City of Los Angeles Christmas Ball

Blossom Ballroom

Sunday, December 23^rd

Hosted by: Godmother-Chairman Sabrina and Godfather Maurice

Enjoy dancing as two great bands battle for "King of the Swing"

William Henry "Chick" Webb, an American jazz and swing music drummer as well as a bandleader and his band.

will battle

William James "Count" Basie, an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer and his band.

With a special performance by our very own

John Coltrane, one of the most influential jazz musician, one of the greatest saxophonists of all time, and the pioneer of jazz without limits.

Enjoy the continuous Buffet

Buffet Menu

Classic Stuffed Mushrooms, Spicy Italian Meatballs, Olive-Cherry Bruschetta, Boiled Beef with Spanish Sauce,

Avocado Pesto-Stuffed Tomatoes, Smoked Trout Bites, Olive Pepperoni Kabobs, Shrimp Scampi-Style, Mini Party Quiches

Bacon and Cheese Deviled Eggs, Chinese Cola Wings, Crab and Horseradish Havarti Dip, Blue Cheese and Pine Nut Puffs

Butternut-Sage Crostini, Two Tomato Bruschetta, Swiss Olive Galette, Creamy Stuffed Peppers, Olive Medley. Hamburger Sliders with Cranberry Chutney, Cranberry-Sauced Meatballs

Deserts galore including -  Mochaccino Cupcakes

Three flowing Champagne Fountains

Four bar locations for mixed drinks

Enjoy and Merry Christmas Everyone!

The day has finally come. It is Sunday, and this is also the day of the grand Christmas ball of her city. She knows that everyone was working hard since quite some time to ensure, that the visitors will have a pleasurable stay and a night that they won´t forget.  She visited the room before, to take a look at its size and quality. To look at the decoration, that is also fitting the jolly Christmas spirit, while yet staying very luxurious and elegant.

The woman left the room in her unique outfit that she made sure to wear for this event. She already promised people before to have something special prepared and gave in to the requests of the people and some creeps for that has to wait for until she arrives. It takes her about 25 minutes, and she is getting a lot of looks and some whistles, to which she rolls her eyes or completely ignores it.

As she finally arrives at the location, she enters the building. She greets the reception as she made sure to get familiar to them, after all, Sabrina funnelled the money into constructing this building and also approved of the design and blueprint, that she was presented with. She looks around and then slowly opens the ball. She is immediately greeted by the bartender and can already hear some jazz music for now.

She looks all around and slightly blushes. She feels quite uncomfortable as she would usually absolute not wear an outfit like that. She is wearing her long, black hair open and coloured her lips red with lipstick. She is wearing grey knee-high socks with black stripes as well as a revealing and sexy Santa outfit.  She walks around blushing: Why did she ever accept this deal? She does not know but anyway there she is now walking around the room. Walking towards the northern bar to ask for a mixed drink. 

She does not mind at all what kind of drinks they mix, as long as it is very strong. Maybe she can then deal better with this partial embarrassment.  What she gets is a weird red drink in a cocktail glass, that she never saw before. She takes a sip, and it tastes quite good. A bit like strawberry but sweeter. She can also feel the alcohol entering her blood flow and already feeling it in her head. Getting slightly dizzy for a short moment

It was the night of the grand ball. KenoN really put effort in looking good, he earlier went to the best shop in Los Angeles to get the best tuxedo money can buy, donned some of the best jeans and a really fancy formal shoe. The tuxedo was black, as KenoN always liked to wear, with a white shirt below it. It was going to be a long night and he planned on getting pretty drunk and perhaps dancing late in the evening so he used the best perfume he could find, to not all smelly after the long night.

KenoN walked in the establishment and looked for the bar, as he always do when he visits places like that, he finds it and walks towards there, giving smiles and good evenings to whoever passes by him. He arrives at the bar and sees Sabrina wearing a pretty unusual outfit, he stays there, staring at her, thinking to himself why she would wear such a thing.

