08-31-2024, 08:44 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-06-2024, 10:15 AM by Legione Sumus.)
Eliot left the good doctor to explore the facilities, the party upstairs raged on and he escaped through the secret elevator up to the main floors. It was a Baccarat secret only those in the know would know about. Not even the Regus would be privy to the escape hatch. He wasn't about to get caught like last time. Even if he knew far more about the fire than he should.
No one had to know.
Eliot donned his best smile, and even though his frail look made everything that much more awkward he slipped through the crowd in search of a drink and influential people he could talk to.
Many a rich face showed for the grand opening. Who wouldn't want to be there at the premier. And of course it was an open bar so there were the gate crashers to keep away as well. Many here wouldn't even know what lie beneath. And that was acceptable for Eliot.
There were far more men with pretty women on their arms than women mingling alone. Not that Eliot was in the mood to look but a pair of women caught his eye. Not for anything untoward but for the mere fact that he hadn't expected to see the owner of the Almaz here. He'd seen bootleg footage of their latest former Atharim godling's display of power under her room.
He smiled brightly and offered the ladies a canape as they passed by. "My mother's recipe." He smiled. "Eliot Lagueux, welcome to my party Miss Grey and Mz Asquith I am humbled by your appearance today." He gave them a sweeping bow that his brother's would mock him over had them been there.