The thing that Michelle had been told up to that point was that Champagne was going to be at the event that she had the ticket for...but it was left out that she would be performing.  The best lies were the ones that were technically true.  Acts went on when finally, with ten minutes to go before her showtime, the control team called.  "She's here, and she's never looked any better than she has right now."  Of course, that was more in the recruitment end of things, as far as they were concerned, but Akiko had to admit, she was a pretty nice lay, too, right?