"Hey hun, good to see you." He says to Sabrina while ordering a whiskey, the bartender goes to get it for him. "What is with the outfit? If you don't mind me asking, of course" He says, smiling to her. The bartender delivers him his drink, he takes a brief seat at the bar, taking some sips from the whiskey.

The woman continues to drink some more of this weird drink called Venus. Certainly fits the colour and the strawberry tastes further makes this weird word choice valid even if she finds it strange. She now downs her glass in one go as not much is left in it. She has to shake her head as this was quite strong and she feels the alcohol going down her throat now. It is slightly burning, and she wonders what was inside it. Of course, they would rarely give their secrets away as they make a living out of it and she did not bother to ask either, but she certainly had a moment where she wanted to ask that.

Her left hand is on the counter of the bar, as she sits on one of the stools and slightly leans forward. She does not notice anything around her, but after some time a man is talking to her. She does not even bother to pay any attention to him before she can hear his voice and it sounds very familiar. That is the moment that she decides to turn her attention towards him and sees her captain KenoN.

She looks at him and just gently bites her lips, looking at him in a rather seductive manner for one second while putting one finger on her mouth ''Do I not look good to you?'' obviously just playing him as she laughs about it. She certainly is a bit drunk and hears his question. Wondering about it and then slightly drunk answers his question  ''Outfit? You mean this? Yeh, you must mean this one. I was asked to come with a special outfit and promised to wear it. I feel slightly uncomfortable as I rarely wear something like that, but I guess it is for fun huh? Getting drunk helps to deal with it'' she adds before she shrugs her shoulders

Cataleya has been standing in the mirror for the last 10 minutes admire the dress that Big Mama worked hard on nonstop for the last few days, to have it ready for the Christmas Ball. She twirls around liking how the gold material clung nicely on her curvaceous frame.  The dress was chic yet simple. Looking at the clock she knew she needed to leave soon. She wanted to walk around and mingle with the other party goers.  Cataleya do final touch up on her makeup, keeping it as natural as possible, her long brown hair is pin up in a stylish victory roll to compliment her outfit.  Catty takes a sip of the martini that she has sitting on her vanity table to take the edge off of her nervousness.

Glancing at herself one last time, she cut the light off and goes into the suite’ sitting room to show Big Mama the final result but Big Mama was already asleep on the sofa.  Catty walks over and gently kisses Big Mama on the forehead, covering her up with a blanket.

Catty sucked in a breath. "Me Maw, I don’t know what I do without you. You such a God send. "

Catty grabs her matching purse and jacket encase it gets a wee chilly. She was not use to wearing something so fancy and a bit revealing.  She was hoping she blend in well. She hesitates for a moment but hurries up and leaves the suite before she got cold feet.

**About 30 minutes later**

Catty is sitting at one of the hotel various bars, getting her drink on, enjoying the music playing in the background.  She waves the bartender over for another refill before she venture over to the buffet to grab a plate.

"Ermmm.. Whaaaaaaat?" Says KenoN when Sabrina jokes about trying to seduce him. She can easily notice that he is blushing a little because of his pale skin, when she starts laughing, KenoN does too. "Don't do that, lady" Says him, calming down a bit. "You might succeed, looking beautiful like this." He takes a sip from his whiskey then takes a look around, the place is getting more and more crowded by the minute, he sees Cataleya having some drinks on the other side of the bar, she is looking nice as well, but who isn't in that place? KenoN looks around once more, analyzing people. Everyone he hits the eye is looking good, seems like everyone wanted to look nice for the evening.

"Of course you are looking good!" KenoN says, nodding in respective way. He wouldn't dare flirt with the Godmother, not even when drunk. "You are right, it's pretty unusual to see you wearing something like this, but I don't disapprove, you are looking astonishing." He says, while finishing his whiskey and ordering another, the glass was pretty small so he ordered a bottle of whiskey, just for himself, as he always do.

The bartender delivers the bottle to him, he cracks it up, takes a long sip and says to Sabrina: "So, what are your plans for the evening? Mine is getting a bit drunk, of course. But I'm anxious to see Coltrane performance with the sax, I've heard around that he is pretty good." He stops for a minute, thinking about all the information about the ball that he saw earlier. "Hmm. And I'll maybe hit the buffet later." He says, already thinking about cake.

