In a huge empty hall, there was a big circular table with 11 exquisite black chairs gilded with gold.
The chandelier hanging from the ceiling was also circular and had twelve crystal balls. There were two black metal sticks, one was long and the other was slightly shorter. Those were the hands of a big clock When the long and short hands of the clock formed a single line and pointed to 12 o'clock, the seats were suddenly filled with people wearing black robes.
If an outsider would watch from the door of the meeting hall, one would think that the people sitting at the table were really chatting with each other.
In reality, it was just a virtual meeting. There was no meeting hall, nor table at all. The participants in the meeting were all sitting in the secret chambers in their homes in front of a special device that looked like a cylindrical tube equipped with miniature cameras and a microphone.
