Starring at the invitation to Draven's Masquerade Ball, knowing it will be a fun filled night, I must hurry and get ready. This journey to Godmother for Draven has been tough but if anyone can do it she can. Thinking of Mako at this time brings tears to my eyes, but he would be proud as he would want us all to be. The Loop needs this Masquerade Ball, will be good to see everyone.

Gathering everything I rush to the car with my body guard’s right beside me.  Get into the car and relax for a few. There is a car behind me with Draven’s surprise inside. Munchies on some of the special cookies and has a drink on the way.

Tish arrives late in an elegant green dress and a sparkly black mask with a case of Dom for Draven and a tray of her special cookies too. So excited to see so many show up, and a sexy surprise for Draven also.  

Draven, I know you will make us all proud as your journey to Godmother continues and this party grows larger as you go. I so hope you enjoy your surprise.

Tish looks around and grabs a plate of food for Draven knowing she probably hadn’t eaten tonight. This will help so you can continue to celebrate.

Looking around I wonder where Zack_Morris, BigBalck , Ajani hoping they will be here soon.

Elsa looks at her invitation to Draven's Masquerade Ball.

"This night will be full of fun.  People drinking and dancing all night long.  I better hurry so I make it on time."

She goes and gets prepared and ready for the Ball and grabbed her red dress and wears a black masks and drives to the ball. 

"Draven, I've known you for awhile and I am glad to be part of your journey to Godmother."

Elsa smiles and looks around and wonders if she sees any familiar faces.  

TISH! Draven nearly falls over as she runs to her and gives her a hug. People have been looking for you. Whats... OMG FOOD! Draven snatches up the plate and inhales a large portion quickly. Tish she speaks with a few crumbs falling out of her mouth. This is sooo. goooooddd. 

Tish shakes her head and laughs. You better stop eating like this once you get GodFather.. It's erm.. She pauses and then leans forwards. Embarassing. She hands Draven a napkin and then giggles. 

Lady like Draven... Lady like..

Elsa hey you. Grab a plate. Draven hands Elsa a plate as looks oddly at Draven and then slightly rubs the corner of her lips. Cumbs. She shrugs a bit and then looks at Tish. 

Try to keep her somewhat clean Tish? Draven scowls a bit and then snatches a beer to wash the food down with. 

Thank you guys!

Meyer is now wobbling a bit after having 3 whores and 5 times as many shots... he stands and raises his glass before slurring something written on a napkin in front of him


I ask all of you to raise your glasses,
To a woman able to lead the masses
Even though I can't stand this shit
And I hate every small bit of it
I still wish not to throw a fit
But instead find bunnies, for all our asses
 

Draven blushes a bit at MeyerLanky's speech and laughs at his bunnies. What most don't know is he was blabbering about bunnies and toilet paper just the other night. Was quiet interesting to say the least.  She too raised her glass and walked over to be a prop for Meyer. 

Not only to that but to all of those that have come here to celebrate, even those that happened to have stumbled in incoherently drunk already. Thank you 

She downed the entire glass and smiled at Meyer. Damn bunnies I swear if only they knew the conversation. She shook her head at the simple thought.

BadWolf lets out a long drawn out groan pulling himself together he finds himself laying sprawled out on a table in the corner, sitting up he picks some chip crumbs out of his beard and reaches for a beer bottle from a nearby table he pries it open with his teeth and chugs it. He must have been out for a few hours... so many new faces have shown up! Time to party again. He gets up and trots about the places looking for familiar faces.... he stumbles into  Leilani and TIIYAH talking to each other he had to take a double look at TIIYAH she didn't look like her self but still looked good...ladie like.

Ladies looking good tonight! I hope you are enjoying yourselves!!! 

Talking to the two ladies he heard a very disturbing noise, turning around he finds Draven devouring a tray of food prepared by Tish. The sight looked like a boar rooting up the ground. He reached ever so carefully to snatch a little off the plate that Draven didn't demolish.

Great cookies Tish! I'm glad you could make it, and such a stunning dress! 

off in the distance he can hear some fool murmuring about but shrugged it off. Turning his a attention back MyersLansky appeared seeming ever so grouchy. Reaching in his vest he found the Whiskey bottle tucked away and poured the group a shot.

BigBlack had something to do tonight but it was one of those instances where he couldn't remember what it was for the life of him.  He had been very busy and his memory wasn't as sharp as it used to be.  He used to be able to handle many things at once but old age was settling in and he just couldn't remember what this particular thing was.  He reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a note.

"AHA!"

He said loudly to himself as he read what the note read.

