Elias Morgen — Opening Patter & Roll‑Call

[Spoken Word — Elias Morgen, MC] Mesdames, Messieurs, meine Damen und Herren… and all you beautiful creatures who live between the lines… welcome to Le Palais Moderne. Tonight, you step out of the world you know, and into a kingdom of velvet, smoke, and possibility. Here, the rules are simple: you breathe, you feel, you live… and we take care of the rest. Allow me to introduce the family who keeps this palace standing. [Spoken Word — Elias Morgen, MC] Spotlight, please… our bandmaster — Mister Samuel “Satch” DuBois. A nod from him, and the whole room remembers how to breathe. [Spoken Word — Elias Morgen, MC] And now… Count Adrian von Falkenbrück. He bows with more grace than the chandeliers above us. Try not to fall in love too quickly. [Spoken Word — Elias Morgen, MC] Next — our house boy, Lukas Engel. The sweetest smile in Berlin. (He steps forward, shy as a sparrow. A single, angelic greeting from him… and the night begins to glow.) [Spoken Word — Elias Morgen, MC] Standing beside him — Camille Durand, our poet from Paris. (He applauds the boy, warm and gentle, and offers a soft welcome in French that melts even the iciest hearts.) [Spoken Word — Elias Morgen, MC] And now… the woman who needs no introduction, but I adore saying her name anyway… Fraulein Vivienne Arquette. Mesdames et Messieurs… let the night begin.