Somewhere a string quartet played amongst the crowd of elegantly dressed rich men and women. Here and there small pockets of people engaged in conversation, ranging from the latest million spent, to the new things being developed at various companies and enterprises. It was the place to be for the most elite from all across America, even a few from overseas. Everyone that had been invited was here for a reason, not just because every single one of them was filthy rich, though that helped. Everyone here had developed something, or rather, their company had developed something that had gotten them an invite to this year's conference -- though it couldn't really be called that. It was more a get together, a ritzy gathering.<br/><br/>Hired staff moved through the guests with trays of appetizers and drinks, keeping the mood light. All the guests were content, or at least pretended to be, not wanting to upset the host, Mr. Bruce Wayne, the playboy himself. All the men acted as though he were the king, king of Gotham anyway, and the ladies played along, giggling like a bunch of school girls when ever the man showed them the slightest bit of attention. All but one man, Tony Stark.<br/><br/>Tony had ignored the invite when it had been brought to his attention by Pepper, saying he had better things to do than play the role of swanky billionaire. Naturally, Pepper had taken none of this and had forced him to attend anyway. Sulking near the bar where he had spent much of the night after the "king" had made his entrance to the applause of the multitudes, Tony rested his head on his hand, propped up by his elbow on the bar. He was ready to go, but Pepper was somewhere talking to other business leaders and "playing nice" as she had told him to do upon his earlier comments. He had a headache forming, probably from the amount he had drank, but also on account of all the bull crap he had already heard. Sighing, the man moved his hand to his forehead, casting his gaze downward, and closing his eyes -- hoping for the night to end already.