Anyone descending The Stairs will detect the tangy aroma of freshly squeezed lemons wafts up from the sub-space.
Once at the foot of The Stairs a new arrival can see the layout more properly.
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In the cellar vault beneath the nightclub the lights are low. The silence is almost tangible.
A calm atmosphere prevails.
Recessed lamps cast a soft glow and the bright and rich scent of freshly made lemonade and squeezed lemons fills the air.
A Latin motto is inscribed over the doorway as one descends The Stairs. It reads in delicate silver lettering: "Per Ardua Ad Astra" ~ through struggle, to the Stars.
The Court area is decorated with long black and purple silken drapes cascading from floor to ceiling. Draped in elegant bunches and gathered into valances across door frames and between supporting pillars.
There's a rich and lingering scent of exotic rose incense; the lighting is intentionally low.
A delicately painted pattern and illustrations of ancient and strange Zodiacs adorn the ceiling.
Adorning the walls and carefully lit are truly large digital prints of NASA's renderings of the largest galactic entities and the very farthest reaches of Deep Space.
Martha's costume and attire for the evening seems almost fully black. A long velvet hooded cloak. Her cane is resting across her lap. She's shunned her Blush of Life.
As she sits, it's obvious that she's probably wearing a pair of thigh high boots. Her sturdy leather gloves are, however, more 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.
There are two simple coffee tables in front of her.
One is piled with notes, printed out copies of maps of Sacramento and copies of many US newspapers and various academic periodicals and a carafe of freshly made lemonade.
At the other Martha has paused in her assembling of a 'Fine Molds' 1:144 scale model of the Millennium Falcon and is currently carefully sending a series of texts to Troy, Jennifer, Anthony Drake, Julian and Alex...
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"Dear friends, I wish to invite you all to the usual club tonight at 22:00 so you may all meet and greet each other. Hopefully to your collective enjoyment! I have set aside a meeting room for your private use. Yours, M"
Smiling as she hopes this will be useful for her Haunt friends, she checks the texts have all gone out and looks over the scale model once more...