I made it past the zombies and into the elevator without a problem. Just as the door started to close, the mist hanging over the room suddenly condensed into the twin tendrils I knew so well. As they shot through the closing door to join me, I saw the zombies speed up behind them, lunging at the desk as if I were still there.
Then the door shut all the way, and the elevator leaped upward.
When the door opened again at the end of the ride, the tendrils zipped out in front of me. They paused at a corner and waited for me to follow, which I did. Without them, I had no idea how to get anywhere in the maze of Byzantine's estate.
Just as they'd led me to the laptop in that zombie-infested sub-level, they led me all the way back to the party in the ballroom, which was still in full swing.
