A Lady's Introduction (February)

The lobby is lush, decadent, and the perfect mixture of debauchery and excess. The last time she witnessed such a gathering was the opera house in Indianapolis. Ah, the times before the Monster. This is the atmosphere that Esther was groomed for, but she ignores it for now. She has a goal, a motivation.


The Quebecois Daeva observes for a wise amount of time, gliding through the room, her ears pricked and sifting through the cacophony as she listens here and there. Her brown eyes are deep, faceted in the lights of the Theatre lobby, her wine-dark mouth full and inviting, and her form graceful yet powerful as she moves through the grand lobby. She spies a lovely brunette in fashionable yet elegant couture, holding court as it were in a well-lit alcove of the lobby. Several people approach her and speak, and Esther merely observes, reading her body language, her soft smile, the confidential tilt of her head.


She overhears the words "My thanks, Mistress Lasky" layered beneath the din of the lobby and tucks them away into her own repertoire. Lasky, she knows that name, oft-spoken among the Daeva of the great lakes region, admired for her skills to rival those of any well-known harpy. She is the first gate.


When the current crowd of supplicants has dissipated, Esther makes her way forward, her envelope clutch tucked under her arm and her hands fold together before her almost serenely. On her right wrist is a lovely bracelet bearing a wrought camellia blossom, its pink soft and glowing, and bringing out the natural hue beneath Esther's mocha skin. She stops a respectful, but visible and vocal distance. Her beast thrums and growl-purrs a little in the presence of the other Daeva.


"Mistress Lasky," she says in that honey-and-cream tone, "Good evening. Might I have a moment of your time if you are at your leisure?"


When given acquiescence, Esther approaches closer. She stands before the other woman with the grace and ease of a born Succubus. "Mistress Lasky, my name is Esther Montesori. It is a pleasure to meet such an esteemed clanmate here in Chicago. It gives me comfort, being in a new city. I am lately come to Chicago, on a business venture, and the timing of this month's Theatre is quite impeccable for me to make introduction and request permission to make a home here, for the foreseeable future, at least. And I can see that you are the gatekeeper, that you hold the keys, Mistress Lasky."


((With Lasky at Daeva 4 and Esther at 3, Esther is well aware of who this woman is, even if she has never met her before. She has heard a goodly amount about this woman over the differing Succubus channels over the years.))