The Party Crasher’s Proposition
When the students were done shadowing the heroes of Team Prism for the day they went back to school and tried their best not to worry about what Violet’s mom would potentially do to them.
After classes were done for the week on Friday night the group of friends gathered together in Violet’s dorm as they formulated ideas for their attack plan.
“...So Fang…” Violet began to speak after taking a sip of her tea. “...The other day you were saying that you had an idea for a sneak attack?”
“Yes.” Fang says with his hands behind the back of his head as he leaned back in his chair.
“So, what exactly is your plan?” Violet says as she folds her hands in front of her.
“Lets just say that...my plan is…a work in progress…” Fang says with a shrug.
“...So you don’t have a plan?” Violet responds with a scowl on her face.
“My plan is to help workshop a plan.” Fang says as he places his hands on his chin as he leans down on the table in front of himself.
Violet closes her eyes and pinches the bridge of her nose.
“...Alright…Does anyone else have any actual ideas?”
“...Hey guys…take a look at this…” Takeru says as he finds something that might be useful on his laptop.
It’s a job advertisement for potential entertainers at an upcoming party that is being held at The Chess Company’s main building.
“Wow! How oddly specific!” Candi shouts out.
“And useful! We can definitely take advantage of this!” Ash says as the gears start to turn in his mind. “Babe, does it specifically say what kind of entertainment they are looking for at this party?”
Takeru glances through the article until he eventually finds what he is looking for.
“It says they are looking to hire musicians, a magician, and a person who is willing to dress up as and act like a jester.”
“Fang!” Ash shouts as he taps the prankster on the shoulder. “Would you be willing to work for her as a jester for the plan?”
“It’s the role I was born to play!” Fang says as he stands up to do a bow.
“Do you think that she would be willing to hire more than one jester?” Candi asks. “Trying to make people laugh is like my whole thing!”
“You could audition as a duo?” Violet thinks aloud.
“...So…the plan is to infiltrate her company party as the entertainment…” Maka asks.
“That is correct.” Violet responds.
“...Dope…” Maka says as she leans back and folds her hands behind her head.
“I think DJ Ronin over here could easily cover the music.” Ash says as he puts his arm around his boyfriend’s shoulders.
“Works for me, babe.” Takeru says as he leans over to give Ash a kiss on the cheek.
“As for the magician, we could try to ask Isaac or Isabella to make a guest appearance. I’m not one hundred percent sure, but I think that there is a decent chance that they’d be willing to help us.” Violet says as the plan begins to form.
“...Hey Violet?” Love asks as she taps her friend on the shoulder. “...What about you? Do you think you’d be able to show your face at this party for the plan…or would that be off the table?”
“...I’ll…consider my options…” Violet says as she rubs her chin while thinking this over. “...I could potentially give a fake apology and get into the party to help that way, but my mom is able to hold grudges for a long time. She once grounded me for an entire month for accidentally spilling my tea on the carpet.”
“...Well…you don’t have to be physically present to help us with the plan…” Love continues. “...You could be our “gal in the chair” if that works better for you…”
“...I’ll think about it…” Violet responds and asks Love a question of her own. “...Do you think it’d be a good idea for you and Maka to be involved? I mean, it’s only a matter of time until she figures out that you two helped defeat two of her highest ranking Chess Pieces. For all we know she might already be aware of this.”
“...Technically speaking…” Love says as she thinks aloud as she places a hand on her cheek. “...She will only end up getting an auditory description of our appearances…We could wear disguises…”
“Hell yeah!” Maka shouts out with a big toothy grin on her face. “We could get Rose to make us some killer disguises for this! Your mom won’t know what hit her!”
“...So…” Love chimes in. “...What are we going to do after we sneak into the party?”
“Based on what you’ve told us, I’m pretty sure that there is a lot of dirt we could potentially dig up on your mom and her company. There’s gotta be something that she’s hiding that could destroy her reputation.” Ash suggests.
“Oh! There are plenty of things that I am aware of that can ruin her! Even if we can’t get her in trouble for being a bigot or a bad mom she has committed a nigh innumerable amount of crimes over the years.”
“...Just saying crimes doesn’t exactly narrow down what she’s done…Mind being more specific?” Love asks.
“Yeah! Spill the tea!” Candi shouts almost too enthusiastically.
“I think she already did!” Fang says while trying to stifle a chuckle.
“...Wow thanks guys…” Violet responds with a roll of her eyes. “...Where to start…She severely underpays her workers, she has assassinated just about every person who’s ever tried to organize a union at her company, she’s never paid her taxes…”
“So, we sneak into her office and steal some incriminating documents and punch the people who try to get in our way! Sounds like a plan to me!” Maka says as she slams her fists together.
“Would that website happen to have floor plans of the building?” Ash asks his boyfriend.
“...Let me see…” Takeru says as he searches the site. “...Yes, but I’m not seeing her office labeled anywhere on here…”
“Oh yeah!” Violet says as she snaps her fingers as she has a eureka moment. “That’s because the location of her office is a secret!”
“...Why is that a good thing?” Candi asks as she cocks her head to the side in confusion.
“It’s secret to most people!” Violet clarifies before clearing her throat. “Not to me though. I know where it is.”
“...I just want to say that I prefer this plan over one that involves us fighting her…” Love says softly. “...I mean…I am more used to fighting than I was a year ago, but I still like to avoid it when possible…”
“With that being said, I think that this plan will most likely end up with us still having to fight.” Violet clarifies.
“...Yeah…that makes sense…” Love says with a disappointed sigh.
“For what it’s worth, I think that you’re a much better fighter than you give yourself credit for.” Violet says as she gives Love a reassuring tap on the shoulder.
“Yeah! Remember when you beat Calder’s ass? That was awesome!” Maka says while laughing.
“Weren’t you already knocked out by that point?” Love quickly responds.
“...Eh…Semantics…” Maka says as she dismissively waves her hand. “...Whatever…It sounded like it was awesome!”
“...Thanks guys…” Love says as she shyly tries to hide behind her own hair in a futile attempt to hide the fact that she was blushing.
“...Heh…Don’t mention it…” Maka says with a blush of her own as she seemingly becomes a lot more interested in the floor than she was the moment prior.
“...Well, I feel a lot better since we now at least have a skeleton of a plan.” Violet says as leans back with a sigh.
“...So?” Candi asks. “...Now that we have that out of the way, do you guys wanna watch a movie or something?”
“...Sure…why not? It would be a great way to distress anyways.” Ash says as he leans closer to Takeru.
Everyone else more or less agrees with this and they spend the rest of the day hanging out and watching movies.
Even though they were still worried about what Violet’s mom could potentially do to them and that the odds were against them, they also knew that stressing out about it wouldn’t solve anything. Their future selves could deal with that.