Board Thread:What Would You Do?/@comment-31845764-20170627013502

(I will admit I had a bit too much fun writing this one. I apologize if it's a tad long.)

Ah, the yearly carnival. A season to celebrate, to dress up in a variety of costumes, to go outside and to just be yourself and have fun while other people do the same. You're one of those people, and this year you have been invited to a luxurious masquerade of sorts, for some reason. Normally you don't want much to do with upper-class events but, in the end, decide to attend the party, since a few of your friends told you they've been invited as well.

So, first things first, you set out to look for your attire. Knowing it to be a masquerade ball, the common, modern dress code (for men) dictates one should wear full formal/semi-formal clothing in a neutral color. The invite you've received informs you, however, that your outfit doesn't have to be overly formal. So, while you don't have to look like you're going to a wedding reception, you shouldn't be looking like you just made a trip to the clothes store around the corner of the street, either. You figure that wearing your regular work suit would be all right for the occasion.

Then, the subject of your mask comes about. Of course, to attend a masquerade you must have a mask, right? Around this time of the year, the night before the carnival even, all of the costume shops are either sold out or bustling with activity. Luckily, since you were planning on heading out even before being invited, you already have a mask on hand. Now here's to hoping it doesn't attract unwanted attention. With all that said and done, you depart from your home donned with a spare black work suit and your mask of matching color, and begin to make way towards the address dictated in the invite.

Upon your arrival, the first thing you notice is the magnitude of the festival. It certainly looks like at least half of the city was invited, because your destination is a massive grand hall located in front of an even bigger plaza and, of course, the place is overflowing with both humans and mamonos alike. If invites hadn't been sent out explicitly saying so, you doubt you'd be able to figure out this is a private event due to the sheer ammount of people.

If that isn't enough to tell a passerby of the nature of the event, it's also made obvious that no expense was spared in organizing the masquerade via the many gold-plated decorations, numerous exotic foods and beverages, and of course, a large quantity of guards to ensure that no one will get any funny ideas. You feel extremely out of place partaking in a party of such high class as this one.

After searching around for a while, you finally manage to find one of your friends amidst the immense crowd. Though, of course, the fact that you're both wearing masks just like everyone else doesn't help. You two immediately approach each other and begin to discuss the night's current events, namely why you'd get invited to a ball such as this, but never reach a definitive conclusion.

As you two continue to talk, however, you're able to notice a certain wight has been stealing frequent glances at you for... how long? You were too distracted to even notice. Even though you then attempt to approach her, she seems to simply vanish amidst the crowd. This repeats for a few times and soon you start to get suspicious, but quickly dismiss the thought. With so many guards around, it's not like anything bad can happen to you, anyway. You turn back to your friend to continue your conversation, and sure enough you spot the wight again... Only this time, to your surprise and curiosity, she's the one headed straight for you.

What would you do? 