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Location: Château de La Lune: First Floor Rec Room 
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Elise looked over at the bartender manning the bar as well as the large man sitting at the bar as well to. [color=cyan]"What do you have?"[/color] Elise asked as she made her way over towards the bar, she took a seat she could feel the large man looking at her but she ignored his staring. [color=cyan]"I'm Elise Rivers, what are your names?"[/color] She asked trying to make some small conversation.

"I'm Lawrence," the larger man sitting at the bar said. He was leering at her.

"I am Leon, mademoiselle," the bartender said. "We have quite the selection. Wine, hard liquors, mixers of just about any kind. Is there something specific you'd like?" Leon smiled. 

[color=cyan]"It's nice to meet you both."[/color] Elise said as she thought for a moment before settling on something simple. [color=cyan]"Do you have any kind of beer or whiskey?"[/color]

"We have several beers," Leon will list several French beer brands. "As well as several whiskeys."

Before Leon can list any of those, Lawrence cuts in. "Give her a double of the Macallan," Lawrence suggested. 

Elise looked towards Lawrence for a moment he probably knew every single bottle of alcohol that was behind the bar. [color=cyan]"I'll take his suggestion then."[/color] Elise said giving Leon a friendly smile. [color=cyan]"So what can you guys tell me about the award ceremony?"[/color] She decided to ask she figured that they knew what to expect.

"Ugh, the ceremony. Of course." Lawrence sighed. "Fine, what do you want to know?" He seemed to deflate a little but waved Elise on to ask her questions. 

Leon put three whiskey stones in a glass and poured a double of a nice-looking bottle of Macallan. 

Elise thought for a moment while Leon poured her glass of whiskey. [color=cyan]"Like how does the family pick all of the nominees for the ceremony? I'm sure there's a lot of people that they look for.[/color]

"Well, we get nominations sent in. People from the general public. And then sometimes one of us will notice someone that's starting to make waves in their field. We would like to give them a leg up so that they can become rising stars. Once we have their names over the course of the year, Elenore will widdle those down to ten people." He shrugs. "It isn't complicated or anything. There are some rules for getting nominated, though. You can't have a ton of recognition yet. Maybe an award or something that catches our attention. Like you..." He trails off. "Sorry, I don't know what you do." He pauses, waiting for Elise to fill him in on her profession. 

Elise took a sip of the whiskey as she listened to Lawrence as he started to tell her a little bit about how they went about choosing all of the nominees she nodded slightly. [color=cyan]"I see."[/color] Elise said looking slightly interested as she took another sip of the whiskey. [color=cyan]"I'm a martial artist, more specifically taekwondo."[/color] She told him.

Lawrence raised an eyebrow. "That means you're in good shape." He nods mostly to himself. "And can wrestle." The second part comes with a grin. 

Elise took another sip of her whiskey and nodded. [color=cyan]"I work out pretty much daily and can hold my own in a fight."[/color] Elise said not thinking much of it really. [color=cyan]"What do you do?"[/color] Elise asked him. 

"I'm retired now. Used to be radio disk jokey, though." He looks proud of himself, though a bit of sadness tints his tone as he says that he is retired. 

[color=cyan]"Sounds like you really enjoyed the job back in the day why did you decide to retire?"[/color] Elise asked picking up the hint of sadness in his tone.

"Got forced out by new management. DEI bull." He rolls his eyes and sips his drink. At this time, Miguel comes into the room and is looking around. He opens a door and starts to go through it. Lawrence stops him. Saying that it is the basement and he doesn't need to go down there. Miguel challenges Lawrence to a game of air hockey. Lawrence sets the points to five. The pair start playing. 

Elise looked over towards Miguel she gives him a friendly wave. [color=cyan]"Hey there."[/color] She said noting the interaction of the basement wondering whats down there as she watches the two go to play a game of air hockey.

The game goes on, with Lawrence winning the first round. Miguel challenges him again, this time putting money down for it. They play again. Lawrence wins again. Miguel challenges again, saying double or nothing. Lawrence, laughing, says yes and plays again. This time, Miguel wins, taking the $100 from an upset-looking Lawrence. Miguel leaves, and Lawrence storms back over to the bar, getting another drink. This is the third, maybe fourth, drink he has had since Elise joined him in the bar. 

Elise took a moment to watch Miguel and Laurence play a few rounds of air hockey, seeing that he had lost to him. [color=cyan]"You were doing well for a while there."[/color] She said as she finished up the rest of her whiskey setting the glass down on the bar's countertop, she noticed the number of drinks that he had already. [color=cyan]"How much did you have to drink today?"[/color] Elise asked him.

Lawrence waved his hand, grumbling. He slumped into the chair. "I don't know. Leon?"

"This will be your sixth, Monsieur."

[color=cyan]"Maybe you should cut him off for the day?"[/color] Elise suggested looking at Leon. [color=cyan]"I'm sure there'll be more drinks at dinner."[/color]

"There will be wine. That does remind me, Monsieur. I should head over to the dining room to prepare the wine selections." Leon slides the freshly poured glass to Lawrence. Lawrence gives Elise a side-eye as he drinks from it. Leon heads through the door to the basement, he does not return.

"Why do you care?" Lawrence snaps. 

Elise gave Leon a nod as she watched him making his way towards the basement, before turning her attention back to Laurence seeing him giving her the side eye and snapping at her. [color=cyan]"You'd probably end up getting to drunk to really enjoy dinner tonight."[/color]

"Gordon is a competent enough cook. He's never disappointed. And I've never been too drunk to enjoy anything before." He lets out another grumble. "Mom will kill me if I don't put on something a bit more respectable than this, though." He stands up. "See you at dinner. Hope you're sitting next to me." He winks and wobbles off through another door. Elise will catch a glimpse of a library.  

[color=cyan]"I guess i'll see you at dinner then."[/color] Elise said as she watched him getting up and stumbling his way through another set of doors, seeing a glimpse of what looked like a library. She made a note of checking it out later on in the evening, she needed to go and get herself ready for dinner Elise decided to go back to her room and get changed. Once she got changed Elise made her way towards the dining room.