Alex inwardly smirked as he walked along, stopping to glance around corners before he proceeded onwards through the well decorated halls of the Citadel. It was a nice place, he would give it that, but that was to be expected. It was the Citadel after all, and they would only have the lap of luxury here. That made it the perfectly place to borrow things from, since there was just so much to choose from!

Still, he wouldn't be satisfied with any old thing. He needed to get something interesting, something impressive. It had to be a real conquest, if it was to have the effect that he wanted from it. It was just a matter of finding something interesting, and thus far he hadn't been too successful in that endeavor. But he would survive, he was certainly confident in that. He was not the type to give up so easily, that was for certain. 

Thus far things had been going alright, a she proceeded along. He had managed to dodge most of the people walking past, and had escaped detection the entire time. So far so good, and he was already counting himself lucky for it. It had to be the festival outside drawing security away, otherwise there was no way that this should be working, not in the Citadel of all places. One would have thought that security would be a lot tighter for the Imperator's base itself. 

Perhaps he had spoken too soon though, for as he neared a corner, another person turned around it, catching him in mid stride. But said man wasn't, for he was instead floating in the air. Probably a tome then, which had to be nice. But it did put Alex in a bit of spot since he could hardly dive for cover at this point. 

Quickly he thought and came up with a plan. Specifically, do nothing. Just walk forward and go on. Which was what he did, nodding to the man in the process. "Sir," he said succinctly, acting as if he had a purpose and direction. Alex knew from previous experience that if you acted like you belonged, that you had a purpose here, and didn't act suspicious, nobody would think twice about it. Besides, no one could know the name and face of everyone that worked in this building. Who was to say that he didn't actually work here? Would they risk it? 

With that decided on he walked on, looking to get past the encounter as rapidly as possible.