Roxie and Blasian went over every detail.  Everything was in place.  Most of the Special Guest and band members were all checked in.   Everything in the Ballroom was ready from the decorations, food, drinks, backstage, dressing room down to the sound system.   She thought she might have a chance to relax but now she felt rushed.  She had relaxed in the hot bath way too long.  She hurried out of the bathtub added her feminine touches, lastly with a spray of perfume here and there.

Laying on her bed where she had placed earlier was her beautiful white sequin and fringe flapper dress.

As she lifted the dress it a had a dash of va-va-voom, with its divine detail.  Intricately deco beaded white mesh boasts iridescent sequins and small silver beads wrought in flourishing deco swirls, spirals, and shells, while the white knit lining created a radiant effect.  She remembered when she bought the dress in Chicago and tried it on in the fitting room. .. The sleeveless, V-neck design showed just enough, showing her off with a modest touch, while the curve-hugging fit and jagged edge dripping with fringe made it such a classy look.

The sales lady that was assisting her suggests a crop ostrich fur bolero to layer on top and it was a gorgeous combination.

It was a  short cropped style that sits high up at the back and just covers the shoulders.  It had a white satin lining on the inside of the garment and covered in the softest of marabou feathers.  The feel was wonderful as well as the look. 

She went to her closet and pulled out a pair of white silk satin shoes with soft leatherette golden heels.  

She dressed and put the final touches to her makeup.  As she looked in the mirror at herself she felt she looked stunning. She felt really good about herself.  This was a brand new start for her in LA.  It was time to put her past behind and enjoy this brand new life.

Just then the phone rang pulling her out of her daze.   It was Bentley asking if she was ready.  She told him she was,  that she would meet him downstairs in the lobby. 

When she arrived in the lobby, Bentley told her how lovely she looked and they made their way down to the Ballroom. 

A nice crowd was already arriving.  People were mingling, having a nice time already and everything looked beautiful.

Still sitting at bar I see KenoN look my way I nod at him and tip my glass in his direction.   I wave the bartender back over to my direction.  I tell the bartender to send a complimentary bottle of whiskey over to KenoN. The bartender hurries off doing what I requested.  I pull out some money to leave a great tip for bartender.  As I am sliding off of the bar stool I feel a hard slap to my ass. I jump being caught off guard, turning quickly I am face to face with some dude who appears to be sloppy drunk. Not wanting to cause a scene I decide to walk off.  With the liquor running through my system fast I hurry off to find a bathroom.  In the hallway I run into my assistant Loreto.  Loreto hands me a small package. Taking the package I point in the direction of the drunken idiot who decided to follow me making lewd gestures.  A menacing look appears on Loreto face as he hurries off to deal with the dude. I hear the idiot bellows as I push open the bathroom door and disappear in it.

At home, Victor sits on his bed thinking what to do for a while until he remembers that tonight is the ball night. He gets up at looks at the watch then rather irritated calls out Late!! and he goes to another room which is his closet and clothes room where he picks a black suit with a black shirt and a black tie, he's man of black as well as a man that doesn't actually like to wear anything else other than a tie or nothing at all.

He gets out of the house, goes to his car and drives at a parking lot near the ballroom and parks it there to walk towards the building as he doesn't want that a drunk person to hurt his car as he's spent quite a small fortune on having it built in the first place as it's an ordered car and the only of her kin in the entire city, for now.

Victor walks towards the ball location and once there he admires the building thinking that his CL Sabrina really spent a lot on it as well as paying attention to every single detail about it. He opens the door and enters inside a large room and goes straight to the bar where, from the distance, he saw some familiar faces and someone in an interesting Christmas themed Santa outfit. He smiles and nods to everyone he sees, left and right, as he walks to the bar and once there he notices that the Santa outfit is actually his Godmother Sabrina.

