Gotham on Fire

The Dress

Couple months later, Bruce Wayne was having his annual charity party. All the rich and famous top class would be there. He had planned this party along with his butler, for many months. He was ready to step out again in society. Maybe just maybe find someone to share his life with. The day was finally here.

All the guests were arriving in their fancy cars at the valet. Dressed in beautiful gorgeous gowns, dazzling and glittering jewelry, worth millions, lined all the female guests. The location was set at a mansion in the hills. A big beautiful mansion, with a private gate and huge lawns. The kind you'd see on movies.

Raven was walking down the street when she saw a flyer flying in the wind. It finally landed right beneath her feet, she looked down and read the flyer; "Annual Charity Event hosted by billionare and ceo of Bruce Wayne enterprises. At the mansion xyz 456 drive. Donations are appreciated." When she saw this, she leaped with joy! She knew this was her chance. This was her moment.

She grabbed the flyer and ran to her abandoned home. Holding it in her hands and pacing her room, she planned how she would get in.  She would steal a dress from a high end store, shoes and jewelry from jewelry store and sneak into the mansion through a window. So, Raven dropped the flyer and put on a black jumpsuit with a hoodie and black tennis shoes. She made a makeshift mask out of unused fabric.  But, she didnt want to use it yet as it would give it away that was she was a burglar. So she stuffed it in her pockets.

She walked over to her local high end dress shop. Making this whole story that she was getting a dress for her client as she was a stylist and needed something for a high end event. The lady at the store gave her a tour in the back where they hide all the good dresses. Raven was amazing and baffled by the beautiful dresses, she was speechless. She touched each dress with her fingers down the line. Picking each one that she thought would be the excellent choice. Raven came across a deep emerald dress, with a trumpet end, and ruched on the stomach. A neck hole was aligned with diamonds and a diamond brioche at the middle. Perfect, she thought.

She grabbed the dress, slightly looked at the price, 1,800 for a dress. Are you kidding me?! She thought in disbelief, How could anyone afford that?! Next, she find the nearest back exit and escaped with the emerald dress. The first step was complete. The second step is shoes and jewelry. Raven walked fast back to her home, running up the stairs and tucking away the dress under her mattress, the dress still in the garment bag. She sat on her mattress for a bit, catching her breath before getting up slowly and walking down the stairs- ready for the next step. She located the shoe store, it had some fancy french name, thats how you could tell its a super rich store. She began walking into it, trying not to seem too suspicious.

The ringing of the bell on the door echoed throughout the store. Footsteps heard approaching the front desk. The store smelled like expensive perfume and it was all white with glass displays. Expensive earrings were locked away in tall glass box that turned around. Various people with posh clothing were wandering about.

Raven entered the store and looked around. She was wearing her black jumpsuit and realized quickly she didn't fit in, and probably should've changed clothes. Oh well, I am here now.
She went over to one of the display sections and looked at the jewelry, examining each piece carefully. She looked at the pearls, then the diamonds, the rose golds and the sterling silvers. She pictured the emerald dress with diamond accents, and realized she should go with diamonds to match. So, she looked at the diamond jewelry sets and examined each one, with the emerald dress in her mind for reference.