.

[amygdalae]

We can't let anybody else go through this.

[No matter what it takes, Bruce just doesn't want anybody else to go through this entire thing again. Not this.]

We'll do it. Whatever it takes.

[notjustawriter]

I don't want anyone else to go through this. If we fail, it'll probably mean the Kingmaker grabs some other people and claims their worlds are dead.

[amygdalae]

It has to stop here.

[It doesn't matter if they're the first or the twentieth. It has to stop with them, one way or another.]

Nobody deserves to live through something like this.

[notjustawriter]

I've never done this before-- huntin' someone down. This sort of thing...

Well, it's new to me.

[amygdalae]

[...since Gabriel knows briefly about Bruce being on the run...]

...I'm usually on the other end of a manhunt. So I can't say its entirely foreign--but not in this manner, perhaps.

[notjustawriter]

You don't have to worry about that here, you know.

[amygdalae]

I know that.

[...but he has been on the run for a very long time, so old habits are hard to shake off.]

But I suppose having the experience on the other end can help in some aspects, when we get to it.

[notjustawriter]

[Gabriel nods.]

I can understand that, I suppose.

[amygdalae]

One of the upsides, I suppose you can say.

[There's a wry smile here, this time.]

Wherever he tries to hide, we will find out one way or another.