<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><br/><br/><strong>Coupled with:</strong>No one as yet<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Elsa<br/><br/><br/><br/><hr/><br/>Elsa had arrived.  Sure...she had some help from the production team with strategically placed lights and even a fan to make her long, blonde hair dance about but there was no denying that the woman knew how to make an entrance.  An entrance in jeans no less with running shoes and a top that looked like it might have been painted on.  She was certainly sending a message to him and the viewers although what that message said was still not clear to him.  Some might take that her arriving in jeans to a first date such as this as a sign of a lack of investment in the date or in him.<br/><br/>After the day that he had and the suit that he had incorrectly chosen to wear.  He could appreciate Elsa's desire to be comfortable...and aside from all of that, she still looked fantastic.  She was smiling...that was nice.   She thanked him for inviting him.  That was noted and also nice and for a moment it made him think back to the date with Grace.  The difference in energy was readily apparent.<br/><br/>It was difficult not to smile when he heard her talk.  There was a curious cadence to the way she spoke and that only contributed to the charm of the woman.  She seemed to have a plan and that was never a bad thing so without need for further prompting he followed her to the bar.  Watching her settle spritely atop the bar stool as he simply stood next to her.<br/><br/><em>"Thanks for accepting the invite."</em>He began to take off his jacket, letting it slip down his arms and placing it on a nearby barstool.  Fingers moving to the buttons of his cuffs, releasing them and rolling his sleeves up as far as he was able exposing half of his forearms.  He recalled what Logan had shared with him about Elsa having lost one half of her pairing and how that was most likely the reason why Mark was here earlier than expected.<em>"Considering the last twelve hours you must have had, I appreciate you showing up and being so nice about it."<br/></em>