Mae watch from backstage. She could have gone out and watched it proper, but she would have had the attention of a customer or two if she were lucky. And Elyse's first performance deserved a rapt audience. She moved with all the grace of the wolf that she was kin to. How that was possible Mae didn't know, but then again how did Juls and Nox and all the others do what they do? It was all a mystery to her.
She felt the audience responding to their newest addition and she smiled. The golden eyes pulled in more curiosity than most gimmicks -- except for maybe those who could channel the power of their gifts for all to see.
Most of the staff was also watching. It was good to encourage their newbies. To show them love and support. Even Nox watched from the wall he held up in his job. His look was gradually changing, he was embracing the life. The makeup he wore today was much more out there than the subtle guyliner he wore all the time now. Juls had helped him this evening. Even his clothes were showing some love -- the t-shirt was left back stage in leiu a black mesh shirt hanging from his shoulders half open. He dressed more like the show than the security. But everyone in the club knew he was in charge -- he radiated authority in Kallisti even if he was a sour puss everywhere else.
Bruno watched from the opposite wall. The bartenders all nodded towards the stage making sure the waiting customers watched first. Everyone was rapt. First performances were a right of passage and Elyse was doing a good job.
[[ooc: sorry about the nox drop, setting up some time passing while I can
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