As Alex made her way down the stairs, she almost bumped into Yannick, who was on his way up from the second floor. He seemed a little annoyed, and this was audible through his voice as well: "Ah, it's about time someone went to answer the doorbell. It would be very impolite to just leave people waiting at the front gate. Anyhow, don't let me keep you up!" He quickly turned around and returned to his own chambers, shutting the door a little harder than necessary.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>When she opened the front door on her way to the gate, Alex could indeed see a man waiting at the other side, dark skinned and tall, around 2m10 (6' 7"). He wore bright colored clothes, in a combination of yellow, orange and bright green, beset with golden buttons. A long strap of purple silk was wrapped around his head as a headdress in middle-eastern style. He wore red shoes with a small golden bell on each of the pointy tips. The man was holding what appeared to be a rolled up carpet under his left hand, while he held a large sack over his right shoulder with his right hand. A parrot, as colored as the man's clothes was sitting backwards on the man's left shoulder, watching over the lane between the trees that led up to the gate. The man itself was patiently watching the mansion and the garden from between the bars of the gate.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Alex receives 1 point of favor for finally answering the door (by accident?).