He goes there, greeting everyone from left to right as he sees them, Cataleya, Roxie asking them how they are feeling and if they're comfortable before passing by Sabrina who's also talking with KenoN, greeting them both, of course, and sitting near Sabrina as the seat is free. Looks at the bartender and greets him before asking him for a dry Jack on the rocks which he delivers quite fast as well. He takes the glass of Jack, his favorite whiskey, and takes a sip enjoying its taste and aroma.

Sabrina continues to look at KenoN. He is talking about her trying to seduce him, and she has to continue laughing a bit about that one. She was not trying to, but she certainly made a bit of fun with her captain there. Trying to use her feminine side for once and look at his reaction. She orders another glass of a mixed drink and tells the staff again to surprise her. This time however with something which is not strong. Sabrina does after all not want to become heavily drunk. After all not yet, so being a little bit drunk is good for now.

She hears her captain saying, that she is looking breath-taking and smiles at that, as she can certainly appreciate it. It was not her idea, yet of course, she feels proud when she knows that she is desired and good-looking. ''My plan? Just have a fun time. In what way I do not know yet. Maybe I will also hit the dance floor for the battle of the swings. I am quite open-minded today and look forward to talking to a lot of different kind of people'' she adds a bit louder, as the alcohol still affects her, yet she ordered another one.

She hears him talking about being excited to see Coltrane perform and has to laugh a little bit ''True, I completely forgot, that you never saw him perform yet. As my previous leader and my long-standing friend, I have seen him perform multiple times. He truly is as good as they say and even better and that comes from a person like me who is not usually into Jazz. Only the ones who are truly good such as him can make me enjoy it a lot'' she smiles as she adds that while holding the new glass with the light blue drink in her left hand.

She can see Cataleya and Roxie and also waves at them. Hoping they see them. She does not know Cataleya yet, but well damn both her and Roxie look stunning and certainly also attract a lot of attention. Deservedly so of course as they are beautiful women. After a few more minutes pass she can see someone sitting next to her who she knows just too well. Her right-hand man Victor_Zsasz also attends the ball to her pleasant surprise ''You here? Quite unusual! Most of the times you hide under a rock''  she laughs a bit.

Mangler had been staying at the famous Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Downtown LA at his private loft rented from the luxurious Roxie. He made no mistake at ensuring he looked his best for the upcoming night. He walked downstairs and climbed into the private car waiting to take him to the event, he couldn't hide the excitement at getting to dress up and spend his hard earned money on incredibly expensive alcohol and flaunting the fact that his business by the LA Docks had been booming, in no short thanks to TomRhodes who's distribution network made it incredibly easy for him to funnel any and all product. As a result he was able to afford his expensive tuxedo and wore it to distinction, the white jacket resembled a clear snow fall from the sky and the black bow tie sat nicely just below his Adams apple. He donned his best black shoes shined to perfection by the hotels Butler Bernard and he felt good. He left his trusty side-arm in the hotel preferring to be reassured by the two cars following behind filled with his bodyguards. Freddy and Baller his main guys sat in the car with him, they looked good, but they weren't about to rub shoulders with the most powerful mobsters across America. 

A short car journey later and they'd arrived at the Blossom Ballroom, Freddy opened the car door for Mangler who stepped out onto the street; feeling the cold he quickly marches up the stairs and into the establishment. His bodyguards seemingly linger around the front entrance whilst Mangler bee-lines for the bar to no-ones surprise. Sitting himself next to KenoN he pats his former Crew Upper on the back and motions for the bartender to fix them both a drink regardless of the Don had a drink in front of him or not. Mangler peeks behind KenoN's shoulder to reveal Sabrina sitting on the side next to him. Mangler grins, his white teeth showing through. "Godmother, you're looking incredibly festive." He turns to the bartender "Aye, pal, sort the lady out with a drink." he slides over a couple of notes to the bartender. "Leave a bottle of your whisky as well, doesn't matter which one." Mangler ensures he retains enough alcohol to see him through the night. "Get another glass as well." Mangler demands, knowing his Don TomRhodes will be arriving later on and will want a drink, unless he's already hit the hard stuff. 

