"You two are both way too cavalier about risks," she sighs, "I'll come along to make sure you don't get in any trouble you can't get out of. Do you want to pick the song code Nadia? It seems up your alley."

"Yeah, sure." She traipses back over to the table, picks up a slip of paper at near random, and reads, "Great Balls of Fire sound good for you two?"

"Sure, why not, we should all be in the elevator so we don't get separated then one of you can read the code to me while I type." He pauses as they move in behind him and then enters the code as Nadia reads it out loud. Then with a flourish he hits the enter button.

The elevator doors slide closed behind them, and there is a slight turning sensation. Other than that nothing appears to happen.

Alice pauses a seconds then speaks up. "Um guys, shouldn't we be able to feel the elevator moving up or down? Did like whatever was spiking the drink mess with our perception of motion?"

"If it weren't for that weird turning sensation I would think this was just a prank, can the two of you feel it too? I don't think we're actually turning though, I would have to be shifting my balance to compensate for that and I don't feel like I am. Maybe somehow the mysterious drug that might have been in the drinks is interacting with something weird in the elevator? That doesn't seem plausible though."

"Hm. Yeah, I feel the turning sensation too. Maybe it's not an elevator at all and part of the prank?"

"What could be causing it though? If it was some weird drug why did it start affecting us after the doors closed?"

"I have no idea --"

And with no warning the turning sensation disappears and the doors open onto a lounge. With two people walking purposefully towards them.

Alice surreptitiously draws one of her knives, and steps forwards, "Who are you? Are you part of this weird prank thing? Where did this lounge come from?"

"Noel Lane, and this is my sister Yvette," says he of said name, just as surreptitiously stepping in between Alice and his sister. Like he's just attempting to be friendly and nothing more. "We came as guests to the weird prank thing, and can't answer any associated questions, I'm afraid."

"Not even where the stairs are."

Alice relaxes marginally, "Sorry, I guess it makes sense that we're not the first people to arrive but this whole thing is so weird. The elevator was closed for a minute but as far as I can tell it wasn't really moving."

"Well there was that weird turning sensation, but we all felt about the same turning sensation and if it was really turning at least one of us would have felt like the floor was sliding under us. It's not like we were huddled together."

Zahn rubs his chin. "Oh, I'm Zahn, Neuman and these are my friends Alice Liu and Nadia Song."