In the heights of the Spire, Vereshin made himself presentable before he received her majesty, the Lady Kay. His pocket watch lay open on the bathroom sink below him and ticked away, alerting him to the imminence of her arrival. After slicking back his glossy, black hair, he tucked his comb neatly away in the small box of toiletries, before adjusting his purple bowtie. He wore a black overcoat over a three-piece suit with a geometric pattern of black and cobalt blue, his pocket watch hanging neatly from a silver chain inside his jacket. Once the hands passed the hour, he slipped it away and left the bathroom.
A circular room awaited him outside, each window baring down onto the city below, all surrounding a table prepared with cakes and tea, which he would be sharing with Lady Kay. Unbeknownst to her, Vereshin had arrived first and strolled over to the head of the table where she would be sitting. He slid a hand into his pocket and produced a silver pendulum, which hung from a string. With his watch in his other hand, he held the pendulum directly above Kay's chair and fed his telekinetic reach through the bob. The watch ticked, counting down the time Vereshin had before she arrived. Wrapping the force around the frame which occupied the room, he bound it the mass of the bob, which kept the time through which it passed.
"By the mass which keeps the present, hold this point as it proceeds before me." Vereshin said, binding the chair to the mass of the pendulum, which he would use to manipulate Kay's place in time. As soon as he recited the spell, he hit the timer on the pocket watch and the hands began to race forward, covering the amount of time he would bypass. Walking around the table, he placed the watch down and allowed it to tick, then placed a finger against the string of the pendulum to increase the rate at which it swung. "On the command of the hands I present, bypass it and shift forward the frame which it occupies, according only to my position." He said, binding the frame to the hands of the watch, which maintained the rate at which it proceeded.
As the pendulum sped up, so did the trameframe of the area, which Vereshin would set forward once Kay was inside. Retracting his finger from the string, he allowed it to swing at it's regular speed, establishing the mark on the timeframe in the process. With the mark set, he scooped up the bob and wrapped the string around it, then picked up his pocket watch and stopped the timer. The watch began to tick as normal and slid it, along with the pendulum, inside his jacket pocket. With a skip in his stride, he walked around the table and towards the door, which he opened and entered into the corridor, only to shut it, locking it from the outside. He quickly headed towards the entrance, where Kay would have met him had he arrived at a later time.
Checking the time on his watch, Vereshin closed the lid and slid it back into his pocket, then raised his head and awaited the arrival of footsteps. With one hand in his trouser pocket, he held back his jacket in a rakish pose and felt around for his cigarette holder, only to look up and see Kay arriving, flanked by Eternal guards. The holder was still beneath his teeth when he nodded to greet her, his hand in the process of retrieving his cigarette case.
"Your majesty! It has been a long time, have you been well?" Vereshin asked, taking Kay's hand. He took the holder from his mouth and leaned down to grace the top of her hand with an air kiss. "Times no doubt have changed since I left the Sith, but hopefully I may assist in your fight against them." Releasing Kay's hand, Vereshin stood up straight and reached into his overcoat to produce a small, velvet box. He wrapped his hands around it and smiled, waiting patiently for the woman who claimed the title of Empress to show him into the room. As far as Kay knew, Vereshin had left the Sith, but she was still not aware that he was working for the Confederacy.
"Shall we?" Vereshin offered, waving a hand towards the door. He held the black case snugly under his arm and began to slip out of his overcoat as a servant offered to take it. Taking off the coat, he revealed his blue and black geometric suit underneath and reached into the pocket of his waistcoat for his watch, then flipped it open. "Well what do you know? It's just about time for tea." He said jovially.
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