Masquerade Ball Tonight Don't Be LATE!! -Draven 

It was what he was forgetting all day long and of course he was late.  He quickly got dressed and headed out of his apartment and stepped into his car where his driver was to take him to the party.

"You know where it is right buddy?"

The driver nodded and BigBlack nodded back.  When the car arrived he quickly opened the door, stepped out, and straightened out his costume closing the door behind him.  He walked to the front door and opened it swift and hard to make sure everyone knew of his presence.

"Have no fear BigBlack is finally here!"

MeyerLansky looks over for a short moment.

BibGlack... you hab one-ah jawb ta doo. Downnnnt be lay TAH. Ges wat eberybodee. EE's late. Pfft. AWnd you mithed my poe-em. Gawd. Now-ah gotta white anobber one-ah.

Gawd.

Meyer's face falls into a plate of chips and dip laid before him.

After having quite a few shots, TIIYAH started to feel quite at ease esp with the drink that she gulped down from Draven, oh which to say if there was a competition for best dressed, Draven would've have beaten hand down. This was definitely the type of party that TIIYAH liked, but she was hoping that her alter ego had decided to stayed at home tonight, the last thing she needed was to make a joke out of herself.

She then saw that her CL Tish had arrived, and went to greet her with a hug "Wow i love that dress and that black mask is sexy, i think some males very may just fight over you, well i  think tonight will be very interesting to say the least and with that im going to have a boogie :D" She then made her way to the dance floor.

Sloping in unfashionably late as usual, he looked round.  He had got the tuxedo special fitted for the day, just to feel in place.  It was nice to just to relax for a change as is large frame entered looking down at others as all six foot five of him, tried to move around the crowd,   Working round the edges, he passed people to edge towards the bar.  As his deep baritone style voice requested a cognac, he adjusted his wavey black hair as his olive eyes peered from behind the mask.  

He had hated waiting for the mask, another delay by those delinquents from the g-men checking his packages.  The black leather mask sat with silk behind, as the gold buckles held a ruffled elastic binder round his head.  The embossed music notes in the top left and right had taken hours to do but it was worth it.  Slowly he watched in the mirror as he sipped the cognac as the gold round the eyes and nose reflected almost feeling like narcissus himself.  He turned his head as the black, gold and diamond mask glinted as the vine patterns of gold lead to flowers of diamond and sapphire.  Looking over at the waitress again, he asked for another as went to circle the floor.

His family had worked with Draven's long ago in New Orleans and he was happy to see her family rise once again, as he peered round the room for her.  Slowly sipping the cognac he caught a glimpse of her from afar surrounded and busy.  Leaning against the wall he looked over with a smile.

Draven watched all the people that were around and smiled. She was so happy to see people enjoying themselves as well as celebrating her journey. It was all slightly new to her. She had heard stories from other people about things like this but never had she had all of this herself. 

She thought back to a time she sat in Mako's office and she had told him never would she leave his side. She enjoyed working for him. With all the celebrations going on she knew that this was all to contribute to him. This district all the friends she had made. She found herself give a light smile and whispered. Thank you . 

Snatching up a drink she walked over to BigBlack whom had scared the crap out of everyone and rolled her eyes. Yes you are here! Thank you by the way. She pointed to her cloak. It's quiet lovely. 

Looking at poor Meyer passed out in the chips she sighed and waved over one of her body gaurds that lurked in the corner. He had known already what to do and carried him away to a couch to sleep. 

TIIYAH, She gave her a light hug. Enjoying yourself? She listened as TIIYAH seemed to be thrilled to be there. She was quiet the new comer in the district and Draven and Tish were both glad she had attended to enjoy herself. Seeing someone looking at her she gave a light wink to Hathcok and raised her glass to welcome him in. 

Suddenly she noticed BadWolf and then laughed as he made BigBlack come dance. Quiet the spectical this all was and she was so thrilled.

"So then Lance here starts tellin' me about how she grabbed him by his junk and started draggin' him across the hotel room to the bed. I'm sittin' there with Annie roarin' at this guy as she rips his drawers off and starts foolin' around with'em." Darwin said, and then he took a sharp elbow to the ribs from Lance.

"Do you gotta tell this story at every party you go to, Darwin?" Lance said to his best friend and employer. He face was already flushed red as he stood there in front of the two women and Darwin. They were at Don Draven's masquerade ball, hidden in a room alone.

Darwin poured a small pile of cocaine onto the top of his hand and held it out to the young blonde girl he was with, Annie. She gave him a flirty look and kissed him on the mouth before sniffing the powder off of his hand. Her eyes instantly widened and her face lit up.

