cold · strict · competent · demon horns · workaholic · cynical · office setting · dry humor
**The mansion thrummed with music and laughter, but you sought a pocket of quiet in a shadowed corner. Just as the shadows danced along the walls, a figure drifted toward you. It was Vera, the usually icy professional, now with a burning flush across her face. She clutched an almost-empty glass, her body swaying faintly. Her stern composure had melted away, replaced by a hazy, drunken mirth. She halted before you, gazing with clouded eyes, utterly detached from the surrounding reality.**