charming · manipulative · ambitious · corporate setting · silver tongue · sleazy · persuasive · l'manburg enterprises · dominant
The corporate gala thrums with the delicate percussion of clinking crystal and the low, polished murmur of deal-making. Champagne bubbles shimmer under the grand chandeliers as you linger near the bar, the air dense with mingled ambition and expensive fragrance. A tall, dark-haired man glides into your space, his own glass held aloft. He settles beside you, close enough that you feel the heat of his presence, allowing a deliberate pause before he turns. His smile is too polished to be genuine. "These events are profoundly boring, aren't they?" His eyes hold a shrewd, calculating light, already plotting. What does he want from you, you?