<div class="floatleft">(https://thumbs.gfycat.com/CoarseEmotionalCrustacean-small.gif)</div><div class="floatright">(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/harrypotter/images/e/ea/BeauxbatonsCrestClearBg.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/350?cb=20160630041801)</div><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>NAME:</strong> Valentin Delestrac (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=299655.msg14656422#msg14656422)<br/><strong>YEAR:</strong> Third<br/><strong>BLOOD STATUS:</strong> Half-blood<br/><strong>WAND:</strong> 12½ inches, Ash, Unicorn, Inflexible<br/><strong>WEARING:</strong> Beauxbâtons Academy uniform<br/><strong>DATE | TIME:</strong> Monday, 2 September 2019 | Evening<br/><strong>LOCATION:</strong> Grand Hall<br/><strong>CONTENT:</strong> More awkwardness<br/><strong>MOOD MUSIC:</strong> Les Cowboys Fringants - La manifestation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyvyVjQb0-I)<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong> Eliza Campbell, Bambi Trémaux, Open<br/><strong>NOTE:</strong> N/A</td></tr></tbody></table><br/><hr/><br/>Valentin's attempt at a casual fist bump with Bambi turned out to be rather awkward and ill-fated. She looked rather confused by his gesture, but thankfully Eliza shook his hand with vigor, so at least he had a 50% success rate. As he was about to pull out his left fist hanging in the air, he glanced at Bambi who decided to raise her fist, an ambiguous smile on her face hiding her suspected cringe.<br/><br/><acronym title="You make a good speech"><em>"Tu fais un bon discours! Uh..."</em></acronym>Eliza complimented him.<br/><br/><em>"Uhm, well said. It was quite the passionate, ah, report,"</em>Bambi added.<br/><br/>"<acronym title='Exclamation of annoyance or surprise of which the closest translation would be: "well!"'>M'enfin!</acronym><acronym title="Thank you, that is nice (of you to say)">Merci, c'est gentil</acronym>," Valentin replied, suddenly feeling better about his speech now that he had both their approval. They bumped their fist, as Valentin smiled back, trying his best to appear casual.<br/><br/><acronym title="I still have interest in your organization"><em>"J'ai toujours, ah... de l'intérêt pour... votre organisation...?"</em></acronym><br/><br/>Valentin smiled, ignoring the terrible state of Eliza's French pronunciation and grammar. She was from Australia so he could excuse that. It was still better than Parisians in his book.<br/><br/>"<acronym title="Good! Good! Ah, huh...">Tant mieux! Tant mieux! Ah, euh...</acronym>" he began, looking at an empty seat in front of them. He thought of ways to get over there quickly, one being going over the table, but that would risk messing other people's plates and he'd look like a fool. There was also the option of going under the table, but that had its own risks, and he didn't want to be called a pervert again. He looked around and it was a decent walk to go to the other side, but he decided it was worth it. "<acronym title="Give me a minute">Donnez-moi une minute,</acronym>" he added, lifting his index in the air to indicate the number 1 with his right hand.<br/><br/>He then started to jog down the lane between the long tables and went all the way to the end and jog back from the other side. He wanted to be face-to-face with Eliza and Bambi as he was about to offer them the option of joining the union's council. A conversation was always better face to face and they could eat at the same time. As he ran, a few students started laughing at him and asked where he was running. He ignored them and kept going.<br/><br/>Once he reached Eliza and Bambi again, he sat down in front of them and put both of his palms on the table. A student to his right looked at him, made a face and then stood up and left to find another place.<br/><br/>"<acronym title="Okay, so the student association, in itself, needs staff at the executive level, because at first glance there is only me... So that's it, would both you be interested in joining the executive council? We need coordinators for student life, for the union's internal affairs, finances, external affairs and student mobilization, among others. So you see there are plenty of positions to fill. Of course it's a big, hmm, step, right? Big decision to make, so I don't expect an immediate answer, obviously, and well, if you have any questions, just ask me right now... or later, if you're busy... Maybe you'd like to eat or...">D'accord, donc l'association étudiante, en soi, a besoin d'effectif au niveau exécutif, parce qu'à priori il n'y a que moi... Alors voilà, est-ce que ça vous dirait toutes les deux de rejoindre le conseil exécutif? On a besoin de coordinateurs pour la vie étudiante, pour les affaires internes de l'asso, les finances, les affaires extérieures et la mobilisation étudiante, entre autre. Alors vous voyez il y a plein de postes à combler. Bien sûr, c'est un grand pas, non? Une grande décision à prendre, alors je ne m'attend pas à une réponse immédiate, évidemment, et bon, si vous avez des questions, posez-les tout de suite... ou plus tard, si vous êtes occupées... Peut-être que vous aimeriez manger ou..."</acronym>Valentin preached to them in a continuous flow of complicated French, moving his hands around to accentuate certain words and ending it all with a shrug of shoulders and a smile.