Marc retrieved the old-fashioned top-hat as well as a stack of small index cards.<br/><br/>"You know what." He said, mostly to himself, before beginning to write everyone's names onto the index cards. "If anyone is...otherwise occupied...their card can be disregarded if necessary." he said to anyone listening.<br/><br/>It was then that Sara made her way over to him:<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"So you're the MC?  You sure this place isn't yours?  Mr. "D" isn't your rich uncle or something?" she teased before pressed her wine glass to her lips and too a sip.  </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>"Ha, no. I wish."  he said, looking around at the fabulous mansion. "l'm just a wide-eyed victim of blissful happenstance. I got the invitation out of the blue, except this 'D' asked that I guest host. Its a strange responsibility, and I've never had any experience in it before last year, but it keeps me getting invited, I'm all for it!."<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Which way do you swing?"   She asked before clarifying, "just so I can get a more intimate picture of the players.  If that's not against the rule book?"</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>"No not against the rules at all. I swing for ladies, though when things get real heavy I don't mind sharing a woman so long as there's a good portion of the body between me and my fellow dude. You know, so we can high-five over the top of her and all."  He chuckled as he said it, trying to justify his closed-mindedness on the subject.  "Not that I don't want men to experiment here or anything. Gay men need orgies too."<br/><br/>He glanced to Amy, who was on the couch, appearing slightly nervous. "Perhaps we should hold off on the random assigning of partners. Or perhaps just take the selections with a grain of salt. She's okay, right?" he asked Sara, who had been kind enough to help Amy.<br/>