[IC] The Great Meeting

Cusarit Castle

Marco Valerio took a step forward, closer to the Cusarit Castle. It would be a lie to say he was impressed by the architecture -only buildings in Selene managed to get that reaction from him- but he was nonetheless appreciative of the kind of buildings he had been seeing in Procellia. Earlier that morning he had received a message to all attending leaders, an invitation to have breakfast at the Castle. At the time he had been sitting on the couch next to his bed, fully concentrated reading a fiction novel. Since the previous year, it had been his ritual to dedicate at least one hour a day to reading a book, as a way of retaining some sense of normalcy in his life, given how busy he would tend to be with the affairs of government. It had been in the climatic moment when an aide told him about the invitation. He quickly put on his suit and went to his car, which was already waiting to take him to the Castle.

Once there, an aide had opened the door, and he stepped out of the car. He looked up and then sideways, paying close attention to the Castle itself. He addressed his aide: "Do you know if anyone was supposed to meet us outside?"