The Ember!
A haunt of the rich and powerful. A nightclub with benefits.
But, tonight, ahead of opening, the club is quiet and still.
Very few employees are around. Dancers are back stage preparing and chatting.
The bouncers are taking a smoke-break out front.
There's a crackle over the PA system from the turn-tables. Some of the stage lighting is on and dazzles with brilliant colours.
The Ember's stage and catwalk has several props. A range of poles...the motorbike...
And sitting, perched on the edge of the stages main catwalk, is tiny Martha.
Martha's costume and attire for the evening seems almost fully black. It's her long velvet hooded cloak. She's operating her Blush of Life for good measure.
As she sits, it's obvious that she's probably wearing a pair of thigh high boots. Her sturdy leather gloves are just as obvious.
To those initiated into the mysteries of the Marvel Universe Martha's dressed as Selene, the psychic vampire Black Queen of the Hellfire Club.
She's smiling and waiting for Liara. Her cane rests next to her on the catwalk.
Her flesh leg is swinging in time to some music she's hearing only in her imagination.
-1 Vitae for Blush of Life