Fun with Twinder

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Denon Academy of Science - The Grill

It was a busy lunch hour. Perched high above the skylines of the bustling downtown metropolis. With the sights and sounds of the city all a'roar. It made the umbrellas above the outside patio tables sway in the wind. A warm, warm summer wind. Leaving the polished silver table settings and the plush leather chairs all alone. This was The Grill. The official lunch spot of the DAS and home to many hundreds of the galaxies brightest minds. The menu was filled with Corellian favorites, Fondorian cuisines, and even a few Flucian oddities. Science, and a Chef's special, served up hot and ready on white paper plates.

Sam, (Twinder alias - Karen Traviss,) sat out on the large circular balcony with a firm happy smile. Holding down and settling into a large covered table for two. Her fuzzy blue trench coat adorned the back of her plush leather chair and her long black riding boots disappeared underneath the tablecloth. She sat up straight and tall. Regal and composed. Quietly listening to the distant sounds of the roadways beneath and gathering up the yellow pages of her newest book in her happy hands. Dressed like a business executive and hungry for a meal. She browsed the menu as she waited.

Hoping that soon [member="Marius Nadeau"] would appear.

 

[Julius Sedaire]

Marius wasn't precisely the type to go on 'dates' as it stood. Hook-ups at a local Cantina (the seedier the better usually) and flings aboard starships he was a master at practically. But an actual, factual date? Well that was something new and foreign to him. But Alec, his former tutor as a Warden and he guessed one would call him his Master, had insisted a good woman might just settle him down and cool his wild ways. While he wasn't precisely looking for love, with the death of the elder Corellian, he figured he owed it to his memory to at least humor his shade and try out the dating scene. When that landed him on this "Twinder" thing, of all places, he had thought he had lost his mind. But a while there and he had met someone vaguely sane and not terrible to look at.

So he had responded, and the date had been set on Denon, which wasn't exactly his place. Nar Shadda? Sure. Corellia itself? He knew the best of places, so long as you knew to watch your back and sit facing the wall with an eye to the door. And so long as you didn't question exactly what was in some of the dishes. Regardless, the rogue had suited up, quite literally, and even left behind his beloved but much battered leather trenchcoat. He wore a 'casual' suit of white, which with his red-in-black eyes and shock of brown hair was an impressive enough figure to draw stares as he approached the table. Nodding to the waiter, who he had spoken to a few hours before, he held up a single index finger, then a second. As if a regular making his order, the waiter nodded and walked off. Whilst high-society wasn't his element, it was mostly bluster and charm. Those he had in spades.

"Karen, would it be? I'm Marius, we spoke a bit about meeting here?"

The words were in a lyrical tone, with slight tilts and lilts he could never ease from them no matter the practice. It was almost an Old World sounding accent, and had a pleasant and full quality to it. Really, when he bothered to drop the slang and curses, and focused on speaking properly and his manners, he guessed he fit in ok with this crowd. He smiled, extending a hand towards the lady in the black and blue, a winning grin that was measured to be neither overly confident but certainly not a trace of hesitancy. It spoke that, even were this not his intended, he would carry the conversation to a polite end and be gone.

[member="Sam Kazroy"]

 

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"Oh hello! I'm Karen, yes. ...Wonderful to meet you. Please, sit."

She stood up from her musings and shook his hand. Impressed immediately by his sharp fashion sense and grand confidence. Smiling herself at his charm, Karen sat down and pulled up a chair.

"Thank you for meeting me here. I do hope you traveled well? Denon can be so... Well. Out of the way, for most people. Hehe."

She waved the comment away just as quickly,

"But trust me. Mmm... Yeah. The food is excellent. Really five star stuff."

The brunette shrugged and felt a sting of pride in her restaurant choice. She knew it was a great one. Smiling, she took a moment to notice his eyes and his unique manner of speaking. ...Interesting? I mean. Either he lied about being a Human Male on his Twinder Profile or..? Perhaps he was a fan of Holowood's least popular cosmetic surgery? Or a mutant?

No. He didn't look anything like a mutant. What a strange thought? Hmm.

[member="Marius Nadeau"]

 

[Julius Sedaire]

The lingering at his eyes wasn't exactly missed, and he smiled, the smile not strained and genuinely warm as he gestured to his face. Slowly, movements languid and relaxed as if he hadn't a care in the world. In reality, he didn't particularly like relating the issues and calamities that caused his physical abnormalities when Corellia broke. Alec, bless the old man, had told him that in time the Force may or may not reveal why it had marked him in this manner. But until then, he was hardly in any hurry to worry.

"Mmmm.. I'm not exactly in my own backyard, 'tis true... But in my line of work I may be in the Core one day and the Wilds or Rim the next. The other tables certainly do seem to have delicacies we might have to try... Been a while since I ate so finely... But, I do like the choice, smart lady.. "

As the drink came, he let it sit and mellow for a moment, hand resting near it, but not nervously nursing or worrying over it. He didn't start off with alcohol, and that was calculated. He could drink like a fish in water breathed, when the occasion or mood struck him. But, this was all about first impressions and ideas. And that would send precisely the wrong one to this lovely woman. So he had ordered a simple tea, black, iced, and as he asked a short question he added a liberal amount of sugar to it, stirring patiently.

"So what brings a lady like you to Denon?"

[member="Sam Kazroy"]