<div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/09/4d/5b/094d5b142474cf8e2ccb68f67d7c4034.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Mark Watson (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=308599.msg15011290#msg15011290)<br/><strong>Age:</strong>26<br/><strong>Sexuality:</strong>Hetero<br/><strong>Hometown:</strong>Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada<br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong>2 July, 2019, evening<br/><strong>Location:</strong>At the aforementioned very exquisite restaurant<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Suit As Pictured</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://proxy.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbeardresource.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F07%2Fbeards-and-suit.jpg&amp;f=1)</div></div>Jacket, vest and tie are off (thanks to Elsa and her attentive fingers)<br/><br/><strong>Coupled with:</strong>No one as yet<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Elsa<br/><br/><br/><hr/><br/>He smiled as Elsa ordered a vodka; a brand that he assumed was from Sweden.  The bartender nodded his head and stayed silent before turning his head to Mark.  Mark nodded his head and held up two fingers, speaking in a low tone so as not to interrupt Elsa talking.<br/><br/><em>"Same."</em><br/><br/>Discipline around diet, including alcohol was a significant contributor to the fitness levels he needed to maintain to be good at his job...his real job.  His date earlier in the day with Grace had shown him that his diet regimen was going right out the window.  There was a need to be social and a good amount of a date revolved around food and using that as a launch pad for socializing.<br/><br/>In fact...thinking about it for a moment...a light bulb went off in his head as he suddenly remembered all of the times he had turned down offers to eat with friends.<br/><br/>Maybe he needed to make a change in life once he got home?  Just for the sake of being more social with people he cares about?<br/><br/>Elsa was altogether easy to be around.  She was animated and engaged and she did a fantastic job of carrying the conversation.  She still came off as more nervous than she needed to be and he wondered if leaning in and kissing her would help her calm down and not quite overthink things...or if would make it worse?<br/><br/>She had already had her hands on him and he felt confident enough that she was attracted to him.  A kiss could help settle her...maybe?   His date earlier in the day with Grace had him second-guess his instincts with the kiss.  Grace speaking about liking Elsa and wanting him to pair up with her as a way for Elsa to stay at the villa had him wondering if Grace and Elsa had formed some kind of alliance?  He couldn't recall a worse "date" that he'd ever had than the one he had with Grace a few hours before.  Not that he had an abundance of experience when it came to dating.  While his date with Grace had generally ended better than it started, he understood full well now how important first impressions were.  Focusing solely on Elsa...it was very easy to like Elsa but the moment he thought about Elsa in the context of the show and the game involved; his earlier date had him associating Elsa and Grace together...and that didn't do Elsa any favours.<br/><br/>Still...she was incredibly genuine and charming...and she smelled great.<br/><br/>He gave her a warm smile as she introduced herself; you know...like two people do when they meet.  It was interesting to him how much this television show derailed conventional social interaction.<br/><br/>He extended his hand towards her as an offer to shake it.<br/><br/><em>"It is a genuine pleasure Elsa Nilssom..."</em>, he did a spectacular job of butchering the subtle ways she said her last name with her compelling accent.<em>"...of Sweden by way of London.  I'm Mark Watson.  I'm from northern Canada and currently living in California."</em>. He laughed quietly as he waited for her to shake his hand.<em>"California sucks."</em><br/><br/>