[b]"The King" - New Vegas[/b]

The King waited for the arbitrary mumbling in the room to cease. Just as he was about to speak again, the sparse chatter in the room picked back up. It was no longer fixed on him; the table's eyes shot behind The King, where he spotted a group of newcomers his vision couldn't even begin to make sense of. He rubbed his eyes and looked again. [i]Huh. All right.[/i] He cleared his throat and continued anyway.

"With formalities out of the way, I would like to open the floor to any urgent discussion our honored guests might have, before I speak on the behalf of Robert House." He arbitrarily gazed at each member currently at the table. "Are there any important matters that anyone wishes to bring to the forefront before we move forward?" The King was desperately looking for some member of the group to help the convention take off, so that he could throw away the damned prepared condescending remarks that House had lined up for him. The King was at his best when he could improvise.

The King knew well why the boss had drilled him on exactly what to say and not to say. The reality of the matter was that House was pinned in the middle of a very uncomfortable situation. The King (and every reasonably-intelligent person who worked for Robert) knew this very well. This entire meeting had been mapped out and carefully calculated by the mysterious president of the FZM, but in reality, even the slightest variation would ruin the script. This was bound to happen. The King wanted it to happen. The summit had thrown arithmetic out the window as soon as several fanatic cults and strange tribesmen had started to enter the room. This was a factor House had not properly analyzed.

Still, there were factors that could easily be deduced. The King could tell already that the Legion held a calmer poise at the table than he had been led to believe they possessed. It didn't take a scientific genius like Robert House to predict that the NCR would make a heap of noise. If these 'big-picture' groups dominated the direction of the meeting, The King would find use in House's cards.