WHO: Lucien and Regan
WHERE: Outside the Grand Ballroom
WHEN: Mid-morning
Few things in life were truly as refreshing as the summer rain, or quite as punishing; Lucien knew this for a fact. That was precisely why he'd spent the last fifteen minutes idly wandering the pathways between the main hotel building and the ballroom, drenched to the bone yet seemingly unaffected by the sharp sting of raindrops against his exposed skin.
The previous night's elevator fiasco had left him with little desire for company or close quarters, and once the heat of the rising sun had left his hotel room too stifling to bear, he'd abandoned the building entirely in favor of some fresh air. A distant boom of thunder shook him from his reverie, and he scuttled over to the covered patio that wrapped around one end of the building.
Another man had already claimed a spot several feet away, and Lucien lingered by the edge of the patio as he struggled out of the clinging, lightweight overshirt he normally wore to conceal his firearms; fortunately, he'd locked them in the safe in his room for the time being. Clad in soaked jeans and an equally soaked wifebeater, he began to twist and wring the water from the garment, graciously ignoring his companion as they stood watching the downpour.
WHERE: Outside the Grand Ballroom
WHEN: Mid-morning
Few things in life were truly as refreshing as the summer rain, or quite as punishing; Lucien knew this for a fact. That was precisely why he'd spent the last fifteen minutes idly wandering the pathways between the main hotel building and the ballroom, drenched to the bone yet seemingly unaffected by the sharp sting of raindrops against his exposed skin.
The previous night's elevator fiasco had left him with little desire for company or close quarters, and once the heat of the rising sun had left his hotel room too stifling to bear, he'd abandoned the building entirely in favor of some fresh air. A distant boom of thunder shook him from his reverie, and he scuttled over to the covered patio that wrapped around one end of the building.
Another man had already claimed a spot several feet away, and Lucien lingered by the edge of the patio as he struggled out of the clinging, lightweight overshirt he normally wore to conceal his firearms; fortunately, he'd locked them in the safe in his room for the time being. Clad in soaked jeans and an equally soaked wifebeater, he began to twist and wring the water from the garment, graciously ignoring his companion as they stood watching the downpour.