Spotting Roxie and Cataleya across the way Mangler raises his glass motioning that he can get more glasses should any of the two ladies want a drink. He doesn't know Cataleya either, but if she was here she was a somebody that Mangler wouldn't mind finding out some more about.         

Out of the bathroom feeling refresh and vibrant, I walk around exploring the hotel more. I am in awe of the fancy decor and elaborate design of the various paintings, statues, tapestries and chandeliers. A waiter approaches with a tray of champagne. I politely take a glass.  

 “Well … time to mingle more and make small talk”

I set off,  glass in hand, thank goodness I already knew a little bit on the various guests that will be out and about tonight. Working with Godfather Flexx has open up more doors and windows of opportunities to continue to shine and work my way up  to be his Right Hand through hard work, dedication and the wiliness to learn and get my hands dirty when needed.

Walking around I spot a handsome gentleman off to himself. The gentleman looks up from his drink and the two us make eye contact. I think for a second on who he could be. A light bulb goes off as he raise his glass in my direction, smiling I make my way over to him.  I take a seat in one of the empty seats next to him. Smiling as I turn to face him.

 *Good Evening Mangler, how are you doing this festive night?* pause and extends my hand out for a handshake* my name is Cataleya …and it is a honor to finally meet you*

Stepping from a cab, Nikolai buttons his tuxedo before picking the white box with the large red bow from the seat, along with a single red rose.  Walking through the front entrance, his eyes scanned the unique design of the building and appreciated the attention to detail that had been put into not only the flow of the lines, but the welcoming nature it provided.  Exchanging greetings with the receptionist and passing inspection by the guards, he heads toward the sound of voices, laughter, and music.

Stepping into the room and off to the side, he follows his normal routine of sizing up the room and taking inventory of the "players".  By reflex, his eyes are instantly drawn to the Godmother Chairman, Sabrina, dressed in her provocative Santa Claus outfit as she flirtatiously talks with a gentleman in an extremely expensive looking black Tuxedo, which he believes to be KenoN.  

After a second glance at the Godmother Chairman, his appraisal of the room continues as he sees a beautiful woman in a shimmering gold dress working her way through the buffet, delicately picking from the finely prepared appetizers and toppers that had been prepared for this high profile event.  He did not recognize her, but she carried herself with confidence and definitely had a story behind the beauty.

Nikolai instantly recognizes Victor_Zsasz as the bald man walks around briefly greeting guest after guest.  Known for his quiet and deadly nature, seeing his jovial smile and open greetings to the guests is somewhat surprising.  And this act obviously reinforces the importance of the event.

Numerous others are socializing around and he's sure that many more will arrive in the coming hours as several well known musicians, including a performance by Coltrane himself.

Completing his appraisal, he confidently walks over to the Godmother Chairman.  Drawing her attention from her current conversation, he says "Good to see you again Sabrina.  CassandraVilmont sends her best, but unfortunately, was unable to attend this amazing event your city has organized.  But she did ask me to bring you a special present, assorted chocolates flown in from Belgium, as she understands, from a reliable source, that one of your many passions is chocolate.  As for the rose, that is from me, as a token of friendship for the future."  Maintaining eye contact with the beautiful woman, he simply bowed his head as she accepted the gift.

Colt was standing in a corner, chatting with his musician friends. He was slowly sipping on his Pastis, straight from the Walker enterprise. It had been a while since he had played in an event this big and that so many big names showed up, and it was quite nerve wrecking. He kept on talking with his good friend, Count Basie, hoping his nerves would settle.

Mid-discussion with the pianist, Colt noticed people finally starting to show up. He politely excused himself, rearranged his bow tie and passed a hand through his hair. He was wearing a dark blue velvet suit and bow tie with a black shirt underneath. He enjoyed keeping things simple and classy, except his music. 

