<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/d/d6/Succubus3.jpg)</div>Left alone in the front hallway with her own thoughts, Alactra couldn't help but find herself growing a little nervous, a little unsettled, as time went on.  Her Master had said there would be more guests coming, but would they be friendly?  And the negotiations with the Baatezu who were already alone in the room with him, how were they going?  From what she had gathered of the conversation before leaving, this entire plan had something to do with some artifact in the room, something related to the people they were before becoming demons and devils...<br/><br/>Fortunately, she was snapped out of her little reverie by a knock upon the front door, and striding calmly forward, she opened it, admitting the one who had knocked into the castle.  She herself had enough knowledge of the planes to identify the one who had knocked, though she had only seem him mentioned once in a rather obscure source.<br/><br/>"Greetings, Methu the Imbiber.  My Lord had been expecting you."  And, speaking in a calm, carefully-modulated voice, she bowed to the minor demon lord as he made his entry into the castle, then began leading the way up the stairs.  "Please, follow me.  My Master, Vholdran, instructed me to guide you directly to him upon your arrival."<br/><br/>It was a simple path, really.  Up the stairs, down a hallway, and then straight forward, into a room at the very heart of the castle.  Though, she did stop once, upon encountering a fresh trail of slime on the floor.<br/><br/>"Ah... it... seems one of my Master's other guests didn't feel the need to bother with the front door."  Still, to her credit, Alactra didn't pause for very long, continuing to lead the way forward, and soon, she was pushing open the doors that led into that central room with its grand round table.  "My Lord, another of your guests has arrived."