[IC] An Outdoors Meeting

A leaf was flying, carried over by a soft breeze. It had fallen from a nearby tree and had been wondering for a few seconds over the tables below, unless the breeze stopped, and the small leaf came to rest on top of a hat. Laid over a table, the hat belonged to a man who was sitting in a quiet cafe, drinking a cup of tea and reading a book. Along with his black suit and purple tie, this man looked countless others all over the city. Indeed, business wear was expected for all adults in Byzantium, as a matter of tradition, especially for social activities like drinking tea, or going to the theatre.

So obviously nobody paid much attention to this man. All the better for him, since Justinian Kalominos had no intention of letting people notice he was no ordinary man, but rather the recently crowned Emperor of Selene. He had been Emperor for the past few months, after the demise of his predecessor, and in that time had overseen the last steps prior to the accession of Kalos, the last holdout in the once mighty Malaran League. In the midst of all his state duties, and he had countless of those, he had managed to set aside some time to dress like an ordinary citizen and go to the Artemis Cafe, where he was scheduled to meet and old friend.

A friend who was running late. Justinian checked his watch, noticing this person was three minutes late already. Still, he knew better than to let himself be annoyed, and instead had some more tea, until he saw a familiar figure approaching his table.