He walked over to his long time friend, Sabrina, and offered her la bise as he thanked her for putting together the ball and complimented her outfit. He did the same with Roxie. He had heard many good things about her and looked forward to interacting more with her. Next on the list was KenoN. He had spoken a few times with the man but hoped to add even more opportunities. He loved, even admired his style. He sent a warm smile and a friendly wave to Nikolai, whom he had the pleasure of knowing through Cass. And last but not least, he walked over to one of his dearest friends, Maurice-. They exchanged a handshake and a hug, as Colt asked how Pasaneda was doing under him.

Victor continues to enjoy his drink as people come and go as well as the conversation between her an KenoN which happens right next to him, yet he hears Sabrina's voice directed at him, so he turns himself towards her and smiles Wouldn't have miss this for the world, boss. But you look quite stunning dressed like this and he takes a sip from his glass.

He then looks around the room to see Nikolai entering and being starstruck by the place and waves him, he also noticed Coltrane sitting next to Sabrina and KenoN talking with them and he simply orderes a drink for him and slides it in front of him while joking around with Sabrina Why so amazed? You'd want me to be somewhere else?

As KenoN listens to Sabrina talking, he sees Cataleya waving at him, he waves back and moments after that, the bartender arrives with a bottle of whiskey in hands, saying that it was her who sent him, sadly, she wasn't there anymore so KenoN couldn't say his thanks. He cracks up the bottle with a dumb smile, now he has two bottles of whiskey in hands, he couldn't be more happy and in the future, more drunk.

"Ah, I love jazz, that is why I'm so excited to see him perform." He says that while taking a long sip from the whiskey that Cataleya send to him, taking a good look at the brand, he sees @Victor_Zsasz greeting him and Sabrina as he sit next to her, he says his hellos to the man and gets back his attention to his bottle of whiskey, as he takes another sip from his bottle, he feels a little pat on the back, he looks behind and it was Mangler, KenoN can't do nothing but smile to the man, as he likes him very much. He sees Mangler ordering another drink for him and smiles again. "Jesus, you all want to see me drunk today, aye?" He says, looking at Mangler and laughing as he received a glass of whiskey from the bartender, he finishes it in one big sip.

He sees more people arrive by the minute, he watches as Nikolai have a little conversation with Sabrina, he hears the man talking about chocolates from Belgium and starts to ignore their conversation; better not give KenoN any ideas, he would steal that chocolate from Sabrina easily. He takes another sip from his bottle and turns his attention to Mangler, who is sitting next to him. "Hey, lad. How are life treating you over at Pasadena?" KenoN looks over to Sabrina side and sees Coltrane having a conversation with her as well, KenoN waves at him, hoping that we would see it.

Roxie was having a wonderful time going around greeting so many people.  She spoke a few minutes with KenoN and Godmother Sabrina.  Made her way over to tone of the champagne fountains were Victor_Zsasz and Mangler were standing had a glass and chatted with them awhile. She stopped to speak with Cataleya, letting her know how beautiful her dress looked on her.  There were other she would have to talk to after her announcement.

Roxie made her way to the stage.

Good evening ladies and Gentlemen welcome to the city of  Los Angeles Christmas Ball and the Blossom Ballroom. I hope everyone is enjoying themselves so far.  Godmother-Chairman Sabrina and Godfather @Maurice have given me the honor of introducing and explaining tonight’s events.

As you know we are hosting the Battle of the Swing. As you see behind me, Roxie turns and points to the stage, the stage is divided in half.  

On the right side, I would like to introduce one of the best jazz and swing music drummer as well as a bandleader and his band

William Henry "Chick" Webb

She waits for the applause to die down.

They will battle the left side of the stage. She points to the left side of the stage.

Please let me introduce one of the greatest jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer and his band. 

William James "Count" Basie,

Again she waits for the crowd to quiet.

Each will perform four alternate one-hour sets.

Our very own Godfather- Chairman from Seattle @John Coltrane, one of the greatest saxophonists of all time, and the pioneer of jazz will join in and perform special selections with each band.

When the roar of applause quieted

That’s eight hours of continuous music for you to dance, eat, drink and enjoy. 

