[ Sylvain spreads his hands in a slight shrug, because it would hardly be the first time. ]

I'm here with a few of the Gold Court vampires to see this symposium thing. They brought a few of us who are going to be initiates to observe, or so they said.

[ He peers around the doorframe again, wrinkling his nose in distaste. ]

I don't think he's going to be paying attention to anything else for a bit. How did you get stuck with waiter duty? Do they typically make students do that?