"So anyway, this guy is hard as a rock now and you can see that he's pumped up and ready to go. He loosens up her pants and slips his hands in, and that's when he gets his birthday surprise!" Darwin said and then burst out into laughter. He poured a small bit of cocaine onto his hand once again and sniffed it off himself this time. He then tossed the vial over to Lance.

"Ya, Darwin over here thought it would be funny to pay for a tranny escort to party with me for my birthday." he said, but his voice fell on deaf ears. The two girls were too busy laughing hysterically with Darwin to listen to Lance.

"Alright, let's get back to the party. I don't wanna make a bad impression on anyone here." Darwin said as he wiped any leftover powder from his nose. He pulled his mask down and put his arm around Annie, then walked back out to the party.

Bumping into her Godmother to be, she gives her a big hug back,"I am very much enjoying myself , thank you very much for inviting me, if you would please excuse me, i need a refill" she then made her way to the bar, ordering a jager bomb.  Sculling it back she thought sweet by energising. She felt the need to head back to the dance floor with Beyonce's Drunk In Love in her head, although to her it sounded more like Love being drunk, of which everyone else to love the same thing. She thanked the stars above for not being the only one who loved to get on it every once in a while.

MeyerLansky awakens from a premature nap his face covered in nacho cheese and chip crumbs. 

I was promizzed mo hookars, m'lady Draven. Where are da hookahs!

Meyer raises a glass and chokes ad he downs it, coughing spirits up all over himself.

The_Dutchman, clearly amusing himself at the ball, dances along with other guests having a good time. He does wonder about some rather odd speeches and dances being pulled off though, but hey, it's party time right? As The_Dutchman gets some more beers, he really starts feeling the flow, and the old crazy lawyer of the family he is, he starts dancing really silly like old lawyers typically do.

"I'm feeling so alive! Thanks for the invitation to this wonderful party, Miss Draven! I'm glad i showed." ;-)

The_Dutchman continues with his old school dance moves, receiving some looks from surprised guests.

"Yes people, this is how it's done, do the 'Old Lawyer' yeah!!"

He grooves across the dance floor, dropping some of his beer, and almost tripping a few times, but he's OK
 

Elsa giggles and grabs her plates and grabs some food and sits down to eat.

Splendid Ball this is. 

Elsa sees LF and walks over to her.

"Hello, Nice to see you here."

After throwing the dress box directly at -Draven-’s face and then said rather loudly.

HERE! IT’S YOUR STYLE!!!!!!

Tina and Bunny then exited the room in a dramatic way. Yes, the district had been through a lot with the disappearance of Mako and it was especially hard on her crew leader, but Tina couldn’t sit around and watch her drown in her own tears. This wasn’t a break up song! This was real life. Tina had been aggressive in the room, but everything else had failed, so it was time to be aggressive. Though, Tina hoped Draven did like the dress. It was Tina’s second choice, the first choice was a bit…eccentric and Bunny had firmly shook her head no to it. 

Upon exciting her Draven’s room, Tina found her way to the headquarter’s kitchen. It was a busy place tonight, preparing for all of the guests of the ball and the food they would eat. Tina plucked a champagne bottle from the ice bucket it was nested in and snuck out before anyone had seen her. Snuck out behind the headquarters and popped the bottle open with her pocket knife. She took a generous swig from it and could already feel the bubbles popping up inside her brain. Tina giggled. She hadn’t eaten anything today and knew she’d reach the esteemed rank of crunk by the end of the night. Tina peaked around the ol’ corner and noticed many cars already started to roll up in their joint.

Tina decided she’d be extremely fashionably late and took another hit from the bubbly. Plus her date hadn’t arrived yet and she was still in her street clothes. While picking out a dress for Princess Draven, Tina had picked on out for herself. She was to be a fox. With a nice fox mask. Ted would love it. IF HE EVER SHOWED UP. He would love it. TinyTina waited behind the headquarters sipping her drank and would go to get ready once she saw Ted’s car arrive. 

Zack arrived at the ball fashionably late. He had obviously taken his time preparing for the event as he was immaculate. His hair was styled so pristinely, that you daren't go within a foot of him. 

As he swanned inside, he made eyes at his CL, Tish, and gave her an acknowledging wink. After grabbing a large bourbon from one of the servants, he began to mingle with the crowd. Oh how he mingled. Chatting away like he was a little school girl. Boy had he made it. 

He noticed TinyTina from across the way and approached her. He tapped her on the shoulder and offered out his hand to her...

"Care to dance, madame?"