I have no standing assumptions. If you want to be in the same alley, then bam! There you are. That's the power of imagination.
Having said so, it's probably simpler if you're all in the same alley at this point, but if there's some particular reason you'd rather not be (like Drone), I can work that in. Circumstances will conspire to push you all together soon enough, I'm sure. I'll provide that push...eventually.
I wanted to give you all a chance to get acquainted in-character, to react to each other as much as your environment. We're not waiting on Queenie and Fenris particularly. I'd like to get them in on the ground floor here, but it's not necessary. One of the benefits of Sigil is that the portals provide an easy source of sudden, unexplained entrances. Case in point: Shard just walked out of a wall in a flash of light.
Meanwhile, Eurid seems to be having a conversation with a copper urn. Things are happening.
Also, a note to all: I also don't mind holding these OOC conversations openly in the story thread. I know some GMs and players don't like it-- so if you don't, please say so-- but I think the game works as a conversation, meaning table talk is definitely part of that.