<div class="floatleft">(https://cdna.lystit.com/photos/bb62-2016/02/14/criminal-damage-navyblack-nep-t-shirt-product-2-556257935-normal.jpeg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Jasper Jameson (JJ) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=308599.msg15018215#msg15018215)<br/><strong>Age:</strong>28<br/><strong>Sexuality:</strong>Heterosexual<br/><strong>Hometown:</strong>New York, NY<br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong>3 July, 2019 | Early Afternoon<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Poolside in the Villa/Kitchen<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>This (https://cdna.lystit.com/photos/bb62-2016/02/14/criminal-damage-navyblack-nep-t-shirt-product-2-556257935-normal.jpeg)<br/><strong>Coupled with:</strong>No one<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Mark | Grace<br/><br/><hr/><br/><br/>As JJ spoke he watched the guy.  Kept an eye out for tells that he was picking up what JJ was laying down.  It seemed to have worked.  Mark looked to be relaxing a bit.<br/><br/>JJ gave him a snort of amusement when he offered to “buy” and handed him his empty.<br/><br/><strong>“Fill ‘er up, Barkeep.  I’m all about talking game.”</strong><br/><br/>He watched while Mark left.  The guy seemed to have a bit more pep in his step, so that was good.  JJ knew nothing about him other than his frankly hilarious secret and the fact that there seemed to be some… confusion… between him and Rhonda.  Of the former, JJ was casually curious.  Of the latter, he was actively pleased that Mark didn’t seem to be competition for her favor anymore.  Rhonda was one of three women on JJ’s radar and any little bit of advantage helped.<br/><br/>By the time Mark returned with a beer cold enough that it was already sweating, JJ was ready to gather some information… and strategize.<br/><br/><strong>“You know,”</strong>he led off as Mark handed him the beer,<strong>“I’m thinking that it makes sense for me… maybe even for both of us… to start turning things around by identifying potential enemies and turning them into friends.”</strong><br/><br/>He took a drink of the watery beer.  Winced.<br/><br/><strong>    “Or at least be seen to try.  Perceptions are important.  As the Bard says, ‘There is nothing, either good or bad, but thinking makes it so’.”</strong><br/><br/>JJ chewed on the inside of his cheek for a moment, grimaced slightly and sighed.<br/><br/><strong>“I can think of one person I probably need to talk to, based if nothing else on how she responded to me during the competition.”</strong><br/>