<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, early afternoon<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Restaurant - Lunch date<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><br/><strong>Coupled with:</strong>No one as yet<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Grace<br/><br/><br/><hr/><br/>“I’ll just take the stairs so that we don’t have to run into each other on the way out.” , were the words she said to him.  He had seen the reaction his words had on her and once again he had the distinct impression that she was hearing him and not...listening to him.  She hurried off the patio and down the stairs and after she left.  After the date...if you really could call it that, all that he felt was...relief.<br/><br/>He suspected she'd rush back to Corey...which he had asked her previously if she needed to.  Aside from that it was time to move forward.  She had given him a good deal to think about, in particular his forthcoming date with Elsa.  Logan had shared Elsa was now single...something to do with a guy leaving and that was why Mark was in earlier than anticipated.  Grace, not particularly living up to her namesake admitted that she wanted to pair him up with Elsa based solely on the fact that Elsa was her friend and not chasing after her beloved Corey; but Samantha was.<br/><br/>He shook his head slightly and murmured as he walked back towards the table.<em>"Cluster fuck..."</em><br/><br/>He grabbed one of the large glasses and made his way to the table that was right at the edge of the patio.  It really was a spectacular view.  He sighed once and then turned to look at the crew and staff.  Offering a smile as he spoke.<em>"Would I be able to get a pitcher of ice water, please?"</em><br/><br/>He didn't have paper so he pulled out his phone, opened up the Notes app and began tapping in what little information he knew.  Pausing to look up as they were kind enough to bring him a pitcher of iced water.  The server reached out to grab his glass to pour water into it and Mark shook his head slightly.<br/><br/><em>"No no...you're good.  I'm going to be a while."</em>, he shook his head slightly.<em>"I got this.  All of you relax and just...eat the food we were supposed to eat.  Don't let it go to waste."</em>, giving them what he hoped was a convincing smile as he poured himself a glass of water.  Lifting the glass and drinking deeply...finishing it and then pouring a second glass before focusing on his phone once more.  His thumbs working over the keypad slowly as he wasn't exactly used to this.<br/><br/>He went through his thoughts about Grace and all that she had revealed and proceeded to enter that into his note and then paused...thinking...looking out over the Majorcan countryside.   Logan.  Logan gave him information to work with too.  It was like piecing together a mystery.  He didn't think all of this would matter as much as it does but Grace revealed enough to him to make him realize the game was being played...and hard.<br/><br/>Rhonda was attractive and playful.  At least her video suggested that but despite Logan pausing to daydream about Delaney he did seem to get pretty defensive about Rhonda.  Which...if all the original couples were pairing up and playing it hyper-safe...then that was certainly why he didn't even receive a text from Rhonda.  Just an "oh hi" in the hallway.  In fact the only person who had been enthusiastic about his texts had been Elsa...one of the two single girls.  Mark wasn't a huge believer in coincidences.<br/><br/>He went through the list of the women whose videos he had watched in his head and what additional information he had to work with.  Something felt...off with the numbers.  So if there are eight starting women plus Thalia...so nine.  He paused to finish his second glass of water and pour himself a third.  And eight starting men, plus me...so nine.<br/><br/><em>"Nine women and nine men..."</em>, he spoke softly...brow furrowed.  The math didn't stack up.  Grace specifically said there were two single women.  Elsa and Sam so...<em>"What's going on?"</em>, he said quietly as he turned to look out over the countryside once more to think.  He definitely needed to get back to the villa and learn more about what's going on.  He supposed he would need to wait until after his date with Elsa.  There wasn't much point in racing back to the villa just so he'd need to race back to his date so...he would wait it out here.  They did say he could see the village...you know...with his date.  Mark sighed and rolled his eyes a bit before standing and leaving the table.  Turning to look at the camera crew.  "They don't get much worse than that right?" , only to receive smiles and nods from the crew.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Mark's Phone Notes</div><div class="spoiler_body">Grace - paired<br/>Grace / Corey +++<br/>Grace / JJ -<br/>Grace / Mark ---<br/>Grace / Samantha -<br/>Grace / Elsa +<br/><br/>Elsa / single<br/>Elsa / Grace +<br/>Elsa / Mark ?<br/><br/>Samantha / single<br/>Samantha / Grace --<br/>Samantha / Corey ++<br/><br/>Rhonda / paired<br/>Rhonda / Logan ++<br/>Rhonda / date with some other guy on day 2 (JJ?)<br/>Rhonda / Mark - (seems cool to luke warm on the date)<br/><br/>Delaney / paired<br/>Delaney / paired guy?<br/>Delaney / Logan +<br/><br/>Thalia / single<br/>Thalia / Mark -verboten until week 2<br/><br/>Cleo / paired<br/>Cleo/ paired guy?<br/><br/>Cassandra / paired<br/>Cassandra / paired guy?<br/><br/>Gwen / paired<br/>Gwen / paired guy?<br/><br/></div></div><br/><div align="center">~fin~</div>