The Pirate Party

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Characters: OPEN TO EVERYONE
Progress: Ongoing
Summary: A party to get over all the drama (and to celebrate a pirate's birthday but only a few people know that so shhhh.)
Location: Just outside Wutai
Date: February 27th, 1804
Warnings: Um. Alcohol, pirates, drunken Selphie, probably a lot of innuendo and... a surprise later~!


The evening was set and any guests that had needed to be picked up had been. Balthier had done a tour of Gaia to collect the people that didn't have airships or couldn't acquire transport and set everyone down in Wutai. The Strahl was parked just outside of Wutai, where the party was to be held. Technically, it wasn't in Wutai, thus should any complay about the noise or the crowd, then there would be no reason they should leave. Balthier had strategically set them outside of Wutai, and asked permission, to keep things settled.

He didn't exactly want this to blow up in everyone's faces after the slew of dramatics that had rolled in during the past two weeks or so, even if he was to blame for part of it.

Flames crackling on the large bonfire he had set earlier, the majority of the light in the area came from the fire and the Strahl's lights, particularly the glossair rings. Thankfully, the engine wouldn't overheat as he'd fine tuned it earlier in the morning.

An enormous table (the origins of which were not for anyone to question) stood to one side, covered all over with various party food that Fran had cooked. While she wasn't exactly a gourmet chef, the Viera was skilled enough to make decent party food for the guests. Next to that stood three smaller tables, all piled high with various different alcoholic beverages, and a small table with non-alcoholic drinks was overshadowed by the sheer mass of booze.

Balthier had paid off everyone he'd needed to pay; everything was set.

The party looked to be a good night and seemed as if it'd go without a hitch!



[OOC: Let's do this party style, guys. Ninja tagging and threadjacking is encouraged. Let's just go wild, since the drama llama has finally ridden away. X3]

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Balthier quirked an eyebrow as he was suddenly ambushed and, when he was pinned against the Strahl, he winced at the discomfort. Being patted down wasn't exactly pleasant but he'd actually endured this process more times than he was willing to admit.

"I'd prefer if you told me just what I am being arrested for," he murmured sharply, quirking an eyebrow at them.

Balthier knew what it was like to be arrested, and he knew his rights... well, his rights in Ivalice.

Of course, if Cid hadn't burned bridges by playing scientist on Nanaki, he may have been able to use his father as aid. Not this time, though.

[tidesnpcs.livejournal.com]

Finding that the pirate was unarmed, the two knights took hold of him firmly, one on each side, and began to march him through the party.

"You are under arrest for the murder of Lord Vayne Solidor!" the knight in charge announced. "Stand aside, everyone! We're taking you back to Lindblum."

The rest of the knights still surrounded Balthier, marching in a loose circle, their spears turned outwards to deter any possible attack. They had an airship waiting just outside the party area. By dawn, Balthier would find himself in a Lindblum dungeon.

[tantalus-born.livejournal.com]

"Woah! Hey guys, what's going on?" Zidane is suddenly sliding into view between the guards and their exit, holding up his big hands to get them to slow down. "You're arresting the host of the party? What did he do?"

A few of them would presumably recognize Zidane. Well...he hoped.

[nethi-cite.livejournal.com]

He was just about to wander towards the bonfire until he spotted a ruckus nearby featuring his son, a nameless tailed fellow and a few imperial guards from Lindblum. Rushing over to see what the chaos was about, the doctor could have cursed himself leaving his pistols upon the ship. With his ruined reputation by that fiendish cat, Cidolfus cares not about sullying his hands further. Especially since he promised Ffamran he would finally act as the father that he should have been all those years ago.

"What is the commotion here?!" Cidolfus asked sternly with his eyes scanning for any sort of answers. "How dare you come all this way to ruin such a peaceful night."

[xbalthierx.livejournal.com]

"Apparently, I am the person who shot Vayne. Or so these fine upholders of the law believe," Balthier replied, wincing as his wrists were jerked behind him. "Do you mind? I rather like my arms attached, thank you," he snapped, his eyes wandering the crowd to spot Cid as he came storming over in all his white-booted glory.

With a cocky little smirk, he shook his head. "It matters not, Cid. Once they realise they have absolutely no proof that I am a murderer, I'll be free as a bird. Of course, at this rate, my arms will be ripped from their sockets..." Did they have to be so rough? Honestly!

[tidesnpcs.livejournal.com]

"Out of the way, please," the leading knight commanded them. "This man is under suspicion of committing murder!"

Jabbing their spears forward, the knights continued on their way - forcing bystanders to either get out of the way or risk being impaled.

[tantalus-born.livejournal.com]

Zidane didn't seem intent on moving. Instead he fished into the back pocket of those tired pants of his and tugged out his skyphone, holding it up towards the knights.

"Hey, you know I can just call the Regent direct and ask him right? 'Course, I'll have to wake him up, and explain that you guys wouldn't tell me what's going on. What proof do you have?"

Zidane wasn't actually going to stop them, but he was reasonably certain they wouldn't actually stab a personal friend of the Regents. In theory.

[nethi-cite.livejournal.com]

"But this must be some sort of mistake!" The doctor hastily said once the guards stated their reason. If there was one thing he truly hoped he knew about his Ffamran, Cidolfus hoped his son wouldn't be a murderer. "Ffamran couldn't possibly behind this! The boy is my son, I worked for Vayne Solidor himself." He tried to explain with very little avail since the Lindblum Knights were determined to haul Balthier away.

[tidesnpcs.livejournal.com]

The knight sighed. "You can call the Regent if you like, sir, but he won't be happy to be woken up. We are acting under the Regent's orders. Balthier is to be taken in for questioning."

Brushing them aside, the knights continued on their way.