GOAEU:The Covenant

The Covenant, Part One.

A crowded raucous bar somewhere in Manhattan, it is dark, noisy and smoky. Music, rock music blares out from a retro fifties jukebox in the corner. The clientele is mostly young and good looking, well dressed and self confident, high denomination bills are flashed at the bar staff and rounds are bought. Several hours after people started arriving and drinking, the music is cut off abruptly and a spotlight illuminates the small stage at one end of the room. Even more suddenly everyone in the room is sober. Editing another editor, now that is impolite.

People are watching the stage now, murmering discontentedly but expectantly.

Then HE steps onto the stage, as if from nowhere, Johny Stryfe, a typical flashy fake name, to go with the typical flashy expensive clothes favoured by new editors. Most of them are new of course, most of the people in the room are under thirty, and have only had their 'gift' for less than ten years.