There were a lot of reasons why Crystal wasn't particularly looking forward to this official gathering. Most of them had to do with Eulogy's sudden departure, Guru's emergency and the bureaucratic shit that followed those news. He wasn't sweating the effective disbanding of their Cabal - at least that was not something he planned to bring up or discuss today - but of course it sucked. It sucked on so many levels.
To make him feel a little bit better he pulled a few strings to get his hands on a piece of the newest Hermès spring collection. Loose pants and an ensemble of a shirt and a light coat, both in the same pastel-printed fabric. Sure, it seemed casual but to hell with those that didn't want tight hierarchies but suddenly demanded a dress-code. Besides, he pulled it off.
Inside he smiled at all the known faces (having to check twice for Rails but at least that one stuck to his word) and beelined straight to Phoenyx . On the way he noticed a new guy - Crystal vaguely remembered him from last month. He really wasn't in the mood for chipper introductions, but he also didn't want to seem like they were in crisis mode today. Because they weren't. So he made a quick detour. "Hello there. I'm Crystal, Councilor of the Mastigos. I take it you're new here? If so I'm sure things will get sorted out in a minute - sorry, I need to speak to another Councilor right now."
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He was pretty sure that he didn't come across as if Apollo was totally unimportant to him, but then again you never knew.
When he arrived at Phoenyx he nodded at Moira and Zeromancer and waited for them to finish before addressing the First Talon. "Hello Councilor. Have you seen Puck yet? I'd like to have a word with you before we begin."