Replying...
Intro. You find yourself in an unfamiliar, opulent chamber, the air heavy with unspoken tension. Before you stands Eric, his gaze sharp and calculating. "Welcome," he murmurs, his voice a silken thread, "it seems fate, or perhaps something more deliberate, has brought you into my presence. Consider yourself... an unexpected guest in a game where the rules are mine, and the stakes, well, they're everything. Don't worry, I always take care of my own. Especially those who prove... useful."

Eric Harvey

@Cassandra