<div class="floatleft">(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QIzkKg4t5XU/WtY-KHiWpNI/AAAAAAAA1Xw/EnHhROAO_WEy0_zJh3l74jZFxDamIU8GwCLcBGAs/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/Tony%2BThornburg%2BLuncheon1.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Emil Archer Colton</span><br/><strong>Blessed By::</strong>Hephaestus<br/><strong>Location::</strong>Training Grounds<br/><strong>Company::</strong>Kenzie<strong>Mentioning::</strong>Veronica, Lex, Seth<br/><strong>Date/Time::</strong>Saturday, June 20, early afternoon (between events)<br/><strong>Mood::</strong>Less nervous<br/><strong>Wearing::</strong>Shirt (https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2578/0910/products/product-image-860881673_1024x.jpg?v=1571763931)Pants (https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/aJ4AAOSwy85ebFGS/s-l640.jpg)<br/><br/><br/><hr/><br/>Emil chuckled softly when Kenzie tripped over her words, relieved that he wasn't the only one struggling with the proposal of a date. "True, there is always next time to surpass yourself." He replied, repeating words he had heard early in his own career when he was worried about how the masses liked his music.<br/><br/>When he heard Kenzie ask if she could bring Veronica along, he faltered for a moment, but kept his cool. "I wouldn't tell you not to bring her even if this wasn't a last second arrangement. I understand you two greatly value the sisterhood provided by your craft, and I'd rather not wake up cursed to be a frog forever if I came between that." He joked in response to her request.<br/><br/>He wasn't necessarily expecting anything to happen after the ball finished like most of the other guys were, and he was somewhat interested in the fight that was going on between Lex and the new kid. If he went to watch that, it wasn't something he particularly wanted the ladies to be forced to watch. Lex was a terror in a fight, and a fair bit more straightforward about her strengths than he was, and if someone was challenging her for real, there would definitely be bloodshed. Now that he had thought about it, it had been a long time since he had dueled her, but now that he wasn't working for a while, it was certainly a convincing idea.<br/><br/>"If it helps at all, you don't have to think of it as a date if you don't want to. But I<em>do</em>look forward to seeing what you'll wear." Emil added as an afterthought, hoping it would help Kenzie calm her nerves a little bit and take some pressure off her mind. "I'm sure it will be very flattering on you." The way he spoke the last few words carried a certain odd tone, as though he was trying to vocally indicate that he wasn't hoping to continue the night in a more private setting unless Kenzie asked him to. Emil was fairly sure the words just sounded like another awkward compliment and hoped he hadn't sounded creepy like other people he knew.