Well damn... more and more people were coming in and what was once an empty room, is now slowly but surely starting to become a very crowded and lively room. She notices Mangler coming in, and he is dressed very well too. Not only were the attending woman gorgeous, but no the men also knew how to dress appropriately, and this is due to the current standards certainly more of a luxe ball. She hears Mangler saying that she looks festive and gives him a smile ''That was the plan dear Mangler. I hope that you are doing well today? It is certainly a nice surprise to see you dressed so well on this evening.''

She adds before he slowly turns his attention to Cataleya and Kenon while a face comes closer to us and initiates a conversation with her. She certainly did not see that face since quite some time, but it is a pleasant surprise, to see him also attending the event and creating time to come here. She can certainly appreciate it and gives him a warm smile. She wears a quite sexy dress indeed, but that was the whole idea behind it as well. She waits for him to finish talking about the gifts and about how his leader could not attend the event. She can understand it, as the life of a leader can undoubtedly be very busy. She takes his box of Belgian chocolates in her hands and does the same for the rose, which she puts on top of his box. ''Spot on Nikolai. Not much is better than a box of Belgian or Swiss chocolate. Those stands for the very best quality when it comes to chocolates and the roses are also one of my favourite flowers. I greatly appreciate both gifts'' she sees the man bowing in front of her and gently touches his shoulder with her open hand to signalise him, that she appreciates the gesture of respect, but that she does not require it as she is a rather chill godmother. She never considered the people under her as pieces of chess or business partners, but to be part of her big marry family.

She now pays attention to Victor_Zaszz who also notes, that she looks stunning which she probably does and will feel embarrassed to see herself like this in a newspaper if reporters turn up, but whatever. ''Thank you, Victor. And it is just unusual to see you outside the headquarter. You are usually a man who spends a lot of time alone'' she adds before seeing Coltrane approaching her. She also gives him a bise, as she is pleased to see him, so she follows it up with a big and tight hug. It has been so long ago since she last saw him and now there was also an announcement about him performing so she gently pats his shoulder and tells him ''You must be excited to perform here in front of all people? So many people know your name despite never having had the chance to see you, show them who is the champ.'' 

JoJoStiletto pushes through the lobby doors and is instantly immersed in the merry making and music happening.  She makes her way to the closest bar and takes a seat. The barkeep is instantly there, taking her gin and tonic order. He places the drink in front of her and motions that he will light her cigar for her. JoJoStiletto knows it's not conventional to smoke them but they are an acquired taste of hers.

JoJo takes the enviorment in and eyes her new shoes in the process. Now the mysterious note that her sister Roxie sent that merely said 'shoes' on it along with plenty of money to cover the purchase made sense. The cryptic Western Union with instructions for her flight out. Roxie had defintely outdone herself here but JoJo is not surprised, they were both natural born leaders, a trait they inherited from their shared father. Luckily, her absence in New York is not so felt with the recent growth the city was experiencing. Yes, New York is home but for now, JoJo's ready to see what kind of trouble her and her sister can get into.

                     Yukihira stepped into the elegant ball room wearing a freshly tailored black suit with a light blue and white striped tie slowly scanning the room as he enjoyed the music playing. " Hmm it's even nicer than Sabrina had said it would be."  he thought to himself before walking over to grab a few smoked trout bites. After finishing the delicious food he produced a flask of his favorite bourbon whiskey and washed down the food with a few pulls of whiskey. ​​​​​ As he turned around he put away his flask and spied one of the bars and thought it would be nice to get a real drink before things start to get crazy.

                    He approached the bar and waited to get the bartenders attention and ordered a glass a 14 year scotch which he received quickly as the service was fantastic. " Thanks."  he said to the bartender and paid tipping him extra for the fine service. He drank a bit of his scotch and started walking through the crowd to see if he spotted anyone he recognized.  As he made his way though the crowd he spotted Sabrina and approached her. "Hey Boss Lady great job setting all of this up its amazing and you look dazzling tonight as always."  he said with a smile. " Oh and thanks again for all your help Sab I wouldn't be here if it weren't for you.".