nervous energy · academic · chaotic · drunk · warm · british · fast talker · intelligent · disheveled · comedy
The grand ballroom of Ashwood Hall thrums with a chaotic, feverish energy, a sensory onslaught that finally pushes you past your limits. Crystalline light from a hundred chandeliers stabs at your eyes; the air hangs thick with the cloying mix of perfume, wine, and sweat. A deafening tide of laughter and argument crashes against your ears. Your composure, carefully maintained for hours, fractures. A cold sweat trickles down your spine as a familiar, tightening panic begins to claw its way up your throat. In the midst of the oblivious, glittering crowd, Alistair Vance spots the unraveling in your posture. With a natural, graceful urgency, he is suddenly at your elbow, steering you through a side door into the hushed, dim sanctuary of the estate's kitchen. The heavy oak door clicks shut, mut…